Lately, It's Winter Season (2026)

Romance manquée...

Le tigre s'est fait malmener par le mignon chaton dans une histoire qui a loupé son démarrage, s'ancrant dans le passé, plutôt que de se concentrer sur le présent.

Tant d'épisodes sur leur amitié me laissent perplexe. Leur romance ne débute qu'à l'avant-dernier épisode, et encore, c'est seulement parce que Tiger ne laisse pas vraiment le choix à Nao : soit il devient son petit ami, soit ils ne sont plus amis.

Oui, c'est une histoire plutôt mignonne et facile, mais les promesses ne sont pas tenues. Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de repenser au plaisir que j'ai eu à découvrir le pilot, à ma grimace lors de la sortie du trailer, et à ma déception devant chaque épisode.

En bref, Lately, It's Winter Season choisit de s'attarder sur le passé et l'amitié, au détriment de la romance présente, qui n'a jamais eu le temps de vivre. Malgré quelques bons moments, l'histoire se perd dans des scènes longues et un récit qui ne progresse que trop tardivement.

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By far the weakest arc!

This had so much potential, but as usual with thai shows, they just botched it. This arc had it especially not easy, because it was the last, but we saw so much of it in Part 1. When you know you will film all arcs of the novel, you should have started with THIS arc. Why? Because it starts at highschool and then fades into university. So the first 5 episodes don't belong into Part 2, they should have been in Part 1 at the beginning. Yes we would have been left hanging but it would have made much more sense.

Instead we get a time jump of three years in this arc which feels strange. And it just happens by accident that Mr. Mafia Boy confesses and that at the end of episode 6. They had the mafia subplot and Mr. Mafia boy did kill someone - no consequences - because it's Mafia I suppose. His then not boyfriend did not ask and Mr. Mafia Boy did not explain. Also no real explaination what the family really did, besides having a 08/15 cartoonish evil dad who had the decency to die without fuzz before causing more problems. As usual we have a not really gay but gay brother who is the same as Mr. Mafia Boy and then we have even one more couple which has not much screen time at all and they should have because the main story dragged on for too long.

They could have done something more with the mafia arc, but no. I have no clue if the novel is more exciting but this was not it. The order was wrong, the interactions with North & Johann are too short, Easter and Hill were not seen at all.

So for a standalone it was ok, but for the big picture of both season this arc did not work well. The actors were good for the most parts, the production was on a high level but the story is missing the kick to make it exciting.

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