The Eighth Sense (2023)

I have watched this series since the first day it came out and it left me speechless from the beginning. I was eagerly waiting every week for the new episodes and everytime my expectations were exceeded. The actors are also very talented and the way they portrayed their characters is extraordinarily realistic; I almost forgot I was watching a series. One more thing that I appreciated was the choice of music used in specific moments; the music helped deepen the emotions. Overall, I highly recommend watching The Eight Sense; it's a show where the acting, music and story are all equally amazing.

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BL of 2023

It’s only April, but I don’t see a scenario where any BL captures to magic and poignancy of this series this year.

The Eighth Sense is an emotional and thematically rich tale of healing and overcoming trauma under the guise of a simple love story between our two leads. The writing is top notch, direction and cinematography is beautiful, soundtrack is one of the best I’ve ever heard from a BL, and the whole thing is anchored by two incredible performances. This is a Don’t miss series.

Even though the show has a melancholy tone, I hope that doesn’t discourage potential watchers who look to BLs for fluff and escapism — I promise you will be rewarded for the journey.

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Why the forced ending? This is not a Disney movie!

Everything was unexpected from a Korean BL. There were no clique k-drama scenes, only well crafted scenes. The plot is good, although it would have been nice to include more of Jaewon’s father to fully understand his situation.

The chemistry is on fire, and both leads did very well in the acting aspect. I'm also fond of the characters. They were all unique (Joon Pyo, Aeri and Yoon Won are so cute).
There were some interesting camera-works, where they played around with reflection, angles and blur which was very fun to see. The quality of the clips were also very good, despite the questionable editing here and there.

Now this is going to be a long one, but it's worth mentioning, so please bear with me:

One of the few things I really disliked, was the way they forced the “happy ending” at the end. It’s ok to leave some fights unsolved if someone did something unforgivable.
Throughout the series, it was always brought up that Jaewon hides his true feelings and tends to play the good guy. In the end he apologised to all the people who did him dirty, and this really weakens his character development.
I admire that the creators resisted the urge to add too many unrealistic scenes, but nevertheless I think that Jaewon deserves to know the truth. If he knew what Eunji and the boys of the surfing club put Jihyun through, would he still say sorry and act nice towards them?
I also don’t think that Taehyung should be considered a “friend” of Jaewon. Jaewon mentioned at the end how he admired the way Taehyung treated everyone equally, and I really disagree with that statement. There is a difference between treating people as equals and bringing people down simply because of jealousy. He verbally abused Jaewon throughout the entire series and said incredibly insensitive things about his family and private life. He also asked Jaewon if he felt sorry about punching him, as if all the horrible things he said to Jaewon were equal to a well deserved punch after he yet again said something insensitive about Jihyun’s near-death experience. Honestly, what a jerk.

But despite this, it's still a really good series that's worth the watch!

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Best KBL to grace us!!!

As everyone should know this is the best KBL to come out!! This is not an opinion these are straight facts. Ask any BL girlie out there. The story was amazing. The acting was beyond anything we've seen from any KBL. Props go out to the entire team that worked on this. The movie was released in Korea before a lot of other counties got the show so we did get a different version to knowledge. Even though we didn't have the normal fanservice that you've come to expect from BL the show held it's own. There were BL fans crying on every social platform thanks to this show. The show doesn't just give you a love story, It give you a look into the pressure of society and the way that those with mental illness handle those pressures. It takes you on a journey of friendship and the bond you choose to build outside of blood family that can really make or break you. Sidenote: Let's give praise to the bffs in this show because they really did holds it down like REAL friends should. Overall I say it was the best show to come out this year so far. Im Ji Sub and Oh Jun Taek deserve an award for being able to push us to the edge only to drag us back with what feels like the warmest hug known to men, women, and non-binary people alike.

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excellent series, both intimate and realistic

The only reason I don't put 10 is because that rating is reserved for I TOLD SUNSET ABOUT YOU & UNCONTROLLED LOVE.

By the way, it has some of the vibes as ITSAY, in that the story is approached in an intimate and modest way. The scenes are beautiful, everything is projected with a light sometimes raw, sometimes poetic.

The actors are very convincing, we believe in them from beginning to end. The secondary characters are all useful to the story.

The problems are approached in a realistic way without doing too much: guilt, depression, job search, ... The life in Korea is shown without filter. We are far from the colorful world of Kpop - and somehow, it's better.

To see without hesitation.

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the best drama ive ever seen!!!!! everything was perfect. the plot, acting, music. MASTERPIECE
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An Unique Korean BL Drama

As the title mentioned, this drama is awesome. The storyline and music are unique.

Jihyun doesn’t know how to surfing or swimming, he still joining the surfing society to learn to surf and meet his love, Jaewon. I think the drama compared surfing to boys’ love, both of them need to overcome difficulties. It is the first time they fall in love with a boy, and they are so confused to confess their love to each other. Luckily, they confirmed the feeling towards each other!

Also, the dialogue is really meaningful to the audiences, which inspire me to think about life.

In conclusion, I really love their interaction in the drama, they are so cute! I’m looking forward to the second season of “The Eighth Sense”. I hope the two main characters are willing to be cast for the second season. Keep it up! Thanks for giving us a masterpiece to us!

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Una historia humana de amor, memorias y errores

The eighth sense trae una nueva perspectiva y drama entre una ola de k-bls que sigue la misma fórmula, los directores nos adentraron a personajes humanos, por un lado tenemos a Jaewon, recién salido de su servicio militar y un chico que lleva una máscara día con día, por el otro lado tenemos a Jihyun, un novato universitario tratando de encajar en un mundo diferente. En condiciones normales sería difícil ver tener química entre dos individuos totalmente diferentes, pero la química entre los actores y la forma en que se desarrolla su relación no da más para pensar que estos dos chicos fueron más que destinados a encontrarse.

Si bien, tenemos detalles que pudieran costar la excelente cinematografía e historia de la serie: inconsistencia en la edición, escenas abruptas, diálogos un poco innecesarios, al final del día creo que para ser el primer trabajo de los directores estos detalles no lograron opacar complementamente mi adición hacia esta serie.

Jisub y Juntaek definitivamente pusieron su todo en las actuaciones, sin su química y sus presentaciones no hubiera podido despegar tan fácilmente, especialmente por Jisub, Jaewon es un personaje complicado, lleno de espinas y diferentes caras a lo largo de la serie, su actuación simplemente fue fenomenal. Y Juntaek, me sorprendió muchísimo saber que era su primera vez, simplemente tiene mucho futuro, no creo que alguien hubiera podido interpretar mejor a Jihyun.

Creo que hubo algo humano dentro de esta serie que hizo que mi rating fuera alto, amo tener historias lgbtq que se salen del status quo y nos meten en una experiencia de tratar de entender estos personajes más allá de una relación, pero más bien como individuos.

Amaría una segunda temporada para explorar en este caso la relación entre Jisub y Jaewon, pero de igual manera considero que el final fue satisfactorio.

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A must watch ❤️

Loved everything about it,no doubt this is the best Korean BL series . ...♥️♥️♥️Starting from the storyline, acting to music . I am in love . Already watched it so many times... ... ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️A must watch . Story is beautiful, sweet, romantic everything . If you are a looking for something that will calm you this is the one . you'll laugh,cry and feel loved at the same time . ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I hope there will be a 2nd season can't wait for it . Lot's of love ?? ❤️❤️❤️ ......,...... ♥️♥️♥️♥️

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Probably the best BL ever

Everything about this show is magical. I am so glad that i watched it. Please give this show a try, you won't be disappointed. The characters will be with you for a long time. My most favourite thing about this show is probably the cinematography. The close ups, the little details, it's all so perfect. After a while you might even forget that it's a bl because you will see that they are two people falling in love. Not boys, but people...each having their own complex thing going on. I love how i can relate to the characters so much. I so hope that there is a season 2. And the last few lines of the show...it's a lesson that's going to be with me forever. Thankyou to all the people who were involved in bringing this masterpiece to life. Please keep up this good work. Thanks a lot.

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Amazing chemistry and story

this was an amazing show, absolutely gorgeous to watch. The colors, the acting, the story itself, everything was perfect. the only minus point for me would be the "best friend" who's only here for the money of the main lead and I would gladly throw him out the window myself ? apart from that, the chemistry between the two main leads was mind-blowing, the girl best friend was very cute and relatable. even the ex girlfriend was not completely despicable towards the end. the depression part was very just in my opinion, too.

great love story, great friendship snippets, I highly highly recommend it

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I like it even though there are a lot of things I didn't like about it.

For those wondering, this series has a *happy ending*

I think that this may be one of the best korean BLs of the year BUT,
compared to other BLs, this is a bit confusing for me. I felt like there are episodes that are cut in a weird way that made the story not flow so well. It sometimes made me feel like I was watching a compilation of clips rather than a series. For instance, there is a moment where they don't talk and then they just met on subway like that without any clear explanation (did he follow him?).

Another thing is that, I also felt a bit confused about Jae Won's character acting. There is a moment where he kisses so deep and there are times when he kisses like a plucking chicken. He also became a bit awkward after they got together. He says he doesn't mind what others say but he is also not as clingy as before. I felt like he got so much relaxed about getting together with Ji Hyun, in a romantic sense.

Lastly, I also didn't like how they just brushed of Eun Ji's and Tae Hyung's very very horrible attitude with a sorry. Heck, Eun Ji didn't even said sorry. Ji Hyun did, and that was very aggravating. I hope they recieved some kind of moment for character development where they really repented from what they've done 'cause everybody else had some kind of adulting change, and they didn' t. It was so frustrating. I also didn't understand that stepping back-stepping up game at the end. Hahaha.

HOWEVER, what made me like this series a lot is the cinematography. I felt like I was watching Blueming with a hint of that american BL feel. The colors and the first NC scene is so well directed.

Also even though the opening is a bit weird for me, as it felt like I was watching an opening of Baywatch, and there is even that weird guy holding a surf board, it grew on me. At the end of the series, I felt that it was not that bad.

I also like Mira and Ae ri very very much. They are on my top tier list of best female characters for BL series. They are just so true, sweet, and caring throughout the series that I would love to hug them and hang out with them very much. Don't forget about Jun Pyo as well. Though I felt like his role as a very great bestfriend was a bit brushed of by the story. I hoped they have shown that as well.

I really like these characters so much that it made the tenth episode great when Mira finally got what she wanted. It had me in tears. Because she really really deserved it.

Lastly, even though there is no closure about Jae Won's trauma, family and mental sickness, I liked it more with that. Because I think that there is no need to hurry to 'heal' and just slowly getting better is enough, which the end of the series really showed that. I also loved how they showcased mental illness in this story and how there is nothing wrong with seeking help. Though I also felt that the therapist became a bit unprofessional with her tone at the end.


Overall, I think this is a series that could've been better with a more smooth transition of events like those of Semantic Error or Dating Sim. Sadly, it isn't. So it may be a very good watch, and I like it, but this is not one of those that I might rewatch again. It is a feel good BL though so I recommend others to watch it.

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