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I just don't understand. Xion Lim couldn't get enough money to purchase a decent wig for that poor actress to wear?!

The only great thing about this series is the opening credits. Must have blown the budget on the filming of it alone. I hope the entire cast and crew got paid for their participation.

Why would the knowledge of August having a relationship with his girlfriend of 7 years make this series fail to appeal to people?

"IMO many aspects in the evolution and current state of "BL" are very unfortunate, but that's why I appreciate that some companies in some countries consistently tell a variety of stories about gay characters."

I think that "BL" has the opportunity to adapt and do both of the fantasy/fairytale sagas, along with the later stages of life stories focused on LGBTQ+ . I loved "What Did You Eat Yesterday", because we had two totally different male couples, living, loving and thriving together. Even now, we still have 3 current Japanese BL series that are vastly different in regards to storylines and characters: "I Hear The Sunspot", "Happy Of The End", and "Sugar Dog Life".

I knew that I recognized Willi and Focus from another series. I completely forgot about Star Hunter's BL idol series "Beyond The Star".

Now, the writing for this series isn't the best, but this (IMO) is far and way better than the last series starring Tutor and Yim.

I definitely wish that we could get a live action adaption of the BL novel these characters are trying to write.

Wow. Whomever wrote the script must have spent some time lurking on MDL and Reddit. How the "readers" lashed out again on Ozone?!

I have the same hope, because shockingly for a Thai BL, we only have 5 episodes, 3 more to go.

Even Cake's female friends are written to have a better awareness of their friend group.

I loved that Gam got Poon to actually use his words in expressing his evolved feelings towards him. Poon just always had Gam's interest and attention, and literally was the last person to know in their friend group that how he and Gam behaved towards one another was more than friends.

I am just putting this idea out to ponder over until next week's episode: Do you think that Gina's fixation on getting Khing and Kla together is due to her own unrequited/unaware feelings for Khing?

How Gina talks about Kla makes me think that she's envious of him.

Well, their friend Gina is fixated on keeping Khing on that delusional path. Checking the cast and crew page, I noticed that the screenwriting team has more women than men on it. I just don't get why this team of writers chose to write these particular female characters to be absolutely oblivious regarding their group of male friends.

With the male characters, especially Kla, Cake, and Gam they are aware to themselves that they are attracted to other men.

"Gay love does not end at 30. Gay love isn't always about skinship and sex. People gay and staight can fall in love with people who are different from them and that love can last. Most societies have judged gay relationships no matter if there was an age gap or not. But when it's two consenting adults living their lives and loving each other that is beautiful to me."

Exactly. When Mitsuya actually dealt with the unnecessary and uncalled for comments from his "fans" that focused on his personal and private life over what he was attempting to show them during his cooking show, he realized that he let outside judgement to keep him from pursuing/continuing a relationship with Ishida. A man that made him happy, to open up his heart again.

Isn't the entire premise of BLs, to showcase that "love is love", and that everyone, including male same sex pairings (even with huge age-gap differences) deserve the right to be loved and to receive love just like anyone else?

"The whole point of this drama is to show that there's nothing wrong with being an introvert, and that forcing someone to constantly leave their comfort zone and making fun of them (or even criticising them) for being different to the norm might actually be more hurtful than helpful."

Exactly. Jane saw herself in Diew, and actually wondered why he was the one getting the interest/attention of God, why he was able to be seen by others, without having to constantly make his presence know. Jane doesn't know or actually like who she is without the podcasting, the designer clothes, and bad-mouthing of others.

That she continued to hang out with those girls who don't even like her, says a lot about how she doesn't value herself at all.

Wow. I haven't even realized that this series hasn't been cursed with those usual (and horrible) sound effects. I absolutely hate those background sounds, and sadly, I have noticed that the BLs produced out of Malaysia have picked up on having those same exact sounds.

I didn't recognize Haii at all from "Chains Of Heart."

Mitsuya having a moment of clarity, when he realized how much he has missed Ishida, being around him. Saying that he couldn't imagine if his own son had brought home a man the same age as he is.

Gina and Khing don't have any sort of realization that the majority of their friends are gay?!

I wonder if the "good wife", "loyal secretary", and "hot piece on the side" will suddenly get together to try and get rid of Gus.

Mimi is delulu. Placing the blame on Fon for Gus not telling her that he's married. Gus is willing to buy his wife's silence "forgiveness", by writing her a 5 million baht check, but he's also a cheap bastard in getting the same tacky shoes for Som-o and Mimi?!

This Club Friday series is pure messy OTT trash, that is hilarious to watch at times.

So Rada was so desperate for "revenge" against Foon, that she gaslit and framed Gap into believing that he had sex with her, and cheated on his wife, because Rada was pissed that the man she willingly married, Inn was never in love with her? Something that she knew from the very beginning, but hey, marriage is something that is instilled in the minds of millions of women all across the globe, from the time they are children to be the be all/end all for us to do in our lives.

Sigh. The next installment of this series is even more absurd.

I love that the characters in their novel, Shen An and Duan Ruxing, are being shown as absolutely clueless regarding their situations. One moment, they're in the forest looking for something, with one writer contributing to a chapter, and in the next moment, they're in some house, and almost have sex, because "the readers" have been waiting too long for it.

The whole thing about Obun and Shan ending up living and working together, while one is crushing on the other reminds me of the early stages of Nubsib moving into Gene's place in "Lovely Writer". Especially when Nubsib needed Gene to help him "practice" the upcoming kissing scene.

I liked that both Obun and Shan are shown to be equally flustered about the kiss they shared. Shun is worried that he took things to far, while Obun is worrying about if the kiss was authentic or was it just for "research".

It's funny that in these "I met him when we were kids" background stories, that one half of the pairing never remembers the other. Yet, it's a bond that has effected the other throughout their youth.

I don't know how "cute" it's supposed to be regarding Ozone (who never ever wants to complete a task that is assigned to him by his editor), and Pie (said editor, who has to work with someone, who seems to not be serious about his job), but I hope that someone finds this storyline/pairing entertaining.

"Not all the details can be replicated or shown exactly as it was in the novel."

Exactly. Do we really need to see that one of the young men is torn up about accepting his romantic interests in the other young man, due to a "traumatic experience" regarding finding out that his father also had same-sex attractions, and that's why he split from his wife?

It's just very interesting that the folks who are having "issues" with this adaption, are focused on wanting to see one of these main male lead characters in utter turmoil regarding their self acceptance of their sexuality.

"I can understand being irritated its not like the novel. But if they continue, they ruin the chances anyone will make adaptations of other Chinese BL novels they could like better, exposing they're watching illegally and just bringing more negative attention to BL."

Well, I feel like those folks that have issues with the adaption are basically nit-picking at things, which doesn't make sense. How could a 12 episode series precisely cover over 50 chapters of the novel? The producers would need to have doubled the number of episodes for that to happen, and they don’t have the budget for it

These folks come across as sour bitter apples, upset that it isn't a "true" adaption, but will continue to watch and complain every week.

I love this series. Noguchi assumed that Ayumu would just be waiting for him to "come back home", while he explored his career/himself in another country. Yes, some people do wait, but Ayumu knew that he couldn't do it for Noguchi.

Shige has had dozens of late-night talks with the heartbroken men that have nursed unrequited crushes on Mitsuya.

Don't give up Ishida!!

Hopefully with the successful reception of this series in Japan, either Viki or Gagaoolala will obtain the rights to air this program on their platforms.

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There IS a smidge of plot there for the actors, but there is all the "extra" stuff that isn't needed, and the actors don't deserve any sort of backlash from the audience about it.

I am just glad that in this series, TPTB have chosen to not advise Yim to speak/yell his character's lines like he did in "Middleman's Love"