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Match Point — Love, Tennis, and Choosing Our Own Futures
Match Point was a fun and easy-to-watch school BL that mixed romance, tennis, family rivalry, and a little Romeo and Juliet-style conflict.
Sun and Bay come from two families running restaurants opposite each other, while their fathers have been rivals for years. At first, the conflict between the families seems almost more troublesome than the romance itself, but tennis gradually becomes the place where Sun and Bay learn to trust and support each other.
I especially enjoyed watching their relationship develop through playing doubles. They are very different, but when they stand on the court together, they become true partners. Their romance was cute, surprisingly passionate at times, and I thought Ping was very charming in this role.
The final episodes finally reveal the rather ridiculous reason behind the fathers' long-running feud, while Sun faces an important tennis tryout and Bay prepares to leave for Italy to study art. I liked that the ending didn't make either boy give up his own future just to stay together. They choose their individual paths while still choosing each other.
The supporting characters also receive their own conclusions, including Bay's older brother finding the life he actually wants and Kong finally moving forward from his long unrequited love.
Overall, Match Point was cheerful, romantic and entertaining, although I do think the story could have been told in fewer than ten episodes. Some of the family conflict in the later episodes felt stretched out.
Still, I enjoyed spending time with Sun and Bay. Their story ends not with one of them sacrificing his dream for love, but with both of them moving forward and trusting that their relationship can survive the distance.
Sun and Bay come from two families running restaurants opposite each other, while their fathers have been rivals for years. At first, the conflict between the families seems almost more troublesome than the romance itself, but tennis gradually becomes the place where Sun and Bay learn to trust and support each other.
I especially enjoyed watching their relationship develop through playing doubles. They are very different, but when they stand on the court together, they become true partners. Their romance was cute, surprisingly passionate at times, and I thought Ping was very charming in this role.
The final episodes finally reveal the rather ridiculous reason behind the fathers' long-running feud, while Sun faces an important tennis tryout and Bay prepares to leave for Italy to study art. I liked that the ending didn't make either boy give up his own future just to stay together. They choose their individual paths while still choosing each other.
The supporting characters also receive their own conclusions, including Bay's older brother finding the life he actually wants and Kong finally moving forward from his long unrequited love.
Overall, Match Point was cheerful, romantic and entertaining, although I do think the story could have been told in fewer than ten episodes. Some of the family conflict in the later episodes felt stretched out.
Still, I enjoyed spending time with Sun and Bay. Their story ends not with one of them sacrificing his dream for love, but with both of them moving forward and trusting that their relationship can survive the distance.
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