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Relationships, trials and forgotten memories

The fight scenes were pretty good, imo. But I never expected the Nine-tailed fox's bell to be so fluffy! 😂 And are we having a love triangle forming between Xiuyuan, the prince and Xiao Bangchui? The prince is suspicious of Xiuyuan, but does he also want to help him? 🤨 Ye Ye always protects that one girl, which leads me to think they might eventually become a couple as well. The princess is terrible. I can't understand the reasons behind her hostility towards Xiao Bangchui—if there's any solid one, that is. Is it just her arrogance, or something more? 🤔 But at least they are now on the Academy grounds and are forbidden to harm other students—unfortunate for Xiuyuan and the arrogant princess, I guess! 😏It looks like Xiao Bangchui's power can activate or heal—or whatever it can be called—Xiuyuan's memories of their past life? So, are they the Demon Lord and Flower Fairy from the opera play shown in the previous episode? I believe they might be. It will be interesting to learn what happened and why they don't remember that past life. ☝️🤔P.S. And just when I finally started to remember her name, they changed it to Jiang Lifei.... 🤦‍♀️😂

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love is never a sin

"If God teaches us to love, but we aren't allowed to love one another, then what is the point of God existing in this world?"As someone who grew up in the Church and is still Catholic to this day, I had to learn on my own that religion was built by humans and, because of that, it is bound to make mistakes.I also had to learn that a beautiful, sincere, and genuine love could never be considered a sin by God.For me, learning these things simply meant becoming a better person, someone who truly lives by what God actually teaches us: to love one another. But for Tan, it's so much more than that. He genuinely believes he's living in sin. I can't even begin to imagine the pain of believing that God would stop loving him just because he fell in love with another boy.That's why this story hurts so much. No one should ever have to grow up believing they have to choose between their faith and the ability to love. If God is love, then love should never be the reason someone feels unworthy of His love.

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The premise is becoming a little bit clearer

Even more character introductions! I am getting lost with all those people. 😂At least we know that one of the travellers—Ye Ye was his name?—is someone from the same place our ML is. ☝️I didn't realise in the previous episode that the fox spirit had hidden inside the FL. At least it's clear now why the ML is so persistent about catching her—he wants to get that fox spirit out of her to save his brother. But I don't think for one bit that the angry old guy will treat the brother—he just wants the fox for himself and is using our ML. 🙄The ML has some very strong powers, and, to be fair, I think those blocked meridians actually hide a very strong power inside the FL as well. 🤨 But I might be wrong, of course, and she's just a witty young lady... But then—what was the deal with those divine beads on her wrists? 🤔 I believe they are something unique because they piqued the ML's interest in the previous episode.P.S. Damn, I should start memorising some of those character names.... 🤦‍♀️

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Heartbreaking

Spoilers ahead:This episode hurt. Tanrak's pain was hard to watch but we all knew this moment would come. Seeing Tan burn the notes, the flowers, and in the very place where their love story began - I don't mind admitting that I shed some tears. The Catholic guilt runs deep, but that's how they keep you in servitude. Guilt. Fear. Eternal damnation. The painting that shows the rocky road to heaven and the sinners burning on either side has been constantly shown throughout the series. At the start, Tan saw it as a sign of the righteous path that he was on. Then he fell in love with Barth and the painting became meaningless. Today, he stood in front of it in fear. Let's also take a moment to process the scene when Barth calls his home phone just to hear his mother's voice on an answer machine. The flashback to happy times; the empty house; the dying flowers. Heartbreaking. As for Kongdech and his comments to Tan about betraying him, and asking if he didn't want to want to be with his parents in heaven anymore - he made my blood boil. And while Father seemed understanding, he spouted the same nonsense: Where is this love leading you? You can always repent. Their rhetoric of blaming and shaming is so typical of religion and it's why it really has no place in a modern society where people can love whoever they choose to love. I'm so scared that the first scene in episode 1 with Barth going to the church in going to be him seeing Tan in his priestly robes. I want then to run away together and leave the ignorance behind them. I want them to have the joy of loving each other in a place that doesn't judge them. I want a happy ending.

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