See You After Quarantine?

Relatable story in a relatable timeline

To start off, I can't believe the Japanese main character is 37 years old! I thought he is only in his early 30s! Really good looking for his age!

Anyway, like I mentioned in the title, this drama is made to be relatable during these relatable times of a pandemic, where it involves things like stay-home notices, quarantines, falling sick etc. And really quite sweet to see how two people can fall in love just from online conversations and facetiming.

Each episode is only around 10 minutes long so if you combine together it would be around a 1h 40 minutes sort of movie but each episode contains up to almost 2 minutes of intro and outro, so I felt like that was a down point because I believe people may be expecting more.

The ending is also slightly abrupt in my opinion and not much development after the short while they finally met physically. Just felt like it lacked in this aspect.

Otherwise, a short and sweet movie that displays how boy's love can still bloom even in times like this, would recommend to watch.

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?CUTENESS?

Considering this was shot using a galaxy phone during quarantine, this short series turned out good. Acting could be better but overall it’s not bad. Love the appearance of Aaron Lai. Also liked that the film included actual Taiwan streets during quarantine.
Story is cute. Read comments about this prior to watching, and most said it’s full of cuteness. I’ll agree that it’s cute & nice. I’m seriously curious how the filming for this and the production were done if using a galaxy phone😊
It’s ten minutes for each episode. That’s what I don’t get. Wouldn’t it be less work to just do full length film rather than cut it into episodes if it’s just for ten minutes? I also didn’t see a lot of promotion for this series.

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Absolutely Adorable

**Brief Synopsis**
Story starts when T accidently sends a message to the wrong person and B pretends to be that person because T was offering the camera he wanted. After the ruse ended, they still continued to chat and slowly they start falling for each other. Story ends after the quarantine is over and they get to meet and perhaps move in together.

**My Opinion**

THINGS I LIKED ABOUT THIS
- Absolutely adorable little story. It can be finished very fast and leaves you wanting more. The leads are adorable together and once they meet up, their intimate little gestures are adorable.
- Absolutely loved the age difference.
- The male leads are gorgeous together. Absolutely loved them visually.
- The acting was on point for their characters.

THINGS I DIDNT LIKE ABOUT THIS
- No plot. Just a series of video calls followed by a last scene where they finally meet up.
- The angst was a little weird. Once again the angst is because of miscommunication.

**Conclusion**
An adorable feel good type of show.

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A micro-series reacting to the current state of society in one afternoon or evening. It is innovative and original in that the lockdown brought together two individuals from other countries (Taiwan, Japan) and even through an old camera. I would characterize it by immediacy, cuteness, you won't come across any deception anywhere, insidiousness and an excellent rating on MDL and IMDb won't deny it. One of the "young people" is played by the Japanese Akihiro Kawai, who will be 40 years old next year and even the big age difference was not very noticeable. The director won't deny it, and at least cast his favorite Aaron Lai from Be Loved in House in a supporting role.

Mikroseriálek reagující na současný stav ve společnosti zvládente za jedno odpoledne či večer. Inovativní, originální je v tom, že lockdown spojil dva jedince z jiných zemí (Taiwan, Japonsko) a ještě přes starý fotoaparát. Charakterizoval bych jej bezprostředností, roztomilostí, nikde nenarazíte na žádný podraz, zákeřnost a výborné hodnocení na MDL i IMDb to nezapře. Jednoho z "mladíků" hraje Japonec Akihiro Kawai, který bude mít příští rok 40 let a ani ten velký věkový rozdíl nebyl moc poznat. Režisér se nezapře, a alespoň do vedlejší role obsadil svého oblíbence Aarona Lai-e z Be Loved in House.

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Lightweight version of Gameboys/Hello Stranger

Another entry into the Video Chat Bromance genre, "See You After Quarantine" is a quick, breezy drama coming in at under 10 minutes per episode. According to the end credits, the entire show was shot on a Galaxy S21 smartphone and it doesn't look too bad. To be fair, I think Gameboys and Hello Stranger were also shot on cell phones, so technology is no longer a barrier for pro-am level productions. The love interest between two guys with a greater age gap is refreshing departure from the same age cliche. There's not a lot of dramatic conflict beyond the "does he or does he not" element, but it's certainly a conflict anyone can identify with, so it works. We're also spared the usual padding with secondary characters and sub-plots, as "See You After Quarantine" stays in its own lane for the most part. More recent BL/Y dramas have backed away from displays of affection between the men, but here we get an explosion of kisses in the final installment. The leads do a good job of raising their performances above the rather two dimensional script. For such a short drama, it's certainly worth a look. You'll want to skip past the repeating open/close bookends which will save you about 30 minutes over 10 episodes.

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