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Absolutely demented
Was it full of heavy-handed messages about sex education? Yes.
Was the story occasionally unhinged? Also yes.
Were there moments where I cringed so hard I thought my soul was going to leave my body? Also also yes.
Was it all worth it? HELL. GODDAMN. YES.
It pulled me in with the premise and sold me on the comedy. This is exactly the kind of absurd nonsense that appeals to me personally - it’s the palate cleanser I need after I’ve doom scrolled my way through whatever crisis is in the news today. The drama is only so-so and half of the plot could have been resolved with a 5-minute conversation, but I will forgive A LOT of flaws just to get to silly, stupid comedy slapstick with a heavy dose of romance.
Overall this one entered my rewatch list at high speed after the second episode. It’s just so much idiotic fun. Leave your brain at the door and enjoy the ride, and you’ll spend a lot of time smiling if you’re into fluffy unchallenging rom-com. The cute parts are very cute, almost everything is played for laughs, and everyone gets a happy ending.
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Latte and Almond absolutely stole the show any time they were on screen together. They were so damn funny. Yes it’s all very stupid humour, but again, I was into it, and as their story progresses there is real love and affection oozing out of the screen. Their first time being an actual realistic depiction of sex, including unsexy stuff like “who is leaning on whose hair” and “accidentally head-butting the wall” made me laugh like nothing else.
Special shoutout to Almond in the Sex Education Club where he lets his intrusive thoughts win, and then picks up and wiggles the dildo around. The look on his face alone absolutely sent me.
Special sexy shoutout to Almond when Latte shows him his junk in the bathroom to prove he doesn’t have a birthmark, and you can SEE Almond’s brain short-circuiting because it’s got “I WANT THAT DICK” stuck on a loop. Great acting, 10/10.
I really appreciate the constant message that sex is fine and normal, and seeking information and exploring your own body is good. It’s heavy-handed to the point where I started calling Lookpeach the PSA Girl, but dammit if it’s not nice to have some sex positivity for a change. Even Latte, the massive ho that he is, doesn’t really get any crap for sleeping around; it’s just a known fact about him, like Peak being a programmer. As well as that, the other guys don’t give Almond any crap for being a virgin other than to reassure him that it’ll happen at some point. In fact, none of the main characters feel any shame about wanting or having sex. And that’s kinda nice when so much media out there is nothing but angst and shame and self-loathing about feeling desire. It just gives me all kinds of warm and fuzzy feelings.
Was the story occasionally unhinged? Also yes.
Were there moments where I cringed so hard I thought my soul was going to leave my body? Also also yes.
Was it all worth it? HELL. GODDAMN. YES.
It pulled me in with the premise and sold me on the comedy. This is exactly the kind of absurd nonsense that appeals to me personally - it’s the palate cleanser I need after I’ve doom scrolled my way through whatever crisis is in the news today. The drama is only so-so and half of the plot could have been resolved with a 5-minute conversation, but I will forgive A LOT of flaws just to get to silly, stupid comedy slapstick with a heavy dose of romance.
Overall this one entered my rewatch list at high speed after the second episode. It’s just so much idiotic fun. Leave your brain at the door and enjoy the ride, and you’ll spend a lot of time smiling if you’re into fluffy unchallenging rom-com. The cute parts are very cute, almost everything is played for laughs, and everyone gets a happy ending.
SPOILERS BELOW!
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.
.
.
.
.
Latte and Almond absolutely stole the show any time they were on screen together. They were so damn funny. Yes it’s all very stupid humour, but again, I was into it, and as their story progresses there is real love and affection oozing out of the screen. Their first time being an actual realistic depiction of sex, including unsexy stuff like “who is leaning on whose hair” and “accidentally head-butting the wall” made me laugh like nothing else.
Special shoutout to Almond in the Sex Education Club where he lets his intrusive thoughts win, and then picks up and wiggles the dildo around. The look on his face alone absolutely sent me.
Special sexy shoutout to Almond when Latte shows him his junk in the bathroom to prove he doesn’t have a birthmark, and you can SEE Almond’s brain short-circuiting because it’s got “I WANT THAT DICK” stuck on a loop. Great acting, 10/10.
I really appreciate the constant message that sex is fine and normal, and seeking information and exploring your own body is good. It’s heavy-handed to the point where I started calling Lookpeach the PSA Girl, but dammit if it’s not nice to have some sex positivity for a change. Even Latte, the massive ho that he is, doesn’t really get any crap for sleeping around; it’s just a known fact about him, like Peak being a programmer. As well as that, the other guys don’t give Almond any crap for being a virgin other than to reassure him that it’ll happen at some point. In fact, none of the main characters feel any shame about wanting or having sex. And that’s kinda nice when so much media out there is nothing but angst and shame and self-loathing about feeling desire. It just gives me all kinds of warm and fuzzy feelings.
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