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This episode .... wow.

I'm guessing that what happened to Shinwoo in middle school was that he liked one of his friends and confessed, and it backfired. I wouldn't be surprised if the chief bully from that earlier episode was the guy he liked.

So when Shinwoo's heart fluttered after that fingerflick from Taekyung, he started to worry.

But seeing Shinwoo smile was worth the wait.

The series is now running on all cylinders. We can sit back and enjoy the ride. :)

Don't forget that Viki's viewing numbers will also get factored in. Viki doesn't release that information to the public but they probably share it with the production company.

You make a good point. I've watched a few of these shortform Kdramas aimed at a young audience and they rarely delve into character psychology. Much of the time we don't even see any parents throughout the entire series.

I don't think we'll ever learn how TK came to be how he is. I do expect we will learn what happened to Shin Woo in middle school, but when we do I doubt it will be as a flashback. It will probably be explained in dialog, and this will be so there's more context around the bullies, not so much for character insight.

All this doesn't bother me though. I take it in stride with this style of Kdrama.

You've made me realize it would be fun to actually have a BL Boys Over Flowers.

He didn't crack but he sure seemed to be on the verge. Then he did his usual thing and internalized it.

This is a happy departure from that sad tradition. Within the first few moments of Episode One we hear one boy refer to another as his first love.

I don't expect any kissing to happen but I know this will be more than a bromance and will have a happy ending -- something Kdramas are not known for when it comes to gay storylines.

An official YouTube release of the series starts this Friday.

Starting this Friday, Nitiman will be airing on YouTube, so if you were unable to watch during its original run you’ll have a chance to do so without having to resort to unofficial sources.

I think another factor is that whatever happened to him in middle school is always in the back of his mind. It must feel terrible to want to be close to someone so badly but be afraid of not only being turned down but also of being ridiculed and bullied.

I read it whole, and agree with every point you make.

Including the awkward "youth trip" where So Bin and her nemesis are forced together but there's no tension between them at all. I kept waiting and watching for it, but no.

It's clear that they want us to start rooting for Professor Song to find love with Professor Park. As if! But, another rule in Kdramas is that evil characters achieve redemption once they've completed their service to the main plot. (In that regard keep an eye on the seniors -- I bet the ones not hauled off to jail will be good guys by the end of the series.)

I think you really did crack the code!

'Enemies to Lovers' is my favorite trope! We need multiple editions of this article!

They're pairin' 'em up like they're about to get herded onto Noah's ark.

Sad.

However, there's a chance it will just be a fantasy sequence.

^^^ THIS !!!! ^^^

I don't know how the production staff could possibly watch an episode like this ahead of time and think it's ready to air. There really is no sense of forward motion. It wastes almost an eternity on uninteresting side characters before we get about a minute of what passes for plot development. The one time the leads have a scene together, it gets cut short. Yes, it was just a little dust-up over who would pay for Nut's tea, but it tells me that the writers didn't know where to take it once they got the two guys together in the same shot.

We did learn that Nut took five years off from school, so I guess he's in his mid- to late-twenties. From the way he acted so cagey about it, though, his classmates will probably think he was in prison.

And I'm tired of characters who talk and talk about how hot another character is instead of letting us see it based on watching the character in action.

I don't mind Satha's eyebrows at all, and I do think he's cute.

Thanks for the info!

Whew. I knew we'd be on the same page.

I wasn't referring to his acting, although I guess I was referring to how "gifted" he appears to be ... ;)

I don't have a great memory ... a day or two ago I just happened to decide to rewatch part of the first episode and bam, there it was. Of course when the series started we had zero context of who was who, etc. In a way it's pretty clever of them to drop those clues in case we decided to check back.