Dropped it after episode 3. I don't know if it's bad or if I'm just not in the mood for a show like this right now, but at that point watching it had become a chore, and I couldn't see a point in forcing myself to finish it.
What a work of art. How often do we see a BL that is this well made, this well written, and this well acted? It's pretty rare. At first, I thought that charging more than the monthly price of a Viki subscription for just five episodes was ludicrous. Well, I don't think that anymore.
At this point I don't care about what other people say because reading so many negative reviews and comments only…
“I just want to say that I've binge-watched it in 3 days and my experience was different from the one of those who have followed it week by week. I believe it's better to watch it in one sitting.” — I think that might be it, exactly. A slow-paced episode after a week of waiting would probably be pretty frustrating.
Was it perfect? No. Was it melodramatic? A tad. Still, I rank it pretty high by comparison to other BLs. I like melodrama, so that to me wasn't really a negative. What can I say, I grew up on Brazilian and Mexican telenovelas, so I'm used to melodrama.
I like the fact that no one was raped as a way to kickstart the romance. I hate that this needs to be stated, but the BL genre still has too many cases of this. Though I will say that I found Pharm's repeated reluctance towards physical contact quite puzzling, and a bit frustrating. Did I overlook the part where they gave any explanation for that?
I was disappointed that Yacht was there but had barely any lines. And I do think Dean—and Pharm too, now that I think about it—wasn't developed as much as I'd like. I feel like I watched 17 episodes and still barely know the characters.
I understand that some of my questions could be answered by reading the novel—which I'll probably do—, but I think a show, even if inspired by a novel, has to stand on its own (i.e. one shouldn't be required to read the novel to fully understand the show).
Still great, though.
I like the fact that no one was raped as a way to kickstart the romance. I hate that this needs to be stated, but the BL genre still has too many cases of this. Though I will say that I found Pharm's repeated reluctance towards physical contact quite puzzling, and a bit frustrating. Did I overlook the part where they gave any explanation for that?
I was disappointed that Yacht was there but had barely any lines. And I do think Dean—and Pharm too, now that I think about it—wasn't developed as much as I'd like. I feel like I watched 17 episodes and still barely know the characters.
I understand that some of my questions could be answered by reading the novel—which I'll probably do—, but I think a show, even if inspired by a novel, has to stand on its own (i.e. one shouldn't be required to read the novel to fully understand the show).