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I loved Hao Mei in this series. For me, he was the reason to watch. His side story with KO was really cute, and the constant subtext beneath what the other characters would say about the two of them was very funny.

The hyung has a gorgeous physique. He can have his way with me anytime. :)

By the end of the series I hope the relationships of the two younger brothers will both become more than just friendship, and that there will be no ambiguity about it.

The middle brother is clearly in love with his friend. The youngest brother's emotions are less at the surface, so his feelings for his friend are harder to predict, but the devotion and affection do come through.

I said this in another comment so I'm sorry for repeating myself, but I'm convinced that Guen Soo will end up as one of the good guys in this drama. So far, SRY's judgement about the people he brings close to him (emotionally) has been 100% accurate. It's like it's become one of the ground rules for the drama.

So, because SRY didn't lash out at Guen Soo for outing Hyun Yi and gave him a stern, fatherly scolding instead, it's clear that he still believes in the kid. (Imagine if Guen Won had done the same thing.) Because he still feels that Guen Soo is a good person inside, Guen Soo will end up grabbing onto that and prove him right.

Episode 14 is where Kim Hana lost me forever -- being so rude and ungrateful to her grandmother.

Why did they make Season 2 about this phony? I roll my eyes through all her scenes.

Hey, producers of A-Teen: she is not a sympathetic character. You can't create a monster in one season and then in the next season expect us to forget all the horrible things she said and did. We all went to school with people like her. They don't get redeemed, and they certainly don't redeem themselves.

I think we'll see him come to his senses. Early on, if we hadn't been able to hear his thoughts via voiceover when he talked about SRY's impact on his life then I'd be more worried. SRY gave him the kind of love and acceptance he'd never had.

I think in the series' moral universe, SRY's judgement about his close relationships is meant to be 100% accurate. (His judgement about business investors? Not so much ...) He still believes in Geunsoo, so I think that means Guensoo will end up proving SRY right and be redeemed in the end (and so will Soo Ah, for that matter.)

Just started this drama. It's very similar to "Wait, My Youth" but I'm not complaining because that's one of my all-time fave series.

For a young actor he's smart in choosing roles where the characters are complex and unpredictable. And he's talented because he's able to deliver.

Big career ahead.

Just a few words from Sae Ro Yi and Geun Soo is cut back down to boysize. Sae Ro Yi is the true father figure in his life. I hope we'll get to see Geun Soo beg for Hyun Yi and Sae Ro Yi's forgiveness somewhere down the road. (And when he does, I hope Sae Ro Yi won't say something soft like "You did what you had to do", which he always does with Soo Ah.)

One low point for me was when someone commented saying that the series had made them cry a lot, the reply was along the lines of "I cried too -- over how bad it was!" Hardy har har.

Negative comments like this are from attention-seekers who for some reason feel a need to keep coming back here to bash the series, even after you'd think they would have moved on after such a traumatic experience as watching something so "boring", "poorly directed", and "badly acted".

We get it. They didn't like it. Now I wish they'd just own it and move on. When people keep coming back to argue about something they dislike so much, it makes me think their negative reaction says more about them.

What's most annoying for me is that now that I know who they are, I've started to notice them doing the same thing in other comment sections.

I think that the final shot during the opening credits will be the final shot of the series: hyung and his new love in a big kiss on a rock by the ocean.

Maybe I'm too optimistic after MDOC but I expect a happy ending for all three couples.

It sounds like somebody is recording the sound while it's being broadcast into the room where they're watching on TV.

It's good you're here to keep the fires burning.

The hyung has spent his whole life getting his way. I enjoy watching him strut and preen like a peacock because I know it's only a matter of time before he's knocked on his ass by love. :)

I think it's all bravado. He says stuff like that to reassure himself and keep his own feelings at a distance. Eventually he's going to realize that his family "training" to never fall in love was all in vain. ;)

YouTube ... and it's the official channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCybPxZoFDPR1qbN04daAc2g

Right. At the beginning of the first episode it says it's set in March 2006.

Yes, very.

Maybe he had his nose done? It was the first thing I thought when he first appeared in the series. His nose is "too perfect" (if that makes sense) and, as handsome as he is, it doesn't look like it quite belongs with the rest of his features.

I actually visited this page with that thought in mind. Imagine my surprise to find that the only comment here is on the same topic! Glad I'm not an oddball for thinking that.

Nothing overtly gay in this movie but you have to wonder about swimming stud Nan presenting himself as an expert on women and giving Zhe all sorts of advice about getting a gf, while he himself never dates anyone.