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glad that everything worked out for the better - Su Yu wasn't pushed aside by the new wife & child (like he feared, even if he wasn't willing to voice this fear) & he didn't have to leave the fold. which was absurd IMHO as the whole point of that group, was how familial they were without being related. they organically came together & made that group into family, a wholesome one at that. **************************************************************************************************************************** so why would that dynamic change, just cause the adults in that group decided to tie the knot ＼（〇_ｏ）／ they the same people, their feelings for the other individual's in that group were the same, so why would they want to push any of their family members out.*****************************************************************************************************************************************also was glad that the "aunt" thought of living in a bigger house to give room to her adult step-son & her growing daughter (btw that house seems huge to me, i don't get how that big compound has just 2 rooms - it's weird even if we don't get a 180 view of the place). *****************************************************************************************************************************but i guess then no moving in together.( ˘︹˘ ) which i liked, that here Wu Bi rented the adjacent house (unlike Addicted, where they moved into Gu Hai's room rented/bought by his father). this also takes care of the bored intrusive step-mother.*****************************************************************************************************************************************this woman is insufferable, the way she's acting i doubt her new hubby will put up with her sh*t any longer (≧∇≦)ﾉ heck he had enough with her over the phone, he just cut the call. she unlike the mother in Addicted is really unlikeable) even her trying to get close to her son comes off as self serving. its cause she is bored & she wants to play at being a mother not cause she cares about her son (ノへ￣、)
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that wasn't nice of Su Yu, he took out his frustration on hearing Wu Bi was transferring, on his father. that was uncalled for, it was like kicking a puppy (┬┬﹏┬┬)*****************************************************************************************************************************************also didn't like Wu Bi getting angry at his buds. they might have been in the wrong for posting the stuff about Su Yu & his mom online. but they did it for him, so he didn't need to kick them to retract the post. but he's volatile, so little wonder he doesn't have anyone he considers a friend. even Su Yu, the only reason he got close to him was cause he envied his relationship with his father & he also felt a type of comradery, as he assumed that Su Yu also lost a mother. the attraction he feels for Su Yu isn't for Su Yu the person, but his family unit that's warm, loving & welcoming... something that's missing dearly from his own life -****************************************************************************************************************************************& like others mentioned Duo Duo is the MVP, she's not just smart - but also very considerate & loving. her searching out Wu Bi cause she felt bad for him, was so heartwarming & wholesome. almost every ep i tear up or find something hilarious. all the hype around this is justified (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)
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well the lie didn't last long - thought it would be dragged out a bit more. what i loved, as much as Su Yu was infuriated at both Wu Bi & his father, he couldn't take out his anger on his father - who could?!? dude so pure & full of good intentions that no one can really stay angry for long, no matter what he does. this drama got a ton of really touching scene that breaks my heart. the character's r well written & superbly acted!*****************************************************************************************************************************************& ironically Zheng Hao & Wu Bi's scenes were as heartwarming - cause no matter how much they butt-heads, u can see that Zheng Hao's actions & words steam from love & care. he genuinely cares for Wu Bi's well being. he might not see eye to eye with his son, or even know a better was to communicate how much he cares & worries, but he does. it's plain to the eye****************************************************************************************************************************************Xiao San on the other hand (ノへ￣、) she's living in a world of her own, where she just sees everything through a lens of how it effects or benefits her. even when others r talking, it doesn't register. it filters through her lens & we back to her self involved ass ~(>_<。)＼ idk if she's dumb, oblivious or what... ＼（〇_ｏ）／****************************************************************************************************************************************Su Yu & Wu Bi butting heads is logical as they both care for the other & don't wanna break their friendship, but cause of the lie they angry at the deception - which is more the realization about who they really r to each other (i.e step-siblings). but also don't know how to back down - so they letting their hormones take over - boys will be boys (⊙_⊙;)
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Su Yu is gonna murder both his dad & Wu Bi, their lies have snowballed out of proportions - as it goes with lies (⊙_⊙;) it's funny, but don't envy either guy. Su Yu will feel so betrayed & hurt after all this building of trust & friendship that's developed between them, might make him wonder if it was all fake (ノへ￣、)****************************************************************************************************************************************also like how here, the plot at places is flipped - like (the previous ep) Su Yu brought/bought Wu Bi food. same with teasing his counterpart with food. here Wu Bi is the one teasing Su Yu - which is the other way round in Addicted.****************************************************************************************************************************************know i might be the odd one out, but kinda felt bad for Zheng Hao (Wu Bi's dad) in this ep. he might come off as the bad-guy. as he is very strict with Wu Bi - maybe in his eyes justifiably so. but given they been alone without another parent to shoulder the responsibilities or support needed to raise a child, this is his way of making sure his son doesn't turn out to be a spoilt brat, that's rotten to the core. so he gives him enough space to do his thing, but reins him in the sec he feels the boundaries have been crossed. & as Wu Bi's an angsty teen (even without the new mother in the mix) he would not get along with his parents. now he doesn't just need to deal with his hormonal son, but his "depressed" new-wife that's throwing herself pity parties - falling alseep blind drunk cause she misses her son so much. & he feels like for some peace & quite he needs to fix everything - this time around didn't resent him as much as i did the OG dad in Addicted. this approach was good intentioned IMHO
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so many thoughts pop-up while watching & yet the sec it's over, can't find anything to say (¬‿¬)******************************************************************************************************************************************Su Yu's mother is really beautiful, but a head case. she should be happy & yet she always finds a reason to throw herself a pity party. she's to self absorbed - thinking the world revolves around her - that's why she is having a hard time understanding why her son doesn't want any type of relationship with her, ironically same goes for her step-son. u don't need to be a genius to get that he might be resentful just cause she is stepping into his dead mothers shoes & even trying to bring her son into the fold, more or less ousting him. in her sons case she abandoned him, the fact she always thought of him doesn't make the pain of abandonment go away. if she wants any type of relationship with him, she can't just show up & expect to be welcomed with opened arms, she needs to work hard at showing remorse & ask for his opinion as he Not a child.****************************************************************************************************************************************also if she abandoned Su Yu & his father 10 yrs ago, & Wu Bi lost his mother 6 yrs ago - is he right; did she get close to his family in order to get the father??? & there was some shady goings on... as she was Wu Bi's mothers "new" friend so what gives....****************************************************************************************************************************************really enjoying the boys & not just talking about the mains, love Mao Chong & Bo Kuang's scenes they sweet. also like Duo, she's a smart kid & felt bad for her as she like Wu Bi wants the extended family that group has created.
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so much happening in this ep - i get why Duo Duo treated that boy badly & yet i didn't like it. even though getting even by hurting her back, wasn't the way to go(ノへ￣、) but seeing him wait the whole day for her, was kinda cute & endearing. pretty sure he didn't mean to hurt her by saying she didn't have a dad. just children being child, running off at the mouth, without thinking of how it will effect the person in front of them.*****************************************************************************************************************************************reading other comments & their unavoidable comparison with the OG actors, have to say this is something that bothered me at the start. as to me too the chemistry between Timmy & Johnny made Luo Yin & Gu Hai come alive & couldn't see anyone else portraying these character's, but them. but (maybe cause of the name change) i don't find myself comparing between the newbies & the OG's. this is just different - even the plot isn't copy-paste. so am just enjoying this as is & not once have i thought, of the OG pair.****************************************************************************************************************************************Wu Bi, whom i didn't like at the start, breaks my heart - almost every scene there is a back drop of a warm, homely scene full of love & happiness & he is the outsider peering in (┬┬﹏┬┬) u can feel how lonely, sad & desperate he is to connect, to what he see's in Su Yu's family unit. u can see the envy & it's truly heartbreaking to me. Su Yu might be poor in the financial sense of things ,but he is truly rich when it comes to his home life & surroundings ~(>_<。)＼
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those grown ass men got nothing better to do, then rob kids?!? like seriously - am used to seeing kids bully kids. but this was new - does this really happen in China? where small-time street thugs prey on kids? ****************************************************also didn't get why the day after, when Su Yu & Wu Bi saw them waiting outside again, they didn't go to a teacher or something＼（〇_ｏ）／ it's all good & well that Wu Bi saved Su Yu, & Su Yu is now training, but what about other kids that can be potential victims of those morons?!?******************************************************************************************************************************************also found it ironic how both Wu Bi & Zhi Gang needed to lie to Su Yu, so each covered for the other. have a feeling when Su Yu finds out, who Wu Bi's father is, it wont be pleasant for either father or friend (⊙◡⊙;)／******************************************************************************************************************************************side note: maybe just me, but the dude playing Wu Bi reminds me of Xu Kai, they could be related for all i know - they aint. but going by looks, they could be - just me (●'◡'●)?
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love Su Yu's father - so didnt accept to cry in this, totally teared up at the end scene where he is talking to Wu Bi, & have to say seeing Zhi Gang's sweet (almost child-like) personality i kinda get why he & Xiao San (Su Yu's mother) would never work out - their personality r like oil & water. maybe at the start they were attracted to each other, but as time passed their difference's would tear them apart. so idk if she was the cause of Wu Bi's mothers death (hinted at in the original drama) but i kinda get why she & Zhi Gang would never work out, no matter the circumstances. *****************************************************************************************************************************************this is really interesting & like where the plot has been changed, it gives almost every character more "meat" & what little there is of some side character's, is enough to draw a picture of who they r - also like that Bo Kuang isn't as airhead & yet still loveable. Mao Chong on the other hand, is such an improvement & not as obnoxious as his counterpart You Qi in Addicted. which i like. ******************************************************************************************************************************************Wu Bi is the typical rich boy bully that's hard to love. but u see a humane side to him (like when he was interacting with Zhi Gang. how ironic that here Wu Bi warms up to the father, before he does to the son (❁´◡`❁) kinda adorable & heart breaking (⊙◡⊙;)
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kinda get why the names (like the title) have been changed & yet kinda bummer (about the names) cause now have to keep guessing who i whom. know this nit-picky, as will get used to the new names & associate them with their counterparts in Addicted Heroine, but it bugged me. also the plot has been tweaked, but i don't mind that as much. there r parts that it's even better cause it helps u understand things that were brushed off to further the plot in the original drama.& usually don't notice the OST (unless it's really good or really bad (¬‿¬)) & yeah this bad. also r the mains famous?!? that they getting this prolonged face-revel scenes?!? that & the music totally annoyed me. hope this stops (ノへ￣、)*****************************************************************************************************************************************the guys playing Su Yu & Han Bo Kuang r really(!) good looking - other then these 2, the rest r meeh looks wise. sure Wu Bi will grow on me (as he's the main) but (maybe mean of me to say) he Doesn't fit the role of Gu Hai＼（〇_ｏ）／ maybe will change my mind - but that's how i feel after the 1st ep.****************************************************************************************************************************************i like Su Yu's dad, he is sweet in the village idiot sort of way (⊙_⊙;) & also like the village aunties gossiping. the vibe is very wholesome & warm. the tree hugging scene while Su Yu tried to rip off the plaster from his dad's back, was the highlight of this ep IMHO (≧∇≦)ﾉ but there were a lot of funny moments. & found it so ironic that Wu Bi's dad wanted the "sons" together, so the get along - wink wink lol.. little does he know
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what a roller coaster of an ep. idk how i fell by the end, don't even know where to start... (⊙_⊙;)****************************************************************************************************************************************Toshi, that more or less started Muranishi on this journey is funny. but he has a tendency to find trouble - like the start & him going off to meet Iori in his den. dude should know better, yeah he was laughing at him for being an ex-Yakuza, but he's still one in temperament & abilities. he is someone u should be weary off. so i hope by the end Toshi doesn't end up in any major trouble. as is there a ton of bad-guys, just waiting in line to get him & Muranishi & close their company.＼（〇_ｏ）／****************************************************************************************************************************************Megumi/Kuroki Kaoru, well her "break" wasn't as bad as i assumed it would be, kinda get this was her way of rebelling against her mother & absent father. maybe cause of how strict her mother is, she also has this streak of BDSM in her`(*>﹏<*)′idk... but that was one hell of a scene - **********************************************************************************************************just glad that she wasn't gaslighted into anything. not that this says i am fine with the whole theme of this drama (ironic as i knew what i was getting into). but i guess if i ignore the exploitative side, can appreciate the desperation to succeed, let alone his artistic side of Muranishi.
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Muranishi is a bit of a moron, why he go confront Ikezawa. what that give him? just cause he wanted Miku?!? & sorry but that so was gaslighting - this is the aspect that's scary in this industry. pushing someone into something they would never agree too (& the worse bit) making it seem like they had a choice - basically making it so Miku would blame herself when it went south - as it did (ノへ￣、) *******************************************************************************************************************Ikezawa is a bad-guy but Muranishi aint much better, he just small fish that is just getting started＼（〇_ｏ）／****************************************************************************************************************************************as per usual there were hilarious - laugh out loud moments - like the scene with Rugby having to carry Miku around while... OMG the part where the old dude was shocked & then tried to follow them \(@^0^@)/*****************************************************************************************************************************************but seriously this kinda vile - Muranishi keeps pushing the envelope, 1st it was the magazines now the porno. which is interesting to see how his mind works but when u think about the humans beings it's kinda deplorable. that's why was surprised Junko came back after her meltdown (hearing what happened with Miku). ******************************************************************************************************************************************Megumi is scary - there is something very off about her. that scene with her bf's gf was not just weird, but off - the way she reacted or rather got back at him - very off******************************************************************************************************************************************side note: why i aint surprised Iori in cahoots with Ikezawa ( ˘︹˘ )
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had a feeling that Ikezawa was behind the arrest, given the fact detective Takei was dirty (he had no problem taking the money, when he apprehended the driver with the porno mag's) knew then he aa shady MOFO. *******************************************always find it ironic how the cops r always dirtier then the criminals, as criminals not acting like they better then... while the cops cause of their freakin vocation should be better - they r supposed to up hold the law for pet's sake (ノへ￣、)know what Muranishi was doing was illegal & yet idk when that same dirty detective came to bug him & his friends in their new place (after their release) that annoyed me. but i guess if he was working for Ikezawa all along, it was his job to know what Muranishi's group was up too.*******************************************************************************************************************************************every ep it's pretty solemn on a whole (maybe it feels like that cause of Muranishi's personality), but then there is one part that is just crazy & funny - also cause of Muranishi. idk how this would go, but it keeps surprising me into wanting to watch more.******************************************************************************************************************************************side note: admit i have Never watched a whole length porno movie, but have a feeling they aint as extra Ψ(￣∀￣)Ψ as the one Muranishi's was directing in this (≧∇≦)ﾉ
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1st off the OST is killing the vibe, why it in English?!? *******************************************************************************************************************************************anywhoo this was interesting, as in curious what is Muranishi's end game, he took out a ton of loans to buy the book-stores to sell the adult magazines. but when Ikezawa paid him a visit to make him stop. so he wont open branches in the rest of the country why not make some kinda deal. he might be the brains, but neither him nor Toshi got the brawns, so he can put up any type of fight against a Yakuza (assuming Ikezawa is a member). ********************************************************************also all of the people around him r more of the same - average joes, shop keepers - they wouldn't be able to put up any type of serious fight against street thugs, let alone Yakuza members.****************************************************************************************************************************************Megumi's mother is crazy, little wonder Megumi herself is a bit weird. considering how restricted she is, when she breaks it will be to the extreme ＼（〇_ｏ）／ don't need specially abilities to predict the future to see which road she's gonna going down. just hope it wont be a hopeless one (considering this based on true story) (ノへ￣、)****************************************************************************************************************************************side note: the other commenter refers to the Megumi's character being underage which means no nude scenes. while right. this is also the reason the actors chosen for these type of roles might look like teens, but r adults. that's how u get over any restriction's & Morita Misato playing Megumi was 23 when she portrayed this part.
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this turned interesting towards the end. have to say the start was kinda bland IMHO (kept wondering why everyone else's hyped, recommending let alone giving it 10 stars) maybe by the end will feel the same. but on a whole was kinda depressing (the only bit that was ridiculously hilarious, was when he tried to sell the encyclopedia to the yakuza dude). (⊙◡⊙;)*****************************************************************************************************************************************his life was so sad, yeah at bits it was the average life most humans live & yet he (this drama) made it look not just sad, but down right gloomy. didn't like his wife's excuse for cheating (nothing justifies cheating, ur unhappy etc... try to work it out, or leave), but am happy that at least when she did leave, she didn't abandon the kids.*****************************************************************************************************************************************on a whole this subject is very exploitative, so the female porn start at the start (assuming she was one) giving the speech about how empowering it was, was hard not to ( ˘︹˘ ) scoff at...
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as much as i was angry at Shun Yu (in the previous ep & at the start of this), there's NO justification for that old hag to come at him that way(!) if it was me would slap her senseless, people would have to physically drag me off her decrepit body, kicking & screaming. who the f*ck died & made her queen?!? OMG that scene made me see red!!! money, statue, age or the thought a gold-digger's after ur child Doesn't gives u the right to act like a utter b*tch, that's physically abusive... don't care who the f*ck u r, ima beat the living day lights out of u, if u try that sh*t with me (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ (╬▔皿▔)╯*****************************************************************************************************************************************would say good on Shun Yu for keeping his cool, but i needed Shang Zhou to stand-up to his mother & put her in her place once & for all, enough is enough with this controlling tiger mom sh*t {{{(>_<)}}} **********************************************************as a grown ass man that's working hard for his living - she's treating him like he's the "slow" child, that she's done a favor by giving him a position in her company. he doesn't get paid?!! cause they blood, he her slave for life?!? she wasn't just off putting, but revolting (ノ｀Д)ノ****************************************************************************************************************************************ironic - how i assumed it would go & who i really ended up cursing in the finale (●'◡'●) her drama so wasn't needed. as Shun Yu finally found the guts to share his insecurities with Shang Zhou & they (the writer's) could've skipped the part with the evil witch, to the part where the guys have their happily ever after... whatever, the chemistry was good as always (not to mention the sweetest kisses, but that's Taiwanese BL's for u Ψ(￣∀￣)Ψ). the end
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