Love by Chance 2 (2020)

An Enjoyable Watch

I put this one on hold for quite a while after reading all the bad comments and reviews, and now I can say that I regret it.
I don't understand why people are complaining so much. Although "Love By Chance" is definitely better, "A Chance To Love" is good too.

I'm not sure why P'New decided to treat the second season just like "2 Moons", but it wasn't bad. If you have watched "2 Moons 2", you know that the first episodes is a recap of the first season and then it develops to what the viewers haven't seen. They did it because the whole cast changed. In this case, I guess P'New decided to do the same since Saint wasn't part of the cast but idk. However it wasn't bad because all what happened between TinCan in the first season is shown in the first 6 episodes of the second season. And to be fair, TinCan didn't have enough screen time in the first season, so their story was able to fit in those episodes and we even got a little more details.
The series starts with a cut that shows the continuation of the ending of the first season, and then they go back 3 months where they show you TinCan's story again. Their story is the only one that is having a recap, the others continue from the ending point of the first season. It can be a little confusing since they mixed the timelines, but you just have to imagine that you have never seen "LBC" and then all is good.

TinCan isn't a couple with a lot of troubles. The main problem was Tin not being able to trust people because of what his brother did, but that's it. Once he got over it, everything is set to go smooth and that's exactly what happened. We had enough of TinCan in my opinion, and I'm happy with it.

So basically you have to watch this second season as if everything is new. It's better if you forget about the first season, about the storylines, and everything in between while watching it. You don't really need to watch the first season in order to enjoy the second one, since they give you enough background information to know what happened with AePete and KlaTechno. The only confusing couple would be TumTar which, to be fair, I'm surprised of how the things ended up between them. This couple is the only one that has no background information and, if you don't know their story, you will probably feel lost. For the rest, you don't need to know anything beforehand.

P.S: Best kiss scene goes to TulHin. I wish they showed more about them.


Obviously I'm not able to praise the whole thing, because there is some stuff that I didn't like and that's why I consider "LBC" still better than "LBC2". So once I'm done with the praise, let's look at the complains.

DOWNSIDES:
- Ae's screen time is too much. His story was told in the first season, he should be a side character in this one. Yes, we know that he misses Pete but we don't need to see him sad for the whole thing. I would have preferred if they used half of Ae's screen time to get deeper into Tul and Hin's story. How did they meet, how did they fall in love, who confessed first, etc.
- The product placement is over the top. All Thai BLs have product placements, yes, but they don't spend 2 or 3 minutes talking about it and praising the "benefits". It's like you are watching a commercial instead of a series, so I ended up skipping the product placement parts.
- The fact that the actor portraying Tul is taller than Mean doesn't make him older. In fact, the actor who plays Tul has such a baby face that Tin looks like the older brother (and in real life, the actor is a year younger than Mean). I understand that they needed a young actor since he has his own love story and this is targeted to a young audience, but they could have picked someone who doesn't have such a baby face. Not complaining about his acting though, just the looks.
- I missed seeing Pond and ChaAim. Although her name is mentioned once letting us know that they are still dating, I would have loved to see a few scenes of them together.
- Can used to be an adorable, innocent, childish, and naive character. In this season he is more mature and smarter. He is still cute, but that adorableness from the first season is barely shown. I don't know if it was Plan's own decision or it was P'New, but that lovely charm that Can used to have is hard to find in this one. But I still liked his character, so it's not really complaining just... a little bit disappointed.
- They toned down KlaTechno's story A LOT. I don't care how they pretended to treat that incident, it was RAPE. And the way they addressed the whole thing + the development... ugh! It's a big no for me.
- Not sure what happened with TumTar. I'm still confused. As someone who has watched their story in "LBC" and "TharnType", I would have never expected that ending. I'm quite disappointed to be honest. And besides that, they only have like 5 minutes of screen time together in 13 episodes.


As you can see it has quite a lot of downsides, but I still think is not fair the amount of complains people are giving to it. It's not the staff's fault if you were expecting something different, it's your fault for setting those expectations. We all wanted to see the development of TinCan, and they gave us exactly what we wanted. If you think 7 episodes aren't enough, then maybe you don't really understand those characters. They never had ex-girlfriends, toxic parents, confused sexual orientation, nor all those other problems from other BLs. Their characters are simple, so they don't need many episodes to showcase their love story.


The acting was okay just like in the first season. None of them excelled but it wasn't bad. A couple actors were honestly horrible, but the rest did a decent job.

I loved to hear part of the OST from the first season and the new version of the theme song. It brings back memories.
I don't know if I will rewatch it again, but it's a possibility. I thought I wouldn't like TulHin's story since we all know what Tul did to Tin, yet I ended up wanting more about them. It's not gonna happen but I would love to see a spin-off of their story.

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Better than expected

After reading so many negative reviews, I got really scared of watching and avoided this season for months. I watched LBC 1 while it was airing and it was an amazing experience. I truly think it was revolutionary when it comes to Thai BL shows. Therefore, I was super scared this season would ruin my positive opinion about this show. But to be honest, I didn't think it was as bad as people make it out to be.
Let me start off by saying that there were definitely way too many ads (and consequently, many useless scenes) and the whole retelling thing was very weird since it was only done for TinCan and not the other characters.
I think Season 2 tackles many important issues and deals with sensitive topics quite well. It seems like a more mature plot and development of characters and relationships, which was nice.
Also, I noticed Tin was much more... calm? polite? in this season but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing at all. The other characters didn't seem much different from the first season. The characters they added in this season were all good, in my opinion. I loved getting to know Tul and his story, even if it was a love-hate relationship LOL but he's so fine... ugh couldn't they have casted a less angelic person to play his role?? Meen became my new addiction hahaha... please send help.
I like the main couple's chemistry but their kiss scenes were deplorable. I skipped most of them because it was awkward to watch. But surprisingly, there were other intimate moments apart from the kiss scenes that I really enjoyed! The "boyfriends being supportive" scenes were really well done. I don't think they're awkward with each other all that much.
I really enjoy Mean as an actor but sometimes I felt he was being way too seductive all the time haha but that's probably the directing and screen writing's fault. Plan is just... so bad... I'm so sorry to say this and no hate towards him but I don't see him as an actor AT ALL. So awkward... I feel like other actors have improved from season 1 but he just stayed bad. His character is already cringy and immature as it is but his acting just made it unpleasant to watch in most scenes, specially when Can was upset or crying. But I did like his acting when Can would stand up for Tin.
I saw many comments complaining about Ae's "useless" appearances but they were some of my favourite parts of the show. I even liked Ae's desperate scenes!! Perth is as amazing actor so I felt every emotion he was feeling. I feel like as I was watching LBC1 I took him and Saint for granted after the first two thirds of the show and was more interested in the other couples. But this season made me realise how important they were to the story and the universe of LBC. Their chemistry and acting are unbeatable.I love AePete so much hahaha my heart was broken yet warm throughout the season.
I liked the new songs! They reminded me a lot of season 1's ost but were different so that was nice.

Now, I will get into some SPOILERS!! SKIP THIS IF YOU DON'T LIKE SPOILERS.
Lots of things about the plot were confusing (Tum and Tar's relationship????what happened???move on????why????). But I liked Tum's friend! He was cute and nice LOL. And then Techno and Kengkla didn't have the screen time they should have had to make their relationship believable. I can accept the fact that P'No forgave Kengkla (it's his choice after all) but their scenes were too vague for me. What I wasn't expecting to enjoy as much as I did was Tul and Hin's story! I was invested until the end. I really liked the beach scene in the last episode with the three of them hugging. However, I wish Tin and Tul had talked things out in a serious conversation and officially made up and screamed at each other and then hugged or came to a more concrete conclusion but oh well, I guess I can never have everything.
P.S: I don't mind Saint not being in it all that much because AePete's story was closed in a satisfying way. And I understand Saint's situation ):



Summing up, I was glad I went into it with very low expectations because I ended up liking it more than I probably would have had had I watched it thinking it would be a perfect sequel. It wasn't but I had fun and discovered new characters and actors. I wish there was a season 3!

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Wasn´t Good. It looks like there is a season 3......(maybe)

2/10 dropped, disappointed.

Negative:

1. I've been waiting all this time for them to finally kiss and fall into each other's arms...but every time I was disappointed. This already started in the 1st season......This has disappointed me very much.
2. That the maincouple(AexPete) from season1 is no longer together in the second season...which I can't understand at all. They belonged together. You don't separate a couple like that! Never!
It's terrible when someone has to suffer so much.
3. The Hairstyles of TinxCan are not the same as in the first season. There it looked more fitting.
4. Can just doesn't dare to kiss Tin. That was really annoying. It's a pity that they didn't kiss each other this season. And every time Tin kisses Can, Can says: Are you crazy. It was so annoying. It was very disappointing.
5. That Tin's brother interferes in Tin and Pete's relationship and wants to break them up. The brother of ? is really a devil. It was unbearable to watch!


Positive:

1. It's nice that Can believes his friend more than his friend's brother.
2. Acting was good.

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I've only been watching Thai BLs for a short time and some are wonderful and others are most definitely not, this is one of those. They love cashing in on their sequels or placing the same actor couples in multiple films and their sledgehammer product placements and I get all that, its a business, they are ultimately their to make money. But.... but... just because the first one was popular isn't a good enough reason to make another especially if the script sucks and the main actor has no desire to be in it I only recently was made aware of the public battle of the managers of Saint and Perth and how this totally unprofessional what seems like p***ing match destroyed the future of this franchise. But honestly this film should definitely not have been made... its an insulting disaster to any fan of the original. Dumping the Saint (main actor) because of petty squabbles and have Perth's character moan and weep and be a douche in every episode did not help the actor one iota, no wonder he wants out of the BL universe. But the worst sin was to rewrite the Can/Tin storyline, I mean that was unforgivable. I never believed in them as a couple, they don't work in my opinion. Honestly only watch this if you are desperate or else just forget it ever existed in the first place and enjoy the first series as a standalone.

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Happy Ending to everyone, beside that the season 1 & 2 not related

Amazing! Season 1 and 2 are not related. But I really LOVE it, finally Tin&Can happy together uwu
And finally Ae happy again, because Pete is back T.T
And the music. Plus point because of the muusic. I am in love with the music. awww The opening music was just perfect omg!
BTW i don't know why some people don't like this season, personally I love it.
We finally know what happening everyone in this series.
An plus pont to the series because it's happy ending. and who hates happy ending (; am I right?

Story: Mame wanted to make Tin a bit soft towards Can because Tin in the season 1 was really heartless.
Also Mame wanted to show the story of Tul too, regarding Kengla and Techno, Kengla had Techno's consent during their "intercourse" He was awake during that whole time.
In my opinion its okay if Mame did this. Tul&Kengla also deserve the love and Tin&Can too.

The actors performed really well. Though Ae was crying for quite a lot and he was sad about Pete, but you'll see he will be fine finally, just watch it carefully.
The actor who has Tin character, he alsoalso had bit problem with performing at the first, but after when he solve it, after then everything was perfect.

Rewatch value: Why not? I am hundred percent going to watch it again. I loved this series as much as love by chance 1.

Overall review: Amazing. I really enjoyable. Please guys don't listen to those who say it was bad . just go and watch!
I am sure you won't regret it. I nearly didn't watch because all of those comments but I am glad I did because this is a really good show. (One more time season 1 and 2 are not related, Mame rewrote everything.)

And at the last thing is what I want to say I just want to say thank you for the directors and to the cast and to the stuff, thank you for working hard <3
~ Rea

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A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING

Alright so im just going to say it. It's an average drama for 2nd SEASON. I mean the first season is amazing but us fans are complaining because we didn't get enough TinCan couple and New granted our wish but unfortunately i feel like something is missing in this drama. I feel like Can lost it's personality and Tin open up to Can too fast and too much. I feel like Can was suppose to be in denial about his feelings with Tin just like in 1st season but however Can quickly realised that he fell for Tin and i feel like "Aw, Can wasn't suppose to be a softie tho". And yes, they spend half of the episodes to just recap stupid shit. And i feel like they include Aae as a pity part eventhough it's not necessary but they include him.

BUT THE KISS SCENE IS LEGIT UGHHHJHH. But i feel like Can just got bought by Tin because everytime TIn buy him food, he is ready to spread his legs for Tin HUHUUHUHUHUH <3 . Well anyway, the acting is marvelous. Mean ( Tin) is so good at acting and i feel like his acting is a new level of them, he could play a lot of roles, one moment he is a cheerful, friendly puppy, the second he is a cold hearted motherfucker. The nsfw scene is all good tho it's just that i feel like they mainly focusing on TinCan until i have no fucking idea what happened to other couples. XD.

Overall, i think this drama is not that awful. just a little bit disappointing. but still good tho. I only watch them because of Mean. LMAO.

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Agréable

J'ai bien aimé cette suite de Love By Chance. Ca ne signifie pas qu'elle est parfaite et je vais développer plus bas, mais je pense que si on oublie la première saison, du moins en ce qui concerne l'histoire du couple Tin/Can, on peut tout de même l'apprécier.

Pour commencer, un rappel des faits : dans la première saison, on a un couple principal formé par Pete et Ae, et un couple secondaire qui commence à se former (Tin et Can). A cela s'ajoutent trois romances que je qualifierais d'accessoires et relativement inintéressantes, si ce n'est problématiques sur plusieurs aspects pour deux d'entre elles. La 1ère saison nous offrait une fin heureuse pour Pete et Ae, mais nous montrait Tin effondré après le refus de Can de s'engager dans une relation car il ne savait pas comment gérer les sentiments qu'il commençait à ressentir à l'égard de Tin. L'attente des fans était donc grande concernant une résolution de leur histoire, et j'imagine que les producteurs projetaient déjà une suite dans leurs tuyaux, hélas certains éléments extérieurs ont mis un frein au tournage. Alors je ne suis pas une grande adepte des réseaux sociaux et je me base uniquement sur certains commentaires que j'ai pu glaner ici ou là, mais il semblerait que des conflits entre les deux managers représentant respectivement les deux acteurs Saint et Perth ont conduit à une impasse, empêchant toute collaboration future entre eux, ce qui peut expliquer le temps mis à produire une suite. Cela explique aussi pourquoi, dans cette deuxième saison, autant de fans sont déçus par la chronologie quelque peu chaotique de l'histoire, qui continue à se dérouler normalement pour tous les autres couples, mais a généré une nouvelle chronologie à propos des événements ayant conduit à la rencontre de Tin et de Can. Voilà pourquoi il s'agit davantage d'un reboot que d'une véritable suite, du moins en ce qui concerne leur romance.

A la base, Tin est un étudiant ami de Pete et qui vient du même milieu favorisé. A cause d'une dynamique familiale loin d'être saine et des conflits existant entre son frère et lui, il est devenu incapable de faire confiance, hautain, méprisant ouvertement ses pairs et surtout ceux qui lui sont socialement inférieurs, car il pense que les relations ne sont basées que sur l'intérêt, et que l'amour ou la confiance ne sont que des leurres. Ses remarques conduisent Can, un ami de Ae et par ricochet de Pete, à prendre leur défense et à lui rentrer dans le lard dès qu'il le peut. A partir de là, Tin commence à éprouver un intérêt pour lui et c'est le démarrage de leur histoire qui, comme je l'ai dit plus haut, s'achève sur une sorte de cliffhanger à la fin de la première saison. Or, la deuxième saison ne permettant plus de présenter en même temps à l'écran les deux acteurs interprétant Pete et Ae, elle démarre au moment où ces deux derniers ont rompu et où Pete est à l'étranger. Sauf qu'ils nous refont un reboot des circonstances qui ont conduit Tin à s'intéresser à Can, occultant les raisons initiales de leurs interactions (le fait que Tin critique ouvertement le couple Pete/Ae) et que leur rencontre se produit désormais après le départ de Pete. Ce sont donc d'autres événements qui sont à l'origine de leur relation, même s'ils ressemblent beaucoup à la première saison et que certaines scènes ont été tournées quasiment à l'identique concernant la poursuite de leurs interactions. La véritable suite de leur histoire commence donc à partir du 7ème épisode, d'où la colère de certains fans, mécontents de se farcir un nouveau résumé de leur rencontre quand les autres histoires continuent à se dérouler dans une chronologie normale. J'espère que c'est clair...

Pour ma part, cela ne m'a pas vraiment dérangée, j'ai pris le parti de considérer qu'il s'agissait d'un drama différent et en plus Tin et Can étaient mon couple préféré de la première saison. Ce n'était donc pas une torture, et comme je ne connais pas les bouquins de toute façon, je me fous de savoir s'ils ont respecté l'intrigue ou non. Une fois ce parti pris, j'ai passé un très bon moment avec ces deux-là. La dynamique familiale de Tin est bien expliquée dans cette série, présentant son frère sous un jour un peu moins négatif (et lui aussi a droit à son histoire d'amour, ce que j'ai trouvé sympa quoique j'aurais aimé qu'ils exploitent un peu plus sa romance). J'ai bien aimé voir la carapace de Tin se fissurer au contact de Can et les concessions qu'il fait pour lui, tout comme j'ai vraiment apprécié de voir Can sous un autre jour que dans la plupart des BL Thai. Contrairement à ces derniers, ici pas d'hésitations de sa part, il a envie de coucher, et il en redemande. C'est plutôt une exception dans ce genre où on a trop souvent un "uke" bien trop neuneu et hésitant pour être réaliste dès lors qu'on lui touche la main, et j'ai trouvé ça rafraîchissant (bon ne vous attendez pas à des scènes de folie, on voit le plafond dès qu'ils se rapprochent un peu trop m'enfin on imagine sans problème la suite). Les moments où Tin se retrouve seul et qu'il laisse tomber son masque pour laisser libre cours à sa souffrance sont touchants, ceux où Can hésite sur ses sentiments à l'égard de Tin sont réalistes, et le courage dont ce "petit singe" fait preuve pour défendre son chéri face à sa famille toxique vaut le détour. En bref, rien que pour leur couple, le drama vaut le coup d'être vu.

Mais objectivement, c'est vrai que cette suite n'aurait pas été nécessaire s'ils avaient laissé tomber les couples accessoires de la 1ère saison qui ne servent à rien, sont mal exploités voire malsains et bouffent du temps d'écran, et qu'ils avaient creusé en parallèle l'histoire familiale de Tin dès le départ pour donner une conclusion satisfaisante à leur romance à la fin de LBC1. C'était parfaitement faisable, rien ne les obligeait à reprendre telle quelle l'intrigue du bouquin, et surtout pas à nous ennuyer avec l'histoire de Tar et de Tum à laquelle on ne comprend rien de toute façon si on n'a pas suivi le drama TharnType (on ne capte toujours rien dans la saison 2 d'ailleurs). Ici, on nous sort du chapeau un Tum qui gratouille une guitare ce qui va servir de prétexte à rapprochement avec un autre étudiant qui le soutient, on comprend que leur relation est en bonne voie à la fin, alors pourquoi diable nous avoir fait tout un plat du lien qui unit Tar et Tum dans la 1ère saison ? Le pire c'est qu'on ne verra même pas de bisous entre Tum et son nouveau pote... On s'en serait bien passé car là encore, c'est du temps d'écran perdu pour pas grand-chose...

En revanche, j'étais très négative sur l'histoire entre Kengkla et Techno dans mon commentaire sur la première saison, et je le suis moins dans la deuxième. Leur relation a démarré de façon toxique (Kengkla est obsédé par Techno et finit par abuser de lui quand ce dernier est bourré, puis lui fait croire que c'est lui qui a commencé). Alors soit ils ont bien respecté la suite du bouquin, soit du coup ils se sont rendus compte que certaines choses n'étaient plus acceptables à notre époque, dans tous les cas on voit Kengkla et le frère de Techno admettre qu'ils ont mal agi, regretter leur attitude, et les efforts de Kengkla pour se faire pardonner font quand même un peu mieux passer la pilule. Attention je ne dis pas que leur histoire est intéressante, elle ne sert toujours à rien et absolument rien dans leur dynamique ne m'a passionnée, mais au moins on n'a plus la même envie de détruire la maison de production à coups de mitraillette et c'est une légère avancée.

L'histoire de Ae était chiante à mourir. Pete parti, il passe son temps à se morfondre dans toutes les scènes où il apparaît au début, et même s'il commence à reprendre du poil de la bête au bout de quelques épisodes sous la pression de certains de ses potes, on doit se farcir sa figure triste beaucoup, beaucoup trop souvent. Encore du temps d'écran gaspillé pour rien, surtout que ça ne fait absolument pas avancer l'histoire. En revanche, l'acteur ayant pris de l'âge, il n'a plus l'air d'être un gamin parachuté dans la cour des grands et c'est déjà ça de gagné. Quoi qu'il en soit, j'avais beaucoup aimé leur romance dans la 1ère saison, c'est vraiment dommage qu'ils se soient crus obligés de nous montrer Ae sans Pete quand on sait qu'ils auraient pu boucler tout le schmilblik sur Tin et Can dans la première saison s'ils avaient mieux géré l'histoire dès le départ.

Enfin, un point qui m'a mise vraiment, mais vraiment en colère : le placement de produits. Trop évident, ridicule, et parfois même très problématique. J'aime bien l'actrice Samantha Melanie Coates, que j'ai eu le plaisir de voir dans Until We Meet Again, hélas abonnée aux seconds rôles malgré ses autres talents (c'est elle qui chante le générique de fin d'un des épisodes de UWMA il me semble). Déjà dans la saison 1 de LBC elle a un rôle très accessoire, mais dans LBC2 on la voit dans à peine 3 scènes, et les 2/3 d'entre elles servent à faire du placement de produit. D'accord donc en fait, sous prétexte qu'elle est un peu boulotte, vous ne la faites jouer que pour la faire bouffer des chips. Ok les gars, ça s'appelle de la grossophobie et si on va par-là, Can passe son temps à bouffer lui aussi, c'est une caractéristique de son personnage d'ailleurs, sauf que lui il ne mange pas de chips, il boit des trucs soi-disant énergisants et des compotes parce qu'il est sportif et mince (tiens, ça me fait penser que certains moments de placement de produits étaient vraiment mal choisis : notamment quand c'était censé être un moment d'émotion et que cette boisson de m...e bien mise en évidence vient pourrir l'ambiance de la scène.... Alors qu'on nous a DEJA montré ladite boisson à peine 10 MINUTES AVANT !). Bref les mecs, apprenez un peu la subtilité si vous voulez que les gens aient envie d'acheter vos machins dégueus.

En conclusion, si on oublie les quelques points problématiques que j'ai soulevés, et qu'on laisse de côté la chronologie de la première saison, ce drama vaut la peine d'être vu rien que pour le couple Tin/Can et les moments tout mimis qu'ils partagent.

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Accidentally posted this under an episode oops! Anyway...
Not sure why a lot of people are being so critical of Means performance I think the character was acted the same way as the first season. I didn't particularly like that the story between Tin and Can was retold. It really takes away from how impactful the shower scene was in the first season considering the reason he was crying was completely different. I'm not really sure why they decided to retell the story instead of picking up where S1 left off. I also did not like the amount of screen time that was given AE because all he did the whole season was mope around.

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I came write that just because I've seen so much criticism regarding this series

I almost skipped the whole series because I saw so many people saying that this isn't so good and it repeats the storyline of the first season etc... But then I thought I'd watch it still. And it was worth it, really was. I loved the whole series like I just loved it... Yeah, I have to say that the beginning was just the same old things and everything didn't make sense. But it wasn't bad at all. When just don't think about the first season too much, it was very good and fun to watch (I laughed at Can so many times xD <3). Some people also said that acting was awkward and the chemistry was not bad but "wrong". Actually, I tried to find it but all seemed very smooth and natural for me. I loved Tar's smile (like who has that kind of smile?!?). Can's overthinker and I really felt bad for his own brains xD. And Ae... like WhErE dId Go My InNoCeNt LiTtLe BoY???? He was so fricking handsome that it hurt to watch him. But I couldn't help myself... Also I think I've never seen any series that has so many gay couples. And no, I'm not complaining, not at all! :-D The story line had something weird (only in a good way), because usually when I watch Thai BLs, I can say characters' lines out loud before they're really saying them. And usually I also know what will happen next, but now I was actually quite many times like "wait- what?". I cried, yes, but I laughed so much more. Please, watch it, at least I can say that I loved it!!

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What is going on in here on this gay day?

I just wanna know who the hell thought this was a good idea and have their contracts terminated. Can you believe the audacity? This is the the biggest letdown I've had to witness and it is disheartening.

First of all, the timeline chaos. I was so confused watching the first two episodes because we suddenly had a trip to the past, but it felt that we were constantly going back and forth through time. Turns out they decided to completely rewrite Tin and Can's meeting and pretend it was going to make sense right away. Guess what, Susan? It didn't. I find this to be a very confusing and controversial decision. I mean, the writers are pretty much negating half of what happened on season 1 like it wasn't good. But it *was* good.

The story in itself felt pretty shallow to the point I thought I was watching "Yuri!! on Ice" because there was nothing good there. We had good characters with good concepts to work with, but none of it had purpose. There wasn't a clear plot and it lacked organization. For 10 episodes I found myself constantly waiting for something big to happen since they were constantly building up tension for an upcoming moment that never came and I was left blue balled (not in the sexual way, to be clear). It was totally like YOI because we had all these great drama moments between the couples, but everything else was left out.

By the way, who the hell was that support role who got so much unnecessary screen time when he added NOTHING at all to the episode whatsoever? He wasn't even funny like Pond, just a bunch of unnecessary lines that ultimately made us all waste precious time that could've been used to enhance the non-existent plot.

Talking about characters, let's get into some of these because, honestly, the writers played them dirty:

Plan/Mean: These two mofos have been working as a couple for two whole dramas and two specials and I can't believe they STILL have the nerve to act so awkward with each other. I was expecting a little more flavor between them since they already know each other well, but they are just as bland as they were on season 1. Those kisses were so hard to see and I blame Plan for being so stiff, like, dude you're getting paid to play a role you yourself chose to act in, so set yourself loose and act accordingly!!! Mean can't carry the relationship by himself even though he clearly tried. I wanna see the level of confidence and gay energy that Win and Bright had on Still 2gether.

Mark/Gun: I don't even know what were they even doing in this season if the writers barely had any story for them. 90% of their appearances was product placement giving little to no character development for their characters. Not that I'm a big fan of this relationship due to the issue of romanticizing sexual assault, but still, this relationship didn't seem to have a plot to move forward.

Title/Earth: They even got less screen time than the previous ones. I'm a big fan of Earth and I was excited to see more of his work, but I was barely given three super short scenes with him. Sad and upset. The only good thing about their relationship is that they both seemed to be the only ones here who were able to grow as characters and find their own paths. I wish I could have seen more of that development on camera.

Perth: Honestly, I think he was casted on this season for the sake of the fandom because he not only had a terrible script, but also wasn't providing anything to the season. Not like any of these characters were doing it in the first place, but you get me. He just felt like he wasn't part of this. Too bad because Perth is one of the best actors here.

Meen: I can't believe I had to rely on him for a real kiss scene. From episode one, I had a lot of expectations for this character, but he was lacking a good script, unfortunately. His intentions throughout the season felt pointless like he clearly had regrets of the things he had done, but at the same time he wasn't even trying to become a better person. I don't know, he was a very weird antagonist.

All in all, I would have preferred if this season didn't happen rather than having this as it is right now. Honestly, I don't know if there's ever going to be some type of special or season 3, but if they do I hope they get better writers because this left A LOT to wish for and I don't recommend it to anyone.

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No Real Growth or Development

This series is also known as “A CHANCE TO LOVE.” (It is all so confusing but apparently it is supposed to be a stand-alone series). This series is just a hot mess for me. Maybe I needed to watch the other series to get the gist of this one but honestly as a stand-alone series, this fell flat. This series tried to do too much, and its screenplay was all over the place with no real sense of direction. I honestly did not understand the relationships or why they were even together. Very few of these characters are relatable or that you honestly care about them. Ironically, the only story that was dealt with in any kind of understanding was between Tul and Gonhin. That would have been a very good story because these actors did show emotion and commitment to their roles and had chemistry. Unfortunately, the rest seemed to be just ‘there’.

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Very confusing...

So ... we are used to the stories that in the following seasons repeats situations for the previous seasons. With the years is not a surprise that we spent 3 or 4 episodes (with luck) of 12, watching all over again.

But with this new season of LBC, I'm very confuse indeed... first we begin with events that appear to be the continuation of the first season... but then we go back 3 months early those events to see what...? Ae and Pete are no longer together, Tin and Can who doesn't know each other... Whaat?

Can anyone explain to me, why Tin and Can doesn't know each other while in the first season they meet and share a lot of moments and situations, while Ae and Pete are TOGETHER and appears to have a HAPPILLY EVER AFTER ENDING?...

Most of all, for Christ sake, in this second season, who was the person in-charge of the continuity?... someone that NEVER watched the first season perhaps?.

I'm going to continue watching it... but I agree with the other reviews ... the story is very very confusing (as far the two episodes), and have a total lack of continuty in those (for now).

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