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I'll Turn Back This Time chinese drama review
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I'll Turn Back This Time
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by PPBongi
Mar 4, 2025
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

Hidden Message (Gay Bad)?

The story is a ‘good’ story, but its underlying message is questionable. Are they relaying the message that gayness is ‘bad’? Or that the inevitable end of a relationship between two men will always lead to one’s ‘death’? Better still, will simply staying away from anyone that you love that happens to be of your own gender be best for all? While it certainly is a love story, this is not a BL. It never reaches any level of a serious degree of romance or deep sense of passion. And in fact, since it is Chinese, its underlying message might be of a subtle tale that whispers this type of relationship is, as it is stated, cursed and therefore wrong. It certainly is presented with dramatic deftness and tugs at your heartstrings to be sure, but I was uncomfortable in how this all seemed a bit too contrived

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