Waste of actors
The plot of the series is a mess, everything is all over the place or maybe this is the director's fault. The constant of back and forth of the timeline can be confusing. And the ending is anti climax because the phasing of the series is too cluttered.Fort's acting is getting better, however Peat's acting and mannerism somehow feels the same as his previous character in his previous series.
I like them but man this series is just not it. Don't waste your time.
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HOT GARBAGE
First of all since it carries Only Friends title, I was expecting it will be messy and traumatic kinda like the successor. And boy oh boy I'm disappointed. I even make myself watched until episode 10 just to give it a chance.Let's start with the storyline, the storyline is a hot mess, it's almost all over the place with no substance to it. We have a potential good storyline like Dean's background, they could dive into it and they didn't. Simply put, they have everything and nothing at the same time. So does the casting, with that many characters, there's no chemistry at all (well except for the pairing), in the previous series, we can see how the main characters group of friend really there and convincing, but this casts? Zero chemistry.
The characters dynamics is frigid, meaning that there's no flow in them. They interact almost like in sequence, outside of that, it's like nothing happens. All I can say is this series relies on the fixed couple stans, since they only interact intimately within their own pairing only, even the stage kiss was fake lol 🙄
Even NickBoston closure is a meh, because they just bringing Ohm, which is the fixed couple for Nick's actor to bring up the hype(?)
TopMew cameo is really out of their characters.
The only thing that good in this series is Mix's acting, he's doing it too good for an ass plot. Like how can you waste a talent like that lol
So to me, this is just fixed couple fans wet dream and of course their fandoms will love it.
In conclusion, it is hot garbage.
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It's good but also not at the same time but also not mid
The headline is confusing isn't?Yes that's how I felt watching this series from the beginning to the end. Bare me with me.
PearlPeak have an amazing chemistry, it's lethal. Their body ratio is BL coded. Their BL debut was so good it makes me think their project will be better or at least as good.
Let's start about the storyline, it's solid and unique. Infusing a little bit of omegaverse element without any unnecessary cringy moment. It has a good start, the story setting up is perfect, the lore is not confusing. However from mid episode I can feel it's being rushed especially Gaysorn and Scent relationship development. Scent's redemption arc feels...empty(?) It's like, "I'm sorry for this, I didn't mean to" and that's it all is forgiven. As for Gaysorn, for someone who have been in a traumatic life event, he's too...forgiving(?) But maybe that's his Mudan nature I guess, personally I'd want to see how he struggles to trust the outside world after that. I like they got a dark a little with Bussaba's experiment, it was a nice little touch.
Overall, everything is so rushed. There is no second storyline, it's too linear for a series, but then again 8 episodes is criminal for this kind of story or any bls.
Now let's talk about the characters, there are A LOT of potentially good storyline coming out of them, let me mention several things.
1. Gaysorn and Ray's frienship. Along the way we learned that Ray is actually a good guy, however I think that we can have their friendship arc even for one episode. I can see Ray's character growth from the one who pushed Gaysorn to the pool until he's the one who helped him. However, in the series, they didn't give them enough screen time for Gaysorn and Ray's relationship to convince us that Gaysorn trust Ray and Ray is actually wanted to protect Gaysorn knowing Gaysorn is just an innocent victim that being used by Scent (Ray's ex).
2. Mekin's characteristics, he always look too laid back (?) However we see along the way that he's actually dependent and have power just like Scent. At first I thought he could be Gaysorn's second love interest considerig how he helped him even without falling in love with Gaysorn. I was hoping Gaysorn emits his smells when Mekin's around and it will give Mekin a bigger motive why he'd want to protect Gaysorn. Remember that he literally took a pic of Gaysorn? Too bad we didn't get to go deep with that storyline.
3. Tawan and Sun. This is the biggest snub in he series due to the lack of episodes. Dare I say they have a good chemistry? Yes. Even without interaction we can see on screen they have the potential to be the third couple in this series. Also it's a way we get to see how Tawan's view changing about the outside world, by falling for someone from there.
They're a few of extra storyline I could think of all many things (I still have a lot in my mind lmao)
Finally, what bother me the most is...THE SPONSORS PLACEMENTS. If you watched the show, there are several episodes that the products is everywhere even got their own screen time, the most annoying one? When Scent was down and sad but we were forced to see how Sun made a cup noodle instead and that's totally set off the vibe haha, like are we serious???
So overall I still love the series, but maybe because I'm a bit bias since I love PearlPeak and LITM is such a masterpiece.
Lastly, PLEASE DON'T NORMALIZE BL UNDER 12 EPISODES. It should be more!
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Questionable Storyline
The series actually packed with good casts that can deliver ranges of acting since I've seen most of them in another works.As for Becky, personally, I think she's doing a good job delivering a new kind of Nanno since this is reset version. Because I never expect her to be the same as previous Nanno and I'm glad throughout the episodes I never compared her to the old Nanno.
Now the main issue for me is the storyline and the direction of the show. While I like the dynamic between Nanno and Sky, I can't say the same with the overall plots. There's no wow factors that can glued me to my seat, the stories were bland and tasteless. I now that there are lessons but I was expecting some twists or something like that.
I hope the next season the stories will be more interesting.
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Poor directing
First of all, I love ForceBook, with that in mind, this series isn't their best work.The plot actually good with some good twists and everything, however the execution is bad. There is no world building, the character's interactions are pretty much linear, meaning, every scene feels like a part instead of a whole storyline. Their world is so empty with only few background characters that don't even interact that much with the main casts so it felt bland.
The acting, Book is getting better especially on expressing the emotions, however Force is the contrary, he's not bad but also not good, his expression almost feels the same throughout the series, there are some parts where I can see he actually have potential.
I think they just need a better director and better scripts, ForceBook have the potential to be the it pairing especially since their background is basically a BL story itself lowkey. This series just isn't it. 😓
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