Typical BL

This was an interesting journey. It had it ups and certainly had its down. But I would still rate it highly enough. And I would certainly watch it again because I found it to be fun and made my fujoshi heart just scream.

I’ll start with the negatives first as I found them to be minor and I just want to get them over and done with because moving onto the good. Ok I’m sure everyone reading this already know but the rape turned into love is such a big trope in this genre I wasn’t surprised by it at all. At the end of the day I can turn my brain off and go that was fiction and say how nice it worked out for them... now the rational side of me would be going what is wrong with you but I’ve read enough Yaoi to see this trope used again and again that I just can turn my brain off. Now if it really really bothered me I would have just stopped watching but I chose not to stop so I had to tell myself to get over it. And I did! If I felt uncomfortable at any stage I would just fast forward those scenes but I found that didn’t happen too often. There were other minor things but I can’t remember them now so it couldn’t of been that bad.

On with the good. The chemistry between the leads was perfect. From the confident Li Cheng to the tsudere Muren it was perfect. The kind Xing Si and the one dimensional on the surface but so many layers underneath Yungjie I was very happy with this cast. Now was the acting always on point.. no but.I can live with that. I certainly wouldn’t be able to do it.

The story line was typical and very tropey which I like so it was a win for me. Step siblings that stalk is certainly not new for me and I’ve seen worse in manga so this was tamed and the Li Chene and Muren story line was perfect. I love best friend turning into lovers stories. (Maybe because I had a crush on my best friend for years.) I’m glad it work led out for them. They were all just so protective of each other.

Final thoughts. I’m so glad it had a happy ending. I don’t think my heart could take another death. It would be been torture.

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