sasharama

Started okay, became annoying.
this looked like a "cheap" soap opera (which it is) and I was ready to get some corny drama and have a blast.
I did have fun, but towards the end the characters were all annoying bad people.

Plot🗯️🗯️
Smile, a petite cute girl is very shy. She has an Insta love with kyro but doesn't know how to approach such a "cool" guy. She decides to hire a boy from the "boy for rent" service which is going to teach her how to love like an "adult". Along the way feelings get intangled and the relationship with badz gets more complicated than a simple cold contract.

Observations:
The premise was intriguing enough to lure me in. The drama revolves around 4 characters: smile, the shy girl,
badz the boy she hires,
Liz, badz actual girlfriend
and kyro, another boy from the boy service, which ends up falling for Liz.

The way their relationships intertwine is interesting enough to keep you watching.
On some level they are all "somewhat" bad people, expect for smile maybe, and give us Good entertainment.
Unfortunately towards the end, their bad "dids" pile up and the drama becomes more annoying.

Characters:🗯️🗯️
Smile. She is the one that sets things in motion hiring badz to be her sensei when it comes to romantic stuff.
Smile is very cute at the beginning which makes you like her instantly. Unfortunately, except her "quirkiness" , there isn't much to this character .
She has no backstory, interests or anything else going on. I don't even know what she studies.
She likes kyro for no reason except his looks I guess, which to me isn't enough to hire someone to learn how to seduce men.
She wants to change her entire way of being just to be liked by this guy.
It would be more understandable if she was a highschooler, but she is in college!
I don't like how the drama let her be SEXUALLY ASSAULTED for literally 5 times just to give the chance to badz of saving her.
It was insane to watch. She has no trauma at all. They never discuss these things once they are over. Assaults shouldn't be a plot device.

Badz: this guy made me mad. He is forced to work as an escort basically to pay back his sister's debt. His sister is an asshole who couldn't resist Host club boys and doesn't care about what her brother has to do in order to pay HER debt.
Badz on the other hand keeps his "part time job" hidden from his girlfriend because if she knew "she would try to help him out". Boy, how is this a problem? I thought a bigger problem would be if she wasn't ok with you meeting girls..
He keeps this secret from Liz for the entire show, when telling her could have being the solution to all his problems.
Once he enters the contract with smile, everytime she is in trouble he goes to her , which is fine, but he never tells Liz what he is doing. You could have easily said you were helping out a friend. Instead he keeps his mouth shut and makes things worse everytime.
I didn't particularly like he being wishy washy with smile. On one hand he helps her with kyro, on the other hand he sabotages her.
It's clear he is starting to care for smile but he also wants to reconnect with Liz.
Definitely not the romantic hero the audience seems to find him to be.
On a more technical note I didn't particularly like the actor. To be honest I don't think he is a good actor.

Liz: Liz is the character everyone was shitting on but I think she is the most interesting one.
When the drama starts she is actually the victim. She loves her boyfriend but he keeps disappearing, not answering calls. She thinks he is cheating , which is a believable explanation, and tries to "distract" her self with kyro.
Don't get me wrong , she is still bad, because while she is enjoying her time with kyro, she accused badz of cheating on her. Girl, you did it to.
Her friend being a snitch didn't help. She encourages Liz in cheating on badz but then acts like Liz isn't doing the same.
Liz is one of the few characters that gets some "background". She is the daughter of a mistress and feels like her family doesn't care for her.
I actually liked how Liz and kyro are supportive of each in case of need. They both share a shattered family and understand the struggle of feeling alone in your own home.
Liz becomes also a sort of meme.
Her ever changing hair color gave me a headache.😅

Kyro: Kyro is the stereotypical bad boy with a sad past. I didn't particularly like his character but appreciated some dynamics he was involved in.
First of all, I don't get why he works for the company. He is technically the CO founder. Did he just wanted some easy chicks to play with?
His motivation for liking Liz is the most mundane one : she is the only one that ever said no.
Even though I liked how he matures with Liz and starts to be more "serious", I was disappointed at how he still was available to meet other girls, for example smile.
It is pretty clear at a certain point that he likes Liz, but for some reason he still plays the Casanova Role.

Boys for rent: someone please explain me how a service that recruits students has so much money and acts like a Mafia organization.
They were worse than loan shark in Korean dramas😅🤣 way over the top..
It felt cartonishly evil.

Conclusions:
If you are looking for a cheap thrill and over the top moments, this show might be for you.
Don't look for much logic, lower your expectations, don't bother about deep stuff (like sexual assaults, yikes) and enjoy this madness.