randomshowenthusiast

please stop with the novel comparisons, we're watching the show!
This was hyped as ensemble cast in fanmeets (esp hyping the 'new' side couples) etc and they're listed as 'main charas' but we get nothing besides CharlieBabe drama dragged out (and some AlanJeff), so yes some of us are tired of this...

Enjoyable Binge-watch (15 min epis), the storyline was a bit soap-opera levels, but the actors nailed it, so that elevated some of the plot for me haha.

so wie ich es verstehe sind die Chips nur zur Kontrolle (ob die Kapsel an Willy's Chip Bsp. ein Gift war um ihn zu töten oder etwas anderes wissen wir wohl noch nicht).
die Fähigkeiten wurden durch die Flüssigkeiten ausgelöst die eingespritzt werden + was auch immer diese Konstruktion am Kopf der Versuchspersonen ist (def. nicht nur zum Hirnstrom messen, da ja scheinbar gezielt Elektrische Impulse eingeleitet werden, evt. als Aktivator des Stoffes im Blut oder der Hirnzellen, k.A. ob in den Novels mehr Info dazu verfügbar ist).
Die Blutuntersuchung von Willy konnte Zellveränderungen nachweisen auch nachdem sein Chip entfernt wurde.

Don't mind me, this is becoming a weekly 'whyyyy is the script written like this'rant?!?! XD

Srsly tho why is the 1. scene Winner & Tony talking, with Winner in a pristine suit, clearly Not just fresh from a car-crash and THEN the 2. scene is Babe arriving with Willy to free Charlie?!
time-lines are supposed to matter??? XD
(also Charlie & Babe acting as if 1 little punch inhibits Willy from using his time-stopping skill???
I kinda get Willy letting himself be caught since they're the lesser evil than Tony, but CB not being wary of Willy at all in those scenes???)

Idek what to say to the Alan situation, if I don't totally misremember then all of X-Hunters inner circle know that Willy was the only one making it through the skill-enhancing-experiment, so Alan is risking his life + he should be aware that Tony will do something to control him thx to Willy.
It just doesn't make sense for Alan to act like this cooperation with Tony is a better choice than the usual operation risks in a hospital, if he'd been terminally ill maybeee...

No Kenta at all (since he has been recaptured he wasn't able to stay in contact with Pete & Kim, so they should know something is wrong) & Kim only there to check on Alan having vanished??? The epi was spanning a few days and Ig we're just chilling with the Kim & Kenta plot lol?!?!

only positive thing for me was that we got North & Sonic ^^

I think Willy is in an 'Idgaf' phase (well he always has been in certain ways). His only goal is to get away from Tony, whether by trying to trade in Charlie or by letting himself be caught by X-Hunters (who he knows are less malicious than Tony) doesn't matter that much to him, but what doesn't make sense in the writing is that Babe & Charlie didn't seem to expect him to use his powers, like just because Babe can manhandle him a bit doesn't mean Willy can't stop time, so they at least should've been wary of that in those moments ????

yeah hope to see more of Milk in other shows, he brings a good presence to this role, so I was intrigued even tho Willy is an a-hole lol
(personally I just wish they would've gone down a more 'general-unhinged-chaos-route' for Willy than these weird kinda SA vibes when he doesn't have an actual interest in CB besides trying to get away from Tony?).
I'm curious to see a variety of other charas if that's the level of acting & charisma Milk brings :)

I'm sorry but I'm so over the writing?!?!

They dragged the WHOLE episode with the charas waiting around unsure what they can do and therefore sidelining any of the developments that weren't 'important enough in comparison'
e.g. Sonic & North existing in the same space but speaking not ONE word relevant to their own chara development!

The writing for Kenta was very '?!?!?!' he was hidden & could've decided to walk out after snooping instead the plot has him being recaptured in the most silly way!!!

I get that Jeff is soft in his worry, but the situation of Alan being a hypocrite in handling his own health after being angry at Jeff for DAYS, isn't even mentioned. Alan just gets to pat Jeff's head and all is good????
I don't want them to fight, but I want them to have a conversation about double standards in the relationship...

Idk, superpowers can be difficult to handle in 'logical' ways when you want to go down certain plot-paths, but Willy being so overpowered with his ability to stop time, but not using it against Tony?!?! (is Tony rlly that powerful in a way we don't know about?)

Only 4 epis left, Idk how they want to tie any of that up in a good satisfying way (I haven't even started talking about Pete, Chris & the trust of the team lol)?
I sure hope they're not trying to set up a 3. season cause sorry, but s2 wasn't convincing enough so far to make me exited for more of this XD...

I really love Kenta, but the writing for this scene was simply badly done:
he was in there snooping around and when he saw Winner coming back instead of leaving (no one had spotted him) he deliberatly choose to end up with the tied up guard and by default got captured again?!?!
I rllyyyyyy hope there's supposed to be some deeper thoughts to this decision, cause the writing just doesn't make sense for this, he was freely walking around and now he's instead in risk of being interrogated/killed.

Please edit & use the spoiler tag! thanks

It's in the moments he's surrounded by people that caused his death (or he suspects of being involved), so I'd say that pretty normal atm, it has just been a few weeks for him.
I'd say he has PTSD reactions and it will take a bit until he can deal with it better and internalize that they might not have the same ill intentions (yet) in this timeline...

Atm all I simply want to say is: I love this show!!!
it's entertaining, beautifully shot, well written main charas with some depth to them that allow Pan & Pond to shine in embodying those charas, A+ chemistry!
The tension-build of their moments, like damn I've never been this invested in a cp 'finally' kissing and it's only ep4, but the teasing felt like we waited a year lol
It really makes my mondays <3

Don't mind me, I'm writing this just as little ramble no hate towards the actors or anything, it's just as someone who was cautiously looking forward to season 2 I can't help feeling disappointed atm...

In s1 I disliked some of the writing & esp execution of action scenes plot 'logic' lol
but I enjoyed the show overall (with Way, Pete, Sonic & North being my fav charas) ^^

I was cautious about s2 bringing back all charas in some way, but they handled it ok enough to keep watching, but I'm just tired of the stagnative feeling of chara/relationship aspects atm ^^

charas having certain personality traits & behavior esp after trauma is all well and good, but it feels like we're stuck without (relationship) development in parts:

a) CharlieBabe are in a circle of 'secrets' to 'making up with sex' since s1, so I rllyyyy hope we've finally broken through that with Babe finding out Charlie's reason to leave, cause I'm tired lol

b) Alan was talking about trust in a relationship to Jeff, just to turn around and now be a hypocrite regarding handling his own health issue...

c) atm Idek if the show wants to give us Sonic & North, cause yes crossing the line between friendship & romance is hard (been there & ruined the friendship due to break up of the romance), but they don't even get proper scenes to TRY and develope ANY friend-/relationship
(e.g. in the bar scene they were just decoration for Charlie's scene in that bar, why didn't they have proper dialogue related to their own charas considering they were supposedly on an outing together??)

d) Chris...Idk, compared to Way the chara writing feels flat, they want to keep him such a mystery that they've basically given us nothing captivating about him even after half the season ^^

So honestly atm I'm holding on for Kim & Kenta, def my fav parts of the show so far & finally a well written development so far!!
and partially holding on for the intriguing menace of Willy lol (but they probably won't give us a proper story for him, seems more like they simply use his chara to create chaos in the CB pairing (tho can they come up with something else than SA vibes for the plot) & then they just may get rid of him) ^^

Hope towards the end of the season it finally picks up and moves the charas & relationships forward in more engaging ways...

But hey we all have different tastes and happy for people enjoying this season ^^

MDL has a system that doesn't allow free text data entry for things like 'origin country' but only allows you to choose between certain options.
And since they don't have Singapore as option & don't have a database yet for Singapore dramas, it sadly can not be added atm :(

(MDL didn't allow to choose China, since the show's official Weibo has listed Singapore as country to avoid censorship)
( the Blue Canvas drama has China as origin country, so it can be listed on MDL)

But don't worry too much, Sparkle in your eye is free on Youtube, so people are still finding it & watching it :)

Hi, since the volunteer staff pointed out that the show's official weibo classifies it as Singapore I don't think we can do much, Viki is a streaming site, not an official producer or anything ^^

thanks for letting me know, but I doubt MDL staff will go against the show's own Weibo ^^

they rejected my try to submit it to MDL since it counts as Singapore production, they don't include these in the current MDL database :(

I tried to submit too and got the answer it won't be added since it counts as Singapore production and MDL doesn't have a database for that currently :/

they rejected my try to submit it to MDL since it counts as Singapore production, they don't include these in the current MDL database :(
(Sinagpore is also how they could avoid censorship)

that was his on-screen debut!?! damn he did so well in Love Tractor, hope for more series with him soon, cause Idek how I'd see any of his stage performances ^^

it was already sad when Leo & Leon had their talk about the LeonPob breakup and Leo gave him the advice to 'use the time left & keep it in his heart' I expected some cute scenes of them making the best bittersweet memories of their last week together... but all we got instead is simply the airport goodbye that didn't even touch my heart much since Pob (understandably) had already compartmentalized it & walled up his heart to not be emotional.

So I was REALLY looking forward to at least see their reunion in this special and what did we get: NOTHING!!!!
we literally only got the kinda-chara-reunion in the behind the scenes part?!?!?!
This feels like a bad joke, like what was the point considering they'll never get a show together again....

and it's not that I always need a happy end for every chara, it's just that the show seemed to set up certain scenes & expectations (see above) and then delivered on neither of them...
ugh ok, rant over ^^