lilswtangel

Not a BL drama but a coming of age story that centers around the world of Go. Many fans of the original anime/manga did ship Hikaru/Akira as a fandom but there's no romance in any of the adaptations including the Chinese drama adaptation. A bit of friendly rivalry between the two youths, but no implied romance.

@RaltzWaltz The live action's been following the anime/manga quite closely (been a huge fan of the anime circa early 2000's). If it remains so, then Chu Ying's (Sai's) disappearance is permanent. It's necessary for Shi Guang's (Hikaru's) growth, especially when he's discovering his 'own' Go and not playing his version of Chu Ying's Go. Chu Ying's disappearance will be a revelation for Shi Guang - how much he owes his love of Go to Chu Ying which will encourage him to take the game seriously and play his best.

I agree with your suspicions. Perhaps the 'Ming' family was the royal family of the previous dynasty.

Same! Especially next episode when Shi Guang finds out Chu Ying is gone. Every time he flickered out, I was like, 'Noooooo, you've haven't said your good-byes yet'. And I got so frustrated by every attempt he tried to tell Shi Guang that he might disappear and then further frustrated when he lies that everything's ok.

Is Feng Xi of royal lineage? At the end of episode 5 where he was writing Marquis An's name on the plaque, he said, 'mu fei' (母妃 - what children of royalty called their mothers) instead of ‘mu qin' （母亲 - what everyone else except the royals called their mothers).

Just finished episode 32 - the last few minutes had me in tears. When Chu Ying realises that that what he wanted most was to stay by Shi Guang's side until old age and not the Divine Move now that's attained it.