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A departure from the usual BL genre but badly executed
This thriller BL was a good idea on paper, with a set up quite different of the numerous school and office BL dramas existing in Dramaland.
However, even if I salute the idea to center the series around investigation and mystery, with a good amount of romance, I found the outcome of it super mid. At the end, both the thriller and the romance failed to convince me.
On the thriller side, the issue is that the resolution of the mystery and the reveals were very easy to guess, super clunky and badly articulated. Police work felt poor at best and it felt like the leads were just lucky rather than skilled and determined to find the truth. On the romance side, it also failed at being compelling enough to make the viewer understand why those guys are irrepressibly attracted to each other...
The fact that I actively strongly disliked the character of one of the leads for sure did not help. It is the kind of timid, wishy-washy character that need a solid growth arc to be likeable and I have to say that at no point his investigation skills impressed me. The character could barely stand on his two feets or get out of the bed without falling...And here, I must admit it irked me to no ends. The way the actor played the role, with big teary eyes and shy voice, felt very empty to me.
In terms of positives, I found the actor playing the other lead, the prosecutor, very hot with his domineering looks and the intimate scenes were believable, even if the feelings were less convincing. Unfortunately, that was not enough for me to forget the various flaws from the show.
I would not recommend this BL because it fails in holding up its interesting concept. Both the mystery and the romance were a disappointment to me...One was clunky and badly articulated, while the other was not compelling enough.
However, even if I salute the idea to center the series around investigation and mystery, with a good amount of romance, I found the outcome of it super mid. At the end, both the thriller and the romance failed to convince me.
On the thriller side, the issue is that the resolution of the mystery and the reveals were very easy to guess, super clunky and badly articulated. Police work felt poor at best and it felt like the leads were just lucky rather than skilled and determined to find the truth. On the romance side, it also failed at being compelling enough to make the viewer understand why those guys are irrepressibly attracted to each other...
The fact that I actively strongly disliked the character of one of the leads for sure did not help. It is the kind of timid, wishy-washy character that need a solid growth arc to be likeable and I have to say that at no point his investigation skills impressed me. The character could barely stand on his two feets or get out of the bed without falling...And here, I must admit it irked me to no ends. The way the actor played the role, with big teary eyes and shy voice, felt very empty to me.
In terms of positives, I found the actor playing the other lead, the prosecutor, very hot with his domineering looks and the intimate scenes were believable, even if the feelings were less convincing. Unfortunately, that was not enough for me to forget the various flaws from the show.
I would not recommend this BL because it fails in holding up its interesting concept. Both the mystery and the romance were a disappointment to me...One was clunky and badly articulated, while the other was not compelling enough.
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