DramaKakes

The second episode was SO much better than the first.

I'd definitely recommend this to people who like ghost stories but if you're looking for a romance, this one's pretty tepid.

It didn't feel like censorship to me whatsoever. We found out by seeing him confess to a guy. How much more direct do they need to be?

It was never a slice of life. ML got an eye transplant in the first 5 minutes of the series and started seeing supernatural visions...

This wasn't good. I think the fundamental issue here is that Min Jun is awful and I don't know why Jin Hwan likes him in the first place, let alone enough to try again and again and again.

This was fantastic. Finally a Lee Jae Wook led drama that sticks the landing.

I would absolutely love to.

Such a disappointment. The writing paled in comparison to Hospital Playlist.

it's on netflix...

Heteronormative subplots didn't monopolize anything. This was Heesu's story. I'm sorry it didn't include every detail you loved from the manhwa but acting like it wasn't a queer story when it's literally following a queer teenager's journey is just ick. He's queer before he comes out, he's queer after. You don't need to include someone's entire life for the story to be about them.

This was fine but not even in the same league as S1. Just much much lower calibre writing.

Season 1 wasn't even a Netflix drama. Kinda wish they'd left it alone all together.

"Queer enough" is quite the phrase. I just fully disagree. I think having our main story be about a queer teen gaining the confidence he needs to come out to his family, friends, and crush (which is what the WHOLE show is building to) is "queer enough". The presence of other storylines and characters doesn't take away from that. Calling it 'not a queer drama' but a 'youth K drama' is - honestly - you doing the erasure.

Yes, the main character who we're following the entire show - the one whose head we're in, the one whose coming out story this is, the title character of the series - he's queer. His romance not living up to your expectations doesn't make him any less queer.

I'm not blind, I just know what a protagonist is. Shouting down people who actually enjoyed a queer coming of age story isn't doing the work you think it is.

It's a queer coming of age story.

The straight couple are not the main leads and ya'll saying they are again and again won't make it true. Heesu is THE main lead, full stop.

Like I said. Ya'll were expecting a romance and they made a coming of age story. His growth relied on gaining confidence. And yes, he moved on from his crush because his crush was straight. That's a perfectly healthy thing to do. AND it's very rare for high school aged kids in a Korean dramas to kiss, straight or otherwise.

...I didn't say Heesu facilitated anything. I said those events facilitated his arc. And they did.

Heesu had more screentime than any other two characters combined. We were in his head the whole show. Everything that happened - including the straight couple getting together - happened to facilitate Heesu’s arc. Wild to call a coming of age story about a teenage boy trying to navigate his feelings for other boys homophobic.