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Ep 8 - was Kipuka episode. The best performance from him in this series, particularly in the confrontation with his brother in the hospital. His sadness and frustration reflected in his eyes. It was very moving. The episode ends with him practically begging for the drug. A really well done interpretation. Another interesting and entertaining interaction between HY and SWL. Elliott with his quality of being an ethereal beauty did what he has been doing so well, and his "shape" shifting is so smooth. He delivers as a person in love even more when he is in Enigma mode. HY is indeed a very complex character. Overall the episode was alright, did not finish in a cliff hanging that is always a bit of an anticlimax, and GT was not there, but then he is not much in the novel either. I am sure in the next episode he will have screen time again.

..and if this follows the novel, that it is going to go really wrong before any good comes from it

Exactly, she could even self-appoint herself as the "assistant director" but letting the professionals handle it.

"too attached" exactly like that! and a bit self-indulgent if you ask me 🙄

I think it is a good one for him as he is going to sympathise with SSY.

This is not different at all, so far they have added one scene for the second couple that make it more visible that in the novel.

Chinese fans can watch changing the vpn through international platforms but this is also forbidden

If they had the money they should have hired better professionals. In China they are myriad of them with the amount of top level series they produce per year.

It is not broadcasted in China

The way Elliot and Kipuka describe meeting 8 years ago i could hear a Disney- like soundtrack for love at first sight. ..but lets be realistic. This is China, they really cannot come as gay if they want an acting career.

Wait a bit longer and binge watch.

Yes, and we had a 10 minute trailer!! It was obvious what we were going to see!!

It is slow. Suggestion: Read the novel. Google Chrysanthemus Garden and Desire. The link will appear inmediately.

Dont trust MDL pages. They are incomplete dont have all the cast. It has the wrong information. Jiang Heng for instance is already 27 years old, i doubted this is his first role but this is what we got. I recognised the main lead actors from those - 15 minutes ep ones. C series.

Exactly. The main appeal of the series is the main actors efforts and amazing chemistry. Sister Nong, the author of the written piece, is a good story teller but not a very good producer.

You are right. t is a bit choppy. I am reallly enjoying the series but needed a more professional direction, edition, dubbing etc. It is a case of DIY by Sister Nong Im afraid 😂

Thank you. This is epic. We have a whole other super sweet (and naughty) story going on in parallel thanks to very brave Elliott and Kipuka. In a place that actors cannot come out as gay if they want to survive in the industry, they are really putting their jobs in the line, because how you can pass this as "fan service" or actors role playing? 😂

For all of those still interested in the mess MDL did with the series info - I asked them who requested the change of info and here is the answer I received - a lot of nonsense of course. As as you can read, the trolls were the moderators: : "NoirRoseHeart: Actually, there are about 4 different countries listed as the country of origin across various streaming platforms, the same with the name. Some streaming platforms have it titled Desire and some ABO Desire. These all count as official sources as long as they are a streaming platform that originally aired the show. However, the staff noticed the change and confusion, so we did have discussion about it to determine what MDL should use. The production company promotes it as ABO Desire, so we decided to change back to that and keep it that way. Sometimes things like that can happen when different streaming sites aren't on the same page."

You wait and see....

Well said!!! thank you