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great first episode!! but i can’t stop thinking about what exactly happened between bell being caught by the police and her ending up in prison. i know the show is already exploring themes of corruption and the flaws in the justice system so maybe her quick incarceration is meant to reflect that and how easily someone innocent can get trapped in a broken system. but still, it felt like such a huge gap in her story. did they not investigate at all? no toxicology test, no questioning, nothing to confirm whether the drugs were really hers? it felt a bit unsettling to see her thrown into prison the next day, still in the same clothes, without any sign of due process. maybe we’ll get to know what happened later on, or maybe not idk. either way, it doesn’t take away from how good the first episode was. it’s just something that stuck with me.

i’m such a sucker for horror media so this is right up my alley ! great first episode, excited for what’s to come:D

it’s fascinating how easily some people manage to sexualize even the most ordinary expressions. head to head is a common idiom meaning “in direct opposition” or “face to face”, not a euphemism. if your first instinct was to read it as something obscene, that says far more about the content you usually consume than about the title itself.

if somebody has the novel in english pleaseee send it to me im begging

he’s an aging, resentful creep wasting his last brain cells and remaining years obsessing over a convicted assaulter who doesn’t even know he exists lmfaooo it honestly can’t get more pathetic than this

idk why but the actor who plays hioki reminds of nunew… is it just me 😭

it’s old man logic, back for another round. how many languages again? ten? cute. too bad none of them teach empathy or self awareness.

you can pretend you were “baiting” me all you want but i can see right through that act. you didn’t say what you said because you’re clever or calculating, you said it because that’s genuinely how you think. there’s no strategy behind your words, just the instinctive misogyny of a man who equates assault with desirability and thinks women should feel flattered by violation. you weren’t testing my reactions, you were exposing your own rot.

that “acting project” you casually invented? hahaha i see your imagination is doing heavy lifting while facts take a nap. maybe at your age, you’ve started confusing your own wishful thinking with reality or maybe you’ve been tricked by one of those AI generated rumors old men like you love to repost without realizing it’s fake. either way, it’s pitiful.

don’t forget to write in your little journal about how unfair life is, how your beloved KK was wronged, how it should’ve been you who took the fall for him. write all about your heartbreak, your sorrow, your undying devotion to the poor, misunderstood assaulter. wipe your tears, clutch your pearls and whisper to yourself“not him… not my little baby”
because no matter how many bedtime stories you tell yourself, the reality doesn’t change. he’s a convicted assaulter and you’re just another man grieving the fall of one of your own. sleep well knowing that. i sure do.

i absolutely love how playful jerome is!! great first episode, very fun and entertaining! looking forward to the next episodes!

“i speak 10 languages fluidly” how adorable. you can switch alphabets all you want but your reasoning still reads as fragile in every language.

indecent assault is indeed a serious crime under HK law. it *can* carry up to ten years in prison, that’s the maximum penalty, not the standard one. it covers a wide spectrum of acts, ranging from violent sexual assaults to lesser but still unlawful instances of unwanted contact. within that range, this case was classified as a minor offense, which is why the judge issued a fine rather than a prison sentence. that doesn’t mean the judge “giggled” or thought it was a joke, it means the law distinguishes between degrees of severity, as all justice systems do. you’ve taken a single aspect of sentencing and built an entire fantasy around it, as if the fine proves moral innocence. it doesn’t. the conviction stands. the crime stands. the record stands. what the punishment reflects is proportionality, not triviality. whether or not the judge imposed the maximum penalty doesn’t change that. sentencing depends on context, record and judicial discretion but the existence of that penalty directly contradicts your whole “it’s a joke” narrative.

and yes i brought up the fact that he now has a criminal record on his name again on purpose. i wanted you to know how much that pleases me. it thrills me, genuinely. it brings me a deep, cold satisfaction to know that he now has a criminal record stamped to his name forever, that his career is over and that no matter what, that stain isn’t going anywhere. you can joke about the fine all you want but the conviction remains and that makes me smile so so big. and what makes it even funnier is watching men like you work overtime to defend him, to twist, to rationalize, to make yourselves the real victims of women’s accusations. it’s almost touching, really. that brotherhood of denial. you feel so sympathetic toward him, so protective and yet none of it will undo what happened. the record stands. the consequences stand.

and about your claim that imm “lying” or “lazy” because i didn’t spoon feed you citations. i’m simply not in the business of doing people’s homework for them especially when the information is public and easily accessible. you’re not owed research assistance just because you’ve decided to deny reality.

and that line about me “having zero chance of being groped”? that’s the tell. that’s when the mask slips. thank you for proving, once again, exactly what kind of man you are, the kind who can’t handle a woman calling out misogyny without resorting to schoolyard level sexual insults. you really think assault has anything to do with attraction, don’t you? that being harassed or violated is some kind of compliment. it’s such a pathetic, outdated way of thinking. assault isn’t about desire. it’s about entitlement, power and control, concepts men like you seem to mistake for “interest”and just to be clear, i don’t have to prove my attractiveness to a bitter old man on the internet who thinks mocking victims makes him clever. you can keep your projections, they say more about you than you realize. all that talk about facts, logic and objectivity and yet it always circles back to the same thing: contempt for women. that’s the real language you’re fluent in.

and please, the “hundreds of thousands of female fans” line is such a lazy deflection. don’t act like you don’t know how fandoms work. of course those women defend him. they’ve invested emotionally in an idol and admitting he’s capable of assault would shatter that illusion. they’re not bad people, they’re victims of a system that conditions them to protect men at their own expense. so no, i’m not “dismissing” them because they’re women, i actually *feel* for them. while your vileness disgusts me, those women? i want them to be free from those shackles, from the mental conditioning that makes them defend the very behaviors that harm them.

and yes i came back to reply. i could’ve ignored you but i didn’t. because there’s a particular satisfaction in addressing men like you directly. watching you scramble to sound logical, to twist things into “legal technicalities” to pretend your detachment makes you superior, it’s quite amusing. you think responding makes me angry? it really doesn’t. it’s just me reminding you that no matter how much you talk, no matter how many times you call me emotional, hysterical or whatever outdated cliché helps you feel in control, the truth is simple : the conviction happened. the criminal record exists. and that’s something neither you nor he will ever be able to talk away.

oh i see we’ve moved from “rational debate” to mocking english proficiency, how refreshingly predictable. the funny part is, i actually am a well educated woman who speaks four languages so i promise you, reading comprehension isn’t the problem here. what’s showing is your insecurity at being challenged by someone who won’t shrink to your condescension.
and no, the fine wasn’t “tiny” because the judge thought it was silly, it was small because the charge itself was legally classified as minor. that’s how sentencing works. petty theft is still theft, just like unwanted touching is still assault. no one has to be raped for it to qualify as sexual assault. that’s literally why the law distinguishes between rape and indecent assault, they’re both violations of consent, just on different scales. and the weight lies in the conviction, not the amount of the fine. but of course you can’t process that because you need to believe the judge secretly agrees with you.

you can twist it however you want but the reality is that man is now a convicted offender with a criminal record that will follow him for the rest of his life. he’ll never have the spotless image he once did, never get to slip back into the entertainment world like nothing happened and i sleep beautifully at night knowing that. knowing that the victim got the justice she deserves brings me an amount of peace and satisfaction you’ll never understand. and i genuinely hope more women come forward even for what men like you dismiss as “tiny” or “insignificant” behavior. i want them to speak up every single time. i want them to refuse silence, to refuse letting it go. because that’s how change happens, one so called “minor” offense at a time, until men finally realize that none of it is acceptable.

your rant about anonymity is equally shallow. protecting victims’ identities isn’t “stacking the system” against the accused, it’s a safeguard against harassment and retaliation which, ironically, you’re proving is still necessary. and whether or not you know her name doesn’t make your language harmless. it’s the mindset behind it that matters. you’re comfortable calling a woman who reported unwanted touching a liar and a gold digger because it feeds your favorite narrative : men as victims, women as schemers.

and citing “hundreds of thousands of female fans” who “stand by him” doesn’t make your argument sound stronger lol it just exposes the parasocial delusion behind it. fans defend idols reflexively. that’s not proof but pure bias.

you keep accusing me of being emotional while your entire tone is soaked in mockery, contempt and defensiveness. you’ve been performing wounded superiority this whole time, desperate to prove how unbothered you are. and you know what? the fact that you’re a man makes perfect sense. i’m honestly not even surprised anymore, just relieved. i thank god you’re not a woman because if you were, that would’ve been truly depressing.

and yeah, i said i’d said what i needed to say and i did. but every time you crawl back with another smug, condescending paragraph full of bad faith and projection, i come back because i refuse to let that nonsense stand unchallenged.

you really think converting HK dollars to US dollars makes your argument stronger? that’s honestly so american of you lmao to assume your economy is the only relevant reference point and that a punishment’s seriousness can only be understood through the lens of your own currency. the arrogance is almost impressive.

and no, the amount of the fine doesn’t magically erase the conviction. a guilty verdict is still a guilty verdict. you can twist it however you want but the facts remain. he was tried, found guilty of sexual assault and now has a criminal record for it. you don’t get to rewrite that as some noble act of judicial pity just because you’ve decided the punishment wasn’t “serious enough” that’s not how the law works.

also calling the victim a “gold digger” while pretending it’s somehow not “disparagement” because her name isn’t public is just disgusting. her identity is protected precisely because women who report sexual assault get harassed and defamed by people like you. and you have the nerve to talk about fairness? spare me.

you keep acting like you’re the rational one here but you’re not. you’re emotionally invested, just not in justice, in him lol for someone who insists that he’s not one of your favorite idols, you seem weirdly sympathetic, almost… attached. ah, yes. i think i’ve got it. men. men defending men. men connecting with other men over the shared fantasy of being the *real* victims, the innocent ones tormented by these cruel, lying women. there’s something almost poetic about it, really.
at the end of the day, you’re still defending a man who was found guilty of touching a woman without her consent. you can dress it up as “rationality” or “objectivity” all you want but at its core, it’s just projection and a refusal to confront the ugliness of what you’re actually defending.

of course! 🫶

ah, there it is. when all else fails, resort to smug little jabs about women’s studies and pretend you’re the one thinking critically. i see you still haven’t managed to engage with a single actual point i made, just recycled sneers and projection.
and the irony of you accusing me of internalized misogyny while defending a man legally convicted of indecent assault isn’t lost on me btw. and about the no links thing, you’re not owed spoon fed citations from major news outlets just because accepting reality doesn’t suit your narrative.
anyway, i’ll let you get back to feeling superior on the internet. i’ve said what i needed to say, enjoy the echo chamber.

i can tell that my comment about hoping you were a man saying all this vile nonsense got under YOUR skin, you’ve been circling back to it ever since lol the irony is that you tried to weaponize it by throwing around “hysteria” and citing its etymology like that somehow redeems your sexism. it doesn’t. you’re not arguing from logic or principle, you’re just dressing up your bias in pseudo intellectual language and it’s transparent.

you admit you used “hysteria” just to provoke me which tells me everything about your intent. you don’t want a discussion, you want a reaction because that’s all you have left when your arguments collapse. mocking women for being emotional while openly trying to get under their skin is… well, self defeating at best.

and please don’t twist my words. i never said there was “no concrete evidence” what i said, and what the court confirmed, is that the judge found enough credible evidence to convict KK of indecent assault. that’s the literal definition of guilt under the law. your fantasy about a judge “pretending” to convict out of fear is conspiracy theory logic, it’s the reasoning of someone who can’t accept reality unless it flatters their bias. your claim that this was a “he said, she said” case is also irrelevant. that’s what most sexual assault cases are because they happen in private. the fact that a judge found the victim’s testimony credible despite that dynamic speaks to the strength of her account, not its weakness.

again, spare me the lecture about feminism. you’re not defending equality, you’re defending a worldview where women have to endure non consensual touching silently or else be branded “weak” it’s regression dressed up as pragmatism, not at all empowerment.

as for links, the fact that you demand citations for something as easily verifiable as a public conviction just shows your bad faith. if you wanted facts, you’d look them up. what you want is to delegitimize anything that doesn’t align with your narrative.
at this point, there’s nothing left to debate. you’ve revealed exactly what kind of person you are : someone who confuses cynicism for intelligence, bias for insight and their own misogyny for a nuanced understanding of women’s issues.

your entire response is a masterclass in false equivalence and selective reasoning. you start by calling my reaction “hysterical” which is telling. when a woman pushes back against casual dismissal of sexual assault, you reduce her stance to emotion rather than substance, a classic move that’s centuries old and intellectually bankrupt. you accuse me of being “self righteous” while writing a wall of text defending a man’s “right” to touch a woman’s thigh without consent. there’s no moral high ground in that position, just denial dressed up as reason.

let’s start with your claim that “people get convicted of things they didn’t do all the time” true, miscarriages of justice do exist. but they’re not a blanket excuse to reject EVERY conviction that makes you uncomfortable. you “don’t buy” the evidence but your disbelief isn’t evidence of anything either. it’s just some belief, the same belief that dismisses victims as liars unless there’s video footage or a confession.

then there’s your 8% comment. you laughed at it but apparently didn’t understand it. 8% false reports means 92% TRUE. no statistic says never but if 9 out of 10 reported assaults are legitimate, that makes false reporting the exception, not the rule. and you conveniently ignored that false reports for ANY crime fall within the same range, theft, fraud, murder. you reject data because it contradicts your worldview, not because it’s unsupported. ironically, you demand “links” as though you’ve provided a single verifiable fact yourself.

your take on the touched thigh is equally disingenuous. consent is not graded on intensity. again, the law and basic morality, doesn’t ask whether the contact was “mild” or “sensual” it asks whether it was WANTED. if it wasn’t, it’s assault. it’s that simple. you think it’s insane because you trivialize women’s autonomy. to you, a man’s fleeting “touch” matters more than a woman’s right not to be touched. your advice that she should’ve “smacked him or thrown a drink” perfectly illustrates your worldview, that women must defend themselves physically in the moment or forfeit the right to justice later. you confuse strength with silence. real empowerment means a woman doesn’t have to fight or shout to have her “no” respected.

and please, spare me the faux feminist veneer. claiming to “respect women” while mocking the idea of boundaries isn’t equality, it’s condescension masquerading as equality. you don’t get to lecture anyone on feminism when your definition of strength is “put up with inappropriate behavior and move on” and as for your daughters, good for them if they agree with you but “i have daughters” is not a moral shield. many men do. it doesn’t grant insight or credibility, it just exposes that proximity hasn’t led to understanding.

you keep repeating “elevating” incidents like this to felony status “insults real victims” but the only thing insulting is your assumption that there’s a hierarchy of acceptable violations. no one confuses rape with unwanted touching. the law simply recognizes that sexual assault exists on a spectrum and that every act of non consensual contact violates bodily autonomy. your discomfort with that reality says more about you than the justice system.

finally, your cynicism about “no evidence” is hollow. you claim to have “seen zero concrete evidence” while ignoring that courts deal in testimony, credibility and judgment. if you’ve “seen zero evidence” it’s because you’ve chosen not to. and your insistence that the judge only ruled that way to “avoid being crucified” is not analysis, it’s conspiracy. you can’t erase a verdict simply because it inconveniences your bias.

yes, people “make up shit on the internet every day” including people who dress up their contempt for victims as reasoned skepticism. you talk about critical thinking while rejecting facts, moral coherence and empathy in the same breath.

in the end, what you call “hysteria” is just a woman refusing to let you gaslight her into silence.

like everything she did was a reaction to something. it’s not like she was evil for the sake of being evil. to me, she wasn’t even a villain, she was just morally gray at best. she had real reasons for what she did. i mean we always say things like “i hope they get what they deserve” when people do terrible things but when someone like her actually makes that happen, suddenly she’s the villain? lmao well no, not to me ! she just made sure the people who hurt her suffered the same way she did. and now that everything’s over, she has to face her karma and pay for what she’s done, just to maybe get another chance to reunite with her son and finally be happy? a bit unfair idk but then again i support women’s rights AND wrongs so maybe i’m not the best judge lol

i completely agree with your take on namping’s acting. this is actually a big issue in the bl industry, so many actors are given main roles right away without having enough prior acting experience. namping does have some acting background but not enough to handle a role this demanding. his character goes through so many emotional highs and lows, so much internal torment and that requires real depth and range. some actors are just naturally gifted, even in their first role, they can convey complex emotions effortlessly but others need time and experience to grow as actors and unfortunately, bl productions often skip that stage. they throw newcomers straight into heavy, emotionally charged roles without letting them develop first.
so yeah whenever there was an emotional scene, there was just… nothing. like you said he seemed more focused on forcing tears than actually feeling the moment. the expressions, the tone, the delivery were all missing the mark. he’s supposed to be in great pain, accepting his fate, almost dying… yet i didn’t feel any of that.
on the other hand, green was phenomenal. she completely sold her character. i was emotionally connected to her side of the story, i believed her pain, her anger, everything. she carried her scenes so well that i found myself on her side, not the main character’s 😭
firstone was also surprisingly good. after green, he was honestly the one who impressed me the most. i’m really looking forward to seeing him in you(r)tuber!
overall, i still enjoyed the show for what it was. it had surprisingly good production and was entertaining enough but performance wise, it wasn’t strong. keng was okay, definitely better than namping but since the whole story revolved around namping’s character, he really needed to deliver more.

let’s be clear about the case you’re defending:
KK was CONVICTED of indecent assault. the judge found that he “touched the interpreter in a caressing nature that implicitly carried a sexual undertone and had indecent intent” it wasn’t some social media rumor or “cancel culture” moment, it was a legal ruling after a full trial, with testimony, cross examination and a verdict. pretending he was some innocent man ruined by a woman’s “dreams” is not only false, it’s a deliberate attempt to erase the victim’s experience and the justice process that confirmed it.
the idea that touching someone’s leg without consent “isn’t real sexual assault” is absurd, both morally and legally. Indecent assault exists precisely for situations like this: when someone is touched in a sexual way without their consent. you don’t get to decide that an act is “too small” to matter just because it doesn’t fit your personal idea of what assault looks like. the law and basic human decency recognize that unwanted sexual contact of ANY kind violates someone’s bodily autonomy. saying“it was just a thigh touch” is exactly how rape culture normalizes boundary violations. that’s the whole problem, people minimizing smaller acts until they accumulate into an environment where victims are too scared to speak up unless it’s extreme enough to be believed.
if a woman says “stop” and you keep touching her, that’s not flirting, that’s not a misunderstanding, it’s assault. the court literally agreed in this case. the judge stated that the act had “indecent intent” and a sexual undertone, meaning it met the definition of a sexual offense under hong kong law. so yes, touching someone’s leg without consent IS sexual assault. what you’re defending isn’t a “gray area”it’s a man legally found guilty of violating someone’s boundaries and you’re mocking the victim for daring to report it.

your attempt to twist this into a feminist hypocrisy issue is ridiculous. you accuse others of “demeaning women” yet you’re the one using centuries old stereotypes about women being emotional, manipulative, or “dreaming things up” you’re the one suggesting men should “avoid fujoshi groupies” as if women are predators. you thought that “silly women” jab was clever irony but you can’t “mirror sexism” to prove a point lol all you did was show that you’re perfectly comfortable using it.

and for the record, pointing out misogyny isn’t “self righteous hysteria” it’s calling out behavior that directly contributes to why victims hesitate to report assaults in the first place because people like you rush to discredit them, mock them, or claim it’s all exaggerated.

you also keep invoking “false accusations” like it’s a widespread epidemic. it’s not. studies across multiple countries consistently show that false reports make up roughly 2–8% of sexual assault cases, the same rate as for any other crime. so if you only bring that up when the topic is rape or assault, it’s not because you care about justice, it’s because you’re trying to undermine women’s credibility as a whole.

what the actual fuck is wrong with you? do you even hear yourself? implying that women who report sexual assault are lying or “dreaming it up” is beyond disgusting and comments like this are the reason so many victims stay silent. and honestly, i really hope it’s not a woman behind this account. a man saying something this vile would be predictable but a woman? fucking gut wrenching.

takara kun & amagi kun, i cannot reach you, our youth, cherry blossom after winter ( i liked the manhwa better), i’d also recommend my school president for the school setting but the other guy is not exactly unpopular. the series is very cute tho !