The Proper Way to Write Love (2025)

Is the 'Love' in the room with us?

This series mystifies me, because I think it was filmed beautifully, but the story is like a soggy novel. I'm not really sure what the final messaging is, or what their story was supposed to invoke emotionally? I feel like the resolve between the two was flat; there was no conversation or resolve. I feel like there needed to be something more substantial to take us from the fall out of misunderstandings, to the intimate scene.

I don't also understand how Natsuo never knew that Suzuki was Hiro. Especially if Hiro was his first love? Natsuo as a whole was a flat character, who really didn't have a story outside of being with Suzuki/Hiro. We never really got to see his side of the past or understand what happened before he met Suzuki.

Also, one thing that was glaringly obvious was the way they were supposed to be cutting and styling hair, but nothing was ever really different. I guess we were just supposed to use our imaginations or something, but it took me out of the story a few times.

The takeaway: The actors were great, but the story wasn't unfortunately. This was definitely NOT the proper way to write love.

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The writing could’ve been tighter less screen time spent on the salon competitions would've helped but I still really enjoyed the series. What I appreciated most is that it doesn’t try to romanticize love. The main characters are flawed, and it’s those flaws that make the story feel so raw and human. Hiro and Natsuo are both starved for affection. They’re lonely, insecure, and use love as a way to cope with their pain:Hiro uses it as a shield, while Natsuo seeks redemption through it. That push-and-pull between them creates a cycle of closeness and distance, revealing their self-destructive tendencies. They sabotage what could be healthy because they’re afraid of getting hurt again. It’s a powerful reflection on how our past shapes the way we love and how we let ourselves be loved.

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So far it's okay...and slowly improving...

I don't want to write a series review until I have seen it all, so I'm focusing on episode reviews instead. Having watched through EP 4, I would argue the show is actually getting better with each episode. Do the actors have chemistry? Maybe, but there's no reason any sense of chemistry should be apparent yet. By the end of EP 4, the MC is only starting to fleetingly feel anything toward the ML beyond annoyance at ML's ongoing audacity to insert himself in MC's life. I may update this overall review in the end, and I'll definitely update my rating, but I'll just keep focusing on leaving episode ratings and reviews until I complete the series :)

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