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Sides are aligning

Changhe continues cultivating, patients are moved to Wan’s Tower and both princes evaluating their alliance choices. Doc Bai is finally conscious and made aware of their current accommodations. Muyu is in pretty serious condition but doesn’t want it made known. They are giving these two a romantic moment and as much as I really like these two, I’m just not getting that vibe here. Rabbit corners LianYue to see where his heart is with her. She knows that he likes her but he will not consider proposing because he does not see his clan viewing that as an acceptable marriage alliance. She is disappointed but accepts the reality of the situation. I am disappointed in him. But if he doesn’t have the courage to accept her as is and her blood river ties, he doesn’t deserve her. He has seemed less authoritative since his thawing and mentor kidnapped. His character seems to be shrinking instead of stepping up. Rabbit needs to keep looking if this is the new him. The times are too dangerous for him to keep doubting himself. Rabbit, LianYue and the two from Mu explore the ghost market. They find pills with the puppet poison being given to competition candidates thinking they were power boosters. While that is true initially, they have no clue about the more long term after effects. The four get the pills away from them but arrow boy and golden puppet show up. LianYue is thrown off having to fight his mentor. Night crow’s cackle is annoying. The one thing that consoles me is Uncle Zhe is on the way ready to flatten the city.

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Double dealing Changhe

Doc Bai has a very close call and fortunately Mu leader Rabbit and former ms poison able to assist. Tianqi friend did himself proud even tho he did not make 15 min point. Muyu has gone to General pretending doc Bai is dead. Golden puppet, arrow boy and night crow with lackey’s show up at the clinic. Golden puppet does some major hurt and throws back poison blossom’s poison. Thanks to MuYu’s lie about doc Bai’s death they head back to general’s place. They find the majority dead and the general a bit worse fo wear. Muyu tells arrow boy his regret at not killing him earlier and that Changhe had guessed right about the outcome. They are getting ready to finish MuYu off when his master shows up to rescue him. She is a surprise because she ha been thought dead for years. Fortunately for MuYu she decided to rescue him after researching the puppet poison. The first prince continues with his scheme with eunuch and Changhe cannot breakthrough to ninth level devil palm. His subordinate shows up to give clinic intel and to ask if they had to work both sides. He is not happy with the situation but Changhe is most annoyed they moved too quickly and caused damage where it did not have to be made. He seems to be hedging his bets and accommodating both sides to collect with both hands. At this point I don’t think he trusts anyone to really help his the other side movement reach fruition, but I think he works with all in case an opening presents itself from any willing party. As the leader, he is not excluding anyone that could make their emancipation from being hired blades a reality.

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think ima be the odd one out & say this…

think ima be the odd one out & say this was kind of let down. at the start of this - when the director of the BL (where Shirasaki & Asami met) said it is harder to make a sequel cause usually the audience i looking forward to the start of a romance, but in a sequel to capture the same charged emotion's when the relationship is already established is harder. & i think ironically this is how i feel about this season. *********************************************************************************************************i wasn't looking for excitement - given the mains had already established their romance. i was looking for growth (especially) on Shirasaki's part, while with Asami i wanted him to open up & rely on Shirasaki more - not always be the caretaker & fixers. this didn't happen. the fact Shirasaki told Asami at the end 'he should confide in him more' - is neither here nor there - especially after the way he reacted in the previous ep, when Asami took the 1st step in opening up & got whiplash cause of Shirasaki 's insecurities & selfishness. so he can talk the talk, but can he walk the walk, i don't think so. ***************************to admit the truth i really wanted Asami to breakup with Shirasaki in that auditorium. of course Asami would never do that cause of his childhood, i doubt he is capable of breaking up with an abusive partner, let alone a self-centered one. he the type that will never initiate a breakup. but i think given where both where in their lives, it would be the logical move - space & time apart. & they r getting it cause Asami decided to do the movie in England. maybe the time apart will force Shirasaki into maturing. a break-up would force him to confront how much he relied & only took from Asami... but who knows. this was a one off & even if i wanna re-watch, it will only be the 1st season. this a one & done for me

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Master Su

The Prince shows and surprisingly makes an agreement with them. After he leaves it is discovered that both the Prince and Changhe are infected with a frost poison. Changhe leaves to cultivate the heavenly level for his devil palm and leaves Muyu to handle the rest. The leader of the Mu family is taking care of some personal matters and Doc Bai and their Tianqi friend end up finding a second commander’s son infected with puppet poison. She has a sample to make an antidote but the first Prince and General want her killed before she can create it. They send the furious sword deity and he has an excellent battle with Muyu. Things look a bit bleak at the end of the episode as Doc Bai is out cold recovering from a disciple sword strike that blindsided her. Muyu used a lot of energy to counter the array set by the furious sword,aster and is struggling to hold his own. The furious swordmaster acknowledges Muyu’s ability by calling him Master Su as requested, but he seems assured that he has this battle won as the episode closes. He has no reservations in killing off his disciple or the doc and hoping Muyu has a backup plan.

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what i noticed is that Shizuma says 'i…

what i noticed is that Shizuma says 'i love u' all the time while Minato shy's away from saying the words. idk what happened to him as a kid that made his so weary of being in relationships, wanting to keep everyone at arms length so they don't end up eventually hurting him. but he head-over heels too - so it was sweet seeing him yearning for Shizuma, missing him & even admitting this fact. also like that he has warmed up to Shizuma's younger brother. ************************************************this whole ep was kinda wholesome & soothing, but given the preview i guess this was the clam before the storm. 3 more eps to go to i hope it doesn't get too rocky & he doesn't hurt Shizuma too much.

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A great pilot with a weird premise

My first impression of this series was the actor who plays Il Jo: Yoon Ji Sung. He was part of one of my favorite bands, Wanna One, and I knew I was interested in acting, but I never, EVER, imagined I'd be in a BL, much less one like this.When I started watching it, I tried reading a bit of the manhwa first, and I think the lack of information in the series that exists or is given in the manhwa is what makes many people misunderstand the fact that they're cousins, for example. When they're cousins ​​by marriage, they're not biological cousins. Besides, technically, your in-laws, if you're never in contact with them, aren't technically your family. So I think that part could be misinterpreted and could also scare off some viewers.Il Jo is weak; he has a tragic, sad past. He's emotionally dependent on the idea of ​​happiness that a love or family he never had could have given him, and everything falls apart when his father dies, and he goes to see him at the wake. His brother, I suppose, upset by their father's death, sees his half-brother at the funeral and beats him up, abuses him. Jeonghan arrives and sees Il Jo vulnerable, thinking how pathetic he is, but being fragile himself, he falls into empathy and feels bad for Il Jo and how dependent he is.Although Jeonghan is portrayed as the more dominant or less helpless one, he too falls for Il Jo: they both cling to each other. Jeonghan is alone; he doesn't seem to have anyone in his life. He works and has colleagues, and apparently a friend, but he doesn't have a partner. He's usually alone and is cold and distant. Il Jo is also alone; he has no family and is desperate for love and companionship. The moment he finds someone else, he falls in love because when someone is in an emotional situation, they become attached to whoever gives them help, even though "help" is not the right word to use in this situation.THEY BOTH FALL IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER. That's why Jeonghan took him in, why Il Jo kisses him, why Jeonghan paid for his surgery, and why he lets him stay at his house. He says he doesn't want to feel guilty, but in reality, he wants companionship. They both want the same thing; they aren't so different.This episode was amazing; it was raw, crude, and passionate. It may not be the best, but it is a great pilot with a lot of potential. It also might not be a new concept or whatever, but it's important for Korean BL, for it to be more experimental and for it to be more newanced. Amazing work, amazing acting, great show, and one of the best Korean BLs out there, and I'll die on that hill.

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i love Fourth, so i will hard pressed to not…

i love Fourth, so i will hard pressed to not like something he is in, but the sound effects in this & some of the lines r just cringe & really the reason this was on hold for over a yr. but giving this another try & hope this time i survive till the end & don't get stuck. as i already know how the plot will go, am just going with the flow. but i really wish they turned down the cheesiness of it all - sadly i get why this wasn't a success. "they" could've change subtle things to make this feel more Thai or more unique, even though this is a remake. but they just decided to bank on the main couples fame & cause of that it tanked - cause no matter how much u love Fourth & Gemini, u still want/need a good plot to "sink ur teeth in" make u stay till the end & bring u back for more, which this isn't - if anything it's a cringe fest.

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you can't make me care about gao jianhong and xu lina

i don't want to see sweet scenes of gao jianhong and xu lina reconciling. screw his illness, i still want to see gao jianhong suffer. but now he's sick so suddenly he's no longer a villain? why do cdrama writers think they must redeem their antagonists in order for the series to have a happy ending? and even though xu lina is an irritating character, she still deserves better than to end up with a man who hits her. they're not romantic or cute, and it concerns me that their relationship is now being depicted as such. like what message are we sending here?? anyway, zhu yun was great here and i'm glad she's finally back with li xun because that's been long overdue. their chemistry is unreal

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