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Do you mean viewer ratings, as in how many people see the series, or MDL ratings, which are essentially meaningless? :)

You're clearly a person who is blind to her own damaging behavior, at least when it comes to celebrities and helping to trash them online.

Yeah, I know: "Oh, I'm not trashing HER, I'm trashing the blah blah blah...' Right, got it. That's what Netizens always say after the most recent celebrity suicide.

Writers and director/producers who pay attention to the opinions of screeching little MDL Church Girls are in the wrong business. Those prudes make up a very small demographic of MDL's membership but they, like their vile cousins the Netizens, are LOUD af.

There are THOUSANDS of people who lurk on this site, staying out of comment threads because they know the Church Girls will swarm them if they speak their minds. My MDL friends list is full of such people.

"Jin Hwan states that the difference between them makes it fun, but fails to be considerate of those differences." oooh...I like this observation. Thanks for sharing it.

I've only mentioned it once before with another commenter I was arguing with above, but when JH ambushed MJ by showing up as part of his work team without warning, did you perceive him as an arrogant, smirking jerk? Recall how he seemed to enjoy MJ's natural confusion and angst at his reappearance after eight years? He stood there, making vague allusions and suggestions, moved in close to make MJ uncomfortable, etc.

He came up behind MJ and gripped his shoulder, he rubbed his shoulders (at work!), etc. He seemed to be doing anything he could to keep MJ apprehensive and on high alert at all times. Is this how one acts upon returning to claim their first and only love? Hardly.

So, those things were either the director deliberately misdirecting the audience or JH is a jerk. I vote for the latter.

"...but suggesting self-reflection upsets you." And you know this how? I self-reflect all the time. You should see my therapy bills.

I'm breaking my commitment to not argue with you, but...how does the gender change anything? He could have been referring to a guy or a girl, or both. What matters is that from MJ's perspective, he is a player. Thus, since he didn't know the guy well anyway, he reached his conclusions and left. It's not as though MJ heard the conversation after five years of a steady relationship, in which case a chat about it would be appropriate.

Cutting off someone who seems to be a player is essential to dating and self-care. Particularly if you know yourself to be a sensitive person.

"...you will make anything I say to be part of some sort of internet scheme so I will not bother to clarify again."

Kind of like you Netizens will make anything a celebrity does, says, wears, etc. into a crime against humanity. God, let us be thankful you will not be "clarifying" again.

I said nothing about an "Internet scheme."
Kindly stop making up stuff.

I already took a shower. Now I have to take a second one.

Adaptations regularly change/rearrange/eliminate all kinds of source material elements. The lame little twist I referred to above is no less lame for having been in a Manga first.

Episode 9: That was the SECOND time this plot set up an incredibly intense/dramatic situation and then copped out with a bogus, last-second, cotton candy reveal. Lame.

Toey is hot.
Boom is going on my Best BL Actors list.

Episode 8: Wow. The crazed fan/Akin subplot was powerful and well-done.
The young actress was very touching. Great depiction of how a huge number of people perceive their favorite idols, and what can happen when it goes too far.

Other than that...meh.
Lots of filler.

Episode 7: So...why set up intense, riveting conflict and drama with great acting in one episode, then pull the rug out from under it with lame "oh, it never really happened" BS in the very next episode?
Disappointing.

Nice shower scene
I'm doing lots of skipping ahead now.

Episode 6.5: Hmmm...why stick an interview with the actors in the middle of the series? I'm putting that off until I'm finished binge-watching this.

The black/white film with gold honey was beautiful.

Episode 6: Wow, this finally got interesting.

Love the evil bisexual dude. He's lighting a fire under this ice-cold plot.
I do wish the writers had come up with something more creative than the MC-gets-trashed-doing-Karaoke-then-has-sex-with-bad-person trope. But oh well...at least it got the story along to a place where it became intriguing.
Boom's acting continues to impress. Except for the drunk scene. He overdid it.

On to 6.5. I hope more bad things happen.

Well sure, you want as many celeb-trashing articles published as possible. The Asian Celebrity Suicide Machine needs lots of fuel to keep doing its business. I see you've left comments below to help that process along.

"But when you turn other people’s pain into aesthetic content and wrap it around your own redemption story, you’re opening the door to public critique and rightfully so."

Oh, you have the language of the classic contemporary, self-righteous Knetz Killer Klown down pat. YOU are turning HER pain into an excuse to feel better about yourself by tearing her apart because she's a celebrity.

So what if the documentary is partly driven by marketing impulses? It's also driven by an impulse to bring focus on an under-served demographic to millions of people. Not this situation, nor life itself is a black/white, all or nothing proposition. In real life we make choices in the gray areas. You are choosing to cast aspersions on this young woman in the dark gray/black zone and I call BS. What she did in making this doc is in the pale gray/white zone.

As for the "oh I'm not attacking HER, I'm attacking the tactics" schtick, sell that somewhere else too. SHE is the one who hosted the documentary; you are crucifying HER and you know it.

Gross. I need a shower.

I've heard all this BS excuse-making online after every celebrity suicide, so take it somewhere else, sister. "Exploitation" my ass. She shone a light on people and a situation others don't like to think about, and for that you and thousands of other online "netz" are feasting on her soul.

She shouldn't have done the show, but for her own health, not for your self-righteous, anti-exploitation drivel. How many documentaries have YOU done shining a light on the less fortunate and bringing attention where it otherwise would not have gone? Oh, that's right, NONE.

This woman is physically/mentally/emotionally weak and vulnerable right now. You know that; yet here you are picking her apart like a vulture. You know the history of celebrity suicide in Asia; yet here you are, potentially helping to cause another one.

Take a look in the mirror. You might not like what you see.

Episode 5: Boom's acting is what keeps me coming back.

He is exceptional in this role, especially considering he is so convincing within the limits of a cheesy Thai BL.
It's odd that Akin says he is focused on being "the greatest actor," but the script focuses on the stupid "Sexiest Man" thing, which is a silly pop-culture marketing gimmick, and Akin freaks out like he lost a Suphannahong National Film Award for Best Actor or an American Academy Award.
Oh well, lame writing.
Embarrassingly awful clothes, especially on Jin.
They were just talking about not presenting as gay in public to maintain creative viability in casting, and the next minute they're doing the hilariously cheesy cig-smoking photo shoot in extremely gay poses. lol

This is Lily_Alice's favorite style of "journalism."

Suicide enabler alert!

You call this sloppy, trashy, AI-written article "important journalism?" You are hereby cancelled.

YOU felt it was questionable. Stop thinking as if your personal opinion is anything other than that.