The BL K-drama “Boys Be Brave!” It finally premiered with two fun episodes. A supposedly “cute little cockroach” moves into her friend’s house, a secret crush isn’t really so secret after all, and an old flame returns with a sad expression and unclear intentions.
When a new show starts, there are always some unexplained things that aren’t revealed until later episodes. The equal mix of excitement and trepidation while waiting for the release of new episodes is very real. Here are five questions to think about while you wait for the next episodes to release!
Warning: spoilers for the premiere below.
1. Why Jung Ki Sub really he moved?
The story begins with the painfully dimwitted Jung Ki Sub (Nam Shi An) moving into Kim Jin Woo’s (Kim Sung Hyun) house without his permission. It’s not until Ki Sub is already moving his things that Jin Woo finds out and runs home to find him there.
Citing a roommate wanted ad posted a year ago, Ki Sub declares that he is the perfect roommate for Jin Woo. Ki Sub says that he just needs a place to stay for a month until he goes to the United States, which Jin Woo had no idea about. He Ya feels at home, Ki Sub says he’ll just be a cute cockroach for a while!
Jin Woo can barely recover when he receives another unwanted surprise: Ki Sub nonchalantly says that he knows Jin Woo has a crush on him like it’s no big deal. And Ki Sub’s goal is suddenly to get Jin Woo to ask him out. Was his trip to the United States a lie or only partly true? He clearly is very determined to live with Jin Woo, but the why and why now has not yet been revealed.
2. Why does Ki Sub always say “yes”?
Ki Sub always says “yes” to everything and everyone. This makes him seem like a nice, happy-go-lucky guy, but it can also backfire. In a flashback, Ki Sub unintentionally hurts his ex-girlfriend’s feelings when he agrees to give her number to another girl just because she asks him to. This is an obvious no-no in every dating 101 book, but Ki Sub didn’t see anything wrong with it.
On another occasion, a woman who is obviously trying to pull off some kind of scam calls Ki Sub on the street and asks if he has time to talk. Of course, he happily accepts. In the end, even the woman is surprised by how willing he is to accept everything she says.
His tendency to say yes is also the reason why Jin Woo doesn’t see any point in confessing to him. Jin Woo feels that Ki Sub would be willing to date anyone, so a “yes” to his confession wouldn’t feel sincere or special at all. Beyond agreeing with everyone, it seems like Ki Sub doesn’t really know his own opinion or feelings on things.
Behind every man who says yes there is a deeper story, so it will be interesting to get some background on why Ki Sub is the way he is.
3. Why does Choi Balgeum have so many part-time jobs?
Choi Balgeum (Jung Yeo Joon), the jack of all trades in this drama, has many part-time jobs. Over the course of the first two episodes, he is shown working as a delivery boy, waiter, and personal transporter for Ki Sub. In fact, he has run into Jin Woo many times while making deliveries, so even Jin Woo wonders what kind of situation he could be in.
4. How will Ki Sub and Jin Woo’s contract work?
Ever since Ki Sub declared that he would live with Jin Woo, Jin Woo has been trying to get rid of him. Living with the person you like is one thing, but living with the person you like and who knows you like him is quite another.
Just when Jin Woo has had enough and is about to kick Ki Sub out (again), Ki Sub draws up an agreement stating that Jin Woo has to ask Ki Sub out if he can become Jin Woo’s ideal type. If not, Ki Sub will move away forever. Will Jin Woo finally ask Ki Sub out, or will he stand his ground and have the house to himself again? According to the agreement, they have a week to resolve it.
5. And finally… what was that cliffhanger ending about?!
The second episode ends with a cliffhanger and the meeting of the show’s second couple, but not for the first time. Balgeum is on his way home when he is met by his old classmate, Ji In Ho (Ahn Se Min). Of course, they meet in a dark alley, the usual meeting place in K-dramas for everything from heartfelt confessions to creepy confrontations.
Balgeum seems to have seen a ghost, while In Ho seems heartbroken. And what does In Ho say when he meets his old friend? “I will sleep with you tomorrow.” That could mean one of two things. very different. Some explaining is definitely in order.
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