Odessa_lady

I think they might have filmed those little things that would help with clearing things up, like the truck excuse and the kiss explanation, but later they ended up being edited somehow. Otherwise, the script is just too sloppy.

I’m not sure about French kissing between Patts and Tai. Their kisses and overall intimate scene were fine by me, but you might be right. I’m not always paying attention to the kisses just because normal practice for the actors is “no tongue”, so I don’t expect much. So, unless tongues are literally flailing - I won’t notice 😂

I totally agree that he was a complete douche using her - trust me, my jaw dropped when he did, I never expected it out of him. If I was there I would smack him myself. My issue with that slap is more of a timing of it- physical reaction is something that happens right away, at the moment. Like I said - I would smack him if I was there at the moment of offense. If she could wait for awhile to talk to him - that moment of affect is gone. Now, her brain should be working and she had every right to be hurt and verbally smash him. But the opportunity of physical revenge was far gone by then. It was unnecessary and, in my mind, only humiliated her more as it felt to me out of place and out of time. I might be wrong, it’s just my opinion. ☺️
Again, I was appalled by Souta’s behavior, so I am not defending him.

P. S. : For Shimizu, I hope she learns to NEVER offer herself to be used. When she offered a “trial dating” to Souta “without any expectations out of him” - that was an offer to use her. And when he did use her (just not the way she expected) - she got pissed. That’s my take on it.

I watch different dramas, different stories. I do like BL genre, to me, as long as everyone is having fun, it’s a nice fantasy. I never kink shame anyone - to each their own. I can watch dramas with any kind of NC as long as participants are consenting adults. Not too much to ask for, right? 😉
I also prefer dramas with a strong plot - NC stuff is really secondary for me. I will enjoy it, of course, if it makes sense for the plot. NC without a build up with emotions looks like a good workout to me 🤷‍♀️
I’m familiar with Korean mangas and I agree - there are a lot of them with severe SA. When it gets to that extent - that’s a drop for me. Especially when the perp doesn’t get punished. I think I get why comics are not as repulsive to many people. They are drawn characters who rarely look like real people, so a lot of things that would draw criticism in a live action are just glossed over. Like, have you seen those “light sabers”? 🤦‍♀️ I just can’t but laugh even if the picture is something dire - those guys are hung like elephants, forget the poor horses! 🙀 How do they even wear normal pants and where the heck does their “equipment” fit??? 🤣
So yeah - mangas and webtoons are a different animal 😂

I think it was absolutely Nara performing a non-con kiss and Patts freezing.
To me, assault is an assault - I don’t care about the gender of a perpetrator. Women can assault men and to me it would be perfectly fine if Patts shoved her ass away, but his response was to freeze - it’s not his fault for any response he might have had in this situation, I’m just stating the fact.
I’m a very chill person, but I really hate SA, no matter the genders of parties involved. Like, I was also mad at Nueng in “3 gentle bros” when she was all over Tay’s character and then kissed him while he was very uncomfortable. Of course, it was glossed over as they were MC and somehow it didn’t matter 🤷‍♀️
Anyway, I agree with you that Nara was in the wrong here. Even if it’s your ex boyfriend, there’s a reason for that “ex” and you don’t have the same “access” to his body anymore. At some point, you can get hurt when another person’s response will be “fight” 🤦‍♀️
P.S.: I am glad they deviated from the fairytale’ish “soulmate” theme and introduced multiple possibilities for people with this hearing condition. Now, it’s interesting how exactly they will go about it. I think the main theme here is for the partners to be on the same “wavelength”, they just illustrate it with this specific condition.

Thank you for sharing the comment 😊
I still think the plot is messy, though. If Tai chose to not be mad about the kiss - he would calmly assess the distance to the mountain, gather supplies and walk there at a reasonable time of day, well equipped. Here, he just darted away, without as much as a bottle of water, in whatever clothes he was in. That doesn’t spell “I choose not to be mad” - whether at Patts or the situation.
Again, even if they went to pick up Lomfon - how far did everyone go if they can’t get there by truck in a reasonable amount of time? 🤷‍♀️
I also enjoyed Patts saying “I love you the most” to Tai. So. “the most” out of whomst? Tai and Nara? Tai, Nara, John and Mary? How many contestants do we have here? 😂 I kinda let it go since it could be just a translation fluke, but it was funny to me - Patts sounded like an old school mormon husband talking to his favorite sister-wife 😂
Anyway, I am curious how they will continue the plot with Lomfon tuned into their conversations 🧐

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So I guess Lomfon was right all along about a coincidental frequency people might have that allows them to hear each other. That would explain why more than two people can be tuned to the same frequency. I believe in the first episode it said the hearing loss starts manifesting itself at a certain age (20 I think), so Lomfon might’ve just turned 20 years old on that day. That’s why he never experienced it before.
Of course, the whole episode was unnecessarily messy. Starting with that non-con kiss by Nara which was never explained to Tai. I guess he watched Love Mechanics and deduced the kiss on his own 🤷‍♀️
Of course, he didn’t figure it out until he climbed the mountain in his trusty cardigan in the scorching heat. And he went so far that only Patts could cover the same distance the same day, but a truck surely couldn’t until the next morning. Are Tai and Patts marathon runners, or that little truck oulived its expiration date? 🤷‍♀️
Anyway, we’ll see where they’re going with Lomfon joining on the special hearing fun. Now, I think it’s Tien’s turn to have his birthday and start hearing Lomfon and maybe a dozen other people to make it more competitive 😂

When Souta was clearly using Shimizu to get back at Mahiro, that was an asshole move. But when she slapped him - that was totally unnecessary. She could have just told him what she thought about him and break up right there, but not slap him - wtf? She knew what she signed up for! When you know you’re not wanted - step aside, have some dignity. If you don’t respect yourself - don’t be mad when others don’t respect you either. 🤦‍♀️

Hopefully, Max will find a decent guy! Although, there might not even be a 2nd couple 🤷‍♀️ But normally there is… oh well, I guess we’ll have to wait and see 🍿

Do you guys know if Max is a part of the 2nd couple? If so - who is his partner? I hope it’s not Not! 🤞

Yes, she is becoming one of my favorite female characters! Confident and kind - she’s a gem! 😻
Now, that senior dude - he actually might be redeemable as he has some brain to even think up that stuff. So at least he can make a choice to continue being a shitty senior and a bully, or to change his behavior.
People like Not, though, have much less of a chance to change as they can’t think for themselves. They are driven by a survival instinct to get ahead in life at all costs. So he will follow the strongest, switching teams at any sign of weakness from his “leader”, trying to leech onto the stronger one at the expense of anyone around him. At least, that’s what it looks like to me. 😊

Not is a typical slimy bully bastard who’s oh so brave only while he’s backed by his seniors. That senior with the fuzzy facial hair is the oldest one there, and he’s an enabler for the whole “tradition” thing. Not is like a little jackal following his lead (no offense to jackals). When shown strength, Not will fold like a paper. He still might try to give you a paper cut, but that’s about it.

That’s true, too. But I respect that Pear is using this advantage to right the wrongs instead of her own advantage and “rule” the others.
I think that’s why she’s paying a lot of attention to Kawi afterwards - to stop people from bullying him. She’s a really good friend. 🤩

I think so too. She was clearly uncomfortable throughout the whole thing, and tried to voice her concern, but was quickly shut down by a senior (which is a big deal there) and by Kawi who reluctantly said he was ok with it. She was also not happy when nudged to leave and during them listening on the conversation. She’s just a type of person who easily goes with the flow and is extremely respectful to the hierarchy. Actually, I think she’s very realistic. Not everyone is as mature and self aware as Pear is. I hope Kwan can learn from this and her character can develop and still be friends with Pear.
We’ll see what happens. 🍿

I agree - I like her character and I hope she finds a great partner! She is a mature and smart woman. I’m grateful to the writers for her. I hope she’ll continue to be a solid character as she is now. 😻

I’m not sure why some people here dislike two languages being used. According to the plot, it looks like they participate in some reality show, so it’s perfectly logical to me to invite a star from another country and have ear pieces that help with translation. Also, a lot of times, people have at least a conversational level of a neighboring country’s language. So the leads could communicate either with the ear pieces or using basic language. 🤷‍♀️
From a viewing perspective, I don’t know either Thai or Korean, so as long as I get English subs - we are all good! 😻

I’m hoping they will tie things together somehow later on. But yes, it was a bit erratic to me as well. I didn’t pay attention to the instagram accounts, but that’s a nice touch! I guess I will have to rewatch this - I admit I was really sleepy when I finally got to watch the episode 😔

Yeah, see, it looks like they dedicate each episode to different couples as we didn’t have Gun/Pawin here.

True! I read the webtoon a while ago, so I don’t remember exactly when Yul started showing his interest in Chan. I just want them to have enough time together, given the series is half way through. 😉

Well, puppies are way more pettable than human friends, that’s for sure! 😂

I had a friend like that, too. He really reminded me of a retriever puppy after he eats your favorite shoes, then sits there all smiles, wagging his tail. And all you can say is “Awww, how cute! Did you have fun with those shoes, you little cute shit? Come here, let me pet you, good boy!” 🤦‍♀️