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You are right, it's not a romance series, so why are they trying to force it so sloppily? You can have series where ML/FL try to work together and there is not even a hint of romance and it is great (once again I am hyping Hand - The Guest, but only for those who are ok with horror... I am not but it was so good, I had to watch it till the end).

I would prefer if they deleted the whole romance plot. It is possible to create great series without it (Hand - The Guest is for me poster child for that).
I am hoping that EP23 will make me see at least the raw emotions you mentioned (or they could abandon the romance altogether, I wouldn't mind).

Honestly I would have preferred if they simply stopped showing romance where it's not needed (I am not a fan of horror but Hand - The Guest had 2 ML and 1 FL, there was no romance even hinted and it was great) - this series should be just palace intrigue.

I beg the difference - have you seen The Untamed? He has better chemistry with WYB than with her.

It might be just me but I am on EP18 and the chemistry between ML and FL is just... lacking (they are more like siblings/friends than lovers, there is barely any tension between them). IMO he had better chemistry with the old Marquis (there was this scene when they were sitting close and you could feel the tension) and his 2nd son (boathouse). With FL in bath they had barely any spark, there was something on the boat but still lackluster IMO - FL had better chemistry with her BFF, Lord 8th, so far 😮‍💨

Depending how you interpret some scenes. For example I would say that the reaction to "the death notification" is not just brotherly...

At least in 2nd and 3rd arc they tried to tackle the subject of the damage that the parents can do to their kids...

They are both to be in Me and Thee (guest roles but still), so perhaps the change is permanent or Chimon needs more time?

Don't forget about Cherry Magic (both of them were 2nd couple in the remake).

Also there are important (trauma related) aspects in EP16. Since Faifa and Yotha are brothers one should at least check the EP16 before processing to Fai's story (the best IMO).

I would say that the series wasn't that bad - the source material was what it was, though

Have you seen Man who defies the world of BL (Zettai BL...)? I love how all the tropes are being shown there - one of them is after some house party they all (5) stay to sleep and there are 2 couples there (who our 5th wheel and narrator clocks in like 2 seconds) that decide to get frisky because "others are asleep". Great comedy (manga is hilarious but series is not bad as well).
I read novel that Not Me was based on (don't do it - your brain doesn't deserve this torture) and it being nothing like the series is just the tip of the ice berg but let's go back to the main subject: Sean basically SA White in the bathroom of his apartment while his friends are in the bedroom, then comes Black and he has (kind of out of the blue) sex with Gram on the bed while stuff are happening in the bathroom and last of their friends sleeps on the floor next to the bed! Nobody noticed others activities! 🤦‍♀️

Then I would say like >90% of BLs should be disappointment to you.
Do you know orgin of BL? It was yaoi. Do you know how yaoi came to be? In short: women in manga were treated like subhuman (authors and characters), so women started to create stories where there were 2 guys in a relationship, to have more or less equals in a relationship. In other words it all started with basically women wanting equality, so they substituted women with men in the stories. This means that BL is actually doing what it was supposed to do 🤷‍♀️

I just remembered Love Syndrome III... they definitely weren't quiet considering how Day likes to "operate".

It was loud, as there was music and they had some distance to next tent, so nobody definitely noticed (that was sarcasm).
On the other hand let's remember My Engineer and Love Syndrome III...

Yes. Series is called: Engineer Cute Boy (each story divided on to 2 books) and here are links to authors books.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/JittiRain/author/B087Z69NW5
Meb: https://en.mebmarket.com/index.php?action=search_book&type=author_name&search=JittiRain&page_no=1

I think I liked their characters more in A Boss and a Babe and disliked in Only Friends (Enchante will forever be black stain in their career for me - I dropped it and only restarted because Jimmy was having a cameo there).
Yes, FaifaWine are simply the one of the best: no silly misunderstandings, being mostly straightforward with each other, not playing stupid games, not using their trauma to justify hurting others, Wine being quite assertive (when needed) and Fai just the sweetest... (I already watched last EP at least 3 times and EP17-22 last week I think 5 times in total, so I have it bad 😅)

Agreed 💯!

Am I lying here, though? 🤭
(sadly I do not 😒)

I think ArcArm arc is the weakest. A lot of peope loves YothaGun (especially their chemistry but I would say that Yotha was a jerk to Gun as well, so...) but for me (and many more) the last storyline (FaifaWine) is the best (Fai being just the greenest forest ever and FaifaWine being generally great communicators).
Theoretically you could skip ArcArm (EP01-08) and wouldn't miss much, I think but since Yotha and Faifa are brothers and they share a monster... I mean they share a mother and she is part of their storylines, so it's best to watch either the whole Yotha thing (EP09-16) or at least EP16 to have idea about the trauma (flashbacks are IMO not enough to get the cruelty of the whole situation for Faifa, whose story is in EP17-24).
Slight note that the main and side couples basically show up in every storyline (except KlaoWa - who were considered by many as scene stealers - only appear starting YothaGun arc), so you might miss some details if you skipp but it should not make it incomprehensible.