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Bio needs an update ...STAT

I think the "last day of school" was when Teh stopped attending the same school as Oh-Aew -- the one where it became against the rules for Teh to put the uniform back on (in Episode 2) so that he can visit his friends.

I swear, PP and Bilkin have to be two of the best actors I've ever seen in a series. They convey the complexity of their characters so brilliantly, and their chemistry is through the roof.

I usually avoid a series if there's the potential for a sad ending, but with this one I feel I must watch no matter what. It's going to set a supremely high standard and I want to experience that directly.

I do hope the ending is happy, though. With BL you need a happy ending to build in the 'rewatchability' of a series. BL fans want to see people falling in love and staying in love.

Thank you for supporting this wonderful series!

But you say you "dropped" it .. on here it means you disliked it so much that you stopped watching. For now you want to say "ongoing" and then when the series ends you should say "completed".

Once the series is over and you mark your review as "completed", I think that makes your score count a little more than people who are still "ongoing" or "dropped".

(Sorry if I'm telling you stuff you already know ...)

Unfortunately, since this production aspires to greatness and depth I fear that a sad or bittersweet ending would have been more appealing to the creators, as cliche as that may be.

Glorious. I wasn’t prepared to get this emotional on a Friday afternoon! From 'Karl dancing' until the end -- that's some real sh*t.

This is the kind of series that needs its own rating scale. Awarding 10/10 doesn't seem like enough. I love that it's purely a great story with a great cast and great direction, without anything gimmicky for the hype machine to latch onto.

Rumors about the actors? Please tell. ^_^

In the book there is a 10-year time leap. The narrative in the book ends 30 days after the confession scene and then we're brought forward by 10 years to get a sense of how everyone is doing. (And they're all doing very, very well...) (Sorry, small spoiler there. :)

I really want a good IttPai kiss as well. I'm a little bothered by the way the trailer stages the "almost kiss" between them, with Marc leaning into Win, because it looks precisely like that: staged. The expression on Marc's face makes it seem like he's embarrassed and holding back laughter. Hopefully by the time they filmed the confession scene the guys were comfortable enough to do it properly.

The way the kiss is described in the book is pretty romantic and intense. It will be interesting to see what approach they take in the series. I doubt it will be at the same level, but I hope it's at least believable and sweet.

The leads have some of the worst chemistry I’ve seen. The baker guy’s charisma is as flat as a pancake.

And am I supposed to feel invested in that dude Soda who’s flirting with his ex while planning to marry another guy? Why have a second couple that includes someone so smarmy?

Soda’s fiancé should pair up with Kyan the singer.

Hi! It's been a bit overwhelming but that's not a complaint. It's like there's a new episode of at least one series every day of the week -- something unimaginable at this time last year. (And this is all with COVID hanging over us.)

It's been a great escape during tough times. :)

Sure!

If you're interested I will message you with a dropbox link when it's ready.

Happy ending for everyone. Itt and Pai are together and there is one other happy couple.

I'm working on an edit of the confession scene taken from a rather shaky translation. (I love it that much.) If you're willing to wait a bit I can share the finished product with you.

Yes. Boy do they ever. ;)

There is nothing quite as endearing in this world as Adachi's "Ehhhhhh??!"

It would be impossible for the series to cover the entire book, since the book extends at least ten years beyond everyone's time at university.

If (as I suspect) the series will end with the confession scene or shortly thereafter, then there's plenty of time in the remaining episodes to get there. The buildup to the confession is not a standard BL thing at all, nor is the confession itself. While the freshys carry out their community service and other orientation activities things will start to happen that surprise you (and surprise Pai too ... that boy is going to wonder what the hell is happening lol)

With this in mind I think the early episodes of the series haven't been a complete waste of time. It was important to establish how deeply hurt Pai becomes after getting his hopes up that he could be close to Itt. Both his attraction to Itt and his grief over having failed to keep the friendship are feelings that he dares not show. He keeps them tightly guarded and comes to believe that he is a person who will never, ever find love. At the age of 19 he is already expecting to die all alone when he's older. What a tragic thing for someone so young.

If the series does any justice to the book, the way Pai is finally freed from that will be very moving. On the other hand, it's possible that they'll decide that it's too much of an acting challenge for Win and script the scene a little differently.

I really hope they go for it!

It feels so fresh and positive, and the cast is so sweet. Really good-looking too! I'd like to shake the hand of whoever did the casting .. well, not shake hands, but maybe bump elbows instead.

Age 15?

I guess this means that It won't be smooching with Voice in 'Friends Forever' ^_^