Sierra_

As someone who speaks both Mandarin (fluently) and Cantonese (not fluently), both languages are used interchangeably with my family and extended family in Hong Kong, so I'm not sure if it's necessarily unusual. I think it's just which you are more comfortable with speaking, but a lot of people in those regions are quite good at understanding both.

I did not expect myself to be full on bawling but the intensities of their feelings were searing. The main leads delivered so well and the scene was filmed so beautifully. I look forward to tomorrow's episodes with much anticipation and trepidation.

I suppose I wouldn't disagree. I don't think I would be bothered if Ba U and Ji Hoon ended up together, but even if no one ended up with anyone, and everyone remained friends, that's a pretty fine ending to me too. Perhaps that's just the whole vibe of the show.

I'm so distracted by how cute, relaxed and happy Ba U and Ha Min looks together that I'm hoping them to be end game. And that Ji Hoon is just part of Ba U's journey to learning that first love can be bittersweet, but there's always someone else in the universe (or very very near him) who he will learn to love and be equally loved in return.

Yes, I am aware of that. While I think there are merits to the show per se, it likely felt like false marketing and broken promises in the end, hence eliciting many people's ire and disappointment, which is understandable.

Given its source material, I can see why people came to this expecting it to be BL are sorely disappointed. At the end of the day, this show is not a BL, but a sweet coming of age story that showcases various different kinds of love and relationships. If one comes into the show with expectations of it being a coming of age story, despite some weaknesses in plot and character development, I still found it to be an enjoyable watch.

I appreciate the lovely detailed reply.

In the show, while Pei Su always looks terrified of bloodshed, when it comes to death and cruelty, he always comes across so deeply saddened. It's striking to me how he always quickly shuts down that emotion like he is afraid of becoming overwhelmed, so much so that it almost seems like he is overly empathetic rather than the other end of the spectrum, and he has learnt to use that cold exterior to serve as a psychological shield. I don't personally think a person with antisocial traits would rather take on the suffering than let others suffer for their own relief, but it doesn't quite sound like it was explicitly addressed in the book.

I'm currently at Chapter 7 but it's just a little weird that they changed the names and other little details, so I find myself distracted in the unconscious spot-the-difference mental gymnastics. I'm thinking I'll read it after the whole show is finished, so that I can fully immerse in the story. It'll probably be double the fun that way. :)

Thank you for confirming my understanding.

Since it certainly sounds like you finished the novel, I am wondering if there is evidence that Pei Su has ever displayed any psychopathic traits? I haven't seen any clear indications thus far on the show. All I've been seeing is this terrified boy being psychologically abused by his father in the show, and I'm wondering if this is all possibly unnecessary, prophylactic treatment that Pei Su is putting himself through?

My heart broke for Pei Su. The literal torture he puts himself through for fear of becoming his father.

The cinematics and storytelling is so wonderful. I'm so grateful they managed to see the light of day.

The person on the phone said that that's a setup to treat people with antisocial personality disorder. It uses electricity and chemical stimulation to create a physiological aversion to anything violent and sanguinary. That scene towards the end that is bathed in red, alludes to the understanding that Pei Su very likely uses it on himself regularly, hence the electrical burn scars on his chest.

I have neither read the book nor seen the show's English translation, my understanding is just based solely on watching the show as it is.

I'm actually enjoying the show as it is too. Perhaps because I too, have never read the manhwa. The whole slow burn between the two MLs is kinda sweet. Heesu is very slow when it comes to himself, and it is interesting just glimpsing into Heesu's journey of self-discovery, his narration about his own thoughts using astronomy references as metaphors. I especially seeing the many sides of Seungwon. The initial perfect, kinda expressionless class president, then glimpses of him getting a bit annoyed - at Heesu even, his silly and lovesick side, and then his somewhat exasperated but infinitely patient and kind nature when dealing the ball of chaos named Heesu.

I don't mind Jiyu and Chanyoung, I think they are sweet together, just that their development is quite superficial and hence can feel slow and not very interesting. Chanyoung is just... Chanyoung, who hasn't got a clue what is going on - nothing to say about him. Jiyu is cool as a person, great wingperson and friend, and I like the interactions between Jiyu and Seungwon.

That last scene in Ep 6 was lovely. It felt like an important turning point, where Heesu hesitates to tell Seungwon the news he just learnt, and then wonders if he was really chasing an unattainable dream, and then realising that that shared moment with Seungwon was warm and perfect as it is. I do hope the butterflies come very soon. I am looking forward to next week.

Tae Joon's single tear that he didn't want to let fall when he confronted Won Young felt like a split second of vulnerability that he chose to take back and put it all away. Oh, that broke my heart.

I enjoyed how it started out kinda silly but cute. And now it's just........ bizarre? 😅

Indeed. Kiyoi is just more aloof than anything. At the very least, he paid for his own ginger ale with tips to boot (lol). He also has never made fun of Hira's stutter and while blatantly impatient, he waits for Hira to finish what he has to say. Even though Hira is weird as whatever, Kiyoi certainly doesn't go out of his way to make Hira's life more miserable than it has to be, although he probably could not be bothered to do such nonsense anyway.

Mistaken names aside, the first episode from this new drama just annoys me. The bully is being plainly malicious in this episode - him being named "sociopath" in archer boy's contact list is pretty accurate at this point. I'm sure there's a redemption arc soon, but honestly......... Gonna grab onto my meditation beads while I wait for Sociopath to be less of a sociopath.

Oh not at all, I do think it'll be a bit of a stretch for me to think of my view as the "truth", especially considering that for a true triangle to form at least one of the involved parties has to be LGBTQ+, which I imagine would make 99.99% of love triangles in these Asians romance dramas being falsely represented. I guess I thought of those entirely unreciprocated one-sided feelings as an... inconsequential corners? But it appears it is probably more common for one to consider romantic relationships a triangle as long as there is more than one interested party, regardless of the feelings of the recipient.

Unsure what your key considerations might be in your choice of dramas, but those interested party/parties have created very minor perturbations in the establishment of the main leads' relationship thus far. I personally do not like full-blown love triangles, so I am enjoying the drama up to this point, despite some oddities in the plot. Of course, people's interpretation and preferences vary, and it's still ongoing. And no to mention the dismay of reaching the end of an episode and knowing I have suffer for a week till the next episode becomes available. =)

If the definition is so generously defined, I suppose you can call it that. My personal definition of a love triangle would include a state in which the one being pursued has some sort of ambivalence towards the pursuers, which in this case doesn't seem to exist.

I am not sure if your question regarding Shinya was rhetorical or a process of Socratic reasoning. However, assuming that you have not watched the drama, my impression is that he is overly familiar and totally oblivious. Up to episode 5, Shinya doesn't appear to have a clue that Suzu is in a relationship with Issei. Of course we are only halfway through the show, and my impression could prove to be totally wrong.

I guess at least I won't call it a triangle, since right now it's basically two people very much in love, and they just so happen to have their own individual admirers who aren't at all in their field of view.

I acknowledged I thought it was a bit odd that she didn't try to correct him, but at the same time, perhaps it's a little hard to say that she's dating this person 10 years younger than her, especially with the shock of him just sitting in front of her home and with her trying to calm Issei down. I don't personally think she is trying to hide anything though however, just that it was kind of an odd timing. And perhaps they are quite early into formally being in a relationship.

However, I was thinking, wouldn't Shinya think it's odd that if Issei was her brother, shouldn't she be way more fluent in sign language and not just learning it now? But he seems to be a bit of a silly man at times, considering that Issei was clearly agitated but he somehow interpreted it as Issei asking a favour and/or being friendly to him.

Perhaps could be just me, but while Shinya cares for Suzu, personally don't see his overly familiar behaviour as having romantic feelings for her, hence it does not feel like a love triangle to me. And he just kinda gets emotionally over-involved with patients and colleagues especially since he knows Suzu's backstory. He's more like a person to elicit Issei's insecurities but having zero sway as Suzu is absolutely smitten with Issei and clearly just sees Shinya as just another person from work.

There are some things that is still strange, like why there has been absolutely no police involvement given that vicious attack on her house and clear evidence of stalking posted all over the net. However, I am still very much enjoying the show. Perhaps because they are always trying to communicate and quick to apologise and forgive, so there's a sort of underlying peacefulness despite the turmoils that's quite alluring to me.

I'm in so much pain because of Uk's agony. Season 1 have paved this long beautiful but painful journey onto Season 2, because this is the only way Naksu and Uk can be legitimately together. It was all preordained by the stars. I need to go stop crying now. Christmas can't come soon enough.

I think this drama is a lot about Sou's journey in grieving his loss and coming to terms with it. He had chosen to run away in the beginning, but slowly, with the support from the people around him, he is picking up the pieces he had left behind. The whole drama is sending a message about how sounds and words - audible or not - are not the only ways of communication and being with the world. So I think Aoba is the last hurdle he has to cross and move forward from his grief - and I'll say that I'm an optimist and looking forward to seeing him cross it.