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But are they making this show for international "fans" though?? I think they are making it thinking about the Korean audience and what they would like to see. Most Koreans do not speak English and have NO IDEA what is going on online in English. (I have been in South Korea in all 10 months staying in Seoul, Busan and Daegu and I must say most Koreans do not follow this kind of international content at all..)

Maybe they had to straightwash it because the authorities in China have been going to more anti gay direction since the 2016. "The Addicted" was also cut in the middle after something like 16 eps. I remember it cause I liked the series so much and was SO disappointed that we did not get to see the whole drama till the end. Now they released a new version of it (based on the same novel) - was it last year - and it was so boring. No "addiction" what so ever cause all the intensity and the passion between the main leads was gone. I could not even finish it.

(The ordinary Chinese people mostly do not care if you are gay or straight, but the goverment started to push "traditional family values" and being anti gay and so lots of stuff got censored.)

Well I wish God protects everyone equally. Or should God not be protecting some of the participants in you opinion??

HyeongJun was most interested in HanGyeol. He told SW privately in their room (can't remember which episode) that he wanted to even give his gift to him, but when he found out that HG had no interest in him, he changed his gift and gave it to MS. So HyeongJun might have rated HG the 1st aka the most interesting.

I have no idea what goes on online in Korea about this show in Korean language, but most of these guys do not speak good English (been to Korea quite a lot so I know people rarely do) and I don't think they have any interest in what some crazy mentally unstable forgein people write about them online. I am quite sure that what matters to them more is that they are now officially out as gay men in the Korean society and how that then might affect them in their own real lives (work/private life).

Most likely all these delusional people here online having strong opinons and shipping this and that are completely irrelevant to them.

Me too and eventhough HyeongJun's latest date with this other guy went quite smoothly and he seemed happy and enjoying the date, there is something about the new guy I don't like. F.ex when JaeHa asked for a second chance with Hyeong Jun "because he still had so many things he wanted to do with him", the new guy kept - in several occasions - repeating that "if he wants something, he has to have it".. Like another person is an object to have for him. Also he showed signs of jealousy right after they had met.

I have met people like these during my life and I usually advice people not to get too much envolved with them. They could be nice in the beginning but restricting and obsessive later. I am not saying the new guy is like that (can't remember his name), but the warning signs are there.

"Now some people on X are even trying to spam report Hyunjun and Sunwook's Instagram accounts."

OMG, is this true?? There are too many mentally ill people watching this show.

I am sure even Jun Yae himself would be appalled and frightened by people like those!! No way he would ever behave like this himself.

People PLEASE get some mental help - therapy or something - if a TV reality show makes you to feel and behave this way. This is not in anyways normal or healthy behaviour.

Exactly my thoughts!! It is a not a race where the watchers are competing and winning or losing, the show is about real humangbeings which hopefully all get some good experience out of this. If not a romantic partner then at least few good friends.

Well for me your obsession about this show and its certain outcome does not sound like happiness at all.

I am sorry, but to be this obsessed about a TV REALITY SHOW does not sound mentally healthy to me.. (Maybe you should consider some therapy??)

I am watching the series to see who possibly ends up with whom and what is the development to that. What ever the outcome is, it is correct because if some people found each other like this it is their business not some meantally unstable fans' online.

I wrote that HJ called SW cute DURING their date and said it straight to his face, so it was not a friend talking to someone whom he is 100% uninterested in.

I think HJ has not decided yet, he is still watching both of them and we will see how the situation develops during the rest of the episodes (possibly still 5 eps left).

This TV show is not a race where YOU are winning or losing. These contestants are real humanbeings with their own thoughts and emotions, YOU don't know them, they don't know you and it is none of your business whom they end up with or without. It is their life.

Seriously, CALM DOWN!

But still HJ kept calling SW cute during their 2nd date. Would you keep calling someone cute during a date if you thought of them as just a friend?

If I understood correctly, everyone must rate everyone from 10 to 1 (from whom they like the most to whom they like the least) so the one who gets eliminated is the one who gets lowest points from all of them in general. So it is not so easy to predict who that would be.

As I look at it HJ gave his gift to SW and entered his chat room, called him cute several times during their 2nd date and also during the Jenga game, so I doubt he has lost his interest fully. Why call someone cute on a date if you are totally uninterested?

All of them have been together such a short time so just anything could still happen. I mean the outcome can be what ever. And what ever it is I am just interested in following how the things develope between all of these people from now to the last ep.

I don't know about the Korean Entertainment industry too well, but would they actually make this show by thinking only about the hardcore obsessed fans and how to manipulate their emotions??

As I see it they are just rather giving us explanations and background info of certain relationship developments by releasing the clips from the first filming.

SW mentioned several times during their date that it was the 2nd date and the he got to do many of his "firsts" with HJ. So I don's see anymore reason to release the clip of the 1st date than to give us the picture of what happened between them before.

I think HJ is still interested in both of them. It is only few days they have spent together anyways (even if you count the first filming). So I think it is still all open.

HJ agreed to go on a date with YJ and how that goes, how their personalities "click" then, will probably determine the outcome.

I think they released the clip of the 1st dates cause SW mentioned in the latest episode that it was their 2nd date together. I think it is quite logical to give us their 1st date to see too, to understand the development of their relationship. (Just like they released the first date between JaeHa and HyeongJun). HJ clearly is interested in both SW and YJ. He also agreed to go on a date with YJ.

They mentioned during this date clip that HJ came to the 1st filming later so he has known SW for few days longer than YJ, so it is not enough time to be sure about whom you would choose if you are interested in more than one person. The point of the show is to follow the developments of the relationships, if people only want to see one outcome, they should probably just watch the last episode.

Some people treat this show like it is some kind of a trotting race and you have to be betting on a horse and wish for it to win. These are real people and everyone should wish the "contestants" find someone who suits THEM best, not whom the trotting race bettors wish to win.

I personally like watching SW and HJ together, but ofcourse I wish in the end people will find the person who suits them the best.

Yes. There are still many episodes to go, so my guess is that at this point they (the production team) would rather create some "drama" between some of the contestants so the show stays interesting. I think that is the reason for the (in my opinion stupid and unnecessary) elimination too.

Exactly! And no matter who has to leave, they will then be told that they were the "least liked person" on the show. It would be upsetting to just anyone. I think this is totally unnecessary and stupid.

About the editing: I have not watched many dating shows, but I have studied tv-production at the university and usually they will try to make the reality shows more hooking by editing which can be really missleading on purpouse cause they just want you to keep watching no matter what. (Aka they don't want to reveal the ending or the outcome too soon.)

I am not interested in the editing, because they could just equally be purposely leading you astray to make the show more interesting.

I am rather interested in their facial expressions. And HJ's smiles were worth seeing when SW was answering.

And when HJ rated the date with SW 3,5 he said it was because it was so cold and all of the dating time was spent outdoors.

Personally I don't care about who ends up with whom because everyone should just find the person they feel most comfortable being with. But I do find all this overanalysing here on this page a bit funny.

And I think the becoming elimination is such an unnecessary move. I wish they could all stay in the house and see the whole thing through.

During the Jenga everytime SW was answering a question they cut to HJ:s face and he was listening and having that small smile on his face. He most definitely was interested in hearing SW's answers.