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During the whole bike riding scene it felt like Keam liked Bomb to me. Like the whole scene felt like a guy and his crush.

It's the opposite, the quality of BLs have increased. Esp since last year, many of them even break the BL barrier by being an actual coming of age gay drama/movie (for e.g I Told Sunset About You and Like in the Movies), rather than just fujoshi fanservice.

Looking back, some of the classic BLs feels so cringe and full of problematic tropes. Like LBC, WTD, 2Moons etc. Also how tf did I even get through the HIStory1 shows @_@ I tried rewatching Stay Away From Me and I almost slept.

The exact opposite for me. I like nothing about FUTS outside of Suttaya so far. Unlikeable, loudmouth characters (Dueun and his friends) and humourless comedy.

I like this one so far because it's not chaotic, it's not over the top, they're not overdoing anything and it's just a harmless cliched story.

From what I've seen:
1. He has a gf
2. He's into Bbomb
3. He's into Jin
4. He's gonna be likely into Ball

MAN'S A PLAYA

Same. I just skip their parts, nothing lost.

Episode 2 was entertaining. Again, it's more level headed than other similar BLs. Which is a big plus for me. It doesn't overdo anything. It's just minimal, which makes it a fun watch.

Jin is so daft though, like anyone can see Bomb likes him lmao he's denser than the Amazon rainforest. Jack is my fave character so far, he is more clownish than the other characters but is perceptive as well. And the best part is for a clown character, he's not loud at all!

IDK what's up with Keam though lmao one moment it seems like he likes Bomb, while in another moment he has a gf. Has anyone read the book? Who're the couples in the show?

On a sidenote, I played football throughout high school and college. How tf are these characters rotating position lmao Jin went from a defender to a MF to a striker, whereas Bomb went from a striker to GF striker mid-match??? lmao wut.

It's nothing like those dramas. It's more like Love ft M&D.

Park Seo Joon. That's why. People rate his shows and movies high even if they're bad.

0 out of 10 in terms of scare factor. It's more about the drama and emotions.

I think the show translation incorrectly uses the word "Psychic". The Korean term they use is "영혼의" which does not mean Psychic but rather translates to "Medium". It kinda bothers me as someone who knows Korean to see an err like that lol

On topic, Jang Nara is the MVP. I think she suits this role more than any other role she has ever done before. The dark make-up and the full black attire she wears is a big thumbs up.

One thing I wish though is that they did is put a bit more focus on the shamanism and mystical aspects of this. Korean/Asian Shamanism is a fantastically fascinating thing and it disappoints me when they don't explore it much. I'd love to see the topic being a central focus of a drama in the future and not just be used as a plot device.

Almost every Chinese drama that goes over 20 episodes are like that. Like sure many of them are interesting enough, but they no business being that long whatsoever when they can do the same show and make it even better at a shorter length. Sadly, there seems to be a mandate from network or something IIRC to make long shows like these.

They change minor things though. Adding romance to this webtoon would be a major change and I've never seen a webtoon adaptations make such a major change before.

Alice was an original show, this is based on a webtoon. The plot here is already established.

Because the writers meant for it to be that way. The writing focused on getting revenge on the criminals from the very beginning, making us root for the Taxi company despite them not being lawful. The show is basically showing us how futile system is often and without breaking the law there's no way to get justice. So it's making us root for them, but she's the main thorn at their side. She's trying to prevent people from getting justice, letting criminals go free. Ergo, she's written in a way so that people dislikes her character. It's what the writers intended.

The more I watch this, the more it reminds me of the anime -> Jigouku Shoujo but without the supernatural elements. The moral complexities the show puts forwards are far more nuanced than the anime though.

LOL Exactly. Most of the actor images they choose are such unflattering. Who even chooses these, I'd like to have a "talk" with them.

Throughout that press release part, I was shouting "It's none of your business, gtfo" at the screen.

Kim Young Dae's having an amazing year. Penthouse series and main roles in 3 other series. It's his year, prolly the biggest breakout star of the year fr

He has already been in 2 historical movies before.

Very true. Arranged marriage premise is very interesting, I'm looking forward to this.