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Originally I totally agreed with you. The plot made no sense, and I could not understand the characters AT ALL. I kept watching because of exactly what you wrote: the cute boys and the occasional comic scenes, but the series was a bit of a letdown. Then there was the kiss scene in episode 6, and I saw that the actors showed really intense emotions, which again, I could absolutely not understand. And I thought, hey, they really try to tell me something, maybe it is me who missed it because I focused on the boys and kisses? So I watched all episodes again, but this time strictly focusing on analyzing why the hell do each and every character do and say what they do?! And guess what I found. Is the plot simple, but like so much so that it really does not tell anything, or realistic at all? Hell yeah. I mean, in what world would be rich families expecing one boy to take care of another, infant boy for the rest of his life? Where would there be two grandpas making this wish? Where would any parent be happy with such wish? Then I realized: it is me who says it can not happen, because of my own prejudices. Why would it be impossible thst two elderly men live a happy family life? Why would it be impossible that the parents accept two boys may feel for each other, and nurture their life-long bond? As soon as I said, okay, why not, I realized that if I accept it as normal, I simply see an average situation, where the grandparents try to leave a secure future for their families, the parents and children show gratitude and respect. Because as the families never force bonds between each other, but decide to give support in their own ways, they also never force the kids to go along with their idea to get together. There are more than one scenes portraying how they ask their intentions and if they are happy. So is the plot unrealistic? Totally! But why? So that it gives a very clean, nice, idelistic, positive frame in which there is endless possibiltiy for the viewers to discover the characters' personalities. The viewers do not need to think about the complexity of real life at all, they are invited to a journey to human souls. And thus I discovered how rich these characters actually are. I mean, I was never a eich, spoiled rotten, good looking, talented-in-everything boy who never faced with any hardship in his life; but boy, I WAS a person who wanted to be good to show love to the parents, whilst hated all of the rules I had to obey. I was clueless about Real life, and I was uncertain about how others feel about me, felt worthless, I did yearn for the love of someone I looked up to, I struggled to find my own identity, and to find out what I value and consider important. (Kuea) And I also wa someone who took their duties seriously, and got lost with my own emotions in the process, just so that they can bite me in the ass till I realized how I really feel, whilst got lost and tried to find out what to do in the process. I did choose to oblige to parents' wishes out of respect, and struggled to find my own way in doing so to prove my own worth to myself. I was someone who had to take care of younger ones, not realizing that duty and affection can merge into something much deeper with just one different look to the other person. (Lian) And when I discovered this, did I really understand how clearly and well the actors portrait their characters, and how spot on and accurate is the dynamic of how they discover themselves while start to focus on each other! I did not understand this whole series at all, because this series, unlike any other BL I have ever seen does not give us two static main leads who we get to know as the story unfolds and we see their reactions and motivations, no. It gives us a static story which we get to comprehend as the two characters unfold by each other, and we see their reactions and motivations. And the two actors take us on this journey marvelously, showing how a dutiful, aloof caretaker and an impulsive, goofy talent can withhold, challenge, inspire, understand and misunderstand each other. So what does this series tell us? Life happens, and you have a glass through which you make sense about what happens. Remove the glass, and you will discover other dimensions. But irregardless of which glass you have or not have on, there are always people in fron of you, who think, act and feel, which you only understand if you listen to the person in front of you, because that is what matters in the end, not the circumstances. This is why we have the second and third couples. Are they bringing in anything new? Nope. They simply show that whatever the circumstances are, seemingly different people are how much really not that different from others (remember the caretaker and the creative?), but they all need to find their own ways and solutions. Because this is how real life works. This series, whilst the story is quite unreal, one of the most accurate real life portraits I have ever seen, and beautifully invites the viewers to focus on life and people. The two single most basic things that we tend to forget, and I am really grateful for the reminder from Cutie Pie.