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I'm mad at myself for watching 9 episodes

Tharn puts up with so much crap from Type and for what? Type is an asshole. He never stops being an asshole. He's a homophobe who ends up in a gay relationship with his gay roommate and still hates gays. I stopped watching in the middle of Episode 9 because I lost hope this show could redeem itself. Type hasn't learned anything at this point. He hasn't become a better boyfriend or, for that matter, a better human. Why do people put up with his shitty behavior? I mean, maybe, in the next episodes, he suddenly has an AH-HA moment where he realizes he's selfish, toxic, mean jerkface, but I doubt it. At this point, I don't care. I can't with these people.

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Rain or Shine, Your Heart is Mine

Segasaki is a handsome weatherman who lives with his boyfriend (not that his boyfriend understands that he is, in fact, a boyfriend), Yoh, a struggling manga artist. These two men are crazy about each other, but they are the worst at communication.

For one, Yoh is a Gloomy Gus, who doesn't understand why Segasaki even likes him other than for housewifery and sex. And for two, Segasaki adores Yoh, but he doesn't ever tell him that. He shows him through actions, but Yoh is kinda thick-headed with low self-esteem.

I've seen some reviews that say they're in a BDSM relationship and they are not. There is no bondage. No sadism. No masochism. There's not a Dom/Sub sexual relationship. Segasaki is a dominant partner and Yoh is submissive (quite willing, and in fact, likes it).

Segasaki will say things to Yoh that Yoh will interpret one way, when Segasaki means it another way. Segasaki is charming and good-looking, but he masks with others. When the blurb calls him a "tyrant" at home, it makes me laugh. You think that's tyrannical behavior? Ahahahaha. No. Yes, Segasaki is possessive (he has tracker on Yoh's phone) and jealous, and I think those emotions are rooted in his insecurity about what Yoh feels about him.

I'll give you an example of how bad they are are at communication. They only have sex on sunny days. Yoh does not understand why, but accepts it. He accepts things, but bitches about it (in his head). The thing is, he's complaining about his life with Segasaki, but he likes it. And he gets sulky if Segasaki doesn't pay attention to him.

Okay. So why only sex on sunny days? The last time they had sex on a rainy day, Yoh made an offhand comment about not being able to wash the sheets because he couldn't dry them (the clothes are air-dried on the roof). Segasaki immediately says, "From now on, we'll only have sex on sunny days."

Segasaki thinks he's solved a problem, but he doesn't explain it to Yoh (not until much later). Yoh's like, okay, I guess we're only having sex on sunny days because Segasaki says so. But Segasaki doesn't want Yoh to worry about the laundry, so he makes a unilateral decision to make Yoh's life easier.

These two met in college. Segasaki hung out with people he didn't even like, and Yoh noticed him first. And kept drawing him because his face was so beautiful. Segasaki's friend group notices the "weird kid," which makes Segasaki notice him. He's nice to Yoh. He likes him. He doesn't like his friends (they're asshole-y).

In a flashback scene in their college days, Segasaki is with his friend group in some outdoor area and he's not feeling great, but no one notices. No one but Yoh who rushes into the friend group, grabs Segasaki's hand and runs.

Yoh ends up taking Segasaki home and caring for him while he's sick. He even cooks for him, making a really terrible pork curry. But his effort is so earnest that Segasaki officially falls for him. The curry is a motif throughout the series. Segasaki always asks for curry, and though it seems like he's complaining (oh, I wanted pork), it's really him wanting to taste that first curry that Yoh made. It was the best-worst curry he's ever had.

It's Segasaki who proposes to Yoh that Yoh come live with him after college. He can work or not, Segasaki wants to support him. Segasaki is asking him to be his partner, but Yoh thinks he's asking for him to exchange benefits. Segasaki doesn't make this clear because he probably thinks he is being clear. These two are adorably obtuse.

I loved this series. I've rewatched at least twice. I'll probably rewatch it again because it makes me so happy.

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You know what? I liked it.

So, it's like this. Ming starts a relationship with the stand-in (and stunt person) of his crush, a major superstar named Tong. The stand-in, Joe, doesn't know this until later, and of course, it breaks his heart. Joe is so into Ming, and Ming likes him, but he's cold about it. I think it's because Ming doesn't understand his own feelings yet 'cause he's clinging to his feelings about Tong (who is his sister's boyfriend).

At one point, Tong asks Ming to prevent Joe from coming to a press conference because Joe is getting ready to be elevated from stand-in to male lead in a major movie. The movie from which Tong had been fired because he's an arrogant douchebag. This is a sticking point for other viewers (at least from reviews I read) because Ming kidnaps Joe and prevents him from attending the press conference. But he doesn't do it for Tong. Ming is super jealous of Joe's friend, an idol named Sol. When Ming finds out Sol will be in the movie, that's when he agrees to keep Joe from the press conference.

He knocks out Joe, kidnaps him, and chains him up. Again, he is not helping Tong (later he confesses to Joe why he kidnapped him, but it's easy to figure out without him admitting it). Ming is dominant, possessive, and jealous. He changes somewhat later on, but he is still dominant. He is not a kind person EXCEPT to Joe. For Joe, he does all sorts of things that he wouldn't do for any other human being. (Like buy couples' mugs because Joe is so excited about all the couple things.)

Ming tells Joe that he will invest in any movie he wants and elevate him to stardom (because Ming is rich as hell). Joe, of course, has principles and wants to earn his rise into stardom. (As an aside, I don't understand why you can't be principled and let your boyfriend spend his money to give you your dreams, but okay, make it difficult, I guess.)

Is Ming selfish? Yes. Does he do the wrong thing because he's never really been in love and he's letting fear drive his actions? Also, yes. He can have anything he wants, so why wouldn't he think he can have Joe? Is he thinking about Joe's feelings? Sorta. He does things because it pleases Joe and he likes making Joe happy, but he also doesn't consider how his actions (his often blunt comments) hurt Joe.

Joe has already broken up with Ming because he knows he was a stand-in, and now with the kidnapping and the ban from the industry because he missed the press conference and put everyone in a bind, he decides to take a shady job with an unlicensed movie company.

Ming, meanwhile, refuses to break up with Joe and continues on as though they will be together. Joe goes off to the shady production and is yeeted off a cliff and dies.

He wakes up two years later in the body of a man named Joe (who is also gay and was a model, so he has connections to the entertainment industry). Long story short, he ends up in the same company he worked for before, doing stunt work, and eventually is tapped to be Tong's stand-in. Believe me, he's like WTF am I doing? This is life number one all over again, and of course, he runs into Ming.

Joe is very determined to stay away from Ming even though he still loves him. He won't admit it, but he does. Ming seems to recognize him right away even though he can't pinpoint why he likes new Joe. Ming has also entered the entertainment industry (later, we find out it's because he was hoping if his image was out there Joe would see it and come home ... awwww!). He is drawn to new Joe and keeps arranging opportunities to meet him. Eventually, to save new Joe's mother from health problems and debt, he agrees to a paramour contract with Ming.

Joe thinks that Ming just wants him as a toy. He's jaded about Ming because he still believes he was a stand-in. But here's the twist: The whole reason that Ming fell in love with Tong was a scene in his blockbuster movie where he fought off enemies. All you see is Tong's back as he fights and THAT's what got Ming's attention. Turns out (you knew this was coming, right? I did, too) the back he saw in the movie belonged to Joe. Because Joe did that scene uncredited and Tong (because he's a douchebag) told everyone he did his own stunts.

Yes, that's right. Ming was crushing on Joe the whole time and didn't know it because he assumed Tong was the actor in the scene. The reason he looked at Joe's back and thought, yeah, I want that, is because it was the actual back of the actual person he actually liked. (That makes Tong the stand-in for Joe.) When he finds out the truth, he is crushed and there's an amazing scene where he just emotionally melts down and hugs new Joe (during a movie shoot) and apologizes over and over.

During the two years that old Joe had disappeared, Ming suffered. He came to the realization that he loved Joe too late so he preserved everything they had together. The shitty house, the broken couple mugs, the idea of cooking dinner and leaving the lights on so Joe could come home to someone, and even taking a job in the same industry.

Ming deserved to suffer. If he didn't suffer, we couldn't forgive him for being such an asshole before. (On a personal note, most people who say something or someone is "dark" is almost always "light gray" to me. I have a high threshold for dark, I guess. And I think Ming was just a flawed human who did try to better himself to be more worthy of Joe.)

Other viewers have mentioned that the ending is almost too sweet and it is. And I want that. We have suffered, people. We want fluffy cotton candy endings for everyone. Everyone gets someone to love and I am not mad about that. I don't like that Tong gets redemption in the end because I think he's trash. I think he should be thrown in the garbage and the garbage should be set on fire. But he gets forgiven. Blech.

I liked it. I'll probably watch it again.

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