I never intended to write a review about this show but after seeing all the episodes, I just had to get this off my chest.

Overall, I liked how they built it up, little by little establishing the relationship between the characters and especially between YS and XH. I love how their story progressed and along the way it got me convinced to invest emotionally in the characters. Tbh, I think Wayne carried much of the weight of the show, he was just SOOO good!

Although there were tropes that are frankly overused (hello, "I don't like guys but I like you only"), they can be forgiven and brushed aside. I love how they have this dynamic of the parents' views intersecting with same-sex relationships. I love how there is an explicit scene of the main character's friends actively trying to understand and accept this new type of relationship in their minds. I love how our main characters' love develops. It didn't feel rushed and questionable to me. Towards the end, I removed all my armor and embraced and LOVE the characters. And I was mistaken to have done so.

Towards the latter part of the story, a growing uneasiness kept on bugging me. Apart from parent x child problems, we have not seen any conflict with major stakes. In the last few episodes, I kept on hoping for something sensible to come up and test the love of YS and XH. I was afraid that this much joy must have a high price attached to it. And then THAT plot twist came, I was horrified among many other things.

I mean, not all stories can and do have happy endings, but in this case, I must say that our characters deserved so much more than the ending that they were given. True, I shed tears and was an emotional wreck in the last episode, but I think it has more to do with how this ending did not give the characters justice even if it was to end tragically. The use of a doppelganger at the end felt absolutely contrived, arbitrary, confusing, and unnecessary to me. I kept on waiting for a backstory for the doppelganger only to be left disappointed when one of the characters confirmed YS' death. I thought a slightly acceptable closure was that YS' character had amnesia, but alas, dismay followed.

I cried tears for XH, I felt his pain. I LOVE the story but that ending butchered my love for it. They had been building us up only to leave us utterly hanging and dry towards the end. I can't stress this enough, the story is great but YS and XH deserved so, so much more than what they were given. It wasn't a satisfying ending at all. It was almost perfect, they just didn't tie the knots well enough, if at all. I was left with bitter sadness, questions, and exasperation. If I were to rewatch this, I'd skip the ending, I know. I loved it so much, then frustratingly, I couldn't help myself that I hated it even if I didn't want to. Regardless, this is still going to be one of my favorites for sure.