wasted potential...

cw/ spoiler warning: sa, abuse, harrassment, plot in general

First of all I want to say this series had major pacing issues, the first 6 episodes could've been 3 episodes and the last 2 should've been 4-5 episodes. I know the most of the plot happens in the first episodes but still.

I really liked the cast, they did their best with what they were given.

Now, the wasted potential comes from Tae-Yi and Juha, both of them were way too problematic to be redeemed with one shitty apology. Juha had like 3 scenes where he harrassed/ borderline assaulted Se-Heon (given his internalized homophobia his actions are more nuanced and his hug scene with Doyoon is a great start to redemption), but Tae-Yi??????? He assaults Se-Heon physically and verbally and then s*xually?????? For no good reason????? Foul. I can't believe Se-Heon forgave him so easily because first his reaction to that kiss and then his action outside the bar were absolutely horrible and his apology was just "sorry that I hurt you" like be fr.

If we only saw Tae-Yi verbally warning Se-Heon and then warming up around ep 4 it would've been excusable because his mental state was still bad because of his brother.

Briefly touching on Juha and Do-Yoon's "kiss": obviously kisses aren't the most important part of a bl, and actors shouldn't do it if they don't want to, but this excecution was just really lazy, in my opinion it would've worked exactly the same if not better if it was a kiss on the cheek. I'm also a bit dissappointed we never got a conclusion to their story, even if they just remained friends they could've shown up at the end.

That was all I have to say I think, in conclusion it had a lot of potential but they lost it near the end.

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Finally made it to the end

short review: much better than I expected and really liked it but I totally understand people not watching it for the platforming alone

longer review: before I hate on the platforming let's start with the actual content of the show :)

I really liked both leads, their personalities were convincing from the start and the short runtime made sure there weren't any unexplained personality changes. All the side characters did good too. I was surprised how much they plot they crammed into the runtime and I was always anticipating the next episode. The small cast did make it a bit easy to see who the culprit was going to be but I enjoyed watching the other characters figure it out.

...now, let's talk about the worst thing about this show: the platform

I had the willpower to not spend money on this but boy was it hard. 7 ads every day added up to only 4 episodes a day, so I think it took a bit over 2 weeks to watch it all, rough. I'm glad I continued watching because it's honestly worth the watch in my opinion but the platforming definitely brings it down and without it I'm certain the show could be way more popular, which is dissapointing for everyone involved.

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