your comment seems fairly positive for the most part, i'm confused as to why you rated this really low with everything…
think my reviews makes it clear why i rated it 5.5 - plus if i ended it with "one off" means i wasn't that impressed and will not be rewatching - but i gave prop's where they were well deserved. i don't need to be completely negative, just cause i didn't enjoy/like something - i can appreciate the work put in - maybe that's what confused u π€·ββοΈ hope i cleared up the issue π
if the 1st part zoomed by, cause i was enjoying myself so much - this dragged cause i really disliked Film - who died and made him Queen?!? even reading the description the running theme is Kong has to make himself worthy to win Film - WHY?!?
when u see Kong's POV there r no games - what u see is what u get - interest, attraction, infatuation, curiosity - everything is sweet and innocent. and cause of him i even saw Film through rose colored glasses, his smirk became a smile of returning interest and attraction. here he a total douche that is just playing mind games - cause he likes to tease guys and see how far he can get?!? this cute? sweet? adorable? really? i for one, not a happy camper that Kong after all the games, decided to give Film a chance - cause a person like him that admits to "enjoying the game" gonna get tired of being in a normal relationship ASAP. so idk if this a happy ending even though it's "sold" as one. more a cautionary taleΒ―\_(γ)_/Β―
this was beyond sweet - it was short and yet well acted. the plot - most of the story u get from the description - cause from the "movie" it's just random bumping into each other around the school. yet the attraction, interest and flirtatiousness was very visceral.
from the sec they see each other, u know they into each other - just circling and feeling things out. Kong is the initiator (also this whole movie is more from his POV), while Film is more passive (but as interested) and yet he wants Kong to work for it - which he does, friending him in FB, messaging him, even making a date to meet up, etc... not that Film is playing hard to get - and he is always half step behind Kong. so them admitting to liking each other, let alone holding hands is the perfect conclusion to this (half of the ) romance - and open positive ending if u will to this budding romance (but as the a 2nd half to this on wards to watch Once In Memory : Just found love, and see how this progresses)
donno what to say or where to start, watching this documentary and in between "hearing" about the controversy, seeing the ones involved talking about the drama and the importance of everything - paints everything in a darker light. hard not to wonder what went on behind the scenes at that "workshop" where Paolo and Ian were asked to stay at Severo's place and work on their roles together.
seeing as Severo was a mentor and as Paolo being part of the LGBTQ+ community would look-up-too, respect and trust blindly, to lead him not only in portraying his character to the best of his abilities, but to learn and grow as a novice actor. and then Severo takes advantage of that trust and respect - allegedly. this just sad and depressing to hear - the fact that there r 3 other victim's make's me shudder and i hope they get justice.
so can't rate this - enjoyed it and loved how it was edited - showing us some of the fans at the start, not only the other actors that came in for the audition's and how obvious the chemistry between Paolo and Ian was - of course they were chosen.. sad that someone thought his position gave him the right to missuses the trust put in him, cause of his talent and achievement's...
side note: i heard that they going forward with the 2nd season, just the crew is gonna rewrite the script that was already finished by Severo. when they gonna start shooting etc... left to be seen -
if the previous ep was a hit to the gut, this one was a knockout π ah come on - this just ep 10, we still got 6 more to go, why oh why this needless drama, wasn't floating in a calm, serene space good ?!? guess it won't be a K-drama if u don't cry π
of course Go Bi is heartbroken cause he feels that he was really a burden, that just took and never gave anything back to that coffee shop or Seok, that's why he lost his will to fight. this so freakin sad - hope Seok finds a way to keep his coffee shop in the same place. (having said that, and even though yeah totally get the lose in being "thrown out" - but he got money and can open a similar place somewhere else, no?!? now that he got "rid" of Go Bi - he not going into retirement, right?!? hmmm idk seems much ado about nothingπ€·ββοΈ).
cute and all, but this could've been soooo much more. this plot was tepid at best - the high's weren't that high, no low's other then (me) wanting this plot to actually be more... but it is what it is, so cute (but having watched Kang Han Na in My Roommate Is a Gumiho, i was expecting so much more). so a bit of a let down. oh well
i am gonna be the odd one out - this was bad - the ending was bad! Nao is a spoilt brat, that didn't mature or evolve even a bit throughout this drama, from start to finish she was an immature self-centered child that everyone catered too (at the start it was sweet and cute, as she was sick so she might as well have existed in a time-capsule. but it lost it's charm, cause any character needs to mature and evolve). and Hiroto had to keep running after her figuratively and literally - like come on, that gets old and tiresome sooner rather then later - she didn't deserve a happily ever after and it's for sure not gonna be a bed of roses ending up with a partner like her. i pity Hiroto, who had a tough life from when he was a teen, and sadly it's just gonna get harder with a person like Nao, as his other half. cause she needs constant babying - not fun!
the one that lucked out and dodged a bullet was Saito, who almost married this woman-child and would have to sufferer the consequences throughout his life. this was a cute story until the 9th ep - there is went down hill and Nao didn't do a thing (in my eyes) to redeem herself let alone show that she worthy of Hiroto, or his love. if anything this last 10th ep went to show how much of a spoilt unworthy princess she still is -
oh well fine for a one off and not sorry i watched, cause enjoyed Hiroto his close friends and even his sweetheart of a brother, Ren. they made this drama for me.
all in all cute and the fact this short - miniscule doesn't bother me, rather it be short and to the point then a hot mess and long. this was far from perfect as is. so i'm fine with the length β
side note - Chap gorgeous and i hope to see more of him. Green didn't grow on me, sorry - but good luck to him all the same.
1st off, read a comment that said, the reason a lot r disliking this, cause there a lack of PDA - as someone who has seen a ton of BL's - i beg to differ. there some awesome BL's out there - that literally have No PDA and even at the end of the drama, there a hint of a kiss and i have been engrossed, entertained, loving and rooting for the couple from the 1st sec of the 1st ep till the finale. cause the plot was good, the directing phenomenal, same with the acting. i don't need anyone to "suck face" or get handzee with each other - seen a ton of bad BL's with embarrassing kissing and almost forced sex scenes and other then shudder and look away, i didn't enjoy it a bit - it for sure didn't add to the drama.
here - What was this?!? other then a really long food commercial?!? cause that's the only thing that "shined" - the food.
agree with anyone saying this a total disappointment - this could've been so much better, but i guess at the pre-production party someone got out the funny pills and spiked the punch, this is the consequence. sad as it had potential and some decent actors (and talking side character's here, sorry the mains idk what their damage is, but this wasn't impressive in the least).
the director who is also the screenwriting(?) is a dictator(?) that no one could correct or question? (idk what is going on there, cause when this was airing i saw that the writer was Sammon, but now her name has been taken out as screenwriter, and only left as writer of the manga) anyway glad this over, cause other then just come to point out the plot-holes, i did little else.. so the plus point here is The End
well i didn't like the hurt look on Kuzumi's face, cause he understood that smile - which btw considering how…
remembering Mood Indigo i know u r right - that Kajima did have/develop feelings for Kido. and yet cause of who Kido is (or how he played him dirty) i was ready to disagree with ur comment lol - so u might be right Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
I think they wanted to show the importance of communication, even if they were on opposing ends if both of them…
thank u for this - how i forget their age difference, and i guess maturity plays a factor here - so of course.... so glad u pointed out something that for whatever reason just went over my head
The storyline was good here until the despicable writers had to bring in the ludicrous love triangle around the…
thank u for this comment(!) cause it saved me the headache - of finding out for myself. and i agree with every word about females allowed to use violence and being justified cause they female - like what type of stupid logic is that?!? anyway u saved me the time and for that i am grateful (βΒ΄β‘`β)
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when u see Kong's POV there r no games - what u see is what u get - interest, attraction, infatuation, curiosity - everything is sweet and innocent. and cause of him i even saw Film through rose colored glasses, his smirk became a smile of returning interest and attraction. here he a total douche that is just playing mind games - cause he likes to tease guys and see how far he can get?!? this cute? sweet? adorable? really?
i for one, not a happy camper that Kong after all the games, decided to give Film a chance - cause a person like him that admits to "enjoying the game" gonna get tired of being in a normal relationship ASAP. so idk if this a happy ending even though it's "sold" as one. more a cautionary taleΒ―\_(γ)_/Β―
from the sec they see each other, u know they into each other - just circling and feeling things out. Kong is the initiator (also this whole movie is more from his POV), while Film is more passive (but as interested) and yet he wants Kong to work for it - which he does, friending him in FB, messaging him, even making a date to meet up, etc...
not that Film is playing hard to get - and he is always half step behind Kong. so them admitting to liking each other, let alone holding hands is the perfect conclusion to this (half of the ) romance - and open positive ending if u will to this budding romance (but as the a 2nd half to this on wards to watch Once In Memory : Just found love, and see how this progresses)
hard not to wonder what went on behind the scenes at that "workshop" where Paolo and Ian were asked to stay at Severo's place and work on their roles together.
seeing as Severo was a mentor and as Paolo being part of the LGBTQ+ community would look-up-too, respect and trust blindly, to lead him not only in portraying his character to the best of his abilities, but to learn and grow as a novice actor. and then Severo takes advantage of that trust and respect - allegedly. this just sad and depressing to hear - the fact that there r 3 other victim's make's me shudder and i hope they get justice.
so can't rate this - enjoyed it and loved how it was edited - showing us some of the fans at the start, not only the other actors that came in for the audition's and how obvious the chemistry between Paolo and Ian was - of course they were chosen.. sad that someone thought his position gave him the right to missuses the trust put in him, cause of his talent and achievement's...
side note: i heard that they going forward with the 2nd season, just the crew is gonna rewrite the script that was already finished by Severo. when they gonna start shooting etc... left to be seen -
the reason Park Seok sent Go Bi away is cause he knows how territorial and overprotective he is of that coffee shop. here if he thinks people aint treating the place or the coffee with respect, he get's confrontational. what would he do when that landlord came in acting like a mega-douche bulldozed just wanting to get rid of CafΓ© 2Dae and Park Seok?!? he would go ballistic. so Seok did what any caring parent/mentor would do, he found his mentees a new place to work, as he couldn't solve the problem.
of course Go Bi is heartbroken cause he feels that he was really a burden, that just took and never gave anything back to that coffee shop or Seok, that's why he lost his will to fight. this so freakin sad - hope Seok finds a way to keep his coffee shop in the same place. (having said that, and even though yeah totally get the lose in being "thrown out" - but he got money and can open a similar place somewhere else, no?!? now that he got "rid" of Go Bi - he not going into retirement, right?!? hmmm idk seems much ado about nothingπ€·ββοΈ).
but it is what it is, so cute (but having watched Kang Han Na in My Roommate Is a Gumiho, i was expecting so much more). so a bit of a let down. oh well
the one that lucked out and dodged a bullet was Saito, who almost married this woman-child and would have to sufferer the consequences throughout his life. this was a cute story until the 9th ep - there is went down hill and Nao didn't do a thing (in my eyes) to redeem herself let alone show that she worthy of Hiroto, or his love. if anything this last 10th ep went to show how much of a spoilt unworthy princess she still is -
oh well fine for a one off and not sorry i watched, cause enjoyed Hiroto his close friends and even his sweetheart of a brother, Ren. they made this drama for me.
side note - Chap gorgeous and i hope to see more of him. Green didn't grow on me, sorry - but good luck to him all the same.
who comes up with these ridiculous plots? oh plz what an utter waste of time - just cause "people" be eating up BL's doesn't mean all we care about is great looking guys with buff bodies, flirting, innuendo's and kisses.. the plot needs to make sense, let alone hold water - this was just bad, with little to no logic used in how it developed - so freakin disappointed π£π
here - What was this?!? other then a really long food commercial?!? cause that's the only thing that "shined" - the food.
agree with anyone saying this a total disappointment - this could've been so much better, but i guess at the pre-production party someone got out the funny pills and spiked the punch, this is the consequence. sad as it had potential and some decent actors (and talking side character's here, sorry the mains idk what their damage is, but this wasn't impressive in the least).
the director who is also the screenwriting(?) is a dictator(?) that no one could correct or question? (idk what is going on there, cause when this was airing i saw that the writer was Sammon, but now her name has been taken out as screenwriter, and only left as writer of the manga) anyway glad this over, cause other then just come to point out the plot-holes, i did little else.. so the plus point here is The End