WingedBean

For a country whose BL bread and butter is 'the popular kid x the insecure/shy kid,' you'd think they'd have perfected this trope. They had everything to make this work

• A fudanshi finding his love story after only reading and writing about it
• A solid, supportive, non-judgmental friend group
• The concept of your ideal partner actually falling for you
• A puppy seme who's very likeable and not overdone

And somehow they managed to fuck it up. I don't mind an insecure and/or oblivious character. They are a dime a dozen in JBLs. But for this to work, a fine balance needs to be established. That's where this drama fails. We spend so much time dealing with Suzuki's obliviousness and his 'boo-hoo, I'm so gloomy nobody could like or depend on me' shtick that the story becomes frustrating. I understand that low self-esteem is a thing, not just in teens but in people of all ages - but largely teens.

HOWEVER!!!! A drama shouldn't be about low self-esteem and ridiculous cluelessness for 11 goddam episodes, man! Ok, it's not all 11; just everything from ep 6. That's just a paper-thin, boring, and frustrating plot. They could've even used one episode to let us see Suzuki think about his sexuality - I distinctly remember him stating in one of the earlier episodes that he likes BL, but he's not 'like that'. That statement was interesting but is never revisited.

Final Thoughts
My overall feelings for this drama can be summed up with a line I wrote after I watched episode 8
'Suzuki continues to strive for and conquer unprecedented levels of stupid🤦🏾‍♀️'