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Love Begins in the World of If Episode 5
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estar really enjoyed this ep cause Kano finally took the bull by the horns & even if it was embarrassing, he still took the initiative to approach his co-workers & apologize for how distant & standoffish he was until now. he truly turned a new leaf & thankfully his co-workers weren't the mean-boys that were shunning the new guy. they just followed his lead & as he changed they were open to start a new. this was such a positive ep. but this has flown by - next ep is the last ugh.
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Love Begins in the World of If Episode 4
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i liked the fact that Kano wanted to go back to his own world, if only cause he wasn't fitting in - not even making an effort to. he kept thinking about the past & had the same hang-ups. so i think it was for the best, that he returned to a world where he was himself & were he would learn to change. *******************************************************************************************also the scene were Ogami confesses to Kano was so electric & nothing happened, just a few words. this is what i love about the J-actors, they put so much emotion is a look & a gesture, u don't need words or actions to explain how the character is feeling & it is so intense & butterfly inducing to watch...
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Love Begins in the World of If Episode 3
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there were some really cringe moments - i just wish Kano would get with the program & at least act like his new self, here he is hell bent of being the same old Kano that he was in his previous "world" & i get that he is still getting used to his new reality. yet he has what he wanted & instead of going with the flow & acting like he belongs, he is reverting to his old self-doubting slef & basically shooting himself in the foot - the fact Ogami isn't surprised at this "new" insecure Kano is just sloppy writing - sorry. also the way Ogami looks at Kano, makes u think he is hungry & Kano is a juicy steak - yet after all those looks they don't amount to much. or is this his wooing dance, getting close & then taking a step back, not making anything clear cause he isn't sure Kano is ready?!?
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Love Begins in the World of If Episode 2
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it took almost the whole ep (& yet i aint sure if by the next) Kano will get with the program. but towards the end he started warming up to this new "world" & to this new Ogami. *******************************************************************************btw Kotaro's face card is something else - it always catches me & he is really beautiful. his co-star is very good looking to & ironically he is more my type but that doesn't mean i don't get blindside by some close-up on Kotaro's face - just wow
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Love Begins in the World of If Episode 1
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well that ending was a 180 from most of the ep... which was a plus as before the magic mirror i didn't like anyone around Kano, it felt like they were bullying the new kid & his fainting /PTSD/panic disorder popping up was confusing me, as to what it was & consuming the amount of chocolate on the daily for almost a yr he should've been twice his size. ********************************anyway am happy this took a turn for the better - cause the mean-boy's were very dislikable. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************side note: both mains r really good looking.
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so did she consume the concoction that would assure she can't get pregnant?!? is that was made her dizzy?? either way am kinda finding it weird when the looks at each other with cow-eyes as the actually looking at their own face. so what they really in-love with themselves?!? ***********************************************************************************************************also i get they need to show the viewer that Crown Prince Yi Gang & Dal I have swapped souls. yet they need to at least put on an act for the other character's they encounter - that is throwing me off at how bad the Crown Prince & Dal I r bad at acting. & the fact no one is picking up on this is just stupid. ***********************************************************************************also even if U Hui didn't spread the rumor, she knew that other girl was gonna. so her keeping quite was more or less helping the rumor spread, Yi Un has no reason to feel guilt for how he treated her. pity he now feels guilty & will nursing that soft spot he has for her. she is her fathers daughter & thus doesn't have any redeeming qualities - IMO
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1st off i wanna say that i loved how the whole intimae scene was dealt with, there was a lot of tenderness in that scene & i think it kinda fits Jung Woo's personality. Tae Young seems like he would be the more wild & adventurous type, but cause it was their 1st time together, the mellowness & consideration conveyed in that scene was fitting the character's & their 1st time, same with their kisses. not every BL couple gotta be hot & heavy, a tender heart felt kiss & coupling is a more mature approach to convey love IMO & this worked perfectly! they had good chemistry - ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************the whole book publishing issue, i must say kinda went over my head. i don't get what was going on... but what i found weird is that Jung Woo didn't wonder even for a sec why the professor was ready to help, after disappearing with both Tae Young & Jung Hyun.. he knows that industry & the individual's involved (especially the professor & Jung Hyun) shouldn't he have suspected something was up, before Tae Young asked to talk to him?!? idk, i think that whole issue was kinda rushed into a conclusion, where everyone got what they wanted even if it wasn't clear how... but happy end - so it's ok?? i guess. even Jung Hyun sudden personality change where he stopped being a obsessive possessive nuts case in a blink, was like WTF. but "the end" so never mind... *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************this was really good & it was well though out until that end that is, but i guess if u only focus on the mains love story, it doesn't matter as they end up together & they r finally happy. i enjoyed the mains chemistry & i loved how they made each bloomed around each other, yeah it was more noticeable with Jung Woo who started to smile when he was around Tae Young, he started to come to life & that was such a major change from the start (before Tae Young came into his life) but even Tae Young who was always smiling - he was happier & almost walking on air just being around Jung Woo. they conveyed perfectly how being in-love makes u bloom & it warmed my heart watching them together. **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************side note: been thinking this from the start & have to point this out, Ha Jong Woo playing Tae Young has enviable lips. those lips make u yearn to kiss them lol - just saying...****************************************************************************************************************************************edited add on... i have to say this - from ep 7 onwards the way Jung Woo talked, one would think he held a gun to Jung Hyun's head so he would publish the books under his own name. & cause he was doing that, he couldn't publish any of his own works, that was the grand sacrifice that made him so bitter & obsessed with not letting Jung Woo go. sorry i don't by this crap that is being sold to us by the writer. what Jung Woo couldn't write under a pseudonym?? Jung Hyun could be a go between & say it was someone that didn't want his name known & wanted to remain anonymous?!??? as writers that option didn't pop up.. as it doesn't take a day to write a book - no??? so miss me with the b.s. redemption arch for Jung Hyun.
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Tae Young is the MVP of this BL, i love him. but dude got his head in the clouds most of the time - which while adorable is also his achilles heel, he's too trusting & kind for his own good. he just floating about thinking everything will just slide into place & he couldn't see that Woo Joo couldn't be trusted. *********************************************************************************** here Jung Hyun doing everything to destroy Jung Woo chances at writing - even disclosing the main secret he was blackmailing Jung Woo with, that he was the real person behind all of Jung Hyun's best sellers. as if it was Jung Woo dirty secret & not Jung Hyun's. but he's such a master manipulator he was using that fact to brow beat Jung Woo into submission, as if he was forced into letting Jung Woo write - cause. *******************************************************************************this whole ep i was on the edge of my seat wondering who is gonna cave & betray Jung Woo & Tae Young. Woo Joo fell fast, while with Yeong Seon it was touch & go, by the end idk where she stands. i am thankful she told Tae Young about the ghost writing, but i wish she told Jung Woo that Jung Hyun was doing everything within his power to stop Jung Woo from writing / getting published again. yeah Jung Woo figured it out cause of Woo Joo, but he doesn't know to what lengths is Jung Hyun going through. i hope by the end we do get a happy ending, as i fear Jung Hyun could get to Tae Young & manipulate him into thinking him letting Jung Woo go is for his best. & Tae Young loves Jung Woo too much to think straight where he is concerned. hope i am wrong
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the fact that Jung Hyun would do everything & anything to get Jung Woo back under his thumb, submissive & broken isn't surprising. but the fact his targets might waver & agree to f*ck over both Jung Woo & Tae Young is the more distressing part. Jung Woo is still so grateful towards Jung Hyun, he considers him his savior (in spite of how he belittles him) little does he know... idk what the f*ck this industry got against Jung Woo, that they hell bent on destroying him & the fact he doesn't have any means to put a stop to them, is infuriating. as that is also allowing Jung Hyun to abuse his desperation & isolation. **********i can just hope, that all of Jung Hyun scheming will blow-up in his face & everyone will find out that all the best sellers he has published were written by Jung Woo - the one everyone looking down on & belittling his talent. *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************i am so thankful Jung Woo got someone like Tae Young by his side, he so supportive, positive, warm & loving. he keeps encouraging & uplifting Jung Woo, something he desperately needs after yrs of Jung Hyun's brain washing & demoralization.
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even watching the preview i freakin knew Woo Joo was the blabber mouth that told Jung Hyun where Jung Woo was at, Tae Young too should've know better then the tell Woo Joo - but i guess he doesn't get the messed-up dynamic between Jung Woo & Jung Hyun. *************************************************************************************************************************but i was freakin elated that finally Jung Woo has started to stand up for himself & isn't letting Jung Hyun's manipulation & gaslighting get to him or deter him from his objective. i was so worried he would break & give in to him, now hope that in his sick state, he doesn't cave cause he knows that Jung Hyun isn't good for him & is using his insecurities & the blacklisting to keep him locked in his house, using him like his slave ghost writer. *****************************************************************now that Jung Woo has finally woken up i need for him to not cave & go back to his old ways. thankfully he's got Tae Young rooting for him at every turn - which is doing wonders for his ego & thankfully Yeong Seon is another supporter, that is ready to help him achieve his goals & not cave to Jung Hyun or anyone in that industry, that might come for her cause she is helping Jung Woo. ****************************************************************************************************************************also love Ju Yeon, another strong woman that is supporting Jung Woo, but i have a feeling she has/had a crush on Jung Hyun. & that is her problem - that he only has eyes for him. but given how possessive he is of Jung Woo, isn't that a warning sign? a red fag u would avoid or thank ur stars never zeroed in on u?!? *********************************************************************side note: that professor that keeps calling Jung Hyun to scheme against Jung Woo - is he in on the fact that Jung Woo is Jung Hyun's ghost writer & he was planning of using for himself & now that he wants to write - is that what he mean & why he is panicked?!?
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guess will have to rejoice in the fact that for now Jung Woo not only got mad but is avoiding Jung Hyun. sadly Jung Hyun got his hooks in too deep for Jung Woo to just move on with his life - i wish that were the case cause Jung Hyun is just bad for Jung Woo, ironic that Ju Yeon could see it & even told Jung Hyun he a sociopathic f*cker. not that he cares, he just want Jung Woo in the cage he has created for him, the fact neither of them r happy doesn't matter. **************************************************so i am happy Tae Young was there at the right time to offer Jung Woo a line of hope, cause of him Jung Woo reached out to Yeong Seon & even started writing. Tae Young is good for Jung Woo ego & mental health. i hope he help revive what little is left of his self-worth so he can fight for himself & not let Jung Hyun manipulate or gaslight him any more!
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OMG i haven't been this infuriated in a while - every time Kim Jung Hyun opens his mouth i wanna bash his head in. the gaslighting - the way he has broken Jung Woo is making me see red, the way he verbally abuses him is driving me crazy & the fact Jung Woo is turned into this meek, self doubting subhuman is distressing to watch. i feel so so so bad & sad for Jung Woo. he believed Jung Hyun was the only one he could rely on & Jung Hyun took that trust & has turned Jung Woo into an empty shell of a human. every time Jung Woo asked for his opinion it was like an arrow to the heart. Jung Woo is so pathetic it's hurting my soul, to watch him almost grovel & every time Jung Hyun feels Jung Woo might get out of line he threatens to end things with him & as he has turned himself into Jung Woo's north star, he knows that Jung Woo will feel like he is lost at sea without an anchor. so i need him to get far away from Jung Hyun ASAP & lets hope the little i saw from the preview means that it's gonna happen sooner rather then later. ******************************************************************************************cause if i understood right, Jung Hyun hasn't just broken Jung Woo for sh*ts & giggle's, but he has turned Jung Woo into his ghost writer - like WTF!!! omg !!! that's why he lost it when Tae Young suggested they co write a book. cause he knows then his lie will come to light, as i doubt he can still write - guess being an evil MOFO gave him writers block.******************************if i aint wrong Tae Young said that Jung Woo's book saved him not just make his surrender - ironic as he is the catalyst that is gonna save Jung Woo from himself & Jung Hyun. or so i hope!
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wish i could say i loved this - this started off strong, but fell flat. given Minato's personality & hang-up's i guess unless he did a 180 by the end, showing some growth i wouldn't really be that happy.... & he didn't change - if anything in this ep he told Shizuma that he "fell" for him cause of how he talked about his ex gf (that cheated on him). to anyone it would sound like he "fell" cause Shizuma was so unlike his mother, to me it came off as Shizuma is someone who would be easy to "handle".****************************************************************************************************************************************at the end when Minato says "...if u cheat i will kill & eat u..." i believe that. while Shizuma's threat had no teeth, as he has already proved he will grovel, plead & apologize - trying to understand & forgive Minato whether it's justified or not, even before he tried to open his mouth, he is forgiven. so i aint happy with this end, as to me Minato lucked out but Shizuma has gotten the raw end of the deal. *******************************************************************************************************the bummer is that this has been the case with quite a few J-BL's recently, they start off great but slowly they like a balloon slowly getting deflated & a "sex" scene & a few tepid kisses can't revive this corpse.
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sh*t - from where to start. i said i didn't like Jung Hyun & my dislike has just increased. i knew the dude was shady. it was touch & go at the start what with him trying to help Jung Woo publish his book with a new publisher. but the more this ep progressed the more it seemed like Jung Woo is like a bird in a cage & Jung Hyun has put him in that gilded cage, his words while on the surface might seem supportive r really restrictive & demoralizing. they r meant to clip Jung Woo's wings, never allowing him to venture too far, never allowing him to spread his wings. & he has broken Jung Woo to such a degree, that it felt like his every move he reports to Jung Hyun, asking his advise as to how & what he should do. & if for a sec he mentions wanting to spread his wings - Jung Hyun verbally punishes him. his abandoning him, saying he wouldn't drive him back was a reminder to Jung Woo that he was all alone & only Jung Hyun existed & if he too abandoned him, Jung Woo would be all alone. watching this diabolical gaslighting made my skin crawl - ******************************************************************************************Jung Woo wants to write & he wants to grab onto the life line Tae Young is offering - but he is too insecure & terrified it will amount to nothing cause Jung Hyun has helped squash his self-worth & fighting spirit. this so freakin sad. so he will reject Tae Young - even though he really doesn't want too.************************************************************************************* aish i wasn't prepared for this BL to be this "heavy" i get Jung Woo impotency, but i want him to get his fighting spirit back for himself & also for Tae Young - kinda had it watching Jung Hyun walk around dictating sh*t like he some king. i can't wait for the moment Jung Woo cuts the umbilical cord & tells Jung Hyun to f*ck off - ok he wont say that. but one can dream ugh
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interesting 1st ep - reading the description one would assume Kim Jung Hyun is a good guy, i don't like him & i have a bad feeling that he has something to do with Jung Woo getting black listed, or he has something to do with trying to keep him from going back to writing... he gives me a bad vibe - the fact he is interested in Jung Woo is obvious. what i didn't get, r they a couple? or is Jung Woo close to Jung Hyun cause he's the only senior/person among the writers group, that is supporting him?!? either way Jung Hyun turning Tae Young down in Jung Woo's stead pissed me off - even if they were a couple or Jung Woo was his child, that wouldn't be ok. Jung Woo has the right to know & decide on his own. like WTF. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************Tae Young on the other hand, the more i saw of him (unlike Jung Hyun) the more i liked him. i love that he is always smiling, he's such a sweet & bubbly character. am sure he isn't leading an easy life, yet he choses to smile & project positivity. i don't even know Jung Woo's personality, but if he's the MC (which i wonder, as to me the one that shone in this ep was Tae Young) then he should end up with a good-guy, like Tae Young.
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