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This is awful. 10 minutes into Ep 5 and there hasn't been one second away from cliches. Wiping food off his face. Arriving at the precise second to see seomthing he misunderstands. Etc. etc. etc. Taiwanese BL has totally lost steam - I haven't enjoyed one in ages. It's a pity - the actors in this are very attracfive, especially the main uke and the secondary couple. But the writing is abysmal.

Why do BL writers have to rely 100% on really clumsy misunderstandings based on ridiculous coincidences? So few are written where the drama is organic, i.e. character-based. The romance is always driven by silly misunderstanding and tripping so their faces end up really close together than they stare at each other unitl they turn gay. It's stupid and lazy.

Why can't he have a soul? What are we? We're machines too. We have our DNA as blueprints and our thoughts are just electrical impulses in neurons and chemical signals between neurons. I don't see how that's any different what Ever 4 is.

As for why they didn't cover it, wasn't Ep 12 boring enough as it was? If they want to show it, you'd need another series, and it would have to be scifi since it would take place decades in the future. Unless Bu Shi dies early in an accident.

The 11th Commandment (or maybe it's really a subclause of the 7th) is Thou shalt not handle anything remotely sharp without cutting thyself. In one BL, an uke managed to cut himself with a butter knife. I still have PTSD about that - it had been subsiding but then there was a scene in something recently where an uke was angrily chopping vegetables so I dropped the series.

I had to block the producer to avoid the daily begging for money. And I totally agree - O2 used to have edge, and now they're just increasingly long strings of tired tropes and cliches. And Ba Vinh is a better seme than an uke, if you have to have those.

I couldn't even bear 5 minutes of Teenage Judge even though I contributed money to the production. But on the other hand Nation's Brother was one of my favorites.

You have a similar reaction to mine about See Your Love. When the short guy had to climb a ladder, I sighed heavily internally because you could see what was coming next the second a ladder appeared in your peripheral vision.

I'd pay good money for that.

It's not the raining, it's the hypocrisy. "Don't be negative, you piece of shit!" The irony is completely lost on them. And they are unable to make the moral distinction between a minor criticism of a piece of light entertainment vs a personal attack on someone - especially one that took the time to write a review, on a site that exists largely for that purpose - that is meant to help people make decisions.

If you don't tend to agree with Honglou Meng's opinions, then you would probably discount his opinion when making a decision about what to watch - but if you tend to have similar opinions, then his review might be rather valuable in helping you avoid wasting time.

That's not aimed at you, BTW - I'm sure you already know all that.

In theory this should be good, and if nothing else it has lots and lots of shower scenes.

But it also looks like Harry Potter meets Elite, but without the subtlety. <-sarcasm

But, I like looking at hot shirtless boys, so I'm in.

Stop it. You're not middle-aged. If you, I'm elderly.

I really want to like this, but it's missing the mark. It's trying to do too many things, and ends up doing them in sequence and not really doing anything justice. Why did they bother with Ever4's "dom mode" if he was only going to use it once? What was the point, other than being hot? It didn't really explore what it means to be human, or a sentient being, or the nature of love. It's too shallow, with too much dialogue that sounds like it came off supermarket greeting cards.

I don't dislike it, but I found this episode really boring, and the silly forehead kiss that BL is absolutely obsessed with ruining it for me. There's zero passion between them - we're at ep 11, and they have no chemistry. On the bright side, he's really believable as an AI with no capacity for romantic love.

The actor playing Arm is 28, so I doubt it. Also, what is with all the agism in BL fandom? Everyone's fine with dubious consent but not a small age difference?

I understand what you're saying, but I disagree. Nobody who's homophobic is watching BL - why would they? Most homophobes don't have the slightest idea what BL is - even gay-friendly straight men don't. Heck, actual gay men largely don't.

The way the characters are structured is both homophobic and sexist (for reasons I'll explain). First, they are cleanly, relentlessly, and universally divided into seme and uke, which are treated as totally different genders. The seme is absolutely always the more masculine - so taller, more muscular, and dominant. The uke is so weak that even a Victorian consumptive would find him ridiculous. He can rarely accomplish anything without the direction and protection of the seme.

Why? This is totally untrue to life. Many relationships do have a top and a bottom, but whichever is the most masculine, tall, or built is absolutely no predictor of who the top or bottom is.

The uke always resists the seme - why? Because a man should not be penetrated or seek pleasure thereof. That is pure homophobia, and is a trope borrowed from straight dramas, because women should not seek sex or her own pleasure, and can only submit to the man, usually in exchange for his guidance and protection - formalized in marriage. Which is, of course, sexism at its worst.

Finally, you're addressing a gay man and telling him to hate homophobia, which is condescending and appropriative - not homophobic, but it is whatever version of the word "mansplaining" is appropriate to your gender.
In any case, BL is becoming a tedious collection of cliches, and until people start watching series that aren't that, that's all we're going to get - an increasingly tired genre that will eventually die under its own weight like superhero movies did.

And if something brings you pleasure but others pain, should you keep doing it? Isn't that entitlement? Or should you make minor alterations that would remove the issues that cause the problem? Gay-bashing gives pleasure to many people - are we wrong to criticize that?

Also, this is a comedic and light-hearted review. You must be really fun at parties.

I'm through Ep 8, and it is flagging a little, althoigh I liked the rampand sweaty sex as a response to Grandma's sadness that her grandson is a whore. Which, incidentally, should be offensive because that was her first thought - nobody would go gay unless for pay - but it's so stupid that I can't get offended. And it's a minor miracle that people actually got sweaty having hours of rough sex.

I never said I wasn't shallow.

Everyone was complaining about th editing, but the only thing that confused me (as opposed to made be laugh due to its awfulness) was when grandma was crying over the portrait of the two boys together, because she was still wearing what she had in the previous scene, even though it was supposed to be weeks later.

I'm also not sure why they were playing Beethoven's Pathetique sonata when Grandma was accepting their love. I guess it's in the public domain, and at least it wasn't Deutchland Uber Alles like usual.

Also, we need all the shower scenes. Or at least I do. And in any case they have to be there due to the men's skincare products that this series appears to be built around. It certainly isn't tennis, as none of it showed up until Ep 8. They should have named it "A Perfect Scalp Therapy Product" or maybe "A Perfect Shower" instead.

I'll say it: this is the best thing that's happened to me all year. I love this series. It's awful. But the main character is one of the best examples of a not nerd that I've ever seen - and although not the best actor, he is quite good at comedy. I love his underbite, his glasses, every inch of that hot body... Why is this rated so low?

I think I get everone's comments. Its awful but I can't look away. Let's all be honest, the main character's slammin' body on constant display is no small part of that. His character is actually kind of awful - whiney, and I would instantly dump someone who threw a scene like that at my workplace - that's unforgivable. But I'd take him back if he took his shirt off.

For me, BL is escapism - the last thing I want is a realistic reminder of the worst period of my life, at least not without some purpose to it. Or at least characters I like, which is none of these, although I appreciate how well-drawn and acted they are. I find myself bored and disconnected. This feels like Superman using his powers to light fires with his laser eyes then blow them out with his super-breath. An impressive way to do it, but not very interesting after a few minutes.

Partly it may be age - I grew up before smartphones, and I'm intensely bored by watching people engage with each other primarily through them.

Maybe it's telling that I found Theory of Love unwatchable - if I were to sum it up it would be "pathetic guy cries for 11 episodes then straight guy suddenly falls in love with him for no apparent reason after decades of having no interest." It's possible there's something wrong with me because I'd rather have an enema than watch an ep of Until We Meet Again and everyone loved that series too.

But I did love I Told Sunset About You - which didn't have much more substance than this series does, but it did have some comedy, visual stylization, and an element of fantasy that kept me facinated.

This series has grown tiresome. That oppressive theme song that never stops playing make me want to poke my eardrums with knitting needles.

Why did they only have his Dom function activated once? That was the hottest scene in the entire series by far. I only watched it this far hoping for more of that.