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I wasn’t ready, I ran out of tissues…
I LOVED how this series felt like a breath of fresh air. At the same time, I HATED how fatalistic it made me feel —— like a hamster doomed to tread on the same track over and over again…
STORY: 10 - It was great coming across a story that’s different from most of the BLs that I’ve marathoned. It intrigued me so much that I was actually able to watch it all the way through, without being tempted even once to skip to the end (which I so often do if it’s not an ongoing series). While the episodes were relatively short, not a whole lot of time was wasted on things that were not critical to building the story, so I felt like I was given enough to be able to relate to and understand the characters.
ACTING: 10 - I’m not sure I’m qualified to speak to the quality of acting, but I certainly know how the actors made me feel. I felt Jae Woo’s hate and rage as he pounded on the gate of the killer’s house, his desperation as he tried to get back into the hotel on Jan. 30. I felt Ji Hoon’s confusion and disbelief as he pieced everything together, I felt my own heart breaking as I watched him say goodbye to Jae Woo and return to his own room to cry over their parting, knowing what he was about to face. I bought Hyung Jin being youthful and carefree in 2007, and then tempered by maturity in 2022.
MUSIC: 9 - One of the reasons why I got into watching dramas (whether BLs or otherwise) was because I would often pick up good music that’s made even greater by the emotional connection established with specific scenes. Unfortunately, I didn’t get that here. I still gave it a 9, though, because the music was appropriate enough and served the purpose of helping to evoke specific emotions. It was eerie or melancholic or tender when it needed to be.
REWATCH VALUE: 9 - Like others who’ve submitted reviews, my only reason for not giving this a 10 in this criteria is because it would be emotionally draining for me to watch it too often. My heart won’t be able to take the strain…
STORY: 10 - It was great coming across a story that’s different from most of the BLs that I’ve marathoned. It intrigued me so much that I was actually able to watch it all the way through, without being tempted even once to skip to the end (which I so often do if it’s not an ongoing series). While the episodes were relatively short, not a whole lot of time was wasted on things that were not critical to building the story, so I felt like I was given enough to be able to relate to and understand the characters.
ACTING: 10 - I’m not sure I’m qualified to speak to the quality of acting, but I certainly know how the actors made me feel. I felt Jae Woo’s hate and rage as he pounded on the gate of the killer’s house, his desperation as he tried to get back into the hotel on Jan. 30. I felt Ji Hoon’s confusion and disbelief as he pieced everything together, I felt my own heart breaking as I watched him say goodbye to Jae Woo and return to his own room to cry over their parting, knowing what he was about to face. I bought Hyung Jin being youthful and carefree in 2007, and then tempered by maturity in 2022.
MUSIC: 9 - One of the reasons why I got into watching dramas (whether BLs or otherwise) was because I would often pick up good music that’s made even greater by the emotional connection established with specific scenes. Unfortunately, I didn’t get that here. I still gave it a 9, though, because the music was appropriate enough and served the purpose of helping to evoke specific emotions. It was eerie or melancholic or tender when it needed to be.
REWATCH VALUE: 9 - Like others who’ve submitted reviews, my only reason for not giving this a 10 in this criteria is because it would be emotionally draining for me to watch it too often. My heart won’t be able to take the strain…
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