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Not sad.

This is completely random so forgive me if I'm wrong lol but does your username have anything to do with BTS?

Can't wait for this. As much as I love TayNew, I've been dying for the development of the insane chemistry between Sun and Mork since the last season.

Apparently unpopular opinion lol but I love everything about this so far. The acting has been phenomenal and the storyline not unrealistic fluff. This is one of the only series that I've been able to relate to, and that's actually made me cry more than once. I'm so proud of Third for finding out his worth throughout the series, and standing his ground. He'd been hurt so much it was hard for him to trust again, but I'm also proud of him for trying again (that takes a lot of courage). I know angst is a standard in any drama for plot, so he'll be sad again I'm sure, but I appreciate the writing showing that you don't have to put up with a situation where you're unhappy and being taken advantage of, you can demand more and if you don't get it, move on. I also really loved that they made it incredibly difficult for Kai to have a new chance with Third. I was so pleasantly surprised that there wasn't a cliche quick reunion with everything being glossed over. Instead Third made it clear he wasn't going to be messed with anymore, he didn't want to be hurt anymore and if Kai wanted anything to happen between them he'd have to take the slow road and prove himself. Surprisingly I think this has turned into one of my favorite series released this year. Plus, can I also say the production and the series score has been excellent. This is making me even more excited for Dark Blue Kiss coming soon!

Well things certainly are revving up lol overall I think PhaYo's storyline is too cutesy for me, which is fine, it's just not my cup of tea. Loving the other couples though like I knew I would. I'm sorry but the actor who plays Forth is the most perfect specimen, he was the absolutely best pick for this character, I love him so much. If I'm honest I'd take a cast of New Forth, Old Beam; Old Kit, Old Ming (I can't let them go even though I don't mind the new MingKit at all, they're doing a good job); and New Yo with a whole new Pha since I don't particularly like God or Ben for the role. Any way, wishful thinking on my part...

I'm excited to see the couples play out. I can't help but skip most of PhaYo's moments but I'm drawn in to the other couples right now haha Forth's parting words in the latest episode were the perfect teaser.

Yeah, the sleeping kiss, while portrayed as "cute," in reality I'm sure would be jarring. Especially in this context. I wasn't surprised Third flipped at all, from his standpoint the kiss came out of nowhere after Khai's already had a track record of playing with his emotions. I think from Khai's standpoint he just doesn't understand why, if Third already liked him, things between them can't just pick up. He's almost making it worse because Third doesn't understand where all this is coming from. As always the downfall is lack of communication lol. The acting is most definitely great, I'm so proud of them all!

I mean I can't blame him. He's lived for years on scraps of affection and manipulation from Khai (usually to serve his best interests). Third sacrificed, kept silent in order to save their friendship and was constantly pushed aside. Then finally, there's a glimmer of hope that he starts to reach for only to find out Khai messed with his feelings as some kind of test. Talk about kicking somebody when they're down. Plus, he's already watched countless times as Khai has wooed women, only to leave them in the dust when he's over it. After all that Third is suddenly supposed to trust Playboy (and supposedly straight) Khai that he's serious this time? I wouldn't trust in that either. After you break somebody's trust, it isn't as simple as coming back and pretending like all the history never happened. I think Third wanted to continue being Khai's friend, and is still trying but has distanced himself and put walls up because he's tired of being hurt. Literally the last time they had interacted before Khai left he ripped Third's heart out by forcing a kiss on him and calling out someone else's name, someone that I might mention was supposedly his girlfriend at the time. Then he reappears and without even having an actual conversation with Third and explaining things, he starts putting the moves on him. How confusing, frustrating and infuriating would that be to someone who's trying to move on with their life after the person they were in love with made it abundantly clear they didn't feel the same way. Khai put him through hell, but suddenly wants to be the one to decide that everything should be forgiven and should be rainbows and butterflies because he's realized he has feelings for Third. It's not that easy, and I'm glad they're showing that. Nobody deserves to be treated the way Third was, and Khai forcing Third to re-live everything when he's moved on (even if unintentionally) would make anyone upset. Khai has already played him, more than once, and Third is tired of being played. I think Khai has and did have some serious atoning to do. I get that he didn't understand fully, and later on became confused himself but that doesn't erase everything he did. Even not knowing about Third's feelings, he still took his friendship for granted and nobody should treat friends that way. I'd also point out we've had two episodes of Khai suffering, and six of Third. Personally I feel Khai deserves the life experience of seeing not everything will come easy to him. I'd also like to say good job to all the actors too, they've done a really great job.

lol that's literally what I did after the first season. I've watched the MingKit cuts too many times haha

I know that wasn't the main reason why they changed actors, there were issues with the contracts when the split happened (though to be quite honest, there is still a lot of misinformation and uncertainty as to what's true and what isn't about all of that). However, both the current production crew and Nong Noon both said they felt the acting last season wasn't great, and they were going to make an effort this season to get actors who could carry the parts better, so it was something that was considered and mentioned. I personally wouldn't agree that they've found "better" actors, but that's subjective. So yes, there were extenuating issues but to act like there was no cause for a lot of the anger fans experienced on behalf of the fact that last seasons cast was treated poorly in this whole situation is pretty obtuse.

No it wasn't, but both the current production crew and the author of the novel both brought up the fact that they thought the acting last season was subpar and it was partly why they re-cast the series. They also implied that the acting this season was going to be much better and that they were choosing the actors based on that, which wasn't the case. There was a reason there was so much drama surrounding this season in the first place, those behind this season weren't very gracious about the people who participated last season and many (myself included) felt that was super unnecessary. They handled the whole situation very poorly.

I would agree that the acting this season isn't amazing, but I think both seasons are pretty equal in terms of acting quality. There's good moments, and there are bad moments. Primarily I think the problem is that they, again, went with rookie actors. I think it wouldn't bother me so much, if they'd treated the previous cast better when they decided to re-cast, and hadn't made overtures implying that the acting was going to be massively better this season. I think it was pretty shit for them to heavily criticize the actors from last season, when this season they're on a level playing field. They could have easily continued on with the original cast and worked to better their skills, but made a conscious decision not to, which is fine but the way they went about it could have been better. The people heavily praising this season, while trashing last season are just as bad, I don't think that's necessary. I'm happy with the majority of the current cast, but I wouldn't say they were "better" actors than the ones we had last season. I think people are going a bit overboard in their praise in an effort to be supportive because this season already had so much hate building up to it. Though if we're honest there aren't a lot of BL series that have stellar acting lol so it could be just people going off what they know.

He's my favorite of the actors right now

I 100% agree, Off's acting was great, particularly in that last scene.

Sorry, I wasn't very clear, I meant during the very end, the last scene of the episode lol where Khai was talking to his friend about everything that's happened so far with Third

They likely had to take it down because the official eng translation of the novel was released for purchase.

I'm glad you posted this. Now I'm super interested to read the novel. Hopefully we get a full translation with that missing piece soon.

Ok. Whatever is going on between Two and An, I'm so here for it! These two are such a surprise and totally intriguing, not what I was expecting at all. I highly doubt they'll end up together, but if they did it would bump this series way up in my esteem. Still want to kick Khai's ass lol and I can't wait for him to start feeling the loss of Third, but i get the complications between his likely confusion, the miscommunication between the two of them and his obliviousness just not helping things at all. And can I just finish by saying how proud I am of Gun and Off (and really all the actors this series, because both White and MIke have been super impressing me) for their amazing characterization? The emotions they've put into their scenes are spot on. I was absolutely gutted during the bathroom scene and teared up at the end of the episode. I really need to know what Khai was saying during that part.

Are you me? Am I the only one who nearly keeled over at the way Kit was checking out Ming when he walked up to Beam asking where Yo was then walked away? LOL I can't wait until the gym and dinner scenes. I swear if they cut their scenes and keep all the PhaYo interactions I'm going to be really sad, they hard-carried season one and I'm pretty positive I'm going to continue to be way more interested in their pairing this season as well. Totally OT from the current topic but I'm not going to lie Yo and Forth are more of a pairing I could get behind lmao

No, I know lol I'm waiting for the series to pick up after episode three. I know people like Phana and Yo's story but personally for me, whenever the focus is on them things start to lag, even in the books. I think part of the problem is that we've all waited this long to finally get to see from book 2 onward, so it's hard to slog through the first parts all over again, though I completely get why they decided to re-hash things to introduce the new actors. I'm really starting to wonder if Phana's character is just too dry, that's two actors now where I don't really like his characterization. I know things start to get more emotional between Pha and Yo towards the end of the books so maybe that will change my perspective.

Thank God we got a bit of MingKit finally this episode, I forgot how interminably boring PhaYo's story can get when it's just focused on the two of them. If I remember correctly I skipped the majority of the first season for this exact reason. Hopefully once we start getting into the meat of the series it'll get better and the pace will pick up a bit. Knowing what I know of Beam and Forth's storyline I'm anticipating them getting started too.