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7.5/10 – I laughed, I vibed, but romance? Left the group chat.
BYT had me hooked with its weird charm, quirky chaos, and a murder mystery that played ping-pong with my brain. The OST? A full cultural reset. “We Disappear” is still haunting my soul. I went in for laughs and a touch of supernatural sleuthing, but I also expected a little swoon. Spoiler: there was none. Zilch. Zero. Nada. Not even one accidental kiss. In a K-drama. In this economy?? Maybe it’s on me, I saw Suho’s name and, as a 10yo EXO-L, clicked faster than FL touches butts. And the animal stuff? Sold. But what I got was emotional blue-balling for 16 episodes.Let’s be real: Jangyeol was the ML in theory only. FL treated him like wall art, and he only caught feelings out of jealousy due to FL being so into Seonwoo and suspecting him as the killer, somewhere along there I feel like it messed with his brain and he said ‘oh I have feelings!’. Beween ML & FL there was no slow burn, no enemies-to-lovers spark, just… crumbs. Barely stale crumbs. And others shipping her with Seonwhoo? Uh? I love Suho but his character was sus af, annoying at times too, tho, poor thing didn’t deserve to die and he could have more or less prevented that by getting in contact with the ML & FL, but nah. However, thanks to him the serial killer was caught! :’) Also, if he hadn’t of died there was no chance in hell FL would’ve gotten feelings for ML. It was more like… oh wait this dude I remember, I spent a lot of time with him, but now that my crush is gone.. I guess I suddenly developed feelings. Since when, tho? I saw no moment, no spark from her in any specific scene.
Meanwhile, the side couples were out here thriving. Aunt & the captain? Adorable. Bestie & the teacher? Sweet. The actual leads? Standing six feet apart like it’s still 2020. The Seonwoo storyline dragged forever — like, okay, is he the killer or just a misunderstood cinnamon roll? Plot twist after plot twist until I was sus of my own reflection. I liked the brain games, but by episode 14 I was tired of playing detective (I did sus the shaman at one point, honestly even up to the aunt’s ex-asshole husband, yep lol).
Also, the writers said “wrap it up” and then didn’t:
1. What happened to the gangster who kidnapped them? His sentence?
2. The shaman? Trial sentence scene? His poor kid Justin? Hello??
3. Seonwoo’s mother, what happened to her? This was so sad, nothing revealed, no justice (tho if she did die, pretty sure it was Cha Juman’s doing)
4. Why didn’t FL use her skills when it actually mattered, like on her grandpa or Gwangsik? (FL was fun but often acted like she left her common sense in the fridge. So many chances to use her gift and… she just didn’t.)
5. The aunt and captain’s wedding? We deserved that.
Still, despite all that nonsense, I did enjoy watching it. It was funny and weirdly unique. The actors were strong. The OST slapped. But romance? That wasn’t even a subplot, it was a delusion. If you’re here for mystery and chaos, enjoy. If you’re here for heart-fluttering romance? Run. This is more Behind Your Emotional Damage than Behind Your Touch.
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