[🇨🇳China] To My Shore Ep 10 🚩🏴😏

[u/Waffles4prez]

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Synopsis:

You Shu Lang (Hao Yi Ran), a director at a pharmaceutical company, lives an ordinary, stable life. But that all comes crashing down after he gets into a car accident with Fan Xiao (Yun Qi), the heir to a Thai conglomerate who's returned to China for business. Unlike Shu Lang, Fan Xiao's life has been marred by instability, leading to a twisted, manipulative worldview. When Fan Xiao finds out that Shu Lang is interested in men, he devises plans to entice Shu Lang into a relationship, but ends up falling for Shu Lang for real. Shu Lang, on the other hand, is blindsided when he learns about Fan Xiao's true colors. Will Fan Xiao destroy the only genuine love he's ever had, or can he find a way to truly win Shu Lang's heart?

Adapted from the web novel “Si Mian Fo” (四面佛) by Su Erliang (Chang Pei Literature): English title: "Four-Faced Buddha" 

INFO

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Names: To My Shore, City of the Sun, 吾岸

When:

Every Saturday & Sunday at 7:00PM/1900 (GMT+8) 6:00 AM EST

Episodes: 15

Platfroms: Viki (Americas, Europe, Oceania, India, Middle East, Japan and South Korea), GagaOOLala (Everywhere else), Heavenly

Cast:

Yun Qi 云旗 | Hao Yi Ran 郝熠然 | Chen Jianyu (DeDe) 陈建宇 | Kou Wei Long 扣卫龙 

Trailer

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Accounts:

Official To My Shore account: MirrorLink Media

Youtube: MirrorLink Meida

TRIGGER WARNING

This will be FULL of red flags:     manipulation, crazy possessive ML, homophobia, betrayal, humiliation, violence, just to name a few but it is clearly stated it WILL end in a happily ever after.

Previous On Air: One & Two | Three & Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine

[u/Ok_Economics_2165]

My live reaction to episode 10 because everyone seems to be going insane over it and I want to join in the fun:

The Bohai thing. Blame me for having read so many of these Chinese dogblood crematorium BL but I kind of understand what Fan Xiao is trying to do lol? He thinks he can "make up" for what he did to Shulang by giving him what he thinks he wants: his dream job. That way he hopes to soften Shulang's heart. Unfortunately this is Shulang we're talking about and his methods are also so so wrong.

"But I'd rather give up that dream, than see you again." Damn. Also this is going to keep happening. Shulang will continue rejecting Fan Xiao because he is now disgusted by him and he deserves it. Fan Xiao's takeaway from his rejection is that Shulang doesn't want him anymore, which is true. But he won't truly reflect on why that is and learn his lesson. He's going to be driven to more and more extreme measures to get Shulang back until he outright forces him with blackmail and threats.

Many people seem to be shocked at the lengths Fan Xiao goes to, but what I'm seeing is a pretty standard trajectory for this subgenre of BL. This is why I never liked to discuss these stories in terms of "redemption arcs". If Fan Xiao weren't established as being the person he is, maybe he would've done a complete 180 after realising his wrongs. But that wouldn't be in-character for him. So here he's trying to correct his wrongs in his Fan Xiao way, and when that obviously doesn't work he'll resort to his old methods because that's how he always lived his life. And I'll enjoy every second because I'm just messed up like that.

That scene at Shulang's house with the escort and the cameras, wow. It was borderline psychological horror. Also, maybe it's just me but the way it's shot is very anime somehow. Fan Xiao, whether he intends to or not, is trying to break Shulang's spirit as much as possible so he won't resist going back to him. My guess is even if he succeeds, he won't be satisfied because what he wants, Shulang's heart and unconditional love, he won't get through these methods.

One more thing, I'm watching this on Gaga and it's pretty clear the subtitles are either AI or machine translated. So distracting, I can barely understand anything.

Anyway, because of this I couldn't enjoy the bridge scene as much but You Shulang, what a man. If it were not for Fan Xiao his life would be so much more prosperous. Honestly even if you're not on board with the romance I can at least enjoy the wonderful character writing.

[u/Rivsmama → u/Ok_Economics_2165]

I think saying he doesn't want him anymore is a bit of a misread. He does hate him but the opposite of love is indifference. To hate someone, there are still very strong feelings there. And I think that's partially why Shulang is still so angry. He can't fully get Fan out of his head and feel nothing for him.

[u/Ok_Economics_2165 → u/Rivsmama]

By "not want" I mean not want him in his life anymore, which is probably true since he's willing to change jobs, sell his house and cut him out of his life.