Good ideas at the base, poor execution
After watching the whole series, I feel mostly frustrated about the whole thing.
The idea at the base was interesting enough for me to go and check it out for myself. This is clearly a slow burn, so unlike other people I wasn't annoyed at the pacing of the story at least for the first part, but rather at how it felt like all the actors were being dragged by the plot, rather than them making the plot live. Often times I really felt like I could see the writer pushing this or that character to say something, do something, or react in a certain way, not because it made sense, but rather because they wanted it to happen regardless.
The biggest offenders of this were Pai and Itt, which makes it kind of a big deal since they're the main characters. I was expecting their relationship to develop in something more fond at some point, but it just... didn't happen. Even when they referred to each other as friends, I couldn't stop feeling like I was watching two strangers acting nice to each other for no reason. They made me wish multiple times that Waan, Pure, or Folk were the main characters instead, since I found their acting way better in comparison, and that made their stories more interesting as a consequence. They're also the only reason why I gave this series such a high rating overall.
The first few episodes seemed pretty good to me, and I was immersed in the story up until the second part of the story, when the characters are university students. At that point the events in the story feel like something between pure fluffy fanservice or plot devices that were added to stir up some drama. Again, the lack of chemistry between the two leads didn't help making it any better: I was tempted to just skip their scenes and focus on Waan, Pure, Folk, and Beau instead.
In conclusion: in this drama you can find some sweet BL moments if that's all you're looking for, but I'd suggest you looking somewhere else if you're in search of a satisfying story.
The idea at the base was interesting enough for me to go and check it out for myself. This is clearly a slow burn, so unlike other people I wasn't annoyed at the pacing of the story at least for the first part, but rather at how it felt like all the actors were being dragged by the plot, rather than them making the plot live. Often times I really felt like I could see the writer pushing this or that character to say something, do something, or react in a certain way, not because it made sense, but rather because they wanted it to happen regardless.
The biggest offenders of this were Pai and Itt, which makes it kind of a big deal since they're the main characters. I was expecting their relationship to develop in something more fond at some point, but it just... didn't happen. Even when they referred to each other as friends, I couldn't stop feeling like I was watching two strangers acting nice to each other for no reason. They made me wish multiple times that Waan, Pure, or Folk were the main characters instead, since I found their acting way better in comparison, and that made their stories more interesting as a consequence. They're also the only reason why I gave this series such a high rating overall.
The first few episodes seemed pretty good to me, and I was immersed in the story up until the second part of the story, when the characters are university students. At that point the events in the story feel like something between pure fluffy fanservice or plot devices that were added to stir up some drama. Again, the lack of chemistry between the two leads didn't help making it any better: I was tempted to just skip their scenes and focus on Waan, Pure, Folk, and Beau instead.
In conclusion: in this drama you can find some sweet BL moments if that's all you're looking for, but I'd suggest you looking somewhere else if you're in search of a satisfying story.
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