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Taiwan is BACK!
Unknown is a wonderful BL with a pitch perfect portrayal of long term pining, age gap, and the stepbrothers trope.
The acting and chemistry are ON POINT (especially from the leads) which made the resulting characters very believable.
When it dwells in intimate family drama, it's stunning. It's slightly less successful when it leaves the home and goes gritty. Its other few flaws are the result of curtailed length. It could have used more breathing room to deal with side plots, characters, and companion character development. The editing was occasionally choppy and packed with flashbacks that broke the emotional tension. Still, those are mere quibbles for me.
This is an excellent show based on one of my favorite old school BL tropes that I know I'm going to be recommending for a long time.
The acting and chemistry are ON POINT (especially from the leads) which made the resulting characters very believable.
When it dwells in intimate family drama, it's stunning. It's slightly less successful when it leaves the home and goes gritty. Its other few flaws are the result of curtailed length. It could have used more breathing room to deal with side plots, characters, and companion character development. The editing was occasionally choppy and packed with flashbacks that broke the emotional tension. Still, those are mere quibbles for me.
This is an excellent show based on one of my favorite old school BL tropes that I know I'm going to be recommending for a long time.
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