Kiseki: Dear to Me (TV Series 2023– ) Poster

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8/10
The Triumph of the Second Couple Compared to the First Couple
emilyruthburns15 November 2023
The initial episodes of the series are enjoyable and engaging. After a while, following the first couple becomes entertaining as well. It seems that generating a storyline for the scriptwriter became challenging after the first couple became a couple, as we start to witness a forced plot, making the series less interesting. Especially towards the end, I found myself fast-forwarding through scenes involving the initial couple.

I absolutely loved the second couple in the series. In fact, the reason I started watching this series was because I had seen a scene of the second couple on TikTok. For the first time in a BL series, I saw that the story of the second couple was much better than that of the first couple. The introduction, development, and conclusion - everything about their story was well-executed. They even managed to skillfully tie up the absurd and nonsensical events related to the first couple, and for a moment, I became a fan of the scriptwriter. Even now, thinking about scenes with the second couple makes butterflies flutter in my stomach.
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8/10
The romance sold me but I think they should have focused on the "gang" plot at well.
matterubies2 February 2024
I have to admit the plot was kinda confusing. I wished it focused more on the gang related plot because I feel like there were some plot holes. Even though I was able to put two and two together. The whole time I thought Zhang Teng* like Rhui* but that was not the case. It was a revenge thing. The first couple was nice to watch but I think their story line was predicable so that is where the 2nd one shined.

Ai Di was such a complex character. I almost wanted a spin off for background story for him. Tho the second did not have a lot time, watching them finally go from friends to more was nice.
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10/10
The Taiwanese BL All-Stars Series
niso-8203516 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
As "Kiseki" was written by Pei Yu-Lin, who also wrote the scripts of series like "History2: Crossing the Line", "History 3: Trapped", both "We Best Love" series, and many more, it was clear from the start that this series would be good, and in my opinion it is by far the best Taiwanese BL series of 2023.

Bai Zong Yi (Taro Lin), a 17-year-old student, finds himself drawn into the world of Fan Ze Rui (Hsu Kai), a gangster who is about 5 years older than him. After Ze Rui has been injured, Zong Yi takes care of him and allows him to stay in his flat. Of course the two young men fall in live, but tragedy looms around every corner which makes Zong Yi end up in prison. There's a lot of drama, fighting, betrayal, and of course love, and the story is so exciting that waiting a whole week for the next episode was torture. The series is very well written and directed, and the cast is simply gorgeous.

Like in many series before, I caught a serious "second couple syndrome", because Nat Chen as Chen Yi and Louis Chiang as Ai Di/Eddy are not only extremely handsome, but in contrast to other second couples in BL series, their characters are meticulously drawn and developed.

This series could also be entitled "The Taiwanese BL All-Stars Series", because many stars of the genre have support or guest roles or cameos, among them Wilson Liu, Wayne Song and Huang Chun Chih (Make Our Days Count), Aaron Lai and Hank Wang (Be Loved In Housae, I Do), and many more.
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