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hot and cold ML
Overall: was not a fan of one ML being hot and cold. Too much time spent on obvious villains. 65 episodes a couple minutes each. Watch episodes 1-5 on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94xidyP8QrQ Note the uncut version is almost identical to the cut version, perhaps a few extra seconds of kissing so watch the uncut version. Aired on the Shortime app which also has: Double Play, Please Teach Me, Falling For My Boss, Summer Indigo, The Secrets of Male Students, Accent, Ippon: Hold Me Tight, Influencer Love, Blue Complex and Buddy Boy. App information is below. My invite link is https://playground.shortime.app/en/invite/NKNIWI - the code is NKNIWI (those are all capital letters, that's the capital letter i)Content Warnings: homophobia, manipulation, hit, violence, non con kiss, past murder, murder, manhandling, trauma/mental health struggles, drugging, kidnapping, unwanted public outing
What I Liked
- that a ML tried to change his fate
- sweet moments
- perceptive co-worker
- intelligence shown in episode 50
Room For Improvement
- nonsense, who just stands and stares at an incoming car and also the car didn't break? then at the end they decide to walk on the street instead of the sidewalk
- episode 13 back hug felt very out of place
- cartoony villains, wish they had spent more time on the relationship development
- one of the MLs was hot and cold and I couldn't trust his feelings
- the non con sleeping kiss
- telling the plot through voice overs instead of showing the viewer
My Watch For Free Plan (updated Feb 2025)
1 friend referral code = 20 (1 time bonus) My invite link is https://playground.shortime.app/en/invite/NKNIWI - the code is NKNIWI (those are all capital letters, that's the capital letter i)
On the Rewards (popcorn bag icon page)
- check in = 5 (increases over 7 days up to 25)
- create a login = 20? (I did create a login because otherwise you only get 1 Always Win box instead of 3 per day, I think this was 20 popcorn)
- do the 3 random popcorn from the daily Always Win box = 30 (I'd normally get 5-15, around 30 in total)
- Watch Ads, watch all 10 ads each day, have to wait 30 seconds in between ads = 110
When you run out of popcorn while watching, you can watch 5 episodes each day with ads
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Not A Strong Short Series
Maybe the fact that this series is very limited in time makes it lack so much, but it’s not the best. This story is about someone who gets in an accident, passes away and gets revived but now is a year in the past. This character with the knowledge he now has from his future self, he tries to do things differently and finds his little lover. While I’m not the biggest fan of this plot alone, it wasn’t really interpreted well, a lot felt rushed and like there wasn’t any sort of build up in the relationship, ever since the ML met the second ML, the second ML was extremely kind and interested in the first ML. Therefore it didn’t feel like anything was actually built, in the sense of their relationship and what led to it. But regardless it’s not the worst thing ever, not really my cup of tea, but not horrible. I wouldn’t 100% recommend, just because there’s better out there. But anyway I rate this 7/10.Was this review helpful to you?
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This wasn’t great. The acting was stiff and the leads had very little chemistry. Their relationship was very formal all the way through - no fluff or sweet moments to be found. The plot and script were soap opera level overdramatic.The way the relationship was portrayed, it very much was sexual harassment and assault from both sides. The employee kisses the boss while he’s drunk and passed out. The boss breaks all kinds of boundaries, showing up at the employee’s house, giving him his personal number and asking him to go for a meal, wrapping his arms around him while teaching him baseball, and more. There’s a scene where the employee says to “wait” as the boss is going in for their first kiss, and the boss does not stop at all and kisses him anyways. The employee also tells the boss that he wants to be careful about their relationship at work, and the boss responds by pinning him to the wall, pinning his arm against the wall when the employee tries to push him away, and kissing him anyways. The justification is that he “can’t help it” and “this is him trying”. All the way until the end of the show, the employee still calls the boss “Director”, and not in a fun jokey kind of way. There’s very much a power dynamic that never dissipates.
Also, after the boss rejects the employee and the employee starts avoiding him, the boss starts power tripping. He abuses his power to try to force meetings and grabs the employee’s wrist to the point of pain to force a conversation. He grabs and drags the employee violently several times during the series. When he’s upset, he gets angry and violent, yelling and hitting things. If that’s the way you act when the person you like isn’t doing what you want, then they’re much better off without you.
I’m not sure why this is rated 18+. There are a few kissing scenes, but it’s lips only (not even going down to the neck). Their shoulders and backs block their mouths in a lot of shots. No sex scenes or makeout scenes. It’s not abnormally violent or profane either.
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