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It's about the circumstances...

What would you do if you and your friend are caught up in a multi million dollar debt, being chased around by a hoard of gangsters and a very handsome club owner who just so happens to also be your creditor?

You would inadvertently end up creating a comedy of errors.

It's made very clear from the beginning that the lead of the series, Mote, is a victim of his circumstances. He has his rag tag team of friends who have similar situations and their solution is to come up with a "risque" app to get out of this. Obviously, this leads to murder mysteries, murderous henchmen chasing our heroes around and a whole lot of threats. Nothing exactly new or ground breaking.

The charm of this series comes from the circumstances. The lead trio somehow always find themselves in comical situations, and this is not slapstick humour... The comedy is so subtle that it gives the drama life without taking away from the fact that this is not exactly a comedy. Add to all this a very handsome but kind of psychotic Sun (played to perfection by Mond might I add), and you've got yourself a top notch show.

I would recommend it to a friend.

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Dissapointment noises

What did I expect really? That it would somehow become exponentially better after that dissapointment of a second half of Love Sea?

It didn't, and I'm not surprised. It's a bunch of nothing, which I've come to expect from specials, but this is also a bunch of BORING. And a bunch of nonsense, but I couldn't pay attention to most of it.
The island visuals were the only good thing, I'm just glad they didn't decide to split the time between that and Bangkok like Mut and Rak were going to.

The end credits were easily the best part.. the beach views and the crystal blue ocean.. and the fact that it was over, of course.
But hey, I finally figured out what his tattoo is. It's a quill and an infinity sign. Yay.

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I'll say it - Jayden should have been the lead

What constitutes a good revenge drama: suspense, an intriguing lead, and of course, great revenge.

Doctor Lawyer lacks in all these categories and only makes up for it with the acting of Shin Sung Rok aka Jayden Lee.

The story of a good revenge drama depends on a fast paced and totally lead controlled narrative, but Han Yi Han, the lead here seems to depend upon the actions of others rather than his own to exact revenge. Even when the revenge is served, it feels like a let down when compared to other such dramas.

The acting doesn't help much either, with the other two leads delivering some of their scenes in the stoniest way possible.

The ending was no better, and I don't think the final arc of any character was satisfying enough. Just fell extremely flat.

Admittedly, this is not totally terrible, and has some absolutely brilliant moments too, but in retrospect, the drama could've been a tad better based off of the premise.

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Rainfall Ruined

Sometimes, soulmates may meet, stay together until a task or life lesson is completed, and then move on. This is not a tragedy, only a matter of learning.
- Brian L. Weiss

Perhaps this would have been better if soulmates really were meant to part sometimes or at some time. Basis aside, the story promised something new, something that would go against the very premise of the drama, that soulmates don't always need to end up together. A situation where the lead doesn't necessarily end up with the person who promises to be his soulmate, or with anyone at all. As the episodes go on though, it becomes evident that this is through and through a "I'm the one for you and you're the one for me story".

The drama definitely starts out strong, the chemistry is clear, the premise is interesting and the characters seem empathetic and fleshed out. However, as the show goes on, small cracks begin to appear, and the story loses it's steam. The creators definitely want to create tension with the "who will the lead pick" storyline, but it's glaringly clear who he will. Filler scenes, uncharacteristic behaviour, unreasonable misunderstandings and unnecessary characters really drag down what could have been a solid story and the more you watch, the more uneventful it seems. Even the genuine conflicts that are presented at the beginning of the show as a roadblock for the potential couple are resoundingly solved within a matter of five minutes, but something that can be resolved with a quick conversation is dragged out for 3 episodes.

Interestingly, with a premise as promising as this, you expect some kind of follow through or proper explanations, but everything is ultimately chalked up to the rain gods playing their games and the very thing that led to this huge snowball is conveniently tossed aside (rather underwhelmingly) when the writers realise they've messed with it too much.

What should have been a simple story was needlessly contorted to create a drama that effectively lost all direction causing them to pull out a Hail Mary at the last moment, and let's just say this should have ended at episode 6, whether the story was complete or not.

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*Shrugs for a minute*

Let's sum up
1) It was cute
That sums it up.

No, no. I joke. Better summary
Episode 1 - Birthday party
Episode 2 - Jealousy
Episode 3 - Graduation party
Better..?

Seriously, I don't know how else I could sum it up or review it, it was cute and fun and a bit unnecessary unless you're in it purely for the cute moments between Rak and Fah.

The story was neatly wrapped up in Your Sky, and this was just an opportunity to see Thomas and Kong display their chemistry again. Just them. No one else got much valuable screentime in what minimal valuable screentime this had and huge portions of the episodes were behind the scenes stuff.
I kid you not, they actually broke out into a choreographed dance number at the end of episode 3, I'm not even joking.

It was all good fun, the episodes were so short they were over before I knew it, and yeah, it's a solid buffer series of sorts.

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Luck in 10 digits

The most useless yet important thing I take away from this mini-séries is the fact that phone numbers are sacred. Not in the 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 kind of way, but in the 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 kind of way. I guard my phone number like treasure, no way I'm changing it for anything!

Hello, Is This Luck?' follows Na, a medical student and extern who faces nothing but bad luck. She's always getting overlooked at the hospital despite her skills, she's tossed about all the time by the universe which seems intent on hurting or irritating her, and her love life is an absolute mess. That's when her friend tells her that his life changed after a phone number change, so she decides enough is enough, and changes her number - in a bid to improve her love life. That's when things shift, and she finds herself caught in a love triangle between her original crush and a new love interest.

The premise is actually super cool, definitely got to be one of the two most innovative ways to merge technology and beliefs. There are also a myriad of ways they could've gone about the story, and for once, I'm not really angry with the way they chose to do it.

The actual problem with this series is Na.

The series would have been way more likeable if Na was written to be a better character. She's kind of selfish and rude, and does nothing but blame her circumstances and situations, without actually taking a look at herself and how her actions affect those around her. At the beginning, you think you understand why Na is so frustrated - she's so often overlooked at a job she's worked her entire life for, only to be reduced to the role of a pushover in the eyes of her peers, a rude intern to the nurses and doctors, and a person who fetches coffee to her superiors. Her personal life is also terrible because she has only two friends, and the cute guy she has a crush on can't remember a single thing about her, not even her name.
It's frustrating for sure.

But the walls begin to crack down the more you watch, and you realise that from the very beginning, she's not been the greatest person. And it's so ironic, because the very first thing Na says is that 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.
And her actions definitely determined her life, but I guess her philosophy does not apply to her? Because everything that happens to her is not because of what she does, it's because of rotten luck.

I really just had the hardest time liking Na, especially considering that the other leads were much better people. Well.. other lead. Because Nine (Na's original crush) is not a very well developed character. He's cute.. and that's it. I didn't understand why Na, or anyone, liked him romantically but I guess there must have been some charm that we didn't get to see.

The lead we are introduced to finally was my favourite character. Leemhai is smart, sweet and sassy, and amongst characters who are not at all developed or very badly written, she is an exemplar of how they could have been. She's not some perfect epitome of humanity either, she did many things I did not like, but it was much easier to root for her than anyone else. Leemhai was initially introduced as a competitor of sorts, but to relate to her as a love interest, her character needed good writing, which I thought was done better than the rest.

But overall? Good concept and story, not great characters. Yes, it was probably played up for the comedy, but it is possible to write relatable characters and still have them be funny. It's especially jarring when your lead is the least likeable person in there. Watching the finale, it was easy to guess where the story was headed, in retrospect it was definitely headed that way all along - towards the journey of self discovery. It was always about Na finding and growing into herself and they kind of did it. Very unsatisfactorily. I'm all for becoming a better person but why don't we get to see it?!

I know this seems like a lot of negatives, but it was not all bad. There were some genuinely funny moments, it was really nice to see Leng on screen again and the chemistry was actual fire. My girl Janhae is finally getting her recognition, her acting was incredible here. And Jingjing has been a pleasant surprise in any production she is a part of.

So in conclusion
1. Don't expect too much comedy
2. Don't expect too much romance
3. Don't change your phone number

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Beta version of a good series

To be completely honest - I have no clear idea on how I would review this objectively. Mostly because I feel like they had the perfect formula and somehow executed it perfectly as well - but a lot of it just didn't hit the way I expected it to.

This series had both a game design plotline and a workplace romance, and they somehow seamlessly blended them both to create a single story. Every new character introduced contributed something to the story, between the moments of light hearted humor or the sweet romance we got moments of surprising depth, all storylines had a proper conclusion - yet, there's something missing.

Perhaps it's a me thing, because theoretically, there's nothing missing from this story. Even the romance felt complete, for both the main and side couple. The actors did a good job, all of them managed to sell me on their chemistry by the end, and I guess what I'm trying to say is they had a good concept on paper, they executed it well on screen, it was just missing that bit of heart for me.

I guess that's what was missing - a bit of heart. Hopefully any other full launch of series about game design manages to fix this one bug, but as far as beta versions go, it was quite good.

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The power of negotiations

I started for Lee Je Hoon, let's get that out of the way so anyone reading this isn't confused if the review turns into an appreciation post for him.

But he really does have a knack for picking the most interesting of scripts, and this was no exception. The complex world of mergers and acquisitions was still a little lost on me even towards the end, but it was very clear that doing the job required a lot of skill, talent, a bit of luck and a lot of charm. People skills, financial knowledge, business strategies and again, a whole lot of charm.

The story almost felt like it was split into two parts: one of the mergers and acquisitions, and the other of office politics. The thing about having a massive lead cast is that you require focus on every one of them, but that can also mean the story can feel fragmented at times, requiring links to make sure it flows well. I don't think they quite executed that link well with the writing, but doing it any different would've also meant a massive diversion from the original plot.
This may have just been my issue with it, because as a viewer, when you can see two distinct storylines, you tend to latch onto the one you like better. I latched onto the teamwork and personal connections storylines of the M&A team, which meant the office dynamics were a little technical and complicated to me.

But despite that, for the most part, they did a fantastic job making the technical terms really understandable and creating dynamic scenes that kept me on my toes. The masterful tacts, the unpredictable ways in which the story moved, the teamwork between the M&A team were all a delight to watch.

I do wish a little more time was spent on developing the characters but I also understand that it's hard to accomplish in such a plot heavy script. One thing I appreciated was that there were clear character roles - set protagonists and antagonists. Because betrayals and backstabbing are incredibly unnecessary in an already complicated plot, I'm glad it was not done.

The actors did an incredible job, all of them. Having set protagonists and antagonists meant they could fully explore their characters and character dynamics, and every main character was compelling to watch on screen. And Lee Je Hoon absolutely smashed it out of the park I mean, he was just incredible. He always embodies his characters completely and you can't help but root for his characters, that always stands true. Him, and the entire cast, honestly, I can rave about each of their performances.

Overall, this was a solid series with a few downs it always managed to recover from. It kept me interested throughout and definitely had plenty of its moments. They did set up a possible sequel.. I don't know but with or without it, I highly enjoyed the series.

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Exceeded my expectations

I'll admit it, I wasn't very impressed with the trailer, no, but the series truly exceeded all my expectations.

First off, story wise. I expected equal parts romance and mystery walking into this, they set it up that way in the first few episodes. I didn't get that, but I was still enthralled.
Would it have been nicer to explore the mystery and backstory more? For me, yes, but that's more about me wanting the side characters to have been more fleshed out. Otherwise? You can absolutely tell that the creators took a lot of care in creating an airtight story, where the past confusions, bitterness and anger plays into the present. The reveals in each episode seem obvious in retrospect, there's really only one way it could've played out, and it did exactly that way, but what made it interesting to watch was the characters.

Speaking of the characters, they were complex and red flags for the most part, I mean, I spent some episodes just wondering how on earth they could pull off all the things they did quite nonchalantly. But I'll be honest again, this was as entertaining as it was because they were that messy. All three of them, the leads. And so many side characters, but again, we didn't really get to see a lot of them.
But you still want to root for them! Most of the time, at points I didn't like any of them, but for the most part, you want to root for them. As individuals, as romantic partners, as siblings. They were morally grey and doing things that pushed the plot and their lives to be more complicated, right from the beginning and it's because the characters were written this way, that the story blossomed the way it did.
Let's address the weirdest side couple before we move on though. It was weird. Individually, those characters didn't add much to the plot any way (side characters again), but the love triangle there was somehow weirder than the love triangle between two literal twins and someone they both liked. I'll leave it at that, the absurdity and amazingness of it must be watched to be understood.

Finally, the acting. That's not true, because I did expect some good acting when I started, and I got it. Absolutely. Film and Namtan have good chemistry, they can act well, they pulled off their characters perfectly (Namtan did it twice over, lol), and so did all of the supporting characters.

Pluto truly did exceed my expectations, I did think that the episodes could have been shorter, but that would've meant the story would've been fragmented and hard to understand. At the end of the day, it was fun to watch and I genuinely enjoyed it.

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You are my dream

I'm not going to pretend like I haven't had some weird dreams, no. I've dreamt of some genuinely peculiar stuff, sitting on trees, dreams about crushing on someone, I've had ones with full storylines, sometimes better than a few dramas I've watched, lol.
Dreams are fascinating, and if your dreams tell you that your annoying childhood friend/ neighbour is your love interest, maybe you should take a chance, because you might end up discovering that it's a love you never realised even existed.

Such a brilliant concept they came up with, by the way, dreams and romance, because when you say fantasy, with or without it taking up too much screentime, the love story works. It could have been played into completely, or used a plot device for the romance, but either way, they set themselves up perfectly. I absolutely loved Ai and Yu's dynamics and chemistry, the gradual incline from being someone who annoys everything out of you to being someone you realise even with being annoying, is someone you want in your life forever. It's the slowest of slow burns, but never boring because you get to unpack some rather complex connections they have as a pair, having known each other since they were children.

But it was beautiful watching them become a romantic couple, it felt comforting and easy, how you want it to feel despite there being complications. The second couple were also great to watch, they had similar dynamics in some ways to Ai and Yu, but their love story was adorable as well.

In stark contrast, if you're watching this for the fantasy aspect.. it was quite underdeveloped, to say the least. Like I said before, this definitely worked as a romance, but the fantasy was merely a plot device to further the romance, it never felt like a plot of it's own. Even when they tried to flesh it out, it felt rushed and nothing more. But that's okay, it's alright, watch this as a romance and I can guarantee something great. Just don't expect much of the fantasy.

Even though at a point it felt like they could have concluded the story with fewer episodes, I enjoyed it throughout. A good story, a great set of characters, amazing couples and chemistry, I can't ask for more from a rom com, and as I finished, there was a feeling of satisfaction and that's saying a lot.

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More action than plot

I wouldn't say I'm displeased with the special, but this had more action sequences than required and less plot than it needed, and that's not really what I wanted after waiting for quite a while for it to become available online.

The story wasn't quite up there in terms of intrigue, while they did manage to close up a few loose ends from the series, the special really adds nothing to the actual story. An new storyline, new characters, and it felt more like a new series than a continuation. Even the thing I've come to expect most from specials, a ton of romance and updates on the couples and characters, didn't really come through. It isn't a deal breaker though, The Sign was also primarily an action and mystery series, I just personally expected a bit more.

The production though remained consistent. Several questions answered, but new questions arise, the mystery/action/fantasy elements didn't have the right balance yet again, and the storytelling was a bit up and down, but after a while and after watching The Sign, I've become accustomed to it.

There were quite a few elements that did feel odd and a bit out of place, though ultimately it was fun to watch the IDF gang, and Phaya and Tharn on screen again. The ending was quite good as well, once again left me with a ton of questions, but also very curious.

Enjoyable, a little underwhelming and a lot of action. A LOT.

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IF LOVE WAS ENOUGH, BREAKUPS WOULDNT EXIST.

This line is uttered by Earth in episode 11 and there could not be a more suitable tagline for the show than this. In life we are all separated into three factions, the few of us who have no idea what to do with our lives, the others who do know, but have no means to achieve them, and the rest who are perfectly clear about their life's timeline. The characters of this show can also be classified in these categories. None of their lives are perfect, even if it looks perfect on the outside. Filled with real life problems, the show is relevant, but underwhelming.

THE STORY:
The series follows the life of a group of people, some friends, some acquaintances and some relationships. Cheating, lying, and trust issues form the crux of the story. While some may argue that these problems are dealt with everyday in real life, it gets exhausting after a point, both in life and in the series. The title is very well suited as the characters contemplate everyday as to whether they must leave the friend zone, and enter a relationship. All in all, most relationships within this show were toxic to the extreme, with very few exceptions, them being Boom and Earth's friendship and the brief relationship between Boom and Bern. Good and Boyo's relationship begins with a one night stand, Boom and Tor deal with his insecurity towards her job, Amm and Bern have a give and take and never give back relationship, while Sam and Earth's relationship is ruined by Stud, Earth's snake of a friend. As the show progresses each of these problems, with their relationships only get worse. Boyo falls in love with Good, but he does not reciprocate because they had decided to keep it just purely a one night stand. Tor believes every rumor about his girlfriend without consulting her first, leading to their breakup. Amm doesn't believe Bern would be able to do anything but use her money, and they breakup. Sam cheats on Earth with Stud and they breakup. The rest of the story follows the aftermath of these events.

THE ACTING:
I've got to give props to every single actor who worked on this series. They've all played their characters very well. It takes serious skill to make you want to slap a character, but they've managed to do it. Special props to Singto, Namtan and Plustor. They really bought out every quality of their characters exceptionally.

THE PRODUCTION:
The production could have been handled better. It was very dissapointing to see the characters go through no actual growth throughout the series, and for the characters that did grow from their mistakes, it was ruined by making them return to their old habits.

THE OST:
Nothing to hit home about. Your standard OST.

THE POSITIVES:
Though this series had a ton of negativity, there were several positives spewed her and there. The friendship between Boom and Earth was just beautiful and not toxic at all like some other friendships in this series. Another great example was how Boyo handled her sexual assault attempt. She handled it extremely well and with the utmost bravery. Other than that there is nothing else to rave about with this series.

THE ENDING:
Among all the things to be dissapionted in within the series, the ending takes the cake. Every piece of character growth was thrown out the window just for them to end up exactly the way they started out, miserable. Boom and Tor start dating again, and Earth gets back together with Sam. The only person you could actually see the growth in at the end was Stud. Every other character does nothing but fall back into old habit for the sake of the storyline. Very dissapointing indeed.

Overall this show does a good job at keeping you reeled in with the drama, but it soon gets annoying and repetitive. The story doesn't exactly hold up well and if any lesson is to be learned through this series, they are certainely not good lessons. Hopefully all the characters get a half decent storyline in the second season and actually go through some character development. I hope this review helped anyone struggling with the decision on whether to watch this series. Thank You!

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I'll say it - that was not fun for me

I had such a hard time with this one - because you put together Off, Tay, Jorin, and a stacked support and guest list, in probably one of the most uncomfortable settings ever, only to pair it with my compulsive need to finish every series I start? I couldn't drop it, I couldn't stop it, I couldn't stop watching (I can't drop stuff) and I couldn't stop complaining because despite everything the series had going for it, this has got to be one of the dramas that definitely gave me the ick.

This isn't necessarily an opinion you have to agree with, after all, it is an opinion, but the concept of breaking people up for no real reason and with no real remorse.. is kind of iffy. Yes, yes, I started it despite knowing the premise and this may once again be on me, because I assumed they would be breaking up people with genuine issues, to the point of no reconciliation, but was that really what happened?
I tried to come up with explanations and reasonings as to why the company in question, Break Up Service, was a necessary evil. In certain cases, they truly did expedite a break up that would have happened sooner or later, but that was still no excuse for someone else to meddle in the relationship. In most other cases, it was simply a case of selfishness that led to a breakup, selfishness on the part of someone involved in the relationship, but in no shape or form needing to meddle.

You can tell I had a hard time with this.
I know, I know, its fiction, but fiction can make you uncomfortable to the extent that you want to speedplay through it right? The very basis of the show after the first couple of episodes began grating on me, and even the comedy began to feel forced. It still had its funny moments, but its hard to laugh when most of the humor revolves around breaking two people up. The writing became repetitive, I slowly lost interest, and ended up bingeing the last five or so episodes instead of watching them weekly because I could no longer pay attention.

The plot did pick up a bit in the second half, with the introduction of Destiny, a service that helps broken up couples get back together. The competition between them kind of did take away from my gripes, but the underlying uncomfortableness I always felt never really went away, not even until the last episode.

The characters were.. a mixed bag to say the least. Jeud, played by Jorin, was a good character, it was initially established that she is a smart and resourceful person who is also very empathetic, albeit a little naive. She should have been the perfect match to Off's Boss, who at the very beginning was a selfish, untoward jerk, and unfortunately, she wasn't, because Boss was still kind of a selfish jerk right until the end for me. I loved their reluctant chemistry though, that was one of the brightest spots in the series, their back and forth that ended in a surprisingly sweet relationship was truly a highlight. But the character development all but peeked out of the corner before the series ended, and it didn't really feel like either of them had much.
The side characters were mostly used for sole purposes, comforting the leads, creating jealousy in the leads, or as comic reliefs. They did steal the show at times for me though, especially Tay, Kapook, Jing Jing and Godji.
The guest characters were awesome. They were truly, truly awesome.

So while it wasn't terribly bad, it was certainly not what I wanted, and did not impress me as much as I wanted it to. Honestly, all the guest appearances and New's cameo in the finale may have been the high point for me, and even with all its positives, this just wasn't my cup of tea.

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I'll be very, VERY HONEST.
I started this thinking it was To My Shore. Complete brain fog on my part.
You know.. Tide.. Shore.. I made a mistake.
Only figured it out halfway through.
But I also figured it couldn't be that bad.
I knew it would be completely different, but maybe not bad.
It was bad.

The first thing - there's no actual story. The entire series is an hour and 40 minutes, and of those, 50 minutes are the two leads making out. The other 50 is one of leads giving us pointless monologues. It starts off as a contract relationship between the two of them and then divulges into utter stupidity from there on.

The acting is bad too. Which is both fair considering there's no story and really unfair to us because why can't we get something good?

There were a lot of NC scenes.. probably too many. I cannot tell if they were any good because the sheer volume somehow melded them into one full scene that felt like a replay of a single one every two minutes. I also don't know if the leads had chemistry because
1) Bad story
2) Bad acting

A complete mess. But I was glued to it nonetheless because.. I don't know. I didn't have fun but it was pretty fun? Luckily it's very short and can be watched very quickly.

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A wonderful story, and a better sequel

Don't we just love it when anything defies all expectations? I'm not a fan of sequels, that's the truth but every so often, there's a gem that gets me to change my tune and I am glad to report At 25 in Akasaka S2 is one of them.

Because we see, the problem with sequels is that they tend to fall into the same drumbeat we've come to expect - the relationship with no real progress even after ten years, the couple who just can't communicate despite promising to actually open their mouths and talk every second episode in the previous season, or the love (who doesn't incite any) interest who just refuses stay off screen - the options are endless.

But thank goodness they knew what to write. No awkward moments between Shirasaki and Hayama like they started dating yesterday, no unnecessary love triangles and rivals, and no misunderstandings that had anything to do with their relationship - actually, no misunderstandings. We need to recognise how precious that is in sequel land, we don't get this often!

The actual conflicts stemmed from the main focus (save Shirasaki and Hayama of course) of this season, something that actually made sense in the grander scheme of things. Their careers.
How do you balance a romantic relationship once you stop working together is a good base, but they developed that into dating as two very public figures, into how do you mediate the fact that you're actually rivals in love and turned up the heat by focusing on their personal struggles as actors besides just having to compete with each other!

It is inspired storytelling in a lot of ways, though the idea behind the conflicts are simple, they are layered in a way that escalates the tension with each episode. The reactions of both the leads were also in tune with their personalities we discovered back in S1, with a bit of change, which credit to actually writing them as characters who can grow. They're not perfect, they change and develop as actors and humans throughout the ten episodes, right up until the ending and it was great.

Coming to the characters, Shirasaki and Hayama were completely amazing. Though there were some choices they made that I specifically didn't agree with, they weren't anything huge, and most importantly - those choices made them more flawed, more human. There's no awkwardness in their relationship (thank you again), it felt mature and grounded, they talked to each other, understood each other, what more do I want.
I also enjoyed Sakuma and Yamase, they provided some great perspective to our leads and were part of some great relief scenes.
Rounding out the roster is an incredible new character - Kuroki Keita - who.. well, did wonders for the story plot wise and character wise.
I love the way this show kept surprising me.

My only real complaint would be that Shirasaki and Hayama got a lot of chances and room to grow as a couple, but not as many as I would've liked to just take in just how great a couple they already were. By that I mean I would've liked more scenes of their playful and flirty interactions.

I very much enjoyed this sequel, it was truly well done and if you loved S1 (I did), chances are you'll love this just as much or maybe even more! Totally recommend.

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