#compare this with ep 6

[sic-vita]

GOOD OMENS + Aziraphale's excitement over his magic

[thosesillylittlegayghosts]

Not all buddie fans were once mcdanno fans but every mcdanno fan is now a buddie fan

[anakindoodles]

I drew this the flare scene and then watched "the making of Guns for Hire" video where they talked about it being a Silco villain song so then I had to draw something for that too

[sallymew4]

i havent really pinned down a design for him so take this for now

[mephistopheleswasrobbed]

Episode 5 similarities and differences between Ossan's Love (2018) and Ossan's Love Thailand

[Ep 1; Ep 2; Ep 3; Ep 4; Ep 5]

(disclaimer: I have watched all of the Haruta + Maki version of OL [Ossan's Love, Ossan's Love: LOVE or DEAD, Ossan's Love Returns] except for the specials which I haven't gotten around to, and I've watched the airport AU season Ossan's Love: In the Sky. I haven't watched the original one shot episode and the Hong Kong version.)

(disclaimer #2: This is just for fun. I'm not intending to make any statements over which version is superior or anything like that in this post. If you noticed something I missed please let me know so I can add it! I only rewatched ep 4 of the Jv for this.)

For the sake of my lazieness I will use Tv for Thai version and Jv for Japanese Version.

This episode has taken one storyline from the Jv ep 4 and mixed it with some original content. I'll talk about the adapted stuff/ references in chronological order of the Jv for this episode.

Reveal cont.:

Both versions start right where the previous episode left off. Cher-aim in the Tv is mostly angry about Heng lying to her and asks her dad to choose anyone else besides him. When he declines, she storms off. Meanwhile in the Jv Choko experiences a lot more confusion about the situation, especially H being a guy. Like Cher-aim she accuses H of lying to her which Haruta also denies though since Choko is the boss's wife not daughter it's a bit more serious with her thinking he enjoyed making a fool out of her. Haruta also explaines to her that there is technically no affair happening (yet). Clearly shaken up, she leaves.

Post Reveal Convo:

In both versions boss and H have a talk after C leaves. In the Jv boss assures H that he'll get her to accept them, H is also pretty shaken up about the whole thing and asks boss to reconsider the divorce. Boss kisses his hand and they keep holding hands through the rest of the conversation. Choko takes some incriminating pics of them from outside the cafe. In the Tv it's just a short moment of boss assuring Heng and being happy that he "admited" their "realtionship". He hugs Heng to his chest similarily to how Jv boss did to Haruta at the end of the previous ep and until Choko left in this ep.

Maki = Wife:

Maika asks Haruta about his lunch and when he replies that Maki made it, comments that it's like Maki is his wife. This was clearly an inspiration for the Tv ep 1 scene where Heng showed off his Mo-made lunch to the office and Newyear asked him if Mo wasn't more like his wife not his mom.

Chopping cabbage:

Jv boss comes home to find Choko chopping cabbage, he asks what she's making and if there's enough for him, she ignores him completely. There might be some parallels here to the scene where boss talks to Cher-aim through her door and she ignores him and he mentions that she hasn't been eating though admittedly I'm grasping at straws here.

Homewrecker:

Choko confronts Haruta (and Maki) on the street in her black divorce coat and tells Haruta she's going to sue him, she calls him a home-wrecker and pushes him over. In a later scene at home with Maki they talk about it, Maki says that she doesn't really have any grounds to sue him as he isn't actually having an affair with the boss. He also calls him a home-wrecker though. I'd say all of this is being referenced in the Tv when Heng comes home and paniks to Mo about being called a home-wrecker on Dr.Phil and Mo reassuring him that he didn't actually steal anyone's husband.

Tough Love:

The previous Jv scene with Maki continues with Maki chastising Haruta for never actually clearly rejecting boss. This conversation is very similar to the Tv conversation between Heng and Mo after boss tells them he has to pretend Heng doesn't exist per his daughter's orders.

Air-con Remote:

For spoiler reasons Haruta is at home and very upset. He tries to turn on the tv with the air-con remote. This is cleary being referenced when the Tv boss is so distracted by his worrying over the situation with his daughter that he tries to use the air-con remote as his phone among other mistaken objects.

Meeting Choko:

There is a small scene of Choko and Haruta meeting where Choko tells him her lawyers will tear him to pieces and Haruta tells her he's planning to talk to boss and wants them to get back together. If you try very hard you could maybe see some similarities here to Cher-aim's attitude during the dinner with her boss and Heng in the Tv.

The Break-up:

Haruta had asked boss for this meeting. They go to the same spot where boss first confessed. When Haruta starts to speak boss starts screaming and saying he can't hear him. Haruta screams "I'm sorry" and bows 90° (they've changes sides compared to the confession so the shot is pretty much the same to when boss bowed 90° to confess, just a neat detail) boss screams even more and falls to his knees. He asks Haruta why, if Choko said something, Haruta denies, boss asks if it's because he's his boss, because he's a man. Haruta tells him he respects him as a leader, that he's a role model and has always been there for them (the team) when they failed, from the heart he thinks he's the best boss ever. But that's respect and not love and he wants them to go back to boss and employee. He says he's not worthy of his love but grateful. They both get up from the ground and boss pulls himself together, says some work stuff to him and leaves. The shot pans to show Choko had been listening, she's also crying. In the Tv this conversation happens in the virtual world because Cher-aim forbade her dad from talking to Heng. Here it is boss who initiates this meet-up. They're dressed in fantasy costumes per their in-game characters and have a bit of a virual fantasy-world date which prompts the game to reward them if they change their status to "in a relationship" to which boss asks Heng to be his boyfriend. Heng removes his arm from boss's grasp and gets serious, boss shouts he doesn't want to hear it and holds his ears closed. Heng pries his hands away from his ears and tells him he has something important to say, he's really sorry. Boss asks why, if it's because of his daughter, Heng denies, boss asks if it's because of him, because he's a man, Heng denies (! this is maybe a small but noteworthy difference. In the Jv H doesn't explicitly deny the man question, he just starts explaining his reason, whereas in the Tv Heng explicitly says "No" to boss's gender being the problem). Heng says he only sees boss as someone he respects, that he always protects them (the team) when they have a problem, always points Heng's mistakes out to him, teaches him to be better at his work, that Heng's so lucky to have him as his boss. Boss asks why he doesn't choose him, Heng says because he doesn't love him, he wants them to go back to how they were before, he thanks boss for falling for him. Then we see boss take of his VR glasses in his home and cry.

While the circumstances of this scene are pretty different between the versions, the break-up/rejection (however you want to see it) conversation itself is extremely similar.

Aftermath with Choko:

Boss comes home and eats dinner with Choko (there's a way too large bowl of chopped cabbage on the table). Boss starts crying as he eats, says that the food is delicious. Choko seems sympathetic. In the Tv Cher-aim comes into the living room as boss is crying after getting rejected. She asks what's wrong and he tells her that Heng rejected him. She hugs him, tells him she's here. He apologises and asks if she's dissapointed to see this side of him. She starts crying too, tells him it's okay, he didn't do anything wrong, they hug again. He tells her he loves her, they hug some more while crying. like last episode we can see here that changing C's character from wife to daughter brought with it the topic of a child accepting their parent's queerness and this time also their parent's weakness/imperfection. In the Jv it's more about former spouses moving on in an (eventually) amicable manner.

New Stuff & Other Thoughts:

the Tv introduced the boss being distracted at work because of the Heng issue thus raising the stakes a little for Heng to make of for the loss of stakes that happened when wife was replaced with daughter (so no divorce, no "affair")

it also gives us some deeper exploration of the relationship between boss and his daughter which makes sense in so far as they'll keep being a family going forward moreso than boss and Choko in the Jv

even more it gives us a deeper exploration into why Mo fell in love with Heng, and Mo's past and current character in general

and a clearer look into how/why/when Heng falls in love with Mo along with a much gentler realisation for Heng that he's developed feelings for Mo (SPOILER! whereas in the Jv this realisation was largely driven by jealousy)

we also get some more original whacky shenanigans of various single brain cell sharing groups and various references to other media (Atots, MLC, Doraemon, Ready Player One, are ones that I caught, maybe LOTR and a thai fary tale I forgot the name of in the fantasy costumes)

in general I'd say the Tv was more gentle with its characters compared to the Jv this week, especially Heng but also boss

ep 4 of the Jv had ca. 3.5 storylines running concurrently, this ep of the Tv tackeled only one of them, one of the others is definitely coming next week judging by the preview, I'm guessing the third might also get its own episode, the point five I'd say is more likely to at least be introduced next week

[amelikos]

Spinel is such an unsettling character to me because I don't really understand him..

[teafiend]

GIFs credited to @Nungchae (Twitter/X)

[fortune-maiden]

Did... did Tsukasa just die?

And that was the 7 Zios special... I have so many questions

[skellyjingles]

one day I’ll make a TADC animatic with my favorite MBMBAM soundbite and then you’ll see

[kestrel-of-herran]

they should have called this last ep the before hours not the after hours...... currently 135 before hours........

[dribs-and-drabbles]

Observations on ep 6:

I FREAKING LOVED THIS EP

Oh to be Mew's mother...to live a simple life with the person you love.

Mew still needs protecting. And now I feel bad for Top because his earlier actions with Boston are going to hurt him too.

Have you met Nick-pot-calling-the-kettle-black?

I love Boston being happy with Nick...but I'm also fine with his bubble bursting in the worst way soon 😂

OH MY GOD. And now Boston-pot-calling-the-kettle-black as well. THESE TWO ARE COMPLETE HYPOCRITES.

It's that stripy linin shirt again! 🤦🏽‍♀️ This makes it 7 shows it's appeared in. SEVEN.

"What if I block you in real life" - a little on the nose there Mew. Kinda goes with Sand's "You suck" from the end of the last ep.

What IS Sand doing wrecking his phone like that?! He works how many jobs to get money and he doesn't hesitate to break something this expensive?!

Omg they actually kept Ray in that whole outfit from the og trailer even though Kawi already wore it in Be My Favourite 😂🤦🏽‍♀️

"Just please don't be too dramatic" says the character who brings all the drama.

God these actors are so fucking GOOD. Mark and Neo. Khaotung and Neo. Just A+. 💯. 🔥. 10/10. No notes.

"Simplify". Something something life seems so simple to someone like Mew. Get good grades. Enjoy time with family. Just stop drinking and doing drugs. But life isn't so simple for a lot of people. Mew is lucky...and sometimes people get lucky and manage to stay in that simple, happy, bubble...so I just hope Mew can because there are so many sharp edges around him with the potential to cause harm.

Oh no oh no...omg Ray, stop. This is awful (I'm laughing so hard it's so awful), he's just cutting ties with all these people. But this is unforgivable. WHY DOESN'T SOMEONE STOP HIM?!

Wow. Khaotung. The man that you are.

I need more April.

Is Mew filming this? 🤔 Oh. Oh. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. No. He KNEW!

BOOOOOOOOOOK. 🔥

I'm looking forward to seeing Force match the rest of these guys.

I sorta kinda feel sorry for Top...so I hope he explains things a bit more than he did there at the end.

But it looks like this is Mew's villain origin story. Now he's gonna get manipulative. 'Hell hath no fury like a (wo)man scorned' and all that...

[dullahandyke]

and like sidenote if i can make a post with a target audience of zero. i feel like fhsy was to d20 what aa3 was to ace attorney but aa3 pulled it off better for reasons i cannot explain

[pangzi]

Wew surviving on absolute pondsand crumbs this week huh...

[102ki]

normally for otsukimi kozue watches the moon with a telescope. maybe she'll invite kaho and ginko-san this year! ginko-san is interested in traditional events, so she thinks she'll be interested in otsukimi. but kaho... gets sleepy easily at night... maybe she'll stay awake if they make dango... since its kaho surely rabbit shaped odango would be best... but knowing kaho, she'll think they're too cute to be eaten...!

[ctl-yuejie]

fascinated that ForceBook had pretty nice chemistry in episode 1 but by now I really don't feel TopMew - not only because they are the two characters I understand the least - but ForceBook actively try not to have chemistry

very solid acting in my opinion but leaves me watching the trainwreck of SandRay through my fingers as my heart hurts, giddy about BostonNick as the heat starts to burn them, while feeling like I am poking some curious looking sludge with a stick to see if something happens when TopMew are on the screen

[amelikos]

I really wonder how they'll handle a potential "final boss" confrontation with Spinel given the way his Pokemon team is.