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I like indecisive leads and indecisive plots as much as the next person, granted they do not like it at all.
Checkered Shirt is about a checkered shirt.. in the beginning because buying one catapults Jeong Woo and Hangyeol into each other's lives, and they're attracted to each other and the story picks up from there.
I can handle my indecisive leads, Jeong Woo is on the greener side of things when it comes to being an indecisive lead - he is kind of a jerk but he actually apologises and he seems like a standup guy in the little we see of him.
Hangyeol on the other hand is actually quite a well written character, especially when you factor in the fact that a lot of his backstory is yet to be revealed in S1.
Indecisive plots though? It's like they wrote the first seven episodes, and only then remembered the plot they established in episode 1 and at the very last minute, pivoted towards that. Which is not that frustrating knowing the second season is already out, but still a little irritating.
I'm hoping S2 provides better context and characters (not a fan of a lot of them here), but this was an okay story that made a panic jump at the last moment to be something good.
Checkered Shirt is about a checkered shirt.. in the beginning because buying one catapults Jeong Woo and Hangyeol into each other's lives, and they're attracted to each other and the story picks up from there.
I can handle my indecisive leads, Jeong Woo is on the greener side of things when it comes to being an indecisive lead - he is kind of a jerk but he actually apologises and he seems like a standup guy in the little we see of him.
Hangyeol on the other hand is actually quite a well written character, especially when you factor in the fact that a lot of his backstory is yet to be revealed in S1.
Indecisive plots though? It's like they wrote the first seven episodes, and only then remembered the plot they established in episode 1 and at the very last minute, pivoted towards that. Which is not that frustrating knowing the second season is already out, but still a little irritating.
I'm hoping S2 provides better context and characters (not a fan of a lot of them here), but this was an okay story that made a panic jump at the last moment to be something good.
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