You Make Me Dance

This was really great. My only complaint is that it was so short, and that I wanted a bit more closure at the end.

The pacing across the overall series was perfect. I think the progression of the two characters falling for each other was great. In typical KBL fashion though, the actual content feels like it’s playing in slow motion. It’s perfect at 1.25x speed. The acting, from both leads, but particularly Shi On, was pretty good as well. It’s short, and the love story is simple without tons of conflicts, but it was well executed. The dancing was good enough to be passable for the story they wanted to tell. They were clever with the camera angles and cuts, and what was shown wasn’t mind-blowingly impressive contemporary dance, but it wasn’t so bad that it detracted from the story or anything. And props to this show for no dead fish lip presses! Nothing super steamy, but multiple real, proper kisses all the same.

My primary complaint is that I didn’t feel all the loose ends were tied up in the end. Hong Seok was being forced to go to Vietnam. Did his boss just completely let go of that after hearing Shi On’s confession? She was cold and uncaring the whole series so I don’t know why she changed her mind. Is she going to let him quit like he originally wanted to, and if so, what’s he going to do now? And what was her deal anyways? She was inappropriately caressing Hong Seok’s face sometimes, and that was never explained. What happened to Shi On’s mom? Is the end of that story line just that she abandoned him and we’ll never know anything more? And what about Jung Hoon? Is he not going to have any reaction to losing the audition to Shi On? And the show ends right when Hong Seok comes back to Shi On. They hug and kiss and live happily ever after I guess. I needed like 5 or 10 more minutes to see them actually happy together and see some semblance of what their happily ever after would actually look like.

No consent issues, but some minor boundary issues. Their first meeting, Hong Seok ties up and carries Shi On away over his shoulder — he’s a debt collector and Shi On was running. Following that, Hong Seok signs as the guarantor for Shi On’s debt, which Shi On plans to pay off by getting the lead role in his audition. Hong Seok starts entering Shi On’s house uninvited, essentially moving in, trailing him around, and micromanaging him, including force-feeding him and preventing him from working instead of practicing. Shi On says he’s uncomfortable with this, but it’s not really acknowledged. Hong Seok also demands that Shi On answer the phone whenever he calls. Hong Seok is very grabby — there are multiple scenes where he grabs Shi On by the arm to prevent him from leaving.

But overall, both consent and respect of boundaries were relatively good compared to other BLs. When Hong Seok starts staying over, he never presumes or insists that he sleep in the same bed as Shi On, and instead sleeps in a sleeping bag on the floor, even though the heat isn’t working. When Shi On tries to hold Hong Seok, and also when he tries to lean on his shoulder, Hong Seok immediately rejects him and Shi On immediately backs off. When Shi On first kisses Hong Seok, he gives him ample time to stop the kiss before making contact. When Hong Seok stops them and says it can’t happen again, Shi On listens. When Shi On says he wants to be alone that night, Hong Seok listens. I also appreciated that despite the creditor / debtor dynamic, there were no power dynamics between Shi On and Hong Seok. Shi On was confident and assertive, not afraid to voice his opinions, stand up for himself, or say no, and he was often the one making the first move.

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It's a cute short BL Series, though I wish it could have been longer...

I'm glad that SK is producing more BL series. The biggest problem though is that it's too short. Most of the short BL series they've produced had so much potential to be a longer series like Color Rush, Where your eyes linger, To my star, Mr. Heart, Long time No See, etc.

What I can say about the Cons for this series is that the development or the progress of their relationship is too fast considering that it's only an 8 episode drama which has about 12-15 minutes running time per episode which totally saddens me. Like what I've mentioned in my headline, if this was a longer series, the series could've made more impression or impact with the audience /viewers because the plot and characters could've been developed well.

Nonetheless, the acting and production is actually good. Plus, the OST for this short series are pretty sweet. Especially, the opening soundtrack.

Moreover, it's great that the actors had a good chemistry going on. Their short and cute moments in the series were sweet and I'm glad they weren't awkward with each other.

As for the supporting actors with their side characters, there's nothing much to say about them actually because they had little screen time. Nevertheless, props to them for their support in the series.

In conclusion, the thing that really bothered me with the series is the PACING of the story. This really had Potential and personally, it felt like it was wasted. Nevertheless, if you're looking for a light or mellow short BL series, give this one a try... ;)

P.S. : I'm actually hoping or looking forward to SK for producing more series like this but with longer running time so that the story will progress better because a lot was definitely going on in most short BL dramas especially this one (Color rush, Mr. Heart, To my star, Long time no see, Wish you in my melody, Where your eyes linger etc. ) and I'm sad that the director, producer and writer have to try their best to mesh everything in the story so that it could fit in a series which has only 10 minutes running time.

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My favorite BL Kdrama along with To My Star - both are cute, sweet, not toxic, and not cringey!

This and To My Star are great examples of BL dramas with limited episodes/time done right. Sure they fell in love kind of fast but it wasn't necessarily love at first sight. For example 3 years had passed since their first encounter, and Hoseok falls in love with Shion after watching him dance. I love that because I was mesmerized by Shion's actor's dancing as well. It could've been rather cringe but you can tell that he has a passion for dancing and that the actor also has some experience with modern dance.

I love the music combined with the cinematography in this one scene where Shion is auditioning. The lighting is rather dark but there is a spotlight on him. Then Hoseok appears from the darkness, even though in reality he's not actually there but Shion is dancing for him. Hence the title. That part was done especially well and I keep rewatching it.

Their acting felt super natural to me and I like the way each actor portrays their emotions. It's not overly done to me. Some scenes people might say is cringey weren't at all to me because of how the actors deliver their lines. I squealed at moments from the cuteness. The kissing is as good as To My Star's - an actual, real sensual kiss unlike those of some other BL dramas I've seen...I also like how Shion the more "cute" character is the more aggressive one when it comes to initiating skinship and kisses, while Hoseok looks scary/intimidating but is adorably shy.

The only downside would be the ending, since the conflict with the rival and Hoseok's loan shark business was resolved kind of quickly. But overall I really enjoy this series and wish there would be a season 2! But if not I will be rewatching this series, and I've already been replaying the ending song "Today" over and over.

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It worth it

I haven't seen a lot of K-dramas and this became one of my favourites. I had problem to fall for this story firstly, but then it happened somehow. It's hard compare to whole BL, It's really good for Korean ones. Yes, the plot seems strange in the beginning and not for everyone although it's cute, sad, lovely and I need to watch it again.

As I said, I think plot is weaker and not because it’s simple. Shi On is like homeless sad puppy and Hong Seok did mistake because he pat him. When you keep this comparison in your mind, the story become more realistic.

If I think about actors... I'm sure their visuals suit their roles. And they are handsome as a bonus.

In the end this is a story about destiny and desire to be loved. Also, I was look forward to kissing scene, because whenever I saw interesting plot and actors this was fail, but there I felt it. And I stand for what I have said.

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Só no sapatinho

mais um clássico da Coreia, tô feliz porque eles estão produzindo cada vez mais e eu espero só que os próximos dramas venham com historias melhores trabalhadas, com mais tempo de episodio, até os merchandisings que eles colocaram no drama se tornaram interessantes, e foi justamente pela forma como eles fizeram.
A historia é muito boa, eu sinto que poderia ter sido melhor trabalhada em alguns pontos mas no geral é muito boa mesmo, a atuação é ótima também, os atores são maravilhosos espero ver eles mais no ramo yaoi, a produção e os efeitos visuais foram bons só realmente precisava que eles não encurtassem a historia, apesar de ser satisfatória e boa de se assistir. com um pouco mais de esforço da direção e produção com certeza eles deixariam grandes produções no chinelo, mas eles levaram tudo só no sapatinho e foi muito bom. A ost é muito boa também. Em um total é um drama muito bom eu com certeza irei assistir mais vezes e indicar aos meus amigos.

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Anecdotique, mais agréable

Depuis l'an dernier, la Corée nous fournit des dramas BL de qualité. Cela dit ils sont encore frileux (et ils ne disposent pas encore du même budget alloué aux dramas coréens plus "classiques"), ce qui se ressent dans le format court des productions actuelles. En moyenne, celles-ci sont limitées à une huitaine d'épisodes, chacun d'une durée comprise en 10 et 20 minutes. Cela peut frustrer une partie de l'audience, mais pour ma part cela ne me dérange en rien, dans la mesure où ce type de format leur donne une contrainte supplémentaire les obligeant à se concentrer sur l'intrigue et à être efficaces (ça parlera à ceux qui s'y connaissent un peu en processus créatif). Juste histoire de comparer, nombre de BL Thais sortis sur le marché ont des caractéristiques communes : on va y trouver plein de digressions, scènes à rallonge, surjeu et réactions maladroites, scénarios vus et revus, histoires secondaires pas assez creusées, plans mal foutus, hésitations sans fin et placements de produits qui nous font lever les yeux au ciel... Bref, à part quelques exceptions récentes, on a souvent l'impression qu'ils sont en roue libre et qu'on a affaire à de gros amateurs à qui on a refourgué une caméra par hasard. Heureusement depuis 2/3 ans, leurs voisins nous offrent des productions bien sympathiques à se mettre sous la dent : Taïwan, les Philippines, la Corée évidemment, et tout récemment le Vietnam bien que ce soit encore très balbutiant. C'est une excellente chose, car désormais en 2021, l'audience dispose enfin de suffisamment de choix pour trouver son bonheur, se montrer plus difficile à l'occasion, du coup plus besoin de se ruer sur la moindre production thaï débile sous prétexte qu'il n'y a rien d'autre sur le marché.

Alors j'avoue que je connais moins les dramas coréens, étant plus une habituée des lakorns thaï "traditionnels", et quelques rares séries chinoises (qui finissent bien s'il vous plaît, ce qui explique pourquoi je n'en regarde pas beaucoup...). Et si avec le temps je me rends compte que j'ai acquis de bonnes connaissances dans le sous-genre spécifique des BL asiatiques en général, il m'est tout de même difficile de comparer les productions coréennes classiques avec cette nouvelle niche que sont les BL chez eux. Tout ce que je peux dire, c'est que même dans ces petites histoires sans prétention, on constate une volonté de nous fournir une intrigue bien ficelée avec un effort notable sur l'esthétique des plans, une bande-son agréable et jamais envahissante, et qu'une certaine poésie se dégage de ces dramas. C'est le cas de Color Rush, To My Star, Mr Heart, Wish You Your Melody From My Heart, ou encore Where Your Eyes Linger... Des petites histoires qui n'ont l'air de rien, mais qui je pense, nous préparent à la venue de BL plus conséquents et encore mieux foutus, l'avenir nous le dira. En tout cas ce sont des points que j'ai aussi relevés dans You Make Me Dance et qui justifient qu'on donne une chance à ce drama.

L'intrigue de You Make Me Dance relate la romance entre un jeune danseur solitaire et l'employé d'une société de crédit. Ce dernier s'impose dans sa vie et en vient à le soutenir pour qu'il gagne son audition, afin qu'il soit en mesure de rembourser sa dette. L'histoire est plutôt mignonne et tendre, on a de jolies scènes entre nos deux protagonistes, les acteurs jouent relativement bien et on évite de s'éparpiller dans tous les sens. Pourquoi ne mettre que 7.5 dans ce cas ? Simplement parce que malgré toutes les qualités de ce drama, le scénario ne m'a pas tellement passionnée et j'ai trouvé que les scènes manquaient un peu de profondeur, de sentiments forts. J'apprécie des histoires tendres et mignonnes, mais j'aime bien avoir le coeur qui bat un minimum et celle-ci ne m'a pas fait cet effet. C'est une question de goût et ça ne remet absolument pas en question l'intérêt de ce BL, qui plaira très certainement à d'autres spectateurs. Enfin, j'ai aussi trouvé que le revirement momentané d'un des deux personnages dans le dernier épisode (je n'en dirai pas plus) tombait de façon assez artificielle juste histoire de nous faire un peu peur pour les protagonistes, mais vu que les épisodes ne font même pas 20 minutes et qu'il faut bien boucler le drama à la fin de celui-là, on imagine bien que ledit revirement ne va pas durer plus de 5 minutes.

Malgré tout, le drama reste sympathique et de bonne qualité. Quant à la romance elle ravira les amateurs d'histoires tendres et douces, sans grosses prises de tête, d'enjeux compliqués ou de scènes problématiques propres à engendrer des débats. Quoi qu'il en soit, même si je ne pense pas que je le visionnerai de nouveau un jour, je ne regrette pas de l'avoir découvert. Et considérant la durée des épisodes ce n'est pas comme si on risquait de perdre son temps, alors pourquoi s'en priver ?

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Rien d'innovant dans le monde du BL coréen ^^'

Une fois n’est pas coutume, je me suis encore laissée prendre au jeu des séries de BL produites par Viki. Bien que ces petits dramas n'ont souvent rien de bien nouveaux à nous offrir, ils ne sont pas désagréables à regarder et nous avons parfois des bonnes surprises (Pour exemple : "Color Rush" que j'ai vraiment apprécié !)

Nous nous retrouvons ici dans le même genre d'histoire/schéma que pour le BL « Mr. Heart » c’est-à-dire du sport, une dette & une romance =D ! Je dois avouer qu’il n’y a rien de vraiment « marquant » dans ce drama. On peut dire que tout se passe sans réel problème… (Bon après, personnellement je ne laisse pas mon usurier loger chez moi ! Quelle idée saugrenue Oo ! C’est comme inviter un cobra à partager sa table… Oui, oui, je vais peut-être un peu loin dans mes images x’D !)

Je conclurai en disant qu’encore une fois, je trouve que les sentiments sortent à peu près de nulle part mais le format n’aide pas réellement à ce que cela soit plus construit… On ne passe néanmoins pas un mauvais moment devant ce petit Web-drama.

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Simplemente NO

La historia está bien(? No es la mejor cosa pero pues no es tan mala. Tampoco esperen algo tan profundo. El verdadero y gran problema es la manera tan ridícula y absurda en la que está hecha. Es completamente predecible. Me la pasé absolutamente todo el programa diciendo "apuesto a que pasa esto" y SIEMPRE pasaba.

Está llena de clichés que ya se usaron una y otra vez en los demás BLs coreanos. Y lo peor de todo es que no están bien justificados. Un tipo que conoces hace, no sé, dos días, te dice "Oye, me vengo a mudar contigo para mantenerte vigilado para que cumplas tu parte del trato" y tú simplemente lo aceptas? No se conocen de absolutamente NADA y empiezan a vivir juntos porque sí? Simplemente NO. Entiendo que la intención era hacerlos vivir juntos pero podían encontrar otra mejor excusa que funcionara mucho mejor que esa.

Hay escenas que se supone son románticas pero realmente son asquerosas. La escena de la bufanda es una estupidez. Imagínate quitarte tu bufanda sólo para amarrarle los pies a alguien y que este se ponga a correr por todo el lugar con los pies amarrados con la bufanda que ni siquiera es que tenga un nudo tan apretado y fácilmente se puede zafar con un poco de esfuerzo. ESPERO que el tipo haya tirado a la basura esa bufanda.

También la escena de la lágrima es SIMPLEMENTE NO. El tipo para comprobar si el otro está llorando le quita de la cara una lágrima y SE LA METE A LA BOCA Y SE LA TRAGA. Quiero saber por qué el/la/elle guionista pensó que esto era una buena idea para una escena romántica poner esto. Eso sí que es asqueroso.

Hicieron parecer a uno de los protagonistas como un tonto todo el programa. Siempre se caía por cualquier cosa y milagrosamente el otro aparecía para salvarlo. Eso es demasiado irreal. No pasa.

Además que se enamoraron luego de unas dos semanas de conocerse simplemente porque sí. Forzaron mucho las escenas en las que "surgía el amor" para justificar el enamoramiento pero es que todo era muy irreal. En una sociedad tan conservadora como la coreana no se van abrazando porque sí a cada rato. Simplemente NO.

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Emocionante e bonito

Que lindo e triste. You Make Me Dance é aquele típico bl coreano, pelo menos era o que eu pensava, ele é fofo de fato, mas o drama e a melancolia estão totalmente inturmados nas imagens, sao imagens frias que te passam um ar de solidao e aconchego, coisas retratadas diretamente em ambos personagens principais, entao tudo se completa. Em falar no casal, a quimica voce sente de longe, o bl em si ja requer muita quimica, ja que se trata de dança e musica, e os atores conseguiram transmitir tudo o que lhes foi proposto, principalmente na primeira cena de dança, onde os personagens de conectam de uma forma que parecem estar hipnotizados um pelo outro. A proposta do bl é muito interessante, e tambem muito atrativa para quem gosta de sensacoes mais pronfudas. Gostei de trazerem a proposta do fio vermelho, e diga-se de passagem, eu nunca gostei muito desse tema, ate hoje. Ambos solitarios, rotineiros, traumatizados até, literalmente esperando seu fio vermelho aparecer para se tornarem "nós". Com certeza um bl muito emocionante e bonito.

" O que voce gosta sobre mim?"
" Você faz meu coração

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