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I liked how he was able to defend LZG against XHT's attacks but then let LZG know that he was out of line too. He didn't play favorites, he expressed what he felt about how both guys were behaving.

Great analysis. I'm with you on the lack of continuity and resolution, especially between episodes. Like, when Hao Ting says that he's been studying with Xi Gu ... makes me wonder if the days are passing quickly but we're not being properly shown that by the writer and director.

I was happy that Hao Ting actually spoke of apologizing for what he did to Xi Gu in making him miss the exam, but we still don't know the impact on Xi Gu's hopes for a scholarship.

Like you I was struck by the contrast between the nice things that Hao Ting's sister said about his character and how cold he was in the breakup scene. It's okay to break up with somebody and still have compassion for them, no matter how superficial or strained the relationship might have become in the end.

I'm feeling less and less invested in the second couple. I think in another series I'd be more into them but the stakes with the primary couple are so high that when the story goes to the other guys I feel impatient.

Still, I do love the show and it's my #1 follow right now.

I'm loving it too, all quibbles aside.

One good thing about the couples getting together earlier in the series is we'll get more kisses and fluff. Thanks for finding that!

Please upload!

I think Xi De is the twin who is attracted to Yu Xi Gu. (Just noticed that both he and his brother use their real names as the names of their characters...)

It's fun to speculate about what's going to happen there.

Xi De was clearly taken aback and displeased to see Yu Xi Gu leave with Hao Ting to eat lunch. (I loved the shock and drama when Hao Ting walked boldly into the classroom, and how he was even going to stay there to eat with Yu Xi Gu, if Yu Xi Gu hadn't run away in embarrassment. Hao Ting is not afraid to show where his affections lie even if they're with another boy.)

While it's possible Xi De would try to interfere somehow and break up the new couple, I think it's more likely that his loyalty to his friends will win out and what we'll see is him avoiding the gang entirely, just as he did during the latter part of this week's episode. He won't make a fuss, but for the sake of his own feelings he'll decide not to be constantly confronted with everything that's happening. They will take notice and someone (maybe his brother) will go to him about it.

One thing that disappoints me about with the longer "double episodes" is that when a new one starts they don't resolve the cliffhanger from the previous one.

For example, after Hao Ting made a scene at the bar and pulled Yu Xi Gu outside, I was really interested to see how he'd respond after Yu Xi Gu dropped to his knees to beg him to stop interfering in his life. At the start of the next episode we don't get any of that, though. Instead we see the scene with Hao Ting's sister.

Similarly, after Sun phones Lu Zhi Gang in the car, demanding that he get out, LZG actually does get out(!), presumably so that Sun can catch up to where he's standing, but we never get to see what happened there.

Right. With LZG, SBX started out as infatuated, not in love, but he's too inexperienced to know the difference. It's interesting to put him with someone who's become jaded due to love that went wrong.

I suspect that LZG will become more nurturing and affectionate toward SBX as the series advances. He'll come out of his shell in a similar way to YXG coming out of his.

Today they're having an issue with subtitles on all platforms. Maybe this is related to that.

I love your comment because it's like I wrote every single word myself. I agree with you 100%.

It was a tender kiss. How would someone "give consent" in that situation anyway? There's the option to pull back, and Yu Xi Gu did that, but he looked more surprised than angry. And as you say, he savored it for a moment.

When you think about it, that was probably his first kiss, ever.

I do think there's melodrama of some sort ahead since the two couples are getting formed very early in the series. For HIStory 2's stories and the HIStory 1s that I watched the finales were all about the couples being finally together. There's a lot of time to fill here so you might be on the money about that trope.

I think the twins are cute so I wouldn't mind seeing one of them develop romantic feelings for another boy. Maybe by the end of this series the events will sort themselves out so that the "nice guy" twin is also paired off with a guy (just not his brother, please ... lol).

Yes, it's up on Viki now. Like last week it got posted around noon ET, so it looks like my weekly Wednesday lunchtime activity is now set until mid-December. :)

When they had both of the guys saying it to each other I was like "Huh?" lol

At least the second couple seems a little more standard issue gay. ^_^

Actually I wonder if the guy the twin has a thing for might be Yu Xi Gu, since he reacted so strongly against it when XHT was harassing him.

I get the distinct feeling that the "nice guy" twin has a thing for Xiang Hao Ting. He didn't look happy when XHT showed up to have lunch with Yu Xi Gu and was conspicuously absent during the rest of the episode, including when the rest of the gang was professing their support for their brothers.

And I have to say I'm not thrilled with the "I'm not gay, I'm just gay for you" angle. Mary, please.

Yes!

Viki is messing with me! I got an alert that the new episode is available but on the app it's still locked. Anybody else have this happen?

I've never been able to watch Our Skyy. Now I really want to see it.

It's set after Kiss Me Again. The "Pete and Kao" in Kiss The Series were different characters entirely. It was like that show took place in an alternate universe lol.