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Three stories - first story was good, the other two, about okay
This comprises of several stories, each one unlinked form the other. I liked the first story. If you are up for some quick, quirky fluff, you can watch it...won't hurt.BL-needle score- 8.5. High BL-ness (1 & 3), 6 Low BL-ness - Story 2
Story 1: The first story was quirky, and fluffy, with a tiny time loop thrown in. I was thinking, oh, yet another predictable, super-photoshopped KBL.....and then I saw that each episode is roughly no longer than 10 minutes, which made me binge-watch all 4 episodes and change my mind.....while it still is quite 'photoshppped', it's damn cute, with good production values, and has a time-loop plot to boot...I must admit I was pleasantly surprised...:D
Two uber-cute Korean boys secretly crushing over each other for a long-ass time without confessing...nothing new in that....but their moments were cute .....and then when they grow up and get into that confession time loop, it was super cute and funny....and that background guy , apparently minding his own business, but actually being the audience's voice all through the 6 time loops...lol...that was a clever and quirky insert that I really liked.
Story 2 is sad, and actually could have nice if the treated it better. It had a nice angst in it, with reasonably ok acting by the actors, but I felt that they could develop it too well, and it ended up feeling truncated, instead of giving us the jolt it was expected to, I guess
Story 3 is pretty run-of the mill, two ex-lovers getting back, did not really get the purpose of making a short like that, I mean if a short doesn't have a quirk or a twist, how does it qualify to be a short, right?
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This was an AWESOME roller coaster ride!
The MDL blurb doesn't do this collection of stories justice, and it didn't do anything to prepare me for the experience! I was squealing like a school girl at the sweet moments in the first story, laughing at the antics of the characters in the second (that tissue scene with a side character had me laughing out loud!), tearing up with the third, and cringing from second hand embarrassment with the fourth (at least in the first few minutes).
And that wide spread doesn't just apply to the tone of the stories. You'll see it in the ages of the characters, their life stages (from almost high school graduates to working professionals), and the situations that they have to deal with (from how to handle a parting of ways to how to handle coming together after being apart, from dealing with a growing attraction to dealing with a drunken confession).
I loved the variety, I loved how the characters came alive through skillful acting (no, the actors probably won't win awards for the work that they did here, but that doesn't nullify the good work that they DID deliver --- credit were credit is due), but most of all, I loved how none of the stories felt underdeveloped despite the short run time. I feel like I was given enough scenes and characters and well written dialogue for me to be able to relate to what the mains were going through (which to me is really the point of watching shows --- I don't have to know what happened / will happen like a year or a decade before or after, i just have to be able to immerse myself in the moment in time covered by the story). And it was all packaged in beautifully framed scenes that made clever use of lighting, angles, and effects.
My poor heart was pushed and pulled in different directions in the span of 1 hr. and 24 mins., but Close to You gave me more value at a tenth of the total run time of most BLs. I'd happily go through the experience again!
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Estou gag com essa série (compilado).Nesses últimos dias, me dediquei a assistir séries de baixo orçamento ou com capítulos curtos, e, de todas, essa foi a que mais me chamou atenção, porque ela grita potencial. As quatro histórias foram muito boas, mas duas gritaram tanto em química que se virassem uma série inteira eu não reclamaria por um segundo.
Na primeira, temos a típica história colegial entre dois colegas que agora vão para a faculdade, e ambos estão incertos quanto ao que seria o relacionamento deles, há algum sentimento ou ele é apenas meu amigo? Um clichê clássico. Na segunda, há uma espécie de loop temporal envolvendo alguém confessando seu amor. De primeira, achei que seria a pior, já que é muito difícil algo que envolva loop temporal dar certo no mundinho BL, mas até que se saiu muito bem. Na terceira e na mais triste de todas, vemos a história daquele quase romance, que aconteceu mais para um do que para o outro e que termina com um final infeliz. Na última, temos o clichê de amigos que se reencontram depois de um tempo para resolver assuntos inacabados.
Acho que deveríamos valorizar mais produções como essa. São atores que demonstram potencial para fazer algo completo mesmo.
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