Summarily, this is a chef-d’oeuvre. This also is an original dieresis. However, to watch this series, especially for those of us from the West, you must indeed prepare yourself. One must suspend one’s frame of reference. Your first task is to not instinctually begin to make comparisons as to what you might do if you were in a similar situation. It is so easy to doubt and question, “Why are they doing that? Can’t they see the obvious?” This series in NOT from your universe of discourse. Two, do not judge the protagonists in terms of right or wrong, moral or immoral, ethical or unethical, or any other dichotomous standard. That would not be fair. Simply take their love story as presented at face value and go with it. Otherwise, you will drive yourself into a moral whirlpool of unnecessary emotional highs and lows. In the end, in essence, all you will need is yourself, alone, with a box of tissues, and a strong sense and a deep appreciation of how indestructible love for one another genuinely can be. And three, be prepared throughout to face lots and lots of pain – intense pain. Deeply personal, physical, emotional, and mental. Be forewarned: this is not a series that has a happy ending. However, it brandishes like no other BL I have ever seen, or undoubtedly will ever see, the power, intensity, sacrifice, and yes, the gift of love. This story is breathtaking in its simplicity but is as complex as any creation story of life itself. None of it is fathomable or inscrutable, yet when you watch it in its entirely and reflect on what you saw – it crystallizes. You understand even if it rips away at every fiber of your moral being.
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