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I hate to be one of those people who immediately asks for Season Two, but the ensemble format and the loose ends from Season One make this series a perfect candidate for another go-round.

Extra kudos for Wayu and Wayha. They have one of the healthiest, sweetest, and sexiest relationships in all of BL.

I'm gonna miss this hot mess!

For me, the most significant hint so far that we might be in BL territory for real. ❤️

Yeah he’s really greasy.

Yay, it broke the 8.0 barrier! 🎉

I think we’re unlikely to see a Leon-Pob series because it’s my understanding that James won’t be doing any more BL roles, at least not as part of a m/m couple.

Omg is that what’s in the original source?

I am hoping that’s not what we’re in store for because that would be the most abrupt shift in tone since MODC.

No it’s all the SW haters saying it. Because that’s the narrative you’ve all created for him. Personally I dont think he’s ready to date anyone yet, including everybody’s precious SH, but the constant shade is such a high school energy.

But that’s just me lmaoooooo

It broke my heart. As the conversation unfolded I couldn’t believe my ears. It changed my opinion of the two jerks who encouraged it, too.

I’ll be glad when they finally kiss so all this “Is it a BL?” BS and misplaced attribution of this series to a Chinese production company will finally stop.

Keep in mind that he said that in response to questions from an off-camera interviewer. He was giving them the answer they wanted: that he’s torn between the two men. It’s all for show.

But he’s not torn. He’s reluctant about JS. Otherwise he would’ve been much more proactive by now, and his inactions speak louder than words.

I stand by what I said earlier. The season will end with SH uncommitted, because choosing SW over JS would turn JS into an emotional basketcase, and SH is too nice to do that.

I hate it, and will stop watching some Cdramas as soon as I find out they’re dubbed. There’s no way I’d stop watching this one, but the list of voice actors in the credits is so long that I think almost every character was dubbed.

Over on Twitter, BLUpdate said that the producers of the series were asking fans if they thought Wu Bi and Su Yu would kiss.

I know this is third-hand news, but if they did ask that it would be a terrible thing to tease us about if it wasn't going to happen.

Hate to say it but for me the pilot lacked spark and went through the motions, like a cover band playing someone else's greatest hits.

New's performance in "Warp Effect" was also so brilliant that having him return to this meek kind of character is a little disappointing. And I hope his "Achi" won't be an overdone performance like Minato in "Minato's Laundromat".

This will make "Step by Step" look like a bullet train.

It's the worst.

This is so disappointing. The writers obviously want to keep the same dynamic between Minato and Shin as Season One, so Minato is forced to remain an emotionally stunted closet case who exclaims in horror every time Shin does anything remotely boyfriend-like.

This makes something so basic as Minato laying his hand over Shin's into a "moment" to set our hearts aflutter.

In other words, no dramatic growth whatsoever.

Shin is a fool to let himself be friendzoned. Instead of the blissed-out expression he keeps on his face no matter how badly Minato treats him, I hope we'll finally see him assert his right to be an equal partner in this "relationship" (i.e. glorified bromance) or else.

Right now this bogus retread has a higher MDL rating than the first season. Mind-boggling.

I enjoyed every second of this. Some real thought was put into it and every participant had something sweet and admirable about him.

For me Dan was the spark. And he's going to law school! Now that's a catch. 😍😍😍

A whipped Jeng is excruciating to watch. I hate how he has his tail between his legs for most of the finale while Pat remains immature and self-absorbed to the end.

I'm also not quite clear on what it was that made them finally reconcile?

Jeng's dad really is the Prince of Darkness, isn't he!

I think they could have tried a little harder to make the characters look like they truly aged. Most series do it with different hairstyles. It would have been fun seeing Jaab with short hair, although I'm sure Saint the actor would not have allowed it.

Funny observations: yet another episode where Pat has a good cry, and that advertising "awrad" on the shelf. Their English will always be lightyears better than my Thai but it still made me smile.

I'm always a generous grader but this gets 7/10. I wonder if we'll ever see these two leads in another series together. Something tells me we won't.

The final bit of the closing credits says it's a joint production of companies in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand.

Some of the external shots are Beijing and the setting is Beijing, but the external shots could be stock footage and the actual filming could have been done on a closed set anywhere in the world.

I translated the entire opening and closing credits and saw no evidence that the production was reviewed by Mainland censors and got approved. (I'm assuming that a movie or series that passes censorship displays some sort of certification during the opening or closing credits.)

The only catch is that the company that did post-production is based out of Beijing. I don't know if that alone would mean that the series would have to undergo Mainland censorship review.

Hopefully someone who knows how the censorship process works can comment about that here.

You are too funny! And you have an impressive memory!

I dug up the post. It was a statistical analysis rather than a rote counting exercise, and it arrived at a conservative estimate of the total number of "Between Us" Hia's as 1,134.

And, this was for only 9 of the episodes because for the first 3, Win and Team weren't yet a couple.