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He's a complex villain, not just a cartoon, so it makes us go back and forth between sympathizing with him and hating him. What works the most against him is that it's clear that he relishes being a bully so you can only cut him a small amount of slack. Turning Non over to his uncle was pretty much the same as murdering him, too.

I will enjoy watching him meet his fate. I hope the gang gets knocked off one at a time, in creative ways, and he's the last to go.

I'm suspicious about the fact that we didn't actually show us Tee turning Non over to the evil uncle, and they didn't show us what happened to Mr. Keng either. Those would have been easy scenes to film, too.

Right. While I was expecting a happy ending for everyone I wasn’t sure how the mom and dad’s story could turn out that way.

This is so comfortably brilliant. The storytelling flows so naturally and there’s never a dull moment.

I don't think it was Myungha's original timeline because of the smartphones and his comments about how teenagers' tastes had changed since he was that age. I'd have to check to be sure, but I remember the cars being modern as well.

I think Myungha was given the opportunity to live his life with a new state of mind, with the game concept added to ease him into the new existence. To me this points to an alternate reality. The game aspect went away at the very end when the two boys reached each other on the beach and the timer went to zero. The letterboxing pulled away and the film filled the screen, signifying that there'd be no more game prompts or missions. Myungha would just live.

I like your theory about the Senior's identity but I think it's unlikely. Since the story takes place in a video game, there needs to be a separate someone who coded the game. It's hard for me to imagine that someone who wrote a game would be confused by his own creation while playing it.

The series also made a big deal about people wishing on shooting stars, including Myungha. The Senior had the ability to grant Myungha's wishes by giving him a way to try again, so that makes me imagine the Senior as an entity with omnipotent abilities.

Yes! I'm halfway through my first rewatch and it has let me pick up on clues and meanings that were easy to miss the first time.

Ah, you also noticed that the Episode 8 kiss was done with crotches apart. For me it's always a tell that the actors are just a tad uncomfortable with the scene.

At the end, the game world became Myungha's real world. The moment that happens is when the two boys reach each other on the beach and the timer goes to zero. The letterboxing of the screen pulls back and the aspect ratio changes until the film fills the frame.

I think the finishing touch should be for Myungha to forget that he'd ever been in a game to start with.

Speculation:

The "Senior" is an angel -- possible Myungha's guardian angel -- who gave Myungha a second chance at life by putting him into an alternate universe/reality. What Myungha experienced wasn't really a game. Instead, the game concept was used to ease him into his new existence while teaching him the basics he would need to avoid making the same mistakes. Even the "system errors" were intentional, to keep Myungha from developing the same old habits.

Because really, who'd want to be stuck in a game server for eternity, dealing with characters and NPCs who were based on code? Myungha ended up in a real flesh-and-blood world, it's just that it's not the world he was living in before.

And I don't think he'll be presented with any more missions or errors.

I agree with everything you say!

Jjay's acting as Tee has impressed me a lot.

With a few episodes to go, what I'm hoping for is that the events are not supernatural and that Non is still alive, and that we get a couple of episodes that are a flashback showing how Non plots and carries out his revenge.

One of my favorite series is "The Glory", where a woman who was bullied horrifically as a high school student ends up to systematically taking down all of the people who tormented her. I would be thrilled if DFF turns out to have a similar storyline.

Of all the series currently airing this is my only must-watch. One surprise after another!

The cast is great. They even utilize Jet in a way that doesn't annoy the F out of me. That guy was born to play obnoxious characters so as a bully he is right in the zone. He should never play a romantic lead ever again.

I'm hoping that the resolution has nothing supernatural involved but I admit that seems unlikely. I also hope the last few episodes feature some world-class revenge antics. Let's go!

Or maybe he’s the one who is avenging him.

I do like this idea better!

The two b/b couples were nicely done, and the almost-couple was cute and got resolved kindly.

That scene between the three girls was really weird, though. Wtf!

I hit the +10 button repeatedly. Thank goodness Gaga got that feature in time for this series.

I realize now that they needed to have Zee fall for Salmon in order to cause the conflict with First, but it would have been more fun if Zee and one of the jiujitsu thugs had had some sparks.

They have one last chance to impress. I’m not putting any money on it! 😂😂😂

Might be the worst of the series. Earlier scenes are repeated over and over, the acting is wooden, the various couplings have zero chemistry, and the BL factor introduced at the very end comes out of nowhere with no basis in anything that has come before.

Complete waste of time.

I thought (hoped) that this series was saving the best for last, but so far "Lucky Love" remains the standout.

I loved that. And he was so assertively un-twink-like, too.

I guess next week we'll get the Episode 11 Curse which means the truth about the twin swap will come out, and First will break up with Sprite.

A late reply ... You can read my review for more detail, but no it is not a BL and the ending cops out on the premise.