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If this were set in high school it would work. With people that are nearly 30, it's stupid. I get why Souta is clueless, but why is Mahiro behaving like a 12-year old girl? From the Victorian era.

It's because it also has the word "Dining" in it. That's about all they have in common, because Table was fantastic, Naked is awful. Not literally when he's naked, which actually quite nice, but everything else.

I'm not really serious - but if you think about it, you can't really consent to a hug if it's from behind, and it's almost always to stop someone from leaving, so you're applying force of some kind to get your way against the wishes of someone else. It's a silly trope - and ironic that an uke can trip and fall on a flawless flat surface but some one barreling into them from behind does nothing - and think about it - if you try that it's not going to end well and your likely to end up in a bruised heap of tangled legs.

But it's not the illogic that annoys me, it's the total lack of imagination that cause authors to use the same 5 or so devices over and over and over and over and over... like the damp towel pat-down that can cure cancer (yes, I'm exaggerating), the accidental kiss (which would result in blood and teeth flying everywhere), the uke getting beaned by a basketball if he strays within 100 meters of a court (and usually gets a fever as a result), etc.

The cast is one of the best in a while - so much potential there. It's hard to tell if Title is a good actor because his character has no agency and has really childish reactions to things (like his parents getting divorced) but I'm inclined to say he's good - I do get the emotion he's communicating, and sometimes it's subtle, which is harder.

He was apparently visiting her quite often, and they were giving each other presents and notes - it's very weird. I just moved into a new neighborhood and everyone knows everything about me. Also, can you think of a situation where you would send a romantic note and gift to a total stranger because you thought he was sad from looking at him from behind? It's just not normal human behavior. It's even weirder that his grandmother didn't introduce them to each other. It's just a contrivance to throw in the required past connection and to stretch out an already interminably slow and thin story out to 12 episodes.

That was awful. Every beat was predictable - like who didn't see them running into each other naked and screaming? What a tired cliche.

I will say that may be the most gorgeous cast I've ever seen.

Come on, that's not going to happen. It will be FOUR episodes wasted on a shih tzu.

A lot of people complain about how Japanese and Korean BLs are too short, but at least they aren't meandering messes like this series. We're supposed to believe that Tai & Patts were next-door neighbors(-ish) for their whole lives but never noticed? And that they exchanged pleasantries by post-it notes but never bothered to try to meet in person? Another BL trope that's getting old: the past connection. And did we need all that Nara story? The actress is really cute and did a great job, but this is a BL. Unless she's going to GL-out on us with that female vet, who cares?

I actually felt secondhand embarassment watching Ep 9 it was so ridiculous. And what did Lomfon & Patts talk about? Did they even talk? The edit was off so it's hard to tell. That's the only think in this ep that's interesting - why could Lomfon hear both Tai & Patts? Or was his hearing Patts just an editing mistake? Does that mean Tai has two soul mates?

The acting in this is so good - what a waste of talent. I hope the cast can be in a better story in the future - both couples have good chemistry.

I forgot to watch Ep 8, so the beginning of 9 was confusing. So now I'm watching Ep 8 and it's no less confusing. Why is Tian having a meltdown? It makes no emotional sense. He's bawling like a baby because it didn't immediately occur to him where Tai would go? What? That whole scene only existed so that the stupid and tiresome BL cliche of the (non-consensual) hug from behind could be thrown in. BL writers just can't help themselves. I should have felt something in that scene, which was very well acted - but I got nothing because it was so ridiculous. Everyone thinks Tai is going to die because he went for a walk on a lovely day. To be fair, he's an uke, who can sever and artery trying to use a butter knife.

And if it's so hot that Tai is suffering from heat stroke, he could, I don't know, maybe take off that giant heavy sweater he's wearing? What is this? Nothing makes sense. And I still haven't gotten over the lazy writing having Tai show up at just the right moment for a misunderstanding, although I will ghive them credit for Tai recognizing that it was what's-her-name that Patts was kissing.

Speakling of which, Patts kissed her 2 months ago, which gave her hope, but they haven't discussed it since? WTF? I'm tryinh to imagine a world where you can kiss a woman who's in love with you and she would be totally unmoved to want to discuss it. You're lucky to get out alive if you leave the toilet seat up, let alone kiss and disappear,

Production quality: excellent
Cast/Acting: excellent
Music: excellent
Overall: sucks.

It's all about writing . They have everthing they need for a 10/10 and they spent the time and love on everything about this, but skimped on the writingt, which is so bad that this is barely watchable. I'm only sticking with it because I love the cast.

Sigh. How long can a normal person carry an 80 kg man around piggy-back? Not that long. And then Tai wants to stop to rest. From what? Being carried? Or did he need a break from ridiculous cliches? Sorry, this is terrible - I shouildn't be laughing constantly at how ridiculous everything is.

It's not about realism in the situation - BL always has an element of fantasy to it - it's a fundamental feature. It's also not about slow burn - there's really no other option to slow burn in a long series - if they get together right away, what is the story about? But slow burn is should be about the development of the relationship between the characters and not artificial and lazily written events thrown at them to keep them apart.

Pat thought Jeng was straight and thus unavailable - fair enough, statistically that's very likely, so that's a reasonable plot device. But then Jeng says he's gay and likes Pat - what would a normal person's reaction to that be? There might be a moment of shock and panic and a need to get away to process this info, but to fall into a depression and avoid him for several months? Why? No discussion? The only insight we got into what Pat is thinking is him saying he thinks Jeng is pretending to be gay and like him to mess with his head. Sure, lots of straight guys pretend they're gay and in love with guys just as a joke, right? Come on.

It's fine if a main character is super-rich, a vampire, dead, has an evil twin, turns pink when it rains, whatever the fantasy "rules" are - but they still need to act like people and consistent with their character.

I don't care if the plot elements aren't realistic - what I do care about is that the emotional reactions to things should be realistic, and they aren't. Or rather they're not consistent to the characters. Angst and drama are great, but they should be organic to the characters and not just random plot points thrown at the characters or implausible misunderstandings or failures of communication.

Pat's dilemma was that he had a crush on his boss who he thought was straight. It turns out his boss is gay and into him, so what's his reaction? To get depressed, cry, and avoid him. What? How does that make any sense?

Is there a reason why it enrages you if people have a different opinion than yours? It's just a piece of light entertainment.

I do have a subscription and it only goes to Ep 6. Maybe it's available to 8 in Korea but not internationally.

We got what we really needed in Ep 9 of an endless series where nothing ever happens between the main couple - a baby delivery storyline. The BL audience demands as much straight couple time and childbirthing as possible - the last thing we need is more gay stuff.

None of this makes sense - there is no emotional authenticity to the drama - Jeng told Pat he likes him, he's shown him how he feels for the last 7 episodes - it makes no sense for Pat to think Jeng is playing with his feelings. The progression of scenes is incoherent, and worst of all, this is incredibly boring. It lights up when Chot or Jeng are onscreen, and that's why I've stuck with it - but Pat is a terribly written character - he has no agency and nothing about him makes sense. Unless he has chronic constipation - that would explain his default facial expression.

This had all the elements it needed to be an excellent series - what a disappointment that it didn't come together.

Thai BLs do this quite often - they prolong the main couple getting together so horrendously that nobody cares anymore. The secondary couple is even worse - I can't even follow what's going on between them.

Realistic? What is in the slightest realistic about this? I don't need it to be realistic, but this certainly ain't.

I wouldn't describe the look as "worried" so much as "badly needs a laxative."

I think this series underscores the pitfalls of adapting manga, especially if the screenwriter doesn't really know what they're doing. There as too many contrivances that would be fine in a manga but are stilted and weird in live action. For example, the story wanted to communciate that Ren changed his name, so Kazuma finds himself bent over and staring at Ren's badge.

Also, if the past is so important to the story (which is in itself a tiresome cliche), then you absolutely cannot have that many flashbacks to scenes in the present that just happened. There is no dramatic tension in this because no scene in the present really matters - it's only a vehicle to look into the past. The result is a story that's hard to engage with or even maintain interest in.

There is also too much of the greatest failing of BL, dependence on ridiculous misunderstandings. Although, to be fair, Kazuma saw a text on Ren's phone and jumped to a racy conclusion... that happened to be correct and not a misunderstanding. But it's still lazy writing.

The problem with this series is Seon Yul is bland and unlikable. But Ye Chan makes up for it. I'm obsessed with him. I would do anything to have a man like him. ANYTHING.

The actor is doing a fantastic job, making him insecure in love and silly but not taking it so far that it's ridiculous or cartoonish.

In the story, everyone keeps saying Seon Yul is so handsome, but I think he pales in comparison to Ye Chan, who is just stunning - his skin is perfect, his features are perfect, and that's not even mentioning his body. Ugh, I love him.

Anyway, I wish they'd cast someone else as Seon Yul - this is only an 8 for me, and it could have been a 9.5.

I sort of agree. This is a wonderful series held back by the almost total lack of charisma of the main character - but the farmer made up for it to me.

But what do you mean complete it? Aren't there 2 more episodes left?

Nothing will ever erase my hatred of the dog in My Story.

This series did manage to inspire me in that regard, so maybe it wasn't valueless after all.