Before starting this criticism/ review, the first thing I want to say is that I personally like the series, I am going to mention some points that seem problematic in its development, but on a subjective level I am a fan, in addition to that I deeply love Sam Lin (and his character), but I still want to be critical and honest about what the second season of WBL looked like to me.

The first thing I would like to mention is that as in the first season, the chemistry of the actors is excellent, it is so good, that it even feels a little strange the moments where you are fighting or where they supposedly hate each other, as if the actors themselves do not they would like to shout at each other, the main performances are very good and the musicalization also seems to me to be one of those highlights, it is very well achieved and the main theme is very good.

The setting is also good, let's see, the series itself shows that it has a rather regular budget and also has a short extension, so almost the entire series occurs in no more than 3 or 4 different scenarios, but even so these they feel organic and if the series in its production values ​​does not disappoint.

Leaving aside what I liked about the series, let's talk about ... the writing of this series is by anyone, it is messy and frantic and the rhythm is strange, there are plots that you advance and resolve too quickly and others that the series drags all the seasons that seem more like filler and others that do not even develop, what happened here? The writing is far inferior to its predecessor and it shows too much.

To start the separation arguments, ok I understand they had to separate their characters in one way or another so that this series had a reason to exist, but the argument is weak, it does not hold, their separation does not make sense, that's why i don't mean that they shouldn't have separated them, it's fine if that's what they wanted, but the reasons they gave for their separation are very silly, the only moment where it seemed to me that the intention was good is when ShiDe opens up with ShuYi about the insecurity that his relationship caused him and that is why I accept his father's treatment, but everything that happens when he is in the USA seems to me simply lazy writing, as I said, the point is not that they should not separate them, but that they did it a very unbelievable and uncreative way.

Another thing is that the revelation of all these events in the series have a very strange rhythm, the first episode is intense "the meeting after so many years" and it is well achieved, everything begins with a very good rhythm, then the second episode is frantic we have a peak of rhythms, it happens too much and the emotions are on the surface, but then in the following episodes the rhythm falls precipitously, it is as if after their reconciliation there was nothing more to say, which raises many doubts. What do they reconcile so quickly? Likewise, rapid reconciliation is not a problem, the problem is the way and the tone with which this is achieved. It's as if the series yelled at you: once they get back together there is nothing more to say they are "perfect for each other."

From this moment on, the episodes are rather filling to reach the final stretch, only that there is no longer a final stretch, there is no longer a purpose, a mind to reach, and it is not that the other couples are not good ones or anything like that, but we know so little about them and their development is so poor that they do not generate the same degree of empathy, the situation with a short series is that you have to think very well in a fast and effective way for the audience to connect with your characters; to pose them as beings of flesh and blood, with their own problems, dreams and hopes is complicated in itself, it is a series with a standard extension, even more so if they are secondary characters and in this case it is not achieved.

One thing that I would like to address is not exclusive to this series, the issue of stating that the main characters suffer the same for their separation, let me delve into this a bit, in the series ShiDe and ShuYi are separated for 5 years and the series It implies that: "well in the end both suffered because of the separation, therefore, reconcile yourselves" and no, I do not deny that both suffered, but the same suffering? I am not going to judge here who suffered more and who suffered less, but I think that the situation of both is completely different; ShuYi lived for five years practically hating the person I love so much, who left out of nowhere and never came back and who also believes that I cheated on him (because of the girl and his baby) and when ShiDe returns to his life, he finds out that the people around him who supposedly love him the most (his father and his boyfriend) made decisions that affect his life without even considering what he wanted or felt. On the other hand, ShiDe has in theory his motives and reasons to get away from ShuYi, he works very hard and although the separation hurts for him it is just a kind of test to become worthy of ShuYi's love in the future, his love for him is like an emotional trigger, it gives him the motivation to continue, because in the end he believes that the separation is finite that one day he will have the opportunity to be with the person he loves again.

And that's my point, the feelings of the person who was left in the end is never explored, I think the things they go through are more complex and deserve a better treatment than they imply, and as I said before, my problem with this particular situation not exclusive to this series, but I would have liked them to explore it in another way.

Finally, as I said, this series is not bad and I personally like it, but I do believe that it should be consumed with a little discretion, critically and that if it is very inferior compared to its predecessor, I think it is important as a creator to know when let your work die.

But Sam Lin is still one of the best events to ever happen to this world!