VixenByNight72

We didn't get to see Sei running to Kazuaki, but I am so glad that they admitted their true feelings for one another AND those feelings were reciprocated by both. The relief I felt in watching the smirk on Sei's face as Kazuaki smiled at him.

Sei was right: Fuji was an idiot. They could have been happy, in love AND shared a possible future together, if Fuji hadn't let his misplaced/unfounded guilt over his role in Sei's parents death, turn him into a manipulative/abusive control freak.

Bravo to Ito Asahi, Muto Jun, Akita Shiori, Matsumoto Hiroki, the supporting cast, screenwriter Hiraki Mari, and co-directors Tomita Miki and Takahashi Natsuki.

This series will be on my must rewatch list for years to come.

"Is there a budgetary crisis or a writer's strike in Taiwan that I don't know about?"

I don't know. Maybe I am misunderstanding, but with Taiwanese BL series, aren't most of them from original scripts and not adaptions from web-based BL novels?

You clearly touched a nerve in this response. Bravo!!

I am glad that there isn't much of a "plot". That way, we won't have any book readers attempting to post spoilers. I am going to enjoy not having any clue as to what comes next in the remaining episodes. 😀 😉 😜

This is Taiwan. The country that has produced the following BLs that feature lead pairings solely focused on the young student/older teacher dynamic:

History2: Right or Wrong,
Kiseki Dear To Me

This BL is set in Taiwan and not Germany.

Definitely try and watch this series.

Yes. That's the name of the series. I watched two episodes and realized it was not for me.

"But I will say that I will ALWAYS be irritated when a BL shoehorns in a pathetic/entitled woman who's been pining over one of the leads for years and just can't take a hint."

It's just so tiresome, yet it does make me wonder if certain young girls/young ladies really don't see or don't want to see the signs or get the hints regarding a young boy/young man not returning their affection for a reason. They are not physically, sexually, and most importantly romantically drawn towards them.

Lu Xi told Yue that he had an "outsider's point of view", but she never, ever questioned why Yu Xing never attempted to ask her to become more than friends in the 8 years of their friendship?

As for just how young Li Hui is behaving, I am thinking that's how the screenwriter feels a certain segment of the viewing audience could see themselves reflected in the character. It is what it is.

I am throughly invested in Lu Xi's growing romance with the young widower. It's progressing nicely.

I love that this little fishing village has a gay bar.

I really enjoyed this KBL. I liked how Jisu's ex, Heejun realized that he had to accept that he couldn't hold onto Jisu anymore, due to his actions. He was the one to break things off with him. He was the one that was unhappy with his life.

I also loved how open Juyeon was to realizing that he liked Jisu. He didn't question his feelings. He didn't hide from Jisu, and was open in his need to be around him.

So glad that South Korea created their own spin on a gay version of Romeo and Juliet.

That part. I just want certain viewers to be honest with themselves.

That's the guy.

They allowed Shi Wen to survive the Red Truck Of Doom this time. Just as long as Shen Nan denied acknowledging his true feelings for Shi Wen.

So, you can be in love with someone, but just never, ever declare it. Sigh.

I feel that this need to "see" Fuji's back story" is for some viewers to understand his behavior/actions. Most manipulators won't willingly introduce themselves to anyone with the intent of showing their true motivations towards them. They put on a facade, a different persona to who they are. The mask is slowly taken off, when they can tell that you're not behaving in the way that you used to do with them. I saw that mask of Fuji slowly being taken off with each episode of Sei coming out of his isolation with him, during his online and in person interactions with Kazuaki.

Sadly, the "secret" that Sei felt Fuji had was all about his need to keep control over him and not actual any care for him.

Which is exactly why Sei is minimizing what happened between him and Fuji. He's spent years truly believing that Fuji cared for him, out of real love for him. Nobody, and I mean nobody who professes to care and love you would ever decide to assault you in that way.

ETA: Sigh. I just saw the post from this one. Nope, paying for a TV for Sei, when for years prior you never had one, because you didn't watch TV isn't a sign of affection. Wow.

"They should not have to choose between having a fulfilling career and having a personal relationship with the male/female they choose. They should be able to enjoy both."

They also should not have to apologize for choosing to maintain their careers AND still keep their chosen person in their lives as well.

Yet, we still continue to see a certain type of fan losing their minds over things that have never, ever been under their control.

"....it seems like the writers really understand all of that and wanted to make a subtle comment about it."

It would have been ridiculous, absurd, and quite a fantasy for the GMMTV writers to not include any sort of fan fallout from them finding out that "their bias" was actually dating someone that they had no idea about in this Thai BL about Thai pop band members finding love in their personal lives. We see it happening all the time. These companies rarely, if ever truly support their artists first and foremost. They frankly won't say anything publicly in support until the damage is done, and then they will send out a press release to try and maintain their image as a company.

"the love an idol gives to a fan is not the same as a the one a partner would get and it's not like people have a finite amount of love to give"

Exactly. How much are these idols supposed to give towards his/her/their fans, without having anyone in their private lives to return those feelings back to them in their everyday not lived on stage lives?

"She is absolutely wrong for not telling him from the beginning."

Correct. Kaori was wrong in withholding her sexual issues from Kazuaki from the moment she pursued him. She was the one that initially approached him and said that she was drawn towards him. Then she slowly started to withdraw from him physically, emotionally, and mentally. She saw what she was doing to him, and due to not wanting another failed relationship, she chose to not address anything, until she found out that he had sex with someone else. She had an inkling that something was off. She expected that Kazuaki had sex with a woman. Finding out that it was another man threw Kaori into a loop.

She even said that she could "forgive him" if it was a woman, but the "thought" of him being with a man was so shocking. Her hypocrisy and homophobia was laid bare to anyone with eyes.

Along with her being able to move on from Kazuaki. Once he said that he was done, that was it for her. Did she even mourn the loss of Kazuaki and their relationship?

She walked out of the restaurant with her head held up high, a spring in her step, and no look back at Kazuaki at all.

What boggles my mind, is this intense need to "understand" Kaori's behavior. If Kaori had been a man, doing all of this mess towards Kazuaki, if he had been a woman, would these same viewers want to still "see" Kaori's reasonings for treating Kazuaki so horribly?

They are choosing not to see the signs of Fuji's abusive manipulative actions, yet get pissed off/annoyed by Sei's behavior at the same time. It's crazy, but scarily accurate how people just don't want to see things how they are, because of an outside appearance. Fuji seems like he has Sei's best interests at heart, but it's been revealed that it has always been about making sure that Sei literally has no one else in his life, but Fuji that he can depend on. Even before Fuji raped Sei (yes, that's exactly what he did to him), he still thought that nothing would change between them.

I am so saddened that there are viewers who still don't want to see how manipulative, controlling, and damaging Fuji has been towards Sei.

Is it because this sort of abusive behavior is happening between two male characters?