Maggi64

I adore Mr. Heart! The punch happens a minute before the tall one declares love to the short one. I totally got it, but there were others who complained. You know "assault" and all that. Speaking of which, that person whose reviews give absurd content warnings actually warned viewers that the grandmother dies off screen in "Naked Diner." I was tempted to write to her to say that all human beings, even 4 year olds, know that old people die. So why does she need a freaking trigger warning for a grandma's death? Especially when it happened off screen before the show started? What next, a warning that human beings sometimes have a cold and sneeze? This shit has clearly reached a level of hysteria, but the people perpetuating the hysteria are too inside of it to recognize it.

True enough. And even if it's a mistake in continuity, I like this show and the sequels enough to let a tiny thing like this go.

I can see how you might view it that way. I suppose I rolled with it because there is, at least, some sexual tension between the two characters.

But what did you think of the fact that HJ, the boxer, punched YJ? I liked that soooo much better than the cliched soccer ball in the face (and I loved how YJ made him apply a band-aid to the wound). I don't think I've seen a BL character punch another before except for in "Mr. Heart."

The runner punches his pace-maker at the very end cuz he was so pissed that the pace-maker ran away without an explanation. Interestingly, this is the same director as Mr. Heart. Absent the bit with the punch, the shows are soooo different. Oh, and many viewers on MDL were aghast that the runner hit the pace-maker. I, however, totally got it.

You're right that the guys each had an illogical response to the other one having kept his family finances a secret. But I also think that an emotionally irrational response is realistic -- especially when two people are in love. When you are in love with someone you think you've a right to know everything about them, and feel betrayed if they tell someone else a fact about themselves before they tell you. Sure, it might be irrational to feel this way, but being in love is all about messy feelings.

As for the soccer ball, yep, a total BL trope. I saw it the first time in "Where Your Eyes Linger" and didn't mind it. But now I see it too often to overlook it. I preferred when HJ showed his frustration with YJ by slapping him than by tossing a soccer ball. Teen boys who are secretly attracted are more likely to touch with a fist than throw a mere ball, right? In fact, the short story and movie "Brokeback Mountain" has a whole scene of the 2 guys fist fighting after they realize they're in love and that they must leave the mountain the next day. It would be great to see more direct, body-to-body confrontation in a BL instead of this cliched soccer ball thing.

They should've made the show about the shopkeeper and his ex-boyfriend. It was a mere 2 minute flashback, but I was more interested in the conflict of that love affair than the one playing out in the present.

I think we'll get it cuz I just looked at the manga (only 1/3 translated) and it's tagged as "pornography" lol.

So you're upset that I "generalized" your generation? Umm, wasn't this what you were doing when you used the term "Boomer" as an insult? I don't think you even understand the rhetorical game which you, yourself, set up by using that term.

Moreover, if you wanted me to stop, then why did you leave a comment calling me a "Boomer"? The fact is, you assumed your comment would shut me down because you simply did not know what the term even meant historically. I teach kids in their early 20's so I recognize your thinking. That is to say, you went for what you'd assumed would be an easy fight with me but, instead, found yourself exposed as uneducated. Thus, you now want me to stop. Fine. I actually feel guilty going after some kid with no historical knowledge anyway. So I'll happily stop here.

I'm actually 2 decades younger than a Boomer. Do you even know what era a Boomer is? I'm sure you don't, because all you learned in college was fashionable lingo about how to accuse people of abusing you. So I'll educate you. It's the era from when WWII ended in 1945 to 1955. The returning soldiers had lots of sex and in the attending economic prosperity, they felt free to make lots of babies. Hence, the term "Baby Boom."

But if you mean the generation that did not want to criminalize the human touch then, hell, I don't mind being called a Boomer. After all, they were also the generation who championed free speech, civil rights, gay rights and disability rights (all Bills that were passed before you were born). In fact, the Baby Boomer Generation created the terms of contemporary liberalism. Hence, you sound like a fool when you use the term as an insult for someone you don't find sufficiently liberal.

In about 20 years there will be a name for your generation too. Please tell me that when this time comes you will have more to say for yourself than that you criminalized the human touch. After all, that's what you're promoting when you say a character in a show "sexually abused" someone because he stood too close to him on a crowded bus.

LOL, exactly.

For someone supposedly not into guys, YJ finds an awful lot of excuses to get HJ to touch him. First, he insists that HJ lie beside him on the tiny infirmary bed. Then he insists HJ go to that cyber cafe where, once again, they reclined side by side. Finally, he even brings a band-aide to the playground just so he can get HJ to put it on his face for him. This boy wants his BFF to touch his body something bad!

When the problems you cite are not "legitimate" then, yes, it's madness.

According to High & Low and Crow's Zero, a high school in Japan is an abandoned building where cute guys show up daily to have fights. But what's even more peculiar is that they are men in their 30's wearing high school uniforms. Go figure.

It's a generation that wants the other party's lawyers to write up Contracts of Consent before daring to touch their hand. It's a madness that's taken hold of young girls' minds in the West but, as we can see from Asian Cinema, not at all in the East. This is why -- thank God -- Asians keep making shows where people touch each other with a passionate sense of attraction.

OMG, I freaking loved how the dad grabbed the remote with his feet! That sort of tiny thing is usually what actors improvise cuz it's not in a script. It adds realism and goes a long way. I noted that the 2 leads are in agencies that specialize in actors (ie, not just boy bands), and think this makes a difference too. I noted they knew how to make these quick, micro expressions that evoked inner feeling. I just wish I knew the plot, but the manga is only 1/3 translated so far.

It's also known as "Ai Qing Lai Le" and many might not be able to find it if they're searching for the English title, "Love Go Go." At any rate, I assume that this is why there are no viewers for what is, in fact, a sweet little movie. Nothing earth shattering, but it has charm.

Oh, yea, YJ is definitely pretending to like her in front of HJ. Not sure why. But one thing is for sure, YJ is super jealous of Jin Hwan! lol

I don't get JW "8th Sense" vibes, because JW at least liked that bitch in the past (otherwise he wouldn't have dated her to begin with).

In this show, Yoo Jae does not seem to have any feelings for the girl in the past or present. Sure, he casually told her that she was pretty, but men commonly say that to pretty women, and it doesn't necessarily mean they're romantically attracted.

Overall, Yoo Jae has not given her any reason to believe he's attracted. So Han Joon was correct to be surprised when he said to Yoo Jae, "You mean you really like her? I didn't think you did."

Excellent point. Basketball is clearly easier to film in terms of both space and the smaller number of extras they'd have to hire to play it.

The childhood connection has not born its relevance yet, but we're only 2 eps into an 8 ep show. Also, I checked out the manga (only half translated so far), and it reveals that the childhood connection shall be more fruitful vis-a-vis plot and character as we proceed.

As for basketball, yes, I've noticed it's prevalent in many Asian shows/movies, despite soccer being far more popular in Asia. I suspect basketball keeps popping up because it's associated with America and is, thus, somehow perceived as foreign and hip. That's just my theory; otherwise, who knows.

Yep, it's true that while she's not a bitch, she's still exceedingly pushy. Indeed, so pushy that I want to punch her square in the face. I am so glad you commented on her pushiness because I wondered if I was the only one who felt this way. Which would've meant that there actually was a bitch here....... only it was me! lol