the good things about this drama are the soundtrack and yoo jun's acting, but that's pretty much it. maybe it's because i already saw a majority of the other recent korean bl series but this really fell short for me. as we've seen it's largely a matter of execution, actually series with a shorter run time did a much better job at exposition and tying all loose ends by the end of episode 8...hoping to see yoo jun in future works, his range of emotions is excellent!!
don't mind me, just here to gush over how absolutely perfect this series is. i think it will remain my top favorite for a long while. could easily be made into a full 16 episode drama and so sad we probably won't get a season 2 TT TT Son Woo Hyun and Kim Kang Min, you've gained a new fan!!
I have conflicting thoughts about this drama. On one hand, the cast, acting, and production are top notch. On the other, I really can't agree with some of the dubious plot lines. First and foremost, why would you take a video of your crush crying and later use it as blackmail. Like is your first thought seeing him cry really "oh I should videotape this for later use"? And I get that it's explained as "I care about you and wanted to distract you from your unrequited love" but that kind of almost makes it worse -trying to justify the action. Then we have Shi De orchestrating the whole locked in a room scenario, which again is a little too creepy for me. There are other smaller things that bothered me while watching but these were the two main. Someone else also said they could've done all these differently without changing the plot too much. For example, have Shu Yi losing a competition and being indebted to Shi De/having to follow him around, etc. Anyways, sorry for the rant lol I wanted to share my thoughts with someone who watched the show