Paralyzingly dull and inane.
While some of the reviews have indicated that the second couple might be more interesting than Hill and Ter here, I don't give one flying crispy cthulhu. If these four episodes are a measure of the quality of the entire production, count my ass out, I cannot sit through another twelve.
The summary here and on Rakuten Viki says Ter is off to a distant university to help 'get over his past relationship', except, oops his crush is at the same university! The first episode opens with a spicy bit and a love confession which turns out to be a dream. Or a nightmare, considering Ter wakes up wailing about it. You'd probably assume that this is a memory of an ex, right? Right? That would be the sensible way to interpret that.
Leave your sense at the door. The screenwriter did.
Very quickly things become confusing as Ter denies there was anything going on between he and Hill. He's steadfast that Hill wanted his sister. Hill, on the other hand, heart-eyes at Ter any time he can see him. Once he knows Ter is on the same campus he stalks him and comes very close to peeing on him in front of the other boys interested in the pretty twink. Then Hill just out and says he wants to court him. Which sounds like there wasn't a relationship then, but might be now? Did they have a relationship? Didn't they? Why is Ter dubious of Hill's stated desire to date? I have no idea how to feel about their dumb romantic shenanigans consisting of forced car-rides and Hill making stink eyes at other boys. If Hill had broken Ter's heart that might be something, but Ter seems to think his affection was unrequited. Ter doesn't talk about his feelings all that much, and what he does say is repetitive or too vague to be useful.
What are the bulk of these episodes filled with then? Oh, I'm SO glad you asked. Not go to class, obviously. When he isn't having dead-end conversations with his roomie , you'll follow a vacantly smiling Ter roaming around campus and going to club activities, interacting with other students to the tune of goofy slapstick noises. Sometimes they'd even put the noise in even if an actor wasn't telegraphing a response, it was very weird. While some of the other characters are certainly more colorful, I feel like all of these people are too stupid to be in college. All of the interactions are farcical without apparently intending to be.
There are some potentially homophobic parents in there, but I lost track of which people were staring at which guy across the campus with judgement. That's when the narrative wasn't interrupting itself with high school flashbacks which do nothing to elucidate the exact situation with Ter and Hill.
It's boring, tedious, and juvenile. The characters are hollow ciphers who exist to be benign and pretty. If the show has nothing of authenticity or coherency to offer in the almost 4 hours I watched, I don't think it bodes well for the rest.
The summary here and on Rakuten Viki says Ter is off to a distant university to help 'get over his past relationship', except, oops his crush is at the same university! The first episode opens with a spicy bit and a love confession which turns out to be a dream. Or a nightmare, considering Ter wakes up wailing about it. You'd probably assume that this is a memory of an ex, right? Right? That would be the sensible way to interpret that.
Leave your sense at the door. The screenwriter did.
Very quickly things become confusing as Ter denies there was anything going on between he and Hill. He's steadfast that Hill wanted his sister. Hill, on the other hand, heart-eyes at Ter any time he can see him. Once he knows Ter is on the same campus he stalks him and comes very close to peeing on him in front of the other boys interested in the pretty twink. Then Hill just out and says he wants to court him. Which sounds like there wasn't a relationship then, but might be now? Did they have a relationship? Didn't they? Why is Ter dubious of Hill's stated desire to date? I have no idea how to feel about their dumb romantic shenanigans consisting of forced car-rides and Hill making stink eyes at other boys. If Hill had broken Ter's heart that might be something, but Ter seems to think his affection was unrequited. Ter doesn't talk about his feelings all that much, and what he does say is repetitive or too vague to be useful.
What are the bulk of these episodes filled with then? Oh, I'm SO glad you asked. Not go to class, obviously. When he isn't having dead-end conversations with his roomie , you'll follow a vacantly smiling Ter roaming around campus and going to club activities, interacting with other students to the tune of goofy slapstick noises. Sometimes they'd even put the noise in even if an actor wasn't telegraphing a response, it was very weird. While some of the other characters are certainly more colorful, I feel like all of these people are too stupid to be in college. All of the interactions are farcical without apparently intending to be.
There are some potentially homophobic parents in there, but I lost track of which people were staring at which guy across the campus with judgement. That's when the narrative wasn't interrupting itself with high school flashbacks which do nothing to elucidate the exact situation with Ter and Hill.
It's boring, tedious, and juvenile. The characters are hollow ciphers who exist to be benign and pretty. If the show has nothing of authenticity or coherency to offer in the almost 4 hours I watched, I don't think it bodes well for the rest.
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