Calling this drama “live fanfiction” would honestly be the most accurate description possible. Watching it now feels slightly ridiculous but back in 2015, as a brand-new EXO fan, this was genuinely peak entertainment to my younger self.
And honestly? I probably did enjoy it a lot more because of the era and the mindset I was in at the time. The whole “your celebrity neighbors secretly move in next door and chaos unfolds” plot was exactly the kind of fantasy every fangirl secretly loved back then. It was cheesy, unrealistic, awkward at times and entirely built on fanservice but that was also the charm of it.
Looking back now, the acting, plot and overall writing definitely feel very Wattpad coded but I can’t even fully hate on it because it perfectly captured that 2015 fangirl experience. It felt less like a proper drama and more like someone took an EXO fanfic straight off the internet and turned it into a series.
And as a new EXO-L at the time? Of course I ate it up. Seeing the members casually appear on screen every episode was enough to keep me seated regardless of how unserious the plot became.
Would present-day me call it cinematic excellence? Absolutely not. But younger me was having the time of her life and honestly, that nostalgia alone makes this drama weirdly memorable.
And honestly? I probably did enjoy it a lot more because of the era and the mindset I was in at the time. The whole “your celebrity neighbors secretly move in next door and chaos unfolds” plot was exactly the kind of fantasy every fangirl secretly loved back then. It was cheesy, unrealistic, awkward at times and entirely built on fanservice but that was also the charm of it.
Looking back now, the acting, plot and overall writing definitely feel very Wattpad coded but I can’t even fully hate on it because it perfectly captured that 2015 fangirl experience. It felt less like a proper drama and more like someone took an EXO fanfic straight off the internet and turned it into a series.
And as a new EXO-L at the time? Of course I ate it up. Seeing the members casually appear on screen every episode was enough to keep me seated regardless of how unserious the plot became.
Would present-day me call it cinematic excellence? Absolutely not. But younger me was having the time of her life and honestly, that nostalgia alone makes this drama weirdly memorable.
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