Wishing upon the Shooting Stars Episode 7
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estar given the preview i guess Chen Hao Wei doesn't walk away from Xiao You - cause i was thinking it was so ironic that it was the opposite as kids.... & it was justified - even if i didn't really blame Hao Wei for his behavior or lack of backbone with the other kids. it aint easy standing up for what is right when ur a teen. so i couldn't blame or hate either for what happened. it was a sad situation that was created by the other kids & both leads had to sufferer the consequences. but i didn't get what the "shimmer" was when Xiang Yong's father was talking to his friends about his son. i thought they would ALL wake-up & not remember Xiang Yong at all. no one made a wish, so why we see that?!?************************************************************************regarding the 2nd couple - i love Hamaguchi, & i keep getting the feeling that Li Wan Zhe it taking advantage of his infatuation cause he knows/thinks that Hamaguchi is that "mad" about him, cause of the wish. so he is taking his feelings for granted & even abusing his "power" - which is annoying, cause i am sure Hamaguchi had feelings for Li Wan Zhe even before he made a wish. the wish just forced him to confess his feelings & maybe ratcheted up the intensity of what he felt from 10 to 100. so even though the main focus of this BL is the mains, i hope we get more on the 2nd couple - & when i say more, i mean where Li Wan Zhe realizes what a gem Hamaguchi is & that he needs to work equally hard to keep him
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Absolute Value of Romance Episode 3
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if i was her & considering how Ga U Su keeps targeting her i really would've just kept on walking & ignored his passed-out body. why the frack should i care?? mean of me lol but it is what it is - i get him being kinda on the spectrum & math crazy & that's why her low score might bother him enough to make her wanna improve. but he keeps finding odd reasons to signal her out - like turning her into Choi Go Ya's babysitter - what power she got to stop Choi Go Ya from walking out? if anything he should've asked the smart chick in that class - am sure she doesn't have all that extra work he keeps dishing out to Eui Ju....
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IrenaK The Patriarch is quite clever... making everyone believe they are fighting for the real Dragon Sword... tsk tsk tsk šš¤ØHowever, to me it looked like Su Muyu and Bai Hehuai were a bit shocked in a bad way by how the Patriarch had tricked them. I wonder if that will change their relationship in any way. š¤ And, of course, I could always turn out to be wrong, lol!Knowing this now, it's funny to think of all those guys believing they have become the Patriarch. Now the Mu family leader has not only a fake sword but also that promise Su Muyu madeāto kill him with his own hands. And we all know Su Muyu keeps his word; it's like a personal code he lives by. šš¤But what else caught my attention was the Patriarch's question to the guy from the Soul Reaper Hall: "Who ordered you to kill Second Master Tang?" Does that mean the Patriarch wasn't the one who killed him and Black Tortoise is after the wrong guy? Or did I misunderstand something there? š¤
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I am really enjoying all the internal politics within the families. Their relationships are quite complexāfull of backstabbers, double agents, and those with hidden agendas. So interesting!I also loved the explanation behind the names Mu Yu and Chang He: the first meaning "Evening Rain" and the other "Prosperous River." Those names fit their personalities so well! šš¤šOne thing that confused me, however, was the conversation between Su Muyu and the Patriarch about the poison. I thought the red veins were the poison, but Mu Yu said he had dispelled it. Now the question isāare those veins something else, or was Su Muyu lying? š¤Regardless, I loved how he told the Patriarch that his one condition was that Chang He's death is off-limits. That man is not to be touched! š And the ending of the episode was amazingāChang He knows best just how superior Mu Yu is to Su Ze in power and skill.And most importantly, even if just for a brief moment, I got to see my favourite couple of "enemies"! š„°
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KJ2025 Things are still distant between MiYu and Ji. She should have collected the documents personally because now there is a signed form for them to cause trouble. Wei and a rival company are planning to bid against Marcos by planting a listening device. Leave it to Wei to bargain with ZhenZhen and still come out 12 million ahead. She plants the device in the vase of silk flowers that MiYu took to Marcusā room so MiYu has become the perfect fall guy for their actions. The sister isnāt stupid, is she looking to access MiYuās bank or is she involved with ZhenZhen and helped link up the phone to device? Nieās mom show up pleading for her son. MiYu said no, but changed her mind and went to the hospital. She changed her mind again but accidentally bumped into Nie anyways. She tucked him in better but refused any personal contact. As she walks away from him he asks to eat and ends his food strike. There is no getting away from the loss of her, but her success and light inspired him to move forward rather than give up. She had far less than him so he had no excuse to not continue on. MiYu won her court case over divorce assets so itās rather timely sis comes and gets ahold of Mi Yuās phone. MiYu is boxed in nicely from all sides and the only thing that can save her is if ZhenZhen is caught on camera hiding the device in the vase. Mr Tan has opened a gallery in Shanghai and MiYu visited to congratulate him. She asks to see the painting heās working on and it turns out to be a painting of her. She doesnāt quite know how to respond to that. She is his lovely muse and he is left looking at his inscription on the back. In the interrogation room, MiYu spoke frankly about what she did and did not do with the vase and Ji will have to find the evidence to clear her. She awaits interrogation and told to be honest with her answers. If the sis is involved they could do a clean sweep of getting rid of all of them. But if she has her own side caper going there will be another wasted episode on family shenanigans. These people have to go. š
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Blossoms in Adversity Episode 18
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nero truong one of the things i have been majorly divided on in my original watch is how hua jing is handled. i have a lot of complicated feelings about the complicity of other women in misogyny ļ¼i also think that in this series where so many female characters are given depth & nuance hua jing is written off so easily with damn near every misogynistic character trait. she is a caricature & she does become a problem with deconstructing how certain women with undesirable personalities are punished in this show like jināe constantly needing to be humbled. hua jing is positioned right next to hua xian who is the perfect victim & itās really a hard watch. shao yao & shen huan are cute. i am really fond of aunt qin. chen heng does the character justice. aunt qin ļ¼very ironically after all i had to say about hua jing ļ¼is a caricature character. as in the type that is so over+dramatized but this archetype is something that takes me back home. she isnāt smart but sheās not malicious. she very importantly does not want to hurt another but sheās also a coward & somepony i want to see be loved & cared for.
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Tan and ex have a brief chat where she realizes the choice to be CFO kept her there rather than wife. She shares some regret that that is where they truly are now rather than it being their unique confession to each other. She sees that Tan is in love with MiYu and wishes him happiness. When he was dancing with MiYu she was waiting for Ji to interrupt and claim their relationship. He should have interrupted their dance and groveled. Instead he has a major pity party for himself. He should have left a note on her door that heād been there instead of her thinking he never bothered to show and him thinking something happened with Tan. MiYu goes to New Zealand to get the last points for Ji. With this, even tho she is still unhappy with him, I think she wants to follow through for him the way he did for her at the exhibition. She was successful in persuading a meeting at Purong so things seems hopeful. Here I am disappointed in the Wei matriarch. If a severe scolding would have truly straightened out her nephew he would have been straightened out decades ago and never have remained the petty juvenile he still is. He has a point that he should have been told more directly far earlier and his petulant diatribe should have let her see the light that he has no aspirations whatsoever to change his ways. In the game Kingdom Hearts there are evil beings called heartless. They are devoid of any good intentions and their goal is to spread darkness. ZhenZhen is a perfect example of one of them. She leaves a dark wave fallout wherever she goes and she keeps looking forward for more. Her only failure in this regard is that MiYu grew brighter because of her interference and this annoys her no end. We have watched Nieās decline physically. The actor has portrayed this so well. He has come to accept that there is nothing but a business arrangement between him and his wife and he is reaping all the benefits of letting the career woman enter his house. This misery he has earned and deserves, but I find myself pitying him that his health decline is concurrent. So his chosen heartless has the audacity to bring divorce papers to his hospital bed to sign. After that, she returns to her cluttered home and confronts the mother in law. She has the ace because she makes it clear that the child she holds isnāt Nieās. Nie has learned the news and his bitterness is complete. With this, he deserved it. He gave up a devoted wife that loved him in spite of his ways and tossed her for the career woman that added spice in his life and the promise of a grandson. This all tastes like ash now as the truth is revealed. ZhenZhen has yet to complete her dark wave. She ends up showing Wei proof that her child is his and not Nieās. No wonder she had no fear at the company and was willing to hold hands with Kuanli. Her price for silence is the director of sales. Ji had already assigned that to new hire Meng because I think he has a different job in mind for MiYu. And right when everything seems to be settled Wei comes in and gets ZhenZhen VP of sales. He has a son to look after now.š At least there will be some interference with their plans via Meng. ZhenZhen has achieved her new goal and she has leveled up considerably in her degree of coldness and ambition. Wei deserves whatever she throw at him. He has ousted his foils so he is the last stooge left and end game is approaching. This time, he wonāt have anyone to push in front for the blame.
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_stars This was a good episode. It was funny and romantic. I enjoyed the detail where , in the beginning Mechoori walks through each door reluctantly but just before it closes, showing how he is entering Ye-jin's territory and heart. The part where Mechoori turns into an actual mechoori was also really funny. Also, the part when Ye-Jin tried the food and her mind was blown, it reminded me of Bon apetit your majesty where he always had that reaction. I love it when Mechoori smiles, its heartwarming. Also the older sister of Na-Som, seems really annoying in the upcoming episodes.
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Buried in this episode, Zhang Pei Sheng injects herself into the situation, clearly intending to make use of Yao Renfu to cause trouble for Zhiming and Chenghuan. Otherwise, most of this episode is about everyone finally learning about Chenghuan and Zhiming's relationship. In particular, Mama Liu Wanyu finally learns about it ... and amazingly she handles it without any crazy dramatics. She somehow stays, 'in character', but actually handles the whole experience very reasonably.
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The arrival of Yao Zhiming's father is annoying because he feels like an almost random injection of chaos and drama out of nowhere, but I get it that he is indeed part of the Zhiming's back story that was referenced early on and the ML needs closure on his roots. But his arrival certainly forebodes future unnecessary angst and drama. Aside from that, though, this episode reaches an amazing cuteness peak moment when Chenghuan does a 'flower dance'. Well worth watching this episode just for that.
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I love Danielās band. They are such a nice smooth jazz ambiance. He and Tan have a chat about career choices. I liked that he encouraged his son to explore multiple paths to their fullest. He is a very good dad. MiYu is putting in the hours with a cot by her desk. The exhibit looked stunning until the end where the painting was missing. MiYu tries to save the day with a different painting but arrives late. Rui caught the thief in the act and knew the night before who took the painting and where it was hidden. I thoroughly enjoyed him looking over the thiefās shoulder and pointing out painting not there. He and Ji had worked out a plan prior to the teleconference, so they were delaying things til last minute to get everybody responsible at the same time. Well, it is now fact that ZhenZhen will sabotage her own projects if she can point the blame at MiYu. She let in a press crew that was not on invite list because of Weiās stamp. They proceeded to snap a lot of pictures and demand to see the final painting. They even tried to say it wasnāt finished yet. Wei and cronies were all there expecting to placate the crowd and make Ji look bad. What they did not anticipate was for the painting to be brought out and for Ji to introduce it with some tongue in cheek shade at the saboteurs. This was followed up with Qian getting scapegoated for stupidity. There was circumstantial evidence that pointed strongly at Wei, but he is Mr teflon not letting things stick to him. He always has someone he can push into place to take the blame. This was disappointing for everybody. The three stooges lack finesse but they are deep rooted in networking trouble. I will be glad to see them ousted. What did not set well with MiYu was being left out of the loop. Tan had taken a 2 million hit to have the exhibit there and she did not appreciate them being pawns in the race for GM. With this, I think she had a right to be totally pissed off. Ji and MiYu have had words and at least she is suggesting a cool down period rather than continuing the argument when most heated. Ji apologizes to Tan and will update him when everyone responsible has been charged. Tan tries to insert some unsolicited advice that Ji doesnāt want to hear. At the celebratory dinner, Tan should have had his ex join him on stage not MiYu. Her commiserating toast with the aid spoke volumes. MiYu was rather stunned but with this, Tan was giving Ji a message more than MiYu. I want to see ZhenZhen get some repercussions for letting in the press group that caused so much bad publicity. I am glad that the exhibition was an overall success but Ji loses cool points for not letting the others in the loop. That was pure ego.
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Wishing upon the Shooting Stars Episode 1
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I am so hooked!!! I love this show so much huhuhuhu I'm dying waiting for it every week. I was supposed to wait for it to finish but I saw some clips and I just had to start it!!
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Wishing upon the Shooting Stars Episode 7
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How am I supposed to wait for another week for the next episode??!?!?! HUHUHU Why is this show so good? It's been a while since I've watched something like this
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Absolute Value of Romance Episode 2
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already feel bad for Choi Go Ya - guess she doesn't have a family & cause of that, in the teachers eyes she isn't worth notice - just hope her story isn't too dark or sad - cause so far this is funny & light. Eui Ju is such a character, she is so sure she is writing a masterpiece, wish i had her confidence - also love her fake writing glasses. she a whole vibe.
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I really loathe the three old farts sitting there wanting their own hotel to do poorly to keep lining their pockets and paving the way for Kuanli. I donāt really get that they prefer money over legacy so easily. Wei has made Qian dump all worthwhile projects because they are trying to make sure Ji misses the VAM deadline. Wei is still the childish boy lamenting Ji passing him by actual work.š I wish his aunt was watching the good olā boys club and put them in their place for being childish and petty. These men are middle aged and should be so over this juvenile behavior. It would be interesting if this project could get Tan and ex talking. Tan still has a crush, but there is merit in Purong holding the exhibit. The venue gives all the ambiance and history meshing old and new that suits the theme of his works. Qian has put ZhenZhen in charge of everything but dealing with Tan so that he can sabotage the exhibit. Rui noted the flakey engineering guy hanging out by the portrait storage room and I hope he pays attention. Here I donāt know if ZhenZhen will let her project be deliberately sabotaged or not. She is proud of her work and wants to look capable and professional. I am hoping even with Qian doubling down on dumb for Mr Wei that the exhibit succeeds in spite of them. At the dinner celebrating the collaboration MiYu gets to meet Tanās ex. She is checking out the crush and so is Ji to Mr Tan. There is an under current of marking territory but things are staying cordial. If they can prevent sabotage this exhibit would truly benefit all parties. I hate the foreboding wait til tomorrow to find out what happens.
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