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Is the multiverse.. real?
You can dissociate the idea that MAME came up with this story when you first start it because by all means, why not?! Come on! I did it! It completely slipped my mind that this is a MAME series before I started it because there seemed to be an actual story and I was enjoying it, coming up with theories, basically having fun with it even if a lot of it didn't make much sense.
Then I watched episode five and I couldn't delude myself anymore. This is a MAME production alright because those ten or so cliches in every one of her series became more and more prominent. The things that previously didn't make any sense suddenly felt like such obvious clues to the twist in that episode and I couldn't do it any longer, I could no longer make that dissociation.
For a couple of episodes after that the story dragged on a bit before it picked up again and I was once again shocked that an actual semblance of a story was present in a MAME production but again, so were all the clichés and toxic characters and behaviour. It's like a pattern, and if you have noticed the events in that pattern, you know they're genuinely atrocious.
Which is where my problem with the series lies. The premise of the story and the latter few twists, in retrospect, were actually pretty good. They felt like a fresh take on the genre (I'm surprising myself writing these words), but there was that one plot point, that one twist that kind of cheapened the entire story. It was a good twist, I won't lie, it caught me off guard and I was shocked and angry at it, and now it's just a bitter aftertaste.
That twist then shifted things not only in the rest of the story, but also in the romance and the dynamics between all the characters. Which was a pity because Boss and Neoul had good chemistry, and the series would have benefited a bit more if the focus had been on them and certain other supporting characters rather than the ones they actually focused on. Even with the good chemistry, the dynamics in the romance changed with the twists in the story and the viewing experience felt hot and cold.
The brightest spot in the series for me was the second couple. They didn't have much screentime together, but even individually they stole the show and I loved their energy as a couple and as individuals. Especially Jin. My sweet cloud photo taking prince, I loved his character.
After all that buildup, let me just say this isn't some mind altering series. It's stupid and fun and sometimes very inappropriate but it's not going to change the landscape of dramas about parellel/multiple universes. You go into it prepared for some amount of absolute nonsense and maybe like me, come out of it liking it a bit more than you thought you would.
Then I watched episode five and I couldn't delude myself anymore. This is a MAME production alright because those ten or so cliches in every one of her series became more and more prominent. The things that previously didn't make any sense suddenly felt like such obvious clues to the twist in that episode and I couldn't do it any longer, I could no longer make that dissociation.
For a couple of episodes after that the story dragged on a bit before it picked up again and I was once again shocked that an actual semblance of a story was present in a MAME production but again, so were all the clichés and toxic characters and behaviour. It's like a pattern, and if you have noticed the events in that pattern, you know they're genuinely atrocious.
Which is where my problem with the series lies. The premise of the story and the latter few twists, in retrospect, were actually pretty good. They felt like a fresh take on the genre (I'm surprising myself writing these words), but there was that one plot point, that one twist that kind of cheapened the entire story. It was a good twist, I won't lie, it caught me off guard and I was shocked and angry at it, and now it's just a bitter aftertaste.
That twist then shifted things not only in the rest of the story, but also in the romance and the dynamics between all the characters. Which was a pity because Boss and Neoul had good chemistry, and the series would have benefited a bit more if the focus had been on them and certain other supporting characters rather than the ones they actually focused on. Even with the good chemistry, the dynamics in the romance changed with the twists in the story and the viewing experience felt hot and cold.
The brightest spot in the series for me was the second couple. They didn't have much screentime together, but even individually they stole the show and I loved their energy as a couple and as individuals. Especially Jin. My sweet cloud photo taking prince, I loved his character.
After all that buildup, let me just say this isn't some mind altering series. It's stupid and fun and sometimes very inappropriate but it's not going to change the landscape of dramas about parellel/multiple universes. You go into it prepared for some amount of absolute nonsense and maybe like me, come out of it liking it a bit more than you thought you would.
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