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Lab growing pains

This episode…..they had a decent kiss and even bypassed the dad.😂😁 But next day in the lab😝 The team likes her but they treat her more like the mascot. 😡She is left to teach herself basic robot speak 101 and they are not treating her as a colleague because they want the pretty girl in lab checked off bucket list.😝🙄 And what is with the new kid from rival school? So far, his contribution has been asking about pay, complaining about lab equipment, and whining about new girl. Is he there because pissed off at his old school? Spying? Or trying to sabotage their project? There is reason for rivalry with Yu Jin and even resentment that she’s unfamiliar with the basics. But how is it beneficial to the team as a whole to be an ass and divide up loyalty? MinJae and his laissez faire method of governing the lab is not working. Everybody is off doing their own thing and no definitive progression is being done with Danny. He wants to subtly help Yu Jin, but telling her to read everything and not giving her a focused syllabus for best progress is lazy and disrespectful. He wants to like her but feels she is too far behind to help. So after I was completely pissed off with him, he brings his own computer since she’s the only one without one. He even loads it with every this she will need to do well. He bullied her into showing up at the lab, hug her lovely new computer, and then passes it off to the rival school kid…like immediately.🙄😝🤬I know he’s smart….but damn that was just stupid. So his senior has shown up, got everyone in order and takes them to Dieland for MinJae’s bday. And that seemed to have made some reparations. Yu Jin did not forget about the kiss but has not admitted it either. She is also jealous of senior. Her old professor sees her and is annoyed Yu Jin is doing well without the fabrics department. I think she has helped change the view of the math director because he changed his tune when MinJae took her back to see him and hear his opinion of her exam. He is more condescending and admits talent and potential but completely dropped the admiring tone of her work that he had when Prof Ahn was present. He’s a flaky person and I hope Yu Jin stays put or just gets away from that school entirely. She buys Min Jae shoes for his bday but then runs off to not see his reaction. I’m as puzzled as he is. 🧐⁉️ So her old best friend finally calls and it is more about spying for the professor than any real wish to be there. It all comes down to apologizing and kissing up to that craft guru Professor that was squashing a much hidden talent and even probably aware. I am glad they had a get together, but there was no friendship renewing because she owed Yu Jin an apology and it never crossed her brain. She also was too focused on Min Jae’s leg and I am glad Yu Jin tuned everything out at that point. She’s just occupying the chair til it’s polite to leave. 😝so far, I like the senior, everybody else is a mixed bag I haven’t decided about yet. I don’t even particularly root for the leads to be a couple, but I would like a friendship established. She has at least read enough of Slam Dunk to understand a bit of his history. But him giving his computer to the lab and then to the rival school kid for use, I don’t get — as well as the give the gift and run scene from Yu Jin. Also does her brother ever get out of that red outfit? He’s kinda annoying . This episode just accentuated the eccentricities of most of the characters and hints of machinations in the background that do not bode well. Danny at least got a check up of sorts but this episode left me far more puzzled than anything else. Min Jae manages to come off as a nice guy and complete jerk all at same time. Yu Jin could have chatted with the professor to find out best path to catch up. Math professor….i thought he would be a nice third option initially, but he seems best left alone along with crafter professor. They seem birds of a feather in a bad way. Fake best friend….needs to stop being mediocre spy and really apologize to her friend instead of trying to wheedle an apology out of Yu Jin to an undeserving professor. 😝🙄

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“You Smile When You’re With Me”

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like oh.

yui was a sore±spot for me. that was too much grace for a man whose only change was on the death+bed. komada is very obviously flawed too but he really was trying within his circumstances. he lashed out in similar ways but eh. i think it is really effective to show ai act out without giving us concrete explanations. if you can’t see how the father & mother produced this out+come then i do think you lack the empathy to understand almost any of these characters. they are all suffering tremendously. i judged yui but i do get why he turned out like this. I’m not going to take this too heavily but this is much more of a thriller focused episode. i really hope the finale pieces this all together again.

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