The two main leads were awesome and I must say very handsome. I applaud the two main leads for their bravery because I feel that the storyline was rushed and I don't know if it was because it was a short story or because of the homophobia in South Korea. I stand in solidarity with those who want to make a change in South Korea! Legislation needs to change for same-sex marriages and those who want to join the South Korean military. No one who joins should be bullied for their beliefs.
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Korean BL's get a little spicy!
This will be super quick! As most of what I want to say has already been said. There is great chemistry between the two, the story is easy to follow and the acting is outstanding. As usual it was fast paced, so there are ambiguous things said and you just have to figure it out/make an assumption. But I really did love this one! Unique story, with some romance scenes that actually got me yelling. I really hope they move forward with more full fledged BL's in the future. I enjoyed the ending and I feel everything was wrapped up nicely. Plenty of sweet kisses overall! It felt like a full BL by the end and nothing left to be desired.Was this review helpful to you?
My heart danced, fluttered and skipped a beat
Call 911 because this drama just proved that Korea can do great BL’s.Story: Episode 1 hooked me but, I completely understand why people don’t quite liked episode 2. It was slow paced, crammed a lot of things into one 10 minute episode and it wasn’t really realistic. Although, since when is any K-drama anything close to be believable? Oh well, people are gonna complaint either way. To summarize, overall, the story played wonderfully over the course of the 8 episodes, even when the catalyst that jumpstarts the series’ shenanigans is nothing but far from reality. Again, since when is any drama supposed to be “realistic”?
Acting/Cast: This series was beautifully casted, I hated who I had to hate and loved who I had to love. The boys are just lovable and the villains, although generic, worked well with the story and the setting.
Music: I don't love the swoosh at the end of the opening credits, it’s like nails on a chalkboard to me. But, the music in general was great and it fitted the ambiance every time.
Rewatch value: 100% will watch again. Periodt.
Overall: After some missteps, Viki is doing amazing work on putting out good stories without sacrificing characters or relying too much on fanservice. “You Make Me Dance” doesn’t have a realistic set-up, it’s a tv show, but if you put that aside and just watch the story unfold it will surely sweep you off your feet. *Including “Color Rush”, I see this as a great step forward for BL’s in Korea.
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Korean BL's Continue To Tease Me
Why Korea!? Why are you making these series so damn short!? This is another one where if it had even more time to develop it could've been great, much like "Wish You"! I wanted more showing of dance and competition because that's heavily implied for the title. But trying to crame both a love story and competition into 8 episodes that are only like 15 mins each is virtually impossible. I don't blame the creators at all, just wished they'd start to realize that these series are worth more time into. There was also the storyline of Shi-On's mother. So a lot of material! What a crappy mom btw, you can get remarried and not literally ignore your children afterwards! She even took his loan money and didn't even care to pay back. Trash and he deserves better. Poor baby.Maybe this one will get the "movie treatment" too where they cluster the episodes together and add in extra content?
I do think these 2 leads had way more chemistry than "Wish You" meaning I believed it more overall romantically. Maybe it's how progressive things were shown and it felt more natural? The kisses in this were wayyyy better too. Whereas in "Wish You" it was cute, but didn't really have any sexual tension. Shi On showing Hong Seok the audition dance was actually really well done and had me feeling butterflies the way it was laid out into the bed/love scene. Well done show well done! Also not something showed in many Korean BL's so yay! Progress!
The ending episode with the breakup cop-out was annoying, but it ended happily ultimately so whatever. I'm conflicted by this one, I think it will go in the pretty good pile. There were some things I really loved about it and others needed some work. Not my favorite of the Korean BL dramas (that still goes to "Color Rush", "To My Star" and "Long Time No See") but it's definitely worth a watch! I would even say watch this over "Wish You" tbh. Also the soundtrack for this one is really really good. So download that if you can!
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I CRIED BUCKETS AT MIDNIGHT
One of the best Korean series of late. The story is so simple, so honest, no frills, pretensions. It’s like Si On’s dance body: muscular, lean and mean.I have the same feeling while watching CHERRY MAGIC – maybe because of the age difference of the main characters. It also brought me back to the 80s – same feels while watching FLASHDANCE.
Super love, love, love this series. The characters grow on you as you go along. Get your tissues ready for episodes 3, 6, and 8. You’ll need them if you’re a crybaby like me.
No wasted scenes, no unnecessary characters. The music and cinematography are superb. Great acting, too, from the entire cast. Also well directed and edited.
I can watch this series again and again and again.
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Not Good Enough
Korean Drama " You make me dance " had potential, but it failed to deliver.The drama had a messy pace that was also accompanied by an irrational plot and that's not due to the whole credit creditor plot prompt. The characters acted irrationally most of the time, something that would never have happened normally. Like the boy-dancer getting mad at the guy who was trying to help him!! And not to his bullies, whom he called friends until he didn't, in a blink of an episode. He actually was, overall, an annoying character that acted like a baby most of the time.
In addition, the drama left a lot of things out, like the story with the mother. That would have been justified by the length of the drama, but, the drama included a lot of scenes that weren't really necessary (see the photoshoot sequence). The bully plotline was unconcluded as well.
Other than that, the radio theme was interesting and the couple was okay, but their love story was rushed.
So, overall, 3 out of 10.
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Awwww
Another Korean BL that is a good watch. I enjoyed the story - it was original. The two main leads were very good. Their chemistry was good too. With these short and sweet ones - only 8 episodes and short episodes at that - it is sometimes hard to pick up on feelings and emotions - but they did a good job.I wanted more from it, it could have been so much better, the storyline was good enough to be longer and have more content.
The romantic scenes were done well.
I liked them both.
I didn’t understand why he slept and ran....it didn’t make any sense to me and we never got an explanation either.
I would have liked to know more about them both.
When he was on the phone pretending to talk to his mum I did cry....
I’d you like your BL short and sweet, not too much drama then give this a go.
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great but plot holes
I really enjoyed this show. It was a bit short and it had a bunch of plot holes that kind of frustrated me a bit. For example, the mom. His mom just up and abandoned him and we never got an explanation as to why. What parent is a seemingly great parent and then gets married and up and moves to a different country and abandons her son that she seemed to love? Makes absolutely no sense and we never got an explanation and it has been bugging me this whole time lol. Like he stated that she was an amazing mom and from the flash backs, we get the gist that yeah, she was a good mom but why would she abandon him? she literally changed her number so he could not contact her again and i just found that strange because she seemed like she was a really great parent. So confused on that plot hole and it will forever bug me lol.Was this review helpful to you?
It's a cute short BL Series, though I wish it could have been longer...
I'm glad that SK is producing more BL series. The biggest problem though is that it's too short. Most of the short BL series they've produced had so much potential to be a longer series like Color Rush, Where your eyes linger, To my star, Mr. Heart, Long time No See, etc.What I can say about the Cons for this series is that the development or the progress of their relationship is too fast considering that it's only an 8 episode drama which has about 12-15 minutes running time per episode which totally saddens me. Like what I've mentioned in my headline, if this was a longer series, the series could've made more impression or impact with the audience /viewers because the plot and characters could've been developed well.
Nonetheless, the acting and production is actually good. Plus, the OST for this short series are pretty sweet. Especially, the opening soundtrack.
Moreover, it's great that the actors had a good chemistry going on. Their short and cute moments in the series were sweet and I'm glad they weren't awkward with each other.
As for the supporting actors with their side characters, there's nothing much to say about them actually because they had little screen time. Nevertheless, props to them for their support in the series.
In conclusion, the thing that really bothered me with the series is the PACING of the story. This really had Potential and personally, it felt like it was wasted. Nevertheless, if you're looking for a light or mellow short BL series, give this one a try... ;)
P.S. : I'm actually hoping or looking forward to SK for producing more series like this but with longer running time so that the story will progress better because a lot was definitely going on in most short BL dramas especially this one (Color rush, Mr. Heart, To my star, Long time no see, Wish you in my melody, Where your eyes linger etc. ) and I'm sad that the director, producer and writer have to try their best to mesh everything in the story so that it could fit in a series which has only 10 minutes running time.
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Romantic
Loved it so much. The bl drama for Korea that have been released recently are AMAZING as there storyline tells so much in such a small amount of time/episodes. They can show and tell us how it started as unknown then friendship to romance while learning the true meaning of loving each other thru good and bad and becoming family and filling the void. The chemistry they had may you feel a part of the they complemented each other role. I wished it didn't have to end. Now can't wait for movie for other missing pieces. ❤️Was this review helpful to you?
