This review may contain spoilers
I tried to enjoy it
I'm rewatching FUTS (shocking I know, especially after the initial rewatch value I gave it) and actually the first 7 episodes are completely fine especially when you skip the shipper-scenes (I still hate those people). After that it's just downhill. See below for my initial review.
Let's start with the good (no spoilers):
I love Phuwin and Neo as brothers: it's so silly and their dynamic really does feel like they're real life brothers.
I also adore Louis and Pond as brothers: I really did not expect it but it's very cute and very different from Phuwin and Neo's pairing as brothers which makes a nice contrast between the characters.
I also adored neo x louis but that's because I also saw them in 'the eclipse' together. Seeing them here as a more silly and innocent couple made me laugh a lot (it made up for the time I wasted with pond x phuwin) and it felt refreshing.
the ensemble cast of Neo's friends was great: I loved how they gave phuwin's character advice and helped him build confidence.
The supporting sidecharacters were tbh the saving grace of this series because there was nothing enticing about the plot.
I liked Louis' voice for the OST and Mix too!
The bad:
everything else. Especially the story for the main couple. there is no valuable message or meaning that FUTS wants to convey to its audience and instead it just tries to throw a mix of well-known faces at you and hope you don't see that the characters have no chemistry with each other. The script is corny and cringe and the drama is unoriginal and bland.
(spoilers)
Oh gee another jealous ex-girlfriend who stirrs up drama at the end? Who would've expected that? Not me!
Besides: wtf was up with the weird fan shipping thing??? i get that they're supposed to represent irl BL fans, but in the end in FUTS the shippers get rewarded almost??? like there are no consequences AT ALL for their invasive and obnoxious behaviour. Instead they are "proven" right because Pi and Mork end up together. Although Mork is supposed to be in love with Pi, he doesn't step up to protect him at all when it comes to the shippers because he's selfishly using it to chase after Pi and disregarding and violating every boundary Pi sets. It's disrespectful to the person he supposedly cares so much about. If anything, it's not Pi who's obsessed with Nan, it's Mork who's obsessed with Pi! Instead of spending time on the shippers, the series should've spend more time on developing Nan or Mork, yk the actual love interests? All we know about Mork is that he's the best friend of Nan and madly in love with Pi for years. But where is his personality? Like let him be funny, let him be actually caring and thoughtful towards not only Pi but also others, because he wants to be. LET HIM HAVE OTHER FRIENDS AND HOBBIES INSTEAD OF ONLY CHASING PI!!!
also i must say: i don't think pond acted very well in this series but im going to blame it on the script and directing bc this story just sucked and im sure he can act and isn't just a pretty face.
final verdict: don't waste your time. watch a different series.
Let's start with the good (no spoilers):
I love Phuwin and Neo as brothers: it's so silly and their dynamic really does feel like they're real life brothers.
I also adore Louis and Pond as brothers: I really did not expect it but it's very cute and very different from Phuwin and Neo's pairing as brothers which makes a nice contrast between the characters.
I also adored neo x louis but that's because I also saw them in 'the eclipse' together. Seeing them here as a more silly and innocent couple made me laugh a lot (it made up for the time I wasted with pond x phuwin) and it felt refreshing.
the ensemble cast of Neo's friends was great: I loved how they gave phuwin's character advice and helped him build confidence.
The supporting sidecharacters were tbh the saving grace of this series because there was nothing enticing about the plot.
I liked Louis' voice for the OST and Mix too!
The bad:
everything else. Especially the story for the main couple. there is no valuable message or meaning that FUTS wants to convey to its audience and instead it just tries to throw a mix of well-known faces at you and hope you don't see that the characters have no chemistry with each other. The script is corny and cringe and the drama is unoriginal and bland.
(spoilers)
Oh gee another jealous ex-girlfriend who stirrs up drama at the end? Who would've expected that? Not me!
Besides: wtf was up with the weird fan shipping thing??? i get that they're supposed to represent irl BL fans, but in the end in FUTS the shippers get rewarded almost??? like there are no consequences AT ALL for their invasive and obnoxious behaviour. Instead they are "proven" right because Pi and Mork end up together. Although Mork is supposed to be in love with Pi, he doesn't step up to protect him at all when it comes to the shippers because he's selfishly using it to chase after Pi and disregarding and violating every boundary Pi sets. It's disrespectful to the person he supposedly cares so much about. If anything, it's not Pi who's obsessed with Nan, it's Mork who's obsessed with Pi! Instead of spending time on the shippers, the series should've spend more time on developing Nan or Mork, yk the actual love interests? All we know about Mork is that he's the best friend of Nan and madly in love with Pi for years. But where is his personality? Like let him be funny, let him be actually caring and thoughtful towards not only Pi but also others, because he wants to be. LET HIM HAVE OTHER FRIENDS AND HOBBIES INSTEAD OF ONLY CHASING PI!!!
also i must say: i don't think pond acted very well in this series but im going to blame it on the script and directing bc this story just sucked and im sure he can act and isn't just a pretty face.
final verdict: don't waste your time. watch a different series.
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