LilMeggs
San Jose, CA
This was indeed a piece of candy, or just something short and sweet and very PG. I came across this on TikTok and didn't think much of it except that there aren't many "gender blender" dramas out there, especially ones about sports. I had no intention of watching this, but one night I saw that there were only 10 eps, that were >20 minutes a pop, and thought, why not.
I was surprised and instantly fell in love with the main Shin Hae Yoon, as she had not only lost her other half at a young age (Kang Tae Joo traveling abroad to play baseball in America), but also "developed a disease" that changed her gender. She was sad and angry, but she kept going on like it was normal and carried on with her life not trying to be a stereotypical boy or girl, but just being herself. It wasn't until Tae Joo came back from studying/playing abroad that Hae Yoon started to step outside of her comfortable boundaries and figuring out who she was and what her true feelings were. But what I loved most about her, she that even with her gender change, she still had the same mannerisms and morals that made her the same person. Whenever something happened, she would stand up and fight and when big issues came, especially when it came to telling people about her gender change, she took the time to think about what to do and what to say. Even if her actions weren't "correct" to someone else, she wasn't an impulsive person, and she always thought about is her actions would make her life as well as the other party's life more difficult.
And I wasn't sure about how it was going to go with Hae Yoon telling Tae Joo about the gender change, but to be quite honest.... I thought if would have gone smoother? Tae Joo was desperately trying to to find his old friend (and I am CONVINCED that there was some little boy love and maybe Tae Joo didn't understand his feelings completely either?) and once Hae Yoon's confession was made, Tae Joo did the most bratty / un-empath thing he could have done and understandably, Hae Yoon was hurt. I understand maybe why he might have felt that way, but it was very hurtful and I didn't quite understand the ending as well. It was cute and PG... but it almost seemed that Hae Yoon was at fault and Tae Joo's priorities were not on track.
Plus, if you were hoping to watch a series about baseball.... this is not it. There was literally no baseball played except for at the ending. Also, I was a little disappointed that Hae Yoon seemed to still love baseball and give it up because she was now a she... and at one part of the show, she showed her mad pitching skills where she might have been able to try out (cause let's get real... all of the pitching scenes we saw with Bae were NOT very good), but no. Disappointed.
Other than that, it was worth the watch and I loved Hae Yoon's friendship with Han Se Jun (or Yeo One from Pentagon) to a certain point where I very much shipped them two just because she had him as a confidant and he wanted to hear and help her in any way when she was sad. But he played the roll of a big brother to both mains instead.
I was surprised and instantly fell in love with the main Shin Hae Yoon, as she had not only lost her other half at a young age (Kang Tae Joo traveling abroad to play baseball in America), but also "developed a disease" that changed her gender. She was sad and angry, but she kept going on like it was normal and carried on with her life not trying to be a stereotypical boy or girl, but just being herself. It wasn't until Tae Joo came back from studying/playing abroad that Hae Yoon started to step outside of her comfortable boundaries and figuring out who she was and what her true feelings were. But what I loved most about her, she that even with her gender change, she still had the same mannerisms and morals that made her the same person. Whenever something happened, she would stand up and fight and when big issues came, especially when it came to telling people about her gender change, she took the time to think about what to do and what to say. Even if her actions weren't "correct" to someone else, she wasn't an impulsive person, and she always thought about is her actions would make her life as well as the other party's life more difficult.
And I wasn't sure about how it was going to go with Hae Yoon telling Tae Joo about the gender change, but to be quite honest.... I thought if would have gone smoother? Tae Joo was desperately trying to to find his old friend (and I am CONVINCED that there was some little boy love and maybe Tae Joo didn't understand his feelings completely either?) and once Hae Yoon's confession was made, Tae Joo did the most bratty / un-empath thing he could have done and understandably, Hae Yoon was hurt. I understand maybe why he might have felt that way, but it was very hurtful and I didn't quite understand the ending as well. It was cute and PG... but it almost seemed that Hae Yoon was at fault and Tae Joo's priorities were not on track.
Plus, if you were hoping to watch a series about baseball.... this is not it. There was literally no baseball played except for at the ending. Also, I was a little disappointed that Hae Yoon seemed to still love baseball and give it up because she was now a she... and at one part of the show, she showed her mad pitching skills where she might have been able to try out (cause let's get real... all of the pitching scenes we saw with Bae were NOT very good), but no. Disappointed.
Other than that, it was worth the watch and I loved Hae Yoon's friendship with Han Se Jun (or Yeo One from Pentagon) to a certain point where I very much shipped them two just because she had him as a confidant and he wanted to hear and help her in any way when she was sad. But he played the roll of a big brother to both mains instead.
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