Pleochroism

Totally agree with everything you said you liked and didn’t like about this episode! And I also fully agree that Seung Won needs more screen time to actually get to know him as more than just the guy who has a crush on Heesu. If we can get several scenes in an episode dedicated entirely to Chan Young starting tennis again, then why can’t we get scenes that give Seung Won more of a true personality/identity?

I don’t think the cafe photo she took and the photo Heesu was sent are related.

I’m still enjoying the series and I don’t mind the focus being spread between multiple characters, but I do think there’s too much emphasis being placed on relatively uninteresting storylines right now. Like it’s fine to put some of the focus on Chan Young (he is billed as a main character after all), but doing so much of both the tennis storyline and his romance storyline with Ji Yu in one episode felt like too much to me. Does anyone really care whether he plays tennis or not? Because I feel like they haven’t given us any reason to be invested in that story at all.

I also love Ji Yu and Seung Won’s friendship! They have childhood friend vibes. I hope he tells her what’s really going on soon because it’s funny how confused she is that he suddenly has a “crush” on her haha

I feel like it’s progressing pretty naturally. Like we’re still in the part where Heesu is infatuated with someone who isn’t into him and can’t yet see that there’s potential with someone else. So in that sense there isn’t really a BL storyline yet because if there was it would be too rushed for the story they’re telling. Meanwhile, the straight couple probably won’t get as much screen time going forward because they’re already basically together. At least that’s my hope.

As someone who hasn’t read the manhwa, I’m loving this series so far! I love the relationship between Heesu and his sisters and I love the side characters and romances. I just hope Heesu can drop his infatuation soon because it’ll get old if it drags on for the whole series.

Wow that may be the first time a BL trailer has ever made me tear up. This looks like it’ll be so good!

Did anyone else really struggle to get into this because of the age of the actors? It seems like a good series/movie, but unfortunately I don’t think I can suspend my disbelief enough to accept 30 year olds playing high school aged teens anymore 😞

I ended up dropping because I totally agree about Dohoe’s character arc. Also, totally agree about To My Star 2. How can you continue to root for a couple to end up together when one of the partners is just toxic and cruel?

I had never seen Nam Yoon Su act before - the only time I remember seeing him in anything was in an episode of I Live Alone a couple years ago. But now I feel like I need to watch everything he’s in. Such an incredible talent!

I’ve been enjoying this drama, but I’m on episode 3 now and I’m not sure if I can get past Jom snitching on Fong kaew like he did. It was such a horrible thing to do to someone who was obviously in a very precarious position. And the fact that he seemingly did it in part out of jealously makes it even worse.

Korean producers stop being homophobes challenge failed yet again 😔

Just watched him on I Live Alone. Apparently he is/was preparing for a role and now I need to know what and when we’ll see it 😭

The main thing that concerns me is the changes they made to the original storyline in the webtoon that align more with Jonghyun’s story. For example, originally the character goes back in time 6 years to an unstated year but in the drama it’s 15 years back to 2008 - which aligns with SHINee’s debut when Jonghyun was 19 like the character in the drama. That plus the premiere date being changed to his birthday makes it very suspicious.

Honestly it also just feels in poor taste to make a cutesy romance drama out of a story about an idol’s death. Even if there weren’t some suspicious details, the parallels to real idols who have died young are still clear.

The C-drama Reset is definitely up there and I love it for some of the same reasons I love Someday or One Day. They both handle sci-fi concepts that deal with time weirdness (time travel, time loops, etc.) extremely well! The other is Semantic Error, which is completely unrelated thematically but it’s a very well-written, well-made drama.

I’m not sure if I should have high expectations for A Time Called You or if that will leave me disappointed. I really want it to be good, but to me Someday or One Day was a nearly perfect drama - one of my top 3 of all time - and somehow I find it hard to imagine that the remake will be as brilliant.

Did you seriously just use the term SJW unironically? In 2022? 🤣 (Love your pfp though lol)

I just finished episode 3 and I’m obsessed. Loving pretty much everything about this drama so far. It has a much different vibe from most Japanese BLs released recently. Definitely a gem among them.

Every time I look at this page and see the rating (currently 8.3 - previously 8.4) I’m like “HOW??” Like, in my opinion, this is one of the best BL dramas ever produced, and certainly the best Korean BL. There are some BLs that are much more contrived, cliché-ridden, and poorly-acted that are sitting at a comfortable 8.5+ here. This one actually has a cohesive story, strong character arcs, and solid acting across the board. And then I come here and see people saying they think it’s over rated and deserves an even LOWER score?? Did we watch the same thing???

Agreed! As much as I loved the series, the lack of closure for his character bothered me quite a bit, honestly, so that is one thing I hope they address in the remake.