Hurray to Bottom!Max & gender expression
I will try to give a nuanced review of this series. It's quite flawed but it also has some very strong and interesting points. What drew me in initially (next to me loving MaxNat) is how this series plays with gender expression/ gender roles & style. This is the first BL I have seen that has it's tall, muscular male lead wear clothes that are considered effeminte as well as colorful gel nails. It was a joy for me to see. All in all I really adored the styling in this show, it was quite bold and fun. (Slight spoilers ahead).
One of the biggest things I will applaud them for is that they didn't use the body switch plot to chicken out of having Nat's character, who will be read as a top by everyone, bottom for his much smaller, thinner co-star Nat's character. It made absolute sense that Sun's character would remain the top, despite being in Nuae's body, but I was surprised that they were brave enough to show it. I also love that in a subsequent episode they mention that they had switched positions in one instance. I thought that was really lovely as well. So seldom do we actually get switch couples, when it is very common reality for a lot, if not most gay couples.
Apart from that MaxNat's chemistry was again enchanting to watch. Their NC scenes were beautiful and quite creative. I loved the strong connection between the couple, you really could feel the deep sense of affection and love they had for each other.
I also think it's cool that they tackled a topic I have never seen in BL either: erectile dysfunction.
Now onto what I didn't like:
-the plot was fun but quite silly to begin with, after episode 2 or 3 however it a lot of things just simply made no sense at all
-thingss got repetitve, so this series would've likely profitted from being cut down to around 6 episode.
-I wasn't invested in the side couple at all
-one of the biggest prolbems driving the plot - erectlie dysfunction - gets solved without explanation? We never know why Sun can get it up again in the end???????? That frustrated me to no end
-Why didn't Sun & Nuea just do other things if penetration wasn't going to work? Sun could've still given Nuea a BJ or HJ,....like come on
-I didn't like the way Nuea was mad at Sun for having this problem. I get that it made him insecure, but he blamed him for it quite a lot and at points treated his partner very harshly and unfailry even though it was very clear he was trying his best for him. The relationship wasn't toxic, but I would go as far as to say that Sun is not being treated well
As far as rewatch value goes - there are some scenes I am definitely going to be coming back to.
One of the biggest things I will applaud them for is that they didn't use the body switch plot to chicken out of having Nat's character, who will be read as a top by everyone, bottom for his much smaller, thinner co-star Nat's character. It made absolute sense that Sun's character would remain the top, despite being in Nuae's body, but I was surprised that they were brave enough to show it. I also love that in a subsequent episode they mention that they had switched positions in one instance. I thought that was really lovely as well. So seldom do we actually get switch couples, when it is very common reality for a lot, if not most gay couples.
Apart from that MaxNat's chemistry was again enchanting to watch. Their NC scenes were beautiful and quite creative. I loved the strong connection between the couple, you really could feel the deep sense of affection and love they had for each other.
I also think it's cool that they tackled a topic I have never seen in BL either: erectile dysfunction.
Now onto what I didn't like:
-the plot was fun but quite silly to begin with, after episode 2 or 3 however it a lot of things just simply made no sense at all
-thingss got repetitve, so this series would've likely profitted from being cut down to around 6 episode.
-I wasn't invested in the side couple at all
-one of the biggest prolbems driving the plot - erectlie dysfunction - gets solved without explanation? We never know why Sun can get it up again in the end???????? That frustrated me to no end
-Why didn't Sun & Nuea just do other things if penetration wasn't going to work? Sun could've still given Nuea a BJ or HJ,....like come on
-I didn't like the way Nuea was mad at Sun for having this problem. I get that it made him insecure, but he blamed him for it quite a lot and at points treated his partner very harshly and unfailry even though it was very clear he was trying his best for him. The relationship wasn't toxic, but I would go as far as to say that Sun is not being treated well
As far as rewatch value goes - there are some scenes I am definitely going to be coming back to.
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