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It's interesting to me the people who scream at others "don't watch if you can't handle it!" "leave if you don't like it, because I do" and write a two-page essay with every excuse in the book for why enjoying material like this is perfectly fine and logical. For one, expressing the opinion that a synopsis and premise for a novel or show is fucked up isn't the same as watching it. I would never watch this, but pretty sure you have to click on this page and read the synopsis to find out what this is about.

Two, stop making excuses for yourself and just say you enjoy rape porn without the need to justify it. That's literally all this is, there is nothing complex about it. I have to laugh at people saying "it's fiction" like that excuses actively enjoying the act of reading or watching someone getting raped and tortured. It being a work of fiction doesn't make that any less disturbing. I honestly wonder if the synopsis were pedophilic (because sickos out there do write, depict, and romanticize that) would you still be perfectly fine to say "well, it's fiction!"? If you don't want to delve too deeply into why you enjoy content like this that's on you, but taking enjoyment out of watching someone get abused and raped, and actively encouraging and enjoying rape-to-love tropes (fiction or otherwise) is not in any way "normal". It's one thing for rape to be depicted or written as a part of a story to delve into deeper and more complex themes, slapping rape and abuse over a romance to cater to fetish is not that. Some of the comments on this page turn my stomach for real.

One of the series I'm looking forward to from the GMMTV batch for sure.

To be honest I was surprised to see they were the one pairing with two series teased when GMM has such a stacked roster of talent.

I never saw the chemistry between Book and Force but I'm hoping that it was just because the writing and plot in their last series were awful, so I'm coming into this with an open mind even if the premise is already a bit meh to me. After Enchante, I was kind of hoping they'd split Force from Book so he could try acting with someone else.

EDIT: Nevermind I just saw New's directing (facepalm). Still giving it a chance, expectations in the gutter. Maybe that's a good thing because you can only go up from here.

The casting is bizarre considering the GMM roster, but I'm up to giving it a chance.

I loved the trailer so much!

JoongDunk are how I feel about the SBFive boys, the affection is too deep for me not to love them lol. Though I really wish they'd given them a script to really sink their teeth into, I think they have so much undeveloped (so far) potential. But who knows, the trailers can sometimes be deceiving they're stitched together so quickly.

I'm hoping they'll get to play leads at some point. I wanted to fight when we didn't get to see the relationship of their characters develop in Vice Versa.

Of the series teased by GMMTV for 2023 I think this is my most anticipated, I hope it's good! I've always loved Perth's acting. And Chimon! What a lovely surprise! The two of them together might make for a new star pairing.

Same lol I got lucky I was still working from home when this was airing. It would have been torture to miss the live airing because you never knew how soon you would get an unofficial link.

It's set in the same universe, Dr. Bunn works in the hospital this is set in. From what I've heard this also sets up events in the sequel to Manner of Death called Transplant. And of course, written by the brilliant Sammon, so the writing style is the same.

I miss this so much. Probably means it's time for a re-watch, though nothing is going to compare to watching this week after week with the community and all of us gasping on the edge of our seats at the end of each episode LOL. I love that this was the dark horse series of 2022 that snatched us completely unaware and left us gagged and gooped.

I am so beyond excited for this. I'm kind of scared of how much I'm anticipating this because the letdown could be painful lol.

The nostalgia this brings up. Classic BL. I wish Kyousuke and Daisuke could have come back as a cameo to bring things full circle. I remember being so sad when I heard Kyousuke Hamao had retired.

The show flopping is exactly what needs to happen. The more people support what they produce the less reason the company has to stop producing it. They'll just keep picking up fresh, naive actors and discarding them once they become a problem and people start advocating for them. This is a pattern of behavior for them, it wasn't just last season it was the cast of season 1 too, they were just lucky Motive Village didn't have them under contract. That was actually the reason Motive Village moved forward with making sure the cast of season 2 was under contract because they thought they would be easier to control. Is it really better for these kids to be in a situation like last season's cast in which they were trapped under contract and forced to endure horrible treatment until they got lucky that the staff they were working with started speaking out? If season 2 hadn't done well there would be no reason for them to try for a third season. We're not helping the actors by giving Motive Village the means to continue exploiting and abusing young actors.

LOL but hey we've progressed much further than a chaste pressing of lips within the last year so maybe all bets are off.

The way this is still getting support after continued abuses by Motive Village toward their actors and staff. Do people really not question the fact that this is the third time the entire cast has changed? There's a reason the cast of 2 Moons 2 broke their contracts and refused to take part. It doesn't strike anyone that perhaps supporting a production from a company that has had two instances of sexual assault accusations raised and be buried (each with an immediate subsequent cast change) isn't a good idea? I'm kind of flabbergasted that people are prioritizing a shitty money grab series for a third time after so much has come out about what a horrendous company motive village is: sexual harassment and assault accusations, not paying talent, blacklisting actors and staff who speak up, fraud, coercion...like really? I was honestly shocked to see they had the gall to move forward with doing a third season but seeing the continued support now I get it.

Me too! I'm glad someone else felt the same! If they had rushed Shin and Akira into a relationship, especially a physical one, it would have felt wrong. There needed to be so much that developed both between them and that they needed to process on their own to make it not only believable, but acceptable. Both Shin and Akira grew a lot throughout the series and it was a really necessary foundation for them imo hah.

Such a great little series. They tackled the difficult challenge of an age gap with a minor so well. I was hesitant to watch it initially because of this, but this is probably the best series I've seen with this trope. It was important to me that they respected the boundary of Shin's age and they did an excellent job. I really loved and appreciated all the topics they covered, the idea of age and love being one that is not only sensitive but up for debate with very different facets. I loved Shin and his persistence but I also loved Akira and his selflessness. I related to Akira and his feeling of drifting without purpose at his age so much. I also loved how his character was allowed to unravel all the emotions he had been carrying and able to not only come to terms with what he was feeling for Shin but also to get closure and make peace with his past feelings for Sakuma. Who, can we talk about what an excellently hilarious character Sakuma was? I loved all his little quirks and the scene where he and Akira finally talk about what happened was so great. All around really well done. This is definitely a slow burn and the focus is more on the human aspects of the characters. More than just a love story it's like a coming of age meets finding yourself type of story. If you're looking for a more rompy love story this probably isn't going to be for you.

While the writing wasn't stellar what this show did well was in showing various couples at different stages in their relationship, with different issues, and how they navigate them together. I think in that sense it stood apart from what we usually get when it comes to side-relationships. All four of the couples were surprisingly fully realized, and I actually did appreciate the time skip showing them further matured into being together for longer periods of time. They also, for the most part, behaved like actual couples but the best in that area were Park/Lee and Bomb/Bear when it came to chemistry. Park and Lee were 100% the standout, and I think this has been one of the few times in a BL that a wedding actually made sense and I wasn't cringing through it knowing the couple in question needed some serious relationship counseling lol.

Overall it was enjoyable if you don't take it too seriously, I only felt like it started to drag towards the end. The worst part of this was the contrived drama between KimMek at the end, it made no sense whatsoever and I think there could have been a better way to still incorporate a time skip between them that included more realistic communication. I mean am I wrong in thinking Mek practically proposing to Kim on his birthday and then immediately backtracking after he spent all that time leading up to it was a "wtf" moment? How did he not think Kim was going to take that as they were moving towards a relationship? Probably one of the most jarring and bizarre plot choices I've seen in a while. I also felt like they took a bit too long with the MaiTim issue...that wasn't really an issue? It started to get to the point where they were just repeating themselves so I think the writing let them down. I would be curious to see some of the cast in more challenging roles, or in lead roles, as there were several who I think might have great potential.