How did Ta end up in this production?
All I could utter was "wtf" while I was watching this. There were lots of things that simply didn't make sense at all. If I made a series to make fun of BL as a genre I would probably produce exactly this. I don't even wanna start listing what was lacking because everything was. The kid actor was cute & the only scene I genuinely liked was when Leon got the kid who bullied Lucas to promise that he wouldn't anymore and gave him a fist bump.I am still very befuddled as to what Ta was doing in this series, given that he's a great actor & has starred in very high quality productions by BeOnCloud.
I could see this being fun to watch drunk with a group of friends, so that's why it gets some points from me.
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an idol vertical series
Overall: like many vertical series it had some dramatics, but I enjoyed it. 51 short episodes. Aired on iQIYI app.Content Warnings: manhandling, non con kiss, violence, bullying, manipulation, self harm, blood, blackmail/coercion, attempted murder
Watch Suggestions (to take out most of the content warnings skip episodes 18-19, 26-33 and 42-29)
What I Liked
- visuals
- how the idol changed and really stood up for their relationship
- his younger brother
- nice ending
Room For Improvement
- comedy sound effects
- coughing after the first kiss
- cartoonish villain
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like a bad fucking dream
I hate these short dramas so much, but I can't stop watching lmao. I thankfully took notes after I finished the show so I can actually write a review. I would give it a 7 out of 10. I am going to say some of my thoughts during the episodes, the pros, and then the cons, and then we are done.I am doing this in this order because that's the way my notes are. I started this show and then got to episode 26 and stopped, and I have no idea why, but I rewatched from the beginning because I truly cannot remember anything that happened in this fuck ass show. I am sobbing at my shity as notes of this show. "Why is he trying to shake this man out for eight fucking dollars like I know we need that eight dollars, but why are we going back to shake this man out for eight fucking dollars?" Bro is loaded, and I have no idea why he was trying to shake this guy, who can barely afford anything OVER 8 FUCKING DOLLARS? "I hope everyone in this show gets bombed." And that's about all I wrote for notes lmaoo. That is so fucking fun.
Okay, pros, because this show actually has some. I would be lying if I said these two didn't have good chemistry. Like, I don't know why, but it is so good. So I love them and their great chemistry. Also, it is not a student x teacher romance, so that is a plus in itself lmao. Also, the guy who’s not the superstar is low-key hot as fuck I cannot even lie. Those glasses were holding him back, cause he's fine as a motherfucker. Fuck I am so in love with him. I love the duty trope, even though it faded out at the end. I love it when one of them has to take care of a young sibling or something like that because their parents are deadbeat. That is one of my favorite tropes, and I am sick of pretending it's not lmao. I also like kids and think they are so cute, so that was also a plus. I can't like, I would rewatch this again. I don't know why. It was just fun, and it did jump around a bit, but there was like an actual plot there, and I am truly amazed, and I would watch it again. And I think finally, they actually did a pretty okay job on romance building, I can't lie to you. Like we had moments and we built that shit brick by brick, so good for them lmao.
One of the cons of this show was that it was somehow worse than the other one, lmao. What are we doing besides fucking around in my face, lmaoo. The whole thing with his on-screen partner pissed me off, especially towards the end. What are we even doing right now? They dont know, and neither do I. The pacing got especially bad towards the end, but it is a short drama, and that is expected, lmao. Yeah, the thing with the manager pissed me off, and the fact that they dropped the kid off at boarding school one day so they could fuck, was so random but so weird. The guy who played the poor dude, my goat, was trying so hard not to laugh in some of the scenes, it had me rolling lmao. Okay, that's it.
I would say watch it for the love of the game, lmao. Okay bye!
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Umm.. uhh..
I always find it interesting how weirdly fun (albeit equally unhinged) mini vertical series could be if they were full length shows. They're weirdly fun as is as well, but this one was.. oh.. this one was..It started kind of fun. Your usual amount of incredibly improbable plotline with a combination of very over the top and no facial movement acting. It kept going at that pace.. and then it got strange and bad?
Because it's a mini series, the plot can literally be explained in three sentences - Pat and Leon meet when both of them are in rather unfortunate situations, that somehow ends up with them in a pretend relationship. So Pat takes on the job of Leon's manager to keep up the ruse and because he's taking care of his younger brother and needs money coming in. But of course there's a bunch of problems that crop up, with each of them lasting around five minutes.
I don't know how to rate this - it was okay until it wasn't and over before it began, so, it was kind of bad? I don't know, just like their last series, if you want to aimlessly scroll but still watch something, it's perfect, because that's what I did.
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