It's also now available to watch on Crunchyroll for anyone who had trouble watching it on place's like WeTV.I'm…
Yes, it's been on CR for a while (it's listed in the "Where To Watch" section), but they are still adding episodes. Only one or two left now, though, depending on whether they will add the specials.
I just found out about this today, and ran to watch both episodes (thank you Manner of Death for making me get…
The premise and the plot seem very manga-esque to me, but in a good way -- think Cherry Magic, not in content or style but the way it echoes the manga without looking or feeling like a live action anime. I have no idea if this is based on anything or is an original script, but anyway, it works really well.
There are some standard BL tropes here, not least a classic obsessed seme/tsundere uke dynamic. Gao Shi De is a typical, somewhat stalkery, obsessed seme type, but the series manages to stay (so far) firmly on the "romantic" side of the creepy-line. Gao Shi De has been obsessed with Zhou Shu Yi for years, but has never approached him directly -- just kept winning over him in absolutely everything , in what may be an effective but rather backward strategy to make sure Zhou Shu Yi will never fail to notice him. Because yes, ZSY does indeed become totally hung up on GSD, but mostly because he hates his guts, LOL.
ZSY on his part is the totally oblivious guy who has a secret crush on his childhood female best friend, and it's when ZSY is heartbroken over the girl choosing the other childhood best friend over him that GSD steps in and starts his campaign. He does this by blackmailing ZSY into being his "pageboy", which ZSY agrees to rather easily, considering how much he "hates" GSD. The resulting relationship could have looked toxic in other hands, but the creators manage to make it look like a rather sweet D/s dynamic -- apart from the blackmail element, which is not all that nice, but as far as blackmail goes, it is rather low-key, and I'm pretty sure GSD would never have gone through with it if ZSY had refused -- but of course we can't know for sure, and more importantly, neither can ZSY. This is somewhat balanced by the way GSD keeps his attention very firmly on ZSY, giving him things he knows he likes and stepping in to save him from awkward or painful situations.
This should NOT be my cup of tea, really, but I can't help laughing at GSD's smug little secret smiles when he gets ZSY exactly where he wants him. And I will definitely keep watching to see where this goes.
I just found out about this today, and ran to watch both episodes (thank you Manner of Death for making me get a VIP subscription on WeTV)! The premise may not be terribly original -- it's a rather classic BL trope -- but I really liked how it was executed. The acting was really good, the pacing too, audio and visuals are great, and the chemistry between the leads in on point. Consider me officially hooked. More spoilery comments will be posted in hidden reply below.
Maybe? I'm not sure if that's a very good strategy, though. I think it's equivalent to giving out free drug samples…
Yeah, those kinds of dynamics are squicky. I get that some fans have that kink, but it's far too prevalent in BL (at least written BL) and I wish it weren't.
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There are some standard BL tropes here, not least a classic obsessed seme/tsundere uke dynamic. Gao Shi De is a typical, somewhat stalkery, obsessed seme type, but the series manages to stay (so far) firmly on the "romantic" side of the creepy-line. Gao Shi De has been obsessed with Zhou Shu Yi for years, but has never approached him directly -- just kept winning over him in absolutely everything , in what may be an effective but rather backward strategy to make sure Zhou Shu Yi will never fail to notice him. Because yes, ZSY does indeed become totally hung up on GSD, but mostly because he hates his guts, LOL.
ZSY on his part is the totally oblivious guy who has a secret crush on his childhood female best friend, and it's when ZSY is heartbroken over the girl choosing the other childhood best friend over him that GSD steps in and starts his campaign. He does this by blackmailing ZSY into being his "pageboy", which ZSY agrees to rather easily, considering how much he "hates" GSD. The resulting relationship could have looked toxic in other hands, but the creators manage to make it look like a rather sweet D/s dynamic -- apart from the blackmail element, which is not all that nice, but as far as blackmail goes, it is rather low-key, and I'm pretty sure GSD would never have gone through with it if ZSY had refused -- but of course we can't know for sure, and more importantly, neither can ZSY. This is somewhat balanced by the way GSD keeps his attention very firmly on ZSY, giving him things he knows he likes and stepping in to save him from awkward or painful situations.
This should NOT be my cup of tea, really, but I can't help laughing at GSD's smug little secret smiles when he gets ZSY exactly where he wants him. And I will definitely keep watching to see where this goes.
The premise may not be terribly original -- it's a rather classic BL trope -- but I really liked how it was executed. The acting was really good, the pacing too, audio and visuals are great, and the chemistry between the leads in on point. Consider me officially hooked.
More spoilery comments will be posted in hidden reply below.
I think it's because they have actually worked together before, but none of the others have? Or they may have, but not that I've seen.