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The Perfect Presentation of Predictable BL Tropes and Quite Delightful
Though the age difference in the body swap is a bit of a shock -- it's done so well and the two MLs carried it off convincingly and movingly.
Both the MLs are unbelievably stunning -- some of the passionate exchanges were almost overwhelming. Such sculpted gorgeousness in stereo!
There were some tired old tropes (in with the more unusual supernatural plot points) but they were delivered within a refreshingly different framework. Everything was delivered with polish, but still emotionally engaging.
Faults: Worst fight scene I've ever seen (and that includes Thai Mafia BLs!); and a bar that never has any customers. I've seen the straight-to-gay trope in this series condemned as old-fashioned; but this had an extra dimension. Rather than a straight character suddenly realizing he is in fact gay because of -- well just because; Cha was able to open himself to loving Fang (before they had a physical relationship) because he felt that Fang might be his wife reincarnated. He moved on from that of course - but it wasn't one of those, "Always been straight, one bonk and now I'm gay" situations.
Being Taiwanese the NC was about R13 but it was lushly romantic. And considering the current censorship tightening up, the series was quite serious about the message that romantic love is between two people - any two people. And isn't that what makes the BL universe our go-to happy place?
Both the MLs are unbelievably stunning -- some of the passionate exchanges were almost overwhelming. Such sculpted gorgeousness in stereo!
There were some tired old tropes (in with the more unusual supernatural plot points) but they were delivered within a refreshingly different framework. Everything was delivered with polish, but still emotionally engaging.
Faults: Worst fight scene I've ever seen (and that includes Thai Mafia BLs!); and a bar that never has any customers. I've seen the straight-to-gay trope in this series condemned as old-fashioned; but this had an extra dimension. Rather than a straight character suddenly realizing he is in fact gay because of -- well just because; Cha was able to open himself to loving Fang (before they had a physical relationship) because he felt that Fang might be his wife reincarnated. He moved on from that of course - but it wasn't one of those, "Always been straight, one bonk and now I'm gay" situations.
Being Taiwanese the NC was about R13 but it was lushly romantic. And considering the current censorship tightening up, the series was quite serious about the message that romantic love is between two people - any two people. And isn't that what makes the BL universe our go-to happy place?
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