Kate

you know what's worse? They literally decided that the footsteps will be THE ONLY SOUND for the opening scene. No music, not even any ambient noise lol

Yeah but I think they went step too far. I was honestly not mad about them adding straight couple as a way to make it more approachable for wider audience. The original webtoon did not have the straight couple, so adding it as a side couple is already changing the source material a lot. But then they not only added straight couple, but also at least for some episode gave it more focus than the main lead (like even outside of Heesu's romance, some episodes had less of him alone than the straight couple).

If you need to go this far, just do not adapt the gay webtoons, make your own straight youth drama with gay side coupe.

The adaptation was mostly based on vibes and not the source material < oh my fucking god this is so fitting 🔥

It's honestly sad. I don't get why they won't just make their original youth dramas if they want to focus on the straight characters, why adapt original BL stories 😭

the opening scene was so bad. Who thought that sound design and idea was good? 😭

same! When a fluff gentle fun guy gets jealous, it's a game changer! 🔥🔥🔥

I mean there being straight couple is one thing, but the amount of time used on tennis and covers is just embarrassing

I am convinced that romance in nor romance focused dramas is always FUCKING BEST.

I am living for I Yeong and Koo Do Won 🔥 that fucing elevator scene? The tension, and the realistic soft angst with what he said after stepping out of it. But also that scene in the 4th year residents area - how he was pretending to sleep, but also you can fucking see how conflicted he is.

But also the last part of the episode, poor girl... and then we get to see I Young also breaking down because of her mother's death and the memories.

Damn this was such a good episode. 1h 20 minutes, but feels so short 😭
I love the slice of life vibe.

really mid 🥲

it is don't bother, sadly coz "the leads" were cute, they just felt more like side.

yeah when I read your review after posting mine, I literally could not stop laughing about the alternative title lol

One of better perfectomance I saw this year. Was planning to skip The Prisoner of Beauty coz I'm not the biggest fan of Liu Yu Ning, but I might check it out for her.

Her crying scenes were AMAZING! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

And so the drama ended. And the last 6 episodes were all over the place.

I am not even joking, there was one moment in one of the last episodes when I honestly thought they were trolling me.
They just gave me a conclusion to a completely different show with different themes and tone 🤣

Still Ban Xia was FUCKING GREAT. One of the best FLs I have seen this year, if not the best. She was so real, relatable, emotionally strong and adorable 😭

NOT spoiler free review: https://mydramalist.com/profile/theKate/review/450072

If I had to retitle this story, it would be "ChanYoung and his love story in Class 2...featuring Heesu" < bosh not both of us starting the reviews in a similar way 🤣🤣

very time there was a heart-fluttering moment or a genuinely sweet interaction between them, the drama in the next episode would abruptly cut away to the other couple. < this! It was like they were baiting us with good episodes to follow up with straights playing tennis and guitar 🤡

I'm renaming the show to: Heesu In the Background Of Class 2.

Biggest issue? Straight couple. To quote myself: I would not even be that mad if they were not just so painfully boring both as a couple and as individual characters. But to take away from the gay couple, to focus on this mediocrity is just a crime.

Heesu and Seung won were amazing - just go and watch compilations of their scenes on youtube, no need to watch the whole show 🤡

For me thoughts you can check my review
https://mydramalist.com/profile/theKate/review/450134

i mean 36 years old and he gives us "BL but homophobic so we just touch lips, not really kissing" kiss 🤡

I mean every drama is 10/10 is I skip all the bad scenes 🙂

they should just put whole tennis matches as episodes. Episodes would have to be twice as long, but it;s worth it 🔥

i mean they need to conclude the tennis story 🤡 We all just die to see how it ends 🤣