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Great acting cast, but dont seek logic from story

A solid short series with good actors and nice visuals. It is easy to watch and the pacing fits its length well.

The story is another matter. It is messy, logic is often missing, and some scenes are so absurd you can only hope the writers knew exactly how silly they looked. The plot includes three romance lines and every single one of them leans into toxicity in its own way.

Simplified story
Three factions are locked in a gang war inside the city. The older sister of the female lead, who married into one of the factions, is killed. The female lead, who was supposed to be dead as well, returns for the funeral and to find the killer. Her return pushes the already tense situation into open conflict. The whole thing becomes even more tangled because one faction has three young masters and each of them is involved with a girl from a different faction.

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Beautiful & Heartwarming

A good story. A drama done well. You'll love to watch this.

Story wise, I think it's pretty nice. It takes unpredictable turns, connecting different points you didn't think were that important. Even if it isn't enough to blow your mind, the author did a great job writing them. Wholesome, I'd say.

Pacing wise, I had a trouble getting into the drama in the beginning because I felt too much was happening in the start. But it became better after a couple of episodes.

Problems I had with this drama? I felt Ming Yi herself wasn't exactly feeling much of regretful for a long time over lying to Ji Bozai which is kind of questionable. Situ Ling turned Chao Yuan was honestly really annoying. That being said, I think Mu Qibai seemed more of a villian than him. Really getting on your nerves is all he does. Another thing - why did no one do anything about the emperor of Yaoguangshan? He wasn't a nice guy too, was he? Then your usual xianxia scene at the end where one decides to sacrifice their life for the other or the world which I honestly hate 🙄 Like come on, LIVE! Only if you're alive can you find another way. Don't single down on sacrifice alone 🙅‍♀️🤦‍♀️ And to add to that, the 'I'm going to make you hate me because I don't want hou to get hurt when I die' 😒

Casting I think was done really well. Although Hou Minghao isn't great when it comes to the chemistry aspect, he acts very well. I genuinely loved and cared for Ji Bozai because of that. The action scenes were wonderful. Lu Yuxiao would be the highlight though. She is so pretty, beautiful, cute all at once, it's harmful for the heart 🥴 And added to this, her acting. Amazing talent. She potrays every emotion so well, it's palpable. One of my favorite scenes was her realising her teacher is her father. Loved it so so much! She and Lin Jiangguo did it so well, I was teary eyed. So heartwarming 🥹
Chemistry wise, nah! It felt more like best friends or partners in crime which, I don't think is a bad trope; just not your 'makes my heart skip a beat' thing.

Side characters did well too. My favorite ones are Ming Yi's tutor/father She Tianlin played by Lin Jiangguo, 27 played by Yu Yao, Buxiu played by Lu Qi (which tbh, I wouldn't mind a bit of bromance or BL between those too 😁) and Princess and Zhang Tai played by He Nan and Pan Junya respectively. I felt Quan Yilun could do better with his acting but chemistry wise, he and He Nan were good. Maybe it's their characters and storyline, whatever. Yu Chengen as Situ Ling did a good job pissing me off. And must say, Hu Yunhao as Mu Qibai is very handsome. Pity he's a villain 😂

Music was pleasant. Hou Minghao's got a wonderful voice. Loved his song 'If your world had no sunshine'.

I would rewatch it someday but it wouldn't be a high priority rewatch wise. A good medium probability.

Overall, I think even if it was a typical xianxia, it was done well. Doesn't bore you out. Worth watching!

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Letting go of obsession after it is no longer a crutch, but an impediment from living life fully

Such a compelling show where more is conveyed through their interactions and expressions, instead of words. Some may say this is a slow burn romance, which is true, but there is zero displays of physical affection, lol. However you can still tell how there is an undercurrent of fondness and longing from the FL for the ML, and definitely a simmering yearning that the ML has for her. The show explores themes of obsession vs hope, nature vs nurtured environments and dedications without expectations.

Story:
Outwardly it's a story of the ML being sent on a somewhat wild goose chase to collect 5 types of medicinal herbs, and how they know each other better through his journeys back and forth to the FL (to pass her each herb), with an underlying mystery of sorts that the FL is trying to solve. These two aspects tie in together well, serving to keep audiences hooked with the depiction of their growing affection along with who the main villain is and how he is linked to the mystery case. Good pacing throughout with secondary plots and relationships that kept the storyline engaging, while not detracting from the main couple.

Acting:
Li Qin's acting was amazing...I loved how she conveyed so much just with her eyes and facial movements. Maybe a large bulk of how I binged the show in 2 days was because of how beautiful she looked and acted, lol. Joseph Zeng's character seemed to be a bit more grounded than his role in MLC but it generally seems to be in the similar vein as his recent roles in xianxia/xuanhuan/wuxia shows, which he manages fairly decently anyway. Some aspects could still be improved but the chemistry between both leads were compelling enough even for me, a sucker for (more obvious) romance. They both looked great together too, the FL with the world weary demeanor who was slowly melted by his ernest and steady optimism.

Characters:
Props to the supporting cast, especially Chang Wu Jue's entourage. CWJ was sickeningly evil while Miao Feng, Miao Sui and Ming Jie had their moments to shine. Their characters balanced both the big baddie energy and the contradictions with the original nature, since afterall they mostly started out being forced against their will to be on the path with CWJ.

OSTs were nice enough, not the kind to make you flashback to the emotions and story of the show when you hear them, but enough to add to the vibes when they start playing.

Worth a watch if you want something easy on the eyes, with a straightforward plot without too many twists and turns, and leaves you with a bittersweet ending to finish. It would not rip your heart out or make you squeal in excitedment, but it is akin to a waning winter chill that brings along a tinge of a warm spring breeze.

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Too good

why so short 😡😭😭😭 or atleast few more eps to end properly ending is definitely rushed but I still give it 10 because it is 10

The story, characters, chemistry everything is perfect I got hooked I enjoyed it really,slow, heartwarming,a little comedy

what I like
To me interaction is most important in a romance drama, interaction and chemistry which many lack but have good romance, and this one has the first two interaction and chemistry but no romance

I'm type to be just satisfied by interaction chemistry more than romance and intimate scene,


what i dislike
anyone coming for romance sorry there's no romance in this but its definitely a good one, shows what real slow burn looks like
nothing really but it ended before romance started as it was slow paced drama real slow burn really realistic ,it could've ended well in more 10 eps but they just got together at end without reason or why ? rushed ending
FML liked first and confessed already I think because it was short drama it happens sooner it was foreign language ml didn't understand it first, FML clearly liked him but we couldn't really see him falling for her he was stuck on past but slowly forgetting I think the next 10 eps would've been better to show ml falling but it ended already 😭😭😭😭it soo good I really liked it so much it should've been 16 eps not 10 short eps

even though it ended like that I liked it so I give 10 many drama lack chemistry, interaction,plot is bad, villians etc that are just time wasting and a romance without interaction ,so this is worth the time better to watch a good 10 eps drama than 16 eps bad one

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midsummer night's dream, an easy to watch healing drama <33

Came into this after seeing our blonde beauty, and literally just finished. Can't believe the journey has ended. But no sad feelings!!

90% of the cast was unfamiliar to me, and usually that makes it harder for me to start a show. But this one was great. Not perfect, but plenty of great plot development and intense chemistry between the leads that really made this quite enjoyable. Enough to have me waiting every day for new episodes.

The character development over time is really great, as you see the female lead change from grumpy and spoiled to friendly and humble, and our male lead from hardworking yet too selfless to learning to prioritize himself too. Their relationship is VERY gradual, but from the start there is that spark that has you excited to see it grow and BLOSSOM🌹 (<-- iykyk haha)

The setting is mainly in ZhaZhaTing, a rural town not so modern or developed. The charisma and hidden gems of the small town are revealed as our FL learns to appreciate more of the town and its people.

The plot was good, with no annoying third leads trying to sabotage. It was more of a personal growth and healing drama, which I love. It's also really cute seeing how they treat each other, with the fine line between "relatives" to "not blood related." It was a pretty slow buildup, but they really make up for it in the last few episodes🤭 Very easy to watch and finish in one setting

Now that I'm done, I'm not really too sad it ended but more pleased with how the lingering feelings of warmth stay with you til the end. Give this a shot if you like dramas without such complex storylines, or want to feel all warm and fuzzy inside😊

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Many inconsistencies, focus on side plots spoiled the watch experience

Though this is an old drama ,I happened to watch only recently. As an avid lover of period dramas, i started watching this the moment i found it has good rating on IMDB. The initial episodes were very interesting but the romance breaks right from 4th episode or so. Then the total focus is on politics, revenge , bloodshed and more bloodshed made me lose interest. Still I completed watching it.
Plus points- Good acting by all the actors and good locales. Park Si Hoo sizzles in his role and is very likeable. Actor playing Su Yang evokes sympathy with his emotions display. Sok Ju( the guy with long mane) is another interesting character.
Minus points( In my opinion) Too much focus on sub plots, too much blood shed, Too many characters, less focus on the main lead's romance etc.,
1. Why does the Crown prince wears the Red robe instead of the blue robe worn in other dramas? Both the original Crown Prince and Su Yang's son wear the Red robe
2. When the Se ryong akes the arrow protecting Seung Hu, why nobody suspects it? Her father just stands and stare but doesn't rush to her( he has just taken an arrow but has an armour)
3. When the assassins kill Kim Jong Seo and slash Kim Seung Hu multiple times with a sword , he still.survives without any medical treatment and comes to Su Yang's house. In fact, he is injured multiple times but survives miraculously while others die instantly
4. In the end when Se Ryong takes the horse to go and tell Seung Hu about the plan, why don't the soldiers follow her on another horse. Did they have only one horse? It defies logic. It was much easier to follow her and locate Kim Seung Hu instead of venturing into woods and getting ambushed. In fact almost in every fight scene, the royal soldiers get killed by the rebels even though they are large in numbers. Are their skills so inferior?
5. Seung Hu roams freely in the capital and nobody notices him?
6. At the end Seung Hu is declared dead and taken for burial. How did he survive?
How did he lose his eye sight?
7. The background music seems familiar. Remember hearing it in some other film or drama( not korean)

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The ending felt rushed.

I watched this drama because I was getting a little tired of palace politics. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy that genre, but I wanted a short break and planned to watch something different for once. But in the end, I still couldn’t escape from palace politics 😂

At first, I thought the drama would be purely wuxia since I didn’t even see palace politics tags on MDL . The first few episodes were amazing a lot of fighting scenes, some investigation elements, which is exactly the genre I like. But later on, it slowly turned into another palace politics drama again. Hmm… since I was already halfway through, I just continued watching it.

For me, the drama was really good, especially the fighting choreography. Plus, from the spoilers I saw on MDL, none of Zhan Zhao’s close friends died, so I was actually planning to give it a 9/10. But I changed my mind during the ending and lowered it to 8.7/10 because it ended up feeling like a typical cdrama ending again confusing, rushed, and somehow there must be a character death for emotional impact.

Honestly, Ming Zhu Er’s death felt completely unnecessary. I really don’t understand why cdrama directors love making endings like this. Why does someone always have to die at the end? And why do they make the ending feel incomplete or poorly explained instead of properly wrapping everything up? Is it really that hard to let all the characters survive and give the story a satisfying conclusion?

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this is hilarious!

i was quite hesitant about watching this, since the poster seems pretty unimpressive, and the ratings at the moment (7.2) aren't the best either. but i decided to give it a shot, considering this is a very short commitment. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I ended up enjoying this!

the plot doesn't feel rushed or incomplete even though the episodes are incredibly short. the production quality and cinematography is amazing.

and the best part about this is the actors! the way the actors did a complete 180 once their bodies swapped, acting exactly like their counterparts are supposed to act, absolutely incredible!

I'd say you should give it a watch it you're looking for something short and funny to watch💕

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The fl icked me... ಠ⁠_⁠ʖ⁠ಠ

Alright, I literally like this. There have been so many dramas like this lately, where it's about bullies getting a lesson or fighting at school—like Study Group, Weak Hero Class 1, and The Glory. There are just so many right now in K-drama.

Since Study Group, I haven't been able to watch anything like that. I just tried it because I was really craving something to watch and I was too bored. I thought I would get bored after 10 minutes into the first episode, but it hooked me just like how the webtoon hooked me when I read it.

Unfortunately, despite me being awed by the cinematography, the lesson, and the satisfaction (of bullies getting schooled) in the first two episodes—the FL, who constantly shouts and sounds like a robot, is so annoying. I know it's been years since I read the manhwa, but I think they should have stuck to that mature, older-sister look (and no, I am not a gooner). Like, wtf even is that? Why did they have to cast a cute girl? I really dislike how she delivers her lines. How is that even cool? Where is the teasing, snickering look from the webtoon?

I don't know, I think it's because I expected too
much. Actually, I was hesitant to watch this drama because I had seen countless edits of the girl shouting, which pisses me off so much. I still tried it because my friend recommended it to me. The first two episodes made me excited to see the FL because my expectations were high based on those first two episodes—unfortunately... Sadly, this is how it ended up: me dropping this drama.

My real mommy im han rim, you are lost 🥀

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I came for BossNoeul and stayed for FortPeat — and I have no regrets about that

This series holds a particular place for me because it's where a lot of things started. A video of BossNoeul landed in my feed, looked intense enough to investigate, and suddenly I was watching Thai BL for the first time. Whatever I think of it now, that counts for something.
I'll be honest about BossNoeul first: their storyline never fully worked for me, and with time it's worked less and less. Rain's logic — I know Phayu is bi, so I'll seduce him and reject him for revenge — is the kind of premise I find increasingly hard to engage with, and Noeul playing naive and slightly hapless while Boss is essentially perfect is exactly the dynamic I find least interesting. It's not for me, and I've made my peace with that.
FortPeat though. My god. They came in as the second couple and left as the reason I stayed, the reason I rewatched, and for a long time my favourite pairing in the genre. Yes, how they meet carries its own complications — I'm not going to pretend otherwise. But what I saw in them was character depth and genuine development, particularly on Fort's side, wrapped around a chemistry that speaks louder than almost anything else I can say about it. Some pairings just have it. They had it.
Nostalgic, imperfect, and important to me in a way that has nothing to do with whether it's objectively the best series I've seen.

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A deep, heavy sense of sorrow.

That was the feeling I was left with after finishing Mood Indigo.

It is a story overflowing with emotion—full of pain, bitterness, and heartbreak, yet also filled with a fierce and overwhelming kind of love.

When I watched it for the first time, I simply thought that Kido was selfish, cowardly, and cruel for abandoning Kijima. Not only did he run away and refuse to take responsibility for the mess he had created, but he also left Kijima with a deep psychological scar that haunted him for years, making it incredibly difficult for him to open his heart and love someone again.

However, after completing the entire franchise and returning to Mood Indigo with a more open perspective, I found myself genuinely sympathizing with Kido. In some moments, I even unconsciously put myself in his shoes. And as crazy as it is to admit, if I were Kido, I probably would have acted the same way. I could understand his anxiety, his inner turmoil, and ultimately the choices he made.

The same goes for Kijima. Putting myself in his place helped me fully understand the profound obsession Kido left behind and the lasting impact it had on him even years later. Kijima truly opened his heart to Kido. He revealed his authentic self to him and genuinely looked forward to a future where Kido would be by his side. Yet because Kido lacked the courage to face his feelings, he left Kijima alone with overwhelming loneliness and a deep sense of self-doubt. Because of Kido, Kijima came to believe that he was unworthy of being loved!

Damn it—I still want to punch Kido for that!

They loved each other. They understood each other. But they met at a time when neither of them was mature enough to truly live for the other person.

What further elevates this already remarkable story is its music. The soundtrack drew me completely into the film’s dreamlike and deeply melancholic world, a world so haunting that it often left me breathless. The moment the very first note rang out, tears would begin to well up in my eyes. Honestly, I felt like a leaking faucet throughout the entire movie.

The cinematography reinforces that same sense of sorrow. Its palette of subdued amber intertwined with melancholy blues creates the image of a lonely flame flickering in the darkness. To me, that flame feels like the one that has been quietly burning inside Kido all along.

I cried no fewer than ten times while watching their story unfold.

The ending of Kido and Kijima's relationship makes complete sense. It is filled with bitterness and regret, but they truly should not have stayed together any longer. They shared a beautiful chapter of youth—a time full of passion, intensity, and dreams. Even though they did not end up together, each remains an important part of the other's memories.

Wherever life may take them from here, I hope they continue moving forward, live well, and remain at peace with the choices they have made.

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BLOODY VIOLENCE LIKE WEAK HERO + KIDS PEDDLING DRUGS, KILLING TEACHERS, ED POLICE BEATING THEM

Hm wth is Netflix doing to S Korea with this drama? Do S Korean schools look like this??? I didnt think so. I think this is trying to do some damage to S Korean image... ?

For sure, AMERICAN SCHOOLS ARE FULL OF DRUGS LIKE THIS

SO THIS DRAMA IS A LOT WORSE THAN WEAK HERO / STUDY GROUP BC WE SEE SCHOOL KIDS SELLING DRUGS, KILLING THEIR TEACHERS AND EACH OTHER,
AND YEAH THE ED POLICE BEATING THEM

THIS IS A NIGHTMARE AMERICANIZED PROPAGANDA
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The fantasy of this drama is too painful to watch, bc the plot is based on overpowered MC who never does wrong, beats up students but never harms them... He too never gets hurt and has miraculously powerful powers, and has political backing that is based on integrity and never goes away. IT IS A FANTASY FOR SURE.

In real life, this "education police" is ripe for abuse. Sure these super hard cases are solved but in real life, the lines would get blurred so easily and the educational police could be bullies too... and there would be severe consequences, e.g. the education police could severely injure or even kill some of the bad students

and teachers are not all angels and victims are not all angels
And in real life, victims and abusers are usually from troubled families, sometimes poor and sometimes rich, and rich and powerful are definitely privileged and often abusive, so those deep societal issues have to be addressed

So - setting that fundamental drama flaw aside -

This review builds on the great review by @HappyPacket. I watched only 3 eps so far and I really appreciate the SA, beating, cell phones, etc issues the review pointed out so astutely

I agree that the drama went overboard with portraying teachers ONLY as good guys , and giving them permission to beat up students too, like hitting students' palms with a stick or the education police really beating up bad students.

Imo the drama went overboard too with portraying victims as stupid, dumb, naive, isolated, and/or passive, as victims incapable of self defending - but I think that was done to exaggerate to really show the traits that all victims do have
And the drama went slightly overboard to show how the other students and teachers did not care - but again it really showed what it REALLY LOOKS LIKE IN REAL LIFE - the environment of selfishness.

Hiding real SA *sexual assault and harassment" is a LOT MORE COMMON than false accusations of SA, and I agree that the real SA should have been addressed. That "livestream influencer" girl was first a victim of real SA. Teachers and many adults do such bad stuff to kids and other adults, and most victims just eat the sh.t and stay silent, and if they speak up, the society shuns them, because the perpetrator is usually a skilled sociopath/psychopath.

I am also glad that the false accusation of SA was brought up as a part of sociopathical manipulation, bc sociopaths are actually very common and we never talk about it.

In this case, the drama showed us how a sociopath works, and it was very obvious, nobody from the audience could miss it in. In real life, it is often done behind the scenes via gossip, gaslighting, making deals, and the other people "beat up"/destroy the victim, and the lying sociopath stays well hidden. SOCIOPATHS ARE SUPER DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY ARE "NICE PEOPLE" AND EXTREMELY WELL HIDDEN.
MUCH OF BAD STUFF IN THE WORLD HAPPENS BY SOCIOPATHIC MANIPULATION where the sociopath manipulates others to harm/destroy the victim and the sociopath stays hidden and "innocent". https://www.recoveryplusjournal.com/2017/10/the-empathy-trap/


and yeah there are also psychopaths, the ones who directly attack, and often from a well camouflaged position, usually in a positions of power, like Congressman and his son. Most who you call "sadists" are actually psychopaths

The last thing that the other review did not mention and imo is the KEY to everything is that all this beating up of few bad guys and the teachers beating up any student is .... very stupid bandaiding.
Yeah sure there are always some sociopaths/psychopaths who are bad apples and cause problems. BUT
The real problems are all the OTHER students, who never said a word, who blindly obeyed bullies, who GENUINELY LAUGHED at bullies' beating up, humiliating the victims. *** THAT *** is the problem.
The real problem is that we saw ONE other student who was raising questions and trying to raly other students, but we also saw how all other students just ran away.
The real problem is that we saw only 3 complaints to this "educational police" - how come no other students complained to anyone, not even other teachers or their own parents
The real problem is that the victims were dumb and did not take any action.
The real problem is that the bullied teachers were dumb and did not take any action. We saw some teacher talking about it but we never saw teachers join together to take action.
The real problem is that the teachers and principal were corrupt and/or dumb and did not take any action
The real problem is that the parents did not take any action. The bullying was either by kids who had parents who "beat up" / destroyed other kids' parents and teachers, or by kids who had no functional parents.
The parents of bullied kids never took any proper action.... They did not know their kid was bullied.... they did not care.... OR they were naive and stupidly stood up to the bullies and destroyed themselves and the kid
The parents of OTHER kids never took any action.... did their kid even tell them about bullying that prevented learning and destroyed students' lives?

So until this GENERAL SOCIETAL SITUATION changes, the bad guys have a free reign
And the general situation will NOT change by teachers beating the students or parents beating the students. it can change ONLY if the students inwardly know what is right and what is wrong and stand up together against any violations.

I dislike the drama for so much violence. The "education police" beats up students, and students beat each other up just like in Weak Hero or Study Group.
I will fast forward this for research, just to see what other people like to watch, and what the current bullying strategies are


InspectorMegre 14 hours ago

In summary:
well this drama shows it as it is - the OTHER kids participate!!!!!! THE OTHER KIDS DO WHAT THE BULLY SAYS... or stay silent or LAUGH, fu.king idiots, and teachers too. As simple as that. THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****

THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****
THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****
THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****
THE PUBLIC IS **** S T U P I D *****
None of this would happen nor continue if the public was not THAT stupid.

And Dae Seok and otehrs are so blindly immature to commit suicide. Those bully idiots are NOT worth anyone's attention, and esp not life. Go take some martial arts class, run fast, and change schools.

WHERE ARE PARENTS AND FAMILY OF VICTIMS???

If all the kids got up and shut up those bullies - it would be over.

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Middling in the best possible way — pleasant, forgettable, fine

There's a comfortable predictability to this one that I didn't mind. A drunken accidental kiss, a younger guy who keeps reappearing, an older one who doesn't know what to do with any of it and chooses avoidance as a strategy. It's a familiar setup handled without much surprise but also without much misstep.
Nothing here landed hard enough to stay with me for long, but nothing frustrated me either. The couple is fine, the pacing is fine, the story goes where you expect it to go. For a short series that doesn't ask much of you, that's enough — sometimes you just want something undemanding that delivers a small, warm ending and gets out of the way.
I'd land somewhere in the middle on every question I ask myself about a series like this. Believed the couple moderately, the scenes worked moderately, it held my attention moderately. A very consistent viewing experience in that sense, even if consistency isn't exactly a compliment here.
Worth watching if you're in the mood for something low-stakes and easy. Just don't expect it to follow you out the door.

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Stop being mean to my baby

I understand why ituski being like this. I read the novel crumbs from here and there but still. Ituski and I even kinda have a similar mentality. the whole pessimistic thing, only thinking about today, having no motivation about anything, not liking children etc.

Yuma deserves the whole world. I like everything about my precious baby. His big expressive eyes, expressions, face shape bone structure, golden honey skin tone, babygirl persona. Similar height weight as ituski. Yuma being too pethatic, clingy. that makes me wanna take him under my wings and protect him from the whole world even more. Been a long time since I've been this whipped with a character. Everything about him endears me.
The way he sits, walks, talks, pouts EVERYTHING

The eyes the EYES. I'm lost in these big ahh eyes🖤

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The trailer promised something the series couldn't deliver — and the premise didn't help

I'll be honest: I watched this because the trailer sold it as something sexy and I was receptive to that. Sex sells, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. The coastal setting, the tension, the aesthetic — it looked like it had something.
It didn't, at least not for me.
The setup is already on shaky ground from the start — an art student who gets to live rent-free in exchange for sleeping with the owner of the villa. The series frames this as a contract that slowly softens into something real, but I kept getting stuck on what it actually is: a financially desperate young man with no experience being propositioned by someone in a position of power over him. Fifty Shades of Grey energy, and not in a way that glamorises it interestingly.
The BDSM elements made it worse rather than better. It read to me like someone had heard of the concept, acquired some props, and called it done. There's no sense that anyone involved had looked into what that dynamic actually looks like when it's handled with care and genuine understanding. It felt performative in a way that was more uncomfortable than erotic.
The chemistry between the leads didn't save it for me either. By the end very little had landed and even less had stayed. Not the series I was hoping for.

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