The opening title and synopsys sold this as a sweet, romantinc BL drama. It is NOT!
I gave this a 7.5 because it is a well done series, the actors, direction and cinematography is great. It would work as a cautionary tale, if the ending would be different.
This series is basically Gu Hai sexually assaulting Louyin every chance he gets. He is a sick guy, even if he comes across as sweet and caring sometimes. He is obsessive, aggressive with everyone, overreacts, and hates Louyin's friends and he's rude to them on purpose (which is a red flag in itself).
He gets what he wants in the end, but I am not sure it's a happy ending and not sure this needs a second season (unless it's a very dark one, but I am sure the fans don't need that).
To me, this looked like the type of relationship that gets you killed if you want out. By the 10th episode, it got hard to watch. We really need to stop romanticizing abuse.

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I had no expectations for this two part movie, but was pleasantly surprised. It is nothing earth-shattering, but a very sweet and rare gem among BL dramas: normal. What I love most about it, is how naturally the feelings progress, and no one is actually phased by their relationship. A bit unrealistic, but so nice to see.
I always ask myself, would this story work with a boy-girl couple? With this one, it probably would. The conflict does not come from the fact that they are the same gender. They just happen to be. No big deal.
It also helps that it is beautifully filmed and the two leads did a very good job. I was actually so captivated that I rewatched it immediately. We need more gems like this in this world.

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There must be something wrong with me, because everyone says it's a good show. To me it was childish and extremely boring. I love Hong Ki so I really wanted to finish it, but it took me four months to watch eleven episodes and I was miserable during every single one of them, but it got harder and harder to watch. The lead woman is annoying, most of the acting is so-so (Hong Ki is very good and cute, but not enough to make up for everything else), the humor is not funny to me at all, the romance is not romantic and there is no chemistry. Maybe my review is irrelevant, since I'm kind of alone with my opinion :/

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