4Minutes

A BL You Can’t Miss

This is everything a BL fan can only dream of: just the right mix of a good plot, super-high-intense chemistry and cinematography that is seriously mind-blowing. From the first episode, you can already feel the magic brewing between Great and Tyme. Their acting is so good, they are one of those pairings that just make you hold your breath in anticipation every time they share a scene.

What makes it even more special is seeing Bible take on this role in a unique way. His performance as a character who is flustered and caught off guard by Tyme’s presence is both cute and surprisingly meaningful. Watching him struggle with his emotions is very endearing and makes their interactions even more heartwarming. It’s nice to see this kind of vulnerability, especially in a BL series where those tender moments can feel very real.

The way their story develops requires your full attention because, although it may seem quick on the surface, when you really get into it, you'll see how intricate and deep their relationship is. Each conversation carries a lot of meaning. It's like uncovering layers to find their emotions, and trust me, it's worth the time to fully understand.

Visually...Oh. My. Gosh. Every frame looks like it was crafted with so much care and the cinematography just takes your breath away. The use of color and lighting doesn’t just make things look pretty (though it does), it adds meanings to the story. The way certain hues are used to highlight emotions or underline the tension between characters is just… chef’s kiss. It’s the kind of show where every detail counts and those tiny touches in the visual storytelling make the whole experience richer.

And this cast, wow, they really hit the mark. Every actor adds something special, making their characters feel so real that you almost forget you're watching a TV show. The connection between the main characters is fantastic, and it's not just the romantic parts that work well - it's all the emotions they show. They've created characters that feel complex and easy to relate to, which is what really draws you into their story.

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no regrets

This was a very intriguing sci-fi series that presents a lot to think about. I personally loved this. The story is based on the premise that that brain can survive for 4 minutes without oxygen before permanent damage occurs. What happens to our consciousness in that time period? "4Minutes" explores this idea, and I thought it was really cool. The series isn't without its flaws and holes, but it was still thrilling. I was kept intrigued until the very end.

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● SHORT REVIEW
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[ --LIKES-- ]

✔ Piecing together the timeline. It was intriguing to see what happened in reality and what's altered history.

✔ Our main characters are very grey characters and that made them interesting.

✔ I like the way the story is told. We get different pieces of the story through different characters' perspectives.

✔ There's a certain realism to the story that I liked. We're powerless to change the past, but we can take responsibility for it, learn from it, and move forward. The consequences of the characters' actions aren't magically erased.

✔ There were some really nicely done scenes. One scene I liked was when Dome was coming home to Tonkla from the hospital. It transitioned from Great's dream to Tonkla's reality. It could also be seen as a representation of Tonkla missing his brother. I also really liked the scene when Great is lying unconscious in the hospital, Tyme is asking for forgiveness and saying he'll take Great out for a meal. I think this corresponds with the scene in Great's dreamworld early on where Tyme gives him the Thai tea and ask him for a meal afterwards. (Great saw flashes of the stickynote from Tyme asking for forgiveness). It shows that Great could hear Tyme's words and it influenced Great's dreamscape.

✔ CATS! Idk, I just liked cats, even Tonkla's instigating ghost black cat.


[ --DISLIKES-- ]

✖ Some characters were introduced that didn't feel very significant. For example, Tyme's ex-girlfriend Nutcha. Yes, I know the scene wit her shows the change in his character, but ultimately, that could be achieved without needing to insert her character.

✖ The romances in the story felt under-developed. Romantic chemistry is not the same as sexual chemistry. I originally watch the version without all the sex, but I went back to watch those scenes just to see if it changes how I felt about the chemistry between all the couples. While the sex scenes were steamy, it didn't add much romance-wise. I'm not saying there is zero chemistry, just not enough for the romance to leave an impact on me or to justify some of the actions/events. Were they sexy as heck, though? Yes.


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● IN-DEPTH REVIEW
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[ --STORY/PLOT-- ]

Some may argue the "it was all a dream" trope as bad in that nothing that happened mattered, but it mattered to me. It doesn't change reality or the things that happened, but it changes the character and our perspective of the characters. That, to me, is important. Great is actually that not great of person in reality previously. He made a lot of mistakes, but what makes him redeemable is that he regrets them. This is why the first five episodes are important. If we only saw reality as it was, I don't think I would like Great as much. However, because I saw his attempt to change things in his dream, I know there is a good person there. A little over the first half of the series takes place in Great's mind, but it's still an experience that he and the viewers can learn and draw from.

I really like the idea in the series that we are powerless to change the past. It feels real. The sad truth is that Great was not able to save any of the people he wanted to. As disappointing as that may be, it's a reality he must face and deal with. Our regrets should be a learning experience to do better and be better. Fear can impact our decision making. It can cause good people make bad choices, many that we cannot take back. What matters afterwards is that we ultimately take responsibility for it, and we see Great doing that in the end.

I think the sci-fi aspects of this series was fun. However, the series still has it flaws. Most of it, however, has to do with the romance aspects. For me, I just wasn't really feeling the intensity of the love of either of the main couples. I'm not saying it was bad, it was just ok. Steamy sexy scenes aside, there were also some cute moments here and there, but the romantic aspect and chemistry never really made me feel strongly any type of way. It didn't make my heart flutter. It didn't feel intense or epic enough to justify some of the actions and events that happened. Did Korn really love Tonkla so much that he was willing to kill himself for his secret lover's death? Plus, he also learned that Tonkla cheated on him and also shot his brother. Was Tonkla, to him, really worth dying for? Apparently, the answer is yes, but his behavior never really convinced me, and I wish we could see more of Korn's feelings in action outside of just sex.

I have the same feelings about Tyme and Great. Was their love really so powerful that Tyme was about to call out from his dreamworld into Great's dreamworld to get the latter to wake up? In the real world, they didn't have many sweet or good interactions. In fact, most of their nicer moments that left an impression on me were all in Great's or Tyme's 4 minute dreams. So maybe, they both fell deeply in love over these made-up interactions and scenarios in their respective dreams? But if ignore all the dreamworld stuff, and just look at the events of reality, there really isn't much foundation for their relationship. I guess, sometimes there is an invisible spark and we just feel the way we feel. However, for me, as a viewer, I just wasn't seeing or feeling it. With all that said about the romance and chemistry, I want to reiterate that it wasn't bad. It just didn't seem strong enough to justify some of the events or characters' actions. It was just ok.


[ --ACTING/CAST-- ]

I can't remember off the top of my head if I have seen anything with Jes. I know I have some things I plan to watch with him in it, but not sure if I haven seen anything yet with him before this. Bible, I have seen him in "KinnPorshe" and I loved him as Vegas. I like him as Great, too. Great isn't as deep or impactful was Vegas was, though. Bas and Aiz's characters are listed as supporting roles, but to me, they were also main characters. Korn and Tonkla's story were very pivatol to the whole plot, so not sure why they are only listed as supporting characters. Also, Tonkla's character, I think, had the most depth out of the the four. His acting also left the most impression on me.


[ --MUSIC/OST-- ]

The opening theme is nice. There were also some nice scores. The series even has it own cover version of "Why Don't You Stay" originally from Jeff Satur. I don't think there was anything that wowed me or that I had to look up for my playlist though.

[ --REWATCH VALUE-- ]

I will definitely be rewatching this at some point. As with any series that deal with time manipulation in any aspects, there's usually details that could easily be overlooked or missed. Plus, this was very interesting to watch. Maybe I will find more holes or questions. Maybe I'll watch the Sultry version as a whole. I watched the cut version this time and only went back at the end to see those sex scenes seeparately to see if those added anything to the chemistry/romance, but maybe I'll rewatch the sultry version all the way through. Maybe I'll feel differently about the romantic chemistry. Even if I don't gain more insights or answers, it will still be a fun watch again.

[ --FINAL THOUGHTS-- ]

The action and sci-fi mystery aspects of the series definitely kept me hooked. It was a lot of fun while also having depth and things to think about. The big lesson we can draw from this series is that we just have to face reality, however bleak it may be. The world is going to be stained by our mistakes and regretful choices. We can't go back and change th past, but going forward, we can only aim to make the least regrettable choices. And for me, this series is one of those least regrettable choices.


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● NOTE
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I'll always conclude my review by saying that ratings and reviews is not really a indicator of whether you may like or dislike something. We all have different tastes and standards. Don't let a bad rating, review, or comment discourage you from watching something. My advice will always be to give something a chance if the premise interests you, and only use the ratings/reviews to determine priority if you already have a list of other things to watch or if deciding if you want to continue it after a few episodes. Also thanks reading my review!

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Four Minutes to Live a Lifetime

There is a saying: "Death is a strange thing. People live their whole lives as if it doesn't exist, yet it's one of the most important reasons to be alive." We don't contemplate death for the sake of dying, but to live more profoundly. The closer one gets to death, the more one truly lives—in a way one has never lived before, the way life is truly meant to be lived.

4 Minutes conveys a message that is both simple and timeless: live a meaningful life, don't wait until death comes knocking to truly feel alive. Cherish everything in the present. Life (often hidden in the shadow of death) will always greet you with opportunities, but no one can change the past. The only thing you can change is yourself.

I honestly wonder if having read reviews and knowing the premise of 4 Minutes beforehand was a blessing or a curse. Because I knew the direction of the story, I could better understand the filmmakers' intentions, and the narrative flow felt clearer. While it sacrificed an element of surprise, the smaller details within the film were still enough to leave me reeling. Knowing that the first five episodes represented the four minutes where Great’s brain relived his life after his heart had stopped allowed me to piece together his story more clearly and better comprehend this character who is far from being purely righteous. It also made me all the more astonished by the multifaceted nature of Tyme, a character I had initially pegged as a hero.

As some reviews have noted, no character in this film is simple or innocent. Hit-and-runs, disposing of bodies, secret recordings, murder, adultery, manipulation, exploitation, schemes and conspiracies, breaking the law and denying guilt—and yet, strangely, this is what allowed me to watch the film as if I were observing a human experiment. All the sins are magnified to a level of complexity. The human mind is not a flat screen, and these are not archetypes or one-dimensional plot devices acting "righteously" because they are protagonists, or acting villainously because they are antagonists. These are people who carry sin, as people always have. They cannot wash away what they have done; every action has irreversible consequences. What they can do is purify who they are—first in their minds, which then leads to action.

The characters in 4 Minutes are profoundly, ordinarily human. Great is a coward, fleeing the consequences of his actions after an accident (regardless of whether the victim intended suicide) and not daring to report his "friend" after witnessing him commit murder. He is numb to the pain of others because he has become numb to himself. Then there is Tyme, so blinded by vengeance that his entire purpose in life is reduced to it. His path leads to a single destination, causing him to ignore everything around him—emotions, reason, and the small wonders of this life. And we have the weak, compromising, and pragmatic Korn; the broken and frenzied Tonkla; and Win—the supposed barrel of justice, who still surrenders to the one he loves (even if it was love at first sight). All of them, these spiritually flawed individuals covered in scars and past traumas, carry their regrets as they cross paths, weaving together a suffocating, insane, and unpredictably dramatic tapestry.

It's said that "red flags" and "toxicity" in fiction can bring a certain vicarious pleasure, allowing us to experience feelings we'd never want for ourselves—to hurt with the characters, go mad with them, and love as fiercely and intensely as they do. This "toxicity" is no accident; it is a deliberate narrative device used to explore deep psychological territories and create high-stakes drama. It’s strange how humans are fascinated by our own dark side, often without even realizing it. Through this toxicity, we witness psychological trauma and internal conflict, which then allows us to observe the process of redemption and transformation in each character, leading to a conclusion that achieves emotional catharsis. Naturally, what viewers want most is a fulfilling ending, to see the change in these fallen characters.

I must say, the script of 4 Minutes stays true to its course. This doesn't make the film predictable; on the contrary, it makes it more complete. The timeline is non-linear and constantly shifting—it begins with the characters' "rebirth," follows their redemption from their own perspectives, then guides us to the objective reality of a "God's eye view," and finally concludes in a "next life," a timeline where they have been wholly reborn as different people.

Redemption, rebirth, life and death, second chances, love that saves and love that gives meaning—it is all the story of a single moment that lasts for four minutes. The entire narrative is told within this elasticity of time: Great's four minutes stretch across five episodes, the return to reality from an objective viewpoint takes one episode, Tyme's story gets one, and the final episode is for the conclusion. In my opinion, even if the film has its flaws, leaving some questions and plot holes, its narrative structure and pacing, contracting and expanding within just 8 episodes, is an incredibly impressive and commendable feat. The unique arrangement of the timeline, combined with a fresh storytelling approach for an already novel plot and theme, truly wowed me in a sea of formulaic dramas. The editing, cinematography, sound, and lighting are all polished and well-crafted. The script is well-invested, with symbolic imagery like time and the number 4 recurring with artistic intent. The narrative is compelling, and the climactic scenes are deeply emotional. Furthermore, the explicit scenes, which cater to the genre's audience, are bold and impactful, yet never gratuitous. These scenes carry their own meaning, though their "eye-popping" direction might lead some to think this is purely a "flesh-fest." For instance, the love scene between Great and Tyme during the 4-minute revival reflects their true feelings: for Great, it's the confirmation of his love in a parallel universe where he is a good person, a hero on Tyme's side, earning his recognition—this is what Great yearns for in his final moments, a chance to atone, to start over, expressing his regrets. For Tyme, it's a life not defined by the smell of blood and dust from the past, not consumed by hatred, but filled with sunshine, peace, and a gentle, melodious love. This stands in stark contrast to their lovemaking in reality, which begins with conspiracy, is stained by hatred and torment, where love never truly offers them solace.

That's my assessment of the main couple. The side couple's story is a bit harder to grasp and left me with some questions. For example, if the first part is purely Great's 4-minute dream, even if from various dream-like perspectives (first, second, third person), how could he describe in detail things he couldn't have known? Or was an omniscient narrator's voice interwoven with Great's POV from the start, penetrating all characters, inside and out, showing us reality? And how does Dome's return lead back to the present? Or are we, the viewers, also being led by an unreliable narrator—the director himself? This ambiguity and a few scattered, almost surreal puzzle pieces can make the film feel a bit chaotic. But ultimately, grounding the story in a scientific premise and exploring such a new theme is a fascinating direction, showcasing an effort to create something more than just another run-of-the-mill rom-com.

Lastly, I truly want to affirm how fortunate I feel to have watched this film on a whim, amidst a forest of criticism and some surrounding controversies. My own moral compass isn't the yardstick I use to measure a film. I want to see it from a deeper, darker, even amoral perspective—because good and evil are intertwined. To borrow from literature, as Georges Bataille suggested, when humans violate the established rules and prohibitions of organized society, they are, to some extent, marked by evil. Literature that writes about things beyond the pale of reason is considered to be writing about evil.
"Goodness is tedious, for it is bland
Goodness is trivial, for it is safe
Goodness is wicked, for it murders passion
Are you afraid of goodness?
And you?
What about you?
Have you ever been as repulsed by goodness as you are by evil?"
(translated from Mưa Nhã Nam - Nguyễn Huy Thiệp)

P/S: The actors are truly talented. To appreciate this film, you have to look past couple shipping and fan service. I'm not comparing or judging any pairings; I'm watching it as a standalone work. What attracted me and earned my highest praise was the novelty and uniqueness of the narrative above all else; the romance was secondary.

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Its better than many think! WORTH WATCHING!!

I don’t understand all the reviews either low rating. This series is a mystery-psychological series. you just need to have a brain and think while watching cause the story telling is not linear nor straightforward.

One hint: Halluzinations before death or so called “near death experiences” - showing how different decisions may result into a different future - are mixed with the true reality. Maybe different dimensions are also kinda possible but personally its too far fetched (even though it would explain why both know about the lake they have never been in reality).

It all seems confusing but in the end it’s all explained. I will not try to expain it for you. Just watch it. It’s a genius series!!

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It's a shame that some people didn't pay attention

I actually put off watching this series for so long because I read countless reviews on how the story is overwhelming and confusing... To those people I have to say: did y'all pay attention? There are even multiple scenes where characters are going through the "heart stopper" moment (using this phrase to avoid too many spoilers, but you should understand if you've seen it) and the voice-over of the doctor explains that they are going through the "4 minutes" where they go back in their memories to correct or retry scenes of their lives... It all became clear to me in that one moment with the MC and his mom that we shouldn't trust what we saw in the episodes prior. Then what came after was the real deal, what our "4 minute version" saw flashes of each line a minute passed. It was all so well thought out and planned, I'm definitely going to rewatch to see what I might've missed the first time around.

Now, the concept itself wasn't confusing... But I think the pacing and amount of characters are a bit of an issue. I don't mind being tricked as an audience, I know that was a critic for some other people, but for 8 1-hour episodes, I think a smaller cast would've tightened up the plot. That or they could've given us a couple more episodes so we can fully sit with each person or side-plot. I say this because, personally, I hate when the whole plot unfolds at the end. There were so many characters that we didn't see that miraculously appear to explain the history of the company and other aspects... we could've at least met these folks (specifically the MAIN ANTAGONIST) briefly in the beginning or something if we didn't spend so much time with the brother who ends up being so irrelevant in the grande scheme of everything? Which I thought was hella strange??? Idk. The plot leaves a little to be desired, but idk why everyone hates the ending so much?

TL;DR Could've been better, but it's not a terrible series by any margin. Deserves everyone to give it a fair chance, you won't love all the decisions but it's still fun and interesting and made me pause to theorize many times! That's a good thing I think.

Those are my thoughts :)

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4 minutes to redemption

I really enjoyed this, although I was a bit disappointed that the ending was somewhat open and didn’t feel like a proper conclusion. It honestly seemed like they either ran out of time to film or out of story to tell.


However, I thought the acting was good, and the whole concept surrounding the 4 minutes, and its significance, was executed really well. It might come off as confusing at times (I certainly felt that way), but if you trust the process and stick with it until the end, everything about what happened to Great and the people around him is clarified.


Be aware that there’s a fair amount of gore and spice/intense moments in this, so if that's not your thing, you might want to consider that before diving in.


Otherwise, I had a great time (pun fully intended, lol!)

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Use your brain(pun intended) while watching

I'm stunned. One of the best BL I've watched. It's more on the serious tone and we don't have any comic relief in this one which is great.
I was hooked from the first episode. Both couples were amazing. Great plot and execution. Not at all what is seems the start.

Now into some spoilers:
JEEEZ I thought i know what's going on but I was so wrong and WHAT A GREAT SURPRISE. I'm confused why so many people seem to don't understand what happened. Correct me if I'm wrong but the second timeline where Great and Tyme are shot is the original one and the first and third are projections of things they would have done different.(Of course Korn and Tonkla story is set the whole time in the real time, bonus points to mislead the viewer). So first and third timeline never happened and actually there isn't any future seeing. For me that was GREAT execution of this part. I was worried that it will be some parallel universe type of plot but nope.

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4 Minutes — The BL That Redefined Everything I Knew About The Genre

THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
I went into this series expecting a typical Thai BL — sweet romance, some angst, happy ending. What I got instead was a masterpiece that completely shattered my expectations and left me staring at my screen in silence for a long time after the final episode ended.
The Storyline
The concept alone sets this series apart from everything else in the BL genre. The title "4 Minutes" refers to the 4 minutes of oxygen a dying brain receives before shutting down completely — and the entire series is built around this one devastating idea. The story follows two parallel couples — Great and Tyme, and Korn and Tonkla — whose lives are deeply intertwined through family secrets, corruption, illegal gambling rings, murder, revenge, and love.
Great is the son of a powerful and deeply corrupt family — the Sriwats — who have destroyed countless innocent lives through their illegal operations. Tyme is a doctor whose entire family was ruined because of the Sriwats — and he enters Great's life with a revenge agenda, planning to seduce him and use him to destroy his family from the inside. What nobody planned for was them actually falling in love.
Korn and Tonkla's story runs alongside this as the tragic parallel — two men who loved each other deeply in college but whose relationship was slowly crushed under the weight of Korn's cowardice, family pressure, and obsession with money and status. While Great and Tyme represent hope and change, Korn and Tonkla represent what happens when love is never quite enough to make someone brave.
The supernatural element — Great's ability to rewind time by 4 minutes — draws you in completely. You spend five episodes watching him save lives, make better choices, and fall in love, thinking you are watching reality. And then the show pulls the most gut wrenching twist — none of it was real. Great was shot in an elevator and was simply dying. Everything was happening inside his oxygen starved brain. He never saved Manee. He never saved Dome. The entire beautiful love story of episodes 1 through 5 was just a dying man's desperate wish to have been a better person.
That reveal changes everything. You rewatch scenes differently. You understand the title differently. You understand the whole series differently.
The Characters
Tonkla is the emotional core of this entire series. He is passionate, loyal, and deeply wounded — a man who uses physical intimacy as a way to cope with pain he cannot process. His relationship with Korn was real and consuming but also suffocating because Korn could never fully choose him. When Tonkla lost his brother Dome — murdered by Great's accomplice Title — and discovered that the brother of the man he loved was involved, his grief turned into something darker. His ending — jumping in front of a bullet to protect Korn — is one of the most heartbreaking moments I have ever watched in any drama. He died protecting someone who never fully protected him.
Korn is a character you will love and hate in equal measure. He genuinely loved Tonkla — his 4 minutes prove that because he did not go back to money or family, he went back to Tonkla. But his love was never strong enough to fight for. He stayed closeted, pursued a woman for financial gain, ignored Tonkla's calls, and shouted at him on the day his brother died. He represents every person who loves someone deeply but loves their comfort zone just a little more. His suicide after Tonkla's death is devastating not because it is surprising but because you always knew it was going to end this way for them.
Win — the inspector — is perhaps the most underrated tragedy in this story. He fell in love with Tonkla at his most broken and vulnerable moment. He showed up, made promises, offered justice and comfort. But he always knew Tonkla's heart belonged to Korn. His love was real but it curdled into possessiveness and jealousy — and in the end he became part of the very tragedy he was trying to prevent.
Great's journey is the most complete character arc in the series. He starts as a passive, selfish, cowardly rich boy who watches murders happen and helps cover them up. His 4 minutes transform him — not by changing reality — but by changing himself. He wakes up from his dying vision a completely different person. He confesses to crimes, stands up against his corrupt family, and chooses Tyme over everything. His growth is earned and genuine.
Tyme is complex and layered in a way that sneaks up on you. He came in with cold calculated revenge in his heart and left completely disarmed by love. The moment he realizes he has genuinely fallen for the person he was using is written and performed beautifully. He is proof that people can change not because they planned to but because the right person made them want to.
Manee is a small but important character whose story represents the human cost of the Sriwat family's crimes. Her son died because of their illegal gambling operations and she jumped in front of Great's car — not by accident but intentionally — out of pure grief. Her story is a quiet reminder that corruption does not just destroy enemies, it destroys ordinary innocent families.
The Cinematography and OST
Visually this series is stunning. Every single frame feels intentional and carefully crafted. The color grading shifts subtly between the imagination timeline and reality — once you know what to look for you cannot unsee it. The lighting, the composition, the way certain scenes mirror each other across timelines — it is all deliberate and deeply satisfying for anyone paying close attention.
The OST is haunting and beautiful. It stays with you long after the series ends. Certain songs will randomly play in your head at 2am and you will find yourself emotional without even knowing why.
The Ending
The ending is bittersweet in the most honest way possible. Great and Tyme survive — they find each other for real, not in a dying imagination but in actual reality. They pray together for Tyme's grandmother, for Korn, for Tonkla. They carry all that grief together and choose to move forward anyway. It is not a perfectly happy ending. It is a real one — and that makes it so much more meaningful.
Two couples. Same world. Completely opposite endings. Great and Tyme chose the sun — warmth, growth, a future. Korn and Tonkla chose the moon — beautiful, cold, and ultimately unreachable.
Final Thoughts
4 Minutes is not just a BL series. It is a story about regret, cowardice, grief, revenge, and what real love actually demands from you. It asks — if you had 4 minutes to relive your worst moments, what would you change? And then it quietly answers — you cannot change the past. You can only change yourself.
This series broke me, rebuilt me, and broke me again. The writing is bold, the performances are extraordinary, and the concept is unlike anything the BL genre has ever attempted. It is not a comfortable watch. It is not supposed to be. But it is absolutely worth every single painful moment.
Watch it with your whole heart. It deserves nothing less.

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Not Really BL

I feel like the majority of what I watched was an action-packed thriller, mystery thing that just happened to take place with characters of the same-sex falling in love. Most stories are suppose to be the complete opposite, with it being majority BL, with the action-pack stuff being there for plot purposes, but the romance the overall goal and objective. I didn't get that with 4 minutes though.

Let's Dive In.

So, 4 Minutes in a nutshell is basically about this rich college guy that (SPOILERS!!) in his moments of dying, gets to go back during these traumatic moments and look 4 minutes into the future to fix his mistakes. One of those mistakes happen to be with a gorgeous surgeon, who also has his own life problem's with Great's family business. Then there's also a side couple who is just as rambunctious and cutthroat with all of their own problems as well.

What I got from the majority of the plot is: they put a lot of money and effort into the characters, story, special effects, etc., but by the 6th episode, I was honestly kind of over everything. I feel like this is the type of series you have to pay attention to, and pay attention to every single little detail, down to the time on the clock, to the writing on the wall. I think I'm just not that kind a person, to get super-duper invested in a series where I'm paying that much attention to the small, what-feels-minuscule moments to then have then be flipped, twisted, and reverse. Had I not watched this with a friend, I'd be in utter shambles trying to figure out with the hell was going on. Which brings me to my point of why this doesn't feel like a BL series. Kind of like Manner of Death, kinda sorta Triage, and other series that deal with this time-warp, time-traveling shenanigans; what they all have in common is that the main goal is for them to figure out what's going on, not within their relationship, but within these weird, mystical powers they've gain the ability to have.

Moving onto the plot twist and whatnot; I think things were handle as well as they could be with such a complex plot, but there were definitely ways I wish they would've done things better. For instance, while Great and Tyme were stuck in Great's hallucinations, we were also seeing Korn and Tonkla's story, but still set in the actual reality. Which is where a lot of the plot gets weird, confusing, and obnoxiously aggravating trying to figure out what is real and what is not. I think most people find it fun to theorize and analyze, but for me, I was just wanting answers immediately, just cause that's how I am. Again, if you're not big on paying very VERY good attention, then you will be just as lost as I was. I understood enough to get me through, but I had to read a breakdown of each episode to figure out what actually happened.

Again, since this isn't really a BL, I feel like I never really got attached to any of the couples, including the main. I think they also didn't receive a good initial start-up for us to even really enjoy the time we get with them. It's literally sex and lust immediately, quite literally on their first interactions. I feel like I didn't get "We're in love" vibes from them at all, not even at the end when they are actually happy together. I think with Tonkla, it wasn't about the relationships at all, it was literally about getting revenge for his brother, no matter who he had to sleep with to get there. I think it was genuine with Korn in the beginning, which they had a really intimate, really beautiful first time NC scene that was done so well, but after that, and with the trauma Tonkla had gone through, it just all turns to shit. His relationship with the police officer was just very hot, and that was kind of it.

This series received so much hype, obviously because of the very explicit NC scenes, which man, did they go all the way, and I mean alllllll the way. I think overall it's a good story, but I think it was one of those things where people only hyped the sex and not the story, so the cast and the crew that put forth the effort of actually trying to tell a decent story gets but on the back-burner because hot-men-naked-and-having-sex-very-explicitly was happening. Kinda sad, but that's just the reality of a series like this.

Ratings:

Story: 7.5/10 - I feel like I got lost a couple times, but overall, you can tell what's happening, you can understand how things are working, and I feel like I enjoyed it enough to want to understand it all by the end. The romance didn't romance enough for me, but I still didn't hate it.

Acting: 9/10 - The best aspect about this series. All the actors did such a fantastic job, and it also didn't hurt that they were all fine as hell. I'm actually very surprised (and worried??) that Tonkla's character was played by such a young and upcoming actor, cause he probably did the best out of everyone imo. Which feels a little weird cause I feel like his scene were the most explicit ones, but... okay.

Music: 7/10 - intro music was nice, I love a little instrumental moment. Other than that, didn't pay it any mind.

Recommendation Value: 6./10 - Eh. I think if you're wanting to jump on the bandwagon and watch specifically because they have great NC scenes, than you wouldn't be alone. The plot itself is heavy, it's complex and it's raw, which a lot of people might not be in the mood for, so it's really a BL that you watch when you're in the mood, period.

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