FreshKicks

Yes, the start of Episode 3 was quite deflating. I guess it comes from the series being an edit of a movie. But really, they could have done a smoother and more rewarding edit. Or it wouldn't have hurt to keep the kiss in Episode 2 and just pick up from there in Episode 3.

I'm starting to think the ex has been written a little too over-the-top evil. And as others have already said, it strains credulity that a nice guy like Jae Won would date such a shrew for two whole years.

She's a monster, begging him to visit the family when she has witnessed how terribly his mother treats him. She's also heard him accusing his stepfather of molesting and sexually assaulting him, but still puts on the act.

There's nothing to recommend this unless you really, really like the actors.

Which I do. But man, it's hard to get through an episode.

Already looks 100x less cringy than either Cutie Pie series.

I'm in.

I just wish Mandee would stop with the relentless face smoothing. They make the actors look like CGI characters.

Fluke has really come into his own as a BL actor.

I remember when he was in "The Shipper" I was in so much suspense as to whether his character would turn out to have feelings for First's character, and how thrilled I was when it turned out to be true.

He is so natural and at ease on screen and easy on the eyes as well.

Thank you! I wouldn't mind being a potter but the phallic symbolism in this episode was hilarious.

He's one of my votes every day

Hmm. I wonder if the younger brother of Cher's childhood friend will end up in a family with Gun and Cher as his "dads".

Tonight I'll be dreaming of Hotae sporting that black t-shirt and those beefy biceps.

When the boss told Wonyoung that he'd already spoken to Taejoon at the Beijing conference, does that mean the whole espionage angle is just going away? Seems too easy.

Ah! Someone else who understands the terrible hugging gap that plagues so many BLs. It's a sure giveaway that the actors aren't fully comfortable because people who are truly in love want to engulf one another.

I'm bummed that they trotted out that trope. If they make her into some kind of superhuman villain I'll be doubly disappointed.

A possibility I've considered is that the bitter ex-gf will sabotage Jihyun by doing something like cutting at the leash for his surfboard so it will snap when he's out surfing. The fact that Jihyun has said that he can't swim makes it already seem he's destined for some sort of swimming mishap. For him a broken surfboard leash while out in the rough surf would be a potentially deadly situation.

I'm hoping he'd survive, though.

2023 looks like it's going to be Korea's year.

iQIYI now lists this as coming soon and has videos of each actor introducing himself.

So that the runners he was pacing could see him amidst all the other runners. Maybe also to make sure the race officials at the checkpoints know he's not a competing runner.

For me the last episode felt strangely different enough from the manhwa that for a while I was afraid they'd decided to give us a dream sequence for Tae Hyun, and that instead of what's in the bonus chapters we'd see him wake up alone and sad.

I also agree there should have been some further acknowledgement of Tae Hyun's issues, even if it amounted only to Tae Hyun expressing gratitude to Da Yeol. After all, the guy basically gave him a new direction in life. When Tae Huyn bought the bouquet in the last scene I wondered if he was about to visit his mother's columbarium (I had to google that) with Da Yeol.

College Da Yeol is such a hottie!

It’s great to know I’m not alone in this. I don’t know what psychological lever it pulled in me, but it gets me right in the heart. If the boys don’t end up together it might be the end of me.

Oh god, I know. I need a support group to get through one more day.