#ahhhhh this update is so fluffy it's makingme nervous 😬

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Jian YI's little tippy taps are fucking adorable. How he went from despondent to joyful in 1.5 seconds like a dog when its owner comes home 🥺

Also...

I love how OX really played with perspective in this chapter...

Mo is breaking out of the gutter here, and I'm not sure I've ever seen OX do this before (but please correct me if I'm wrong!) I don't know if the dual meaning of the term carries from English to Chinese, but I hope it does because I'm pretty confident that Mo is trying to pull his mind out of the gutter here. And who can blame him after waking up to a face full of He Tian? 

But even if it doesn't, the implications of breaking out of the comic's gutter is still there. It's like he's trying to pull back to reality and take a good look at himself. Like he's edging out of that little box he's been put in by society and the powers that be (OX supremacy!). Like the author is letting him break out of his shell just a bit. Letting him see himself in full without barriers. Letting the readers see what he really sees in the mirror now. It's so good.

And this one...

Are we watching these boys from the closet?! I've been to enough cheap hotels to assume that this is where they store the irons that will absolutely burn your clothes.

But what's decidedly NOT in this closet are HT and MGS. Even if it’s not a closet (and I’m pretty sure it is), this perspective is so voyeuristic, as if even the readers aren't supposed to see this intimacy. The boys are still locked away in the privacy of their room, but they're out in the open of that space, hiding from everyone but each other. It's not a leap from the closet, but they're (mostly Mo) cautiously stepping out, slowly acclimating--and so we're forced to leave of the room and give them some privacy. It's beautiful.

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Did OX get a new assistant or something? This chapter seemed very artistically different. With the rich backgrounds and JY’s face in part 1 and the new perspectives in part 2, it definitely feels like something changed. And I'm here for it!