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No, they didn't need to squeeze everything in 1 ep. There were a ton of ways to develop things properly.

I really don't know how people who read the manhwa or the novel can think the series is faithful to it. A million things aside, they took a complete psychopath for the main character and turned him into an almost-sweetheart. This alone is a huge and fundamental change.

I think it was extremely disloyal to the source material.

Eh, extremely dissatisfying, just as I feared. They really didn't do the novel justice. Maybe the series could function independently, it's not badly made, the actors are solid and the music is great, but it's really rushed and poorly planned in comparison in every respect, including the relationship, character development, and especially the revenge.

YES. Finally, someone else thinks that. They had such a strong and complex novel, and they completely blew it. I loved E1 a lot, but then it just kept getting more and more underwhelming.

I can no longer handle LJ. Such an immature, ungrateful, self-absorbed character, I have no words for him any longer. This, plus considering the bad acting of at least 50% of the cast, is making this series physically painful to watch, so I will probably drop it. A pity, I really love some aspects of it, and BJ's actor is phenomenal.

Nope, not happy at all. It's horrendously made, and while I liked some ABO moments, for the most part, it feels like their main goal is to prove that they know what Omegaverse is. So they include all possible ABO aspects, do tons of info dumps, and meanwhile, they forgot to create a plot.

Yes, it is. How I know it? I never smoked in my life, but I got curious after this show :D The brand is Cigaronne Royal Slims.

Haha, in the book, Fan Xiao mentions that his painting of You Shulang was one of the worst works he ever did because he kept getting distracted by him :D I think he paints him properly only post-canon. But yeah, I wish we could see it, too.

Same here, he's the only reason I keep watching since I find the relationship itself and the LJ character deeply unsatisfying.

Yeah, I really thought there is a deeper and more interesting reason for it all... Maybe the series will make it a bit more interesting, though.

Yes, absolutely. Like, you know I heavily dislike Double Helix, but I think DH is a masterpiece in comparison to Knot :D It feels like they invested zero effort into it. Any average fanfic writer could come up with a better concept.

Oh, someone else said it! A lot of people liked these lecturing moments, but I find them completely inappropriate.

Honestly, I don't think it's appropriate for Phatsa to scold the brothers at this point. He's new to this house and family, he comes across as meddling and very impolite to me during these scenes.

What the hell am I watching :D Getting more and more speechless.

Haha, right? I'm still watching, but mostly because I'm fascinated by how far the plotless story can actually go.

I think Fan Xiao is actually malicious, while Big Jane isn't, imo. In fact, this is one of the biggest plot mysteries to me: I have no idea why all the other characters fear him so much. He doesn't lie or force anyone into contracts. People just make deals with him, sometimes not of the best kind, and then he expects payment for it, that's all. Sadly, it doesn't look like he's supernatural, which makes blood contracts a bit silly.

I do think it's objectively written badly. There are way too many non-sensical arcs, character decisions, and 'twists.' But I also agree that, strangely, too many people complain about toxicity with this show in particular, even though I don't think it's all that toxic compared to some other big favorites.

Yep. That's my huge problem with this series. Why would I care about them breaking up when they weren't shown developing a real loving relationship? The book isn't written well, but it showed why and how they fell in love much better.

It's not written well and has a lot of tropes people tend to dislike.