I really enjoyed this series. At least, until Ep 6.
I was not expecting, and I wasn't happy with, that NC scene at the end of the last episode.
To me, it was SO incredibly sudden - it happened **immediately** after their confession (and brief dead fish kiss) at the mysterious shrine - and it was out of character and just didn't fit the vibe of the rest of the series.
And I was uncomfortable with the actions and dialogue in the NC scene.
Kano: " (after Ogami takes off his own shirt and starts to take Kano's shirt off, too): "Wait.....I'm not ready for this"
Ogami (slams Kano's hands on the bed and holds them down): "I can't wait any longer."
Ogami bends down to kiss Kano's neck, and Kano says "Wait....no.....not there."
Ogami: "You're so cute when you keep saying no."
Kano gives in after a bit. But it just didn't feel like there was FULL consent there. Even Ogami acknowledged that Kano kept saying NO.
IMO, after their confession and initial kiss, it would have felt much more in character if they kissed again (hopefully not a dead fish one, though), but that's it. They needed to get to know each other more. The NC scene just did not fit.
It's very funny (lots of cheesy lines, but they are hysterical, lol), and cute, and heart-fluttering but not in an NC kind of way - at least not so far. (I'm on Ep 6).
The chemistry between the couples is great, too.
I think you should try it, if all of that sounds like something you would enjoy.
As a mom with a kid that has life-threatening food allergies, I am SERIOUSLY disappointed and actually alarmed by how casually these dramas treat food allergies.
In Ep 3, watching Pleng give "Tankhun" a cookie with nuts in it, even though according to his diary, he knows Tankhun is allergic to them, is disturbing.
It should have been a series, not a one-off movie.
There wasn't nearly enough time to flesh out their characters with regards to back stories, their relationships with people around them, their relationships with each other, their dancing (especially the dancing skills they were supposed to be learning from each other), the time (months) that passed between their meetings, them competing in other countries.......
...........and the whole "10Dance competition" disappeared completely by the end of the movie.
It just never happened.
And as far as the chemistry between the two characters......meh.
In some scenes it tiptoed right up to the very edge of "intense," but never quite got there. Their relationship honestly only felt half-developed.
Watching Ep 4 right now, and still enjoying this series WAY more than I expected to.
The scene where Jira is changing clothes in the back seat of Koh's car was filmed so naturally. It's a really simple scene, but it was just....I don't know. It was just perfect. It didn't feel like a "scene" from a series. It felt like something one of my friends would do. The way they would act. They way they would focus on changing in that small space, with all of the real sounds and grunts of effort. And then the way they would climb over the seat to sit in the front. I really liked how the director allowed ALL of that time and ALL of those actions and sounds to just roll.
This series is so different, and so good. Kudos to the actors and director.
Hopefully once they went back home, Pingwen was able to get married. He already had the girl he wanted to marry, but he was forced to wait for YEARS for things to settle down. :(
What does it mean when Li Qing tears a strip of white cloth off of his own clothing, thrusts his hand (holding the torn cloth) through the curtain and throws it on the ground in front of Pingyuan?
I got the feeling it meant he was severing all ties (friendship, business association and the brotherhood they just found out about) with Pingyuan, but I'm not sure if that is correct.
I’d like to understand exactly what this is about, what exactly happens in episode 2, what he works for him…
Ko is a social introvert and has a very cold personality. He actually despises being around others and is reluctant to even talk to them on the phone.
He hires Jira, who has some experience with acting, to publicly appear on Ko's behalf for business negotiations (which are questionable, if the subtitles are correct).
So far, the only apparent (and somewhat faint) sexual interest has been on Jira's part because he saw Ko in the nude and, being an artist as well as an actor, immediately went home to sketch / paint his employer's body (including, surprisingly, Ko's full male anatomy, which was actually seen in the painting when the camera panned over it).
But as of the end of Ep 2, nothing NC has happened yet.
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I was not expecting, and I wasn't happy with, that NC scene at the end of the last episode.
To me, it was SO incredibly sudden - it happened **immediately** after their confession (and brief dead fish kiss) at the mysterious shrine - and it was out of character and just didn't fit the vibe of the rest of the series.
And I was uncomfortable with the actions and dialogue in the NC scene.
Kano: " (after Ogami takes off his own shirt and starts to take Kano's shirt off, too):
"Wait.....I'm not ready for this"
Ogami (slams Kano's hands on the bed and holds them down): "I can't wait any longer."
Ogami bends down to kiss Kano's neck, and Kano says "Wait....no.....not there."
Ogami: "You're so cute when you keep saying no."
Kano gives in after a bit. But it just didn't feel like there was FULL consent there. Even Ogami acknowledged that Kano kept saying NO.
IMO, after their confession and initial kiss, it would have felt much more in character if they kissed again (hopefully not a dead fish one, though), but that's it. They needed to get to know each other more. The NC scene just did not fit.
I see all kinds of drama fans and K / J-pop fans write this kind of thing often. I still don't know why, lol.
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The chemistry between the couples is great, too.
I think you should try it, if all of that sounds like something you would enjoy.
In Ep 3, watching Pleng give "Tankhun" a cookie with nuts in it, even though according to his diary, he knows Tankhun is allergic to them, is disturbing.
There wasn't nearly enough time to flesh out their characters with regards to back stories, their relationships with people around them, their relationships with each other, their dancing (especially the dancing skills they were supposed to be learning from each other), the time (months) that passed between their meetings, them competing in other countries.......
...........and the whole "10Dance competition" disappeared completely by the end of the movie.
It just never happened.
And as far as the chemistry between the two characters......meh.
In some scenes it tiptoed right up to the very edge of "intense," but never quite got there. Their relationship honestly only felt half-developed.
After all of the buildup, I'm disappointed.
The scene where Jira is changing clothes in the back seat of Koh's car was filmed so naturally. It's a really simple scene, but it was just....I don't know. It was just perfect. It didn't feel like a "scene" from a series. It felt like something one of my friends would do. The way they would act. They way they would focus on changing in that small space, with all of the real sounds and grunts of effort. And then the way they would climb over the seat to sit in the front. I really liked how the director allowed ALL of that time and ALL of those actions and sounds to just roll.
This series is so different, and so good. Kudos to the actors and director.
If you're enjoying it, keep watching and then decide how you, yourself, want to rate it at the end.
What does it mean when Li Qing tears a strip of white cloth off of his own clothing, thrusts his hand (holding the torn cloth) through the curtain and throws it on the ground in front of Pingyuan?
I got the feeling it meant he was severing all ties (friendship, business association and the brotherhood they just found out about) with Pingyuan, but I'm not sure if that is correct.
Please enlighten me, thanks!
He hires Jira, who has some experience with acting, to publicly appear on Ko's behalf for business negotiations (which are questionable, if the subtitles are correct).
So far, the only apparent (and somewhat faint) sexual interest has been on Jira's part because he saw Ko in the nude and, being an artist as well as an actor, immediately went home to sketch / paint his employer's body (including, surprisingly, Ko's full male anatomy, which was actually seen in the painting when the camera panned over it).
But as of the end of Ep 2, nothing NC has happened yet.