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And he looks so different than in Not Me. There he was more sweet "around the edges" and here he is so buff I had trouble recognising him 🤭

Nick couldn't let go (let's face it he was not feeling it with Daddy Dan), so when Boston gave him "opening" (screensaver picture) he jumped on it. He probably is a bit weary and hence tries to just be friends. Maybe that is why he returned to his old clothes? To restart?

Perhaps they forgave him because he is simply not that interesting?
I saw plenty of comments that Mew/Top is the least favourite couple or that people watch their scenes at 2x.
Good ones make us love/hate them a lot, being invested in their stories.

I would say most got quick forgiveness (I am going to list just a few instances as there were more and more characters with issues):
I don't see much hate towards Ray for basically cheating on Mew with Sand (or should it be on Sand with Mew?).
Nick was a total creep with that spying but people still thought him and Sand were the best.
Boston is now defended a lot.
Sand stole from Nick (video clip). Now he gets a lot of backlash because for some it seems like he has dilemma whom to choose between Boening and Ray (IMO he is all for Ray but, as he is a kind person at heart and most likely has no idea what Boening was doing, wants to let Boening down gently) - why? Because it looks so out of character for him.

I personally don't get why Top is "top tier". What makes him so? Money? Both Ray and Boston come from quite wealthy families.

With Boening/Mew we would at least not have the issue not knowing who is who (see comments under Enchante) 😂

If you go to GagaOOlala, you would find that there is New Years Special and The Movie. I am pretty sure it was in The Movie.
The whole thing was: Shiro was asked to meet and then his parents told him that Kenji cannot come to New Year's celebration. Shiro was shocked and asked what is going one as not long ago mother called him and invited Kenji. He is being told that last time visit was fine but afterwards mother was sick for days (due to not actually being able to accept that her son has male partner), so not to repeat it they rescinded Kenji's invitation. I am not going to spoil how it ended 😉

Side note: why is his own mother calling him Shiro-san?

Agent of chaos?

I agree with you here and your comment under mine. Ray really is super possessive - the way he reacted when he thought Sand was doing it all for money: the betrayal he felt and then regret + relief when he learnt the truth. It was all so intense (even when he was jealous of Top he did not show such strong emotions and venerability).
I think Sand might have been afraid of his reaction and needed space to deal with Boening in his own way. He should however communicate it with Ray (in the "money for rehab" fight he could have explained but he stayed silent).
They both need some work to do to be in a relationship.

I agree that he should have introduced Ray as his BF from the get go. I also think overall Boeing was making him uncomfortable. Perhaps he is afraid that he would hit on Ray and the history would repeat itself. We don't actually know how it went with Boening/Top (Sand said that Top stole his ex but sometimes people try to justify or gaslight themselves to avoid harsh truths). He might have wanted to nip the issue in the bud and it's not always easy with an audience, so he asked Ray to leave.
So far he shown that he has quite strong moral compas (not ideal but still better than most) and he is in his core a kind man. It's not always easy to balance it.
Ray on the other hand pulled the same card as in EP2 (invitating his "competition" to his house and suggesting pool and hinting at threesome), not to mention spying on them. Relationships need trust and both of those moves show lack of it.
I am not trying to justify Sand's behaviour - I just hope it would be clarified in the next EP (which as some commenters said - should take like 3h to properly deal with all the issues 😉).

I agree with you - Sand has quite strong character. I think Boeing was making him uncomfortable. Perhaps he is afraid that he would hit on Ray and the history would repeat itself. We don't actually know how it went with Boening/Top (Sand said that Top stole his ex but sometimes people try to justify or gaslight themselves to avoid harsh truths).

The mansion has a lot of [burial] ground, so you never know 😉

Typical 2nd (or in this case 3rd) couple syndrome 😉 (like in My Engineer I liked Ram/King the most)
At least most agree that Mew/Top are the least interesting of the 3 couples (I am not counting the girls as their screen time is basically nonexistent).

Ray says he is open to it. Would he be though?
I remember that in EP02 he used similar tactic (inviting to his place + pool + vague assumption of threesome) to get rid of the girl (Amm) with whom Sand was leaving.

The tomb dilemma Kenji is having 🤣

I agree.
I also think that Sand is quite uncomfortable in Boeing's presence. Perhaps he has some lingering feelings or perhaps he is afraid of what Boeing might do (like try to hit on Ray).
If I was Ray, I would call Mew and asked him to get dirt on Boening from Top. Which would not be great but since Sand is tight-lipped and bothered by something... add to that famous "tight-skin" of Ray and that would be the most likely scenario.
I am glad that in preview we got Ray setting some boundaries.

Perhaps but only after all EPs. In my 1st post (after EPs01-02) I thought that Boston had some feelings towards Mew. Boy was I wrong 😉

It's weekends, so I went on a spree and finished the reminding 3 EPs (EP08-10).

Ending:
Mew, Ray, Nick, Sand, Ray, Top, Mew, Boston, Top, Ray
Correlations:
Ray/Sand - riding car/motorbike on a different roads (but hopefully finding themselves on the same one, going in the same direction)
Mew/Top - reflections of water from aquarium/bath (like our good/bad behaviour reflecting on others)
Nick/Boston - not sure here but perhaps that single lamp (like their whole life is in the darkness and their partner is a "lamp of hope/love/2nd chance")?

Ray - when you tell your partner you love them but they don't tell it back it's a clear sign.When they only kiss you in front of ex it's a clear sign. It seems like he actually saw them but choose to ignore them for a time. When you say to your friend that you love him and he tells you back - you finally repaired the relationship.
Sand has every right to be angry - not only for two-timing but for possible aresst!
I hope he wasn't drunk when he drove "on mountain roads for like 2h" (was his car up to it?). I don't believe for a second that he would be fine if Sand and Nick hooked up (the way they jumped apart was like being caught in the act 🤭) - he even jumped on the bed between them and started snuggling with Sand 😂 ("threesome", right - we all know you don't mean it).
I liked that Ray pushed Sand a bit to be braver but ultimately left the decision to him (not the "blackmail" part).
Good for him to go back to rehab.
Side note: when he was with Mew he was never so flirty and charming (and happy) like with Sand. It was like he was using maybe 70% of himself with Mew and 120% with Sand (he was really putting his puppy eyes to the use a lot 😉).

Sand - I loved how he could be firm and fearless with Ray. However he should be more adamant for Ray not to two-time.
I was like Sand + Nick... whaaat?! And then they were the same 🤣 They are truly best to be friends.
Ray had a bit of right during their fight - being around temptation is not good for addicts (especially just starting rehab).

Atom + Chrum - lying about SA is detrimental to actual victims! Why was she more angry about it being her bro and not supposed SA?

Nick - finally back in "normal" clothes (he understood that they would not change how other feels towards him or that they would make him replacement for oryginal wearing them).
I am a bit sad that it haven't worked out with Daddy Dan but heart wants what it wants.
Yes, unite "Team 2nd option"! I loved how they talked with eachother about their issues and how supportive they were (not just during camping but overall). A true friends (plus Nick being unintentional Cupid)!
Poor Nick was thirdweeling 😏 and he was so panicked that Ray would misunderstand 🤣

Boston - excluded by friends, accused to be basically a r*pist but there is light at the end of the tunel for him.
I am glad he started to understand what he was missing and even took 1st step. He should feel lucky that they are both "nasty".

Boening - what is the end game here? Chaos? I watched pre-view of EP11 and now he wants to mess with Sand too?

Top - how does the medicine taste? Bitter? Perhaps it would enforce how your partners felt. Apparently not seeing as you use your ex as sleeping pill 🤦‍♀️. This doesn't mean that what Mew is doing is ok.
I should applaud him here - he could have busted Ray with that video he recorded but decided just to warn Mew.

Mew - it seems like self-destruction is still in progress. It was not enough to mess with Ray, drink and take drugs, steal from Gap, mess with Boston... now he has to add Boening to the list of questionable choices.

EP06-07 behind me.

I've been watching ending credits:
a) our friends are on the left or center left of the screen
b) it seems like couples correlate - both Ray and Sand are driving (car or motorbike; they are on different roads thou...); Mew is leaning on his aquarium and Top is in bathtube (both get "water reflection/waves" on them); there was no Boston so far, so his and Nick connection is unknown so far
c) the order is: Mew, Rey, Nick, Rey, Sand, Top, Mew
d) we had our upbeat Khaoutung song for the first 6 EPs but on the 7th we get more melancholic one

Sand lost a lot in my eyes by stealing (yes, Nick is right about that). He gained too by taking responsibility and being genuinely sorry (it made me tear up when he said that he gets Nick). However I think that he was not honest about his reasoning - perhaps unconsciously - it wasn't just revenge on Top. If it was he would have gone to Mew directly.
Just a random thought about the bathtub scene - they were both planing to take a bath in boxers? Boys you had s*x so modesty is not needed (I know they did it not to flash us 🤭).

Truth about Rey's feelings came out and he cut off Sand immediately - no more random showing up, flirting. He was quite weary when they met "to play pool".
Then the whole drunken fight with everyone culminating in "whore" 😒. I don't think it fully hit him when Sans said that he was his emergency contact since they met (throwback to EP2) but he returned to being his flirty self with Sand. And then what? Like an addict he is, once he got a whif of "drug" (a slight opening, really), he choose Mew 😮‍💨

Mew - he is hurt and he should ice both of them.
I get to some point why he was trying to scare Boston but the consequences would not be for him only (and since there are more copies of the movie it's easier for it to get out).
His behaviour with Gap was to be expected but how could Gap believe him? If he truly was on his friend's side would be not delete the video and not just copied it and left oryginal? 🤔

Top - play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Nick - no, he was not about to love you but I get the hurt. I am glad he cried it out, I hope that helped him.

Boston - he helped expose you but you destroyed the friendship all on your own (well with Top's help).
During the fight with Ray only, he was trying so hard to turn the whole thing and drop the blame on somebody else. Classic cheater move (like when child caches parent cheating and then is being told that if they let the other parent know then they would destroy the family and it would be the child's fault 🤢).

In my family.
She got married to a guy who shares a lot with her dad - liking to fix things, making homemade alkohol etc.
Another one - his wife is is a bit like his mom with being late and such. She has unfortunately additional baggage of a mother belonging to the r/insaneparents... (one aunt's belongs there as well, so he had some practice how to handle that).

My journey continues - EP03-05 are done!
Let me start it with - what a BS excuse to hook up! What 2 single (I presume) people did years before meeting their current BF is not a hall pass for said BF (and they just kissed once!). You are both trash for thinking this is a good reason.

Sand - I think that Ray resembles Sand's mom (like they both are fun and trouble that Sand has to fix), so I get his attraction (it's common to have silimar partner to your parent - even if one doesn't like said parent) adding to that Ray's constant flirtation (or is it a love bombing?) and Sand was hooked (he had no idea about Ray+Mew, so earlier he probably rationalized that Ray was just a good friend and then Boston was Boston).
I liked how he talked with Nick - he was trying to hold the balance between scolding him and being there for him in case the whole thing gets ruined.

Ray - wow, just wow (not only the Mew thing but saying "only friends"). He is charming, I would get him that but that doesn't give him free pass to do whatever. Is Sand his backup or does he really feels something for him?
This is going to be harsh but some people should not be parents and Ray's mom was most likely one of them.

Nick - from comments I thought I would like Nick but no. His obsession is just too much. How is he supposed to be in relationship with someone he simply doesn't trust (not that I blame him for lack of trust)? IMO that's never a good idea. Add to that the spying and Nick just went to creepy territory.

Mew - good for him to set the boundaries with Ray again. This time he should add a bit of a distance to it, so that Ray can actually get over him. I hope he would stop pushing Ray to new relationship, as that would make Sand a rebound guy and that's not fair.
His reasoning for s*x were so-so and he called the one guy he knew that would definitely not dissuade him from it = he wanted validation of his actions.
I get why Mew wanted to talk about Top's past relationships but he should respond in kind. Lies of omissions are also lies...

Boston - let me give him the biggest benefit of the doubt: he truly cares about Mew and doesn't want him to be hurt. With that in mind him warning Mew was correct move. He should be a good friend and let Mew make his mistakes and then be there for him "in case of". Boston however showed that he is not a good friend - does he even want to be a part of this friend group? I think so far he hasn't been sh*tty only to Chrum. Sand should know what he is getting into but he was being nasty (he led the conversation specific way to inflict the most pain, I think).
He is constantly confusing Nick with his behaviour - is he so affectionate to his other partners? I would assume no, so he knows how to handle casual relationship. So why wanting to spend the night? Because he is selfish (shellfish 😋)!

Top - I am just speechless for his general behaviour (he gets the slowest clap for finally ending it with Boston).
I think Mew sees him as upgraded version of Ray (they both have substance issues, have some unaddressed trauma etc.).

I had such situations with books, so now I have hard deadline - 10PM (22:00). Doesn't matter that EP is in progress - shutdown. Otherwise I would be zombie the next day 😁
I admit I sometimes allow few extra minutes for scene to finish but I know that I have to wake up at 6AM (and my body likes to proactively wake me up before alarm... so at like 5AM 😅) and I need my "beauty sleep" 😉