I thought for sure I'd give this a 10/10

Episodes 1-4: 10/10, obsessed, kicking my feet, loving it.

Episode 5: 7/10, uncharacteristic behavior. Was not loving the way Tae was suddenly acting.

Episode 6-8: 7.5/10, hated the mom's personality transplant, time jumps unclear, math ain't mathing.

I'm sad I didn't end up loving this as much as I did at first. The couple was SO SO stinking CUTE. I agree with the other reviews that mention too much plot and not enough episodes. The shortness of the series plut the uncharacteristic behaviors in the second half, hurt it a bit.

Still would rewatch. They're too adorable to pass up!

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Good show, bad editing.

It's not the worst BL out there, but it's also not the best.

The story itself is an interesting concept. I think what really hurts this show is not the show or actors themselves, but whoever the editor/team is. The amount of jump cuts between scenes is insane. One minute they're asleep and the next they're sitting together at a random waterfall? One minute you're in the present and the next the past, or the future. It feels clunky and hard to follow sometimes. Whoever edited the show let some things drag, get stagnant, and also jump around random clips without any real transition. Sometimes I was confused as to what or why something was happening. I questioned if I missed a scene or scenes just ended up deleted.

As far as the actors, I think they've done fine acting their roles. The kiss scene was just barely lip touching not actual kissing. That's really my only complaint about the actors.

I look forward to finishing the show and solving the mystery within! This is definitely worth watching, I just don't think the editors did this show justice.

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Adorable!

Actually, at no point was I rooting for Daon. I don't feel like he was ever right for Tae. Daon is handsome and kind, but I don't think he ever knew what Tae wanted or needed, whereas Shinwoo effortlessly fit with Tae. I wished Daon a happy, healthy, journey to self discovery much like Tae did.

The reasons I didn't give 10/10:
1) I wanted a clear break between Tae's feelings for Daon and Shinwoo.
2) Lee Sohee. She was redeemed for me in the end, which pushed my 8 star to a 9 star, but gosh she was MEAN!
3) I wanted more from the only kiss scene we got in the last few minutes of the show.

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My rating will change if there's no S2

This was a wild show. I was hooked and didn't find it boring like some. This was packed full of drama, but not executed in a fast paced way. I feel like that aspect actually worked for the show because I was kept in suspense and able to process each part of everyone's story.

If there is no season 2 coming I will probably drop my rating some because there is so much left unfinished. There's a lot of questions that could be answered and I was hoping to get that from the special episode, but the special episode was just 45 minutes of recapping and explaining each character's story.

If you're paying close attention and going into this knowing it ends with a death, I feel like it could be easy to solve. Unfortunately for me I was not paying that much attention to the clues from start to finish and was completely blindsided! I was impressed.

I hope to see more of a conclusion.

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TW for graphic SA

This movie was great until the ending. The ending shifts the entire film into a depressing perspective, despite the attempt at an uplifting conclusion.

There were truly no winners here and that is life, but damn! I thought Riku was being genuine when making amends, I did not expect that R scene. It is sad that Ichiyo took his own life, his mental stability fell so fast and rejection lead him to end his life. Amakami did nothing wrong... yet he suffered the most.

Again that's life. But I hate reality. ?

In terms of acting, this was very well done. The movie itself is good, but the sad ending ruined it for me.

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I have one question...

WHERE IS MY LEON AND POB SPINOFF?

I hated Fiat in TharnType, which resulted in me picking this up and putting it down probably 4 times. Eventually I finally made it through the first 10 minutes and ended up finishing the show in 2 days! I'm glad I stuck it out.

Some parts were very entertaining, but some of the plot was just not vibing with me. I wanted more from Fiat and Leo tbh. More chemistry. More love. What we got was good, but it could've been great. Based on them two alone I would give this a 7 star, but Pob and Leon make this an 8. I loved them so so much!

Some actors are not good with the crying scenes. I also wish they picked a different cat because the poor cat in this show was panting or scared, which wasn't great to see. It was mostly running away from poor Pob. But the cat story line was so cute and heartbreaking nonetheless.

I am not sure if I would rewatch this, but I will be on thar spinoff like white on rice if they ever start filming it!

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Were you "Team Jacob"?

I wasn't, so it took be 5 episodes to come to terms with the premise alone, but I powered through in the name of torturing my group chat pals.

Once I was like, "Well I ignored Bella and Jacob, I can ignore this!" they threw in a hamster girl. I wish I was joking.

Silliness aside, I haven't read the full manga, but I did watch the anime mini series. The anime was adorable and I felt that it better explained Meow's back story than this show did. Once I got over the whole cat shifter romance aspect, I realized that wasn't what was primarily bothering me. What bothers me is Meow's extremely child-like mind, personality, and behavior. I think this show definitely confused cat-like and child-like which made this super weird at times.

Again, I didn't read the full manga so I'm not sure if he was also child-like in the og story. I am glad they aged him up in this adaptation though because he was 16 in the anime. He fit the cat stereotype in the anime and it's explained that he suffered an injury that made him unable to control his shifting between human and cat, so depending on his mood he would change (like when playing). It was funny and cute in the anime, but this live adaptation thought having an adult man play with cat toys in the floor was a better move. ?

Overall I can't lie, I did enjoy watching this. I had a lot of critiques throughout, like that intro song is PUTRID, but I may actually rewatch this one day.

I didn't care for the side couples. But like the anime, this is more of a one sided, perhaps read between the lines BL, rather than an outright romance. I perceive this more of an open ending with future potential rather than everyone was "just friends". I believe the author is on hiatus and may not have finished this story (don't quote me, it was hard for me to track down what little bit of the manga I did read), so I think the ending aligns with the original source material.

I'd recommend it if you're looking for something super different, low angst, and dare I say... cute. ?

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Worth seeing once ??‍♀️

This movie wasn't bad, but had it been 2 hours instead of 1, it could've been great.

Mermaid's Jade has good bones and good acting, but the short time slot leaves things not fully fleshed out. So, at what point does Yuanshan fall for Xia? There's no issues with his wife, no falling out. By all accounts, he seems to love her. Now don't get me wrong, I knew this was a BL, so I wasn't rooting for her anyway (she's gorgeous and a saint, so I didn't hate her either). Like I see the tension building and them making eyes at each other, etc. But that transition really needed more time to make sense. Also those two men had no guilt. ?

Now the elephant in the room. Those wigs. You can't convince me they didn't bulk order those off Amazon. And the glue along everyone's hairline? ? The actor who played Xia clearly had issues with his since they did away with the top half and left some clip ins that were not even remotely close to the same color as his hair lmao. I did like the special effects and all Xia's mermaid powers. The supernatural elements were pretty cool in this story. However, the tears to pearls did not execute well on screen for me. It just looked so silly. ??

I actually loved the ending. The ending was sweet and beautiful. I think this movie mostly fell victim to the shortness because I truthfully could've overlooked the silly things had they given me the long version instead of going "sooo long story short" because the love between Xia and Yuanshan could've been pretty epic!

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A happy ending would've gotten an 8/10

but here we are. I have a real talent for picking BL's, blindly, that has a main character die in the last episode!

The acting is good and the actors are handsome! The plot gets a 7.5 since the ending is sad. Like most K-BL's it suffers from one thing: too much plot and not enough screen time. I'm not sure where this issue originates, but it's so common I don't put all of the blame on the show if they do a good job with what they're given. By all accounts I think this show succeeded given the time allotment.

However, since this ending is sad I'm GLAD I didn't get more time to get attached to the characters since I hate a sad or unclear ending. ?

I think it's worth watching once. Not the worst thing I've ever watched by far. It was something different and interesting!

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Spoil before you watch!

I had known about this show and it's ending for some time now and I had been putting it off because I don't like sad endings. I thought I was prepared for Eternal Yesterday and still cried like a baby, so I took lots of time and mental preparing for this show! ?

In the end my mental preparing paid off and I was not emotionally damaged! Though it was still heartbreaking, I was able to objectively judge the show. I'll come back to the ending later.

Without the ending Hao Ting and Shigu's story would be a 9/10 for me. With the ending it's an 7/10.

Sun Bo and Xhi Gang get... a 0/10 I'm sorry lol. I did not care about these two. I thought they were so weird and Xhi Gang was so creepy to me. I don't even mind age gaps, but this one was a big yikes. Irl the actors also have a significant age gap, but them both being legal adults did only a little to ease me since Sun Bo was portraying a kid. I cannot imagine dating a HIGH SCHOOLER. ? I didn't want to date an 18 year old when I was 23 much less now lmao. He was always surrounded by younger men, especially high school boys, and so touchy feely with LITTLE GU. I get it that he saw him like a little brother, but this dude was so weird lmao. They didn't do a good job of convincing me he was "protective" instead of predatory. Especially since at one point he tells Sun Bo he's his little boy or something. ? Sun Bo, I didn't like him at first. He definitely acted the part of a high schooler. Idk if he was 17 or 18 because age was rarely mentioned in this series, but I stand by this match being weird on both ends. He was so obsessive and creepy without realizing it I guess. Kissing someone 3x when they said no is assault. The adult in the situation didn't do anything to actually correct this situation. He still appeased him by getting out of the man's car when Sun Bo said he was FOLLOWING HIM, HELLO? I could be here all day telling you why this relationship is yuck. I skipped their scenes after they actually got together because it was a lost cause. However, Sun Bo did eventually grow on me in terms of his friendship with Hao Ting.

Back to the elephant in the room: The Ending

I can see why the audience was so distraught. Up until this point the show wasn't even a heavy one. It showcased struggles yes, but it wasn't "someone dies at the end" heavy. It was a little angst along side comedy. I mean come on... I always wondered who would buy those fish flipflops from Shein. ? Though at the end Hao Ting's parents were super annoying and not the best.
Ex:
-Not supportive even though they stopped resisting.
-Encouraging him to date a woman, instead of comforting him, despite him CLEARLY mourning and depressed!

They still offered some comedic relief in their arguments, cue the fish flipflops. So when the viewer abruptly finds out the MC died halfway through the last episode it would definitely be jarring to someone who went in to this show blindly. You also find out in the last quarter how he died and that this time jump was around 6 years?! For the emotional impact I don't think it was even well done, written, or planned with care. They didn't deliver the audience a bittersweet emotional moment, they did a time jump and swept the MAIN CHARACTER under the rug like he didn't matter. At least give us some of that heartbreak and do Shigu's character some justice. He was so warm, strong, kind, and I adore the actor's bright smile. Shigu deserved better and so did the audience.

Now I prefer he have not died at all and that sloppy alternate ending online is just hilarious to me. The alternate ending sucked too. Take out the accident and refilm a GOOD alternate ending. Though I'm glad there was enough outrage from the masses to show the writer she's an a*shole, I understand the goal between the death and the title, but you had so many options to go with this. The loss of Shigu's parents would fit this. His aunt basically abandoned him. If something must happen maybe an accident he survived or a short coma. Hao Ting cutting his parents off. Heck if someone needed to die, why not Xhi Gang? ??(I'm actually fr on that one.) You could've made the "tomorrow isn't promised" point a plethora of ways that didn't flush a whole show down the toilet.

All in all I'm glad I watched this. I would suggest spoiling it for yourself and just prepare! I would rewatch it and probably just stop before the last episode. Despite hating Hao Ting at first, that big golden retriever grew on me and their love story sucked me in. I'll always have a spot in my heart for them, but especially Shigu. ♥️

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Mystery solved!

I know the reason why I was born with two arms-

It's so I can hold Dohyun in a choke hold in one arm and Dongwook in the other.

How to describe this show... think "the floor is lava", but instead of avoiding the floor it's avoid communicating with each other! These two would rather do ANYTHING other than talk about their feelings. Actually, even the side characters won't talk about their feelings.

I think the miscommunication trope remains the most frustrating because it is the most realistic, but I digress. Aside from that issue not much really happens in this show. There's no plot development or significant events happening.

Another issue I had was the flashbacks. This show could've really benefited from being told in chronological order, but if flashbacks are necessary THOSE could at least happen in order. We are constantly thrown back and forth and the flashbacks sometimes are earlier than the last one or later. Sometimes it would be the same flashback, but with a little more information. It's hard to tell what exactly happened and when. Some things in the flashbacks never even get addressed!

Things I liked:
-Real kisses
-Intriguing premise
-The first episode & the last episode (that's not me being cheeky, I genuinely found them cute and interesting, it's not their fault the filler eps were well... filler.)
-Good acting
-Beautiful and sweet couple (when they got there smh)

All in all, it's worth a watch. There's nothing to hate, it's just frustrating at times, to me, and overall average. But of you're looking for a bite-sized BL I'd check this one out.

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Lovely show

This was cute and I enjoyed it overall. I struggled through the first half and almost dropped it twice by episode 9 because it was just so slow at some parts!

Some episodes were an hour and a half and so much silence and nothingness happened. It drove me crazy. But when the plot was plotting it was really good. Perhaps it would've been better if it were a shorter series and filler was cut down.

Other thoughts:
-Aeoy was so frustrating, I couldn't believe he romantically liked anyone tbh. He had no chemistry with anyone.
-Gene's freakout over the past history was a little dramatic.
-The coming out (ep 9) was emotional, and important to this show. Very well done!

This is the epitome of slow burn, but it is worth the watch for the sweet romance story.

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