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Why the AI Propaganda?

Honestly this was a very good representation of how queerness is not immediate or strictly defined, and how people can just love each other without really even understanding. However, the amount of times that they shoved a generative AI chatbot down my fucking throat made me want to stop this drama immediately and bash it online. I was genuinely both surprised and thoroughly pissed that it was even included, much less used as a plot point to make the parents more susceptible to queerness; because that's just not how that works. On top of that, the AI gave them incorrect and useless answers anyway; basic critical thinking would have helped them understand what not to do if they had just thought about it for 2 seconds more. Why do you need a GenAI to tell you to not text them silly irrelevant things, especially when the AI pulls from other queries on the internet such as blogs and I guess the Japanese version of Reddit where you could have just gone to directly? I wasn't even upset that I didn't even get a romantic hand hold, much less a kiss, because Japanese dramas are known to still be fairly censored, especially when they have idols as the main cast. But the generative AI was an absolute spit in my face; it's goes against everything creating a drama like this would stand for. How can you tell be talking about progressive views and a world that is trying to break boundaries, while also simultaneously furthering a knowledge crisis and a literacy gap through the use of GenAI chatbots? That also just makes me question how much other generated AI did they use to create the show itself was the music AI? Were the establishing shots on that house that looked animated AI? Were all of the cloud scenes AI? Was any CGI actually used or was it all just a cop out?

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why the fuck did you include the HIStory4 couple ?

I probably would have given this one a higher rating, except for the fact that they forced the HIStory4 couple down my throat again. If I wanted to watch a fucked up relationship about a 7-year-old falling in love with his 15-year-old brother (Yes I know it's step brother I don't care) and then raping him 10 years later, I would have just rewatched HIStory4. I was trying to move past my trauma and you shoved it in my face again 😭😭. I did like the concept of the show though, but Taiwan seriously needs to move past they're weird relationship with older gays and younger gays getting together.

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a KBL that rivals The Eighth Sense

As someone who has seen over 200 BL's, I truly don't understand the hate for this drama. Immediately I fell in love with the beautiful cinematography and the stellar performance by both actors. The emotional depth portrayed throughout the series was phenomenal and I loved the way that the audience remembered with him as his memories came back. Was it a perfect series? No series is perfect. However, I truly believe that it was on par with series such as Hwang Daseul's works and The Eighth Sense. The subtlety in each emotion portrayed was a great parallel for the anxiousness throughout the drama.

*a note to those who think this drama was not worth the time that you spent watching it, please keep those comments to yourself as I would like this director to keep making more dramas and have funding for them and not get ruined by one star ratings XD

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Cinematic Masterpiece

This drama was a beautiful masterpiece on religion. I was a bit surprised at how easily you could have swapped the main characters for a straight couple and the plot wouldn't have changed. Throughout the whole struggle shown between Tanrak and his faith, not once was it explicitly stated that he believed being gay was a sin. He felt like he was sinning because he liked someone who took him away from his faith not BECAUSE he was gay. He felt like he was sinning, because he was choosing to be selfish and walk away from priesthood, not because he was gay. As an ex-Christian who deeply struggled with accepting my feelings while still being in the faith, I really would have loved to see them show how Christianity believes gayness is a sin, and how that can cause internal turmoil. I also would have really loved to see Tanrak struggle to accept his own feelings more, rather than the pain come from him feeling like he was sinning and because he was questioning being a priest. But maybe that's just my Western perspective, maybe Christianity in the East really doesn't demonize queerness as a sin. Either way, this was a beautiful portrayal of emotion and everything about this drama is absolutely top-notch.

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A Dark Drama That Lives Uo to KinnPorsche

I don't normally like writing reviews, because the things that I like and enjoy don't necessarily reflect on the quality of a drama. I also don't think that just because I didn't enjoy something, that the drama should suffer because I liked it less; nor do people need to hear me rant online a lot. I liked a lot of things about this drama, overwhelmingly including Min's performance and the story itself. The production was top tier, the music and cinematography also stellar, and the satisfaction ending of the assaulters dying in the end. I only have one complaint with this series, and that the character of Jay felt lackluster. I don't necessarily blame the actor, but the character itself never got over his obsession with Sun. I never once felt that he actually truly liked him more than just a concept of a person, and the experience of that one amazing time back when he was at his lowest. Except, I didn't really feel him at his lowest because I never really saw his pain. We saw plenty of Sun's pain, and plenty of times for him to heal through the new people introduced into his life, and through him accepting his past and wrongdoings, and realizing that the revenge he wanted wasn't going to cure his own guilt and pain. However I never once saw vulnerability within Jay, nor that he was really able to be just a normal person with Sun; He always had to be this ownership and in control persona, and I wasn't a fan. I had no real reason to root for him to be with Sun other than that he provided a means to an end at one point and that Sun liked him, did he even like him back other than the fact that he was obsessed with him in a lust way? The rest of the series was absolutely magnificent and the cast and crew really outdid themselves. I definitely want to see more from this director and cinematographer.

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