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A breath of fresh air
I seldom write reviews and I’m taking my time to write one for this series as I genuinely enjoyed it. It’s been years ever since I watched BL series due to busy work schedules. I only managed to watch it as a year ender due to the holidays. Firstly, I’d like to emphasize watching this BL series has piqued my interest and stirred lot of realization and emotions on my end. It’s light hearted to the point that you won’t get stressed/frustrated due to the conflicts that arose as you get deeper in the story. The actors’ acting skills and how they portrayed each character is really superb and they played it really well. The introduction and plot of the story is really engaging for me. I tried to watch 1-2 episodes at first if this would be binge worthy and would really pique my interest. I’m happy that I came across this BL series title in Netflix. It was really worth watching. The plot twist of Mick being the bad guy at first, then unexpectedly he was relentless in secretly helping the group is undoubtedly easy to miss. I was thinking of him as a passive aggressive character in the beginning. But after watching episode 12, my perception of him instantaneously changed! Sorry for that Mick! I suddenly love your character :P
I do have a few points in mind that I’d love to see if it was incorporated in the series.
1. I wish they could’ve focused more on the growth and progression of Thame and Po’s love story before the conflict. They have little to no time to get really blissful in the relationship before being separated. :(
2. Jun’s flirting - On the onset, I was quite perplexed on what Jun’s trying to achieve here. I thought of him as a hot and cold kind of guy that would just bully Po. They should’ve expanded at least on the JunPo ship and maybe closure I guess at least, letting Po know Jun’s feeling should’ve done it. I have to admit Jun’s flirting with Po is effective to the point that Thame really had to compete with Jun’s efforts and Thame acting jealous is really adorable!
3. The slow burn part really made me sleepy and almost lost interest when I was already in the middle of the series. I hoped they picked up the pace at the right interval and didn’t dwell on things that shouldn’t have consumed too much screen time, with not having the desired outcome.
4. I hope other characters would also have a chance at a minimum meet their LOML (love of my life) or maybe I got used to the traditional past BL series I watched during the pandemic, where the supporting characters had their chances to have partners along the way and navigated through the relationship. I mean yeah there’s Per and Gam but, I think it wasn’t enough. I was hoping for a JunDylan ship here haha.
In summation, this BL series is worth watching and a really good one to begin with. The main characters undeniably have genuine chemistry. I really hope to see them again, along with other veteran actors in the BL industry and of course other members of the boy band!
I do have a few points in mind that I’d love to see if it was incorporated in the series.
1. I wish they could’ve focused more on the growth and progression of Thame and Po’s love story before the conflict. They have little to no time to get really blissful in the relationship before being separated. :(
2. Jun’s flirting - On the onset, I was quite perplexed on what Jun’s trying to achieve here. I thought of him as a hot and cold kind of guy that would just bully Po. They should’ve expanded at least on the JunPo ship and maybe closure I guess at least, letting Po know Jun’s feeling should’ve done it. I have to admit Jun’s flirting with Po is effective to the point that Thame really had to compete with Jun’s efforts and Thame acting jealous is really adorable!
3. The slow burn part really made me sleepy and almost lost interest when I was already in the middle of the series. I hoped they picked up the pace at the right interval and didn’t dwell on things that shouldn’t have consumed too much screen time, with not having the desired outcome.
4. I hope other characters would also have a chance at a minimum meet their LOML (love of my life) or maybe I got used to the traditional past BL series I watched during the pandemic, where the supporting characters had their chances to have partners along the way and navigated through the relationship. I mean yeah there’s Per and Gam but, I think it wasn’t enough. I was hoping for a JunDylan ship here haha.
In summation, this BL series is worth watching and a really good one to begin with. The main characters undeniably have genuine chemistry. I really hope to see them again, along with other veteran actors in the BL industry and of course other members of the boy band!
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