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I don’t know how I survived this series...or why I even bothered
No, I know why I bothered. It’s because I’m interested in seeing love mechanics and decided to get to know the overall story/side characters in Tossara. I gave it a chance but the series didn’t amount to anything even remotely watchable.
The plot was incredibly cliche and shallow. And while there’s nothing wrong with being cliche, the shallowness of the plot in Tossara was horrible.
A cliche story can be saved by interesting and multidimensional characters but this wasn’t the case in Tossara. The production is obviously low budget so I won’t be commenting on that. I’ve seen a couple of bl shows with low production value which still managed to be entertaining and dare I say even deep. Not this one though.
While this show has many problems, I’m mainly going to talk about my main problem and that’s Guns actor. His acting skills are absolutely atrocious. He cannot act to save his life and it’s strange because all the other actors were actually pretty decent - In comparison at least. Every time Guns actor appeared on screen I felt my insides twist and the temperature drop around me in anxious anticipation of second hand embarrassment.
And what prompted the hair styling and fashion choices for the character of Gun? He obviously is supposed to be the hottest guy that’s ever hottet, yet his styling choices and aura scream the opposite. Idk why they decided to give him this slicked down, nerdy hair and old school glasses and put him in a uniform, in which he looks like an overgrown middle schooler. I’ve seen people criticize the actors looks but I’ll refrain from that bc looks are subjective. While the actors looks may or may not be below average, he projected zero confidence and had no charm whatsoever. He even slouched a bit when he stood or walked. This is simply not the way I’d expect the hottest, most popular guy in school to be like. He neither had the aura of a popular person nor the enticing mystery of a loner. Idk why so many would be interested in him, lest confessing to him a thousand times a day (?!)
I feel like I know what kind of character Gun was supposed to be. I think he may have initially been written as a little pushy and teasing but mostly charming, and flirtatious person who is supposed to confidently pursue Bar until Bar falls in love with him. Maybe a little like the Ming/Kit dynamic from 2Moons (maybe). Yet Wins lack of acting skills make Gun look like a pushy, rude and stalking creep.
I regret watching this series. Damn, I wished I’d fast forwarded directly to the side couples. I also feel really bad for Folk. It couldn’t have been easy to act alongside such a stiff actor like Win. I hope he’ll get more opportunities to show off his acting skills in the future. And Win should seriously consider getting some intense acting lessons if he wants to continue in this business.
The plot was incredibly cliche and shallow. And while there’s nothing wrong with being cliche, the shallowness of the plot in Tossara was horrible.
A cliche story can be saved by interesting and multidimensional characters but this wasn’t the case in Tossara. The production is obviously low budget so I won’t be commenting on that. I’ve seen a couple of bl shows with low production value which still managed to be entertaining and dare I say even deep. Not this one though.
While this show has many problems, I’m mainly going to talk about my main problem and that’s Guns actor. His acting skills are absolutely atrocious. He cannot act to save his life and it’s strange because all the other actors were actually pretty decent - In comparison at least. Every time Guns actor appeared on screen I felt my insides twist and the temperature drop around me in anxious anticipation of second hand embarrassment.
And what prompted the hair styling and fashion choices for the character of Gun? He obviously is supposed to be the hottest guy that’s ever hottet, yet his styling choices and aura scream the opposite. Idk why they decided to give him this slicked down, nerdy hair and old school glasses and put him in a uniform, in which he looks like an overgrown middle schooler. I’ve seen people criticize the actors looks but I’ll refrain from that bc looks are subjective. While the actors looks may or may not be below average, he projected zero confidence and had no charm whatsoever. He even slouched a bit when he stood or walked. This is simply not the way I’d expect the hottest, most popular guy in school to be like. He neither had the aura of a popular person nor the enticing mystery of a loner. Idk why so many would be interested in him, lest confessing to him a thousand times a day (?!)
I feel like I know what kind of character Gun was supposed to be. I think he may have initially been written as a little pushy and teasing but mostly charming, and flirtatious person who is supposed to confidently pursue Bar until Bar falls in love with him. Maybe a little like the Ming/Kit dynamic from 2Moons (maybe). Yet Wins lack of acting skills make Gun look like a pushy, rude and stalking creep.
I regret watching this series. Damn, I wished I’d fast forwarded directly to the side couples. I also feel really bad for Folk. It couldn’t have been easy to act alongside such a stiff actor like Win. I hope he’ll get more opportunities to show off his acting skills in the future. And Win should seriously consider getting some intense acting lessons if he wants to continue in this business.
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