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The Accused X2 but with a much more complex twist and as one layer is peeled, another layer is added. At this point Inhave to be honest whatever I think is the truth, believe that the opposite is far from my reality. My biggest question is: will the ending keep me on the edge of my seat…or not?
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This show feels like the gift that keeps on giving. The growing intensity, the psychological thriller and suspense. My mind is in overdrive and all the characters play a beautiful part.
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Ryu Jeon Yul shows his dynamic acting skills in a cat-and-mouse thriller of Hitchcockian epic. The energy is intense with a house music to boost the adrenaline. The first scene made me think Rear Window and later it felt like North by Northwest….so Alfred Hitchcock. Definitely a weekend binge series.
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Don't Be Too Emotional Episode 10
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When does Dan finally go away? He’s becoming that recurring nightmare that refuses to end, while L’Jane, instead of defending P’Jane, continues dancing merrily down Pollyanna Lane. But as one door is slammed shut on this family, another finally opens. Sometimes it really is in our darkest moments that we begin to see the light. Jet finally finds redemption, stops blaming P’Jane, and begins taking responsibility for his own life.Perhaps that is what Episode 10 is really about. Reaching your dreams doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll find happiness, while those whose dreams seem unreachable sometimes discover happiness where they least expected it. Which brings me back to P’Jane. What exactly is L’Jane’s hold on him? Why remain so obsessed with someone who clearly does not reciprocate his love? At some point, this stops looking like love and starts looking like possession.Rejection is one of our most difficult experiences because it strikes deeply at the ego and our sense of self-worth. Meanwhile, L’Jane seems determined to remain in that safe zone where he believes he can avoid hurting anyone’s feelings, only to discover that his inability to make difficult choices is hurting everyone, including himself.For a moment, Episode 10 made me believe the writers were finally ready to turn this sob story around. Maybe L’Jane would stop carrying everyone else’s burdens long enough to recognize what has been standing in front of him all along. Perhaps he would finally find his true north and discover that happiness was never about the destination, but knowing which direction to follow.But of course, we can’t have that. C’mon scriptwriters! The old “I forgot everything except the moment before I met you” storyline? This is the trope you get when ten stoned writers are sitting around a table, completely out of ideas, until somebody suddenly whispers, “Who are you?” Brilliant! Let’s erase ten episodes of character development and reset the entire storyboard. What a letdown.
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It wasn’t really a breakup but to end the episode with a beautiful kiss while holding a can of insect spry is classic. Finally, the stars aligned and sparks fly, been a long slow ride and were getting near the end. Looking forward to what these two will do next.
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Eventually there will be misunderstanding no matter how petty it is, but the looks on their faces, wonderment if I had a word is just magical. A slow burn which I’m sure most followers would prefer to go faster. Can’t wait for the recovery episode.
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Episode 2 wastes no time introducing a third wheel and unlike our leads, he is openly gay and knows exactly what he wants. The hot-dog scene, with its not so subtle phallic imagery, was both ridiculous and hilarious. The question now is what will Eun-ho do? Will he follow his “foolish heart,” as Steve Perry might warn, while his best friend Do-hyeon continues struggling to suppress his own desires?The series is certainly not shy about using provocative NC scenes to pull viewers into the chemistry and sexual tension between its leads. I’m already invested in what appears to be a childhood friendship slowly becoming something more. I only hope the love triangle intensifies that journey instead of diluting or distracting from it. It’s only Episode 2, but this summer is already getting very hot.
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Except for a typhoon I don’t think there can be anything more intense than a raging high school hormones. The coming of age and discovering sexuality is always a fun topic because everyone experienced this in one form or another. The show starts immediately with teens and their out of control hormones, that first sexual fantasy. It’s a classic trope in every high school series but the series shows some interesting and relatable personalities. Almost like watching the KBL version of Secret Lover. The chemistry and the sexual tension looks great to begin with Looking forward to the rest of the series.
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The Road to Splendor Episode 9
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It took me a while to get caught up with this series but reaching this far I have enjoyed the dynamics of the major character and specially the storyline. There is appropriate context, tension, comedic and cute moments, justice and intrigue..THe acting is superb and the lack of superfluous characters and stories help me focus on what truly matter. So many of current C-Dramas falls victim to overdoing these series that it becomes long and dragging. Road to Splendor.s pacing is perfect.
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When the series started it had a film noir theme, mysterious and dark, a serial killer based on manga drawings. Remnants of San Francisco’s Zodiac killer. I’ve watched some Thai movies with film noir themes and impressively it was done well. However, this series lacks focus on the darker side, it keeps gravitating back to our leads issues. And inserting the sister who seems to make all the wrong moves just so irk the audience is below the belt. I don’t think Thai women are that stupid. The lighting is mostly overexposed and for dark shots, too much lighting. I can sense the proper mood. The acting, well that’s another story. I’m sure I will get a lot of hate considering so many rated this show so high. I’m moving on to watch the rest of the series to seen if the writers and Director can redeem themselves , but my experience with GMMTV, that hasn’t been my truth.
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Why did it take 5 episodes out of 10 to finally get this two closer together. They didn’t need all that previous drama and allocate time for Sing and Chimon.
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The first four episodes transported me back to my first love, my high school best friend. That unforgettable summer together. My first experience of discovering what it meant to love someone, and the bittersweet realization that perhaps it wasn’t felt the same way on both sides.Like Chiharu and Wataru, there was something unrequited about it. A one-way love. My best friend loved me deeply, but as a friend, while I felt something very different. And then there was the letter I received when I moved to the U.S. I still have it to this day.How many of us are lucky enough to have great memories of those first summers when we were discovering who we were and discovering the person we might love?That’s what I love about the way the writers tell this story. Nothing feels forced. The relationship grows organically, almost imperceptibly, as two people slowly find their way toward each other through small glances, fleeting touches, and warm hugs. Sometimes the most powerful moments are the ones where almost nothing is said.Warmth is what separates mammals from reptiles. And perhaps that is what makes human connection so powerful. A simple touch, a warm embrace, the closeness of another person, it can heal aches and pains that words sometimes cannot.Maybe that’s what first love really is: a summer we never completely leave behind.
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This two leads reminds me of the statement “how do two porcupines have sex? “ The character development of our male leads as they evolve in a tug-of-war relationship is fun to watch and for dominant alpha males, very relatable. What’s great about this series is that there are no waste episodes in creating the relationship, it’s rough and tumble and yet their polar attraction is inevitable. So true of their roles. So many other BL’s from Thailand, Korea and China can learn from this method. I only hope the tension grows…
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This reminds me of classic Sir Run Run Shaw movies. Dirty Harry style grittiness. Two handsome leads with great chemistry. How can you go wrong? It’s been a while since there has been a truely HK style BL, maybe Sammy’s Children’s Day is the closest. But the first episode immediately transports me to that wonderful guilty pleasure.
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Until the T-Shirt Dries Episode 6
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I was ready to drop this series because it was so freaking slow, slower than a slow burn. Then Episode 6 happened.The script is amazingly intelligent. In the most painfully slow way, it has somehow managed to get my emotions boiling like water. Mitsuru’s guilt over Mrs. Sonoda’s death finally brings everything to the surface, and what fascinates me most is how the story shows the cowardice people can have when confronting their own guilt. Sometimes we don’t run from the truth because we don’t know it. We run because we know exactly what it means.And you know this isn’t going to be taken well. Japanese people can be incredibly calm and restrained, but even I’m thinking: “You won’t like me when I’m angry.”So is this series really just about guilt? I doubt it. There has to be something much bigger underneath all of this. At this point, I feel like the writer’s creative juices are in overdrive or at least I’m hoping they are.The mystery is slowly unraveling, but somehow, more questions keep appearing. On the bright side we find our two protagonist finding comfort and love from each other. It looks like the T-shirt is still wet. It looks like the T-shirt is still wet at this point.
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