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It speaks to how effective this show is at getting a rise out of people. We are all rooting for our faves and against the aholes. Of course we all have a different idea who those people are . That’s the power of great storytelling and incredibly well written and portrayed characters we can all have a love / hate relationship with. This is a brave show …and honest…one of my favorites of the year. They’ve got the best of the best GMMTV acting talent in this one. I’d like to see the actors playing Boston and Nick get their shot at leads in the future.

I can’t argue that it really bothered me because of all the effort the writers and actors put into this story. It was really well done show without that disappointment. But I think we can blame artist management for that. I read recently at one of the leads and semantic error who is an idol talked about the pressure his management company put him under not to do the show. And, of course, famously a shoulder to cry on decided to avoid the kiss all together. I’ve got some experience working with artist, managers and booking agents here in the US. They are awful relentless moneygrubbing, control, freaks. I’ll bet in that world of K-POP . It’s no different. I’m not trying to defend the fish kiss. Just trying to explain.It. In my opinion, the show runners were likely pressured by artist management and they felt they needed some kind aid “name” to lead the show in order to get a large viewership. So they hired the rapper and. And put up with a Fish kiss demand. I will say the writers creatively dealt with the third time around fish kiss during the finale. It was Creative. The writing tell it was a Strong as any of The shows I’ve seen in a BL. More specifically, the dialogue.

The writing was epic. Low key and chill and very well acted. Some of the best most authentic dialogue I’ve ever seen in a BL. It was like real people talking to real people. The last “glamping “ episode was right of that dating reality series His Man. You’d hard pressed to tell the difference between the scripted version and the reality version it was so authentic.

Fair enough. You gave it a chance. If you like time travel and got sucked in expecting that, you should try the C-drama Reset. It's really well done and one of my favorite Asian dramas.

I'll try to find it. Give me a little bit of time.

Yeah. That pairing is 0 for 3 for me First Kao are putting on a clinic acting wise. And they need to give Neo and Mark more to do besides each other and whatever tricks Neos character is turning.

Understood. I just finished another time travel but not really series called Light In Your Eyes. I almost dropped it because I thought it was in one direction and stalling when instead it was going in a totally different way. I didn’t anticipate and it end Ed up being one of the best series ever seen. There’s another one to put on your list. I ts better not
To know anything about it. If you don’t already don’t listen to the haters you gotta watch all the way up through. That might test you for a couple of episodes, but it is worth the journey get to the destination.

I went in knowing nothing, other than I'm a fan of time travel. So I was hit full on by how the show ended. It reminded me of a short story I read in school by Edith Whorton called "Ethan From". I don't remember much other than the stream-of-consciousness story telling where nothing was as it was. It stayed with me for years and years. Needless to say, I committed to all twelve episodes and found this series masterfully brilliant, light years ahead of what most TV writers/producers would be able to come up with.

I'd probably leave a similar review after watching the first five or six episodes. and then dropping it. Assuming you don't know how it ends, I think you'll find it worth it to pick it back up and watch all the way through if you didn't. A lot of what happens in the beginning and middle is not what you think. The younger "brother" was annoying at the beginning. But by the end, this show took my breath away.

take the advice of this reviewer.

It's truly the most amazing series I think I've watched. It was blown away.

I aw a comment a few months ago. It read "Wow. Just Wow." It's why I put this on this series on my watch list. Now that I've been through all 12 episodes, I don't think I can improve upon that review. I can endorse it as on the money accurate.

Your comparison pretty much says it all. Let’s leave it there. I think OG Taiwan and OG Korea just showed it’s simple to step in the shoes of the other, and enjoy the view from a slightly different path. I may leave you with a final recommendation if you are still interested and starved for time travel there’s a C drama called reset which is about as good as any TV series I’ve ever seen in any language it’s 15 episodes it should leave your jaw dropped.

This was a very grown up BL and I enjoyed it very much. It was told in a slice of life style, free of cowbells and slidewhistles. It had an indie film vibe and the creative approach reminded me of The Eight Sense. I really appreciate grown up BLs. This one had particularly strong acting and writing …not so much plot oriented writing , more like writing that reflects how people actually talk to each other. Three plot lines in a half hour show format might’ve been a little much. But once you get through the confusion at first, their storylines are easy enough to follow.

If I had one pet peeve, maybe more of a question… is why kiss scenes are so artificial with the main lead couple. whereas the other couples in the let it rip so to speak. I’ve noticed that some actors involved in boy bands seem to hold back Not all (see the kid from Dongkiz for example) I’m wondering if certain artist management companies feel like it’s a danger to the career of the artist for some reason. I noticed there is a complete lack of kissing on shoulder to cry on, for example

I read recently that DONGKIZ’s Jaechan has revealed that his label had initially tried to stop him from starring in Semantic Error, a boy’s love (BL) K-drama.

Having spent a career dealing with band management and booking agents I can vouch for that being an issue here in the states. They advise against any gay acting roles, especially now that one political party is decided to turn the clock back and vilify gay people

Anyway, here I am making it a major issue when I’m trying to say that the shower was really good. Sorry for the tangent. But it’s important.

I was happy with the ending and I think you will be too. At 8.2 this show is underrated. I’m a huge fan of the original and it earned its 9.0 rating. This version deserves higher marks. It’s a great retelling of the Taiwanese story.

Agree with u. I’m done and very happy with it.

The two are very close. Very Minor spoilers ahead . Very minor.


There’s more build up of the grief suffered at the beginning in the original. Of course they have more episodes to tell the story. And the end is a little different. In fact, a five minute alternate ending was made available on YouTube on the shows channel You might call it an ending extension But it doesn’t really fit with the ending of the K drama But I’d say the remake is pretty darn faithful. And well done. I am OG but I have mad respect for the Korean adaptation Let some time go by and watch the original. It definitely hits differently than the remake. You’ll really enjoy the OST. Birthdays are bigger part of the plot in the original But because you watched the Korean version first and you may actually come away thinking it’s the better version. I think the first impression is the last in line for this particular plot.

Ha ha I did that with the F4 remake of Boys Over Flowers. I felt sooo stupid when the lightbulb finally lit.

Yeah. I saw that. The original is a very special. As a fan, I’m honored it was retold with such a quality effort.

I agree with you. Someday or one day is the best TV series I’ve ever watched. This remake nearly does the impossible and honors the original with how well done it is, I could not pick a few things, but why bother. There’s no prior frame of reference for those who really enjoy the Korean version.