And the part where they're flying towards the land and yujin looks at him from above and hyunjae smiles at him and yujin goes, don't smile like that it'll make me fond of you AAAAAAAA THEY REMOVED THE GAYMANCEEE I SWEAR IF THEY REMOVED EVERY GAYMANCEEE FROM THE NOVEL I WILL NOT SURVIVE THEY'RE MARRIED WITH A KID PLEASE
Yeah, I have no idea why, but they seem to have tuned to Hyunjae's moments in favor of humor...it makes no sense because like if they read the novel they KNOW how prominent his relationship progression with Yoojin is, regardless of romance. In the novel, the birthday arc felt like they were progressing somewhere; here, they don't feel any different, even with the contact name changing.
Genuinely, why the hell are you cutting off Hyunjae + Yoojin moments in an arc that's supposed to be ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP CHANGING. It actually infuriates me.

I love the birthday arc but they cut my favorite scene where I believe both Hyunjae and Yoojin are on the beach and Yoojin looks at Hyunjae wet and pulled-down hair and thinks he looks so human for the first time </3