denryion

This was a good story with a lot of potential, but the romance never developed to where it should have been to be compelling. It had all the potential with the build up of their relationship and feelings, but the climax, where Yoon Je kills Jin Hyeok’s father and they finally kiss, was just lacking. The emotional intensity just wasn’t there, and I think the actors must have been uncomfortable. It didn’t help that while it wasn’t a dead fish press, it was mostly blocked by shots of their shoulders and backs. It was kind of downhill from there. We pretty much get a two minute montage of them being a happy couple, then Yoon Je goes after his father’s killer, the police come, he disappears for a full year, then appears again. Their reunion was so lackluster. No emotional desperation or excitement whatsoever. They don’t even hug, just hold hands. Then it’s revealed that Jin Hyeok has started killing too, and then it’s over. If the actors had been more comfortable with casual physical intimacy, and if they’d really played into emotionally intense scenes, it would have been so much better. The actors were good though. Much better than I’ve seen in any other shorts series, outside of the actual romance aspects.

No consent issues. Boundary issues: touching his face while he’s sleeping, going to his workplace during the separation after he explicitly said not to.