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I have to agree. Sadly I find Yoon stiff and emotionless at times. It’s one of the reasons I struggled to get through Unforgotten Night.

I’m pretty sure the opening scene is an scene still to come. Because this first episode feels more like reconnecting with each other, while the opening scene, feels like where the interns have been at the company for a while.

I know it’s been a couple of weeks, but I still would like to answer. Sadly a lot of actors use bl series as their stepping stone into the entertainment industry, acting world. Thats why some audition for these roles but then afterwards distance themselves from it.

Only one at fault is Johnny and he is the one they should be blamed! He should’ve kept his hands on himself, not take advantage of a drunken Akin. Thats honestly the only thing I’m really focusing on!

I agree. I’m starting to think that it might be just the average age of mdl users. It’s very easy to blame the victim (we see that in daily life happening all to often) or their partner. You should have seen the reactions during the airing of secret relationship, the amount of people rooting for the guy who was abusive and had anger issues was absurd. Not to mention how people reacted during the airing of When it rains it poors, where there were like, well he didn’t fight back, so it couldn’t be rape, even though it was clear that it was non-consensual.

People also tend to forget that these characters are human and make mistakes, they have their insecurities and imperfections.

For me it seems clear Jin wasn’t in the headspace to talk about things, he was clearly agitated and angry at Johnny. And Akin was still very confused and not ready to talk about it, which is so understandable.

Maybe it’s just me but I thought it was a good thing that they separated for the time being. Better to separate and work trough the emotions (in Jin his case cool off) and (self)reflect, then have a very heated discussion at that moment, where things are being said that they are going to regret later on or that could only break things more. Let them come back together and get their heads and heart straight on what happened.

Maybe it’s because (according to others) Peanut/ Johnny looks hot, don’t know what that has to do with it, he still couldn’t keep his hands to himself. Or the fact that the readers of the novel have said it wasn’t actually rape, that doesn’t make it better. The hickeys and bruises were still placed, while Akin was unconscious, which makes it non consensual and sexual assault. We as a viewer should know better, we saw Akin lying there on the bed, being unconscious and somebody talking advantage of that. That should be the vocal point, not what Jin or Akin did or didn’t do.

Agreed. This is a typical miscommunication and misunderstanding, they’ll work it out in the next episode. What point is it to have these heated discussions about Which person, should do what? It’s not like the directors are going to pull the episode, change it and air it again. It’s done. Only one to blame was Johnny, that low life can’t keeps his hands to himself!

I think after that confrontation with Johnny where Jin is already very angry and aggitated he isn’t thinking straight or willing to listen to Akin. I think if they both take some space, in Jin his case cool of, they’ll probably reflect and talk things out.

But that’s the thing, Jin doesn’t know what happened. Because Akin isn’t talking about it, which is for the viewers is understandable, because we know what happened. But Jin he didn’t see what we as viewers saw. He hears another man on the phone saying things like oh we are making/having fun, Akin then doesn’t answer his phohe anymore. And the next day, Jin sees hickeys on Akin’s neck. Should he have been more patient with Kin, absolutely. Should he have let Akin explain it, also yes. Shouldn’t Jin have jumped to the most extreme and wrong conclusion, absolutely. But to him it does look like Akin had sex with Johnny, it’s also because he isn’t told anything else.

But you can’t forget that Jin is human and has his own insecurities, makes mistakes and sadly he tends to be jealous and possessive but Akin can also be that. Jin is already agitated by Johnny, so he’ll probably also wouldn’t be in the headspace to talk it out or to listen.

We saw the preview of next week, it seems like they’ll get together and hopefully talk it out next week. They’ll be okay.

I get what you mean, but in when it rains it poors there was also a not clear scene if it was SA or r*pe. In the novel it was the last one, in the series it wasn’t clear for the viewer unless you read the book. The condom wrapper doesnt have to mean that Johnny went all the way, it could be that he wanted to but something stopped him. Could be that he put it there for shock value, etc. From what we saw it was SA, the bruises and the hickeys were all non consensual placed. But if it was r*pe, I don’t know.

Very harshly said but I rather have this and have it be as realistic as possible, with all the ugly consequences. Then those kdrama and cdrama where they somehow make the r*pist fall in love with the victim (or viceversa) and act like it’s all normal, peachy and fine. I feel like that is the way to romanticize it.

In this series I find it more mature and makes people want to talk about it. Even if it’s to say how uncomfortable it makes them. It should evoke emotions like anger, frustration, hopelessness, sadness, etc. It’s not a fun topic but by showing it how it is, that to me is how you make it not be normal

It’s the same way with abuse even though, sadly by just reading the comments under the series Secret Relationship, that is still very much romanticized and glorified.

Abuse, in any form or shape should never be normal or okay. What Johnny did to Akin is wrong, just so wrong and for him to think he can just take advantage of Akin is horrible.

It’s the scene just before the end credits role in. The manager gets a call from somebody, who he is asking to make a song for the series he’s working on. But with how things are said, it seems like there is a back story.

You understand the character that is Akin, I hated to see him lose scenes in the previous episode. And I feel like Jin doesn’t want any of the awards, he just wants to be as good as Akin so he can stand next to Kin proudly, yet still humble.

No it’s not just you, only thing I hated about the honey scene, was in the beginning during Jin and Akin kissing one camera was so shaky, it made it hard to watch.

Gmmtv never gives side couples (sorry to say but AouBoom never had a main lead role) a mascot or logo. On the website of Gmmtv AouBoom still stand as a unofficial couple. Maybe that will change after Only Friends, because that will be their first main lead role. PerthSanta are a official couple because they had their main lead role, also even though AouBoom has a lot of fans international, from what I heard in Thailand they don’t seem as popular as they are with international fans. MarcPoon are also still a unofficial couple, they also don’t have a logo or mascot, so far they have no main lead roles. It’s just how Gmmtv works.

I kept watching because Yotha and Gun still appeared and had scenes together, but to me (don’t come at me) I felt FaifaWine were boring after the high Yotha and Gun gave. I couldn’t connect with them, Mark seemed to have more emotions in his acting and was less stiff when he was with Mek in Sky in your heart. I also didn’t see the chemistry between JuniorMark on or off screen, like other people have raved about.

This one is a hard one to get through, the main couple has absolutely no chemistry. I keep hoping that Nom gets into a relationship with Korn but seeing as that is a support character, I don’t see that happening. But at least those two have chemistry or at least thats how I feel. What can I say about Phra? I find his jealousy and possessiveness off putting. Nom looked good with those contact lenses, was it really needed to go back to the glasses? So far I’m not impressed, I still have 4 more episodes, let’s hope it gets better.

Ssen 5 episodes.

Oh you are right, I’m sorry. Just ignore my comment 😅

Which original, because the first trailer of Revamp was from Wasi Sabi, with Boss. Who was supposed to play the role Santa later took over. Second trailer was of Gmmtv. I do agree with your opinion of Barcode.

Tell me about it, I used to say that Taiwanese series couldn’t go wrong, because the quality was just so good. I’m eating my own words at this point, lately South Korea has been putting out good bl series, with the most recent, secret relationship. Which for me made the bar for good quality BL’s only higher. Unknown has become my comfort series, I just love that slow burn that extends for years, the timejump and the consequences of being away for 4 years was done very well. The agony both characters felt came across on screen, it was just such a good series. The last few Taiwanese feel more like bad comedy series instead of the mature, serious drama’s, they put out in the past and what they are known for. It feels like they are becoming like Thailand, when it comes to BL’s, just putting out as much series with a flimsy plot, actors who can do better, its sad really. But I’m still hoping it’s just temporary!

Only good one after unknown was See you love, but even that one didn’t give me the same feelings as Unknown does. Hoping Taiwanese will put out some good series again for 2025, so far it’s been kind of lacking.