FrankIncese
USA
COULDN'T FINISH
Just to be clear, I liked the First Season. But this was so slow, so repetitive, so contrived. I got frustrated about 10 episodes into it, but watched another 10 before I just had to stop. Endless scenes of people forcing someone to eat when they don't want to. WHY? How does that propel a plot or reveal character or deepen a romance?
It felt like we took a step back on all fronts. First, the direction is not as good. The script is not as good. The acting is not as good. And the story seemed to start all over again, rather than progress. The same things happen over and over again, with the characters repeating themselves each time they do. While the first season felt like a real slice of life, this felt ridiculous. All the fantasy sequences (was that a Brokeback Mountain reference?) were totally unnecessary. The characters don't evolve, so the actors are stuck expressing the same things. This should have been called Groundhog Day, because it was like reliving the exact same scenes on an endless loop. Including a carnival, a christmas fair, a music competition just for the visuals, but where nothing really happens to move the story forward - was just a waste of time. These 39 episodes should have been cut down to 13. Then they would have been jam packed with story and character.
I got really confused around episode 4, when the 2 couple went away. Yu admits that they are not in a real relationship. Yet 16 episodes later, she's still his date for the christmas fair. Why are either of them continuing with something they both know is a sham? There is ZERO pressure on them to stay together.
Similarly, Phun and Aim are troubled, seem to break up, but stay together, even though she's sleeping with a BUNCH of other guys and always nags him about how inattentive he is. Then dump him. You obviously are not into him. He's not into you. You walk out of one man's bedroom, then ask to get back together with your boyfriend? This makes no sense.
While the first season included much more high school life, this became "how many BL couples can we create to maintain your interest- since we''re going to take 52 episodes to have our characters admit the thing they've been feeling since Episode 2." The only side character I really cared about was Earn, since we have known about his crush since last season and his heartache is palpable. At least Win's story dealt with some topical issues but other than that I didn't know enough about his character to truly care.
What's most frustrating is that I like the main couple and would like to see their evolution and hopefully a happy ending for them, but I can't take another 19 episodes to get there.
Sorry fans, I would not recommend this one AT ALL. Too frustrating.
It felt like we took a step back on all fronts. First, the direction is not as good. The script is not as good. The acting is not as good. And the story seemed to start all over again, rather than progress. The same things happen over and over again, with the characters repeating themselves each time they do. While the first season felt like a real slice of life, this felt ridiculous. All the fantasy sequences (was that a Brokeback Mountain reference?) were totally unnecessary. The characters don't evolve, so the actors are stuck expressing the same things. This should have been called Groundhog Day, because it was like reliving the exact same scenes on an endless loop. Including a carnival, a christmas fair, a music competition just for the visuals, but where nothing really happens to move the story forward - was just a waste of time. These 39 episodes should have been cut down to 13. Then they would have been jam packed with story and character.
I got really confused around episode 4, when the 2 couple went away. Yu admits that they are not in a real relationship. Yet 16 episodes later, she's still his date for the christmas fair. Why are either of them continuing with something they both know is a sham? There is ZERO pressure on them to stay together.
Similarly, Phun and Aim are troubled, seem to break up, but stay together, even though she's sleeping with a BUNCH of other guys and always nags him about how inattentive he is. Then dump him. You obviously are not into him. He's not into you. You walk out of one man's bedroom, then ask to get back together with your boyfriend? This makes no sense.
While the first season included much more high school life, this became "how many BL couples can we create to maintain your interest- since we''re going to take 52 episodes to have our characters admit the thing they've been feeling since Episode 2." The only side character I really cared about was Earn, since we have known about his crush since last season and his heartache is palpable. At least Win's story dealt with some topical issues but other than that I didn't know enough about his character to truly care.
What's most frustrating is that I like the main couple and would like to see their evolution and hopefully a happy ending for them, but I can't take another 19 episodes to get there.
Sorry fans, I would not recommend this one AT ALL. Too frustrating.
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