Reviews

Pretty warm and worth a watch!

LIKE

Zhuang Yan is so hilarious with his goose

What a respected job Chen Mai Dong has - my tears my god

I cried so much the Zhuang family has a misfortune my tears just non-stop

How they sent He Shu off wow was cool

The train station is like the only place the couple could do what they want

Wow what Zhuang Jie did was too much but I can understand her

DISLIKE

Nothing much

MUSIC - personal fav

扑朔 Pu Shuo - 徐佳莹 Xu Jia Ying
绿洲 Lu Zhou - 王赫野 Wang He Ye

REWATCH VALUE

Shall re-watch when I'm free some day

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Season 2: study in toxic relationships

Yumi's Cell Season 2 is mostly about YuMi-BaBi relationship and breakuip and it is so... toxic to watch!!!! bc there is no love there, only two adults using each other for attention AND LYING TO THEMSELVES ABOUT IT

It is toxic bc there is no real love there. YuMi "finds solace in BaBi's attention"...

YuMi is just an ordinary, flawed, ignorant person, with some skillZ for life. She uses reason and thinks through stuff, but she put her Inner Self away into the desert and does not trust it, and she locked up her Deep Inner Desires into a jail underground.

is YuMi selfish? Hm... with BaBi, yes.... "finding solace in his admiration" IS SELFISH :) she is just taking from him.
With Woong... ? it is a mutual game. YuMi consented to kiss his as# to get his LustyDinosaur, whatever that blue t-rex was called. With Woong, YuMi was overly giving. But out of selfish reasons, she wanted something from him... and her mistake was to TOTALLY neglect all red flags so that she could get that.

I dont love to hate this show. I just thought a lot about what I saw. it is ugly :( and I wasted 14 hours. I think there was a FASTER way to learn all that.

i think the Cells are genious way to show what is happening under the surface. I felt like a detective, that I was able to see the "dissection" of human behavior. So in that regard, 14 hrs spend on this is not totally wasted. I was practicing my detective skills and learning :)

I predicted totally how both season 1 and 2 would go and how they would end :) and by watching the CELLS PART of the dramas, I learned a lot too

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season 1 is about ONE guy Woong. but BaBi is lurking in the background posing as YuMi's friend while he is breaking with his reporter ex
Meanwhile Woong has a "second wife" an ex from the past that consistently and openly butts in to get him away from YuMi
finally Woong dumps YuMi and she accepts bc Woong went off the deep end with the bankruptcy of his company and did not say a word about it - Woong is a lame proud arrogant selfish he-man man-child AND a fun boy toy, and she keeps kissing his as# to keep the fun boy toy

season 2 is about BaBI taking over YuMi, genuinely loving her... and once in a blue moon, Woong trying to come back and bailing out fast every time.
But the whole thing is slimey as YuMi got with BaBi not out of love, but to use him as a happy pill and to have him treat her like a princess. So she essentially leeches off him. And as soon as she is far from him, he finds another chick who kisses HIS as# and genuinely loves him. And YuMi stops "loving him" as soon as it is clear he cannot be 100% perfectly serving her 100% of the time.

So the cells makes this interesting. The stories are about flawed ignorant unaware people, and the cells show how these people operate.
Season 2 is so cheesy cringe bc both Woong and BaBi stay single and loyal to Yumi FOREVER although she dumped them.

YuMi is like this worm that just chews through men, using them for s.x, attention, etc.


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Season 1 is interesting only bc of the Cells... bc it shows the typical hormone-driven relationships that fall apart, how immature people think, what operates them inside to create those stupid external behaviors - how mismatched immature ppl get together for the sake of s.x and fun and keep it going for a short while until the first problems.

Woong is an arrogant dude and he keeps his "second wife" bc she strokes his ego, and he stays around YuMi only while his ego is stroked and looking grand. So he and YuMi used each other, and YuMi was a lot more giving, in order to keep her fun boy toy.

Season 2 is a study in toxic relationships. YuMi does NOT love BaBi and she gets together with him for convenience, takes him as a happy pill, "loves" him when it is all perfect, and loses any interest as soon as he is less than perfect. He essentially cheated by emotionally attaching himself to another chick, who was kissing his as@ and who genuinely loved him from the start, which YuMi never did. YuMi and BaBi relationship was majorly slimey, and BaBi was a lot more giving. YuMi was there as long as she was THE PRINCESS, and BaBi had to keep kissing her as@ and taking care of her.

The key problem is that YuMi is totally oblivious to her Hunch Cell and her Deep Inner Cell and is fact scared of them, so she keeps operating out of limited / dumb Emotions, Reason, etc

Season 3 is about .... ? hopefully real love for who the people ARE and a real relationship where both give and take and LOVE equally.

But there could be 100000 seasons and NOTHING WILL WORK AS LONG AS THAT HUNCH CELL IS FEARED AND PUT TO LIVE ALONE IN THE DESERT, AND DEEP INNER CELL IS BURRIED IN AN UNDERGROUND PRISON

YuMi is an ordinary clueless ignorant person, living life on automatic pilot. The interesting part is the Cells, we get to see how that all works

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Season 2 was so soap...
Adult men moping after their woman for YEARS AND DECADES and unwilling and unable to have new relationships - and one woman having at least 2 great guys like that forever dedicated to her - wow what a super disgusting lie soapy cringe trope that shows up on most if not all dramas. So those moping men just do not have s.x all their adult life, or for so many years and decades?
WOW WE FOUND WHY S KOREA HAS THE LOWEST BIRTH RATE IN THE WORLD - and why hostess bars and prostitution are so normal in Asia.
The reality was shown by both Woong and Ba Bi. Woong was keeping his "second wife" at work, and Ba Bi found "second wife" as soon as he moved away. And both those "second wives" had NO problem butting in to steal the man from his official girlfriend. On the other hand, men who were told the girl is taken, backed off immediately. THAT IS THE TYPICAL REALITY

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Just watched Yumi's Cells season 1 bc of really great review on byrei.ink - indeed it is a great study on how immature ppl get together for fun and then quickly break up. THE CELLS ARE SOOOO EDUCATIONAL AND DEEP!!!! I rated that 10 bc of its uniqueness and insights. I just fast forwarded through the cringe parts showing the external behaviors of two really dumb immature ppl butting heads without any communication.

Season 1 was about puppy young love based on hormones.

Then I watched 14 episodes of Season 2. And I feel very upset after, because it was about two slimey adults. YuMi using BaBi as her happy pill, to have someone kiss her as# and take care of her ALL THE TIME like she was a princess, and YuMi lost any interest and bailed out as soon as the dude could not deliver that all the time. And BaBi - he needs someone to truly love him, and I guess he wants someone to kiss HIS as# too, so he essentially cheated by emotionally attaching to a chick like that - and probably would have proceeded to switch ships at one point, JUST LIKE he was switching ships and jumping on to YuMi while he was breaking up with his ex.

SO SEASON 2 IS A STUDY IN VERY SLIMEY TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS.

And then this cheesy idea of 2 guys being loyal forever to one woman who used them while it was fun and then dumped them... SO unreal soapy!!!!

There was real stuff... both guys had "second wives", women who openly catered to them and tried to take them away from the official girlfriend YuMi. That is soooo realistic.
YuMi's male suitors behaved in typical ways of real life and backed off as soon as she said she has a boyfriend.

Overall, YuMi is a very ignorant unaware person and also a coward in many ways because she keeps her Hunch away in the desert and is afraid to listen to him, and also DEep Inner Self is burried in an underground prison.

So Yumi's Cells can have 10000000000 episodes where YuMi keeps using men, chewing them up while they are useful to her and then spitting them out.

In Season 1, YuMi has to kiss as# of Woong, to keep her fun boy toy. He is a moody arrogant man-child and a great boy toy
In Season 2, BaBi has to kiss as# of YuMi and make her feel like a princess, or else she loses interest in him. She gets with him not out of love, but for health reasons, to be treated like a princess, and loses interest as soon as he cannot be that loyal doting SERVANT ALL THE TIME. BaBi sold his soul and then could not resist his need for someone who truly loves him and gives to him, so he essentially chated.
BaBi needs someone who gives to him as much as he gives. BaBi did not have a mother and his father is cement, so BaBi needs real love, to be the center of attention.

Yeah BaBi is slimey too... He jumps ships as soon as it is not productive for him to stay.... As soon as "his woman" is "away" - he starts jumping ships...

So Season 2 is just ... ugly toxic muck bc it is clear these ppl are adults adn SHOULD be thinking...
BASICALLY SEASON 2 SHOWS THAT NOTHING WAS LEARNED FROM SEASON 1
and season 3 looks like the same concept


Season 1 is cute bc it is "starter kit"
but Season 2 is infuriating bc there is no progress whatsoever
the story just repeats
And Season 3 looks the same repeat...

Yumi's Cells Season 2 is so nasty because THE DRAMA IS DEAD FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES. It is not about love and aliveness. It is about INTENTIONAL TOXICITY, nobody is trying to become a better person, YuMi just scoots along with BaBi pushing her forward, and BaBi thinks this is the best "love" he can find for himself and BaBi "buys" this love by always being perfect and doting on the princess so that she would bestow her "love" on him.
So yeah, I feel furious after watching Yumi's Cells Season 2. It is a "waste of time" drama unless you want to really analyze toxic relationships.
The Cells is the only thing that is useful and worth watching here, to learn how ppl are able to slide into toxic relationships and maintain them for a long time.

I thought about this a lot. Season 2 is mostly about YuMi - BaBi relationship and fallout. Yumi's Cell Season 2 is so... toxic to watch!!!! bc there is no love there, only two adults using each other for attention AND LYING TO THEMSELVES ABOUT IT
It is toxic bc there is no real love there.

BaBi has no mother and his father is cement, so BaBi tries to "buy love by being perfect. YuMi never loved him really, she just used him to serve her like she was a princess. So as soon as he found someone else to kiss his as@ and love him, as soon as he found a better "investment", he took it.

BaBi's sliminess is that he starts switching ships as soon as his current ship starts sinking. He chased YuMi while breaking up with his reporter ex, and then he got Jeju girl as soon as it was clear that she was kissing his as# and loving him... So much better than uMi who honestly was just cold to BaBi and just enjoyed his taking care of her.

BaBi needs to find someone who will truly love and cherish him as much as he does love and cherish her. BaBi has a great capacity to love but very low ability to RECEIVE - then he falls for the first person who shows him appreciation and love.

YuMi needs to grow up too and pair up with a man who is equal to her. Woong was so much more childish and was essentially a boy toy, and BaBi was like a father/servant/nurse/sugar daddy to her. Seems like YuMi is a rather shallow person who picks the first guy who will give her s.x and attention.

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YuMi is just an ordinary, flawed, ignorant person, with some skillZ for life. She uses reason and thinks through stuff, but she put her Inner Self away into the desert and does not trust it, and she locked up her Deep Inner Desires into a jail underground.

is YuMi selfish? Hm... with BaBi, yes.... "finding solace in his admiration" IS SELFISH :) she is just taking from him.
With Woong... ? it is a mutual game. YuMi consented to kiss his as# to get his LustyDinosaur, whatever that blue t-rex was called. With Woong, YuMi was overly giving. But out of selfish reasons, she wanted something from him... and her mistake was to TOTALLY neglect all red flags so that she could get that.

I dont love to hate this drama. I just thought a lot about what I saw. it is ugly :( and I wasted 14 hours. I think there was a FASTER way to learn all that.

>>>>>i think the Cells are genious way to show what is happening under the surface. I felt like a detective, that I was able to see the "dissection" of human behavior. <<<< So in that regard, 14 hrs spend on this is not totally wasted. I was practicing my detective skills and learning :)

I predicted totally how both season 1 and 2 would go and how they would end :) and by watching the CELLS PART of the dramas, I learned a lot too

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Finally decided to watch this and it's still acceptable..

LIKE

Quite interesting I like chemistry between Yu Qi and He Di

Peter Ho looks weird in this drama lol

They used his sword to barbeque LOL

Yin Lou and Xiao Duo can communicate with each other by looking and also knocking on the wall lol

It’s sad no girl wants to be with an enunch

Sell off your looks see if any fishes get hooked lol

Yu Wen Liang Zhi adores his brother Yu Wen Liang Xu

What happened to Murong Gao Gong I loved it!

DISLIKE

Mu Rong Gao Gong. Period.

MUSIC - personal fav

风已起 Feng Yi Qi - 李紫婷 Li Zi Ting
锁 Suo - 丁爽 Ding Shuang
糖人街 Tang Ren Jie - 添儿呗 Tian Er’Bei
月色歌 Yue Se Ge - 王栎鑫 Wang Li Xin

REWATCH VALUE

Five for now

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4 MINUTES is a wild, hallucinatory ride that is definitely best experienced as a binge-watch. Watching it episode by episode can be quite confusing, so I personally recommend watching it all at once to help the puzzle pieces click into place. The finale leaves some questions unanswered, so I’m leaving that up to personal interpretation.

There are some hard to believe moments, like a police officer sharing highly confidential information with a guy he just had a one-night stand with, which felt a bit unrealistic. The series definitely leans into the surreal. However, Great was easily my favorite character; he has questionable morals but is so tragic, a "poor kid" trapped in his family’s cycle of corruption. Watching him finally break free from that facade was incredibly satisfying.

I really liked Tyme’s doctor friend; at first, I actually thought he’d be Tyme’s partner! As for Tonkla and Korn, I would have loved a different ending for them, but given how Korn is portrayed, it couldn't have gone any other way.

The series can be chaotic and, at times, notoriously difficult to understand, but that doesn't make it a bad show. Its ambition and emotional depth make it a journey worth taking.

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Some memorable characters but also someone who ruined it for me

Things I adored

1 As per usual, the panel was fun, even funnier than ever and the addition of Dex was a genius move. He blends well with the rest of the panel and their interactions feel so genuine and so funny I just watch the show for them, I'll admit.

Things I loved

1 Some contestants were very unique this time, and I loved that. I'll mention some although to be honest they all behaved in ways I hated, even those I thought intelligent and confident enough not to make stupid decisions. But well, they were at least different with much more personality than other years. To name some: Choi Min Woo. He gave me the impression that he was kind and genuine ad I was happy with how it ended for him, although as I stayed in previous reviews I don't believe for a second any of these couples will last. I doubt some last a minute after they leave the show.

Things I liked

1 Lee Jin Seok. He was intriguing although I must admit I never felt he was really interesting in the woman he chose in the end. They had some moments but to me he seemed to enjoy the experience rather than fall in love.

2 Choi Hye Seon. She would be on my love list if it weasn0t for her stupid choice to be interested in the stupid male who ruined the show. She was smart and assertive and funny and beautiful. I can't imagine what the heck was going on in her mind to be interested in HIM and finish with him. Total mind-blowing decision. This is the most frustrating with this season: to have so many interesting candidates and yet to finish with them behaving like idiots.

3 Yoon Ha Jung. My favorite contestant who would be in my loved list if, yes I repeat myself, she didn't end as the others by choosing the indecisive idiot. How? How a smart gorgeous witty woman can fall for him and never sway? What the hell is wrong with people and women in particular? She could be a rom com heroine, she had the best interactions and she is the cutest, and yet she falls for him. If the show isn't scripted and she wasn't paid to pretend that, the n I lose faith to humanity.

Things I disliked

1 Yun Ha Bin . He irritated me because he was handsome and I felt at the beginning that he would be the star but he turned out to be bland and I never got what he tried to achieve with his attitude during the Paradise staying with Yoon Ha Jung. Baffling and so disappointing.

2 Minji. A beautiful woman who I thought was also smart. Well it turned out she was as stupid as all the others who fell for that idiot. Not only that but she cried for him. For god's sake. This was horrible to watch but I'm happy she wasn't chosen maybe she'll open her eyes and next time makes better choices. She started out as someone who could shake things up and ended as the most idiotic person there. A shame, really.

Things I hated

1 Some of the contestants and when I say hated them I do mean it. First of all that woman Kim Gyu Ri. What was her stupid problem with Choi Min Woo? Just because he was attracted to another woman she had no right to lecture him. He was decent toward her and she was an ugly, unattractive witch. I think I rarely disliked someone so much. Not only I found her ugly but that she had the nerve to behave like she had the right to speak to him like this sealed the deal for me. One of the worst human beings out there, and I don't care if it was scripted. If it was she's also stupid to accept to be presented this way.

2 Lee Gwan Hee. I'm not even sure I can express how much this man irritated me. I understand that people can be indecisive and I get that falling in love in 10 days is stupid, although it happens, but this man took it to another level. I never ever met a man who could change his mind every time he talked with a woman, It was maddening and honestly if that was real and he did have all these changes of mind he needs to see w physiatrist the soonest possible. There's no way this man can be happy in real life. But as much as I hated him and wanted him to be alone j the end, I have to admit that to me amongst all the contestants from all seasons he was the most entertaining. I was at the edge of my seat waiting to see what would his next move would be. Crazy but effective. I still despise him and I would prefer to stay alone rather than be with someone like him. I was all the most irritated that there were many other contestants that were much more interesting and handsome than him. I found him unappealing and I can't imagine how so many gorgeous women could fall for him. Sorry, but that wasn't believable in the least.

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Worth a watch

LIKE

One family is rich but lonely the other although poorer but warm

Fei Zuo Shi is so sweet and understanding towards her employees

I’m not saying I agree with Fei Zuo Shi's action but what Su Su did was wrong

DISLIKE

Selfish Ning Xue Xiang

Feng Si and wife disgusting they brought it upon themselves

Feng Er keeps on thinking of more plot of lands

Fei Da Du Zi - live up to his name fat, greedy and lazy

MUSIC - personal fav

一穗沉土一岁沉浮 Yi Sui Chen Tu Yi Sui Chen Fu 雷佳 Lei Jia

REWATCH VALUE

Five for now

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Emotion Over Substance

Interesting premise. A Chinese teapot escapes the British Museum and tries to return home.

The drama leans heavily on emotional and nationalistic themes without much depth, relying more on sentiment than storytelling. Production is inconsistent. The dubbing often does not match, and in most scenes the actors barely move their mouths, making the dialogue feel as if they are communicating through telepathy. The English lines feel especially unnecessary, as the actors’ mouths do not move during delivery.

There are clear plot gaps, with little explanation of how the teapot transforms or returns to China. Extended shots of the leads taking and looking at photos, along with excessive B roll, make it feel more like a promotional video. Small details, such as mismatched sound effects, further break immersion.

Overall, the idea is stronger than the execution, with weak storytelling and uneven production throughout.

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Very swiftly catching your attention, 18 Again is a very maturely written and emotional k-drama that handles romance, strong emotions and fantasy simultaneously. Introducing you to the 18 Again universe, the first five episodes start with amazing comedy but then the drama develops into something far more emotional and deep. It captures love that blooms, fades and deepens beautifully.

I am so very thankful that Hong Dae Young and Jung Da Jeong got their (sort of) happy ending. While watching, I noticed that Ye Ji Hoon and Jung Da Jeong looked cute together but they were just not meant to end up together. Very happy that Seo Yeon’s relationship with Ye Ji Hoon got better though! Also very thankful that the writers didn’t include the, in my opinion, overused cheating troped and instead solely focused on the relationship between Jung Da Jeong and Hong Dae Young.

I really like the soundtrack, the OST song “Moments Make Memories” actually made me watch it. When it randomly started playing on Spotify I found it so cozy and checked out the series, which I am very content with.

Hong Si A is my favorite character and I couldn’t be happier that she started dating Seo Ji Ho. I shipped them from the beginning! Also happy with how love turned out for Deok Jin and Ok Hae In, they really were appropriate for each other.

Something else I also appreciated is all the small details, which made the series so much more enjoyable. The epilogues also brought in depth to the story and felt really meaningful.

Choi Il Kwon was so annoying, so it was very nice that he didn’t appear in the last episodes.

Could have been better:

While I really enjoy watching and reading fantasy series and books, it has to make sense in some way. And my problem with 18 Again is HOW NO ONE RECOGNIZED HONG DAE YOUNG. Like I get that it’s been a long time but still shouldn’t at least his wife and father have recognized him? And then Seo Ji Ho being the only one who actually did recognize him??? That part of the drama was very messed up. Like the characters could have at least thought that he was a second son of Hong Dae Young, not just some random son to a friend of Hong Dae Young who, mind you, has never appeared to be a father. And then when people called who they taught was the actual Hong Dae Young, he answered with his young voice, but nobody noticed that?

I’m also annoyed that Hong Dae Young didn’t tell his children the truth - I get that it’s very hard to believe but now Hong Si Woo lost his best friend just like that idk.

A super good show!

Best episode: Episode 4

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An interesting drama really not your usual coroner's genre

LIKE

The case involving well wow when they digged up I cried so much

Heal sickness and heal heart at the same time

When Qin Wan let go of her hands and fell into the water saddd

That particular case omg I need to cover the tv screen quite a number of murders

Crown prince so poor thing that stupid ambitious Empress

Good mixture of healing and coroner Good cases

I thought it was just a coroner story investigating murders and suddenly turned into an enormous plot twist

As the story slowly unravel with little hints here and there and my wild guess my god

Went to check on the scriptwriter is the one for Love Like a Galaxy then I realised ahhh no wonder!!

Everytime Qin Wan examines bodies, I’m eating.. almost want to puke at times it’s quite real and gross..

Crown Princess's love for Crown Prince so much love

DISLIKE

Disgusting Qin family so practical

MUSIC - personal fav

别叹 Bie Tan - 黄霄雲 Huang Xiao Yun
此爱 Ci Ai - 敖瑞鹏 Ao Rui Peng

REWATCH VALUE

Five for now

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Qi Min, the villain yearner my heart aches for

All the Qi Min yearners gather here with me, let our emotional turmoils peak together. One of the biggest reasons I could keep up with so many episodes was because of this second love arc which enticed me beautifully. And I appreciate the makers of adaptation for giving us this beautifully, painfully captivating arc that keeps gnawing at some ( unstable ones like me) of our hearts. *Spoilers Ahead* While the pacing for our main cp slowed down or sometimes got boring, I had this delicious, unhinged villain’s schemes, obsession with his woman, and love tribulations to look forward to. Oh my man YEARNS. The yearning he yearned, made me yearn for a villain’s happily ever after too. Now I know that this man is the ultimate villain, BAD BAD. A sinister schemer, merciless kil!er, a villain without redemption. But perhaps, perhaps, not so much irredeemable in love; Perhaps. And this made me so desperately want a real alternate ending for him and QianQian. Where he gets to move her heart, where he is ready to give up everything for her, if it means he can earn the littlest love and space in her heart. And by the ending point? That possibility may not have been so far fetched either. My tears shed with him during the last scene, as he lay there in her lap, and as he listened to her voice in his final breaths. My heart HURT.

Even if in a universe he still remains unhinged, I know my girl QianQian could keep him in check. Even then, I wished for his happy ever after with a new beginning.

Before anyone comes at me with how unokay I am, I know, I KNOW 😭 A girl can be weak for Qi Min, okay?

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A series that might surprise

I started this series a little skeptical, both because of Solar becoming a child and because I didn't like Perth and Santa in the last series. However, as I began, I realized that this series was more than just a comedy; it wanted to reflect on many issues, some of them heavy. Solar's personality shift makes us reflect on how trauma can affect people, and characters like Kay instead make us think about other problems that may seem silly but aren't. Perth and Santa are incredible in this series. I love how Santa is acting so well as a child; every single detail, how he moves, how he picks up objects, is exceptional in every way. Perth is the same; in this series he seems more adult and mature, yet fragile when Solar becomes Sun. Sammy is perfect in this role. Everything is well thought out and it shows, from the props to the locations, the excellent direction, and the colors too.
I really like how they are treating the trauma and they are not sexualizing Sun (my initial fear) in fact, this series is treating this trauma with a delicacy and sweetness that I find incredible
For me, it's the series of the year.

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