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I know there are some The Untamed fans here as well, just additional info for anyone interested: Xiao Zhan actually sang this same song recently. I prefer Teresa Teng's version because it has this nostalgic vibe to it, but XZ's cover was not half bad, either.

This scene is really beautiful (well, like many other scenes from this drama). Also, btw, did you guys know that the stuff actually put those purple neon lights there? I saw a Reddit post of a person who went to Taiwan and visited numerous places featured in the drama and they pointed out that in reality there are no purple lights there.
Just goes to show how much effort was put into creating the right atmosphere for every scene in this show...

Aside from the actual official OST, I also have been listening to The Moon Represents My Heart by Teresa Teng as well. It's an old classic song SW hummed in episode 11 (LDQ and Benjamin also sang a bit of it together in Starbox interview - for anyone interested) - the one that inspired the whole conversation abt choosing the moon.
Whenever I play it, it makes me feel so nostalgic...

I've tried to respond to some of these comments, but I don't necessarily always have the most recent info and I feel like maybe my own pessimistic attitude might've somehow surfaced here in there and created a wrong impression😜 even though I really want s2 and still hope for it to happen...

I've had the entire OST on repeat a lot in the recent month. All the songs are great, but since the first time I heard it, my number one has always been Interlude by Trash.

Not confirmed, but not a fantasy made solely by fans either. The script for season 2 is actually ready. The director kept talking abt s2 on more than one occasion, he even got online on IG at the beginning of this month, answering some questions, debunking some rumours abt it being cancelled, cast changes etc. However, at this point, it's neither certain we will get it, nor known if it'd be dropped.

So apparently there is a rumour on Weibo saying there will be a fan meet with both LDQ and Benjamin held in Macau this December... I don't know how reliable this info is, but maybe that's the thing they're planning to announce this weekend?

Oh gosh, now I feel stressed whether you'll like it or not 😜 It's... a decent series.
Dong Qin is super different to how he is in The On1y One (appearance-wise, but even more so acting-wise), so it's really entertaining to see that stark contrast, if nothing else. He's one of three main characters, so there's plenty of him.

I share your sentiment. To me it was definitely the best among all the episodes. The rest of the series was... decent, but - personally - I don't think any of the other stories managed to recreate the magic from episode 2. Terrance Lau was fantastic (no surprise there) and it might've been my favourite performance from Puff Guo in any drama.

I do have the impression sometimes that some who criticised or rated it very low did so in response to positive reviews and attention the series got. Like, they wouldn't even bother or would've been less harsh in their evaluations if The On1y One had lower ratings or garnered less fans.

In a way maybe it's to be expected. I myself tend to have higher expectations if I see some work getting good feedback (and that, in turn, could influence my watching experience in the end).

It can happen within 5 months, but also earlier than that. That's basically the deadline for any news - we will know in 5 months, whether s2 happen or not. Patrick Liu mentioned that theoretically, filming could start even this year.

The kisses happen in ep 2 and 3, as MiHile mentioned, but they're not really proper kisses.
One is a dare kiss, another one is a revenge kiss in response to the first one. I'd argue that they do make SW feel some sort of way, but it takes him many more episodes to realize his feelings.
The drama features a lot of very poetic moments, interactions between the two protagonists where you can really feel they're developing feelings, experience how they open up to one another and it's all very beautiful. Some of these interactions do feel like borderline flirting. In general, I'm one of the people who think SW and JT have great chemistry.
However, it's not the type of series that will give you a lot of physical demonstrations of their feelings. Not in the first season, anyway. If the second one actually happens, there should be some according to the book's events.

In all honesty, if you're starting this series with the anticipation for kissing scenes or some more physically intimate moments between the leads, then you *will* be disappointed. The story of SW and JT's growing bond is a beautiful one, but it's really more of "enjoying the journey" kinda thing.
More details below, if you don't mind the spoilers.

You can start watching one of the dramas I'm currently watching, then. Which is Psych-Hunter with Dong Qin 😁

I usually end up calling every Asian drama that focuses on gay male characters, a BL. It's quicker for me this way, and sometimes I don't really know if the drama will have that "vibe" to separate it from other BLs before I actually watch it. It doesn't really help that Love in the Big City is still under BL category on Viki as well.

I also feel that the term BL evolved over the years and is attached to more productions nowadays, not just pure "shounen-ai" (people call Your Name Engraved Herein a BL, e.g., which I originally did not but then settled for "ugh, I guess it's fine, whatever").

No official announcement of it being confirmed (or cancelled). The director mentioned this month that they are trying to make it work (hiring ppl, arranging the schedules of cast, thinking how to show certain intimate scenes etc.)
*If* it does happen, filming would start in the next 5 months and the time period between it being completed and released should be much shorter than season 1 (I think they took like a whole year for s1). The cast would stay the same.

The show's official IG teased sth's supposed to happen soon, but I doubt it'd be an info on s2. More likely news about official merch, maybe fan meet or sth.

Same! Only in my case you can expand this statement to pretty much *any* romance story.

I'm currently watching Psych-Hunter which is like bromance with supernatural/detective elements (with some romance that I'm intentionally trying to ignore), a contemporary cdrama In Between focusing on people's dealing with relationships, expectations of love, their own self-worth etc. (where almost everybody lies and cheats, so it's hardly romantic at all) and just started watching this queer kdrama Love in the Big City, which also so far feels more like a report on people dealing with loneliness and hardships of life more than portrayal of anything romantic.

And that's as close as I can get at the moment to anything that has romantic-love-related themes.

If I were to watch something that aims to be a story of blooming, developing love, I just know I'd find it lacklustre... I actually dropped two other BL shows I was in the middle of watching after I got into The On1y One (and I actually quite enjoyed one of them) and don't even plan to get back to them anytime soon.

Taste is subjective, I know, I know... I don't need people to like what I like (well, in this case, maybe I kinda do, because I want that 2nd season, so the better the reception of the drama, the more chances to have it, I'd assume 😜).
But in general, I'm ok with people having different opinions. I even enjoyed and could appreciate some of the earlier comments in this section from people who didn't really like the show, but had some good arguments/constructive criticism/funny way to voice their complaints.
But as I said, I think aside from our personal taste, there is some objective value to everything. E.g. people can debate over whether they like Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston more, but it's an objective fact they're both fantastic signers, y'know?
There are plenty of movies or dramas I watched in my life that I didn't really vibe with, but I could still acknowledge areas where they were more or less objectively good. And to give a show 1 or 2 stars, they'd have to be complete rubbish on almost every front, in my opinion.
But anyway, I'm with you on "how can anyone not like it?", so maybe I'm just too narrow-minded to understand others 😉

Thank you for writing this. I sometimes stop myself from saying sth because I don't wanna end up being too ranty (plus, ultimately, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I won't "convince" anyone into liking sth they don't like, anyway).

However, I really wish people were more rational with their ratings. MDL allows for like 20 different ratings - that's a huuuge range to choose from. When I see some reviews going to the abysmal 1 or 2 stars I really wonder what are the criteria these people took into consideration.

Aside from purely subjective "I like" or "I dislike", there are certain objective qualities to a drama or a movie, like the ones you just mentioned. I fail to understand how someone can look at cinematography of The On1y One alone and give the show a rating of 1 (or even 2) stars.

I mean... to each their own, but I'm a bit surprised that you didn't even like the actors. I had the impression that even people who disliked the drama (for whatever reasons, be it slow burn, the ending, not following the book close enough or yet sth else) usually still considered the actors did a good job (even if they claimed the cast looked too old 😜).

Also, it's always interesting for me to read opinions of people who say they felt nothing was going on. To me, every episode was a step forward in JT and SW getting closer, breaking down each other's walls.

I never felt it was boring, nor did I even feel that I am just being baited (like, you know, sometimes you have a drama or a tv show that keeps you watching because you want to see the characters finally get together, or see a mystery solved in the end, and they dangle the promise of this conclusion in front of you like a carrot in front of a donkey, or sth and you just sit there, your patience tested, because between the point of the beginning and the final you're waiting for, everything else is just a filler). Well, I never felt like this with this show. I was just along for the journey, that felt very comforting, profound and heartfelt every step of the way (with some minor bumps in the road, but nothing bad enough to ruin the entire experience).

Your Name Engraved Herein is a beautiful movie, we're in agreement on this one, though 😊