Well, I’ve got mixed feeling about this story. I love Jimmy and Sea, and it’s good to see them still so loving together. But the Jigsaw story makes me a little uneasy. I know this is fiction, but as a mother I don’t like to see such a small child being used as a part of an adult plan. Still, he is very sweet, and there were some nice scenes. The Eclipse episodes are still my favourites so far in this series.
Overall I loved it, but I thought episodes 9 and 10 were not quite at the same standard as the earlier ones, and lacked impetus. Too much about the toxic Eun Ji - who cared about her? (On the other hand I love Yoon Won and was happy to learn more about her.) And when the boys finally got together again it was almost “why at this particular moment?”, even though I was longing for it. But having said that, it was an excellent, unusual series. I cared very much what happened to JW and JH, and they seemed so real to me. And of course I was happy with the ending.
Episode 7 was depressing, but episode 8 suddenly came to life, in spite of the downbeat ending. Ji Hyun has grown and become stronger in so many ways, and it’s lovely that he has the support of his friends. Jae Won is in such a bad place - the guilt about his brother’s death, the details of which we still don’t know - compounded by his feelings of responsibility for JH’s accident, and his trying to come to terms with both of them being gay, and the implications of that.
Oh dear - are they all going to be timeslip stories? Disappointing. I didn’t find it very engaging and was bored some of the time - though I did like Pond’s clothes!
I loved it the first time and even more having just rewatched it. I cannot understand the negative reviews. Are they from people who want all their characters perfect? No, they are not perfect, but they are all good people who deserve love and happiness. Perhaps not for someone who is very new to BL, but fo an audience who is thoughtful and mature it is a delight.
Watched this thinking it's gonna be a masterpiece but it wasn't. I really don't even know what's off about it!…
Sorry you feel like that. I’ve just watched it for the second time and loved it all the more. There is so much depth and subtlety in the stories of all 6 main characters (and Mark too is a delight). It will definitely be a future re-rewatch!
well that drinking in moderation lead to the whole storyline =)
And that’s ok by me! And Wen, drunk or sober, is totally adorable (except when he was sick - not pretty!). He was already deliberately drowning his sorrows when we first meet him, but it’s when someone, usually young, is given one drink and you just know they’re going to end up being embarrassing… Still, that situation does often forward the plot nicely!
I’m still enjoying this, but PLEASE, why can no BL character touch a drop of alcohol without going on a complete binge and behaving like an idiot? So boring and predictable. (With the possible exception of Jim in Moonlight Chicken, who appears to be able to drink in moderation.)
It’s nice to find a BL that acknowledges, very sweetly and tastefully, that during a lovemaking scene (episode 3) there is actually something going on beneath the bedclothes.
A wonderful series - it’s a BL that shows a depth of maturity in its characters, storyline and attitudes, and I don’t just mean the ages of Jim and Wen. People behave in a reasonable way, they try to do better, there is forgiveness, there are no ridiculous misunderstandings, there is open discussion about what it’s like to be gay. The lighting is beautiful and there are no silly sound effects. This is a series that I shall definitely rewatch.
Still, he is very sweet, and there were some nice scenes.
The Eclipse episodes are still my favourites so far in this series.
But having said that, it was an excellent, unusual series. I cared very much what happened to JW and JH, and they seemed so real to me. And of course I was happy with the ending.
People behave in a reasonable way, they try to do better, there is forgiveness, there are no ridiculous misunderstandings, there is open discussion about what it’s like to be gay. The lighting is beautiful and there are no silly sound effects.
This is a series that I shall definitely rewatch.