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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  make \make\ (m[=a]k), n. [AS. maca, gemaca. See {Match}.]
     A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.]
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           For in this world no woman is
           Worthy to be my make.                    --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  make \make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS.
     mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to
     join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.]
     1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to
        produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in
        various specific uses or applications:
        (a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain
            form; to construct; to fabricate.
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                  He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after
                  he had made it a molten calf.     --Ex. xxxii.
                                                    4.
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        (b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or
            false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
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                  And Art, with her contending, doth aspire
                  To excel the natural with made delights.
                                                    --Spenser.
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        (c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or
            agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often
            used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the
            simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make
            complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to
            record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
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                  Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.
                                                    --Judg. xvi.
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                  Wealth maketh many friends.       --Prov. xix.
                                                    4.
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                  I will neither plead my age nor sickness in
                  excuse of the faults which I have made.
                                                    --Dryden.
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        (d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make
            a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
        (e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as
            profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or
            happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an
            error; to make a loss; to make money.
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                  He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck
                  a second time.                    --Bacon.
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        (f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation;
            to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or
            amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and
            the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over;
            as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the
            distance in one day.
        (h) To put in a desired or desirable condition; to cause
            to thrive.
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                  Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb,
        or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make
        public; to make fast.
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              Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --Ex.
                                                    ii. 14.
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              See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii.
                                                    1.
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     Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive
           pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make
           bold; to make free, etc.
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     3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to
        esteem, suppose, or represent.
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              He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make
              him.                                  --Baker.
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     4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause;
        to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and
        infinitive.
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     Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually
           omitted.
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                 I will make them hear my words.    --Deut. iv.
                                                    10.
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                 They should be made to rise at their early hour.
                                                    --Locke.
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     5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or
        fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish
        the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet
        cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
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              And old cloak makes a new jerkin.     --Shak.
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     6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to
        constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham
        makes a hearty meal.
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              The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,
              Make but one temple for the Deity.    --Waller.
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     7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.]
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              Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole
              brotherhood of city bailiffs?         --Dryden.
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     8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "And
        make the Libyan shores." --Dryden.
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              They that sail in the middle can make no land of
              either side.                          --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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     {To make a bed}, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to
        put it in order.
  
     {To make a card} (Card Playing), to take a trick with it.
  
     {To make account}. See under {Account}, n.
  
     {To make account of}, to esteem; to regard.
  
     {To make away}.
        (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.]
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                  If a child were crooked or deformed in body or
                  mind, they made him away.         --Burton.
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        (b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.]
            --Waller.
  
     {To make believe}, to pretend; to feign; to simulate.
  
     {To make bold}, to take the liberty; to venture.
  
     {To make the cards} (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack.
  
     {To make choice of}, to take by way of preference; to choose.
        
  
     {To make danger}, to make experiment. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
  
     {To make default} (Law), to fail to appear or answer.
  
     {To make the doors}, to shut the door. [Obs.]
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              Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out
              at the casement.                      --Shak.
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     {To make free with}. See under {Free}, a.
  
     {To make good}. See under {Good}.
  
     {To make head}, to make headway.
  
     {To make light of}. See under {Light}, a.
  
     {To make little of}.
        (a) To belittle.
        (b) To accomplish easily.
  
     {To make love to}. See under {Love}, n.
  
     {To make meat}, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq.
        Western U. S.]
  
     {To make merry}, to feast; to be joyful or jovial.
  
     {To make much of}, to treat with much consideration,,
        attention, or fondness; to value highly.
  
     {To make no bones}. See under {Bone}, n.
  
     {To make no difference}, to have no weight or influence; to
        be a matter of indifference.
  
     {To make no doubt}, to have no doubt.
  
     {To make no matter}, to have no weight or importance; to make
        no difference.
  
     {To make oath} (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something,
        in a prescribed form of law.
  
     {To make of}.
        (a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know
            what to make of the news.
        (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to
            account. "Makes she no more of me than of a slave."
            --Dryden.
  
     {To make one's law} (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's
        self of a charge.
  
     {To make out}.
        (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out
            the meaning of a letter.
        (b) to gain sight of; to recognize; to discern; to descry;
            as, as they approached the city, he could make out the
            tower of the Chrysler Building.
        (c) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable
            to make out his case.
        (d) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make
            out the money.
        (d) to write out; to write down; -- used especially of a
            bank check or bill; as, he made out a check for the
            cost of the dinner; the workman made out a bill and
            handed it to him.
  
     {To make over}, to transfer the title of; to convey; to
        alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee.
        
  
     {To make sail}. (Naut.)
        (a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended.
        (b) To set sail.
  
     {To make shift}, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift
        to do without it. [Colloq.].
  
     {To make sternway}, to move with the stern foremost; to go or
        drift backward.
  
     {To make strange}, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if
        surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a
        request or suggestion.
  
     {To make suit to}, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to
        court.
  
     {To make sure}. See under {Sure}.
  
     {To make up}.
        (a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the
            amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package.
        (b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference
            or quarrel.
        (c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a
            dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum.
        (d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape,
            prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into
            pills; to make up a story.
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                  He was all made up of love and charms!
                                                    --Addison.
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        (e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss.
        (f) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make
            up accounts.
        (g) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was
            well made up.
  
     {To make up a face}, to distort the face as an expression of
        pain or derision.
  
     {To make up one's mind}, to reach a mental determination; to
        resolve.
  
     {To make way}, or {To make one's way}.
        (a) To make progress; to advance.
        (b) To open a passage; to clear the way.
  
     {To make words}, to multiply words.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Make \Make\ (m[=a]k), v. i.
     1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to
        interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle
        or make. [Obs.]
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              A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward
        home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
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     Note: Formerly, authors used to make on, to make forth, to
           make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say,
           to make at, to make away, to make for, to make off, to
           make toward, etc.
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     3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or
        against; as, it makes for his advantage. --M. Arnold.
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              Follow after the things which make for peace. --Rom.
                                                    xiv. 19.
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              Considerations infinite
              Do make against it.                   --Shak.
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     4. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
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     5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic]
        --Chaucer. Tennyson.
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              To solace him some time, as I do when I make. --P.
                                                    Plowman.
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     {To make as if}, or {To make as though}, to pretend that; to
        make show that; to make believe (see under {Make}, v. t.).
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              Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten
              before them, and fled.                --Josh. viii.
                                                    15.
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              My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly
              displeased with me.                   --Latimer.
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     {To make at}, to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner;
        to attack.
  
     {To make away with}.
        (a) To carry off.
        (b) To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to
            dissipate.
        (c) To kill; to destroy.
  
     {To make off}, to go away suddenly.
  
     {To make out}, to succeed; to manage oneself; to be able at
        last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the
        contending parties; after the earthquake they made out all
        right.
        (b) to engage in fond caresses; to hug and kiss; to neck;
            -- of courting couples or individuals (for
            individuals, used with with); as, they made out on a
            bench in the park; he was making out with the waitress
            in the kitchen [informal]
  
     {To make up}, to become reconciled or friendly.
  
     {To make up for}, to compensate for; to supply an equivalent
        for.
  
     {To make up to}.
        (a) To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us.
        (b) To pay addresses to; to make love to.
  
     {To make up with}, to become reconciled to. [Colloq.]
  
     {To make with}, to concur or agree with. --Hooker.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Make \Make\, n.
     Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction;
     shape; form.
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           It our perfection of so frail a make
           As every plot can undermine and shake?   --Dryden.
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     {On the make},
     (a) bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U.
         S.]
     (b) seeking higher social status or a higher employment
         position.
     (c) seeking a sexual partner; looking for sexual adventure.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  make
      n 1: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the
           movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: {brand},
           {make}]
      2: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: {shuffle},
         {shuffling}, {make}]
      v 1: engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do
           research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" [syn: {make},
           {do}]
      2: give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She
         made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the
         meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention
         will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" [syn:
         {make}, {get}]
      3: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's
         office"; "create a furor" [syn: {make}, {create}]
      4: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads
         induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy
         a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: {induce},
         {stimulate}, {cause}, {have}, {get}, {make}]
      5: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always
         intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an
         accident" [syn: {cause}, {do}, {make}]
      6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more
         cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for
         two centuries" [syn: {produce}, {make}, {create}]
      7: make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here";
         "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate";
         "What do you make of his remarks?" [syn: {draw}, {make}]
      8: compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way;
         "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!";
         "Heat makes you sweat"
      9: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg
         created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden
         made verses" [syn: {create}, {make}]
      10: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as
          salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new
          job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger
          brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
          [syn: {gain}, {take in}, {clear}, {make}, {earn}, {realize},
          {realise}, {pull in}, {bring in}]
      11: create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in
          blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the
          forest" [syn: {do}, {make}] [ant: {undo}, {unmake}]
      12: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of
          the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes
          a fine introduction" [syn: {form}, {constitute}, {make}]
      13: reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!";
          "She may not make the grade" [syn: {reach}, {make}, {get
          to}, {progress to}]
      14: be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a
          great host"; "He will make a fine father"
      15: make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a
          dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
      16: perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move";
          "make advances"; "make a phone call"
      17: make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made
          his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an
          electric brassiere warmer" [syn: {construct}, {build},
          {make}]
      18: change from one form into another; "make water into wine";
          "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
      19: act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make
          enemies"
      20: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of
          the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn:
          {name}, {nominate}, {make}]
      21: achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian
          team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn:
          {have}, {get}, {make}]
      22: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit
          Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We
          barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC
          machine before the weekend starts" [syn: {reach}, {make},
          {attain}, {hit}, {arrive at}, {gain}]
      23: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: {lay
          down}, {establish}, {make}]
      24: carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
      25: form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a
          quorum"
      26: organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have,
          throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: {hold},
          {throw}, {have}, {make}, {give}]
      27: put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
          [syn: {make}, {make up}]
      28: head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took
          to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" [syn: {take},
          {make}]
      29: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
          [syn: {stool}, {defecate}, {shit}, {take a shit}, {take a
          crap}, {ca-ca}, {crap}, {make}]
      30: undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a
          nice sweater"
      31: be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture"
      32: add up to; "four and four make eight"
      33: amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my
          standard of living"
      34: constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"
      35: appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said
          nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us"
      36: proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd";
          "make one's way into the forest" [syn: {make}, {work}]
      37: reach in time; "We barely made the plane"
      38: gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"
      39: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
          please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for
          the guests, please" [syn: {cook}, {fix}, {ready}, {make},
          {prepare}]
      40: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you
          score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: {seduce},
          {score}, {make}]
      41: assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will
          make your play!" [ant: {break}]
      42: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or
          act like; "She makes like an actress" [syn: {make},
          {pretend}, {make believe}]
      43: consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made
          it"
      44: calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet"
      45: cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day"
      46: favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner"
      47: develop into; "He will make a splendid father!"
      48: behave in a certain way; "make merry"
      49: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive
          rug" [syn: {make}, {urinate}, {piddle}, {puddle},
          {micturate}, {piss}, {pee}, {pee-pee}, {make water},
          {relieve oneself}, {take a leak}, {spend a penny}, {wee},
          {wee-wee}, {pass water}]

From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]:

  make
   husband

Overall

Story

9.5

Acting/Cast

10

Music

10

Rewatch Value

8.0

This review may contain spoilers

I was originally going to write a review by episode but instead, I am going to do a review on a grand scale and by certain issues either addressed by the show itself or issues people had with the show.
I, first of all, have to say that it was possibly the worst ending I have seen if any show I have watched (including Game of Thrones and GOT is the worst ending for me up until this), I am never watching anything that the writer is in charge of ever in my life, I mean I will personally be checking who the writer is because of her. Like I was wondering what nonsense of an ending that was. Like I hate the fact people try to cover it up by saying it is real life or realistic (and I would be addressing it in my review).
The show started a fun, I mean Xiang and his dumb ass friends being the cool and popular kids, then the nerd that the coolest kid in school falls for but then the story is very not cliché.
Starting this out, I know everyone first had an issue with Sun Bo and his behavior (stalking and assault) but I would like to remind people that he is kind of meant to be a dumb, naïve and impulsive teenager who is kind of falling in love for the first time and doesn’t know what to with himself. I am not saying what he did was all right by any standard but understand that this was the first point being driven.
Also, still on Sun Bo, the next thing people highlighted a lot was the age difference and being in high school. Now I am quite happy that everyone is taking Pedophilia more seriously but at the same time, we should realize that countries differ and laws in those countries are not the same as what it is in our countries. Now, I was rubbed the wrong way but when I checked and I saw that the age of consent and majority in Taiwan is 16, I couldn’t do anything more about it but move on, this is their country and these are their norms.
Now moving on, things I loved about the show in generality
1. The true representation of LGBT acceptance: Hao Ting Parents, The Gang, and Finally Lu Zhi’s family. The showed different reactions to LGBT youth around the world as it happens. Some people just naturally accept LGBT youth especially because of their humanity and personhood and that was represented in the gang, others don’t accept it but rather tolerate it for one reason or the other and that was Hao Ting’s parents and the last class per se are those that are straight-up homophobic and cut LGBT people out of their lives that was Lu Zhi’s granddad. I loved the fact that they represented all these in the show, which is more than a lot of them BLs give us.
2. That age gap should not be a determinant in a relationship (when the people involved are off legal age). Our societies tend to treat age gap as something that should be almost non-existent and that one party is taking advantage of the other but I love that MODC showed that sometimes, real love doesn’t care about age as far as you are meant to be together, you would work out.
3. I loved the fact that they didn’t revolve the story around Hao Ting struggling to accept that he was in love with a guy (although I didn’t particularly like the I am not gay just in love with him trope we often see but whatever). Like it was very straight forward, he suspected he had feelings for Xi Gu and rather than fighting it as we often see, he accepted them and moved forward on and most importantly, he didn’t cheat on his girlfriend per se, he broke up with her before properly chasing Xi Gu.
4. I love that consent wasn’t forgotten per se in the terms of Xi Gu and Hao Ting. I was scared at several points that with the type of temper Hao had, he would overstep boundaries with Xi but he was honestly patient and surprised me a lot.
5. Sex scenes, now I get a lot of people did not particularly like this, but I like the realism to the sex scenes because most BLs tend to was to Fetishize gay people but they didn’t do that here, plus I mean they are high school students, sex tends to be on their minds a lot.
6. The acting and production value were all phenomenal, I hated Hao when he made Xi miss the exam, I cried with Xi when he lost the scholarship, I felt all of the naivety of Sun and his jealousy, like the actors delivered and the quality was insane, to say the least bit. I felt everything, rejoiced with them, laughed with them…. That is what acting is meant to do emote properly, I even felt the ending particularly because of Wayne
7. The portrayed the mistake we have all made as high school students properly, from cruelty, meanness, etc.
8. Character development was great and natural compared to other shows
9. I loved Hao Ting and Sun Bo’s friendship, it was beautiful to the end

Things I hated
1. The ending and the writer
2. The fact that they did not properly develop some stories, which I guess was to keep the focus on the main story but still at least resolve them. Like the twin that appeared he had feelings for Xi Gu, we did not get the foundation of the feelings of what connection there was or how did it end up? Another was the guy that made the fake picture of Xi Gu to spite Hao Ting, like what happened to him or even the ex-girlfriend? Then the way they just threw away the Fujoshi?
Now to the controversial ending if you want to portray a real-life relationship or a realistic relationship, then break them up. I am not saying people do not die in relationships, they go off course, but in a world where people always try to tell LGBT people they can’t have happy endings, this just drives the narrative because Xi Gu’s death was pointless except for shock value and nothing else just break the couple up. I mean, what’s more common – breaking up or being killed by a car (or a white truck of doom, for all we know)? Yes, way too many people die in accidents every year, but still… that’s not what usually happens, fortunately. So, for me, the “that’s life/that’s a realistic portrait of life” argument falls a bit flat. My impression is that they didn’t necessarily want to portray a “real life” situation, rather they wanted to shock and manipulate their audience, they wanted to present a “clever” twist, maybe because someone, someday, came up with the idea that tragedy equals depth and artistry. Then, secondly – do you know what hurts me the most? I realized it’s not, contrary to my expectations, YSG’s pointless death. It’s how miserable XHT still is even 6 years after the tragedy. Even if he says “Yes, I’m over it”, even if he has survived and tried to get on with his life (did he get a girlfriend, or am I wrong? I was in a daze for most of the episode, trying not to cry too much, so there are parts I’m not 100% sure about), even if he says he’s ready to hike the Himalayas. He’s still so deeply grieving that you just have to look at him to know he’s living an unhappy life – he seems to be living only halfheartedly, only half-conscious… and that’s heartbreaking, and that’s what made me so devastated. I don’t see much hope in this ending. It hurts so much because I cannot help but thinking that I would be just as lost in a similar situation. Finding love is so rare, and when you lose it like that… Thirdly, poor YSG. He drew the short end of the stick, didn’t he? Was his purpose as a character just to tug at our heartstrings? Was his death just a cliched plot device contrived to squeeze out our tears (and how many of them!)? He, as a character, deserved better! Also, the doppelganger: was his purpose just to trick us in the preview of the last episode with a face that looked like a future YSG? So that people, seeing him, would think “No worries, here he is with a different hairstyle, so he’s obviously still alive, maybe they just separated for a few years”, just to be then shocked at the revelation? I can’t help but feel that my emotions were being manipulated. And lastly – I’m kind of low-key angry with myself for letting myself being so emotionally involved in this drama. It’s so silly to be this upset (feeling depressed, feeling there’s no hope in this world, feeling like dark clouds are weighing heavy on my heart, crying!) because of a work of fiction.

I know I won’t be able to go back to it – and what’s worse than that for a drama? Even the forgettable ones are sometimes revisited. And even the soundtrack, that I loved, will be off-limits for the foreseeable future.

I was originally going to write a review by episode but instead, I am going to do a review on a grand scale and by certain issues either addressed by the show itself or issues people had with the show.I, first of all, have to say that it was possibly the worst ending I have seen if any show I have watched (including Game of Thrones and GOT is the worst ending for me up until this), I am never watching anything that the writer is in charge of ever in my life, I mean I will personally be checking who the writer is because of her. Like I was wondering what nonsense of an ending that was. Like I hate the fact people try to cover it up by saying it is real life or realistic (and I would be addressing it in my review).The show started a fun, I mean Xiang and his dumb ass friends being the cool and popular kids, then the nerd that the coolest kid in school falls for but then the story is very not cliché.Starting this out, I know everyone first had an issue with Sun Bo and his behavior (stalking and assault) but I would like to remind people that he is kind of meant to be a dumb, naïve and impulsive teenager who is kind of falling in love for the first time and doesn’t know what to with himself. I am not saying what he did was all right by any standard but understand that this was the first point being driven.Also, still on Sun Bo, the next thing people highlighted a lot was the age difference and being in high school. Now I am quite happy that everyone is taking Pedophilia more seriously but at the same time, we should realize that countries differ and laws in those countries are not the same as what it is in our countries. Now, I was rubbed the wrong way but when I checked and I saw that the age of consent and majority in Taiwan is 16, I couldn’t do anything more about it but move on, this is their country and these are their norms.Now moving on, things I loved about the show in generality1. The true representation of LGBT acceptance: Hao Ting Parents, The Gang, and Finally Lu Zhi’s family. The showed different reactions to LGBT youth around the world as it happens. Some people just naturally accept LGBT youth especially because of their humanity and personhood and that was represented in the gang, others don’t accept it but rather tolerate it for one reason or the other and that was Hao Ting’s parents and the last class per se are those that are straight-up homophobic and cut LGBT people out of their lives that was Lu Zhi’s granddad. I loved the fact that they represented all these in the show, which is more than a lot of them BLs give us.2. That age gap should not be a determinant in a relationship (when the people involved are off legal age). Our societies tend to treat age gap as something that should be almost non-existent and that one party is taking advantage of the other but I love that MODC showed that sometimes, real love doesn’t care about age as far as you are meant to be together, you would work out.3. I loved the fact that they didn’t revolve the story around Hao Ting struggling to accept that he was in love with a guy (although I didn’t particularly like the I am not gay just in love with him trope we often see but whatever). Like it was very straight forward, he suspected he had feelings for Xi Gu and rather than fighting it as we often see, he accepted them and moved forward on and most importantly, he didn’t cheat on his girlfriend per se, he broke up with her before properly chasing Xi Gu.4. I love that consent wasn’t forgotten per se in the terms of Xi Gu and Hao Ting. I was scared at several points that with the type of temper Hao had, he would overstep boundaries with Xi but he was honestly patient and surprised me a lot.5. Sex scenes, now I get a lot of people did not particularly like this, but I like the realism to the sex scenes because most BLs tend to was to Fetishize gay people but they didn’t do that here, plus I mean they are high school students, sex tends to be on their minds a lot.6. The acting and production value were all phenomenal, I hated Hao when he made Xi miss the exam, I cried with Xi when he lost the scholarship, I felt all of the naivety of Sun and his jealousy, like the actors delivered and the quality was insane, to say the least bit. I felt everything, rejoiced with them, laughed with them…. That is what acting is meant to do emote properly, I even felt the ending particularly because of Wayne7. The portrayed the mistake we have all made as high school students properly, from cruelty, meanness, etc.8. Character development was great and natural compared to other shows9. I loved Hao Ting and Sun Bo’s friendship, it was beautiful to the endThings I hated1. The ending and the writer2. The fact that they did not properly develop some stories, which I guess was to keep the focus on the main story but still at least resolve them. Like the twin that appeared he had feelings for Xi Gu, we did not get the foundation of the feelings of what connection there was or how did it end up? Another was the guy that made the fake picture of Xi Gu to spite Hao Ting, like what happened to him or even the ex-girlfriend? Then the way they just threw away the Fujoshi?Now to the controversial ending if you want to portray a real-life relationship or a realistic relationship, then break them up. I am not saying people do not die in relationships, they go off course, but in a world where people always try to tell LGBT people they can’t have happy endings, this just drives the narrative because Xi Gu’s death was pointless except for shock value and nothing else just break the couple up. I mean, what’s more common – breaking up or being killed by a car (or a white truck of doom, for all we know)? Yes, way too many people die in accidents every year, but still… that’s not what usually happens, fortunately. So, for me, the “that’s life/that’s a realistic portrait of life” argument falls a bit flat. My impression is that they didn’t necessarily want to portray a “real life” situation, rather they wanted to shock and manipulate their audience, they wanted to present a “clever” twist, maybe because someone, someday, came up with the idea that tragedy equals depth and artistry. Then, secondly – do you know what hurts me the most? I realized it’s not, contrary to my expectations, YSG’s pointless death. It’s how miserable XHT still is even 6 years after the tragedy. Even if he says “Yes, I’m over it”, even if he has survived and tried to get on with his life (did he get a girlfriend, or am I wrong? I was in a daze for most of the episode, trying not to cry too much, so there are parts I’m not 100% sure about), even if he says he’s ready to hike the Himalayas. He’s still so deeply grieving that you just have to look at him to know he’s living an unhappy life – he seems to be living only halfheartedly, only half-conscious… and that’s heartbreaking, and that’s what made me so devastated. I don’t see much hope in this ending. It hurts so much because I cannot help but thinking that I would be just as lost in a similar situation. Finding love is so rare, and when you lose it like that… Thirdly, poor YSG. He drew the short end of the stick, didn’t he? Was his purpose as a character just to tug at our heartstrings? Was his death just a cliched plot device contrived to squeeze out our tears (and how many of them!)? He, as a character, deserved better! Also, the doppelganger: was his purpose just to trick us in the preview of the last episode with a face that looked like a future YSG? So that people, seeing him, would think “No worries, here he is with a different hairstyle, so he’s obviously still alive, maybe they just separated for a few years”, just to be then shocked at the revelation? I can’t help but feel that my emotions were being manipulated. And lastly – I’m kind of low-key angry with myself for letting myself being so emotionally involved in this drama. It’s so silly to be this upset (feeling depressed, feeling there’s no hope in this world, feeling like dark clouds are weighing heavy on my heart, crying!) because of a work of fiction.I know I won’t be able to go back to it – and what’s worse than that for a drama? Even the forgettable ones are sometimes revisited. And even the soundtrack, that I loved, will be off-limits for the foreseeable future.

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