hwang da seul, you will always be famous.

i've been putting off watching this after season 1 because the streets said they broke up. now that i've had the time & attention to actually watch it, i have to say a few "things" about this second season.

first off, WHEW baby, hwang da seul. that's really mother. she can never do any wrong (except wyel, but that's just my personal bias towards its shooters and jang euisoo's companionship choices). i loved everything, from the parallels of the current time/flashbacks, it flowed so naturally and did not feel out of place. cinematography? stunning as always. how they delivered the angst was good here; made the characters feel more fleshed out other than season 1 where we really did not get to "know" them on a deeper lens.

now onto my personal notes. dawg. i still believe that none of this should have happened if they just fucking talked this shit out from the get-go. but whatever, this is fiction, we take what we can get. everything about this show pissed me all the way off but surprisingly? i liked it. the actors ate downnn, honey. kangmin and woohyun ate these roles up. they always had me at the edge of my seat when they would talk. the dinner scene on episode 5? the getting beer scene at episode 6? the confrontation at the last episode? absolute cinema. this shit was draggy but they made magic with it. was the conflict immature? oh hell it was. y'all are liars if you think this conflict was ever needed in the first place. did it felt draggy? a lot of times. but, the execution was stellar. it did not feel like they were going in circles, since it dived onto deeper aspects of their character.

would i rewatch this show ever again? oh baby, absolutely not. the emotions i felt watching this once do not need to resurface again. is it deserving of a high score despite the conflict being cliché and shallow as hell? well... sorta kinda. the acting of kangmin and woohyun here saved this for me, ngl.

[also minor irk. the OSTs for these were terrible. so many english songs that felt out of place to listen to. they could've just used some simple scores/instruments for impact]

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One of GMMTV's actual magnum opuses in terms of BL selections.

While this may sound exaggerated and emotionally-charged, that's almost what most reviews always are either way even if some people say they're being objective. Either way, this show was truly something spectacular, to the point where I can say that this is one of the best BLs GMMTV has ever made, considering their abysmal and mediocre plethora.

Acting-wise, both Jimmy and Sea did incredibly well, and it felt like the long pauses that GMMTV, as per usual, loves to do to jarringly fill out their usual 43-minute shows' timeslot did not feel like filler.

Story-wise, the storyline was good all around. However, I do share the same sentiment as other people saying that Episode 11 was genuinely unnecessary. But to say that everything past Episode 9 was not needed is where I would disagree. Episode 9 was pivotal for Day since while Mee's story ended in the book, it also marked the rebirth of Day in which he now, temporarily, has to live his life as a blind man. Going back, I did feel that Episode 11 was completely unnecessary and was inserted for the sake of having conflict; however, the conflict still makes sense considering the amount of times Day has said that he does not want to be seen differently. However, I do have to double down and say that it irked me when he dismissed Mhok's reason for staying, started being bratty out of nowhere (which was a little bit justified), and how I wish he could have properly apologized to Mhok in Episode 12. But hey, you don't always get what you want. However, I wouldn't say these episodes were what made the show bad. That's like saying HIStory 3 was terrible after the writers killed off Yu Xi Gu.

Music & Score-wise, it was good. I don't usually pay attention to background music especially when I'm enveloped with the actors themselves. BUT, the scene with both of them singing in the car in Episode 4 will always have a special place in my heart, and will always be something I would rewatch.

Rewatch value-wise, lol, I've rewatched this so many times and I haven't gotten sick of it. Like, it's just THAT good.

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