Lacks substance
At first I dropped this series after watching the first half of the first episode, because it didn't grab my attention at all. Later on I chose to pick it back up to see if I could give it another chance.
Here is what I believe saves the series:
- The characters are cute enough. Not only Dee and Knight, I'm talking about the secondary characters as well. The atmosphere of chaos that lives in the office starts to feel like home in a short while and while there's lack of depth for everyone, they're all somewhat endearing.
- There's some solid LGBTQ+ representation, with a trans woman who isn't used as a comic relief (and even gets her own romance) and characters who actually identify as gay rather than going for the "I only like you" route.
- The story seems to carry a message overall, which would be to respect other people and their wishes, and not try to get in their way, even when you believe you have good intentions.
- Gameplay and Folk are cute enough to deserve the attention of anyone who wants to watch a BL even just for the mlm ship.
This being said, this series suffers from pretty big flaws that might make many viewers give up: the terrible plot, terrible characterization/introspection, and awful pacing.
The plot is... there, I believe, but it's pretty confusing. Some problems that are introduced in the beginning don't seem to be a big deal in the long run; on the other hand there are other problems that are only introduced toward the end and then quickly resolved. The whole time I had no idea what did I have to worry about.
The characters are all flat, main characters included. There is some personality sprinkled here and there, but the final result looks more like a bunch of caricatures than actual characters with a decent depth. For the same reason I wasn't able to enjoy the romance as much as I wished to: the feelings of their characters, their thoughts and their background are all too foggy or shown too little for me to actually get into it.
Finally, the pacing: it was unbearably slow most of the time and I had trouble keeping up with what was happening because I got distracted multiple times. Some endless scenes could have taken much less screentime and still work, some others would have used more time to be properly shown.
Can't bring myself to recommend this series unless you have nothing better to do.
Here is what I believe saves the series:
- The characters are cute enough. Not only Dee and Knight, I'm talking about the secondary characters as well. The atmosphere of chaos that lives in the office starts to feel like home in a short while and while there's lack of depth for everyone, they're all somewhat endearing.
- There's some solid LGBTQ+ representation, with a trans woman who isn't used as a comic relief (and even gets her own romance) and characters who actually identify as gay rather than going for the "I only like you" route.
- The story seems to carry a message overall, which would be to respect other people and their wishes, and not try to get in their way, even when you believe you have good intentions.
- Gameplay and Folk are cute enough to deserve the attention of anyone who wants to watch a BL even just for the mlm ship.
This being said, this series suffers from pretty big flaws that might make many viewers give up: the terrible plot, terrible characterization/introspection, and awful pacing.
The plot is... there, I believe, but it's pretty confusing. Some problems that are introduced in the beginning don't seem to be a big deal in the long run; on the other hand there are other problems that are only introduced toward the end and then quickly resolved. The whole time I had no idea what did I have to worry about.
The characters are all flat, main characters included. There is some personality sprinkled here and there, but the final result looks more like a bunch of caricatures than actual characters with a decent depth. For the same reason I wasn't able to enjoy the romance as much as I wished to: the feelings of their characters, their thoughts and their background are all too foggy or shown too little for me to actually get into it.
Finally, the pacing: it was unbearably slow most of the time and I had trouble keeping up with what was happening because I got distracted multiple times. Some endless scenes could have taken much less screentime and still work, some others would have used more time to be properly shown.
Can't bring myself to recommend this series unless you have nothing better to do.
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