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Goofy and serious at the same time
Viki: https://www.viki.com/tv/40439c-boys-be-braveWhat started as a goofy little quick BL to watch for fun became something so much more.
At the start I thought I wouldn't like it too much, it was silly and whatever but nothing special, but the more I watched, the better it became. Especially the side couple, who genuinely made me tear up for them.
Overall I think this is definitely a good series, but there are a few things that could've greatly improved it.
Things I liked:
1. Side couple. Insanely good, the biggest reason for my love for this series. While we didn't see them that much, I really enjoyed whatever we got with them and honestly think they deserve their own spin-off series, but of course one can only hope.
2. Fun and silly. At first it was a bit too goofy for me even though I started watching it just as a quick, relaxing kind of series. But with all of the maturity later on, it really became a good contrast and was nice to see from time to time.
3. Jung Gi Seop. It took him a while to figure out himself and what he actually wants, but when he did, his growth made him an even better person.
4. Main character's growth. He had a lot of growth as well, which was nice to see.
Things I disliked:
1. Misunderstandings on misunderstandings.
2. I really wanted more for the side couple. With both the time and the way things ended. I'm still happy with whatever scraps we got, since I was getting really suspicious of them not seeing each other again after everything. So I'm happy they got at least somewhat of the happy ending, but I really wanted so much more for them.
3. Short. I think if it had at least two more episodes it would really improve a lot of things.
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Beautiful
GagaOOLala: https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/1655/private-lessons-2019I'm not the biggest fan of teachers/professors and students dating. Not because of the age gap, but rather because of the kind of dynamic it all creates.
Still, I didn't mind it here, mostly due to it not even being that big here, they rarely ever show them interacting the way a professor and student usually do. Main leads have a rather relaxed and casual dynamic more than anything. Which was nice to see in a way.
Overall this movie is pretty good and cute, and with how short it is, it's definitely worth the watch.
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A lot of sex and not a lot of plot
iQIYI: https://www.iq.com/album/suntiny-2025-1fxheaek5it?lang=en_usI know there are millions of people who live for NC scenes. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them. And while I can appreciate the chemistry and closeness of the main leads, I generally don't see NC scenes specifically being necessary.
And here the NC scenes take up a pretty big part of the series. I know that the whole plot is practically made around the sex. Still, though, I think they could've done with less of it.
Overall the idea for this series was not bad, and the message behind it all was nice and clear, but unfortunately it just wasn't made well enough.
The first two episodes and the final few were both quite good, but the ones in the middle were just pointless.
Things I liked:
1. The whole premise for the series. And a good message behind it.
2. Nat's hair color. I generally really like when characters have some fun hair colors, and this is definitely one of the cases. Nat looks great with red hair.
3. Styling.
4. Cooheart.
5. Toy.
Things I disliked:
1. Acting. It really feels like they are doing a bad job at it on purpose.
2. "Punishing" your partner for something he cannot control instead of trying to help him and figure out why the things are the way they are is just insane.
3. Temp. I didn't hate him, but i didn't like him either.
Saying stuff like "With someone like this I've got zero competition" about a person you supposedly have feelings for is insane and quite disgusting, to put it bluntly.
4. Too many flashbacks.
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Your typical school romance
Overall it's a pretty cute series, with good acting, nice visuals, and scenery, but definitely nothing special. Just your classic Japanese school BL series.Things I liked:
1. Hosaka Yui. He is a great friend. Mature and smart. Definitely my favorite character in this series.
2. Akane. She is a nice and supportive girl.
3. Yamato's sister. Yet again, another great and supportive character.
4. Everyone is so supportive of their feelings. It's truly so nice and refreshing to see people take them seriously and genuinely try to help them resolve their problems.
Things I disliked:
1. Slow start. Things definitely get more interesting after the first few episodes.
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Definitely a BL
Nice, cute, and funny series, it is not necessarily your typical BL series but BL nonetheless.Overall I can recommend it as more of a relaxing kind of series to watch without thinking much. I personally enjoyed it even more than I thought I would. It is not perfect but still a great BL that in my opinion deserves a second season, but one can only hope.
Things I liked:
1. Toru-kun. I think he grew a lot as a person throughout the series.
2. Cute moments. Seeing Toru turn into a puppy every time Kishi is near him is so funny yet so cute.
3. Kishi wearing the earring Toru gave to him. Hello? The fact that there is people saying that this is not a BL series is just crazy to me. You don't need to be a genius to see everything that is happening.
4. Special episode. It definitely cleared some stuff up, and it was really nice to see them happy together again.
Things I disliked:
1. Cringy and overly exaggerated expressions. Which is not new in Japanese series but not really my cup of tea.
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A little bit of everything
Where to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNd7BhdAz80ptzaxeYXbVCLVXH7JXtely1. Raise Me?:
Acting and romance in this story felt a bit awkward.
Overall it is kind of cute and not too bad.
2. Folding? You!:
I really didn't like that one. It's pretty cringy and awkward. I know it's hard to make such a short story make a lot of sense, but still, this one just doesn't make any at all.
3. Sweet Mischief:
I like this story; it is cute and interesting. A bit confusing at first but not too much.
I also like a little "crossover" with the previous story.
4. Sleep Around, Still Mine:
Surprisingly, this one was my favorite story out of all of them. Acting is less awkward, and the story is more engaging and enjoyable. I would prefer for it to have a different ending, but still, it was pretty good.
5. Craving You:
More of the awkward acting. I guess this story is not bad, but this one is definitely not my favorite.
6. Not a BL:
Not bad, but the plot for this one is just weird. I feel like the biggest problem here is the time; it's hard to show this kind of story well in such a short period of time, so it all becomes sloppy.
7. Something Sweet:
Not much to say about that one. Cute but really nothing special.
8. A Killer Recipe:
I think they should've stuck to the style they were using with all of the other stories. This one is really different from others, but again, because of the short episodes, mediocre acting, and small budget, it was just not really good. Also quite confusing, I would appreciate more lore to start with.
Overall it was really not my cup of tea. Some of the stories were more or less interesting, but the awkward acting and extremely short episodes just really ruin even that.
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Kind of all over the place
It has a little bit of everything, it is funny, cute, and cringy from time to time. At first I loved it a lot, but by the last two episodes I just couldn't wait to finally finish it. Still, it doesn't take away from the fact that it's a decent series that is underrated and overlooked.Things I liked:
1. A lot of cute moments that had me giggling and kicking my feet.
2. The jokes and comedic sound effects are cringy at times, but they are tolerable.
3. ThanwaPeak. I really like their dynamic and they were my favorite couple for quite a while.
4. It was nice to see Peak grow a lot as a person.
5. Latte (has to be my favorite character). He is incredibly mature, understanding, and really nice and funny.
6. I love Latte and Almond's relationship after they get together. They are super cute and have quite healthy relationship.
7. Jane. Perfect friend, great support and help.
Things I disliked:
1. Peak running away from all of his problems instead of confronting and trying to fix them.
2. Unnecessary drama between Almond and Latte, weird conflict about nothing.
3. Almond acts really childish a lot of the time.
4. Parents. Peak's father is very weirdly demanding of Peak. While Almond's mother is too overprotective.
5. Almond getting jealous and upset over literally nothing in the last episode.
6. Last episode feels like a filler episode.
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Quite a gem
I didn't expect to like this series as much as I did. Not gonna lie, it definitely reminded me of Jack & Joker in a lot of aspects, which is a good thing. There were some things I disliked, but almost none of them affected the rating, and I still pretty much enjoyed this series.Things I liked about this series:
1. Grandma. Literally the smartest and the best character in the whole series. Saved this series so many times.
2. Thee. He is extremely smart but also humane. He is one of the characters that was keeping me sane while watching this series.
3. The chemistry between the main characters is almost unmatchable.
4. Acting. Almost everybody's acting was exceptional. I would personally love to highlight the actors that played Charn, Thaenthai, and Thee. They did a great job with their characters, and I truly wouldn't be able to find a better fit for their roles.
5. Thee and Thaentai escaping. While watching this series, almost nothing made me feel as happy as seeing them be happy and finally relaxed. Before that, every time I saw them on the screen, I felt like I had to hold my breath because I was so stressed, but once they arrived at their destination, I was finally able to breathe again. I truly love that couple. They went through a lot, but they absolutely deserve their peace and quiet after everything.
6. I loved Rose and Maya. They were a great help and support system for both Tin and Charn when needed.
Things I disliked about this series that didn't affect my rating:
1. Charn is a psychopath. He keeps betraying, lying, and going behind Tin's back again and again. It gets to a point!
2. I really liked Thaenthai, but some of his behaviors were still quite crazy.
3. Thaenthai posting an Instagram story with a clear view of his and Thee's location. That was incredibly stupid from both Thaentai and Thee (since he didn't stop him).
4. Thatthep is an absolute monster. The worst of the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel type of parent. Let's just say I'm happy karma knocked on his door sooner rather than later.
Things I disliked about this series that did affect my rating:
1. Some visual effects were a bit funky, but I didn't mind it too much.
2. I feel like the drama between Tin and Charn took too long. While I was super interested in the actual case and figuring out all of the secrets, I had to watch Tin and Charn having constant fights about anything and everything. I would've preferred if they focused a bit more on the case itself in the series.
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Same, but different
Episode 1:I liked how cute and sweet it was, this story was definitely one of the better ones. It definitely reminded me of the series "La Pluie" with the rain and soulmates, as well as one of the characters not believing in the soulmates because his parents were soulmates but still ended up divorced.
One thing I will say, though, is that it definitely took me way too long to figure out how the whole soulmate thing works in this world and what exactly has to happen for them to find their soulmate. It would be better if they kind of explained it at the start or something like that.
Episode 2:
Totally different vibe from the first story, but I still really enjoyed this one. It was definitely my second favorite. I really liked Parinth's grandma. There are few things she did that I disagree with, but I still think she is a good side character in this story.
I also liked how good they were at so easily portraying a totally different story, which just shows how talented the actors are.
Episodes 3-4:
This one is my least favorite story. They made X to be a little bit weird/creepy ngl. Once a year, for multiple years, he's been going to a graveyard only to see that one person and then to ask his parents to be with him. I just find it weird. Also, this whole drama was so exhausting. Sucked out of thin air, and I was done with it already halfway through the fourth episode.
In my opinion, the fourth episode shouldn't have even been a thing. I feel like the third episode ended well enough that it really didn't need a continuation with all of that drama. For me this story ended on the third episode, and the fourth episode never happened.
Episodes 5-6:
This one is totally my favorite story out of all of them. So adorable and flirty, with great chemistry between the main characters.
I really liked their playful banters as well as Green just watching them and adding more to them. I really liked Green. He added a lot of cute and funny moments for sure.
Episodes 7-8:
At first I assumed all of the small stories were completely unrelated, but the series definitely found a great way to merge them all into the same universe. I can definitely appreciate the creativity they used for that. And the plot twist was quite unexpected but enjoyable.
The thing is, though, in my opinion, in these last two episodes their drama stretched out for too long. Same as with episodes 3-4, it feels like it could've been shorter with less drama. Even then, though, I still enjoyed it, and the ending was more than satisfying.
Overall, I would say that although there were some aspects of this series that I didn't like, it was still worth it.
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Cute but nothing special
That was a nice short series with a lot of wholesome and funny moments.Due to it being so short, everything felt really rushed, but it was still an enjoyable watch.
The whole vampire thing was extremely underwhelming, not gonna lie. I wasn't a fan of how their eyes looked when they smelled blood. And as far as I'm concerned, it was supposed to be a romance series about vampires, but to be honest, it felt like just a classic “forbidden love” series. Even if we took away them being the vampires, not much would've changed about the plot.
I really liked the side couple, even though they barely had any screen time. I still loved them.
Overall it was an enjoyable watch, cute and funny at times, but as I said, nothing special, just a classic short BL series.
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Unhinged
Don't get me wrong, I knew what I was going to watch. It's just that instead of a movie about BDSM, they just made it into a manga inspired soft porn with dubious consent and bizarre behaviors from most of the people involved.If anything, I'm guessing the manga they were inspired by to make this movie is a hentai manga. So that would explain a lot of weird and unhinged moment's, I just think that for adaptation they could've at least tried making it more logical.
So much unhinged moment's that would never happen IRL, and you can only meet in that type of movies and mangas.
Like when Kaoru's mom gave his sex toys to a neighbor girl to hide them from him. In a paper bag for that matter, at this point she could've used a plastic see-through bag… Hello? Aren't you even ashamed of giving a paper bag full of your son's sex toys to a neighbor? Like that is just so wild.
Or Nana trying on the “clothes”, without knowing where it was or if it was used by anybody! Who in their right mind would do that. I guess you could say, that since he doesn't have a girlfriend it's probably clean and unused, but what if he likes to wear stuff like this himself and don't wash it afterward? Or worse? Like girl, please, think about it before doing something like that!
As well as Kaoru blackmailing Nana into submission. That is disgusting and while I could see an argument of “well she did come back for more” and well the only thing I can say to this is: OF COURSE she did! Because you are watching a porn that has nothing to do with reality, and none of this bullshit would've ever happened in the real life.
The consent is dubious in this as well as Kaoru being an absolute disgusting creep. The way he's behaving is absolutely atrocious, no one who actually participate in any kind of BDSM relationship will ever act this way. Disregarding of what she wants and thinks and just bluntly pressuring her into doing things she isn't comfortable with, nobody is doing that unless they agreed upon that prior to action.
Overall, I think I'm just isn't one of those people it was made for, and that's why I see it to be so problematic…
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Not worth it
That was so much worse than I expected, I guess it's my fault for having any kind of expectations for this series. I truly tried enjoying it, but I just couldn't, and I had to skip through most of the last episode.Things I liked:
1. Out of everything that was happening in this series, I found a thing that I actually liked, and it was Met's story. Even though it was made a bit sloppily, I still liked him and his family. The last moment with his parents made me tear up.
2. The idea behind this series. When I first read the description to this series, it sounded amazing, and I was hoping for a cute comedy with supernatural bits. Sadly, it ended up being just a slop that looks like they didn't even try with it.
3. Angel Shan. He was one of the most interesting characters, and the ending made me even more interested in him and his story.
Things I disliked:
1. Female doctor Nongning. She didn't have too much screen time, but it was enough to make me dislike her. She is so extra for no reason, all of her reactions and behaviors were highly exaggerated. Nongning was a good, supportive friend, but the fact that they wrote her to be so dramatic most of the time just made her annoying.
2. Cringy. Too many sound effects and cringy jokes/toilet humor. Editing is straight from 2014.
3. Visual effects. That was probably the worst part of it all, it's just hurt to watch at times.
4. So confusing. There were so many moments where I was actually confused about what was going on.
5. First episode being literally about nothing, cut most of it out, and we lose absolutely nothing important.
6. Their first kiss. I can somehow understand why Krit initiated that kiss, being drunk, confused and whatnot, but I see quite literally 0 reasons for the main character not only not to push him away but to also kiss him back… They know each other less than a day, and as far as the series shows us they had no previous flirting or anything, so I really don't see a reason for this kiss to happen.
7. ZERO CHEMISTRY! I don't know if it's the actors or the writing's fault, but the main couple has no chemistry at all, everything feels dull and all of their interactions are empty. They talk to each other like two robots, and any time they would kiss or a have a “cute/romantic” moment, I truly could not care less about it. I guess whoever made this series though that adding “romantic” music to some of their interactions will help, but it only makes it worse.
8. A lot of useless fillers. Most of the screen time is just them doing anything but what they actually supposed to. They were on the time crunch and still spent most of the time just doing nothing useful.
9. Acting is really lacking in a lot of moments.
10. All of the series budgeting clearly went to rent out a car for the main character.
11. Zero build up for the so-called “Love”!
Overall it was truly disappointing and the only reason for me to want a 2nd season is that I just want to know more about Angel Shan. But I'm almost a hundred percent sure that if they continue with it and make a 2nd season, that it's going to be the same slop. So I think I'm good on that.
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Eh...
That was quite underwhelming.It wasn't terrible, but I didn't earned anything by watching it, except for headache.
The things I liked:
1. I'm sad to say, that out of everything I only have one thing that is worth mentioning and it's the series ost. There really wasn't anything else that really stood out to me.
Things I disliked:
1. Series villian. What was that about? There was no explanation on why he was doing what he was doing, and I truly believe even he himself had no idea what he was doing. He was the worst villian in the whole history of villians, like really...
2. This whole thing with J. Like it was just about nothing, I get the feeling that they really had a lot of complicated ideas for all of the characters. But because of lacking the time and budgeting they ended up doing just whatever and put everything together without any thought.
3. No kisses. It's honestly not that big of a deal, but come on, not a single kiss is crazy.
4. So much nonsense. Eden was deadly afraid of water and then he just..got cured??? Are we serious right now? There were so much things like that, that just don't make any sense.
5. So choppy and rushed.
One thing that I want to mention but I won't put it in the list is that in one of the episodes Eden is looking at his hand thinking about Ji Hoon holding his hand. What my problem with this moment is that he is looking at the wrong hand. Like guys please...
I could've expected this from any indie film, but that series definitly had enough people working on it to see such mistake. It's honestly not that big of a deal after all, but I felt like they don't even care about what they producing, just filmed and posted it.
But yea, I started watching this a long time ago, but dropped it because I found it pretty cringy.
I chose to give it another try, and i'm not gonna say i'm dissapointed since I already wasn't a fan of it and I knew what I was doing. I'll just say I wasn't loosing much by dropping it and not giving it another try for so long.
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So adorable
Super sweet short movie.Min Ah's drunk rambling was so cute and funny (especially her asking Ji Yeong to wait just one year for her).
It was so nice to see these girls interacting, everything felt so real and like I was there just watching two drunk, shy girls confess to each other.
I was smilling throughout whole film. I liked it a lot and it definitely deserves more recognition.
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Like a warm cup of tea
Comforting short movie showing this sweet and innocent first love.The kiss was non-existent, but at this point I'm starting to get used to that.
Nice and cozy, classic short bl movie. Nothing innovative, but that doesn't make it worse.
Can definitely recommend as a short and quick watch that will make you smile.
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