I just finished binging the series and while this isn't the best series out there, it's definitely not the worst. It had a good mesh of cute/serious moments, the main leads had good chemistry, and it had a pretty good plot that kept my interest even if I did think Eden's background was a little weird.. Their acting could use a little bit of improvement, but I thought they did a really good job for this being their first series.
I wont lie and say I'm not a little disappointed though. I was super excited for this, and again they did do a good job, however to me this was a little rushed. Parts of the story werent fleshed out enough because they just didnt have the time to. I really feel like if these episodes had been at least 30 minutes long each this series would've been better. The ending also felt super rushed because of this and sadly the confession scene fell flat for me. Part of it may been due to the acting, because to me I just didn't feel the chemistry in that specific scene between them. I definitely felt chemistry in other scenes, but for some reason I just didn't feel it in that one, so the confession just felt slightly awkward. To me, it felt less like two people confessing their love for each other and more like two actors reading lines... Another part of why that scene may have fell flat, for me at least, is because I didn't understand why Jihoon didn't go outside during Hyunbin and Eden's confrontation scene outside his apartment. Maybe I just misunderstood something, but I thought it was obvious that Eden was basically confessing or at the very least wanted to talk to him. He didnt believe that Hyunbin and Jihoon got back together and was basically refusing to leave unless he could hear it from Jihoon himself. I just didn't get why after hearing their talk that he says 'Sorry. I love you.', and then suddenly it's the next day at an event and now they're in different dressing rooms not talking. Again maybe I misunderstood something, if so please explain it to me because none of that made sense to me. I fully expected him to storm outside of his apartment, put Hyunbin been in his place, and for the confession to happen then.. It happening right before an event, where they have like five seconds to be happy about their mutual feelings just, again, fell flat..
Lastly the kiss.. I'm not one to really care if there's a kiss scene in a series or not, I've watched plenty without them that have been super cute and I have loved them. I also have to commend them for kissing at all because honestly I didn't expect them to. However, I just thought it kind of sucked that the only kiss they had was a drunken kiss that only one of them remembers.. If they only felt comfortable / only wanted to do one kiss scene, personally I would have been okay waiting to the end of the series and have it happening after their confession.
Overall, despite my complaints I did really enjoy this series. This series may not have been perfect, but I do think that it was pretty good especially for their first acting roles. While it may not be high on my re-watch list, I could definitely see myself re-watching this and I definitely recommend people check it out!
I thought this story was really good and had some super cute moments! The main leads were so adorable together! I gave it an 8 because the end felt a little bit rushed and there were choices made that didn't make complete sense to me. There were also certain plot points that I don't feel were explained/explored enough. The other thing was, I really wanted his senior to have some karma handed to him and Shi On winning the lead role was not enough for me lol Regardless, overall I really loved this!
I don't have the energy to explain how much I disliked this episode and the preview for next week didn't help 🙄 The only part I'm going to bother with is: I'm so annoyed that KhonDiao is a blackbelt in Taekwondo, as far as I remember, but they still had to make him a fucking Damsel in Distress that needs to be saved 😒 I was really hoping we were going to get a badass scene of KhonDiao beating the crap out of the four guys who tried to kidnap him, but instead he hits one person and then immediately gets grabbed and needs to be saved.. I know that he's small and they were bigger but seriously, are you kidding me?! What was the point in making him a black belt in Taekwondo then?? Side note though, I'm glad I was wrong about the dad.
I really want to like this more, and it isnt like its the worst series ever made, but Perth and Chimon just arent working in this series. They had insane chemistry, to me, in NLMG but its like it just disappeared in this series. It was decent in the beginning, but now their romantic scenes just feel awkward and the chemistry is nonexistent.. As I said in a previous post, they feel more like affectionate buddies than they do boyfriends and honestly thats mostly on Chimon.. I think Perth is doing a good job of acting in love, but Chimon is just not. Again, it just seems like friendly affection from him and because of that one-sidedness, to me they dont feel like boyfriends. Also I'm sorry, but that NC scene was uncomfortable to watch, I actually ended up skipping most of it, and Chimon looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there. There is nothing wrong with not wanting to do a BL, but dont take the role if you arent going to act the part properly. At least kiss like you love the other person, thats what acting is! I'm super disappointed because on top of their chemistry deflating throughout the series, the story isnt anything like I thought it would be. At this point, the main reason I'm still watching is for Nava and Guy.
I'm guessing he maybe saw the guy (his friend or guy he liked) die in a car accident
I completely missed that the other was laughing, to me it look like he had a pained look on his face so thats why my brain assumed the worst.
Spoilers for Episode 2 below, incase you haven't seen yet!!
I'm so glad you were right and I was wrong though because while I do feel bad for Amane, and his friend laughing and assuming it was a joke is so messed up, its definitely less traumatic than what I thought happened. Seriously though, his friend is such an jerk! Amane had such a serious expression on his face and they earlier had just talked about how he doesn't date girls, why would you automatically assume that he's making a joke and laugh in his face.. I can't imagine building up the courage to finally come out to someone only to have them assume you're joking and laugh at you 🥺😔 I can definitely understand why that would make him act the way he does.
They all feel like that for me 😆 Every time the credits roll I'm like 'Wait no!!'. I swear, I dont think there…
I just meant when the episode is over and the credits appear. Credits roll or Roll Credits, is a phrase people use because usually credits scroll upwards when an episode/movie/game is over. Like the are rolling across the screen.
Thats exactly how I've been feeling too. I think it's partly because the series isn't what I thought it would…
Yup thats 100% what they are going to do and in my opinion thats bad writing. They should've continued the enemies to lovers longer, like you said, as well as continue with the menacing debt collectors. Even if its them just showing up when they are out and about or something, but they should've kept building the tension/fear they caused because it would've made for a strong impact when whatever is gonna go down does. To just have that storyline/characters disappear for a couple episodes until you need them again is stupid to me. i definitely get that maybe they decided the pilot trailer was to much for highschoolers, but honestly I didnt think anything to drastic happened that needed toned down except for the implied Sailom selling himself, but if I remember correctly that was in the actual trailer as well. On top of that though, there just seem to be a decent amount of pilot trailers that change alot once we get the actual trailer sadly. I try not to get too attached to a pilot trailers story because there is a possibility it could change, but I cant help it. Part of me has been tempted to stop watching when pilot trailers get released cause it usually causes disappointments later.. 100% would've helped the story alot if they had kept the enemies portion longer! Yeah, I'm not sure what it is, but it definitely didnt help since the plot is already lacking..
They all feel like that for me 😆 Every time the credits roll I'm like 'Wait no!!'. I swear, I dont think there has been a series I've been as hooked on as this one. Waiting week to week for each episode is torture 😫
Am I the only one is getting the creeps from that students dad, Chian or something. I'm praying I'm reading him wrong, but I keep getting bad vibes from him. Like 'I don't take no for an answer' and 'Kidnap you and keep you to myself' vibes under the pretense that he thinks he is "saving" a sad Khondiao. I really hope I'm wrong, but I get tense everytime he is on screen.
On a completely different note, I was so not prepared for that NC scene 😳 Not gonna lie, that is one of the best/natural looking NC scenes I've seen so far. However, it doesn't change that fact that I was beyond confused for the entire episode. I thought I'd misremembered something from the last episode but luckily a comment further down cleared up my confusion.
When this show was announced almost a year ago, I already said that Perth and Chimon lacked any romantic chemistry.…
Sadly I have to agree. Personally, I thought they had great chemistry in the few romantic scenes we got in Never Let Me Go. At the beginning of this series though, they had decent chemistry but it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Now, I've noticed as the episodes have gone on that it feels like the chemistry has gotten less and less. Like this latest episode, they felt more like affectionate best friends not like they were boyfriends which just kind of pulled me out of the story a bit I guess. On top of that the writing and plot is not doing them any favors. They rushed the enemies to lovers thing way too quickly, as well as Sailom forgiving Kang way too quick, and currently the danger is nonexistent. I feel like that may pick up in the next episode or two, but sadly the show isn't what I thought it would be and it's been a disappointment.
idk there's something about this series that's not really to my liking, but i can't seem to figure out what it…
Thats exactly how I've been feeling too. I think it's partly because the series isn't what I thought it would be. I thought it was going to be them being enemies for a while, during Sailom's tutoring, and slowly falling for each other while also dealing with Sailom's money issues. Instead though, the enemy part went out the window after like episode 2 and they fell for each other super quickly. Which felt really odd considering everything Kang put him through in the first couple episodes. I mean they did explain that a little bit in episode 9. They implied that Sailom had liked Kang before the events of episode 1 when they talked about the first kiss being lovehate. Still, it all happened way too fast. Another part of it for me is that though I love PerthChimon and thought they had strong chemistry in Never Let Me Go and the beginning of this series, it feels like their chemistry has been getting less and less each episode. I don't know why, thats just how it feels to me. Like the latest episode specifically.. To me personally, they felt more like affectionate best friends than they did boyfriends. I don't know why, I just didn't feel it this episode sadly.. I love them though and I'm interested enough in the storyline that I will keep watching.
it's a tough decision to drop a drama but in my opinion it's totally fine not to finish this one, this is the…
Sorry it took so long for me to respond.. The office politics - Wow that is super fucked up. I can't believe the other women would do that after she tried to protect them all! If I was one of those women, I would not be able to live with myself if I went along with that. I definitely would've been pissed off I had continued watching and got to that point! I'd ask how can you manage to put the blame on someone who was sexually harassed themselves, but sadly that happens in real life so it's definitely not a stretch..
Yes he is such an amazing actor. I've only seen a couple episodes of both series so far, but he is amazing. He is one of those actors who can act with just their eyes and you would be able to tell what the character is feeling. I'm always so awed by actors like that. He definitely one of my favorite Korean actors now alongside Lee Do Hyun and Rowoon. I've only seen both of them in one series as well, Lee Do Hyun who I watched in 18 Again, and was blown away by his acting, and Rowoon who I watched in Tomorrow. That was such a hard series to watch, but he did a phenomenal job! I have a couple other series I want to watch with them as main characters, I just have so many series I want to watch that I haven't gotten to them.
Yeah I love when I can have an adult conversation with someone with a different POV than me. It can sometimes even make me change my point of view on something if they point out something I didn't think of. I really enjoy these types of conversations. I will never understand why people get so angry about someone's opinion like it's the end of the world that they don't agree with you 🙄 For example, I am watching a Thai series called Only Friends right now and while I am lucky to not have come across assholes yet, someone I follow on twitter gets hate alot when they post their theories/opinions after the latest episode has aired. Apparently from what some people said, there is like wars on twitter over theories and opinions. Again thankfully I've never had to deal with that, but I just don't understand people's mindset and why they take some things so personally.. It baffles me lol
I wont lie and say I'm not a little disappointed though. I was super excited for this, and again they did do a good job, however to me this was a little rushed. Parts of the story werent fleshed out enough because they just didnt have the time to. I really feel like if these episodes had been at least 30 minutes long each this series would've been better.
The ending also felt super rushed because of this and sadly the confession scene fell flat for me. Part of it may been due to the acting, because to me I just didn't feel the chemistry in that specific scene between them. I definitely felt chemistry in other scenes, but for some reason I just didn't feel it in that one, so the confession just felt slightly awkward. To me, it felt less like two people confessing their love for each other and more like two actors reading lines...
Another part of why that scene may have fell flat, for me at least, is because I didn't understand why Jihoon didn't go outside during Hyunbin and Eden's confrontation scene outside his apartment. Maybe I just misunderstood something, but I thought it was obvious that Eden was basically confessing or at the very least wanted to talk to him. He didnt believe that Hyunbin and Jihoon got back together and was basically refusing to leave unless he could hear it from Jihoon himself. I just didn't get why after hearing their talk that he says 'Sorry. I love you.', and then suddenly it's the next day at an event and now they're in different dressing rooms not talking. Again maybe I misunderstood something, if so please explain it to me because none of that made sense to me. I fully expected him to storm outside of his apartment, put Hyunbin been in his place, and for the confession to happen then.. It happening right before an event, where they have like five seconds to be happy about their mutual feelings just, again, fell flat..
Lastly the kiss.. I'm not one to really care if there's a kiss scene in a series or not, I've watched plenty without them that have been super cute and I have loved them. I also have to commend them for kissing at all because honestly I didn't expect them to. However, I just thought it kind of sucked that the only kiss they had was a drunken kiss that only one of them remembers.. If they only felt comfortable / only wanted to do one kiss scene, personally I would have been okay waiting to the end of the series and have it happening after their confession.
Overall, despite my complaints I did really enjoy this series. This series may not have been perfect, but I do think that it was pretty good especially for their first acting roles.
While it may not be high on my re-watch list, I could definitely see myself re-watching this and I definitely recommend people check it out!
I gave it an 8 because the end felt a little bit rushed and there were choices made that didn't make complete sense to me. There were also certain plot points that I don't feel were explained/explored enough.
The other thing was, I really wanted his senior to have some karma handed to him and Shi On winning the lead role was not enough for me lol
Regardless, overall I really loved this!
The only part I'm going to bother with is: I'm so annoyed that KhonDiao is a blackbelt in Taekwondo, as far as I remember, but they still had to make him a fucking Damsel in Distress that needs to be saved 😒
I was really hoping we were going to get a badass scene of KhonDiao beating the crap out of the four guys who tried to kidnap him, but instead he hits one person and then immediately gets grabbed and needs to be saved.. I know that he's small and they were bigger but seriously, are you kidding me?! What was the point in making him a black belt in Taekwondo then??
Side note though, I'm glad I was wrong about the dad.
It was decent in the beginning, but now their romantic scenes just feel awkward and the chemistry is nonexistent.. As I said in a previous post, they feel more like affectionate buddies than they do boyfriends and honestly thats mostly on Chimon.. I think Perth is doing a good job of acting in love, but Chimon is just not. Again, it just seems like friendly affection from him and because of that one-sidedness, to me they dont feel like boyfriends. Also I'm sorry, but that NC scene was uncomfortable to watch, I actually ended up skipping most of it, and Chimon looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there. There is nothing wrong with not wanting to do a BL, but dont take the role if you arent going to act the part properly. At least kiss like you love the other person, thats what acting is!
I'm super disappointed because on top of their chemistry deflating throughout the series, the story isnt anything like I thought it would be. At this point, the main reason I'm still watching is for Nava and Guy.
Spoilers for Episode 2 below, incase you haven't seen yet!!
I'm so glad you were right and I was wrong though because while I do feel bad for Amane, and his friend laughing and assuming it was a joke is so messed up, its definitely less traumatic than what I thought happened.
Seriously though, his friend is such an jerk! Amane had such a serious expression on his face and they earlier had just talked about how he doesn't date girls, why would you automatically assume that he's making a joke and laugh in his face.. I can't imagine building up the courage to finally come out to someone only to have them assume you're joking and laugh at you 🥺😔
I can definitely understand why that would make him act the way he does.
Yeah, that's what I'm hoping for as well.
i definitely get that maybe they decided the pilot trailer was to much for highschoolers, but honestly I didnt think anything to drastic happened that needed toned down except for the implied Sailom selling himself, but if I remember correctly that was in the actual trailer as well. On top of that though, there just seem to be a decent amount of pilot trailers that change alot once we get the actual trailer sadly. I try not to get too attached to a pilot trailers story because there is a possibility it could change, but I cant help it. Part of me has been tempted to stop watching when pilot trailers get released cause it usually causes disappointments later..
100% would've helped the story alot if they had kept the enemies portion longer!
Yeah, I'm not sure what it is, but it definitely didnt help since the plot is already lacking..
On a completely different note, I was so not prepared for that NC scene 😳 Not gonna lie, that is one of the best/natural looking NC scenes I've seen so far.
However, it doesn't change that fact that I was beyond confused for the entire episode. I thought I'd misremembered something from the last episode but luckily a comment further down cleared up my confusion.
On top of that the writing and plot is not doing them any favors. They rushed the enemies to lovers thing way too quickly, as well as Sailom forgiving Kang way too quick, and currently the danger is nonexistent. I feel like that may pick up in the next episode or two, but sadly the show isn't what I thought it would be and it's been a disappointment.
I think it's partly because the series isn't what I thought it would be. I thought it was going to be them being enemies for a while, during Sailom's tutoring, and slowly falling for each other while also dealing with Sailom's money issues. Instead though, the enemy part went out the window after like episode 2 and they fell for each other super quickly. Which felt really odd considering everything Kang put him through in the first couple episodes. I mean they did explain that a little bit in episode 9. They implied that Sailom had liked Kang before the events of episode 1 when they talked about the first kiss being lovehate. Still, it all happened way too fast.
Another part of it for me is that though I love PerthChimon and thought they had strong chemistry in Never Let Me Go and the beginning of this series, it feels like their chemistry has been getting less and less each episode. I don't know why, thats just how it feels to me. Like the latest episode specifically.. To me personally, they felt more like affectionate best friends than they did boyfriends. I don't know why, I just didn't feel it this episode sadly..
I love them though and I'm interested enough in the storyline that I will keep watching.
The office politics - Wow that is super fucked up. I can't believe the other women would do that after she tried to protect them all! If I was one of those women, I would not be able to live with myself if I went along with that. I definitely would've been pissed off I had continued watching and got to that point! I'd ask how can you manage to put the blame on someone who was sexually harassed themselves, but sadly that happens in real life so it's definitely not a stretch..
Yes he is such an amazing actor. I've only seen a couple episodes of both series so far, but he is amazing. He is one of those actors who can act with just their eyes and you would be able to tell what the character is feeling. I'm always so awed by actors like that. He definitely one of my favorite Korean actors now alongside Lee Do Hyun and Rowoon. I've only seen both of them in one series as well, Lee Do Hyun who I watched in 18 Again, and was blown away by his acting, and Rowoon who I watched in Tomorrow. That was such a hard series to watch, but he did a phenomenal job! I have a couple other series I want to watch with them as main characters, I just have so many series I want to watch that I haven't gotten to them.
Yeah I love when I can have an adult conversation with someone with a different POV than me. It can sometimes even make me change my point of view on something if they point out something I didn't think of. I really enjoy these types of conversations.
I will never understand why people get so angry about someone's opinion like it's the end of the world that they don't agree with you 🙄 For example, I am watching a Thai series called Only Friends right now and while I am lucky to not have come across assholes yet, someone I follow on twitter gets hate alot when they post their theories/opinions after the latest episode has aired. Apparently from what some people said, there is like wars on twitter over theories and opinions. Again thankfully I've never had to deal with that, but I just don't understand people's mindset and why they take some things so personally.. It baffles me lol