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Do you really think that's the reason people would be down-rating this?

What am I saying? Of COURSE it is. lol
"sandbox" 😂

Me too. Love angst, jealousy, and conflict. 😮🤪

Miyata is meant to react like a 32-year-old man, not a 13-year-old, petulant schoolgirl.

My guess is his past is pretty boring.

"Messy ass?"

I feel the same, but it's fun to watch Haruse play this part.

In what way does it "frustrate" you?

Episode 3:
!Akira! from "Contrast!"
That little beauty mark drives me wild... 😘
(But the costumer who put him in that hideous outfit must dislike him intensely.)

The Akihiro actor is doing the fish-kiss thing, which is all the more obvious when the other actor is playing the smooches for real.

Fun to watch Akira from "Contrast" play home-wrecker here.
Takashi should cut his losses, dump Akihiro, and go for beauty-mark boy. 😋

Is this going to be 10 episodes of Akihiro being jealous? 🙄

Episode 2:
Now I remember what it was about the first season that kept me from enjoying it as much as I otherwise might have: The actor playing Akihiro; for me, he doesn't fit the role, and his attempts to be coy, cutesy, and bottom-like are embarrassing.

My star of the show is the hot, evil secretary. 😍

Episode 1:
Yikes.
Akihiro's endless insecurity would drive anyone nuts.
Takashi's a saint for enduring it for this long.

I'm hoping for some hanky-panky with the evil but hot professor.

I get that you have weird, fear-based hang-ups about the powerful sex drives of teenage boys, but that's your issue, not mine.

Your first two sentences are bizarre, but typical of MDL Church Ladies trying to justify their prudishness and sex-phobia by sounding "academic." 🙄

"...groundbreaking argument..."
"... peer-reviewed study"
"collective libido"
Where are you getting this nonsense, Professor Church Lady?

Oh...that's right, you're the one who wrote the scholarly dissertation above about how artful, deep, and not at all juvenile this ridiculous show is.

Episodes 7&8:
Well, most of the goodwill I had been feeling for this show just went down the toilet.

The fascinating darkness and edgy fixation faded and became...dull.
Do Hyeon's creepy but sexy android affect became...rote and boring, as did Eun Ho's ambivalent virgin act.
Thank god for the picture window banging scene.
But wait...I thought they'd been banging for some time already?
And why did Do Hyeon seem to think they needed to wait until they were 20 before doing it?
And when are BL characters going to learn to use lube and vary their strokes?
We generally get a ramming-in sans lubrication, followed by rabbit-fucking and a quick finish.
At least we've grown beyond the prior BL obsession with making every sex scene into a PSA for condom use.

I did learn something, though: I had no idea that traditionally, all Koreans add one year to their age on New Year's Day, no matter when they were born.
Anyway, anyone with insight on my questions above, please feel free to help me out.

Ok, but everything else was boring, including, and maybe especially, the cliche "date" to the amusement park, complete with photo booth scene.
Oh, but, by the way, out of the blue..."we broke up." wtf?

And why is I Hyeon so boringly depressed and lacking in affect?
And what's the deal with characters in BLs asking other characters questions, after which the latter simply looks at them blankly but doesn't answer?
After which, both act like the question was never asked...?

Anyway, I was intrigued by this show to this point, but...meh.

Who the hell wrote this man's bio above?
He has an impressive resume, but all the bio rants about is the women he has dated.

Anyway, Lee Hee Joon is a huge part of why the six-part Netflix series, "Karma" is so incredible.
It's the first production I've seen him in, and color me impressed.
Watch it!

I just added five of his movies to my plan-to-watch list.

I was totally into this, loving the tangled web of connections, the writing, the acting, special effects, everything...but somehow the wrap-up in the final ep left me feeling...meh.
Still, that may just be a quirk of my personality and perspective.
Clearly, MOST people feel differently.

Park Hae Soo is sensational here.
It's a type of role I've not seen him play, and he nailed it.

Still, the first five eps are thrilling, and I strongly recommend giving this a go.
8.5/10

I finally finished, and you were correct.
Going in, I thought each ep was going to be a stand-alone story, which is why I had all those questions at the end of ep 1.
Thanks for setting me straight.

I was totally into this and loving the tangled web of connections, but somehow the wrap-up in the final ep left me feeling...meh.

You don't care for Gennosuke's acting?
To me, he's the only saving grace of this show.
Plus, he's doing a superb job considering the actor he's working opposite.

Your feeling is correct, if "nothing burger" = "trope-fest."

"Annoyed" is a more accurate word.
Why do you say I "probably" knew "it" before watching?
How would I know?
Is there a website I don't know about that shares all the tropes included in the plots of upcoming BLs?
If so, please share the link.

Thanks! 😊

Actually, the one they shared on those stairs above the lake or whatever was heartfelt and real. But yeah, later they reverted to fish status.

Episode 7:
What's great is that we've never seen any of these tropes in a BL before. 🙄🙄🙄