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dramahoar17

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dramahoar17

New York City
Semantic Error korean drama review
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Semantic Error
2 people found this review helpful
by dramahoar17
Aug 7, 2023
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

Cute, but a bit medicore

So I usually lower my standards and just go in for a good time and some cuteness for BLs and I will say this show delivered on that.

Good:
- most of the casting was good! Shoutout to sangwoo's actor for really selling it.

- the kisses were GOOD for a korean bl. The chemistry between the leads was also good

Not Good:
- I'm not sure if it's because of how jaeyeongs character is written or because of the actor, but their performance was meh for me. I think most of it is because the character is damn near written as a psychopath but he also has to come off charming enough to not be totally turned off by him. They don't really do a good job of navigating it so they pull an entire 180 on the character.

- I know sangwoo is supposed to be robotic and all, but it gets to a point where his scenes without jaeyeong are pretty slow and dull. I think they overdo the robotic trait

- the story is not written very well and the romance is poorly fleshed out. I've seen shorter bl that did a better job of convincing us of the romance. Again, I think they overshot with exaggerating the leads' character traits so it makes it hard to believe that they fell in love that quickly. This is the first bl where I wouldn't mind the episodes being a little shorter.

Overall, I'm meh about the show. It is cute if you want a bl to watch, but part of me feels like it was a waste of time cause you don't really walk away with anything.
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