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The show was filmed in november/december and since it was released SW has gotten lots of hate online from Jun Yae's fans.. (While they were still filming they did not know what was coming.) So I wonder if he (they) even wanted to go public after all that. Would be nice to know if they are together or even friends still.

Honestly some people following this show are mentally unstable and need therapy. I can not understand these reactions. Good thing is that these Korean men who attendened the show will most likely not care at all about what some mentally ill forgein people write about them online. They have their real lives and real friends and families and they are not some kind of K-pop celebrities people could cancel in their real lives.

Shy introverted people, knowing each other for 4 days. I still do not see anything weird about their behaviour or not having contact afterwards. Becoming good friends in 3-4 days while filming a TV show for shy people can also be challenging.

Well speculating with other people's behaviour we don't know is ofcourse unnecessary, but think of yourself being on a date half naked in a hot water tank and then in a sauna, having at least one cameraman and his/her assistant and atleast some sound assistant present recording everything you do and say. People forget that these are not natrual situations, even when it is not scripted they are not together alone. There is the whole crew present in the area making sure they get the footage and the sound for the tv show.

When I was younger I studied TV production at the university and I have been working both in front and behind the cameras and as I was looking at HJ who obviously is an introvert and has many times said it is difficult for him to speak in a big group and then he is on "a private date " with the whole film crew focused only on him and YJ.. Must be so uncomfortable for him.

In Finland we go to sauna often and the sauna they had was the Finnish type where you throw water on the stones. I love our saunas, but when I saw HJ and YJ in that sauna I was all the time thinking that they had microphones and atleast one cameraman with them in the sauna. Not natural and enjoyable at all..

When critisizing the partisipants' behaviours people should remember that this is not a normal everyday enviroment where things happen privately and naturally.

Why would you trust some random tiktoker on anything?? People can spread what ever lies online just to get views and likes. I would advice you not trusting any source like that.

But HJ went to the 1st shooting in the middle, so they had their first date on the 4th day and then had only 3 days left. That is really short time to actually bond with anyone, specially when you are living in a shared house with many people and filming a TV show. Three days would never be enough for me to confirm my feelings about anyone. So I don't think there is anything weird about this.

He said travelling far in general is hard for him. That is what I wrote in my comment (in brackets!!) He said he did not like queueing at the airports and all the other trouble. I understand it because Koreans have such short holidays. I would not want to go through all that suffering for a week or two either. I find it so troublesome that I only travel when I can stay minimum one month.

But obviously he wanted to make it clear to YJ too that it was not something he was into.

Yes, the Japanese boyfriend is better. They get much more time in the house together and also have private rooms so they can be alone when needed. I also like that they work on pairs, cause if you are shy it can be difficult to talk to a new person at first, but while working together it will come more naturally.

I actually ended up watching this season of His Man (I have not watched it previously) cause I have watched both seasons of "The Boyfriend" and wanted to see how the Korean show is in comparison.

About HJ I have to say that he was more talkative and open on his first date with SW during the first filming. His personality seems stiffer now so I wonder if this reshooting just made it more difficult for him. The idea of reshooting and the elimination too.. I think they spoild some of the mood.

When HJ and YJ were sitting in the sauna and YJ asked if HJ would want to go to Finland (and liked travelling in general) and HJ said "NO.. Because the flight is too long.." I know.. I am Finnish and have been flying multiple times between Finland and South Korea and Finland and Japan during the past years (I think 12 flights in all). That almost 14 hour flight is pure torture, after 4 hours my back is broken and I hardly can sleep more than an hour during the whole flight. And for the tall guys it is even worse since they can not fit their leggs well between the seats..

So allthough he might have sounded pretty negative with his attitude, I get him. Everytime I am taking that long flight I am thinking "I am crazy to do this again?? How am I going to survive this time..??"

It is true. But also they are not in a real life situation: Sharing a room and the bed with people they do not know well, 24/7 around those people, I don't think anyone can behave 100% like they behave outside. Some of them might also feel stiffer and more reserved than they truly are. So it is more about, if they continue dating afterwards and see if they actually fit when in their own surroundings.

(In my normal life I am quite relaxed, happy and talkative cause I also get to spend enough time alone. I would feel extremely anxious if I had to be around people like that 24/7 cause I get exhausted if I am around other people all the time. So I am quite sure the introverts in the house - like HJ - are not all the time acting like they would in their real lives.)

And also they have cameras on their faces recording. I wonder how relaxed and honest you can and want to be knowing things you say and do will be shown publicly. I am quite sure my personality would change a lot. (I think I would rather try to reach the person I like secretly where the cameras are not filming.)

I agree.. Why to like someone just because they like you?? Allthough if I think about HJ's and SW's first date on the first shoot, it seemed that HJ really liked SW then. So maybe he is just not good at speaking out about his true feelings. But still, it is not even him alone, there were other people too saying the same.

I agree that the elimination was unnecessary. They stay at the house only for seven days anyway and everyone would have deserved to stay till the end.

Yes, these are real humanbeings living their real lives, not some fictional characters created for some mentally unstable girls online.

I think people should just follow with open mind what happens and accept whatever the outcome is, cause that is their life.

I am not sure if these participants on this show actually care about the forgein people and their comments online.

I have stayed in Korea in all 10 months (in Seoul, Busan and Daegu) and my experience is that Koreans in general are not that interested in what goes around outside Korea. Most of the Korean people - even younger - do not speak English that well if at all.

It is different for the global K-pop groups cause they actually need their fans to survive, but these people on the dating shows are just ordinary people, they have their own lives and what matters to them are the people near them (home/work/friends etc.)

I think all these crazy fans who get so emotional about a TV Reality Show are mentally unstable and would actually need some therapy. Seriously. I am not joking or being mean.

For me it is the: "If I want something I have to have it.." he keeps repeating. Humans are not objects to have..

"Q: through the "HisMan" series, queer content is becoming more mainstream. YJ: i wonder if there's even a need to separate it as "queer content." it's just the same content like every other.."

EXACTLY!! We are just humans, people, individuals, lets drop the boxing and labeling!!

The thing is they are sharing the same room and the same bed. What would you do if you had to share the room and the bed with the person for 3 days more after being "cruel" to them?? I think HJ was honest but also tries to be polite and maintain some kind of harmony in the atmosphere.

But are they making this show for international "fans" though?? I think they are making it thinking about the Korean audience and what they would like to see. Most Koreans do not speak English and have NO IDEA what is going on online in English. (I have been in South Korea in all 10 months staying in Seoul, Busan and Daegu and I must say most Koreans do not follow this kind of international content at all..)

Maybe they had to straightwash it because the authorities in China have been going to more anti gay direction since the 2016. "The Addicted" was also cut in the middle after something like 16 eps. I remember it cause I liked the series so much and was SO disappointed that we did not get to see the whole drama till the end. Now they released a new version of it (based on the same novel) - was it last year - and it was so boring. No "addiction" what so ever cause all the intensity and the passion between the main leads was gone. I could not even finish it.

(The ordinary Chinese people mostly do not care if you are gay or straight, but the goverment started to push "traditional family values" and being anti gay and so lots of stuff got censored.)

Well I wish God protects everyone equally. Or should God not be protecting some of the participants in you opinion??