I feel relieved to see somebody else mentioning this. I enjoyed the first episodes but I was mostly swept away by the hype around this series the first time I watched it. On the rewatch I struggled with episodes 6-12. One of the reasons was the weird skinship that was mostly them teasing each other or wrestling, bickering which was meant in a flirty way but came out more as brotherly. I was thinking am I the only one finding it weird that they never had a proper kiss after their first one? It was all sniffing and such.
Unfortunately, this wasn't as good for me on the rewatch. The first 5 episodes are great despite being rushed and the show peaked at episode 5. The scene on the roof holds up. Though on the rewatch I was annoyed by how quickly Pat switched from liking Ink to liking Pran, it was very jarring. And then I never really understood Pran's behaviour after episode 5.
Their cutesy moments afterwards were a little meh because of their constant bickering which was too middle-school. It was mostly a bromance, at least from Pran's behaviour. It would've been fun if were balanced by more wholesome non-bickering moments. Episode 11 attempted that but I was already fed up with the story by that point. The way their relationship got exposed in front of the school was not a great moment, the dramatic element was too forced.
Not to mention them pretending to break up to appease their completely irrational family feud, the last episode was a complete disappointment.
It's a shame because the ML's chemistry is so strong in the beginning but if I'm even due a rewatch I'll stop at episode 5.
I'm still trying to understand what people love about this show.
The characters are almost all horrible people. The ML and FL aren't horrible, but they're a mess too, annoying dummies. The only lovable character is her son, Pil Goo. He's so smart and protective of his mother and doesn't take any BS from adults. In an early episode, he cries because he's tired of always having to defend her and I agree with him. Ma'am, grow a pair and stop letting your 7-year-old boy fight your battles.
Dong Baek could've been a good character but somebody seriously messed up in her portrayal, not sure if it was the director or if Gong Hyo Jin is just not a good actress. She's always so mousy when those horrible neighbours hurl the most outrageous accusations at her. I would've wiped the floor with them if they talked to me like that.
SY two-timing is really putting me off this drama. Their chemistry is nice but he really seems like he has no backbone when he won't break it off for good with his gf and face his parents. HJ should not even talk to him until he gets his shit together.
Pun and Ashi had a lot of potential as a couple. Pun sometimes got on my nerves, but I loved Ashi. Some of the episodes in the middle were really cute. But then the last two episodes, what a dumpster fire. I didn't even care if they were together anymore by the end. Why did they do this to us?
This series is abysmal. In the first season, I accepted the age gap with great effort, when probably there can never be an acceptable situation when a 29-year-old can be a relationship with an 18-year-old. But only after a lot of mental gymnastics.
This season is even worse when watching their relationship. The way Shin is always trying to confirm Minato has just an ounce of reciprocating feelings towards him and Minato never confirms and treats him like he's a pest and a dirty secret is heartbreaking. There's no real communication between them. And this is all played for shits and giggles when the only times I've seen this dynamic was in abusive relationships. I know we tend to suspend our disbelief and excuse a lot of disturbing things in BLs but when it's that in your face every episode I don't understand how you're supposed to ignore it.
People keep praising Shin's patience with Minato when in fact he's only that way because he's young and inexperienced. If Shin was older there's very little chance he would have tolerated the fact that Minato completely lacks maturity and emotional intelligence.
Their cutesy moments afterwards were a little meh because of their constant bickering which was too middle-school. It was mostly a bromance, at least from Pran's behaviour. It would've been fun if were balanced by more wholesome non-bickering moments. Episode 11 attempted that but I was already fed up with the story by that point. The way their relationship got exposed in front of the school was not a great moment, the dramatic element was too forced.
Not to mention them pretending to break up to appease their completely irrational family feud, the last episode was a complete disappointment.
It's a shame because the ML's chemistry is so strong in the beginning but if I'm even due a rewatch I'll stop at episode 5.
The characters are almost all horrible people. The ML and FL aren't horrible, but they're a mess too, annoying dummies. The only lovable character is her son, Pil Goo. He's so smart and protective of his mother and doesn't take any BS from adults. In an early episode, he cries because he's tired of always having to defend her and I agree with him. Ma'am, grow a pair and stop letting your 7-year-old boy fight your battles.
Dong Baek could've been a good character but somebody seriously messed up in her portrayal, not sure if it was the director or if Gong Hyo Jin is just not a good actress. She's always so mousy when those horrible neighbours hurl the most outrageous accusations at her. I would've wiped the floor with them if they talked to me like that.
This season is even worse when watching their relationship. The way Shin is always trying to confirm Minato has just an ounce of reciprocating feelings towards him and Minato never confirms and treats him like he's a pest and a dirty secret is heartbreaking. There's no real communication between them. And this is all played for shits and giggles when the only times I've seen this dynamic was in abusive relationships. I know we tend to suspend our disbelief and excuse a lot of disturbing things in BLs but when it's that in your face every episode I don't understand how you're supposed to ignore it.
People keep praising Shin's patience with Minato when in fact he's only that way because he's young and inexperienced. If Shin was older there's very little chance he would have tolerated the fact that Minato completely lacks maturity and emotional intelligence.