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I'm still not getting why everyone likes this so much. This episode was much more interesting than the previous two, but if it weren't listed on World of BL, I would forget this series exists. I don't think it's horrible, it just seems pointless and boring, and overly affected.

I don't feel any chemistry between the main pair at all, and I don't even get why everyone wants them to be together. It feels like the reason is "because they're the main pair." BL is starting to feel like a sporting event - you go, you cheer for the team you're supposed to like, you go home. Rinse and repeat.

Only one person below listed WHY they liked this - everyone else says "production values are high." I'd rather have lower production values and characters I care about. I am interested in the funny guy, who I think is played by someone charismatic, but that's about it.

Well, to be fair, a full season ought to have a more coherent storyline than a collection of scenes from a different show. But on the other hand, it's the same writer as TT2, so probably not.

I just watched this again and loved it just as much as the first time. I'm not sure what everyone means by "raw" or "amateurish" other than that the sound quality sometimes is not 100% there. The cinematography is excellent, and the editing and acting are first-rate.

It's certainly not formulaic and isn't full of tired tropes - and it uses real settings, and cast people for acting talent rather than looks, although Mon can compete with anyone in that department. The dialogue is natural and realistic.

I can't help but compare it to recent slick productions like Y Destiny... I guess if that's your thing, you probably won't like this. There are no accidental kisses, nobody confusing sexual harassment with flirting, and a really sweet romance starting in a natural way.

OK, so it was that bad. It had to be a COVID issue, right? This production crew has put out some great stuff - I can't believe this could be so awful without a reason.

So recommendation: Forget the main couple, and most of the side couples. Just watch the swimming couple and the tutor couple - those are really wonderful and I wish the series had been about them.

If I were to guess, I'd say COVID interfered with the production and they were unable to do the dialogue in a lot of scenes. Either that or the director is totally incompetent, but based on his other stuff I don't think that's the case. But this is really bad. There are so many good actors in this - something has gone terribly wrong.

The only negative thing I can say about Country Boy is that it was only two episodes. It's hard to believe it was directed by the same person that drove this trainwreck. He's good at casting, though, for sure.

Have you seen My Friendship with Mon and Oak? If you haven't, find the cut scenes.

I was starting to feel like I was the only person watching the actual episode and everyone else had come from an alternate dimension where this show was actually good.

I wanted Leo to take that weird chain on Fiat's shirt and twisted it around his neck for 5-6 minutes. He could probably throw the body in a random closet in the gigantic palace he lives in and nobody would ever find it. How does he keep that place clean with no staff? Is he the king? I don't even think the king has a palace that big.

For me, this is poorly written and the interaction between the characters makes no sense. I can see people who haven't known each other long having this severe a failure of communication, but it's not easy to live with someone for ten years and be totally in love with each other without either noticing it or ever bringing it up on conversation. Also, Leo could have anyone. ANYONE he wants - why this sniveling little crybaby brat?

There aren't any of the usual Mame consent issues that bother a lot of people, but there is a LOT of crying for grown men and a lot of infantilization.

How many times does one person need to be carried bridal-style in a day? Do you know how hard that is? A really thin woman is barely manageable for about 10 meters, let alone carrying a tall and fairly muscular man up a staircase. In this series, an athletic teenager can't descend four stairs without injuring himself, but nobody ever throws out their back trying to carry someone for a kilometer like that.

The only thing that (barely) got me through it is Leo is really, really hot. I find it a little implausible that two people could be head-over-heels in love with each other for each other for TEN YEARS and it never came up in conversation or they didn't notice.

For me, this was a checklist of tropes - but I seem to be in somewhat of a minority, so maybe you should check it out and see what you think.

LOL, that is 100% true. Maybe even more so for IPYTM - that was one of the most stressful viewing experiences I've ever had.

This show is a zany comedy - and while there is a huge amount of secondary embarassment, it's not the same kind of emotional stress as something like ITSAY that you get invested in on an emontional level.

I totally agree in this circumstance - his bf didn't even acknowledge that he had a right to be upset. This guy is bad news and he needs to get away from him as he did.

I didn't think IPYTM was as beautiful as ITSAY - to me it lacked the magic. It was still one of the best BLs of all time for me, but I haven't really thought about it since it ended, whereas ITSAY stayed with me a long time.

If you think about it, there are several iconic ITSAY scenes - the underwater kiss, inhaling the coconut-scented paper, the almost-sex scene - there's nothing quite like those in IPYTM. And I didn't think the ending of IPYTM was earned - why would Oh just do that after all Teh had done to him?

But with regard to this series, it's like comparing Beethoven's 9th and 7th Symphonies to a mariachi band. Except Mon (Nuea) - I'll bet he could easily carry the leading role of something ITSAY-quality.

If you don't want to be disappointed but want to see some great BL - watch the swimmer couple and Nuea & his tutor - those are both really good storylines and you can get through it in an hour or so.

That poor actor just can't catch a break. I want to seem him play a villain and heap some hurt on everyone else for once. I don't think this director is happy unless someone dies.

Mon is possibly the best BL actor and easily the most underrated - or rather maybe he's unknown because I can't think of anyone ever having anything but a very positive reaction to him. I sat through this trainwreck for him. The swimmer brothers were really good too, adeptly conveying the awkwardness of that age.

But Mon is something special - and so f@#$ing cute, too. He's not nearly at his peak, either. In five years he'll be painful to look at. That smile already hurts.

Because someone who's opinion I have a high regard for said he liked this, I went back and watched the rest. I'm going to assume my friend had a minor stroke which killed his ability to see how horrible this is.

So a basketball player is incapable of descending four steps without injuring himself. Fiat is a terrible actor. I couldn't tell if he was crying or if he was cold. And is he never NOT crying? Is he eight years old? Are we supposed to feel sympathy for this horrible brat? Instead of throwing him out, couldn't Leo have strangled him to death? It would have been easy with that weird chain on his shirt. Nobody would care - heck, they'd probably throw a parade in his honor.

And, bridal-style carry. I knew there was a trope missing. But something is still lacking. Oh, right piggy-back carry. Check.

"Am I that hateful?" YES. Yes, you are. I hate you. Your father hates you. Jesus hates you.

And why are they acting like 12-year old virgins AFTER they've had sex? Speaking of which, 10 years of repressed longing, and THAT was the result? I would think it would be a little passionate.

I feel no chemistry. Or rather, I feel Leo, but he has chemistry with air, or a cement wall, or anything or lack thereof you can think of.

Be prepared for awfulness.

I just sayin', this is no So Much In Love. This is dull and full of unnattractive actors. SMIL was a magnificent incomprehensible catastrophe full of hot guys.

Episode 1 was the absolute worst. And it went downhill from there.

Unfortunately, it's not the glorious disaster that was So Much In Love, which also at least had attractive guys in it. I don't want to "ugly-shame" anyone, because a man can be sexy without being conventionally attractive, but Captain Unibrow and a sweaty 40-year old with dual pinkeye are not doing it for me. To be fair, there was less sweating all-around this ep.

Also, is this a BL? So far 99% of it has been about straight couples.

Anyway, it's still better than Don't Say No.

Yeah, but this is no So Much In Love. When there have been two separate but unrelated ghosts, the guy from What the Duck, 8 different couples that show up, have sex, and are never seen again, and a school principal that wants to destroy a volleyball team for no apparent reason (although it may be related to her gay husband dying alone in Paris), then you can call me.

I had the same reaction, and I'm a native speaker.

It depends on how long you've been together and the circumstances. Perhaps it's a social construct, but it's not that big a deal between two guys. If I were in a new relationship, it would be over. After 10 years, I'd be mad at his lack of respect for doing it in our bed (without me there watching) but probably forgive him.