Fighting Mr. 2nd (Taiwanese Series)

Continuing five years since the protagonists left each other, this series is a sequel to Taiwanese BL drama, No. 1 For You. Since The setting has now moved from university days to corporate environment. I thought the prequel was quite decent to watch especially owning to the amazing chemistry that the leads shared, I was quite looking forward to this show. Sadly, the show doesn't live uptown the expectations. The story just feels made up and a bit unrealistic. Despite the chemistry shared by the leads, overall the show doesn't hold on to its premise and promise.

Its been 5 years since Gao Shi De left for US. His long distance relationship with Shu Yi didn't work out (since apparently Shu Yi saw him with some girl). Gao Shi De is now CEO of a company which is being taken over by a new tech company, which turns out is the company of Shu Yi's father and he is now the VP. In their first meeting, as expected there is an emotional clash because of assumption of betrayal from both of them. When Shu Yi announces to fire half the company, Gao Shi De tries to mend and is now determined to win over Shu Yi again at any cost. It turns out that the father (whom we met in first season) was the reason for the breakup between the two boys and he created all sorts of misunderstandings between the couple. When this is cleared, the duo are back together. There is also the side story of the CTO, who probably has Aspergers Syndrome, and who is madly in love with a restaurant owner who happens to be Gao Shi De's close friend. We do see their budding relationship as well in the show.

Moving the show to the corporate world gives an authenticity to the overall show, but such youngsters holding such powerful positions feels a but much IMO. What's worse is that whatever explanations the writers tries to Gove for the break up between the two guys, none of them were convincing enough. The circumstances of Gao Shi De's mother getting pregnant or Shu Yi's father creating misunderstanding were all too convoluted and nonsensical to say the least. Any conflict between them feels manufactured, driven by an artificial need to keep the couple apart at the start of the series. The focus on the other couple of CTO and his love, I am not sure what was the point of that. Their romance also o differs from illogical explanation where the other guys justifies saying he is emotionless and blah blah. The CTO guy was cute and could have been very interesting but giving him the usual backstory just didn't justify anything. Oh, and there was also the couple who were assistants to Shu Yi (one of them being from college). Their relationship was even worse with them getting only a handful of scenes and hence their engagement towards the end of the show came out of nowhere and made no sense. 

Overall, the only decent thing about the show was the continued good chemistry between the two leads. But besides that, there is nothing much to talk about this show. In ever episode, I secretly kept hoping that the handsome doctor from the prequel will show up, but only if wishes could come true. Maybe a season 3 with him? Haha. (5/10)