I don't think episode 7 was as bad as you guys are claiming... People are sometimes dumb/naive/whatever... that doesn't mean bad writing to me. People simply are like that, more realistic than everyone being super intelligent in every situation, esp if we talk about teens...
>be china>gay stuff literally forbidden>do everything to sneak it in anyway to the point you create a whole genre>be…
there are lot of LGBT characters or even couples in Korean dramas nowadays... better no romance at all than making it as platonic friendship, you know, even in my European country no way in hell, there would be series with lead lesbian couple romance, China would never air it on the TV, so the point is invalid
Korean movies have some of the most exclipt sex scenes, always... So yes, you do sound childish complaint about sex scenes (barely showing any actual sex, let's be honest, so chill out). It's not their duty to act like sex and intimacy doesn't exist. Simply remember that dramas that don't air on actual TV station can have sexual scenes, that you can skip in two seconds...