I've Just Finished Watching The Outsiders

It was last 2004 when the Outsiders showed up -- the very year of Dekaranger! That means it was 15 years already since it aired and much has happened such as Ady An's marriage, Blue Lan's marriage and any information of Dylan Guo? Well, I finally finished the TV drama and thought about the real-life lesson the story has is namely violence begets violence. The very death of two protagonists namely Hong Dou and Yu Hao should be a discouragement on joining gang violence.

The show also showed the cowardice of gang members. A-Pao (Angus Hsieh) shows he's not really man enough for a real fight. Hong Dou's death at the hands of his gang is something. A-Pao claims to be so manly but he's nothing more than a coward. Just think of how often he's rarely seen without his goons. He would later beat a DEFENSELESS Hong Dou to her death. A side lesson from the incident is that Xun Qi realizes it's too late. I really felt so bad for Xun Qi crying for the deaths of both Hong Dou and Xun Qi. Later, Yu Hao realizes it can be too late when he dies a violent death at the hands of A-Pao's cowardly gang -- he should have quit while it was early.

The ending has a happy/sad feel. It's somewhat implied that Li Jie and Yan Zi may have become a couple five years later. Yan Zi is a single mother with Yu Hao's son. Yan Zi becomes a school teacher and Li Jie seems to love Yu Hao's son like his own. Did Li Jie become the stepfather of Yu Hao's son at the end? I always wonder why we didn't get a scene of Yan Zi reconciling with her parents? I wish we did.

Still, it's a well-written bittersweet ending if you ask me!