I looking at all the reviews with high ratings and wondering if we watched the same show. I felt like it was insult to my intelligence because there was so much in the plot that was just dumb.
I literally had the same question about how Ta ended up in this show. I had to check the credits to be sure it was him because when I watched it, it wasn't up on MDL yet.
The piercing scene so much nonsense. I've had a bunch of piercings done, and the thought of a just letting some unqualified person pierce you in a motel is unpleasant.
I felt much the same way. There were scenes early on that had great chemistry, but it disappeared by the end. I found Sumiura's character to be irritating. He just vacillated between prickly cactus and trembling hero worship.
Your review is almost exactly what I wrote in my personal notes about the show, even down to mentioning the filters. They were too much. It started out so well too.
I feel like that final episode needs a MST3K episode dedicated to it. I would heckle the crap out of it. There was so much dumb, illogical stuff going on throughout it. They literally took logic and threw it right out the window. The rest of the show wasn't much better, but there were so many times during the final episode where I literally said out loud "this is so dumb" or "that doesn't make sense."
Exactly my thoughts! I found the last two episodes especially frustrating. The rest was pretty good imho. But…
I just watched this show and know it’s been ages since you wrote this comment, but I have to chime in say you had the exact reaction I had. I thought it was so good up to the time skip. Then they absolutely ruined the show, and their behavior in the epilogue was absurd. I had to make a new category in my personal labeling system for shows: “got lost along the way. “ I couldn’t put in in the liked it category despite liking most of the show.
I agree with your take completely. There have been very few shows that I've finished and thought to myself that I want my hours back. I didn't find either lead charismatic or compelling. I thought the acting was not great. I got incredibly tired of Cir's "I'm being really earnest" face. Stalking is creepy, not romantic. My favorite parts were Donut's cute pointy nose, Rome's obsession with fish, and the portrayal of other kinds of intimacy other than what BLs usually go straight to. All the rest, no thanks.
I know this review was written ages ago, but I too was disappointed that the stalker was not the professor and was instead just some random guy. I thought for sure it was going to be the professor, and it would have made the show so much more interesting.
I agree with your review so much. The show was entertaining as anything, and the actors did well with what they were given. I thought Vee looked like he was on a treadmill in the dream sequence as well. The plot was so full of holes and people doing irrational things. The storytelling heavily relied on coincidence, timing, and people making dumb decisions. It all starts from the entire premise of the show:
Imagine, you're a shrine caretaker with a precious fragment of a stone used by a goddess to seal a crack in the world. This stone can heal people who are in dire straits. So one night a guy is like "I will do anything, bring back my love." Why would the shrine caretaker be all like, "okay, sounds good, let's grind up this precious relic so this one dude can maybe be reunited with his love of five minutes sometime in the future," thereby destroying said relic for anyone else to use ever? It just doesn't make sense.
In fact so many things fell into the category of "It doesn't make sense for the character to do that. Why did they do that? Oh, it was really poorly executed plot device." The reliance on coincidence and timing was so unbelievable as well. Characters were popping up all over the place to give people rides, interfere, or help move San around when the characters shouldn't have been there.
I absolutely agree with the commentary on the last two episodes. It literally turned into an anti-smoking PSA disguised as a drama. I like to believe that series ended at episode 12 because 13 and 14 were pointless until you like to watch everyone cry.
I completely agree that the way Ja acted the character of Pun was uncomfortable to watch. I also felt he came across as having some kind of something going on psychologically. I do think there are actors who could pull this character off and make them come across as cute and endearing, but Ja was a poor choice. It gave the whole series a strange vibe and made it difficult to believe the characters.
“The other horrible storyline is Good’s experience with the teenager. “ I think you’re referring to the storyline where Techno/No is raped by Kengkla who then tells No that No was the one who did the taking advantage of Kengkla. Let’s not forget that No’s younger brother Technic literally allowed this to happen in exchange for some kind of bribe from Kengkla. Technic also provided pictures of Techno to Kengkla and disabled Techno’s bike so that Kengkla would have an excuse to give him a ride. Both Technic and Kengkla are vile characters.
Imagine, you're a shrine caretaker with a precious fragment of a stone used by a goddess to seal a crack in the world. This stone can heal people who are in dire straits. So one night a guy is like "I will do anything, bring back my love." Why would the shrine caretaker be all like, "okay, sounds good, let's grind up this precious relic so this one dude can maybe be reunited with his love of five minutes sometime in the future," thereby destroying said relic for anyone else to use ever? It just doesn't make sense.
In fact so many things fell into the category of "It doesn't make sense for the character to do that. Why did they do that? Oh, it was really poorly executed plot device." The reliance on coincidence and timing was so unbelievable as well. Characters were popping up all over the place to give people rides, interfere, or help move San around when the characters shouldn't have been there.