I’m in it for the long run now, started it yesterday and it’s really enjoyable so far. I survived and enjoyed watching Lost Romance as it aired so I’m happy to do this again.
I guess there aren’t many internationally popular Japanese shows airing on MDL at the moment, so sometimes stuff like this shows up. It depends upon what seasonal dramas are good there. Also, with Japanese media, anime is also aired but that isn’t a consideration on MDL, because there’s usually several popular anime airing at any one time, more so than live action dramas.
The stupid producer cut the most important scene in the drama but filmed the unnecessary extra ep. Totally ruin…
I just saw that scene and totally agree. That was arguably the most important and realistic scene this entire season. It’s so beautiful but yet although it encapsulates so much it got cut. Why!? Not dramatic enough for them? It makes me sad for Lin Pei Yu. I just read about how essentially after the screenwriter submits the script, they have no control over how that gets translated, which is so unfair and can ruin the potential beauty in their original stories.
So now Yongjie makes sense. Trauma led to unhealthy attachment from a young age. Doesn’t really make me like him though. Not a fan of their storyline really, Yongjie’s mother makes no sense. What parent condones that sort of behaviour without at least seeing how much that reflects upon themselves.?
Honestly looking at the trailers I assumed that the bath scene would be a dream/delusion like they did in Crossing the Line. Apparently not (quite), but it was important that Licheng didn’t leave Muren alone there because of how dangerous it is to leave a drugged person alone.
Regarding the preview, it looks like Licheng accepts the way he feels pretty quickly and is actually proactive about it, which is better than a long denial phase for sure. It might help to clarify that to Muren to avoid confusion though.
Not sure how “if I were a woman, this would be sexual harassment” will play out, not really a line I can get behind; harassment is not exclusive to heterosexual behaviour, or women. However, we shall see how that plays out, it could well be that Muren is still running under the assumption that Licheng is straight and that whatever goes on there is between friends; therefore he doesn’t view it as advances on him. Not saying that justifies it, but it isn’t necessarily that uncommon among close friends - I had a friend who would often do stuff like that with me without any deeper intentions.
It was very solid in the opening episodes, and it was the last three that didn’t fly quite so high. I watched this as it aired up to episode 8, took a long break, and finished it now. The show isn’t perfect, but it’s still very enjoyable overall. I had a good laugh at least once per episode, which means a lot with the way life has been where I am these past few months.
Would recommend to anyone wanting to start this, just have no expectations and dive right in.
God, looks like everyone telling that Gene's mental breakdown was "too much" just lack emotional intelligence.…
I think what you’ve said is pretty fair. For someone with a very small circle of people, finding the person you’re the closest to and possibly harbour feelings for to be someone else entirely is traumatic. It isn’t necessarily the fact that he used to be friends with Sib, but just the overwhelming way in which it changes everything from Gene’s perspective. Having put trust into someone new, and developing feelings in the process, only to discover that Sib isn’t telling the whole story.
I also appreciate what you’re saying about the awkward silences, if Gene isn’t ready to hear it, Sib isn’t about to force him to listen to the explanation. It could also be that Sib couldn’t find the words because he wasn’t expecting Gene to find out so soon. As for Gene’s pauses, he’s someone who would take time processing what to say and any pauses from him entirely make sense.
Also, please could you tag your comment above as spoiler? It does reveal the events of the most recent episode and new viewers won’t want to know about it yet necessarily.
This is a stupid question, but I'm curious. That thing that ZSY's father broke in half in ep 5 when GSD piggybacked…
When I saw the bread, I instantly thought churros, but I’m also aware that that’s probably a very wrong assumption, they’re not commonplace outside of Spain/Europe in my experience.
It looks like you are right about the Chinese bread though, look up “yao zha guai” or “youtiao” and you get a fried bread that looks exactly like what they were having. (I used the phonetics from the version you wrote and tried to translate, it was pretty close.)
Funnily enough, although it’s a type of Chinese fried bread it seems pretty similar to churros in terms of ingredients and how it’s made. There’s a theory that churros is based off of youtiao/yao zha guai.
I've heard rumors of a season 3. If that's true I hope they don't end this on a sad cliffhanger like in the first…
I’m doubtful of this getting a sad cliffhanger, even *if* season 3 rumours turned out to be true. This was originally announced as a two part project, with Lin Pei Yu at the helm in writing. I feel like it’s highly unlikely that the ending will be sad/cliffhanger because that would mean a sloppy, last minute rewrite.
The end of this season, airing a week from now, is meant to showcase the intended ending of the story between Gao Shi De and Zhou Shu Yi. When the story was written, the intention was for it to be told as it has been, in two connected parts.
As for rumours of season 3, I don’t think we’ll get a season 3 with this cast, and if they follow what Lin Pei Yu has written, it should all wrap up nicely next week. If we do get a “season 3”, I feel like it’s more likely to be a new story and new set of characters, written again by Lin Pei Yu.
This would make it more like HIStory - format wise if you look at WBL s1 + s2 as one story, then if there’s enough popularity, another story with a similar style could be written with a mini s1 + s2 next year. To be honest this is a possibility I’m hoping for because I love Lin Pei Yu’s writing but equally think if they stick to the intended ending here then a “season 3” with the same cast would feel pointless.
For some reason, the ending song with the scenes playing gives me this weirdly nostalgic feeling, it’s hard to explain and there isn’t any logic to it. It takes me back to looking around university campuses two years ago when I naively thought I knew what I wanted to do and everything felt as though it would easily fall into place. Bittersweet feeling.
Okay. The reason the heartbreak for Seojun feels so real here appears to be that it’s because of how well written the character is.
If you look at second leads, nine out of ten will not be worth rooting for because in the end they want the female lead, and will do whatever they can to entice her, without consideration of her feelings. They tend to be shallow ‘nice guys’ with mainly selfish motivations, most of them value themselves over the person they care for. Most second leads are unworthy of note in my book.
This is where Seojun differs, he loves Jookyung with all his being and he loves her enough to not only let her go, but to help her (re)gain happiness, even at the cost of his own.
This is also where I tell everyone this :
As someone who actively avoids choosing sides, I wasn’t planning on being Team Suho or Team Seojun. Had the show ended at episode 13 I wouldn’t have batted an eyelid. Although I liked Seojun at that point, it wasn’t enough to justify uproar.
Then, the last three episodes happened, and I can safely say Seojun deserves the world, or at the very least to have his own happiness. I now know what all the fuss was about...
I love Tum and Tiffy! At first I thought they’d be sentenced to perpetual product placement (like WinTeam), but clearly that is not the case. They are lovely to watch, they have open and honest conversations and I’m all here for it! Their progression is very nice to watch.
Honestly looking at the trailers I assumed that the bath scene would be a dream/delusion like they did in Crossing the Line. Apparently not (quite), but it was important that Licheng didn’t leave Muren alone there because of how dangerous it is to leave a drugged person alone.
Regarding the preview, it looks like Licheng accepts the way he feels pretty quickly and is actually proactive about it, which is better than a long denial phase for sure. It might help to clarify that to Muren to avoid confusion though.
Not sure how “if I were a woman, this would be sexual harassment” will play out, not really a line I can get behind; harassment is not exclusive to heterosexual behaviour, or women. However, we shall see how that plays out, it could well be that Muren is still running under the assumption that Licheng is straight and that whatever goes on there is between friends; therefore he doesn’t view it as advances on him. Not saying that justifies it, but it isn’t necessarily that uncommon among close friends - I had a friend who would often do stuff like that with me without any deeper intentions.
Would recommend to anyone wanting to start this, just have no expectations and dive right in.
I also appreciate what you’re saying about the awkward silences, if Gene isn’t ready to hear it, Sib isn’t about to force him to listen to the explanation. It could also be that Sib couldn’t find the words because he wasn’t expecting Gene to find out so soon. As for Gene’s pauses, he’s someone who would take time processing what to say and any pauses from him entirely make sense.
Also, please could you tag your comment above as spoiler? It does reveal the events of the most recent episode and new viewers won’t want to know about it yet necessarily.
It looks like you are right about the Chinese bread though, look up “yao zha guai” or “youtiao” and you get a fried bread that looks exactly like what they were having. (I used the phonetics from the version you wrote and tried to translate, it was pretty close.)
Funnily enough, although it’s a type of Chinese fried bread it seems pretty similar to churros in terms of ingredients and how it’s made. There’s a theory that churros is based off of youtiao/yao zha guai.
The end of this season, airing a week from now, is meant to showcase the intended ending of the story between Gao Shi De and Zhou Shu Yi. When the story was written, the intention was for it to be told as it has been, in two connected parts.
As for rumours of season 3, I don’t think we’ll get a season 3 with this cast, and if they follow what Lin Pei Yu has written, it should all wrap up nicely next week. If we do get a “season 3”, I feel like it’s more likely to be a new story and new set of characters, written again by Lin Pei Yu.
This would make it more like HIStory - format wise if you look at WBL s1 + s2 as one story, then if there’s enough popularity, another story with a similar style could be written with a mini s1 + s2 next year. To be honest this is a possibility I’m hoping for because I love Lin Pei Yu’s writing but equally think if they stick to the intended ending here then a “season 3” with the same cast would feel pointless.
If you look at second leads, nine out of ten will not be worth rooting for because in the end they want the female lead, and will do whatever they can to entice her, without consideration of her feelings. They tend to be shallow ‘nice guys’ with mainly selfish motivations, most of them value themselves over the person they care for. Most second leads are unworthy of note in my book.
This is where Seojun differs, he loves Jookyung with all his being and he loves her enough to not only let her go, but to help her (re)gain happiness, even at the cost of his own.
This is also where I tell everyone this :
As someone who actively avoids choosing sides, I wasn’t planning on being Team Suho or Team Seojun. Had the show ended at episode 13 I wouldn’t have batted an eyelid. Although I liked Seojun at that point, it wasn’t enough to justify uproar.
Then, the last three episodes happened, and I can safely say Seojun deserves the world, or at the very least to have his own happiness. I now know what all the fuss was about...
It’s team Seojun for me.