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Fun and cute Epilogue of the Main Story

Ok, as I already see ppl hating on this again, my rating will be a 10.

If you want to know more about the main story, pls check out my review on that. ♥

This special EP is internationally (except Japan) available on vimeo for 90 days and costs 10$.
My guess is, after those 90 days it will be available on iqiyi.

We are in World 4 (refers to my review of the main story), the world of a really shy Phu, that's secretly in love with Cir since their school days. This time he is the one 'stalking' Cir and even has a load of pictures stored on his cupboard. If you thought Stalker!Cir was creepy, this version of Phu really tops it. xD

Anyways, all in all it is a really cute and fun story to watch. I enjoyed it really much and it was a nice change to the main story. I thought it was a pity that they switched to the og pair at the end though. The story of World 4 ends with them kissing, also pls watch till after the credits, there will be a new ending scene which is also a cliffhanger and leaves the story open for a follow up.

Bossnoeul is delivering yet again in this one. Acting was good, nc was good, and tbh their bodies are a looker. lol

We saw a different side of the side couple too, I sure didnt expect them to make out.

Anyways, if you enjoyed Tbnw and are a Bossnoeul fan, this is a must watch.

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The hate is NOT deserved!

First of all, this is my first ever review, but I felt the need to write one for this title, because of all the hate I see here on MDL!
I gave this a 10 just to increase the overall rating. Also, not liking something, does not mean you have the right to hate!
Now let's begin. Also, I did not read the novel, so this is only based on the series.

**ACTING**
Tbh I`m a fan of BossNoeul so I may be a bit biased here, but I just wanted to point out that their acting improved a lot since LITA. The series deserves at least an 8 for their acting alone. Not to mention this is only their 2nd series! and they already can hold their candle compared to other BL-acting couples. It is sometime ppl should acknowledge.


**MUSIC**
The music isn't really worth mentioning. It was not bad, but it also didn't stand out to me. There were 2 english songs I felt like didn't fit, but that is my personal preference. The only song worth it is the title track/intro in my opinion.


**STORY**
Now to the main part. The story is a supernatural romance focusing on the topic of parallel worlds. Personally I`m a big fan of time travel/isekai and that sort of stuff, so I was happy about BossNoeul having a series in that genre. In general I had no problem following the story!

(short breakdown of the story, contains spoilers)
The story is about Cir who is secretly in love with Phu since their school days and suddenly gets sucked into the world of parallel worlds after getting hit by a car after protecting Phu's car from some criminals. After being hit, he is able to see another world in which he and Phu are a happy couple. After waking up he is confused at first, thinking he and Phu are actually dating. He runs to Phu's home and tells him he is from a parallel world and that they are dating.

Phu first does not believe him, but they slowly get closer and as Phu believes in superstition he slowly begins to believe Cir as well. By that time Cir realizes though, that he was only confused, thought he was only dreaming. He realizes that he lied to Phu about him being from a parallel world, but does not tell Phu because he is scared of Phu leaving him after finally being together.

In the meantime Cir 'dreams' regulary about being in a white room and meeting another Cir (Black!Cir). He realizes that parallel worlds exist and that his dreams are actually snippets of other worlds.

At the same time, Phu slowly falls in love with Cir but feels guilty because he thinks he has no right to love this version of Cir. Things get emotional and Phu sees it in himself to send Cir back. After avoiding being in conflict with Cir, Phu was saved by Cir from a running car and gets hit by it yet again.

Another Cir from another world gets switched in and stirs things up, not believing in parallel worlds also. After some time he gets back to his own world, because the Cir from this world gets pushed by by Black!Cir. CirPhu finally come together and admit their feelings, but the happiness does not last long, as Phu finally finds out that Cir lied to him. Long story short, after some emotional drama, they finally have their happy ending.

I left out the Bitch!Mom and Bitch!Fiance because it didnt give the story much. Anyways....

The story introduces us to 4 worlds (the nicknames I gave mean no harm lol):

1. World - Stalker!Cir:
Basically the 'main' world / the world in which the mainstory plays in. Cir is in love with Phu since their school days and takes care of him from afar and protects him from harm to the point in where he gets hurt himself. After getting hit by a car, he sees World 2 from an outsider perspective, but thinks it was a dream. He wakes up confused, goes to Phu and tells him he is from a parallel world even though he isn't. Phu slowly begins to believe him and their love story starts.

2. World - Black!Cir :
The world Stalker!Cir sees after he got hit by the car in EP 1. Cir and Phu are happily dating since their school days, we don't know what happend to them but considering what Black!Cir said, it seems like they didnt have a happy ending. The series didnt give more details to his world even though its the world we see most from. I suspect him being 'the first Cir' and just acting as if he isnt, because from my experience when it comes to parallel worlds there is something called the butterfly effect, which is hard to breake through. So he can not give his other versions details about either his own world or their world or what they should do to get their happy ending (the one he himself didn't have), because of certain restrictions he is bound to.

3. World - Glasses!Cir:
The world in which Cir and Phu only meet after 10 years. Cir seems to be Phu's boss and treats him really badly. He is called 'the one that treats Phu in the meanest way' by Black!Cir. He was stabbed by a man, which caused him to see the parallel worlds. He changed afterwards. There are no more details about their story.

4. World - Payu!Cir: (cause of the hair)
Payu!Cir is the one that appears in world 1 after Stalker!Cir gets hit yet again by a car. After having a high fever, he suddenly woke up in world 1 and stirs things a bit up. In the meantime Stalker!Cir is held back in the white room and cannot escape. There are no details to this world yet, but there will be a Bonus-EP about it. The only thing we know is, he does not know Phu at the time he gets switched out. Phu from world 1 tells him about parallel worlds, but he isn't believing him. He gets back to his own world when Stalker!Cir is pushed back in by Black!Cir. I believe it is Black!Cir that triggered the exchange of them, so the story of Payu!Cir can begin.

5. The white room - my assumptions
It's the 'neutral time zone' in which Black!Cir meets his other versions to trigger the parallel worlds to find his happy ending with Phu. He can do and tell things to a certain level with or without triggering the butterfly effect. His goal is to have a happy ending with Phu, favorable in every world because he promised Phu to love him wherever they are.
By the amount of snippets we have seen of other worlds and the things he said about the bad endings that already happend, my guess is, it's his domain to find the perfect balance to not trigger the butterfly effect and he finally succeeded with Stalker!Cir. My guess is, its because Stalker!Cir never really visited another world, he just saw snippets of the other worlds, so he never interfered with them personally.


**DIRECTING**
First of all, like I already said, I had no problem following the story in general, but all in all the plot came a bit short, mostly because of the limited episodes. I think it would have been better for this to at least have 20 episodes, it would have given enough time for everything to develop on a normal pace and also explain things more clearly. For example the reason why Jin can read minds and how Cir is able to even jump/see between different worlds or how the original Cir was even able to create the time space to meet his different versions. Also, the possibilities of different plotlines is endless. In the end its a huge pity, considering how much potential the story has.

There were some directing decisions I really did not understand, for example (and the most triggering for me) cutting an emotional scene into 2 parts and splitting them between episodes (talking about ending of Ep 8 and beginning of Ep 9). By the time you begin watching the next episode the feelings of the previous episode are gone. So watching Ep 9 was a whole wtf moment for me tbh.

I also did not see the need to include the mom and fiance into the story line. The amount of episodes was so limited, it took away most needed space for more details in the main story. Same for the death anniversary episode. They focused way too long on it and it didnt really give anything to CirPhus relationship.

Another thing that might come unexpected for most, but the nc scene in Ep 10 came out of nowhere and didnt fit the feeling for me.

But those are really the only things I feel worth mentioning that could be considered directing mistakes.

All in all you can overlook those and still appreciate the story as a whole. The acting makes it worth it for me. They also did a great job with the effects. The series as a whole looks high quality and you can see that they put a lot of effort into it. From what I have seen from the bts, the actors all seem satisfied with the ending product and I think its cute how much they love Mame. We should respect that, so pls don't spread hate towards Mame.


**CONCLUSION**
Is it worth watching? Definitely a yes for me. I think you will enjoy watching it if you are a fan of BossNoeul and also the fantasy/supernatural genre.

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