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What a disappointment
I heard that the novel this is based on wasn't a BL. I can wholly believe that, because this wasn't really either. It was a very repetitive story with poorly supported and chemistry-free BL stapled to it clumsily.
The plot: Circular. Kidnap, rescue, kidnap, rescue, kidnap, rescue, rinse, repeat ad nauseum. Cartoonish villains keeps bludgeoning or kidnapping Jom or Yo because some guy wants to win an auction for a government contract against some unrelated woman. So why go after the two main characters? Why not go after the other bidder woman? It made no sense and was so dull. The breakup was ridiculous in motivation and even more ridiculous in execution. Why would anyone do all that preparation work just to unceremoniously dump someone. And can you guess what got them back together? (Hint: it was a kidnapping.)
Also, the US isn't on Mars - are you telling me they didn't visit each other for FIVE YEARS?
The romance was friends to lovers. In the comments section a lot of people claimed to like the "slow burn". More like "no burn". The chemistry between the two leads didn't exist. It wasn't weak, it was totally absent. It's a shame, because the actors weren't shy about love scenes. But let me ask you this: if you've been apart from your partner for 5 years, do you a) start by kissing them on the knee or b) rip of their clothes and ravage them? I'm sure you can guess which one they went with. They didn't need to make it all about sexual deprivation, but it needed a little heat - instead we got an 11-year old's idea of what adult love is.
Positives: I liked the absense of a seme-uke dynamic - that's almost certainly an artifact of the origin of the story as non-BL, where both characters are just men. Bonus points for the younger guy being the top. Poom's body is so perfect - the contrast between his cute boyish face and his athletic figure is very hot. The three brats are good, and the straight romance was much, much better than the BL - I hope they hire the other Poom for a BL because he was excellent.
I stuck with this for the two Pooms, but ended up feeling it was a total waste of my time.
The plot: Circular. Kidnap, rescue, kidnap, rescue, kidnap, rescue, rinse, repeat ad nauseum. Cartoonish villains keeps bludgeoning or kidnapping Jom or Yo because some guy wants to win an auction for a government contract against some unrelated woman. So why go after the two main characters? Why not go after the other bidder woman? It made no sense and was so dull. The breakup was ridiculous in motivation and even more ridiculous in execution. Why would anyone do all that preparation work just to unceremoniously dump someone. And can you guess what got them back together? (Hint: it was a kidnapping.)
Also, the US isn't on Mars - are you telling me they didn't visit each other for FIVE YEARS?
The romance was friends to lovers. In the comments section a lot of people claimed to like the "slow burn". More like "no burn". The chemistry between the two leads didn't exist. It wasn't weak, it was totally absent. It's a shame, because the actors weren't shy about love scenes. But let me ask you this: if you've been apart from your partner for 5 years, do you a) start by kissing them on the knee or b) rip of their clothes and ravage them? I'm sure you can guess which one they went with. They didn't need to make it all about sexual deprivation, but it needed a little heat - instead we got an 11-year old's idea of what adult love is.
Positives: I liked the absense of a seme-uke dynamic - that's almost certainly an artifact of the origin of the story as non-BL, where both characters are just men. Bonus points for the younger guy being the top. Poom's body is so perfect - the contrast between his cute boyish face and his athletic figure is very hot. The three brats are good, and the straight romance was much, much better than the BL - I hope they hire the other Poom for a BL because he was excellent.
I stuck with this for the two Pooms, but ended up feeling it was a total waste of my time.
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