Love By Chance 2: A Chance to Love (2020)

Un despropósito

ACTUALIZADO AL FINAL
Love by chance era un buen bl, una historia bonita, bien contada y con una buena química entre las dos parejas, la protagonista y la secundaria. No era una obra redonda como Sotus ni con actuaciones tan dramáticas como Tharntype o Until we meet again pero era muy agradable de ver. No así esta segunda parte de la historia. Hoy he visto el 11avo capítulo de A chance to love y tengo que decir que es bastante decepcionante. Solo las escenas tiernas de Tin y Can son pasables,pero la historia no tiene ningún sentido.
Creo que el rehacer la historia de Tin y Can no ha hecho ningún bien a la serie pero es que no es este todo el problema, tiene muchos, la historia de Ae no tienen ningún interés ni tampoco las tramas de las otras parejas secundarias que se quedan a lo largo de los 11 capítulos casi sin desarrollar. Nunca había visto algo tan desigual en un bl. Qué van hacer? resolver todas las historias en un último capítulo, ridículo!!
Pero lo que más sorprende es como han resuelto la historia familiar de Tin, un desastre! Un despropósito! Es una parodia más bien de drama familiar que se resuelve con una conversación a medias con el padre y con un Tin de golpe dispuesto a perdonar al malvado hermano. Mal, muy mal. No nos lo creemos. Una pena de actores haciendo lo que pueden para aguantar este bochorno. Después de ver este capítulo tan horrible, creo que puedo decir que en mi humilde opinión que supera con creces en poca calidad a Oxygen the series que para mi es otro despropósito.
No me explico como la misma productora de la fantástica y emotiva UWMA ha podido hacer estas series tan mediocres.
Me voy a hacer un maratón este fin de semana de MINI BL Coreanos a ver si me pasa el disgusto. JAJAJAJAJAJ

FINALIZADO: Confirmo el DESTROZO de la serie, aún con el dulce final! Sólo nos hubiera faltado un SAD ending para indignarnos completamente jajjaja pero nos han dejado ( al menos, solo en este aspecto) con un buen sabor de boca!! El resto fatal: lagunas e inconsistencias en el guión, las historias de las dos parejas secundarias acabadas de manera super apresurada y sin ningúna profundidad, diálogos muy poco trabajados y los actores nadando en todo este destrozo como pez fuera del agua, jajajaj. Si estáis pensando en verlo, NO PERDÁIS EL TIEMPO! Os recomiendo los bl coreanos mucho mejores o si preferís THAI , mucho mejor: 1000 thousand stars o ITSAY!!!! EstáN a años luz de este bodrio!!!!!

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Recomendada darle una oportunidad

Se lee mucho por las reseñas que es una mala temporada, que la historia es peor que en la primera respecto a TinCan, pero pienso que no es así, si bien su relación se desarrolló muy rápido, a diferencia que en LBC1, que pasaron muchos episodios hasta besarse por primera vez, esta segunda temporada tiene una trama muy interesante alrededor de la familia de Tin, sobre todo con su hermano. Hasta el penúltimo capitulo lo odié bastante, pero hubo final feliz para ambos, y con eso me quedo más tranquilo. También es verdad que me gustaría que hubiesen indagado aún más en la historia de Techno, por eso espero una tercera temporada (coda que no ocurrirá) con Techno como protagonista principal.

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La peor segunda temporada

La segunda temporada es tan mala comparada a la primera que me cuesta creer que Mame escribiera un guion tan basura.

Tin y Can los protagonistas de esta temporada- de una serie de 13 capitulos 6 son recapitulacion de lo que ya vimos. nada nuevo y de echo en esta recapitulacion incluso lo hacen PEOR, las escenas originales de la primera temporada fueron mucho mejor que estas de mala calidad. Ya luego del capitulo seis gloria al cielo al fin comienzan a dar algo de material nuevo. Aunque para mi TIn y Can se ven muy incomodos en varias escenas senti que tenian mas quimica en la primera temporada. Pero fueron lo mas salvable de esta segunda temporada.

Klano (KengklaxTechno)-Estos dos casi desaparecen faltaron muchos momentos importantes que debieron verse en la serie para entender que paso con ellos con su relección y hacia donde va y por que Kla anda escribiéndole cartas y tratandose de ganar el perdon de P'No. Faltan partes sumamente importantes como por ejemplo cuando Techno se entera de todo lo que Technic y Kengkla habían echo a sus espaldas. Su reacción dolida y como Kengkla comienza a ganarse su perdón con las cartas en cambio se brincan todo eso y van directo a las cartas dejando así como que un vacío de 10 pies de largo si no te has leído las novelas. Ademas de que si juntamos todas sus escenas y sacamos las promociones de productos... no tienen ni cinco minutos en pantalla.

TumTar- se que el tema con estos dos es complicado por el hecho que son Hermanastros, aun si no tienen relección de sangre sus padres estan casados (la madre de Tar y el padre de Tum) y esto puede original malestar en algunos pero la mayoría quedamos curadas con Mi bromance de Fluke y nos vale goro. La historia de Tum y Tar la manejaron muy bien la primera temporada. Y para los que leemos el universo de Mame sabemos que Tum esta bien pinche enamorado de Tar y de echo la ultima vez que los vimos fue en ThanrType 7 años donde Tum y Tar VIVEN JUNTOS y andan en una relaccion (aunque siguen con su pedo de ocultárselo a los padres uno mientras el otro quiere decirle, pero en resumen son una pinche pareja casada). Una vez mas la serie decide mandarnos sin nigun respeto a los fans de los libros a chupar pito. En esta segunda temporada Tum ya no ama a Tar y se enamora de un bato que en su casa conocen, lo peor no es eso lo peor es la falta de química y desarrollo. Además de que mi hermoso Earth como Tar apenas y sale. Y el tipo inventado este Keen del que aparentemente se enamora Tum nada que ver, soso, y ni siquiera es una parte real del universo de Mame. Cancer da lo mal que llevaron esta pareja.

AePete- Ahora pasemos a Pete y Ae los protagonistas de la primera. Todos sabemos que paso con el actor de Pete no hace falta repetirlo y si vives debajo de una piedra y no sabias en resumen Saint (el actor de Pete) y la producción de Love by Chance terminaron mas peleados que tus tíos por el terreno que dejo tu abuela. Así que deciden brincarse todo lo que paso entre Pete y Ae antes de que Pete se fuera a Alemania. Para ser sincera en los libros yo llore con esos capítulos fue duro lo que hizo el papa de Pete. Y aunque entiendo que no querían sustituir a Pete (yo si hubiese cambiado al actor para evitar ese brinco tan feo pero ese es otro tema) hizo falta al menos una explicación, alguno de los personajes contándole a otro como paso todo como es que el papa de Pete los separo para que podamos entender el sufrimiento de Ae en esta temporada. Pero no solo tienes a Ae llorando durante toda la serie sin ningun tipo de detalle de por que tuvieron que romper y por que Pete se tuvo que ir.

TulHim- La nueva pareja de esta temporada tiene un monton de cambios con respeto a libro que es mucho mas oscuro, pero al menos a estos les fue mejor que a las otras tres parejas de la serie. Sinceramente el unico punto que le di a la serie se lo di por esta pareja fue literalmente lo unico salvable de la segunda temporada.

De los personajes de apoyo importantes la mayoría brillaron por su ausencia como ChaAim (la novia de Pond) o Type. Simplemente desaparecen como si nunca hubieran existido.

Entiendo que Tin y Can iba a ser el foco de esta temporada estaba preparada para eso pero no estaba preparada para la chapuseria que hicieron con todos los demas.

En fin teniendo un buen elenco, la producción descuido a todos y esto si afecto el grueso de lo que era A Chance to Love. Y aunque nunca pensé que diría esto la realidad es que A Chance to Love se encuentra en mi lista de PEORES segundas partes de drama y ocupa el nada despreciable SEGUNDO puesto de una peor segunda temporada. Me e topado con segundas partes que no son tan buenas como la primera pero siguen siendo buenas. Pero A Chance to Love es este tipo de chapuseria que uno dice "¿Tanto esperar para esto?".

Despues de una larga espera desde la primera temporada, puedo decir sinceramente que la segunda fue una completa basura.

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Change to love

Yo leí el libro me gustó el libro pero la serie primera y la segunda temporada están mal organizados no le entido nada pero si al libro dice que pete se va estudiar extranjero pero mire la serie pasan tres mes después vuelve al pasado de la primera temporada cuál dejan mal la primera temporada esta confusa tin y can no se conocen cuando en realidad la primera temporada si conocían y en la segunda temporada no se conoce y otra no se sabe porque pete rompió con ae en la segunda temporada tin y can están en el pasado pero no ae eso hace uno se confunda y flash black me imagino que lo utilizaron porque no esta pete con ae y hacen que pusuestamente esta recordando a pete en los bellos momentos que fueron felices esperemos como avanza la serie espero que tengan un final feliz de cada pareja principalmente aepete
Como dice en el libro no estoy satisfecha siento que ver drama y no verle soluciones no me va gustar espero no ver una tercera temporada espero verle un final feliz de allí le sigue tharntype esa historia no mas me equivoco

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What were they even thinking?

I was reflecting whether I should write this review as many fans might find it insulting, but screw it!

To summarise in two words: AWFUL SEASON. Now let me elaborate more.

Legit I do not understand how they decided to go on with this season. Numerous of people had to agree to the final approach for this season plot. I wanna know who in the world agreed to have 6 recap episodes for the first season in a 13 episodes series. Why? Are we, the fans, a joke to them? We did not watch the new season to remind us what happened in the first season. We can rewatch it if we want to remember what happened.

I do not understand how MAME agreed to this approach and the changes in the story. For example, in this season Pete already left from Bangkok and left Ae behind, but at the same time Tin and Can have not met each other. WHAT? I am trying to watch a bl series not to understand the end of Inception. I do realise that there were not able to work with Saint due to previous drama between them, but dude you can not defy the laws of time in the series. If you can not work with Saint, then we do not need scenes with Ae being shitty and drunk, in a series that focuses in TinCan. I feel that they just had Perth in the series for the fans!

Instead, of giving Perth that much of a screen time, they could focus more on KlaNo. LIKE DUDE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO USE THIS COUPLE DO NOT MENTION IT FROM THE BEGINNING. I felt that this couple was used as an intermission and as a chance to change the mood from Ae's and TinCan's story. Moreover, the couple had approximately 20 minutes screen time in total, and for some reason No was getting softer for Kla in every episode. WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT THE LAWS OF TIME? YOU CANT DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH THEM. Tbh, I don't like how KlaNo's relationship began in the novel, but you have to show more of what Kla did to win No over. You can't show two scenes were Kla gives No snacks and expect us to believe that this shit is ok.

This leads to my next point. ENOUGH WITH THE PRODUCT PLACEMENTS! I know that you have to find sponsors to produce a series, but there were many scenes that only existed for product placement and had nothing to do with the plot. You could use them in a more discreet way rather than showing Kla giving No those snacks and him eating them. I do not know how the rest of the viewers feel about product placement, but when I see a product being placed in this straightforward way, I usually hate the product.

Now moving on with the acting. Was it bad? Yes! I really enjoyed Mean's acting in the first season, but thanks to the plot changes I felt that what I was watching was not Tin but someone else! You can not have an actor establish a role's character in the series and the next season make him change that. As for Plan, well he was cute in the first season but he was must softer in this season. I repeat: IF YOU WANTED TO USE THE SAME CHARACTERS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED THEIR BACKGROUND! Now as for Perth, I felt that in the first season he was amazing (taking into account his young age), but in this season he was acting bratty and as an asshole. I know that this is how Ae behaved in the novel, but at some point I grew tired of watching the same scene over and over again. So, for the last 4 episodes I always skipped Ae's scenes. You are sad about Pete leaving you. WE GET IT! NOW GET OVER IT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS! However, I feel that Gun's acting has improved. In LBC he was awkward and had no flow what so ever, while in this season he was still awkward but at least not that much. As for Mark's acting, I thought that he was the best actor in LBC, but I can not compare with this season as HE APPEARED ONLY 4 MINUTES IN TOTAL!

To summarise, I feel that MAME and the producers created this season just to make us shut up! They had 2 years to prepare for this series but in the end we got something awful. Tbh, after finishing this season I hoped that we did not get this season at all. For some reason, I believe that MAME and the rest of the team, bet everything in TharnType and in order to please us for TinCan, they just wrote the script in two days with no revision and gave it to the cast a day before filming.

I think that the wisest thing to do is to always ask a fan's opinion prior the decision of a script approach and production. I know that they might worry for any plot leak if they share their ideas with fans; however, they could find someone to trust from the fanbase and let the fan help them with continuous feedback. I feel that if that was done then we wouldnt get 6 recap episodes and the plot would be more fast paced!

P.S. STOP INTRODUCING TOO MANY NEW CHARACTERS IN NEW SEASONS!
I DONT HAVE THE TIME TO INVEST IN THEM AND KNOW THEM BETTER. I WOULD PROBABLY END UP HATING THEM!

That's it! A chance to love was shitty. Change my mind!

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Well, let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Unfortunately there are two: 1) the re-telling of Tin&Can story with mixed up timelines, and 2) the chemistry between Tin&Can. Well, the re-telling was an odd choice. I’m not bothered by it, but other people are. I have seen many loosing interest in this series because of that reason (and also because Saint isn’t part of the cast). Starting from zero with Tin&Can while showing us Ae crying through 3 whole episodes makes no sense. It’s not like they tried to reboot everything and make a stand-alone series. Also they wasted 6 episodes with the re-telling without providing something new and exciting. Some of the scenes they had to re-act were not as iconic as the original ones. I liked some of the new scenes, but they didn’t change the story at all. It just feels unnecessary. The characters changed a tiny little bit with Tin being more soft and vulnerable and less arrogant and dangerous looking (which also seem to disappoint many) and Can being a bit softer and more mature. But yeah, not a big difference. It's not like in DBK where they changed Kao's character so much he was unrecognizable (I'm still salty about that). So let’s move on to the second elephant: The chemistry between Tin&Can. I thought the chemistry was so great (much better than in s1) and that's why I looked up the actors (what I rarely do). I was surprised to see how close they are in real life. They seem to have personalities that resonate well together and that explains the great chemistry. But this chemistry vanishes completely when they have to kiss. You can feel through the screen how much Plan hates it, and that makes me sad. It’s not like I get some homophobic vibes from him. I highly doubt Plan would do any better in those scenes with a woman. I have seen him kissing a girl in another series (if you can call that a kiss) and it was even worse. He did well in the famous couch kiss at the end of s1, so I really don’t know what’s the issue suddenly. Maybe they shouldn’t cast two guys who are good friends? Watching them kiss makes me rather uncomfortable. Sometimes I prefer to look away, which shouldn’t be the case. It’s not their fault if their „couple“ becomes so popular, but perhaps they should just stop doing those roles when they don’t feel like it. I highly doubt they are so poor that they need the money. That said, I think the director’s decision plays a role too. Kisses were purposely not shown. They didn’t even kiss when they had sex. That’s a first, really. I’m pretty sure I have never seen a bed scene without a kiss. Enough negativity. Despite Plan being the mood killer I have to compliment him for his acting. He has to play the ugly, stupid monkey which isn’t easy and requires some courage. In fact I have never seen a similar character in any other BL series. He is not just there to look handsome, he has to be lively, crazy, cute, funny, sex-hungry (lol). It’s not an easy role and he does a good job. I’m really into the character when he appears on the screen. But yeah, at the end of the day the whole series feels so uninspired. I feel awkward watching it. I giggle like a little girl (like I never did before, I will admit it), I laugh, I shake my head, I feel embarrassed (really embarrassed like I never did before either watching any other BL), I have to look away, I hold my breath – it’s a whole EXPERIENCE. And then I’m sad, because it could be so much better and I know they messed it up. I wish they had done a better job (better writing, better intimate scenes) and I wish more people would love it. I didn't even mention the other couples, because I feel it's a waste of time. They don't have enough screen time, aren't very exciting or they are just toxic. Tin's background story and the issues with his brother aren't well told or well presented. I'm just not a fan of the writer. If not for Mean&Plan who are very charming, I highly doubt I would bother watching this.
EDIT: Since this series ended I have a strange feeling in my gut. For whatever reason I don't want to think about this series anymore (and I will not rewatch it). Hearing about questionable behavior of the cast towards the only gay character in the show (Earth) isn't helping either. This really was a train wreck.

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WHY???

Season one left a big TinCan cliffhanger, so on paper, it did make sense to push for a second season even without Saint. We were also led to believe that this is a season for the second couple who gained a lot of following.

But then this mess happened: Ae and Pete's, and Techno and Keng's story continued, but Tin and Can's story was rebooted, and we as viewers are just supposed to accept that.

At first i was willing to give it a chance, after all, thats more screentime for Mean and Plan. But then what they delivered was 6 episodes of TinCan rehash which was so poorly executed and rushed to cover all their important events from the first season. Unfortunately, the chemistry just wasnt the same anymore.

Whats worse was that the episodes after their supposed breakup and makeup, upto the finale, didnt improve things.

Ae's story, and the constant crying and/or sulking was so annoying that you cant help but fast forward his scenes. Techno's stupidity and the pretend hard-to-get with Keng is also tiring. Tum, Tar, Pond, Bow and Keen were also all useless. None of the stories made sense and didnt contribute to the overall cohesion of the series.

What they could have done is to just continued with TinCan's story line and focused on developing their characters.

What was a good season 1 suddenly transformed into a season 2 that felt like a high school film project. It felt like there was a contractual obligation and expectation to deliver a 2nd season that the makers didnt care whether its good or bad. Then at the end, they had the audacity to put a cliffhanger, i think in the hopes of producing a 3rd season. Please i beg the producers not to, and just let this story rest.

If you have seen season 1 and not seen this yet and you want closure of TinCan, just watch episode 1, then skip to episode 6 or 7. Play it in fast forward mode too, you dont need the lines. Giving this a 5.5 just because of MeanPlan. Im sorry Perth, i like you but this kinda diminished your star.

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It's good, but if it was more faithful to Romance, it would have been much better

The second season was a bit painful to watch. For those who have not read the novel, it must be very confusing the line of reasoning of the events, in relation to the end of the relationship with AePete and the departure of Pete to Germany, but as I already know the story for having read the novel before, I liked it.
I really like Plan and Mean's acting, they are good, especially Mean, but in the moments of interaction as a couple in the kissing scenes and intimate scenes, they seemed very awkward. The main couple TinCan have a very good interaction, but lacked chemistry in those moments.
Seeing AE's suffering in the series was heartbreaking. Perth's acting is so good that it made me agonize, I needed a lot of time to watch his scenes. I really love how he gets into character, so natural. I literally felt AE's suffering. According to the original Novel, AE really goes through this period of depression when Pete breaks up with him. This period of 3 years that Pete is out of the country and all the suffering of when they are separated, will contribute a lot to their maturing. Pete will be more confident, and AE will no longer be so jealous and possessive. Their relationship will be more mature.
The downside is that Pete's character has practically disappeared, with him being one of the main characters in the plot. In the novel AePete broke up, but he told both sides of the story during this period when they were away from each other. This fact, caused a negative impact on the plot, for not being faithful to the Romance. Anyway... what really hooked me into watching the second season was Perth's performance, even though it was painful, a good performance is worth seeing.
And regarding the couples KenglaTechno and TumTar, I found the story dragged. Considering, that they do not belong to the original story of LBC, they are just adapted characters.
Overall, the second season could have been much better, but there were many drawbacks, such as the departure of Saint (Pete) which had a negative impact, and Perth, I didn't want them to replace him with another actor. I think it would be much better if, the same way they replaced the actor who plays Tin's brother, they also replaced the actor who plays Pete, and made a storyline more faithful to Romance, the audience feedback would be much more positive, even if some fans would be upset, not replacing the actor Saint and not bringing Pete into the story, was a big mistake, but I still liked it. In my case, I already know the story, so I evaluate the positives and negatives and compare it to the original Romance story.
I love this novel, I am always rereading the story.
For people who haven't watched it yet and haven't read Romance, I advise them to read it first, before watching Drama. Many people criticize it because they don't know the story, but if you read the Novel first, you will have a better understanding of the Drama, what is going on with each character, and about the logic of the events.
The plot of the Drama is inferior compared to the Romance, but it is worth a chance!

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The only reason this doesn't have a 0 is because of Perth

HEAR ME OUT!

Also, don't get me wrong. I only watched it for the Perth scenes. I was also mad saint wasn't in it since I'm a hard Saint stan, but that is beside the point. Anyway, I love the actors and I loved LBC, I would also like to mention I love the director p'New, and I loved his works from LBC to UWMA. but this one was just overall sloppy like during the time I was watching it I was like "did the director get hit in the head with a bottle of wine and drunk the remains?" (lol not trying to offend anyone) I also think that the TinCan ship was rushed and repeated. I was like wtf even happened. -so Pete and Ae already broke up and TinCan just met? HOW, like there is no need for this many recap episodes. Aside from them I also hated the KlengkaTechno ship. It was overall messed up and Kleng is just an EVIL CHILD, but not gonna lie I loved hating him, and I also like Mark as an actor himself.
Like I had mentioned, I love Perth and Saint. Not as a ship, but as actors in general, I feel like Saint just stands out so don't even get me started on that topic. OK. Aside from me loving Perth. I think he got a little too much screen time like he should have given the main characters (TinCan) a little bit more scenes - not saying that I loved watching their scenes. Also not saying that I hated watching Perth scenes, cause I LEGIT lived for his senses. I always skip side couple scenes and TinCan scenes, to the point where I only watched Perth scenes. BUT come-on! give the TinCan fans a little more action.
Now when it comes to Kleng x Techno, don't even let me talk about how STUPID I thought It was! Techno is a straight-up idiot and not in a good way. I mean straight-up IDIOT. Kleng just played him dirty and at the end of the day he was like "at least I got them snacks"
LIKE are you STUPID or DUMB? and the advertisement was just too obvious like whenever that drink popped up I was like "here we go again like bob drink your GO GO juice and GET IT OVER WITH!!.
ANYWAYS... I still like the actors and I just don't recommend it to anyone who wants to keep their image of LBC pure and beautiful cause this crap just scared me. also, I would like to mention that the PeteAe story was rushed, then dragged then rushed again then dragged till the point I felt confused. I still ship AePete. May your ship rest in peace cause clearly ACTL killed you.

In the end... WATCH LBC and FORGET that ACTL was ever released.

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Flawed, but LBC2 does offer closure

Viewers are justifiably upset after watching the first episode, but I think this series doesn't deserve to be hated so much.

Admittedly, there are a few undeniable weaknesses, amongst which are:

1. Many fans are expecting a continuation of the Tin/Can story from LBC1. Unfortunately, it is rebooted and the story of Tin/Can is shifted to later in the timeline. Originally, they meet about the time Ae and Pete become a couple, but in the reboot, they meet after the largely unexplained breakup of Ae and Pete. This can be rather disorienting and we have to wait for about have the series before we get the equivalent of the part of the Tin/Can story that LBC1 left us with. (We have to remember that a lot of the issues are directly or indirectly because of the fact that it is now virtually impossible to get both Perth and Saint to star in the same series.)

2. The Tin/Can story is cute but it is not as moving as the Ae/Pete story. It has the potential to at least come close, but there is significant missed potential. We can see why Tin falls in love with the innocent and uninhibited Can, but there isn't enough focus on how much Can really means to Tin. We do see it, but not in a way that really leaves a deep impression. In some ways, Season 1 does this better (although I would like the Season 2 version of Tin a little better if he were a real person). In the end, the depth of Ae's love for Pete (especially because of Perth's good performance) threatens to overshadow the story of Tin and Can that LBC2 is supposed to focus on.

[Ae/Pete's breakup isn't explained in the series except through the reference that Pete has broken up with Ae for Ae's sake. According to the accounts of the novels I have seen, Pete's wealthy father objects to their relationship and does pretty nasty things to Ae's family, and in the end Pete breaks up with him so that he doesn't have to suffer more.]

3. LBC2 focuses on Tin and Can, but Can's character lacks development. Apart from the moment when he acts carefree despite being miserable after losing the football match, he is too much of a one-dimensional character. This is possibly due to the series' tendency to feature too much couples, leaving little time for any proper development of Can's character.

Nevertheless, I find that unfavorable comparisons with Season 1 may also go a little overboard. and there are some things that are likable about Season 2:

1. The focus on too many couples and characters is a problem in Season 1 too, though many of us may just remember the essence of the Ae/Pete story, which is really well done. Unfortunately, for Season 2, the shifts from one character/couple to another may worsen the sense of disorientation viewers have in the first few episodes.

2. Once we realize how the story has been rebooted, the story does get better. The second half of the series (essentially the continuation of the Tin/Can story after what Season 1 covers) is considerably better and closer to the quality of Season 1.

3. there is no reason for Pete to be totally missing from Season 2, but I think the production team has coped quite reasonably well with the problem of not having Saint to act as Pete in Season 2. There is obviously the possibility of replacing Saint with another actor, but the Perth/Saint pairing is too iconic for either of them to be replaced. While Saint (disappointingly) does not even make a cameo appearance in Season 2, there is still a happy ending for Ae/Pete: Ae slowly gets over his misery and starts a social media page in which he posts a picture of himself every day to show Pete that he is well and that he misses him. In the last episode, it is revealed that Pete has been viewing Ae's page all this while--there is even the clever use of an actor for Saint's character: we only see the bottom of Pete's face, but we see tears flowing down. And in the end, Ae receives a message from Pete saying that he is back.

This is probably the last season of LBC and the ending is about as good as it can possibly get given the limited number of episodes and the difficulty of getting all the original actors together.,

[From what I have found out, Pete does return to Ae in the novel version even though it happens after Ae has graduated and become an engineer. Pete's father is dying and can no longer try to separate them.]

4. Ultimately, the series gives us closure for a lot of the characters. Tin and Can have a happy ending. Ae and Pete face problems but the happy ending is more than just suggested. Techno and Kla also end up together (though the issue of how Kla has raped Techno in Season 1 is going to leave many feeling upset). We see Tar (the same character in TharnType who is raped because of Lhong) becoming a happier person, and we see something developing between Tum and Keen (a new character). The conflict between Tin and his brother, Tul, is also largely resolved and Tul also has his happy ending with the man he has always loved, Hin.

Eventually, those of us who have been craving for the happy ending for Tin/Can since Season 1 do get what we want. Although the delivery isn't perfect, we do get closure. At times, the closure seems to come too easily (such as the resolution of the conflict between Tin and his brother who, in a rather labored twist, turns out to be a much less villainous person. However, I'm personally happy that there is Season 2 for closure rather than just Season 1. It's like getting the present I have been wanting although it comes with some defects.

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So Uhhh

I gotta say...wow. It's not a good wow either. S1 was by far the best and for a VARIETY of reasons. If you're looking for something that follows the first season well and makes sense you are in the wrong place lol If you're familiar with S1, you'll already know Saint and that he isn't in S2. For the love of God I'd rather them have not made a S2 if the story was gonna be changed so much it became an inside out upside down hot mess like this. Everything worked out well for the most part but honestly I stuck it out as long as I did only for KlaTechno. The story would've been just fine(even without my baby Saint) had they just kept the storyline of TinCan in S1. Seems there's a S3 so let's just pray nothing else falls flat.

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TinCan!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been TinCan trash from season one. Going into this show I was nervous they would do something to ruin them, but honestly all this season did was make me love them more. While the reboot idea did not initially sit well with me, I think it proved to be a good decision. Sure, we did not get as much of the enemies aspect that we did in season one, but we got to see them being friends before they got together and I loved to see that. You could see in this season (that wasn't apparent in season one) that they really complement each other and enjoy each other's company and genuinely like being in the presence of the other.

Tin's motivations also seemed so much clearer to me than in season one. I loved seeing his character development, and how Can called him out whenever he overstepped his boundaries. Honestly their argument scenes were some of my favourites because they felt so real. Both Mean and Plan, I thought, acted really well. I especially love Plan's acting. He adds these microexpressions to the character that are just... so freaking good. I feel like a lesser actor would not have been able to capture the nuances of Can's character even half as well. He manages to go from sweet baby to feisty to shy to confident in the blink of an eye and makes it seem so natural. Also considering the writing was not the best, the actors did a great job with the delivery.

I especially loved to see how TinCan were such a healthy, communicative couple without losing their individual chaotic energies. I personally could not care less about the kiss scenes. For me it was their dynamic that I loved in season one, and I loved their dynamic here just as much, if not more (considering Tin wasn't forcing Can to interact with him). They're funny and cute and chaotic and communicative. I especially loved that after they got together, the conflicts were all external instead of the writers forcing some dumb miscommunication issues between the characters. They genuinely felt so real to me. None of their conversations were some romantic poetry that felt stilted and fake... they spoke like real people would and I loved to see it. I'm not generally a sappy romantic, but every scene between them made me melt. Plus they are so funny?? I love couples that make me laugh.

I gave this show an 8.5 partly cause of the writing/some aspects of the production quality, but also cause of the side-couples. I didn't like Klano in season one, and I didn't like them here. It's not the fault of the actors - they played them well - I just don't like the storyline. Never did. TumTar always bored me, so I was excited to see the budding relationship between Tum and Keen but we didn't get enough of them. TulHin... again... I didn't care about them?? I didn't like either of the characters much and so it was hard for me to care about them as a pairing. Ae was sad throughout, which after a while got really dull to watch.

That said, TinCan made up for it all. Would definitely watch it again for them specifically.

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