The Gaze (2026)

Pas terrible…

L'histoire possède un début entraînant, mais elle ne se maintient pas avec une intrigue fade et des personnages stoïques. Il n'y a tout simplement rien qui donne envie de croire aux romances. Le premier couple est ennuyeux, le second est divertissant puis tombe dans des scènes inutiles.

L'alchimie entre les personnages reste sur le bord du terrain. Les baisers ne sont pas cauchemardesques, mais ils manquent cruellement de charme. De même quant à l'ambiance factice, tandis que la plupart des questions en suspens restent sans réponse. En soit, il n’y a pas grand-chose à dire si ce n’est qu’il fait passer le temps. Cela dit, je ne suis pas certaine que ce soit un compliment à ce stade.

En bref, The Gaze est un énième BL chinois qui tombe dans l'oubli, faute de mieux.

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Typical toxic chinese BL...

It ended without much fanfare... While it was interesting in the beginning, it was overly toxic and the redemption arc was not well done. I felt like Mr. Toxic doesn't want to change for real and he still behaves like the asshole he is to anyone not connected to his love-interest.

I can't complain about the production quality, that was very high, even when they used too much blur for my taste in many scenes. So it felt a bit artificial. OST is excellent and the best point of this show.

Besides that I have not much to say. The kissing was lackluster, there aren't any nc-scenes and many say it's an adaption of another work but altered so they don't have to pay for a licence to use it. So that also leaves a bad aftertaste. Overall it's too plain and too ordinary to leave a lasting impression, it's average at best. If you are into the toxic tropé there are much better chinese series than this.

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