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I want a series that introduces a love triangle/square where I genuinely have no idea who the lead will end up with. Pretty please and thank you. Peach Trap doesn’t work for me in a lot of ways, the main one being how predictable the final choice is for the protagonist and how early on we see it. Another issue is the sheer lack of logic. At times, you just have to laugh at how ridiculous everything becomes. Still, the men are beautiful, Subin has an excellent whiny voice, and we get to see Sejin shirtless not once, but twice :)

Let's Dive In.

Peach Trap is essentially a heap of discombobulated characters doing absolutely everything for Doha, while Doha himself could not give two fucks. Let’s start with Gyeon, the jujitsu best friend. He’s hot-headed, oddly overprotective, and blessed with the cutest dimple in the world. He repeatedly goes out of his way to commit the most heinous acts in the name of “protecting” Doha, even when Doha very clearly does not need protecting. I’m still trying to figure out what “code red” was supposed to mean when there was, in fact, no code red.

Then we have Mr. Jeon, who Doha should have ended up with. The stoic yet quietly caring office worker who spent his own money, time, and physical labor trying to fix a mistake his company made that led to Doha’s demise. He is genuinely lovely. Friends to lovers is my biggest trope, and even here, I was rooting hard for Doha and Jeon. Crazy, right?

And lastly, the most negligible candidate of them all: Haram, the hot coffee shop owner. Most of his history with Doha is talked about rather than shown, and we’re just supposed to believe they spent significant time together in the past. Then it comes to light that Haram has an unhealthy obsession with Doha and deliberately puts him in a situation where he can’t contact Gyeon or Mr. Jeon. Even so, it’s painfully clear from the beginning that there’s no meaningful buildup to suggest Doha and the coffee shop owner could ever realistically be endgame. Bummer, too. I thought he was the hottest out of all of them.

As for the relationship between Gyeon and Doha, I actually think it’s cute. Was Gyeon my choice for Doha? No. I think he harbored just as unhealthy an obsession as Haram, if not worse, considering the ten-year crush he kept hidden. Still, by the end, they are cute together. They even got a surprisingly good kiss scene that I wasn’t expecting at all, and I was pleasantly caught off guard.

That said, there are also plenty of moments that are just outright nonsensical. Doha gets so drunk that he remembers a kiss but not who it was with. Everyone wants to be around him at the same time while collectively acting unhinged. Gyeon slaps Haram. And honestly, there’s much more that I’ve probably already blocked out for my own peace.

To their credit, they wrapped up all the endings pretty nicely and even teased something between Haram and Gyeon’s jujitsu partner. A spinoff, maybe?

Ratings:

Story: 7/10 - It's entertaining because it's stupid. I also wish they would've heightened the importance of the fortune teller, but instead, she felt way too minimal for what she is trying to explain to Doha about his fate. Also, why did she turn into a little girl...? The endgame pairing is too predictable, justice for Mr. Jeon, and if Haram was going to be as trivial as he was in this, they could've at least let him be shirtless once.

Acting: 8.5/10 - Good! Subin does a nice job playing the damsel-in-distress. Obsessed with his whiny voice. All the actors can cry which is also good. I think they're all a little too one-dimensional, which isn't their fault, but it plays a significant part in their acting.

Music: 5/10 - didn't pay attention to it.

Recommendation Value: 5/10 - It's an easy watch, so sure.