Reviews

One Stars

hard to take this serious, both the mains r moron's - even though this pretty serious. but i am enjoying myself too much to really get sad or worried. find it hypocritical that Huai En keeps demanding loyalty from Xiao Bao, warning him from ever lying - like dude, have u ever been truthful with him?!?? leave lying ur manipulating him from the start. & Xiao Bao is too gullible a fool to even suspect a word that comes out of ur mouth. i feel sad for him cause when the truth comes out he will be devested cause of the blind trust he has put in Huai En. ***************************************************************************************also i guessed right & Huai En's father is a bad-guy & not worthy of the crown. & i don't trust him, when Huai En's henchman told him that after he completes his task he is free. no way someone like his father is letting anyone under him go - that crap he was spewing about kites was an analogy about his subordinate's & at that moment he was talking about his own son. he never letting anyone useful go - not unless they die, that's the only way out. & Huai En having grown up around him, i wonder why he doesn't realize this fact.

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Captivating world building, lost me near the end

I got hooked in by the murder mystery game and how magical the production was in that world. Getting into the narrative of the show I thought the characters weren't as goofy as in other dramas where I'm constantly cringing and begging for a serious moment. It was very well paced and I felt like we were really given time to settle in with the dynamics between all of the characters. And they made me actually care about the architecture industry for a bit, it takes some dedication to take the professional context of a romance drama that seriously and I appreciated it. I didn't particularly dislike the second LI. The story made it easy to empathize with him, and he really just wanted something to brighten up his life. I liked him as a rival. He definitely wasn't right for the FL though.I didn't care for the secondary romance at all, but power to them. I don't like secondary romances, I find the perspective shift difficult to commit to mentally.I really just dropped it because I didn't like how the FL treated the ML when her parents got to her first about his past. In general I really can't imagine blaming the son for the alleged actions of his (dead) father. Especially like, if she knows who his father is now she knows that he died by suicide and that the ML was young when it happened, hello, don't you love that man and want to comfort him? Plus he's had to keep it secret his whole life to make a living and y'all are just now getting close. I skipped ahead a few episodes to see what they made of all that just to see her crying about him keeping secrets again. Over it.I wish the murder mystery game had been more important to the plot, like if it was a genuine hobby the main characters were committed to and they immersed themselves in that world fully as a pastime, because I liked how they expressed themselves when they were in game and I wish I could've seen more play running tandem with the drama. Also I play role playing games with friends so I'm a bit biased.That being said, the first half or so of the season was so engaging I will watch it again just to experience that. And I still would recommend it, because it was so much fun for a while I was certain I would finish it, and I've never been certain of that with a drama before.

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hmmm know there no villains in this BL, but…

hmmm know there no villains in this BL, but to me Jira is the main bad-guy. i didn't expect this to have a "happy" ending given the personalities involved, but it's a logical turn of events. as what Koh needed was someone who comforted & offered him the peace & stability that comes from being in a relationship, what he needed to fall asleep. ******************************************while on Jira's part he needed a sugar-daddy - sorry not sorry, but that's the mains take away. he left Koh cause of the AI program, cause that hurt his ego - as it basically showed him that he & his talent weren't unique, that he was replaceable. but after breaking-up reality hit - he was a nobody & there weren't any buyers lining up to buy his paintings at quarter the price Koh threw his way without a 2nd thought & as much as Pheem offered a pleasant ego massage, he couldn't offer the financial backing Jira had become accustomed too. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************by the end ironically the only character's i felt for was Pheem & Koh, for different reasons & yet they were very similar in their loneliness. Jira came into the pic a broke their bond - which we can argue whether it's good or bad, but they wont ever be friends & Koh doesn't have anyone he trusts, he had Pheem & even if he was overbearing as a boss, Pheem too cared deeply for Koh & that lose of a friendship is sad in my eyes. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************this was a great plot, well written & well acted. it was raw & brutal yet very interesting & entertaining. for sure a rewatch

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Still confused about what the writers are doing with the ML

The presentation of the Han Ting character is puzzling. Superficially, based on both how other characters act towards him and the fact that the plot never has negative consequences for him, he is presented as a Gary Sue - perfect and capable. Able to solve any problem and with no flaws. But at the same time he has objectively done some not-so-great things. He spent over half his time constantly insulting and criticizing the FL - often over mistakes that she hadn't actually made! He bullied her in a completely inappropriate scene based on partial information that wasn't completely true - and even if it was, his behavior was inappropriate. He has again and again acted nearly as arrogant and elitist as his disgusting grandfather. And now in this episode he stomps all over HER business priorities in order to handle a Star Tech issue HIS way - even though SHE is supposed to be autonomously in charge of Star Tech. He is constantly exerting control over her in even the smallest things - even how she does her signature!!! Up until now, he has not faced ANY negative consequences for any of these misbehaviors. Is this because the writers are tacitly approving of his behavior? Is it all okay because he's rich & handsome? Or will his flaws finally eventually come to light and make him have to face changing the way he approaches the world? His tactic of buying off a troublemaker looks like it was recorded by someone. That might finally show that his way isn't always the best way.

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