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Shi Yan vs Liao Tingyan

Shi has really done a number on Tingyan. Here Sima Jiao gets to observe the nightmare Shi used to get her to kill. He sees a mirror of what he did and the horror it brings to her. He is ready to take care of Shi even more. The underling to demon Precept has duped Feng Qi into going to her. He knows the poor guy is obsessed with his savior and now he knows it’s his childhood friend. He actually tries to go toe to toe with Jiao and fortunately is rescued by her. She is waiting around for her friend to be revived and then still plans to leave with her and Shi to live a quiet life. I am sure dear old dad will be very enthused with her plan.😝 Jiao is trying to get her to enjoy eating again and wasn’t successful until he found the trotters her friend makes. She told her friend point blank that in her past life she was cultivation partner with Jiao and both men jealously want her to say who her boyfriend is. She looks at both of them and says neither.😝 I am sad for Jiao because he has worked so hard to get her to remember but letting her take her time to recall. The only thing she has truly kept of her old life is a desire to live in peace. All the things that gave her joy…lazing and eating in particular, have been stripped from her. She is starting to find her true self a bit when she actually gets to sleep the night through without torment. Shi is still making evil plans and that is countered by the demon higher ups that want to process her into a weapon. She already has the greatest weapon. The anklet Jiao gave her to protect her from spirit flame. Hopefully she will not share what it can do with anyone else. Nianju did not recognize Shi when he went to Tingyan’s home or they were disguised to him. I am not sure why he did not recognize them. Her learned that the woman killed by his two men was Ruling, and he knows she kept the whistle. Everybody wants Tingyan to fight Sima Jiao, but she recognizes that the stories don’t match the person. The young woman of Fengshan blood said they were the couple that rescued her. This gives something for ‘Shi Yan’ to ponder, but she is not convinced she wants to rekindle any closeness with Sima Jiao. What she does not realize is when she was relieved her friend was obsessed with his savior, that ‘she’ is the savior. It will be interesting when she has to deal with the battle of the boyfriends.

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Love, Warmth, and the Pain Beneath the Surface

Did I just watch an hour of two souls simply existing together, fixing a house, sharing quiet moments, and holding space for one another? It was tender, warm, and filled with a kind of love that felt so real it almost hurt to watch. Their slow journey from separate rooms into one bed was so natural, never forced, just two hearts quietly finding their way to each other.Jimmy and Sea’s characters are the purest, healthiest couple I have seen, untouched by jealousy, villains, or unnecessary drama. And then came the moment that broke me. In (Sea) finally opened up about the tragedy of losing his parents. His voice carried the weight of years of grief, and in that fragile moment, you could feel his loneliness bleeding through. Thap (Jimmy) didn’t try to fix it, he simply stayed, listened, and became the strength In could lean on. When he wiped away In’s tears and held him while he was breaking, it was love in its truest and most painful form.And yet, that is the cruelty of love. To see someone so broken and to love them so deeply, knowing that no matter how tightly you hold them, you cannot erase their past, nor can you promise to keep them forever. Watching In cry in Thap’s arms felt like watching love and grief become the same thing. It was beautiful, but it was also unbearably tragic, because sometimes the greatest love stories are the ones that remind us just how fragile happiness truly is.

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Life and death choices

The young mom brought in had done all possible to protect the baby. This resulted in a horrible head injury for her. The emergency doc was all for saving the mom and Dr Sakura was for the baby. This episode centered around the horrible choice of the husband as to which patient to focus on….mother or child. Prior to this there is another mother on bedrest who wants more children. Dr Shinomiya was all about removing the uterus. While it was the easiest choice for safety of the mother, he was pretty callous in his remarks. There was another mom to be reducing her smoking habit. He told her she didn’t deserve to be a mom. Here I appreciated Dr Komatsu showing her via pamphlet how her smoking hampered baby’s growth and her habit could kill them both. She calmly explained it and told her not to be scared but to understand the risks she was causing herself and unborn child. She then requested a new doctor. Dr Grumpy does not feel inclined to apologize..his argument…rude and capable or nice and not.😝😝 The woman with head injury had left a recording for husband…that she finally learned there was something more precious than your own life. The love for your child. This gave the husband the strength to fight for his child tho he was absolutely devastated at the loss of his wife. I liked the dignity given to the patient from the doctors in sewing up the mother in respect and presenting her child to her. Even Dr Grumpy paid his respects. Dr Konotori took it hard as well since this was similar to his birth circumstances. He goes to the club and plays melancholy music to vent his sorrow. Dr Grumpy is again reading to the unconscious boy that has something to do with a surgery going very wrong. The ER doc is out with the group having a meal and is told the widower appreciated his efforts to keep his wife’s heart beating so their daughter could be born. She is named Mei and his goal is to make her feel happy to be alive every day. Hope from tragedy.

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OMG, I was all over the place with this ep...

OMG, I was all over the place with this ep... There was... cuteness right off the bat with big smiles when In came on the screen being oh so cute with Thap after watching up and remembering the kiss. 😍 Thap being flirtly making me laugh from watching In get shy, more cuteness and flirting, seriousness, seeing an ass and wanting to beat him, sadness, proud, a bit more laughs and cuteness, sadness over loud, gladness because Thap was there for In, some more cuteness witha bit of laughter to smiles/sadness back to smiles, than we get lovely singing (BTW great song for them both in this series) last but not least the main event! Than smiles at the end.... Sea is just to freaking cute... I can definitely say Sea just fits the role so darn well!!! Jimmy is doing a great job aswell, don't get me wrong. 😁

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Meeting the staff with one mother ready and one not

Konotori Sakura is a jazz pianist and ob/gyn doctor. He is the one that won’t say no to a patient being admitted. He figures a way to make it work. He’s a gifted musician but has to keep this part of his life a secret so that it is not seen as a conflict with his medical career. Shimoya Kae is a third year resident. She is still trying to find her place as a new Dr and lacks confidence due to lack of experience. Komatsu Rumiko is new to the staff but an old colleague of Sakura and Shinomiya. She is quickly becoming the heart of the group and a strong assist in keeping things calm and more pleasant for both doctors and patients. Shinomiya Haruki is the one that handles emergency surgeries. He is a definite grump and his old friend is surprised at the change in him as he was once known for his smile. This is the team that works at the ob/gyn at the Perinatal Medical Center. Sakura is giving a performance and everyone wonders if he will get to actually complete a concert. He receives an emergency call from an ambulance that says they have an expectant mother with no pre natal care and two hospitals have already turned her down. He rushes to the hospital and has NICU on standby and figures his friend currently handling C-section surgery will have time to complete before she arrives. The mother agrees to the surgery and gives birth to a beautiful daughter she names Kokoro. There is another couple who have been waiting for hours to see their baby. Over 20 hours of labor before their son chooses to be born. His birth was a bit complicated because his shoulder was stuck so it took some finagling. Dr Shinomiya did not hesitate to let the third year know she had no technique and offered no real assistance except calling him there. He is definitely the ray of sunshine amongst the team.😝 The emergency mom wasn’t ready for a family. She came from a divorced single mom who was verbally abusive to them and held them responsible for her poor lot in life. This made her feel incapable of being a mother. After trying to run away, she is encouraged to see her child and to consider assistance programs to help her. She leaves with a job prospect and hopefully will be able to get her daughter out of the welfare program when she is ready. The Dr Imahashi Takayuki in NICU is apologizing to his daughter for missing her bday. And Dr Grumpy is reading a book to a intubated child. We do not know the story yet, but this child is probably the source of his grumpiness and perfectionism. This first episode was a nice introduction to the staff that we will be seeing handling ob/gyn patients. We are given slice of life circumstances with both the patients and the doctors. This is an emotional and thoughtful journey into the life/death circumstances that are juxtaposed in the birth of a child. This is where the greatest joy or biggest heartbreak can occur. Dr Sakura is one that grew up in an orphanage when his mother died in childbirth. He has made it his life’s mission to have mother and child be healthy and happy in his care. He shared with baby Kokoro the same message he received from orphanage caretaker. You may come into this world dealing with harder things than most that will make you sadder at the start…but you will grow through them to experience greater joy in the end. The episode ends with a cheerful mom to be on phone with her husband when an accident occurs that sends a car flying right at her…Dr Sakura volunteers to head to the scene.

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