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11
All it had to offer was chemistry and acting.
What exactly happened? I was in love after the first episode, and then every new one just bought new disappointment. They fast forwarded through the plot and conflicts. You have 11 episodes, stop being greedy trying to fit 5 seasons of content into it.
I’ll start with the good, even great. Amazing? Perfect? Touching? All fitting when talking about the acting and the chemistry between Smart and Boom. As much as the plot was a mess, these two delivered such strong performances at times I was even able to forget how nothing makes much sense. Boom’s portrayal of Akin was phenomenal - the angsty scenes ripped my heart into pieces, the way this man shows pain through his acting is just on the next level.
Smart as Jin? Somehow so convincing and attractive, the borderline (not really) stalker behavior did not even bother me. He did an amazing job balancing the psycho obsessive tendencies with the tender and caring approach. Even though on paper these seem rather contradicting, with how Smart depicted Jin, they created a cohesive and interesting character.
Which leads me to the RIDICULOUSLY GOOD chemistry these two had on screen. I mean… they stole the branding of honey from Winnie the Pooh. Jokes aside, while their scenes were hot, they were not just hot. Whatever intimate scene they presented, under all that make out sessions and more, there were deeper and more meaningful emotions that were clearly presented - be it hesitation, longing, pain, regret, fear, and obviously love.
Sadly, the plot was a completely ridiculous mess and it quite honestly made me angry a few times. From how they didn't really handled at all the topic of obsessive fans, or how there was no actually discussion about sexual assault and the constant blaming the victim - lack of care when writing rather awful dialogues surrounding the subjects. The borderline trauma porn that was Akin’s life - dude could not catch a break at all, they were just dumping issues on him without real resolution for any of them. Sometimes they were focusing the whole episodes on characters that were barely introduced and no one cared about, other times they hinted at some side plots that then never happened. I am being 100% honest when I say it felt like they tried to put 5 seasons into one. And it just did not work.
The styling, directing and editing was quite a unique mix of Thai and Japanese BLs. Not sure how much it worked though. Some scenes I loved, some I was questioning harder than my life choices. As for the music, felt like they just picked a random playlist and put it on shuffle.
I understand why people loved it, but for me it just felt too rough around the edges which led to many moments feeling shallow, some even infuriating. The pace was ridiculously uneven and rushed, the reactions to small issues were exaggerated, while the serious topics were brushed off as if nothing happened. At some point I started to feel exhausted after finishing the episodes.
I’ll start with the good, even great. Amazing? Perfect? Touching? All fitting when talking about the acting and the chemistry between Smart and Boom. As much as the plot was a mess, these two delivered such strong performances at times I was even able to forget how nothing makes much sense. Boom’s portrayal of Akin was phenomenal - the angsty scenes ripped my heart into pieces, the way this man shows pain through his acting is just on the next level.
Smart as Jin? Somehow so convincing and attractive, the borderline (not really) stalker behavior did not even bother me. He did an amazing job balancing the psycho obsessive tendencies with the tender and caring approach. Even though on paper these seem rather contradicting, with how Smart depicted Jin, they created a cohesive and interesting character.
Which leads me to the RIDICULOUSLY GOOD chemistry these two had on screen. I mean… they stole the branding of honey from Winnie the Pooh. Jokes aside, while their scenes were hot, they were not just hot. Whatever intimate scene they presented, under all that make out sessions and more, there were deeper and more meaningful emotions that were clearly presented - be it hesitation, longing, pain, regret, fear, and obviously love.
Sadly, the plot was a completely ridiculous mess and it quite honestly made me angry a few times. From how they didn't really handled at all the topic of obsessive fans, or how there was no actually discussion about sexual assault and the constant blaming the victim - lack of care when writing rather awful dialogues surrounding the subjects. The borderline trauma porn that was Akin’s life - dude could not catch a break at all, they were just dumping issues on him without real resolution for any of them. Sometimes they were focusing the whole episodes on characters that were barely introduced and no one cared about, other times they hinted at some side plots that then never happened. I am being 100% honest when I say it felt like they tried to put 5 seasons into one. And it just did not work.
The styling, directing and editing was quite a unique mix of Thai and Japanese BLs. Not sure how much it worked though. Some scenes I loved, some I was questioning harder than my life choices. As for the music, felt like they just picked a random playlist and put it on shuffle.
I understand why people loved it, but for me it just felt too rough around the edges which led to many moments feeling shallow, some even infuriating. The pace was ridiculously uneven and rushed, the reactions to small issues were exaggerated, while the serious topics were brushed off as if nothing happened. At some point I started to feel exhausted after finishing the episodes.
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