Bump Up Business (2023)

It could've been better

As I wrote on the headline of this review "this could've been better" because it could've. Listen I might not know much about the kpop industries and kpop but damn!!! this so called bl was an utter disappointment and I wouldn't rewatch this for thy kingdom come. Firstly I must admit the things I like about the series. 1. The hot boys ( or should I say eye candy ;)). I must say those boys are so god damn hot, I had to take a breath of fresh air to take wind of all the eye candies, abs and so on ( I have no shame lol ) anyways 2. I ike the plot aside from the message in other words " The kpop industry encouraging idols to fake being in a gay relationship " thing it was alright in my book
Now for what I was disappointed with , first things first i hate the fact that the plot wasn't developed properly it had a potential to be a 10/10 but damn like why they couldn't have added couple more minutes to the series 🤨🤨😤😤 because it was rushed and the plot should've been at a steady pace but what the heck!!!! Anyways as they say leave what's best for last, as a bl fan I love things with kissing scenes and U know what scenes in it ( explicit content ;) and I know that not all bls must have explicit sex scenes and so on but come on why couldn't they add a kissing scene just one could suffice like damn!!! at least it could raised the ratings to like 8.5 or smth but judging off the plot I have my doubts
What is a bl without kissing scenes and to add to the disappointment to make it an utter disappointment they didn't had a satisfied ending 😭😭😭😭
Anyways don't take my word for it after all this is my opinion but some other dramas that showcase LGBTQ and isn't one like method was way better than this and it is a bl 🤦🤦🤦

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rushed ending

i think the visuals are truly beautiful and to die for.

but the whole story and ending was not complete they got together last minute.
acting in some scenes was. it was short ,so it was like easy watch but i would have really loved if the episodes were at least ten minutes longer it would've made bigg difference. the whole drama was too focused on the villain and not on google their relationship witch was really missing i wanted to see them being together doing something "falling in love" anyways since the minute i saw that its 15 mins an episode i knew it wouldn't be 10/10

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Gave it a 5 out of pity, I'm so sorry OnlyOneOf

No, like, everything is wrong. The budget? Non existing. The acting? Only Nine could do it. The story? WTF was that. The song? Absolutely terrible.
First of all: the story. There were so many reasons they could come up with for a "men trauma", but they decided it was a good idea to make a flashback when the guy liked a girl but she was revealed to be a boy. And they were only kids. That's the dumbest reason for a trauma I've ever seen lol.
Nothing made sense ever in this show. Everything was very bad written and I only watched because I liked the boys. Jihoon and J were the only characters I actually liked. Eden wasn't that bad but he was kinda inconsistent, he would change all of a sudden. He made such a big deal out of the "trauma" but when he meets J again it's like nothing ever happened, he doesn't even hesitate to hug him and go out to eat. I thought would be at least shocked or idk.
No but I really wanted to like this show, they made it so hard to watch lmao

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OnlyOneOf es suficiente para dar un producto de calidad

Esta reseña probablemente sea la más sesgada de las que voy a hacer en esta página web, porque si he visto Bump Up Business es porque soy fan de OnlyOneOf.

Aun así, llegué a la obra sin grandes expectativas, y tanto Nine como Mill consiguieron sorprenderme con sus habilidades de actuación. Kang Eden es un personaje adorable, lleno de la inocencia de un rookie que no sabe a lo que se enfrenta al entrar en una industria como puede ser la del kpop. Jihoon, por su parte, es sexy, atrevido, fascinante...

Nine es mi bias de OOO y queda completamente revalidado tras ver esta obra.

Como parte negativa, tengo que apuntar la brevedad de la misma. Creo que 120 minutos se quedaron cortos para profundizar en las relaciones y la última confesión de amor se sintió apresurad, así como la confesión de Jay hacia Eden.

Una pena no haber contado con un presupuesto mayor, pero me alegro de que OOO haya tenido la oportunidad de mostrarnos otra perspectiva de su arte.

Ahora a verles en directo el mes que viene 💕

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HEAR ME OUT

This might be a little biased BUT for the way people talked about their acting I thought it was gonna be trash and awful to watch. It was actually kinda good considering that they're NOT professional actors. I love how they depict the guilt of lgbt love and how the industry works. People need to understand that lots of things that happen (mostly in bg) is just fanservice. I'm not saying it's all the groups but some of them are. There's also that thing in the kpop or bl industry where it's okay to act gay but BEING gay is considered wrong, as if it should be hidden. I'd honestly say that KB did an amazing job cuz I was getting pissed at his character. I really liked it and was invested to find out what had really happened between Hyubin and Jihoon. Yes, it was rushed and I almost had a heart attack thinking they'd be separated but overall it was kinda good. Also if you like ooo I'd recommend it, just to support our boys, cuz even tho the show isn't one of the bests I really think this type of stories are important to be depicted.

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Gay Business

Bump Up Business is a South Korean BL series. It is about two K-Pop idols who debuted in a duo and the marketing strategy that they were put in was more into being a gay duo or at least suggestive of that scenario. I have some concerns about this concept but I have to admit that a part of me is quite proud that an actual K-Pop group – OnlyOneOf – is the lead of the series. Basically, the series is led by members of the K-Pop group. I am really surprised at that considering how homophobic South Korean actually is. Anyways, I actually think that they did a good job with this one. I mean, for a South Korean BL, this is not bad. The story is quite simple and, even though they had so many weird complications, they were able to handle the lives of the characters well. The acting is okay. I mean, these are rookie actors who are doing BL so they are still starting and I don’t think that they did a bad job at all. It could still be so much better but it is okay. I think what is icky about this story for me is the business model that they are acting like a gay couple so that they could get more fans. This is the business model that they have and I was initially uncomfortable with it but then I realized that this is how BL actors are doing it. I mean, I know that they are not real couples and these are all fan service. I think it was when that I had this realization that I became more open to the concept. They also did it well by not being too exploitative about it and you can clearly see that the characters are slowly having interest with each other. Again, the acting is not the best and can still be improve but it is not too bad. At the same time, I feel like they benefitted from the fact that it is a relatively short series that there is nothing much here that would make you tick anymore because the events are unfolding as fast as they can. There are some parts of the story that they could have removed like the girl in the story was serving no other purpose so that it could be more of a cohesive but we got what we got and I am not really that mad about it. I think there is not much special in here. It is just okay. At the end of the day, OnlyOneOf is just doing what they did in the series - just gay business.

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Could have been almost perfect, but was too rushed

Tbh I didn't expected too much because of the bad ratings. I even hesitated to watch it, but i am glad i did! I was really surprised and i think the ratings are way too harsh. The acting was really good and even tough it was rushed, especially at the last episodes, the tension between the main actors was wonderful. I was curious because I've heard, that the main actors, who are in the same kpop group give us a real kissing scene! And yes they were kissing once, but unfortunately not in the end. I am quite sad how rushed the series was. The Plot could have been soooo good, I was just waiting for a BL Story like that. I think, if the episodes were longer the storytelling better, it would be a 9 or even a 10 for me. But overall I enjoyed it, even if it's not going to be one of my favourite series. It's not deep enough, but if you are wondering if you want to watch it, just do it. It's short, cute and it's not perfect, but I had butterflies. And last but not least... the main actors/idols are very good looking :D

The only thing which made me cringe was the bad english of J. The actor should have trained his pronunciation of his sentences better, because J grew up in the US.

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Typical K-BL

I read the other reviews before watching this and was expecting a trash heap of a show. That may be why I liked it as much as I did because it wasn't any worse or any better than the typical 7 or 8 episode K-BL.

I kept waitng for the cringe scenes. Still not sure which ones those were. There was one scene that did give off high school play vibes at the start.

Overall it was not bad and as with every short episode bl longer would have been better and the ending feels rushed, but that is the norm for most of the K-BL's I've watched.

The only thing I felt uneasy about was that Only One Of chose this story line as they have often been accused of queer baiting. It just seemed like an odd choice based on that.

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Cumpriu com as expectativas (com ressalvas)

Desde a surpresa do anúncio, passando pela incessante espera até o tão antecipado lançamento, toda a experiência ocorreu de maneira bastante espontânea e proveitosa.

Com uma trilha sonora primorosa, Bump Up Business, para um drama de jovens idols atualmente ativos na indústria musical, foi uma surpresa definitivamente agradável, é uma história leve, clichê e estranhamente empolgante, uma vez que, assistindo acompanhada, nos encontramos completamente em silêncio, entretidos com o que estava na tela.

Entretanto, há um inegável mau aproveitamento de cenas, o que normalmente já é de se esperar em bls coreanos, mas aqui se fez muito presente por deixar falhas de enredo e furos de roteiro do início até o final. Todas as problemáticas levantadas quanto aos personagens não foram desenvolvidas propriamente, assim como suas próprias personalidades também foram tratadas de maneira rasa e muitos dos motivos só sejam descobertos por aqueles que lerem o manhwa.

As atuações estão muito melhores do que eu imaginava, principalmente Mill e KB me surpreenderam muito positivamente como mocinho e vilão, respectivamente. O final acaba sendo o grande desconforto aqui, sem spoilers, mas creio que todos pensaram na mesma coisa, faltou a chave de ouro.

Houve sim uma tentativa de promover o grupo em sua vasta e talentosa lore LGBTQ+ em formula semelhante a Semantic Error, o deslize se deu por conta do baixo investimento em um melhor roteiro, a história tinha e tem muito potencial e eu espero ver o OnlyOneOf em novos trabalhos de atuação.

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Otro a la lista!

Un drama mas terminado, la verdad no esperaba mucho, y tampoco es el mejor drama, quise verlo porque muchas personas cercanas lo vieron y me lo recomendaron, es lindo, dire siendo lo mas objetiva que no es el mejor drama, y tampoco tienen la mejor química los protagonistas.

Aun así el drama me gusto, es simple, no te estresa y es algo que sirve para pasar el rato mas que otra cosa. No creo volver a verlo, pero tiene momentos bonitos.

Me gusto mucho la musica del drama, ya conocía a los chicos como cantantes pero no los había visto en esta faceta de actor.

Me gustaría volver a ver algo de ellos, porque quiero ver una mejoria en la actuación y química de ellos, porque en esta lo sentí un poco flojo, digámoslos así... Hay potencial, espero que sigan dando lo mejor!

Sobre la historia se veía mas prometedora de lo que fue, pero en algunos aspecto me gusto ver un poco de lo que ya se sabe que se hace en la industria, que por fama se siguen corriente para acercarse a diversos públicos, aunque vaya o no con la visión del artista en si... así que en ese aspecto me gusto bastante.

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