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Overall I liked this episode.

The content of the flashbacks this ep was good - I don't mind non-linear elements of a story if they're relevant - it's long flashbacks of things we've already seen - sometimes only seconds before - that irritate me. Here there were flashes of footage we've already seen, but at well-placed moments, and I didn't feel my intelligence was being questioned - they were long enough to convey a thought or feeling and not a moment longer - that's what a visual medium is.

However, the flashbacks with his brother were a little cringey in how clumsy the introductions were - "remember when we were young and you did so-and-so?" You can almost hear the harp glissando and the scene doing a wavering fade. It's a little like when a sitcom or drama has run out of budget so they do a flashback episode. It would have been better just to set the relevant portion of the episode in the past.

Thai BLs really need to resist the urge to burst into a loud love ballad whenever anything romantic happens. It really spoiled the mood in that truly wonderful scene where Nut sings on the phone - it was almost comical because it appeared that Phob transmuted into a diva to belt out a response.

The other thing that's starting to wear on me a little is the pausing for 18 minutes between every spoken phrase. I see that it runs in the family, because Note does it too.

Incidentally, Note's smile is lethal. Holy Moses.

That was not bad. I'm not sure why the epsiode was all about teacher Seo, but I sure didn't mind. I was disappointed we didn't get to see him change into that sweatshirt, but you can't have everything.

I was shipping Da On and Shin Woo, too, but with each other, not TK.

What you mean to say was "especially Mr. Seo".

I'm going to assume the answer is "no".

I'm on there too, and I won't pirate this anymore now that he's said he's subbing this.

Absolutely not! You're taste is every bit as valid as mine.

It's the same actors, but not the same characters. This is the second time nothing happened - I'm not sure what would be different the third time...

Rosebud was his sled.

I'm really against it and never do it unless backed into a corner like in this case. I even watch the ads on the low-budget series. Well, that's not entirely true. Sometimes it's the same ad over and over and I can't take it anymore and hit skip.

If you're looking for a happy ending, it's not. It's also not tragic, or emotional, It just ends, with the main couple not getting together, and so casually that it more or less cancels out the entire series you just watched.

Well, that happened. I'd say I was surprised at the ending, but I'm not.

Golden Blood wasn't badly directed, though - it just had an unfortunate lead. Although if he's the one who decided to cut out all the PitchBank scenes, he's not on my list of favorite people.

And let's not forget he also directed the incomparable masterpiece, Siew Sum Noi.

I will say he seems to know where to find really hot guys...With Boat, Bank, and the two leads of SSN, well, you've got a lot of hotness going on there.

Personally, when too much autotune is used it's a little like fingernails on a chalkboard, but it probably doesn't bother most people. But I don't think he's bad, I just prefer the way music was handled in the anime.

I'm in the East Bay. Neighbors!

That is nice, but I'd also like a partner to have interests and be able to hold a conversation with me. If TK were my boyfriend, I'd probably just have him stand in a corner and use him as a coat rack.

Well, certainly not the current incredibly baggy ones. Why hire all these guys with great bodies if you're just going to throw sacks over them?

Also, I live in California, so there's no need for sweaters. I don't even own one - if I'm going somewhere cold, I dig up a coat.

A sweaterless thruple sounds like the ideal solution.

I guess my problem is that I don't understand why either Shin Woo or Da On has any interest in TK. You can summarize both SW & DO's characters easily with a few words, but what exactly is TK's character? He veers all over the place from autism - and remember that everyone insisted at the beginning he was on the spectrum, which he is clearly not, to expert on the human condition, clumsy to coordinated, absent-minded to focused, incapable of understanding humor to joking around... Who is he? The answer is whatever the plot requires at that particular moment. (He does look 80 times more attractive in Ep 15 when he's wearing the beret and his forehead is finally liberated from those bangs.)

Other than that, the writing is wonderful, but I can't really invest in either ship because I don't care what happens to TK and I wish Shin Woo and Da On could just forget him and get together with each other.

Also, WHAT IS WITH THE SWEATERS. Seriously, make it stop. Even the Thai shows are full of sweaters.

Thank you! I hope we get to see more of Tenon in the future - he deserves a main role!