kneeroo

I am not one to indulge in shows about prohibited romances of the sorts. I watched this show cause it had a good rating. Was it a hard watch? certainly. Did I enjoy it? Well yes! From a story perspective, this show does a great job at setting up the reailty of the characters and why they exist in the way they do. From the beginning you can genuinly feel the sense of family and union from the 3 siblings who are living together alone due to unfortunate circumstances, and for this reason it is very easy to understand their strong bond and love for each other. I gotta say from the way the story develops, although you could say it's unsettling, I can perfectly view and sympathize with both of the brothers who are caught up in this uncertainty brought by their conflicting feelings for each other. zhiyuan has romantic feelings for qian who he doesn't necessarily view as a brother per se but due to how they grew up together qian cannot view him as anything else other than his little brother he wishes to protect. I do have a little bit of a problem with how their romance progresses because we basically followed zhiyuan and his whole development with his feelings regarding qian which led to him being very open and unapologetic with those feelings but I feel like they could've done the same for qian. His acceptance and change of perception felt sudden and rushed. We never understood exactly how he felt toward zhuyuan leading up to them basically getting togther other than the fact that he felt confused and needed time to understand his feelings. Did he get that time? no! cause the next scene was basically them making out. Like he feared this relationship so much till this point but within a second being able to just make out and do the do with zhuyuan felt odd and rushed.

Lili and Peng on the other hand were quite an interesting and surprising couple. Although it is never stated how old Peng is with regards to Lili and the rest it is insinuated he is quite older considering how zhiyuan joked about him changing her diapers when she was little. Were this a real life situation I'd say it is pretty odd and unsettling for them to get together but in the context of the show they make quite a cute couple in contrast to the other two. One thing about lili and just the overall progression of time in this show was just that it was pretty confusing. The show did an awful job at establishing a timeline with how much time would pass between moments in the show, and especially with lili it was confusing cause she maintained the same actress who's character acts in a childish and playful/immature way regardless of how old she is and how much she has grown. Other than that I really appreciate the acting and just overall relationships in this show. They all feel so genuine and so entertaining to watch, almost like real family and friends which so many other shows fail to capture. The small and slight comedic moments add so much charm to this show and that made me really enjoy it regardless of me being uncomfortable with the main trope of the show. It is honestly quite commendable and I'd totally say this show is worthy of its high ratings.