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I’m not sold on their relationship
I love a good friend’s to lovers story, and this one had a lot of potential. *Spoilers Ahead* Junxi and Tuo have been best friends for 10 years. Apparently Tuo has had feelings for Junxi, while Junxi has not thought about him that way. Tuo makes several moves and Junxi is not into it. Tuo asks him to consider it and that’s where I feel like it went downhill. We had a great premise to watch Junxi slowly realize his feelings for Tuo. For Tuo to respect Junxi’s wishes and be patient. For both of them to grow as a person.Instead I feel like Junxi was pushed into the relationship because it’s what his friends (especially Tuo) wanted, Even when the show ended, I still felt like Junxi wasn’t that into it. It’s a shame because it could have been great.
A positive note: The actor that plays Tuo was great at the steamy scenes.
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Started out strong then went off the rails
This drama started out so interesting. You have a strong, emotionally closed off Jeonghan, who takes control - including spicy scenes. Then you have the sweet, submissive Iljo, who slowly starts to win over Jeonghan with his constant acts of service. I truly enjoyed the first 4 episodes. If the storyline would have stayed that way, it would have gotten a 10.However, around episode 5 it suddenly nosedives into a convoluted plot of family backstabbing and miscommunication between the characters. It feels like a completely different show. Did they change writers? Also, the characters seem to switch personalities. Suddenly our strong take-charge Jeonghan is depressed and crying all the time while Iljo is closed off and doesn’t seem that interested in their relationship anymore. I feel like all the effort came from Jeonghan in the last 3 episodes.
The soundtrack is actually really good, I gave it an extra point for that.
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