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am I the only one who found episode 6's plot questionable? if they had decided to go for a gay couple / crime of passion scenario then surely there could have been a better way of framing the plot and characters. I understand there is a murder mystery in every episode but it seemed like the one time there was a gay couple represented, they were portrayed in a very negative scenario - whether you consider the age gap, the fact that the owner was married with a daughter, and the motive behind the murder was also half baked, it was more like a sudden fit of rage and that was it - no further development. at this point I did question if maybe I was overanalysing things too much, but then the way the case wrapped up just added to that off feeling I was getting throughout the episode. jin isoo nearly outs the owner in front of his family, and then the owner coming out himself while comical music played in the background, was really not a good move and I honestly don't understand why all those choices were made, what were they hoping the effect would be? I'm not sure if this has something to do with the perception of the LGBT+ community by the Korean population, or if it was just poor writing, but as someone who has really enjoyed Season 1 and was enjoying Season 2 until this point, I was disappointed by this episode.

am i the only one who was uncomfortable with one of sang hyuk's love interests being a high school girl? i think the writers may have tried to make it seem ok by showing that this was the only love interest he didn't get physical with, but the entire time that they would show flashbacks to his scenes with her i couldn't get over the age difference. i wish they'd at least tried to make her a university student or literally anything else - i fail to see why they thought using a high schooler for one of his love interests was necessary or a good idea.

I feel like viewers who enjoyed My Sweet Mobster might enjoy this, those are the vibes I am kind of getting with the main leads' romance and the comedy aspects. It's definitely a mesh of several genres like action/comedy/romance/melodrama/slice of life - I don't know how I feel about all these overlapping themes yet as I think I'd want to see a few more episodes to judge the direction this plot is heading in. In some places I do think it might be a bit rushed, I found it quite strange how Miyoung's trauma was "healed" so quickly but again we are missing quite a bit of the leads' backstories still so I will pause my judgement for now.

Does anyone else find Sa-eon’s bossiness annoying or is it just me? This isn’t a big deal but every time he orders the FL to do something (which is basically every time they’re together) I get so irritated - I get that he’s supposed to have this cold tsundere character but the impression it gives me is an adult ordering around a child.

this reminds me a lot of skam, is it really based on that?