Vapid, shallow and annoying

It's not the first time I discovered that a show can be both boring and irritating - these two qualities are not mutually exclusive (as one might think). Here it's mainly the story (or the excuse for it) responsible for the boring part: it's BL fluff with no substance, no actual problems that need solving, no relatability either - it's escapism in its purest yet dullest form. I'd say the story and performances are equally responsible for how superficial it all feels. A good performance can elevate a weaker story and/or an underwritten character - here we have only bad performances: plastic, fake and inept. What annoyed me were the clumsy and dumb attempts at comedy; without them this episode would just be a boring piece of BL about nothing - with them it got even worse than the original series.

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