I really didn't want to dock any points, but this had to be said.
Honestly I love this series. I found the prologue by accident (which I didn't hate but it left me feeling very unfulfilled and empty) and mistakenly thought this series was about the secondary couple. I was actually really enjoying both couples, especially in the beginning before the relationship happened because the tension was great and you can really tell the actors are good at their job!
So yeah, cute couples, amazing story, even better acting .... HOWEVER, the one spot the acting failed is convincing me these people (the main couple, not the secondary one.. they had hella chemistry and you can tell others think so too from the reviews) actually like each other and aren't just playing a role. The hugs are stiff and all in the same awkward pose (the love interest doesn't even lean his head on his supposeed boyfriend's shoulders while they hug... is that even natural???), the kisses have absolutely no emotion-- like I'm not asking them to make out( I'm used to more closed lipped kisses in series like this where the NC or intimacy isn't the focus, especially KBLs) but in one scene I can even tell bro does NOT want to be kissing his coworker... how does that make sense? I've seen hella bad chemistry before but this is the first time when I could 100% accurately say that tell two actors did not want to be kissing in a particular scene. crazy. It but a weird taste in my mouth for the rest of the intimacy scenes. Especially the last episode? Wtf it's like yall don't even want to hold hands it's so awkward
So yeah, if you came for heart fluttering kiss scenes and stuff, this might not be it for you, but the romance is still tolerable and the story is still amazing! I won't be rewatching personally, but you should give it a chance idk maybe
So yeah, cute couples, amazing story, even better acting .... HOWEVER, the one spot the acting failed is convincing me these people (the main couple, not the secondary one.. they had hella chemistry and you can tell others think so too from the reviews) actually like each other and aren't just playing a role. The hugs are stiff and all in the same awkward pose (the love interest doesn't even lean his head on his supposeed boyfriend's shoulders while they hug... is that even natural???), the kisses have absolutely no emotion-- like I'm not asking them to make out( I'm used to more closed lipped kisses in series like this where the NC or intimacy isn't the focus, especially KBLs) but in one scene I can even tell bro does NOT want to be kissing his coworker... how does that make sense? I've seen hella bad chemistry before but this is the first time when I could 100% accurately say that tell two actors did not want to be kissing in a particular scene. crazy. It but a weird taste in my mouth for the rest of the intimacy scenes. Especially the last episode? Wtf it's like yall don't even want to hold hands it's so awkward
So yeah, if you came for heart fluttering kiss scenes and stuff, this might not be it for you, but the romance is still tolerable and the story is still amazing! I won't be rewatching personally, but you should give it a chance idk maybe
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