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I really don't wannt watch episode 14, not just because it's third from the bottom, but also because, after translating the episode, and the preview (!!!!), ep 14 seems to be so angsty and torturous...especially the following!!

내가 보이는데 있지마  널 보고 십지 않아.
Don't be where I can see you. I don't want to see you.

Compare that with the previous

안조이는 거 답답해. 그러니까, 안 보이는데 있지마
I feel anxious when I can't see you. So, don't be where I cannot see you.

I was reading a blog post which was discussing YB ep 9 and 10...and came across this quote from Van Fan's song:

我的瞳孔 上演著你的笑容
我的耳朵 播放著你的感動
還好因為有你 記憶開始溫柔
那些綿延的創痛 都找到出口

你帶我離開悲傷 像黑夜裡的月光
那數不盡的失望 是你教我原諒
當你靠在我肩膀 我學會了遺忘

氾逸臣 - 離開悲傷

Images of your smile are playing in my eyes
Sounds of being touched by you are playing by my ears
Thankfully, my memories are turning gentle because you are here for me
The pain that is spreading inside of me has found an exit

You brought me out of sorrows, like the moonlight in the night
Those countless disappointments, it's you who taught me to forgive
When you leaned on my shoulder, I learnt to forget

Van Fan - Out of sorrows

The translated version doesn't match the scene as well as the chinese version, but it's around there. Oh, the scene I'm refering to is the one in ep 9, during the last 5 minutes of Tae Kyung's birthday. This lyric really fit that scene to a T!

I was reading another baidu post and apparently, JGS fans from China (those studying in Korea, and some all the way from China) visited the set and sponsered the whole crew + cast buffet lunch. AGAIN. The last time was from Korean fans. And then we had numerous incidents of each cast member's fans bringing gift packs etc to the set for every member of the cast and crew. I read that the China fans are planning to visit them on their final day in Okinawa. This is so crazy....I feel that those working on this drama are really lucky...they get so much freebies!!!

What do you think preceded this scene?

I tried coming out with a few, like these:
He was sick, she looked after him and her feelings got the better of her.
She tripped and fell onto him and decided to enjoy the moment before he wakes up.
They were drugged (LOL, extreme imagination) and some tabloid put them in this position for photos.
They got drunk and just landed up like that
Somehow, from the last ep to this one, their feelings developed urber fast and they decided to get together.

What else?

Can't think of any?

Here's the answer
 

What is this you ask?

Well due to some reason, Mi-Nam (the girl acting as a guy) is sharing a room with Tae-Kyung (the leader of the group). Worried for her safety, her manager gave her the electric taser in case Tae-Kyung attempted to do something to her. I did suspect that Tae-Kyung might be the poor accidental victim, but no, I was wrong.

Mi-Nam touched it accidentally, and got knocked out, hence the above scene.

See how amazing the script is? I love how the screenwriters take typical cliches and give it such a twist, or sometimes a pun. Makes the plot more interesting and filled with surprises! Like, of all the ways to get the two leads into each others' arms!!! This!

Read this website for episode recaps and summaries!

Humans are REMMs. The first thing I learnt in my AA202 course this sem. The thing that I stuck with me from then on, for reasons I don't get. And it is true! Humans are REMMs.

I was watching BOF because it's really addictive, although now that I'm reaching the end (last ep!), it seems quite empty on hindsight. I definitely prefer this version over the tw one (maybe because MG2 ruined it for me), but I'm not sure about the Japanese version. In any case, BOF deviated from the original manga quite a bit, as compared to HYD, in the second half ('second season' lol).

It was very obvious that Jihoo (Rui) had his part increased by a lot, and at the expense of Junpyo (Tsukasa) and the rest. Of course, I've always favoured Rui's character, plus Hyun Joong (Or issit Hyung Joon?) HJL (stands for HJLeader coz he's the leader of SS501. The other guy is called HJBaby coz he's the youngest) is really gorgeous looking so I didn't mind the additional subplots and memorable moments that made the Jihoo's fate in the end all the more sad for me. But looking back, that really changed the nature of Rui's relationship with Makino. It's kind of strange that while I was yelling for more RuixMakino interactions and for him to go tell Makino his feelings in HYD, when that actually happened in BOF, I felt odd. Like Rui became too....proactive? Ah wadever. I'm not a diehard fan of the manga, so I'm ok with these changes to the original plot, although some people were unhappy that Jihoo's part increased while Junpyo's seemed to decrease in comparison.

The one thing I want to complain is the fact that Woo Bin (Akira) didn't get his share of screen time! Not that he's my favourite character or what. But since Yi Jung (Soujirou) had his subplot with Ga Eul (Yuki) developed this much, I expected to at least see Woo Bin's legendary mom and sisters. That part fell short of my expectation.

But the story between Yi Jung and Ga Eul was really striking, much more than the XimenxXiaoyou or SoujirouxYuki relationship in MG and HYD. Firstly, Yi Jung is waaaay cute, especially when he smirks. (I just found out, through a friend, that he's only like...18 or something. Younger than me, at least. O.O I feel sooo old already!) Secondly, Ga Eul is by far the prettiest among all the actresses that acted as Yuki (of course, Rainie Yang's an exception coz she really bloomed in recent years). Thirdly, Yuki wasn't as irritatingly proactive in wooing Soujirou in BOF. So I was really looking forward to their scenes, almost more than I was looking forward to JunpyoxJandi or JihooxJandi scenes.

I was crying (as usual) when Jandi went to Junpyo. It was especially sad this time because of all the sweet memories the screenwriter fed us with throughout the drama. Somehow, since the part of the plot where Junpyo left for Macau (OMG I'm amused coz I stayed in that same hotel - the Venetian, which Tackey dear went for the opening ceremony - a year before, and that time it was still very new so a lot of the shop spaces were still empty. It was interesting looking at the same place a year later!), all the sweet stuff went to Jihoo. I cannot remember how many times he hugged Jandi. There're hugs everywhere!!! Meanwhile, Junpyo was either pissing me off by hurting Jandi (makes no difference that he had reasons) or making me laugh by his silliness. So it felt somehow that the romance was really between Jihoo and Jandi, although this romance will not have a happy ending...

Ok, wait. I just realised that I have still not typed out what I intended to by making this post.

Yes, the REMM thing.

I was watching up to ep 21 when the links to the next eps went dead, due to *ahem* copyright issues (I have no intention to discuss my view on this). So I searched around. But everything was linked to everything else, so I could only find raws, Viet subs, Thai subs, but no English or Chinese subs. I decided to give it a try to watch the raws. It was a disaster because I had to depend on my still amateur knowledge of Korean verb forms, and on making logical guesses at meanings. So, I took like...15mins for a 10 clip. After an hour, I gave up. However, I really want to watch it so I thought of something else. I went to look for soft subs. I found them but because I couldn't and didn't want to d/l raws, they were kind of useless, right? NAH! In the end I watched the raws through streaming and whenever I can't understand something, I'll refer to the softsubs. lol. Yes, REMM. We can find a way out no matter what!