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Yeah you’re prolly right, just couldn't help but be nervous with my first reaction. Hopefully the bigger production actually means they can do even more with S2, so that's actually good

Oh, what would that mean for the drama moving forward that the production team has changed? Does that mean the aesthetic/cinematography will be different?

Oh okay, that makes sense

May I ask how you came across this rumour? It makes sense. I believe casting calls were originally announced for this show in Sept 2025 and they had the first episode out by April 2026. So we may get s2 by April 2027 if we follow that timeline, fingers crossed.

Ik you don't do Historical, but def try pushing through Ant's Cry for the cute dynamic between the leads if you can. If you can't, try Wilderness A Project instead, it more modern/sci-fi like.

I can't think of a single danmei that's caught my attention in recent times as much as SCD. I feel like every other thing I try to read or watch is just honestly bland compared to SCD. On a shallower note, ever since I've been blinded by the facecards of the SanYi CP, I haven't been able to enjoy other BL couples either. I gotta blame 'em as I think it will be a while before I find another CP attractive lol.

This is not SCD author related, but I discovered another danmei recently that I really enjoyed called Godfather by Xiang Xiaomo. I thought the writing was beautifully done and it also helped me recover from SCD. I discovered it when I was on the hunt for similar vibes of SCD's author in terms of writing. You can check that out as well. It's set in the 90s I believe and also features a verse CP - https://wanderingpenguin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html

Yup, I remember seeing the same sentiment-that Liu Yi fell first-in YouTube comments and on Twitter. I like this scene for the same reason you mentioned. Even with no context from the novel, when I first watched that scene, I really felt like there was another dimension to Liu Yi's character.

I gotta tell you, at first I was so disappointed with the way they translated it because it felt kind of clunky? I feel like some of the scenes lost their impact/punchiness because the sentences were too long and literary. I can't remember any specific lines off the top of my head, but the book is really funny, and the author's comedic timing is impeccable. Part of that comedy comes from the punchy lines and short sentences that almost feel like one-liners. Making them too literary and drawn-out just adds empty space and reduces the impact of the lines, whether they're meant to be emotional or funny.

That's what I thought initially, but when I reread those chapters, I really began to appreciate the retranslation. There's so much detail there, from the characters' actions to the descriptions, that we missed with the first translation. Especially with the romantic or smut scenes, like the one in the hospital, I like that they added so much detail that you can vividly picture what's happening. I don't mind the retranslation nearly as much now, and I do think it's necessary to give us the full picture.

Before the retranslation, I did find myself confused about what was happening during some of the smut parts. They were kind of hard to follow, especially the hospital scene in Ep. 48. I genuinely had no idea what He Chu San was doing to Xia Liu Yi other than that he was doing something pervy 😭 The retranslation makes it much clearer, so I really appreciate that.

I have given in to Xizhao because of your comment, and they are brilliant. Their concert had me in awe-how can both of them be so talented?! Their vlogs are genuinely entertaining too. I can't wait for the second season. I really hope we continue to see more of these two!

Unrelated, but you should read Wildeness A Project by the SCD author. The main leads are basically Chu San and Liu Yi 2.0 in a parallel universe. It's cute and hot and helped me a little w my SCD obsession. Keep in mind it's ABO, but it's unconventional for ABO (I am such a fan of the way this author gravitates to atypical dynamics in BL)
http://aircookie.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-99.html

I've written some thoughts explaining why below, maybe you can come back to this comment once you are done with the series so it will be less spoiler-y. I don't think these are super spoiler-y, but just giving a heads' up.

When I watched the scene at the end where Xia Liu Yi is staring at He Chu San from a distance, I interpreted it more as Xia Liu Yi longing for something He Chu San represents, rather than He Chu San himself. I couldn't really read it as attraction because they're strangers at that point. Instead, I read it as a mix of curiosity and longing.

After finishing the series, I felt like this indeed was the case. Xia Liu Yi sees something pure in He Chu San and yearns for that kind of peaceful innocence. Xia Liu Yi is a gangster, while He Chu San represents a more innocent side of life. Even though they live in the same violence-filled walled city, He Chu San is this studious university student who exists almost a world away from the blood and violence of Xia Liu Yi's own life.

When Xiao Ma, his sidekick, asks if he should break up the celebration because it's disturbing the boss, Xia Liu Yi says, 'No need' and 'This is a good thing.' I think that's because the celebration represents the kind of pure, simple life he internally yearns for but cannot live himself, since his hands are destined to be messy. A random kid like He Chu San graduating and finding a way out of the walled city is a 'good thing' because Xia Liu Yi knows just how wretched that city can be.

As for the pole falling and Xia Liu Yi catching it, I feel like he would have saved anyone in that situation because that's simply his nature. It just happened to be He Chu San sitting there. Xia Liu Yi can be brutish and kick people around, but he knows that what he's doing won't seriously hurt them. A falling pole could seriously injure someone, so that's why he immediately jumped in.

I also think Xia Liu Yi developed a kind of friendly affinity or chemistry with He Chu San from very early on, even after only a few meetings. Not in a romantic way, but more in an 'I like ordering him around because he gives me interesting reactions' kind of way. He just isn't self-aware enough to recognize those feelings yet. He Chu San is a different story, I feel like his impression of Xia Liu Yi immediately changed from negative to positive when Xia Liu Yi saves him. We already know he finds Xia Liu Yi attractive (checking his wiggling ass out lol), so now he has a more positive impression of Xia Liu Yi's personality that contributes to the beginnings of a crush.

Not the blue botttle w the foam LMAO! I really hope they keep that in.

Just thinking about them adapting the NC scenes (Ik it will be censored, a bit touch and go) has me blushing. Like, I was To My Shore level NC stuff. Or even beyond that. Aaaa your comment has me remembering those iconic scenes. BTW, they retranslated that chapter and a bunch of others in futilescans so if you wanna read it in detail, it's a new experience ;)

The scene I would like to see is Xia Liu Yi preventing He Chu San from leaving and declaring his feelings for him. I don't want the QingLong comparison, I just need to see Xia Liu Yi desperate to keep an angry Chu San sooo bad. Like just imagining Chu San being all angry and sad and Xia Liu Yi trying to console him/dote on him is soooo cute.

One thing I've been wanting to ask that I forgot to ask you before is - do you think the era of fixed pairs in CBL is here? I remembering reading that YunYi might become a fixed CP, like apparently them and their manager announced at a concert or something that they have no plans of splitting apart anytime soon? Do you think the Sammy's CPs will also stick together to do another show after the second season? I heard the Revenged Love CP had to separate since they got extremely popular and it wasn't safe for them to be viewed publically, though I am not sure if this is true.

Also, I am staying away from the XiZhao livestreams (exercising some serious self-restraint here lol) because I want to keep my memory of He Chu San and Xia Liu Yi separate till the second season (I prefer keeping the characters separate from irl actors, if that makes sense, for the sake of maximizing my story viewing experience). But it is so DAMN HARD, especially when I see thumbnails of the concert footage. Do you have any tips on how you keep them separate cuz it will rlly help at this point (as I faintly remember you mentioning that in the comments somewhere that xizhao and chusanliyi are separate entities for you) .

Who else excited to hear Xia Liu Yi calling He Chu San A'San in s2 when it happens? For the novel readers, what scenes do you badly wish to see in s2?

24 is crazy but same tbh 😭 ChusanLiuyi out here making all of us delulu in the best way

Ah, yes please to multiple seasons! What you said makes total sense, there's so much ground to cover in the novel and it would definitely create hype

I miss ChusanLiuyi soooo much, my precious in-love babies... I really wanna see them date and cuddle and do couple-y things in s2 ❤️ Woke up missing them a lot that I reread my favourite parts of the novel.
When they release a second season, how many eps do y'all think will they give us?

I love your pfp so muchh 😭😭

Thankyouu ❤️🤩

Any one blushed at the kabedon scene at the start of ep8? It felt so intimate, like sparks flying and all

Do you think there's a chance they might announce s2 at the concert? (Yes I am delulu)

I will! Thanks for letting me know

Really? I haven't started the show, but Xu Chang Yang gives top vibes. Are they really switch/ambiguous in the show? Because as a fan of switch couples, I'll drop everything to watch this then