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I thought so! I felt like I was losing *my* mind for a second there. Thank you!

I respect your view, I just think that you're being entirely too simplistic about it.

I would agree with you had this drama not been clear from the very beginning exactly what it was. I'm unsure what you wanted from this - or if you think it's possible to have an unhappy ending in media that isn't some sort of "gay people can't be happy" attack. That there is stuff like that out there I am not denying - even now, there are things that are being put out where a person is clearly being punished for being gay with death, etc - but I am truly missing why you feel this should be lumped in with things of that ilk. Just because Koichi dies? Then I have to respectfully disagree with your opinion and hopefully we can both move on.

I am sorry that you did not like it, but tragedy is not the purview of straight people.

Felt the same way. This has been a palate cleanser of sorts for weeks to get me over the EY melancholy, but not this week. Nope. Can't do it. Have to wait.

Saw this on Viki:

"I do need to mention that there is an additional segment on GagaOOLala that shows an ending scene that is not on Viki."

Does anyone know what they are talking about? I didn't notice any added segment, but to be fair I was a sobbing wreck through the back half so maybe I missed something.

There's two bottles of water too. That killed me. So now I assume that the end credits are Mitsuru's wish, since he's wearing the same outfit.

I wonder if he goes there every summer... 😭

Did you watch it?

Random thing that I absolutely love is Mitsuru saying meeting Koichi could statistically be a miracle but he doesn't like to call it that...

...fast forward to the final episode, where Koichi says that meeting Micchan was a miracle.

I adore it. To me, it showcases both how different and how similar they are.

Not at all. I am planning on doing a whole marathon today before the final ep drops on Viki too, to make it all the more painful at the end. Because apparently I am way more of a masochist than I knew.

Agreed. Nailed it (and my heart to the wall, but that's fine). I feel like now I know why we're getting a fifth drama...

Well that messed me up but good.

On the one hand, I love this drama so much that I look forward to every single episode no matter how much it hurts.

On the other hand, this is the end and I am entirely not ready for it. I don't want to say goodbye.

I feel like I have never understood Mitsuru as well as I do right in this moment. I'm not ready!

Hey, at least he'll die happy?

The ratings here consistently confuse me. Are there people who show up just to rate things badly or what?

You can do that? I'm jealous. My tears have been flowing freely every ep.

Oh, this hurt. But like a thousand tiny cuts rather than one deep one.

I never thought I'd be this invested in something this sad, and yet here I am.

Right? This is hands down my favorite couple from the Drama Shower line up. Usually I find chemistry very uneven in these shows, but both these guys are killing it. Why they gotta give us chemistry this good with a BL this sad?

I'd rather have him in episode 8 if I'm honest. I'd sort of hoped that he'd be there for the beginning bit and the back half would be after he disappears.

He better make it to episode 8. I will not deal well with an entire episode of Mitsuru's suffering without him.

Edit: wait is that how it goes in the book? Should I be expecting him to disappear at the end of the next ep?

It's funny because ep 4 definitely made me think that Koichi had been reading the Handbook (TM). Maybe he just hadn't gotten to that part yet (or maybe both he and Mitsuru like it when Mitsuru can order him around a little). ; )