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You're nuts. There's no proof against this young woman. Nothing. Nada.

You are a disgusting, gullible, celebrity-hater. There is no proof of any of these accusations, yet there you go with your blah blah blah.

Do people who were never bullied but make up bully-victim stories to take down celebrities also have TRAUMA FOR LIFE?

Will YOU have TRAUMA FOR LIFE when this young actress kills herself and it's partly your fault?

NO. They're "in trouble" for lies made up by anonymous haters who don't have the balls to show their face or give a name. They're "in trouble" because of trash news outlets like MDL that run this garbage. This young actress is now in serious danger of suicide. When are you people going to figure this out?

You know what I'm terrified of? That this young actress will kill herself as a result of these obviously false accusations from a century ago.

There was no victim, as clearly stated in the article. They never knew each other. The accuser is a liar.

Oh...bite my ass.

You obviously cannot READ. She never knew the victim, nor vice-versa.
How do you know there WAS a victim at all? Why are you so eager to believe trash news?

YOU ARE A SUICIDE-ENABLER. There is NOTHING to these accusations, as the article clearly states, yet here you are doing the usual Korean-suicide-fan-culture BS and repeating the allegations as if they're true.

Serious question: Are you Korean?

The fact MDL ran this is revolting, especially in light of LSK's recent suicide.
Yes, SUICIDE, not "extreme choice" or "unhappy departure to be a star in the sky."
I can't even with Korean scandal culture anymore.

Take this garbage post down. There is nothing to these accusations, as clearly stated in the article itself. But of course, Korean media and MDL publish it anyway.

How long until the next suicide...?

Are you an idiot? There is NOTHING to this story. MDL should never have published it. The agency investigated and none of the accusations are true. Do you need a hammer to hit you over the head to get this? wtf?

Korean scandal-mongers will seemingly never stop slinging unverified mud and shit until the next suicide. After which they'll start it up again.

Finale:

Wow. I have never done a 180-degree turn on my opinion of a BL as hardcore as the one I did on this show. I hated most everyone and everything about the first episode, but by the last I was almost entirely won over. I would recommend this to anyone. Which doesn't change my firm position that drama or film or whatever, if a show takes more than an hour to even begin to rope me in, then something's wrong.

On the other hand, because I did keep watching, often for reasons as shallow as Jooha's lips and pecs, I got the thrill of that 180 degree turn, along with some genuinely moving moments, as well as some laughs too. There were too many lazy tropes and cliches, but at least the two blatant trip/fall/catch incidents were creatively executed.

I'm still debating exactly why Seoheon found it necessary to do what he did near the end after he learned all the background, so if anyone cares to enlighten me, I am open to suggestions. I have a theory, but it's pretty lame.

OK, one comment on each character, then the production as a whole:

Seheon: Power-twink bottom with sass and a backbone from the start. Bravo!
Taeyi: Brooding, mostly passive jerk to romantic hero. Bravo!
Doyoon, he of the blue-black tresses: Funny, sincere, kind and loving. Bravo!
Jooha: Pecs, lips, great acting skills. The actor made me believe Jooha's character arc. Bravo!
Taejoon: Best smile and dimples on a dead BL character. Bravo!
Sejin: His seeming lack of ANY guilt or remorse, right to the end, was creepy. Boo...
Seheon's dad: Asshole. Boo...
The teacher: Dull. Boo...

Production:
Too many gauzy filters, white face powder, and lip gloss.
The editing, which when combined with the actors' efforts, made the musical sequences entirely believable and, especially the final one, a treat for the eyes. It was lovely. I kept thinking of that awful Thai BL, 2gether, and how one of the two leads, who was supposed to be a great guitar player, was never shown doing anything much more than strumming the instrument and smirking.
I'm too lazy to research it: Who did the vocals for the final number? Love the voice.
Seheon's outfits were all two sizes too big in the traditional Korean BL tradition, but the white clown shoes in the final scene sealed the deal.
The progression of kisses from dead-fish to open-mouth, was genius.

The most moving scene in the entire series was Joo Ha coming clean to Dowoo in the hallway in...episode 7, I believe. I cried. He's a good actor.

All in all, I'm docking three points for wasting over an hour of time, then adding one and a half points back for making me do that 180, and for some truly touching and also funny scenes. The one near the end in which Doyoon kept catching our leads smooching, and everyone acted awkward, was hilarious.

Thus, we arrive at...
8.5/10 Recommended.

Episode 7:

If you'd have told me, when I was about to drop this halfway through episode 1, that I would shed tears for Jahoo's pain and loneliness, I would have smacked you.
His pecs are life itself, even under a tee shirt.
Jahoo and Doyoon horsing around/flirting on a BB court is a beautiful thing.

A lot of pieces of paper and photographs conveniently falling out of books, but whatever...

Episode 6:

Wow. This has gone from terrible to fairly good, clown-white powder and lip gloss aside.
WTF, an actual, honest-to-god, lips-to-lips kiss!
Seheon has turned out to be one of my fave BL wispy, willowy, little bottoms. He has sass and spunk, and has always stood up for himself, in contrast to what I expected from him based on his physique.
I lived for Doyoon's slo-mo, spinning-his-head-around to look at the camera shot, shimmering blue-black hair flying around his handsome face.
Glad to see Jooha's pillow lips back onscreen. It's the ever-so-slight up-turned corners of his mouth and the under bite that compound his lipuncular hotness. Plus, I'm guessing he rocks a nice bod. How shallow and looksist of me.

Episode 5, random thoughts:

Taeyi may be the first BL character who looks hotter WITH glasses than without.
It was cool, the way Taeyi magically knew the song and played it flawlessly, despite not knowing what song it was and with no rehearsal.
This is the first music-based BL I've seen in which the characters actually seem to be playing the instruments they are written as playing. Nice editing. Well done.
I wish Doyoon and Se Heon would pair up. Doyoon is a sweetie.
Not usually a fan of bright hair dye colors, but Doyoon rocks that blue-black look, which in shadows hardly shows at all, but when light hits it just right, is beautiful.
Junyun is the nicest guy in this show.
That teacher is worthless.
The psycho dad should be shot, but we all knew that was coming. I'm glad Seheon got the hell out after shredding the dad about his mom leaving.
The girl with the ears was wise to let her hair hang straight down while sitting on the swing.
I noticed a review above headlined, saying this show started great and went downhill. I feel the exact opposite. I almost dropped it after the first episode, but it has improved with each one since.
I totally hate the homophobic message these slo-mo, camouflaged, non-kisses send, but that issue aside, the umbrella one was quite artistically done.
Seheon, while looking at the photo: "If they are brothers, they do not look alike..." hmmm...
I missed Jooha's lips in this episode.

Indeed. You must now be dragged before the SJW/PC court of gender-speak policing. :) I'm a guy, but when I was a kid I sometimes felt like a "girl." lol That went away with the years...

on edit: Now that I think about it some more, it's more like I occasionally wanted to "act like" a girl growing up, rather than "be" one. As I understand true transgender disphoria, that's not at all what I experienced. I never felt that I was in the wrong body, gender-wise.

I don't think there's any intended incest in the story either. I'm saying the way it is written and acted kind of blurs the lines for me. I'm not familiar with the "brothers who love too much" trope though, as I watch exactly no straight, romantic Kdramas.

hahaha...I'm glad to have entertained you, JG. :D

There's a difference between "reading between the lines" to obtain information clearly intended for the viewer to glean, and having to simply make stuff up in your head to fill in the blanks left by the writers.

I'm good at reading between lines when I watch cinema and dramas, but here the spaces I'm looking into are largely blank.

So, how old are you now?

Actually, now that I think about it, I started more like three and a half years ago, which is quite a while in BL years, no?