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How is this show more cringe than the literal ABO show I just finished??
* Trigger warning for sexual assault *
Chi Cheng has got to be one of the most insufferable characters I have ever had the displeasure of spending time with. His introduction was actually pretty cool, they make him out to be this kind of gang leader guy who has a snake fighting ring, but that all goes out the window literally episode 1. Turns out he's not a real gang leader, he's an unemployed nepo-baby with a rich daddy who steals his snakes to force his son to get a job. Honestly I'm on the dad's side. I literally cannot take this manchild seriously because any real gang leader would never have taken that long to find and get back those goddamn snakes. What do you mean it took him MONTHS? He spends like 10 episodes just hanging about being moody and he is SO WHINY like I get it you had a bad break up, but dude, Suowei literally got assaulted by his ex's new boyfriend TWICE and he's still not as insufferable about it as Chi Cheng is about his ex. Just because he occasionally does nice things like treat Suowei's wound or give him expensive gifts (using his parent's money because, again, the man is an unemployed nepo-baby) DOES NOT MEAN HE IS NICE. The man let's his friends GANG RAPE the boy he was sleeping with in literally episode one. And later in episode 10 when Suowei isn't ready to have sex yet, he goes to Suowei's friend and threatens to RAPE HIM if he doesn't convince Suowei to sleep with him. Like???? Who- WHO is shipping this couple????? I am so tired of so many shows having rapey stuff in it, do people really enjoy that?? I am crashing out.
Aside from Chi Cheng, the premise is great but my god the execution feels like a 15 year old wrote it. Suowei's ex-girlfriend, whom we're supposed to hate and feel satisfied when Suowei finally gets revenge, is so cartoonishly, one-sidedly bad that I cannot even hate her, I just don't care. There is zero dimension to the point that the eventual revenge felt unearned and flat. Not to mentions the main plot of the show and what the show is literally named after was apparently resolved by episode 12?? I've read a bit about what happens after and I simply don't care enough to keep putting myself through this.
The whole fight scene to get the snakes back and Suowei's hospitalisation were cool in a vacuum (they were well-acted and directed) but the stakes were so low (or maybe just badly set up) that I literally could not even buy into it. Also the whole art gallery set up was so fast like a few months ago neither of them had jobs and now they're just super successful on day one??
The doctor is great, he's super cute, and the guy who pursues him, (I cannot remember either of their names) is alright too. He's also a bit of a bum but not as bad as Chi Cheng, at least not in the episodes I watched. And at least he has charisma.
I simply cannot take it anymore. I can overlook some problematic elements if the characters are at least fun to watch but literally all I can do is laugh at Chi Cheng for how pathetic he is. Pacing is all over the place, most characters are cringe or just super flat. I really wanted to love this show but it wasn't meant to be.
Chi Cheng has got to be one of the most insufferable characters I have ever had the displeasure of spending time with. His introduction was actually pretty cool, they make him out to be this kind of gang leader guy who has a snake fighting ring, but that all goes out the window literally episode 1. Turns out he's not a real gang leader, he's an unemployed nepo-baby with a rich daddy who steals his snakes to force his son to get a job. Honestly I'm on the dad's side. I literally cannot take this manchild seriously because any real gang leader would never have taken that long to find and get back those goddamn snakes. What do you mean it took him MONTHS? He spends like 10 episodes just hanging about being moody and he is SO WHINY like I get it you had a bad break up, but dude, Suowei literally got assaulted by his ex's new boyfriend TWICE and he's still not as insufferable about it as Chi Cheng is about his ex. Just because he occasionally does nice things like treat Suowei's wound or give him expensive gifts (using his parent's money because, again, the man is an unemployed nepo-baby) DOES NOT MEAN HE IS NICE. The man let's his friends GANG RAPE the boy he was sleeping with in literally episode one. And later in episode 10 when Suowei isn't ready to have sex yet, he goes to Suowei's friend and threatens to RAPE HIM if he doesn't convince Suowei to sleep with him. Like???? Who- WHO is shipping this couple????? I am so tired of so many shows having rapey stuff in it, do people really enjoy that?? I am crashing out.
Aside from Chi Cheng, the premise is great but my god the execution feels like a 15 year old wrote it. Suowei's ex-girlfriend, whom we're supposed to hate and feel satisfied when Suowei finally gets revenge, is so cartoonishly, one-sidedly bad that I cannot even hate her, I just don't care. There is zero dimension to the point that the eventual revenge felt unearned and flat. Not to mentions the main plot of the show and what the show is literally named after was apparently resolved by episode 12?? I've read a bit about what happens after and I simply don't care enough to keep putting myself through this.
The whole fight scene to get the snakes back and Suowei's hospitalisation were cool in a vacuum (they were well-acted and directed) but the stakes were so low (or maybe just badly set up) that I literally could not even buy into it. Also the whole art gallery set up was so fast like a few months ago neither of them had jobs and now they're just super successful on day one??
The doctor is great, he's super cute, and the guy who pursues him, (I cannot remember either of their names) is alright too. He's also a bit of a bum but not as bad as Chi Cheng, at least not in the episodes I watched. And at least he has charisma.
I simply cannot take it anymore. I can overlook some problematic elements if the characters are at least fun to watch but literally all I can do is laugh at Chi Cheng for how pathetic he is. Pacing is all over the place, most characters are cringe or just super flat. I really wanted to love this show but it wasn't meant to be.
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