Nuh uh. This mine as well be another My Strawberry Film. A person’s true self shouldn’t ever have to be hidden. I did really love how this was about two gay friends who find love for themselves by loving each other, and it didn’t have to be romantic. Kirino and Mishima built a friendship and bond based on who they were and what they shared. And it was wonderful to watch a show that portrayed that shared friendship, but dayum. I can’t help but feel Kirino was done dirty.
I was wavering on giving this a 9.5 or 10 out of 10, but ultimately decided to go 10/10. The only reason justifiable for that half a point deduction was just because the story confused me at times and made me question if I was smart enough to get it, but ultimately in the end, even with questions unanswered only because my intelligence couldn’t figure them out, I just love this. All I wanted from the last episode was a feel-good finish to a hard-fought journey. And it completely delivered. It was that and so much more. My heart is happy and sated. I was worried after watching “Love in the Big City” that South Korea would once again leave me hanging, but that fear was non-founded and the only reason I couldn’t stop thinking that was because I watched both shows around the same time. Props to South Korean bl’s, they can really do it all.
Here’s the thing I like about the ending. Yes, it’s an open ending and left to interpret as you will. But…
You’re so right, we’ll never know. The story synopsis says it’s about “personal growth”. But how it ends also leaves much to the imagination. I, for one, just want to believe not all relationships have a finite ending. There can be relationships that you believe will be over and done with where one day you will only become strangers, but there’s also always possibilities in life. Maybe a person you thought you’ve forever let go of can be found again and held on to forever. Endings can be final, but they can also be new beginnings.
For a melodrama it was definitely heavy on the melo and heavy on the drama. If I were to compare it to a syrup, it’s like a maple syrup. Sweet, but not quite enough, but still better than nothing at all.
I liked this. It’s not quite as sad as I thought it would be. If anyone would be so kind, I would love to know…
Here’s the thing I like about the ending. Yes, it’s an open ending and left to interpret as you will. But there’s a little nugget left in the story that makes me be optimistic. Yeong is told Gyu Ho is coming back to Korea and we never get to see how that plays out. I choose to believe they once again see one another and decide their relationship together is worth so much more than the pain and loss they feel when they are apart. They put each other first. I’ll choose to believe that, but I’ll encourage you to do you and choose your own adventure. That’s the thing about open endings (which I normally despise but am okay with this one because I’ve already made my decision on how it should end).
I’m starting to think I’m perhaps not smart enough for this show. But my confusion for the story is as great as my love for these characters. I don’t know what’s going on half the time, but I’ve fallen for Dohoe and Juyeong, they currently own my entire heart and confused mind.
What a gut punch of emotions. I feel that I am going to love this. And then it will break me. But hopefully fix me in the end. And the only thing left broken will be the curse of taekwondo. Let them be free!
This show is just strangely addicting. It can totally be seen as just yet another Thai BL in the college/uni setting. Which sounds typical, but it's somehow not just “that”. The chemistry is fire and the kisses should be considered far above par. There isn’t any singular thing that I can put my finger on as to why I believe this to be a good or worth-the-watch show, but it just is.
Nothing but a bummer. I can’t figure out what the ultimate take-away message of this whole thing was supposed to be. I want to scream and cuss out the whole system, but it wouldn’t matter, cuz nobody’s listening. The story was fruitless. I’ve left feeling useless.
If they want me to demand a season 2 and the ultimate vindication that should be given, then I will gladly shake my fist in the air and yell at the top of my lungs for what is fair and right! But if this is another Jdrama doling out life lessons that are unjust and telling me to instead just suck it up, well shit. I was hoping for more.
I’m left feeling unfulfilled. This is a great show and I will forever recommend it, but the ending could’ve been better. I’m so done with ambiguous / make-you-figure-it-out type of endings. Is it too much to ask for how a story should end? I beg of show writers to stop leaving it to our imaginations. Just give an ending to your story, that’s why I’m watching it. I just want a narrative that concludes with a meaning to my feelings, instead of a question mark with a “you decide” ending. That’s so 2000 and late. Just tell your story and finish your story, don’t make me do it.
I haven't read the novel or anything but let me see if I understood this correctly.. please correct me if I am…
Hi and hello! If I may, I’ve got a couple thoughts for you. The timeline is so screwed up, and I almost think that maybe it’s done intentionally? It’s possibly meant to keep us on our toes? We sort of know there is this mysterious past, but their past feels in about complete opposition to whatever it is that is happening in the present. It’s like the art of misdirection, but regardless of that, there is still a magnetic pull between the characters that we see draws them together. Their whole relationship seems both misdirected and miscommunicated, but they’ve got an appreciation for one another that possibly neither wants to extend into a romantic relationship because it would effect the bedrock of their foundation. Or that’s just the blind-sided romantic in me talking.
I did really love how this was about two gay friends who find love for themselves by loving each other, and it didn’t have to be romantic. Kirino and Mishima built a friendship and bond based on who they were and what they shared. And it was wonderful to watch a show that portrayed that shared friendship, but dayum. I can’t help but feel Kirino was done dirty.
despise but am okay with this one because I’ve already made my decision on how it should end).
I want to scream and cuss out the whole system, but it wouldn’t matter, cuz nobody’s listening. The story was fruitless. I’ve left feeling useless.
I just want a narrative that concludes with a meaning to my feelings, instead of a question mark with a “you decide” ending. That’s so 2000 and late.
Just tell your story and finish your story, don’t make me do it.