Beautiful in its own way

Know this title from YT. Quite surprise there's another BL from China. And more surprise after watching this to find out this more daring than Stay With Me. Wonder how they surpassed the censorship....

Story of 2 childhood friends, Cheng Yi (CY) & Ling Zi Ming (ZM). They're neighbors, both have no parent and live with their relatives, CY with his grandma & ZM with his aunt. And when they start hit puberty, their feeling toward each other slowly change into something more.

At first, CY still tried to deny his feelings & try to chase a girl. But when they have a new friend, Lu Xiang Lin (XL), that show more attention & getting closer to ZM, make CY had to admit his feeling for ZM.

It’s beautiful story about teenagers that try to know their sexuality & dare to admit it to their own self. Unfortunately the last episode a little bit dissapointed. But i just can't give this drama lower score.

For you who want to know what i mean with the last episode a little bit dissapointed keep scrolling & read my SPOILER below. Or if u decided to just stop reading until here......








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There's a little coercion toward SA between ZM & CY in the end. The pissed CY forced himself to ZM, cause ZM still don't want to acknowledge his own feeling for CY. I'm not justify what CY did to ZM, it's wrong. And how much I hope the director add 1-2 more ep for closed the relationship between CY & ZM than this.

This is an open ending. Oh i really wish they give us second season. But I don’t pissed too much with this kind of open ending. It's the open ending that I can make peace with & beautiful in its own way.

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This drama always come at recommendation section. So I finally just decided to watch this. Quite happy to watch this....

Kawi is a person that's always had Inferiority & low self-esteem, cause he's always didn't have enough money & that's also affecting his social life. One thing that Kawi regret the most from his university days is he has crush for Praemai for years, but never dare to confess his feeling. And one day, he received wedding invitation of Praemai & Pisaeng Jirawarakul. Unlike Kawi, Pisaeng is a popular guy at university.

When Kawi received the wedding invitation, he recalled back his feeling for Praemai. He looked back one broken snowball, that he intended to give her back in university days but couldn't due to it's broken. Now he tries to fix it before giving it to her for wedding gift. While he tried to fix it, he met one grandpa that said he can fix it. He did fix it & also giving a little surprise for Kawi, which can transports him back in time to the age of eighteen. Upon realizing it, Kawi determined to change his future with Praemai. And his journey begin...

The funny thing about playing with time & future. U can't guarantee u get what u want when u change the past. Kawi tried to fix his relationship with Praemai & a few times he turn it back to the future to see the result. And much like summary said, instead kawi fix his relationship with Praemai, he find himself closer & closer to Pisaeng. And kawi relationships with Praemai get worse & worse over time, and Praemai future herself also getting worse & worse with each changing. And unfortunately the time can't turn back for the second time. How Kawi gonna fix everything in the end...? Haha... U need to watch it urself...

Enough with the drama. Now what i like about this drama.
+ Kawi is interesting person. He seem selfish at first, but he can reflect himself & fix it to make everything better in the end. He dares to admit his own feeling & mistake & embrace the result in the end.
+ How in the end Pisaeng also experience the feeling going back to the past. How & when...? Stt.... U need to watch it urself. Haha...
+ The interesting changing relationship between Kawi & Pisaeng.
+ Praemai is one positive woman. She didn't self pity herself & don't hold grudge. She's one good friend.
+ The interesting concept of butterfly effect. How little decision that Kawi made really effect & changing the future...

Overall this quite good drama that can teach us something... Below is a little SPOILER!!! Read it with ur own risk.












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What i don't too like:
- Everyone characters seem a little shift everytime Kawi time travel. Like in one future how Knot & Kwan having secret affair & that's continue for long period until Praemai & Knot wedding, while Praemai didn't know about it cause Kwan didn't said anything all those years. But when Kawi return back to the past Kwan decided to tell Praemai about her affair with Knot. Maybe due to the change in chances of relationship between Knot & Praemai. But I mean the shift character here is Kwan, how at first she kept silent, but later she more honest to Praemai.

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My March 2024 Recommendation Challenge

Watch this for my My March 2024 Recommendation Challenge by Heracin. One action drama, about past relationships, family relationship & finally how to mend that. And all of it also wrap with crime & escape. Let's talk drama...

The story talked about Jang Tae San (TS) who lived carefree and a little bit involve in gang activity. One day his ex girlfriend, Seo In Hye (IH), come to his workplace & bring news about his daughter. Turn out TS had daughter with JK & his daughter is sick & need his bone narrow.

Unfortunately for TS, before he can get a grip about his news as a father, another thing happen to his boss in the gang, Moon Il Suk (MS). MS killed someone & decided to put the blame in TS name. One thing let to another, now TS had to flee for his life from MS. And our drama started...

What i like:
+ The cute Seo Soo Jin. Oh this little girls so so cute... Even though we can see how weak she is, but her spirit & cheerfulness really overwhelmed...
+ How they unravel the story of TS & IH little by little. How they fixed the misunderstood between TS & IH. And finally how IH forgive TS in the end.
+ The big difference in TS himself. In the beginning, as I wrote TS is a carefree man. Not carefree in the mean no problem, but more like don't care about the world, cause he need no care about anyone & no one care about him. But in the end we can see how he's as a change man. A man with purpose & someone to protect & care.
+ TS, IH & Im Seung Woo is mature human. No one in the end make a fuss about their relationships.

What i don't too like:
- Why actually MS & Jo Seo Hee want to killed TS is still doesn't makes sense for me. At first ok because of the camera. But later on... A little doesn’t make sense to killed TS.

Overall I quite like it. From the technical & plot wise i give this drama 9.5. But unfortunately from my enjoyment point of view, I give this only 6. So in the end I settled for 8 in total...

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Watch this apart for Wang An Yu & Zhao Lu Si, also because this is the continue of Ancient Love Poetry (ALP). But much like story of Ten Miles of Peach Blossom & Eternal Love of Dream, this also in some point dissapointed & ruin the whole series for me.

Thanx to H19279 in discussions below, we get a big picture about who is who between ALP & this drama (TLI). https://mydramalist.com/discussions/shen-yin/121769-shen-yin-the-last-immortal-novel-content-and-its-connection-with-ancient-love-poetry

Ok let's discuss drama.
What i like:
+ Zhao Lu Si. Like to see her play 2 quite different characters. The cheerful A Yin to the mature & calm Feng Yi
+ Yan Shuang & Hong Yi. Really like these 2 characters bickering around each other.

For me the weakest point of this drama probably Wang An Yu. I forgot heard or read from where/who. But they said, Wang An Yu not really ready to take this kind of role. And after watch this must be agree with them. I don’t know what point or to what extent, but there's certain point that very not suitable with him. But i just can't put the label to it. It just not fit character for him in the end. Don't take me wrong, I still like him, but i just more like to see him playing young, proud or playboy character.

Overall this just another Xian Xia drama....

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Part 1

Long time quite intrigued to watch this. Since now I'm a little bored with typical drama, so I decided to jump into this drama. Haha... Happy to watch this. Good drama with unusual story that's in the end help us self respect.

People often said the biggest SIN is when u took ur own life. Yeah in here we can see how angry Death when face with the man, Choi Yi Jae (YJ), that took his own life. Death decided to give YJ punishment by having him go through 12 life that supposed to end up dead. With one condition, he can keep the man life if he can avoid their death. So he went from rich man, student, baby, guilty man and the end of this part famous model.

In this part we see how at first YJ angry to Death until he tried to hang on in the life of Jang Geon Woo. And also in the end of this part he finally saw the thread of connetion between all the man he lived as...

Really exciting to see the 2nd part. Thank God they aired directly after part 1....

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Spoiler in the end. Beware before reading

Got this once more by YouTube fishing. I thought it's just short drama not take up too many time & I also watch this while waiting for my friends. But boy oh boy could i be more wrong.... UGH!!!

This mini series really frustated me. At first i really like how they began the plot. Childhood friend, the FL get betrayed by her boyfriend & ML swoop in to help the FL by pretending to be her new boyfriend. All good... Until...

Well... Much like julnyes wrote: "This series is extremely short, but covers a vast array of drama tropes. It wasn't bad, just rushed through very quickly which took away any emotional impact for me, like it was a synopsis of a longer story."

Yeah the story happen so damn fast, cover many tropes & the worst of all.... Leave us hanging in the end... Ugh.... The worst kind of mini series for me...

In the end, just find urself better mini series then spend ur time with this one...

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Watch this of course to watch our 2 ML, Mix & Earth. As usual really like their chemistry.

Story about journey to overturn the karma & fixed relationship, between friends & family. For u who wonder, this one of the save one to watch. With no steamy scene, and only a little kiss scene in the end.

Sawin Warodom (Win) is like dynamite, he often get his emotion get the best of him. He constantly angry with anyone close to him and don't want to listen to anyone, include his mom & sister Lalin Warodom (Lin). Due to his relationship with his aunt & uncle, who he thought only want his family money, he becomes distrust to anyone outside his own family, that's mean his mom & Lin.

The problem with Thapakorn Chaiphitak (Korn) raise when Win's father left Korn part of their inheritance. Due to Korn very close to Win's dad in his last days, Win suspect Korn with insincere intentions toward his family money / business. So they have separated since that time.

Win & Korn met again when Lim & Win was in accident. Because of the accident, Win's soul move to Lin's body. The soul of Win's dad visit a monk & tell him how to undo the curse. How? To visit 4 temple and ask for holy / blessed water. And the instructions, Win / Lin has to go with Korn.

At first of course Win unwilling to do. But upon realizing what the monk said true, finally Win give in & decided to go with Korn. The journey bring them closer again & unravel all the hidden feeling in their heart.

But along the journey with Lin body, make Win also questioning, did Korn attention for him or Lin... And that days upon days make Win heart more and more unsettling with their relationship.

But don't worry all the questioning finally unraveled In the end. Their feeling for each other, the source of Win's anger & also the secret of Win's dad inheritance.

That's the brief explaination about this drama. Now part what I like & don't like about this drama.

What I like:
+ As usual the chemistry between Mix & Earth never missed. We can feel their feeling for each other from the very first ep
+ The journey. Win learn a lot from the journey. At the end he did learn how to control his emotion, how to let go his anger & also how to be truthful about his own feeling.
+ Win learn about woman body. Haha... I really wish the actor, Mix, can experience all the things woman have to endure when their on their period.

What I don't too like, or what i feel a little bit a miss:
- Win mad to Korn, but still he reveal himself to Korn. Haha... I mean when he wake up in the hospital, after Win did manage to drive away his mom, he reveal himself to Chanon (Non) & Korn. He not even try to chase Korn away & just blabbering about Win in Lin body. That's a little bit weird in my opinion. It's like u mad to someone but u still reveal one of most vulnerable thing about urself in front of that person.

Overall this quite good drama to watch.

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Feb 2024 Recommendation Challenge

Watch this for Recommendation Challenge month of Feb 2024. Long time hestitate to watch this one cause not too fond of shooting game.

This drama told story about struggle of 2 young man in their own time. The struggle of achieving dream when no one believes in them. The story of friendship between teammates. The story of persistent did bear fruit. And overall just the story about how beautiful youth is. Haha...

As usual there's bad & good thing about this drama. But some weird plot make me have to lower the score of this drama. And there're a little bit spoiler in the weird plot. So save review first..

What i like about this drama:
+ The friendship. The friendship between the member of one coin team & continue team.
+ The fighting spirit that Xiao Feng (XF), Lu Xiao Bei (XB) & Chu Ge (CG) have
+ They use the actor themself to play the inside game. A little interested to see how it unrevealed...
+ The slow & silly growth relationship betwen XF - An Lan (AL) & XB - CG. Especially XB & CG, really typical teenage romance... :)
+ How to let go of ur ghost. Like XB finally let go the ghost of his brother & finally focus on himself. Or S + 1 to finally let go her online face & reveal her trueself.
+ The bad side of human. Human is indeed selfish. Like what Qi Lin & Xu Wei did.
+ The most reliable support always ur family. No matter how angry XB's parent to him, it's his dad that in the end help & support him
+ Finally another prove u can't change human fate... Like XB try to change his brother death, just to be proven once more u can't change what God already written in destiny book.

Overall i quite like this. The game, the plot quite interesting. But unfortunately they gave quite massive weird or hole plot that I can't turn blind eyes...









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The weird plot:
- The game machine... Ugh... Really random & weird. Just create to trap XF. It's gonna be more interesting if XF trap inside the game where he & XB connected, instead just making new one...
- The inconsistency in memory. XB & XF a few time try to change something, like CG pendant. And the problem raise when in the future the pendant did back to CG, but she has no memory of it, it just like some magical thing she experience over night.
- The exit of Wang Kai. That's one of the most absurd thing happen in the whole drama. If they cut this plot we can have shorten episode...
- The sickness of S+1. I mean it's written half-baked. It's like they want to show how bad the effect of playing game too much, but it feel not give too much impact too... If they cut this plot too we can have even more shorten episode... Or they can use the 'erase' duration from the exit of Wang Kai to deepent this issue, like how to manage/balance it...
- How 'invincible' XF really are. Haha... He just wake up from 11 years coma, laying still in the bed. And he can instantly walking & eat anything he want. No physical therapy what so ever. Haha...

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Much like Tharntype

Random pitching from YouTube once more make me click the drama... Haha...

After watching 1 thought just immediately come by, very much Tharntype vibe. Haha... And yeah.... Thanx to BL Compilations finally realize they have the same author. And very much Tharntype, although I very much like this drama, I can't bring the score higher due to many problem is taken lightly, and also I can't bring the score lower too cause I very like this... Haha... So yeah settled for 7.5

Gonna explain down what I mean with very much Tharntype vibe, but that's also mean SPOILER ALERT!!! So yeah, safe review first, which mean what I like from this drama.

+ Finally watch drama with not usual pairing... Although I like the chemistry with usual partner in Thai BL, but sometimes just bored to watch the pairing too... Kinda erased surprise element to guess which is the pairing
+ Quite like the chemistry of both couple, Payu-Rain & Prapai-Sky.
+ Quite like when the author play with their name. Of course after we understand the meaning of their name. Payu > Storm paired with Rain. Prapai (kinda god of wind if google right) with Sky. Interesting right...
+ The stupid Rain... Haha... Rain can be as slow as sloth if he need to understand something, just like when Prapai try to chase Sky. And sometime it just funny to watch him...
+ The extra scene at the end of the episode. I like that touch...
+ How they finished the story one at a time. Payu-Rain first then Prapai-Sky. So we're not really get mixed up between stories.

Ok... That's very much the safe review. Overall I really like this drama, maybe gonna re-watch it a few times... But in the end this also one of the drama that have many problem is taken lightly. Below here the explanation & once again SPOILER ALERT!!! Read with ur own risk!!!





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Ok let me explain what I mean with very much Tharntype vibe or what I mean with many problem is taken lightly

1. Sky. I like how in the end he finds comfort & secure in Prapai. But one gang rape victim can be OK being touch with another man. That just messed up. The trauma should be more like Type first time was touched by Tharn, SCARED!!! Yeah I don't know how much time Sky spend in therapy. But no way gang rape victim can be OK touch by the same-sex with their rapest.

2. Prapai. Yeah much like BL Compilations wrote: "In real life buying multiple burner phones/sim cards to contact someone who has blocked you isn't romantic it's stalking and creepy." Yeah that's just borderline creepy. If me as Sky, I already change my number & warning Rain to never give him my new number.

3. Payu. After he confess about how he manipulate Rain to be his man, it became creepy so fast. Haha...

4. Rain. No one that stupid can be manipulate to change their sex orientation that fast. Kinda shock me & i have to re-watch it from the first ep to make sure it's not wrong.... Rain at first tell us he is normal, he liked Ple. But a few provocation from Payu enough to make him chase Payu instead Ple. Ugh...

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Another Mix & Earth drama

Watch this of course to watch our 2 ML Mix & Earth. Kinda glad to watch this. Heartwarming story with a few flaw....

Really interesting to read the summary given by MDL: "Jim is an ordinary guy running a Hainanese chicken rice diner. One night, he meets breezy Wen when he stays past closing drunk. Brought together by fate that night, intangible feelings arise. Neither can stop thinking about the other despite Jim's efforts to remain unattached." Yeah we can feel their 'lightning' from the start, is all over the place...

But this drama also talk about friendship, family & grief.
* The relationship between Li Ming & Jim. How Jim handle the rebellious teenager Li Ming, while in the same time Li Ming actually also think about his future & how not to put more burden to his uncle Jim again.
* The relationship between Jim & Wen. How Jim manage to finally let go his past & move forward with Wen. And also how Wen finally manage his relationship with his ex-boyfriend. And also about how Jim finally dare & owned his feeling toward Wen.
* The relationship between Heart's family. How he finally make peace with his family with the help of Li Ming
* The heartwarming relationship between Kaipa & his mother. Also how Kaipa manage his feeling with Jim.
* And finally the relationship between Li Ming & his mother....

Now the (+) point that I like about this drama:
+ The chemistry between our lead, Mix & Earth & also Fourth & Gemini. Their chemistry never a miss.
+ The starting point of Li Ming & Heart relationship. Really love how Li Ming can get Heart out of his shell & be friend with him and finally something more.
+ How the writer fix all the family problem in the drama. Like Heart & his family, or Li Ming & his mother.
+ The mature Li Ming. Oh how much I like to see how Li Ming think about his future & making decision about it. What I don’t like, he become rebellious teenager instead talking to his family. I think Jim & his mother actually someone he can have discussion with. But yeah i understand, teenager & their hormones, sometimes think everyone can't understand their feeling.
+ Finally last not but least, Saleng & Praew relationships. How Saleng dare to take the challenge & responsibility for Praew when she's pregnant.

The only thing that I feel lack, not a flaw, just something missing is.... How much I wish Jim make goodbye party for his dinner with his usual customers, instead just one table with his 'family'. I think if they close the curtain with Jim's goodbye party it's gonna be perfect.

Overall this really heartwarming story but with a flaw that I'll gonna write down below. Like usual with SPOILER ALERT. So read review below with ur own risk.












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The flaw:
- How Heart become Mute??? I mean yes he's deaf, but he's not deaf since birth. It supposed he became sick & deaf just a few years ago, not since birth or childhood. That's mean Heart supposedly can talk, cause he can hear before... The deaf people become mute if that's happen since birth or baby, cause they can't hear so they can't learn to talk. But if that's happen in ur adulthood u supposed be able to talk. The writer supposed to make Heart DON'T WANT TO TALK instead CAN'T TALK.
- The weird ending.... I don’t know what happened in the last 1 / 2 ep. It happened so damn fast. One min Jim still only say Wen is his friend, although he already open his heart to welcome Wen, but the next min Wen suddenly become his boyfriend. Oh come on... I know that's the set up, but that's also one lazy writing there. This is the why I lower the score a little bit.
- The decision for Jim to open Chicken Rice Foodtruck. Isn't it he just talk to Wen about his dream to actually open Chicken restaurant or not. But instead taking a break to thinking about ur dream & future, he just jump into what familiar for him.

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Reverse role from the original version

Have u ever wonder did the actor fit their role or not...? Here u got a proof how each face fit for their role previously or not. Haha...

In this mini series, everyone get the reverse role from the original series. Gun and his team become the student body president while Tinn and his team become member of music club. Even their mothers also have reverse role with each other. The active Gun became calm and the calm Tinn became quite active here. And i must say they all don't fit the reverse role. Haha...

Their story also restart again from the beginning & compact everything into only 2 episode. I must say quite headache watch this. Every story become unclear & weird to say the least. Every cute moment between each member & the relationship between every one is so fast & weird. Everything that's good about this title is no more we can see nor feel.....

If u want to watch this mini series do it directly after u watch the original version, so u still remember the story or plot line for each important scene that being put into this mini series. If u give a break u'll gonna forget some & having weird moment like I did....

Overall just watch this to complete the our skyy series, if not don't bother to watch this in my opinion. The only thing that good about this is, at least in here we get to see the MV. And thanx to ppkrist I finally know the names of drama that included in the MV: He's Coming to Me; A Tale of Thousand Stars; and Bad Buddy.

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Watch this years ago in the school as part of class if I'm not mistaken. But this movie imprint in my mind so strong, that's why I still remember until now.

The natural disaster is really scary for who experienced it first hand. And this movie can quite capture it. There're 2-3 things that really imprint in my mind about this movie.

1. How in chinese culture, son, always be priorities. Like in the summary already stated, the mother prefer to save her son over her daughter. But even before that, we can see in the movie how their mother prefer son over daughter.
2. The word comes from the son, Fang Da, years later when there's another earthquake. More and less... You can't outrun disaster (earthquake), the small one not gonna effect you & the big one even you want to ovoid sometimes it's nust avoidable.
3. The meeting between Fang Deng and her mom & how the forgiveness work is just imprint deep into the heart....

Overall this is a really good movies. Just prepare ur heart to watch this...

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Stockholm Syndrome drama

Long time heard about this drama and that's not about the good news this drama has. That's why long time weight it to watch this or not. Watch this of course for Chen Zhe Yuan. Just want to watch another work of him after Hidden Love. Yeah... Kind of big mistake....

Story taken from Beauty & the Beast storyline. A girl kidnapped by the beast & eventually fall in love with him. Yeah Stockholm Syndrome all over the place, when the one being kidnap fall in love or get used to with the kidnapper. But that's being said out front, this drama can be still messed it up.

What i like:
A little touch of modern society, that's I've never seen in period drama. Like how they discuss travel to other countries.

What i don't like:
- Messed up plot
- The easy ending... The ending made me have to lower the score again. Everything that's happen in the drama feel useless in the end. Ugh!!!
- Little to no confusion from Qi Pa (QP) when she arrived at beast village for the first time. I mean people in the beast village obviously diff from her world, they have ears or nose like animal. How can she's not confuse....

This drama in my book just OK drama. Watch it if you want to see ur fav actor/ess. If not just skip this then...

I gonna wrote spoiler. Don't know big or small, but spoiler indeed. If you don't want to know just stop reading my review...

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In Disney version of Beauty & the Beast at least they still manage to make the Beauty fall in love with the Beast himself not the prince hidden inside it. But this drama did the reverse thing. The made the Beauty, Qi Pa (QP), fall in love with Li Xiong (LX) instead Kui Mu Lang (KML). KML over and over said he has to make QP fall in love with the real him, but how can she fall in love with KML while the more handsome man (LX) still in front of her... Or how can QP fall in love with KML when he rarely show his face or give any attention to QP. All the attention is giving by LX not KML... So tell me how can the beauty fall in love with the beast instead with the prince... Ugh!!!

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Feel unfinished

After the complete feeling from HIStory2: Right or Wrong, this part again left me feeling like unfinished story. You can say they have the complete story, beginning - middle - ending. But when they close the curtain, for me, the leave with the feeling of something to be finished...

If only they have a little bit closure, like HIStory2: Right or Wrong, when they give us a little preview about their life after relationship. It's gonna make the drama a lot better. Like if they end it in the graduation scene for examples... Oh that's gonna be a lot better.

But the story itself you can't said bad or toxic. This simply story about teenagers that fall in love & learn about their feeling to each other, apart from gender & any issues regarding it...

Overall i can't say this the best version of HIStory2 series, but also not the worst of them...

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