K-Drama 
A premise that deserved more than I got from it
The setup genuinely caught my attention. A student forced out of school after being blamed for his own assault, years in the adult film industry, a return to college, and then a BL film role opposite the last person he expected — that's a story with real weight behind it, and I went in wanting it to land.It didn't, for me. And honestly I can't fully explain why, which is its own kind of frustrating. Nothing went obviously wrong. JaTae are a decent pairing, the story has ambition, the themes are serious in ways I respect. But something in the execution kept me at a distance throughout, and by the end very little had stuck.
Sometimes a series and a viewer just don't connect, regardless of the quality of the ingredients. This felt like one of those cases for me — a story I wanted to be absorbed by that simply never let me in. I watched it to the end and felt mostly neutral about having done so.
Worth trying if the premise speaks to you. It might land differently for someone else.
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A fascinating concept and a pair worth watching — if you can weather the drama
UpPoom are the clear highlight here — their chemistry is genuine and carries the series through its rougher patches. The central concept is also genuinely inventive: a stuntman who dies and wakes up in someone else's body, while the person who once saw him as nothing more than a replacement now does everything to get him back. That's a setup with real emotional weight behind it.The series doesn't always know what to do with that weight though. It trips over itself at times — too much back and forth, too much drama stacked on drama, and the toxic undercurrents in the relationship dynamic wore me down more than they pulled me in. It's the kind of show that keeps testing your patience right when you're starting to settle in.
Still, it left a positive impression overall. The concept holds, the pairing delivers, and there's enough here to make it worth the ride — just maybe not without some eye-rolling along the way.
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I like ZeeNuNew — I just wish the story gave them more to work with
I'll be honest: I skipped a lot. And for me, that says more than any rating could.ZeeNuNew are genuinely a pairing. But the story kept me at a distance. The arranged marriage setup, the cool businessman who pushes his fiancé away before realising he can't let go — it's familiar territory, and the series doesn't do quite enough to make it feel fresh.
Both of them also stay very firmly within their usual character types here: NuNew pretty, feminine, innocent; Zee masculine, cool, protective. I don't necessarily mind those dynamics, but when the story around them doesn't pull its weight, the archetypes start to feel like a crutch rather than a choice.
I didn't finish it, and I don't think I'll go back. If you're a devoted ZeeNuNew fan, there's probably enough here to enjoy. For me personally, it just didn't hold.
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