Its_Another_Fujoshi
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- I will just preface this review by saying that I knew going into this show that it wasn't a proper sequel to I Am Your King Season 1 (which I enjoyed) so I was able to look at this show as completely separate -
I'm torn with this rating. I found the show raised some interesting thoughts, but I don't think it dived into them enough. The fact that it didn't dive into them enough also left a lot open for interpretation, which I actually liked - I know, I know, I'm about as ambivalent as some of the characters on this show!
Contrary to what some reviewers said I didn't mind the ending. It felt like a full circle to me and left me imagining that the characters could restart their relationships in a positive and mature way.
Imagination aside though, the ending felt like pretty much left everything unresolved, and it would have been better to have all of the loose ends tied up rather than leave it up to the viewer.
I found the series quite cliche in places (can we do something else other than toxic women, please?) and there were some scenes I found weird or outright hated (for instance Sib talking about his girlfriend in the engineering lab - it's 2019 not 1902; and then that weird scene with three boys in Sib's bedroom), but that's my personal choice, and obviously not everyone would dislike those.
There were a lot of homophobic people in this series, that seemed to have no explained reason to be that way, or in one case changed their stance for no explained reason. In fact, a lot of people did things that weren't explained at all or were contradictory. I would have preferred more explanation.
Overall the series wasn't terrible but it definitely isn't high on my list of enjoyable BL's although if it was written better, it certainly could have been. My recommendation is to try it because its worth a shot.
I'm torn with this rating. I found the show raised some interesting thoughts, but I don't think it dived into them enough. The fact that it didn't dive into them enough also left a lot open for interpretation, which I actually liked - I know, I know, I'm about as ambivalent as some of the characters on this show!
Contrary to what some reviewers said I didn't mind the ending. It felt like a full circle to me and left me imagining that the characters could restart their relationships in a positive and mature way.
Imagination aside though, the ending felt like pretty much left everything unresolved, and it would have been better to have all of the loose ends tied up rather than leave it up to the viewer.
I found the series quite cliche in places (can we do something else other than toxic women, please?) and there were some scenes I found weird or outright hated (for instance Sib talking about his girlfriend in the engineering lab - it's 2019 not 1902; and then that weird scene with three boys in Sib's bedroom), but that's my personal choice, and obviously not everyone would dislike those.
There were a lot of homophobic people in this series, that seemed to have no explained reason to be that way, or in one case changed their stance for no explained reason. In fact, a lot of people did things that weren't explained at all or were contradictory. I would have preferred more explanation.
Overall the series wasn't terrible but it definitely isn't high on my list of enjoyable BL's although if it was written better, it certainly could have been. My recommendation is to try it because its worth a shot.
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