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Confusion at its Finest
The Boy Next World was honestly, confusing to me at first. But I think that's what made me love it even more. We are given the premise of a boy who was able to travel to a different body, claiming he's from a parallel world. However, it is in fact—a lie?!
There is such depth in the plot that I had to scratch my first review. First of all, I would like to address the allegations on how this series "sucked," "lost its plot," or "trash." While many have their different opinions, I disagree with the harsh statements.
It is a series that tackles delusions, and the failure to confess your feelings. Its complexity might have made some of the viewers uncomfortable and disliked it, but rather, I found it quite interesting. The way Cir was a character that was not one-dimensional really added depth to it. He was someone who could get angry, sweet, and sad. The reveal in the end at how he was a coward really put the icing on the cake. It just shows how big of an impact someone could be in your life that you can go so far in admiring them. His reasons, well, might be "psychotic," and I quote from Cir himself, Phu disagreed with His statement. This assurance from Phu made Cir breathe a release of fresh air. Why? Because Phu was able to comprehend and understand what he was doing. When Cir found his light, his beacon, the only way he could express it was to protect him and admire him from afar and not get too close due to him being scared of what will happen when he gets close to Phu.
But at what moment did the fear of him getting close to Phu, disappear? When he was about to die.
The hospital scene turned the gears inside Cir. He saw it as an opportunity to be able to put on a facade in front of Phu as someone who is his lover in a parallel world. This was the narrative Cir has written, but unbeknownst to him, it is reality. While it is a narrative, it overlapped with the reality of the parallel worlds. Phu even believed in the end that the Cir after the 2nd car accident was not the Cir that he loved. Why? Because the parallel world does exist! It overlapped!
Why are people saying it was a wasted execution? Because it's confusion at its finest.
I love how this series transformed an existing idea, parallel worlds, and made it into something unique that TBNW has. It keeps the viewers at the edge of their seats and also makes them question whether the parallel worlds are existent or not. But it is! It's long been hinted that there is an actual parallel world, and in every world, Phu and Cir are already destined to meet and interact, but what's the catch? Every parallel world so far will end in tragedy. But the series' world defied those odds, creating the first successful world where they both got to live their happily ever after.
There are a lot of things I haven't mentioned to make it not have that much spoiler.
To conclude, this series is one that did not disappoint me at all. The way they were able to weave the storylines and make me confused was such a fun journey. Love truly knows no boundary, literally, because even love—finds you even in parallel worlds.
There is such depth in the plot that I had to scratch my first review. First of all, I would like to address the allegations on how this series "sucked," "lost its plot," or "trash." While many have their different opinions, I disagree with the harsh statements.
It is a series that tackles delusions, and the failure to confess your feelings. Its complexity might have made some of the viewers uncomfortable and disliked it, but rather, I found it quite interesting. The way Cir was a character that was not one-dimensional really added depth to it. He was someone who could get angry, sweet, and sad. The reveal in the end at how he was a coward really put the icing on the cake. It just shows how big of an impact someone could be in your life that you can go so far in admiring them. His reasons, well, might be "psychotic," and I quote from Cir himself, Phu disagreed with His statement. This assurance from Phu made Cir breathe a release of fresh air. Why? Because Phu was able to comprehend and understand what he was doing. When Cir found his light, his beacon, the only way he could express it was to protect him and admire him from afar and not get too close due to him being scared of what will happen when he gets close to Phu.
But at what moment did the fear of him getting close to Phu, disappear? When he was about to die.
The hospital scene turned the gears inside Cir. He saw it as an opportunity to be able to put on a facade in front of Phu as someone who is his lover in a parallel world. This was the narrative Cir has written, but unbeknownst to him, it is reality. While it is a narrative, it overlapped with the reality of the parallel worlds. Phu even believed in the end that the Cir after the 2nd car accident was not the Cir that he loved. Why? Because the parallel world does exist! It overlapped!
Why are people saying it was a wasted execution? Because it's confusion at its finest.
I love how this series transformed an existing idea, parallel worlds, and made it into something unique that TBNW has. It keeps the viewers at the edge of their seats and also makes them question whether the parallel worlds are existent or not. But it is! It's long been hinted that there is an actual parallel world, and in every world, Phu and Cir are already destined to meet and interact, but what's the catch? Every parallel world so far will end in tragedy. But the series' world defied those odds, creating the first successful world where they both got to live their happily ever after.
There are a lot of things I haven't mentioned to make it not have that much spoiler.
To conclude, this series is one that did not disappoint me at all. The way they were able to weave the storylines and make me confused was such a fun journey. Love truly knows no boundary, literally, because even love—finds you even in parallel worlds.
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