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I see! yeah I don’t mind slow burn as long as it’s not gratuitous slow burn that’s just there for no reason. I started it and it’s already filling in holes that were not obvious in the show. thank you for your answer!

That’s a very cool reading! I like that.

this above is a question about something that happened toward the ending. Thanks for any answers.

question: what was that letter that Wei Zi Ming gives Yin Zhou in his last moments? I’m guessing it’s like a love letter or something. unless it’s like a Wuxia symbol that I’m missing? I guess I’m just feeling annoyed that be never reads it before his final decision, but I wanted to see if there was an alt reading to it being a love/gratitude/loyalty type letter.

I totally agree! I ended it feeling like I just wanted to rewatch The Untamed. Of course the actual on-screen intimacy was nice, but TU super tugged on the heartstrings.

It was still fun to watch this, but I do think the story fell flat toward the end, and I did think it was moving toward that second season. If he had gone to look for him in Japan in a season two, where maybe the beginning was focused on his sister and her developing relationship, that would have been awesome. I guess it’s still possible to do that and have the very last scene in the snow flurries make sense as like a one year later we just don’t know it yet. Actually that would work way better, since I thought their “reunion” was underwhelming.

I feel like this show is going to break my heart… don’t tell me if I’m right. Or wrong (I really hope I’m wrong).

Thanks. If anyone has read the novel and would want to comment? Thanks.

Is the romance obvious in the novel? Is it a slow burn? I’m only on episode 5 (or 10 with the split version), and I can see hints. Obviously I know it’s censored, but the subtle hints start early, at least. Anyway… just wanted to know. Thanks!

Right. I understand that’s what happened. but it doesn’t flow with what the subs indicated, which was that he, as the current wolf, was going to leave the arena (leaving means death) so that perhaps if the wolf is dead the lambs survive.

But then he doesn’t do that. he tries to look for them to pass on the wolf. that’s the part I don’t get. why didn’t he leave/sacrifice himself like he originally said he would? Again, this assumes my subs are right.

Thanks for responding!

Oh! thanks. :)

there is always that

oh no. that doesn’t bode well. GSYFD has audio problems too. I don’t know if it was throughout, but I only noticed them in the second half.

I think many people with money and influence (or who know people with money and influence) believe this no matter what country they’re from, unfortunately. But I would hope that if I ever went to Thailand and struck up a conversation with a normal person and asked, “so hey do cops just run around shooting into the air?” they would say “hahaha no, that’s just TV!”

It’s called Dare You to Death. Basically it’s two opposite detectives trying to figure out what’s going on with a bunch of deaths that seem to be revolving around a truth or dare game. I’m not that far into the first episode. I got distracted.

I mean… coercion is illegal but done anyways in a lot of countries. But the way he was doing it (out in the open where anyone could be watching and recording) made it seem like it was totally fine and accepted.

For sure giving it a bit of a pass for the drama. I just started another show today and in like the first intro to one of the MLs, he’s pointing a gun at a teenager and shooting into the air and telling him he’s going to shoot him in the head if he doesn’t tell him where the drugs are from, and I’m like “well… okay…I guess you don’t have to fill out reports for why you shot your weapon, not to mention the possible issues of confession under coercion…” lol

200% yes with the police procedure. That was so frustrating. The section you mentioned when King goes into the fridge alone… I was like NO WTF are you doing? That was far from the only time. And the medical realism.

At the end sequence of the episode, Arisu says (according to my subs) that he’s going to forfeit, leaving the “lambs” in the arena alone and presumably alive. Then he proceeds to go and try to find them instead of leaving. Why does he do this? It goes against what he says and ensures they’re going to die. I also don’t get why they hid from him before he even started looking for them. I can only imagine that there were problems with the subs or he was trying to pass on the “wolf” status to another friend, but that doesn’t make sense because it ensures the death of the other one.

If someone can please explain. Thanks!

I have a question about episode 3, I’ll post it as a spoiler comment.

are there any other shows like this, where it’s actually Chinese actors filming somewhere else to avoid censorship issues?

ah! thanks so much for your comment and explanation. I’m glad there is a growth and that you felt that difference by episode 5. I saw some random clips to try and see if I wanted to continue, and I see what you mean about both of them having to grow into better people.

Thanks also for the book warning. I don’t have a problem with morally ambiguous, red/black-flag characters necessarily (I’m reading 2HA, for instance, and I really feel for MR sometimes even though he’s freaking horrible to CW all the time right now) as long as things change and they’re not the same at the end as they are in the beginning.

I appreciate this all the same. Thanks again for taking the time and for the heads up about the show and the book. I started something else right now, so I’ll think about whether or not I’ll continue this as I finish that.

yes!!! thank you. I had to stop watching it right there. did you continue? does it get … better?