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At 25:00, in Akasaka Season 2 Episode 10
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think ima be the odd one out & say this was kind of let down. at the start of this - when the director of the BL (where Shirasaki & Asami met) said it is harder to make a sequel cause usually the audience i looking forward to the start of a romance, but in a sequel to capture the same charged emotion's when the relationship is already established is harder. & i think ironically this is how i feel about this season. *********************************************************************************************************i wasn't looking for excitement - given the mains had already established their romance. i was looking for growth (especially) on Shirasaki's part, while with Asami i wanted him to open up & rely on Shirasaki more - not always be the caretaker & fixers. this didn't happen. the fact Shirasaki told Asami at the end 'he should confide in him more' - is neither here nor there - especially after the way he reacted in the previous ep, when Asami took the 1st step in opening up & got whiplash cause of Shirasaki 's insecurities & selfishness. so he can talk the talk, but can he walk the walk, i don't think so. ***************************to admit the truth i really wanted Asami to breakup with Shirasaki in that auditorium. of course Asami would never do that cause of his childhood, i doubt he is capable of breaking up with an abusive partner, let alone a self-centered one. he the type that will never initiate a breakup. but i think given where both where in their lives, it would be the logical move - space & time apart. & they r getting it cause Asami decided to do the movie in England. maybe the time apart will force Shirasaki into maturing. a break-up would force him to confront how much he relied & only took from Asami... but who knows. this was a one off & even if i wanna re-watch, it will only be the 1st season. this a one & done for me
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School Trip: Joined a Group I’m Not Close To Episode 7
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OMG this was such a wholesome ep - i couldn't stop smiling from start to finish - i love Hioki he is such a genuinely good person. little wonder Watarai fell for him. who wouldn't?!? such a sweet, sweet boy. the fact no one else noticed how charming & lovely Hioki is, until Watarai came along - is just shocking. Hioki is a gem of a character, a diamond in the rough **************but loved seeing the whole of the BL from Watarai's perspective. am also kinda shocked that the 4 guys just befriended each other at the start of the school semester. was sure they were childhood buds. *****************************************************also wondering who Ryoto, Morisaki's brother crush is - as he told Watarai they were in the same situation. that's also why he tried to help him in the previous ep. loving this!!!
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Fan Xiao is freakin obsessed with possessing Shu Lang, he wants to put him in a cage & not allow anyone else access to him. yet he also thinks he wants to use & then toss him aside(?) when he is done with him?!?? but the next sec he is concerned - non stop mentioning Shu Lang's ex & comparing himself to him?!?? when Zhen is long gone - a thing of the past, but he wont stop mentioning him. dude is certifiable.... ************************************************************************************************idk how his mind works & what he is thinking. does he really want a future with Shu Lang? or was that just a "story" he sold cause he wanted Shu Lang to fall for him & now that he has, what now?!? **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************on Shu Lang's part, i really love this character. he is so pure & good, but not fantastically so... he is very "normal" but in a good way (especially in comparison to Fan Xiao, the sociopath). also he doesn't play games, u can see how he feels cause he doesn't gaslight & he has fallen hard for Fan Xiao - which is so worrying to me, given how shady Fan Xiao is. not only that he might suddenly drop/treat him like he did Zhen. but the truth about how Fan Xiao was playing with Shu Lang's life from the sec they met, will come top light... i can only guess how devastated Shu Lang will be. *******************************************************he has had such a tough, solitary life (am sure even after the adoption he worked hard all alone to support his new family & kept the bullying to himself cause he didn't want to burned his mother), now that he thinks he has found a safe haven - it turning into sh*t might really break him. now that would be sad. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************side note: the brother & the bullies r at fault for the mother's death. btw i didn't get the logic - Shu Lang was outted & they tried to bully him. he graduated, but the bullies didn't?!? what?!?? & the mother should know better them to confront kids, go to the principle or the teacher. confronting other people's children no matter their age, is a stupid move IMO. *******************either way Shu Lang's not at fault & his brother is blaming him, cause he doesn't want to face the fact that he was a coward that lacked the strength (his gay brother had) to stand-up for himself & he ended up putting his mother in that situation. me in Shu Lang's stead, would tell him to kick rocks after 1st time. promise to dead mother be damned - sorry not sorry!
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this kinda went as i knew it would - Peem would be framed, the father would die & Than would not only come back to rescue Peem, but they would end up together. think the only thing that surprised me was that Risa & Pan didn't get rid of Jet & Phakphum. but i guess covering-up so many dead bodies, would be hard. so for now she has left them alive while framing Peem in the hopes that after they (she & Jet) got rid of Peem, then later on taking care of Jet would be a piece of cake. which given Jet's inability to read the room & his drug habit, would be easy - especially if Phakphum wasn't around to baby-sit him...*********the only thing that really annoyed me is what a huge pushover Than has turned out to be, love be damned after how he was treated & yet he keeps coming back for more - very frustrating to watch. but it is what it is - one more ep to go thank f*ck
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this was cute & i liked more then their coming out to the sister & the friend, the fact that they were ready to come out of the closet together as a couple. as this so short, i didn't expect any grand ending's & the friend also accepting Suhyun was great. all in all a very cute, sweet BL without much drama.
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At 25:00, in Akasaka Season 2 Episode 7
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this was a tough ep for me to watch. this side of Shirasaki is hard for me to stomach, the groveling, begging... no matter the character behaving like this, it's more then 2nd hand embarrassment - it's visceral. seeing him begging, groveling for Kuroki;s help was beyond uncomfortable. the fact that in-spite of how Kuroki feels about Shirasaki, he in the end folded & gave into Shirasaki's begging says a lot about him. still didn't make that whole drawn out scene, any more plateable & for sure will never rewatch that. *************************************************************************************************************************also Shirasaki has a tendency to very be self-centered, in this ep he finally understood how important the role he was cast for was to Asami & how he must have felt to have give up on it. but no matter what, Shirasaki never thinks to ask Asami about his day, how he is feeling - heck Asami's so good at hiding his true feelings - u have to watch him like hawk to notice something is off & this time when he finally tried to reach out.... Shirasaki was off busy with his own issues. which r always more pressing then Asami or their relationship. cause he knows Asami will always indulge & prioritize him. ************************************i feel sad for Asami who was the adult as a child & now as an adult he is in a relationship with a needy child that can't seem to offer a bit of support.. heck he doubts Asami needs anything of the sort & takes him for granted. living like this can be exhausting & soul crushing. so before this ends i really hope Shirasaki matures enough to understand that he needs to support & be someone Asami can lean on & not always be the one taking & getting support. i hope -
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i know it is a running joke in Da Hei's family that they kid around saying he got the height but not the brains & other such "jokes".. basically saying he is stupid that he really believes this to be a fact. at the end when he said that he isn't smart enough to figure things out if Xiao Bai doesn't tell him & that maybe the real problem is that he doesn't have anything to offer. kinda broke my heart. not everyone is a genius or a straight A student but that doesn't make them stupid. & Da Hei has so many great qualities it is annoying me now that his grandmother & sister have hurt him so deeply, he feels like he is worth less then others cause he is lacking. ************************************************************************************************************& have to say i genuinely don't get WTF anyone wants from Da Hei, he isn't involved in the gangster ring. he doesn't run drugs or money. doesn't do anything that is outside of the law - yet No Sir wanted to exchange Xiao Bai with someone new cause he was compromised. & Xiao Bai promise to turn Da Hei in - for what???? what am i missing??? all the odd jons Da Hei does is now against the law??? ********************************************************************************************************************side note: weird that just now (a few eps from the end) we getting introduced to a new character, especially if they trying to create a 2nd couple. which i didn't see any attraction between Da Bai & No Sir. even the buttoning of the shirt & the tie around the neck scene came out of left field & left me wondering WTF. cause Da Bai didn't seem interested / attracted to No Sir. if anything, now if No Sir was paired with Dou Ke Yi, that would be on hell of a twist. as there was more electricity when their eyes met (a few eps back)... just saying.
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School Trip: Joined a Group I’m Not Close To Episode 2
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Hioki is freakin adorable - how can one not love him?!??? but dude's blind as a bat LOL... idk how his glasses r not as thick as a tree trunk OMG that part is a bit ridiculous & if u can't see, u will go into the bath with ur glasses on - wear water goggles above them.. better then slipping & breaking ur head. *************************************************************************************but on a whole another great ep - the girls r annoying, but i get they there to push the mains together. still don't like how they lack self awareness, neither of the guys in the 'fab 4' group wanted them around or wanted to be around them - yet they kept acting kinda pathetic. then adding to their unlikability by trying to gang-up on Hioki or demanding answers from Watarai.
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Bon Appetit, Your Majesty Episode 12
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all the bad-guys got their comeuppance - really liked that Gong Gil avenged his sister & was the one to punish Mok Ju, it seemed very fitting. & even though i am sure everyone loved the ending we got. personally i think it would be more fitting that after Ji Yeong lost her life & the book activated it's magic, she would disappear not the book. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************sorry but from that part onwards it was b.s. IMO - i get wanting a 'happily ever after' but come on - 1. the book can't disappear, for the main fact that Ji Yeong needs to get her hands on it in the future. so it has to remain in the past & pass through whomever until Ji Yeong get ahold of it. - 2. Ji Yeong waking up with the scar - sorry but either they could've made it look like she injured herself in the airplane - so it was still healing. but the way it looked, there no logic in it. & the worse bit - 3. the King traveled through time - how?!? just wishful thinking made it happen??? & let say him wishing really hard brought him into the 21st Century - yet he hasn't raised any alarms? there no country where people can just exist without documentation, let alone money. & he popped-up into a country bordering another, where someone undocumented who is Korean & speaks the language can mean a spy or worse. also he didn't look like a hobo, where he get the money to look so well groomed & clothed?!? & how he gonna make a living? be Ji Yeong kept man??? a reach IMO. **************************************************************Ji Yeong popping up in the past is less of an issue, as there were no records kept then - especially not of the average (non connected, moneyless, powerless) civilian's. but in this age, the idea is ridiculous - too fancifully for my liking. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************this was a great drama until this ending (which soured thing for me) even though it was just 12 ep's, the plot was well thought-out & acted. there wasn't a boring moment or a moment where i felt this is unnecessary.... & would be perfect if not for the ending ugh... but it is what it is & i am sure i will rewtach this, cause this was fun to binge watch & loved a lot of the character's.
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Bon Appetit, Your Majesty Episode 11
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the acting here is phenomenal - the emotions r so raw & hard to just be a spectator & not get effected. feeling rage or tearing up with the character's, gave my goosebumps watching this throughout this drama so far & this was the peak. ******************sadly as we nearing the end, so knew that it's gonna get sad as many likeable character's r gonna die. idk what awaits us in the next (last) ep, but i don't want anyone in the royal kitchen to die. as is poor chief Eunuch Seon & Court lady Mal Im, let alone countless innocents had to be murdered so Prince Je San could take the throne. even felt sorry for Queen Dowager In Ju - but at least she didn't die thinking the one who went on a rampage, was Yi Heon. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************also one of the reasons Prince Je San succeeded, was cause Chief state councilor Han & his whole clan were help bent on strategizing about how the get rid of the King, the irony is hilariously sad. ********************************************************* ****************************************************************************************************************************************& i didn't mention Im Song Jae (the King's bbf) or his father cause they were in the midst of conniving, scheming & killing. so yeah sad that they died but what they usually did to others came back to bite them in the ass & they not that innocent so it is what it is.
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Bon Appetit, Your Majesty Episode 10
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as much as i am enjoying this & kinda get what's going on i also feel like there is a lot going over my head & i am not 100% sure if what i assume is right. from what i see Queen Dowager In Ju is a good person & maybe she got rid of the King's mother cause her clan wanted absolute power (but that's assuming Yi Heon was from another clan - was she?) & i guess Prince Je San has got to the evidence 1st that Queen Dowager In Ju & her clan falsely accused & executed Yi Heon's mother - what will break him. causing him to go berserk & justify Prince Je San "take over". hell of a plan he has concocted. *************************************that's why there is a pat of me that's annoyed that Ji Yeong would stop with the b.s & just tell Ji Heon that his uncle Prince Je San was dangerous - to keep a close eye on him. something anything but keep quite.
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Bon Appetit, Your Majesty Episode 8
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i am glad i was wrong about Man Su [8th rank senior cook] & the reason he was being (or what looked like) mean to Gil Geum also glad he came clean to Ji Yeong. but they were being so transparent in their subterfuge - Mok Ju's personal court lady isn't blind or stupid. i hope Man Su's mother does pay the price, cause Mok Ju doesn't look like the forgiving & understanding kind.btw the person/character i have come to hate the most is Prince Je San - he is just gross / slimy & i hope Yi Heon (the King) will start suspecting him. as is Ji Yeong hasn't thought to warn him & i fear it will be too late when she does. there too many good people that could die cause of the rebellion...
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Bon Appetit, Your Majesty Episode 7
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i really liked the group, pity this didn't turn into a quest where the 4 just went on a long journey until the end. all the palace intrigue is so tiring & even depressing to watch. until this ep i felt really bad for Man Su [8th rank senior cook], yeah he was Mok Ju "rat" & would constantly do her bidding - BUT when push came to shove she did't stand by him & she wont in the future. so i get that he is powerless & can't refuse or evade her orders. but his going after poor sweet innocent Gil Geum - really pissed me off. like WTF dude why target her (yeah i know he thinks if she leaves it will hurt Ji Yeong) & yet Gil Geum lack power & is so innocent she can't hurt a fly - so i am pissed ugh.
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in the previous ep when Ramphueng confronted the ghost of the female Khemjira, i thought that she or her previous incarnation stole her man or some such. but after this ep, i guess they murdered(?)/sacrificed(?) her child. that would freakin justify turning demonic, where no one can stand up too, let alone defeat u. as the saying goes hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. justified IMO ***************************************************************************************************************also from what i've seen until now, idk why in the description says that Khem got a female name, cause women in his family were safe. that's not the case. ********************************************************************************************************& as the old woman (that Jet called grandmother) knows Ramphueng & why she is holding a grudge, shouldn't she inform the master so they might figure out a way to appease her soul , so that she might stop & move on?!? *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************but found it ironic but also cute that Jet & Chan r reincarnations of female Khemjira's bff's that were a gay couple. it's cute - even though there really isn't a story/romance between them. so idk where this is going. not developing their plot feels more like a miss then a hit to me. but it is what it is. & regarding the main couple, must say i am kinda astonished at Khem's lack of pride, given the fact Peem doesn't treat him with kid gloves. if anything he loves being extra rude & mean to him & yet Khem still around trying to kiss ass. & i get that it's cause he is desperate to live. still shocking *******************************************btw i thought Peem choosing the life of a shaman mean he needed to be celibate, no??? am sure that's what his grandfather told him. so doesn't everyone know this fact? if so why Phrima trying to woo him? & why Peem letting her?!??
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must say i don't get why Ramphueng is so powerful & wish Peem told Khem that the reason he can't help him, is cause it could cost him his life or the life of someone close to him. & hope just for Khem to live, "they" won't sacrifice a side character. the worse would be those spirit kids Peems got by his side 24/7. sorry not sorry Khem not worth the sacrifice. *********************here i don't even like him much, he the type of character where the whole plot & character's revolve around his sorry ass & i don't get why. was he needed to hold a candle for Jet & Chan??? if he was a good friend, the sec Chan came by, he would find a reason to leave - as Chan & Jet might bicker but u for sure can feel there is more between them. why insert ur-self into their story?? why everyone gotta cater to his pathetic ass? i don't find him cute in the least (the actor might be, but the character - NOPE) & the sad puppy dog eyes don't move me in the least. *********************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************************************************************ironically when the plot doesn't revolve around him, it's quite interesting, even cute & entertaining (even if he is in the scene) as long as the focus isn't on him - this good. but the sec he is the focus, i lose interest cause i know it will take him ages to talk, move, react like a freakin sloth *******************************************************************************************************btw mentioning Chan - i knew he would remain behind for Jet, sadly Khem is thick & can't catch a clue to save his life. he stuck like glue to Jet, so there is no chance of anything developing between Jet & Chan - which is a shame, as i am sure they would be 100% much more interesting & entertaining to watch. oh well - ********************************************************************Krittanai might be a good guy, but seeing him in this BL reminds me of his character in Work From Heart, he was a narcissistic ass-hat in that & the gaslighting let alone the SA didn't ender him much. so seeing him & that smile makes me uneasy. i know he gonna be the catalyst that forces Peem to admit his feelings if not act on them. but still Krittanai's character Ohm is to vivid to forget & sadly that not a plus. good acting as i hated him lol - but now i feel like i need to prepare myself to whatever he's gonna get up too - ugh
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