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Gameboys philippines drama review
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Gameboys
1 people found this review helpful
by tsunderetrash
Sep 20, 2020
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 10
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 10.0

Absolutely important. Very heartfelt

A genuine queer story that represents some of the real struggles real couples have. This was also a coming of age for Cai as he actualized himself with the help of Gav.

The friendship between the three of them was so precious. It's so so heart warming to see a powerful bisexual woman play a supportive role and not a toxic girlfriend who slaps the main guy for being gay.

This series broke so many toxic tropes and proved that gay stories are just love stories similar to the straight ones. There's no need to fetishize their relationships, unlike what's being done in other BLs (A LOT OF BLs), where the story was clearly made to pander to straight women's fantasies of seeing straight men kiss each other.

Would have loved more skinship, but this was done at the height of a pandemic and they were treading uncharted waters. It paved the way for other PH BLs because now they know what to do and what precautions to take. The actors pride themselves for that because there's no manual on how to produce a series like they did i.e. just talk to cameras without feeding from the energy of your costar. They were pioneers, and we love that for them.

10/10 would recommend. This is my first review, and this series set the bar so high. I loved it so much
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