Ok but i love that yuri is asian and queer in a western romcom because being either is rare but she is both and i am so grateful for the representation and i absolutely love the mean lesbian troupe i mean she wasnt tHaT mean but i still really liked how she was a boss bitch
And also the actress who plays her is really pretty and to quote her character: “im gay”
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Two Cents on: XO, Kitty (2023) - Episode #1: XO
Hi there! It's going to be my second time watching XO, Kitty.. The first time being watching it but not really paying that much attention. Now this, I would be putting in my two cents every episode with some prior knowledge of what happened and the dynamics of the characters. Disclaimer, I haven't really watched the firsts of this franchise, which is To All The Boys I've Loved Before, but I have some knowledge. I would also like to add that I'm Team Yuri, but along the way I might change my view or something. Now, let's get to it!
Another disclaimer: I'm not really an expert or do I have any credential in doing this. I just wanted to do this for fun. It's fun.
(I might insert some things I've noticed throughout the series into some of the earlier episodes. Just a handful.)
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Even at first, we can see that Kitty's very much in love with Dae here. She called Dae "My person". That's so sweet. Kitty's main point of going to Korea is to know more about her mother, partially going there for Dae. "I'm ready to start experiencing new things. I want my own adventure." (Yup, KItty. You're going to be doing a lot of that once you go to Seoul.)
Coincidentally also, Kitty mentions that a spot just opened up that day (Makes me think that maybe that was Juliana's spot since Yuri's mother made her transfer because of the issue between them, and the reason why Juliana was not at KISS at the first day and was not responding to Yuri's texts and calls).
At the airport, it's the first time Kitty and Min Ho meet, and it wasn't that pleasant. Min Ho gives off a standoffish vibe.
Commuting through Seoul, this is where we first meet Han Yuri. First impression is stuck up, typical rich mean girl trope. We also have now an idea that she's seeing someone.
And when Yuri meets Kitty, we see that she's actually nice and has a friendly attitude.
She mentions that "I've been hanging out with somebody this summer, but it's not serious. --Because it can't be. --Because it's complicated." I'm thinking that maybe this is Juliana OR this is the fake dating she has with Dae, and that it can't be serious because she's with Julianna and it's complicated since it's only a façade.
The look she gives Kitty when she opens the car window gives off curiosity and "what is this girl lmao".
We meet Dae here finally.. We found out that he apparently has money problems, since it's a quarterly problem as per the lady, and Dae is thankful that he's still given a chance until later that night.
It's funny how Dae and Kitty missed each other just a few feet away from each other. They were too busy with their own lives to notice their surroundings.
The first look of Lim Jina, Yuri's mother. Confronting Yuri about what Juliana's housekeeper saw last summer. "Confessing" that she was sneaking around all summer, but with another person, and Juliana was "helping" her. But I feel like her mother doesn't believe her.
Now Jina and Kitty has met, Kitty asking Jina if she knew her mother, Eve Song. Obviously she's acting like she doesn't know who that is, the pictures Kitty shows give off "best friends" giving us an idea that there might be something that happened between them two in the past that Jina wants to forget or doesn't want to acknowledge. Kitty also thought of this when she was having a video call with her dad in the dorms.
TBH, Kitty's Welcome Party Outfit could be better. It wasn't just *it*.
This is the second time she meets Min Ho, the first time she meets Q, and the first time in forever, Dae. Their reunion was sweet and oozes genuine happiness and surprise.
I missed this line from Dae the first time i watched it, he wanted to tell Kitty the current situation, of how he's fake dating Yuri to cover up something,
but Yuri had beat him to it and introduced Dae as Yuri's boyfriend. This misunderstanding caused kitty a lot of pain. Dae wanted to run after Kitty but Yuri stopped him, and he didn't put up a fight because later on, we found out that they had struck a deal together.
That's the end of Episode #1: XO.
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