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Completely different. The Drama "High School return of a Gangster" is a straight-washed version of the OG work. So I can 100% understand why peoples were upset with the drama as many straight novel/webtoon exist & wait to be adapted so they really didn't need to pick this one.

As for the Drama "My Girlfriend Is the Man!", they seems to have followed the OG work as it was never a BL webtoon to begin with. To be exact, this story is about a straight relationship, just a gender bender one. If anything, people saying this story miss the LGBT tag because this is about "a romance between two man" are borderline transphobic. A trans-woman is still a woman even if she have/had the body of a man and if she is in a relationship with a man, they are straight. To be clear, I'm not saying this a story about a trans-woman but if anything it's more close to a trans-woman/man relationship than a gay one.

I don't see that happening as in every drama, the lead couple need to have a "heavy break up" and this Wang Shuo - aka. walking trouble - is just perfect for that. First of all, he will probably expose WSW being Yue's ex boyfriend and then mess up CC head.

Yeah. Those two episodes could be a whole 16ep K-Drama plotline minus the usual serial killer/sociopath that want the leads dead ! :P

Ep1: Kissing (& more). Ep2: ML confess and MC already started to realize his own feeling. They will be wed by episode 4 and we will maybe even see their children grow up by episode 6 if it keep this pace! :D

In term of storytelling, in most case, the Novel > the Adaptation. So yeah, like you, I much prefer see the adaptation before reading the novel. That being said, people who read the novel before cannot exactly foreseen if it will be adapted or not when they read it. I can understand their disappointment - as it also happened to me before we still have hope it will be as good as the novel we loved so much - but I also don't see the point of crying about it as it's bound to happen as like I said Novel > Adaptation.

I prefer bring positivity like promoting the novel to the viewer as some will be naturally be curious about it than crying over & over about what is different & wrong compared to the OG work.

Probably but he can also become a Regent until the little mute prince can take over. In most drama ML & FL go venture into the world & free of heavy responsibility just to love each others without constrain.

Yes and it isn't the first time he said such unhinged flirty line about FL's macabre hobby. ML really does have particular taste in woman but I'm glad they found each others. :P

Don't be like the Princess. She did try to kill FL but more than that, she actually killed Imperial Guard 1 & 2, so who care about FL ? Bring justice to the unnamed first ! :P

Well, I binged it today. Ngl, the "Evil Deity" is the one I root for the most but I'm pretty sure he will still have a "sad ending". Tbh, I don't see anything Evil about him and really want someone to take his side for once. But preview of episode 10 didn't seems to go that way unfortunately... Y_Y

Maybe she will be the next corpse that FL will "reluctantly" cut open ? :D

Yes It doesn't really make sense. First of all, she found a exact copy of him and didn't at one point believe it could be actually be him or AT LEAST, she could suspect a "hidden twin". But no, the doppelganger theory make so much more sense for her because he is just a DeLiVeRy GuY.

Anyway, it's still fun to watch & ML have the cutest smile so I forgive them. :P

Well, I cannot say I fully enjoyed it. The first part was fun but then they completely change the genre for a subpar palace intrigue without a inch of what making this drama interesting: Light & Funny.

Not a fan of the FL either. She was really clueless & gullible most of the time. I found Eun Ae & Hwa Seon were more interesting in the end.

Loved both season. Especially the relationship between characters & all of their backstories. They even managed to make me feel pity for Liu Chang & the Princess.

But the high note is the relationship between ML & FL. They are so natural with each others like a bestfriend or a soulmate could be.

Oh boy. I broken my leg when I was young and nobody shed a tear... This guy get a few stitch on his head and it's Judgment Day. Am I the only one thinking everyone overacted over this matter ? I didn't expect less of his mother, she can have PTSD after what happen to her other son but FL crying pitifully in the hallway like he was dying, the classmate saying "Will he throw away his life ?" and all of them seemed to grief their lost comrade in the classroom. Even everyone at the school watched the show outside like it was a Real TV drama. :D

Especially when it was all on him. Why did he run with her on his shoulders in the middle of the street ? A dog isn't some monster that will eat you alive. He didn't get hit by the scooter because he was "protecting" her, he was because he was silly. He just made everyone at risk and if anything, FL could have been the one really badly hurt and even the guy on the scooter. He really have the main character halo but it's just stupid at this point how everyone seems to favor him and dump everything on the FL when something happen - just because he is good at math. :P

One of the cutest date I've seen in a while in a drama. :O

Tbh, I wasn't that eager to see this one as the MC wasn't exactly appealing to me. But seeing him in action, it just work. He is just naturally cute and it isn't "too much" or over-the-top like I've seen younger actors playing such role. Honestly, I just want to protect him and so far the younger ML is perfect at doing just that.

I don't understand that mentality personally. I liked show that had trash rating and disliked others that had really great one. It's fine that you don't seem to enjoy this one but the whole ranting basically saying "Look, others don't enjoy it so I'm right to also disliking it!" doesn't look good.

Like, why do you care so much ? Even if the show had top tier rating, you can still have your own opinion and be disappointed by it regardless. You can voice why and others will also voice their own opinion. If it irk you in the wrong way, just ignore them.

I love how both leads can act romantic scenes or flirt during an autopsy or around dead bodies. It make the drama quite funny in a unique way. :P

In contrast, I really dislike the naivety of both lead when they speak about justice. It make them like they never see the outside world before. Like the scene when the FL had a mental breakdown when they discovered all those corpse in the well and ML promise that he will seek justice for them. It was so... awkward ? Over-the-top ? Almost like bad acting villains that want to appear righteous. Or a scene that directly come from a Disney movie.

Yeah, crazy mom are really common in BL for some reason. More than homophobic dad who I expected to be rampant. Well, most BL avoid using homophobia nowadays.

It's either he truly have a partner or it's a white lie saying "I'm not interested". You can have a hard time moving on but saying the one being confessed need to be "understanding" is the biggest joke.

It's still odd. I've never seen a drama being postponed because of this reason. If the subtitles/dubbing were absolute trash I could understand but so far it wasn't the case. It sound more like damage control than the truth.

Don't get me wrong, I hope they don't have a more serious issue but I will not hold my breath until we have a official reschedule.

Well, their popularity soared greatly with this drama. If it would be a straight drama, they would definitely appear on multiple Chinese media platform & even offer casting proposal. But none of that happened because the Chinese government doesn't like LGBT content to be promoted. So for now, they avoid them.

It's a soft ban now because their government didn't seems to be involved yet - like they did in the past - BUT Chinese media & producer probably wont contact them until the broadcast is finish at least - to avoid the controversy.