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It certainly utilizes the 'male gaze', (objectifying basically) only this time it is directed at the male form instead of the female.

Not my point. His smile often looks fake (in other words: ungenuine, forced, unnatural) is what I said. He should work on his smile, when it comes to his acting skills. I don't care if he smiles 100% of the time, as long as he manages to make it look genuine.

I didn't mind it too much. Could've been better, but not too bad. That's the way MAME propably wanted it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. In terms of acting, my biggest issue with the second couple is the excessive use of fake smiles by Fort/Pai.

You don't need to watch UWMA, this is a separate story entirely. But if you wan't to, you could watch it with a reactor you like, because it can get a little bit boring on your own.

Pai and Phayu's "Look! I'm working, this is so adult of me!" faces are legit funny😜🤨. A resting bitch face would work better. Also Pai, less vapid smiling please, my face it getting numb out of sympathy, just looking at it.

Your points are valid. You just can't make some people see sense.

True. I was trying to point out the bigger picture i.e. why it's even possible gay marriage is legal there. We should really give them credit for the society they have built for themselves in the difficult position they're in.

Taiwan has no need for censorship and therefore bromance.

List of the strength of Democracy around the world (2021):
8. Taiwan ✨
148. China

Top 3
1. Norway 2. New Zealand 3. Finland

For reference:
26. United States of America

The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Understandable. There are several "why are we doing this BS again?" moments. The biggest draw in first part of the story is Boss, he has enough of a presence to pull you in.

Why make excuses for a silly plot device (a technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward).

You give access to a sick person who is not awake and aware of and responding to his environment, only to people you know that sick person would trust without question, not some random person like Pai, who Sky has said he doesn't want around. Pai is just a rando to Sky, even though there's some interest that goes both ways. This is a horrendous breach of trust by Rain on its own, made worse because the audience knows Sky was assaulted.

True facts! LOL. ....only personally, not gonna give Rain a pass. 😃

You have a point, on the other hand, there's so much else that we talk about all the time that can also be considered a spoiler.

This feels like more like a blurb to me. (Blurb: the short-ish😀, description of the book that goes on the back cover, and intrigues the readers so that they'll want to engage.)

Is it really a spoiler though? This is what you are supposed to understand from the beginning, this is what their first episode was about.

This is exactly on point. There's so many layers to it. It's not just that Sky said "Yes" to sex end of story.

I don't know that this is really a spoiler, this is the starting point that many people seemed to have missed.

Those are indeed text book assaulter words in English. I did wonder if this is the exact way Phayu said it in Thai, or if the translator knew how strong the connotation is in English. It's by MAME so the expectation is there's bound to be something problematic every now and then.

Otherwise, you'll understand their dynamic better if you know that it's got elements of Dom/sub in it. Sometimes MAME makes a mess of things though. In the 2nd episode Phayu asks Rain to tell him to let Rain go, to which Rain says "No" as in I will not ask to be let go, which is consent to what happens next. That's basically a D/s scene, and you might miss that, if you don't know anything about Doms and subs.

My final verdict is that I like it, and it's also sweet and emotional, not just WTF are you serious right now, kinda show.

Sky consented yes, he was also pressured to do so. Sky's attitude towards sex is a central theme of their relationship. Edited, hate typing on phone. Sky asked for the condom to speed up the process, like I said before.

Pretty much agree with you.

Yes. In one of the trailers Sky says something like "I can love you then?" To Prapai. That was so telling.

Yes, Sky was pressured, it was obvious, even more so in the book. He was like "Fine, take what you want then, I can deal with having sex with you." He asked for the condom and what not, because he wanted to just get it done already. Sky was ambivalent, like, "Whatever lets get this over with, lets get to the main event. I don't have to stay too long and I'm not giving you my name or number." That was the vibe of that scene.

Yes, all the raunchy bits are removed from the youtube version.