This is not an ground-breaking BL and it is not anywhere near being artistically magnificent. But it is a great BL. This is what we watch BL's for. If you don't like this BL, you're not among the typical BL audience. You want something that is totally new because you are bored with all the standard BL formulas, or you have super-high artistic standards and hope you are watching a Fellini film. Guess what, most of us aren't here for that. Nonetheless we did get a drama with a lot of character development and exceptionally complex and realistic depictions of what real relationships look like. That was the part of this drama that took us all by surprise. The rest of what we liked involved some exceptional acting by War and Yin. Now I have been watching both of these guys and I'm not surprised that Yin improved as much as he has in this drama. He's actually roommates with War who is really one of the best actors in the BL business, and I secretly hope that they are lovers (lol), but I;m sure War rubs off on him. Everyone is surprised Yin has improved so much in this series, but I'm sure that War has motivated/coached him to get him to this point.

I think whoever looked at this drama really worked hard to improve it over the previous versions, and I'm talking about the novel as well as the first version which is part of En of Love. The idea that we start with a rape that develops into a relationship is really kind of absurd. This drama is not deep enough, or artistic enough like a Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down, to handle a rape being the starting point of a relationship. I'm glad they switched to drunken sex being initiated by the person who was supposed to be raped in the previous versions of the story. This was a fatal flaw in the initial series, and I was dismayed by people talking about the book who made light of this. I am not a person that likes to censor artistic liberties, but this simply did not work here, and I think it was a very smart decision of the writers of this series to edit that silly scenario out of this drama. There were just a lot of smart decisions by the screenwriters and the director that improved the series over the previous versions, including removing the lame idea of Vee kissing his girlfriend [who he broke up with], as a memento of their former love for each other in a public place where everyone would know about it. They improved that scenario a lot and they really worked at it. instead of Yin volunatarily kissing Ploy, he is basically kissing her against his will and after she reveals that she has been emotionally and physically abused by her current boyfriend.

What is wonderful about this version is that every conflict is resolved quickly. New conflicts are allowed to develop which is fine because that is what happens in real life, but endless, implausiible miscommunications that are dragged on for 4+ episodes are just not done here, thank god. I really appreciate this drama for treating us like adults and not dragging on stupid storylines that we know couldn't last for more than a few minutes in real life. You should see this as somewhat ground-breaking, even if the overall plot is commonplace.

What should you love about this show? The acting is incredible, and the story is solid - just forget all the other ones that are similar. The characters feel like living, breathing people with all the personal issues that lead to natural feeling dramatic situations that we can all relate to. The ending is just spectacular and is one of the best in the BL world. If you want a wonderful uplifting moment to your day, binge-watch this till you get to the end. The angst will mean nothing, because you will get to an ending that will fill your mind and heart with a kind of rapturous, glowing, euphoric feeling. What else could you want ? This is what you came to watch BL's for, and you couldn't hope to find something much better than this.