Nothing new, but cute and refreshing

This series is quite short that it ends before I know it.
The plot is nothing new, just a puppy love between two guys with lots of coincidence happened that makes the world seem very small, and overly joyful and silly characters. On the bright side, the mains are cute, lovely, being comfortable with each other and the ways they express their crush are quite on point; and they are gay (or bi) instead of being typically straight like in many BL out there. Also there are too many shirtless screen. While I feel that that is a cheap way to catch viewer's attention, I wouldn't complain for the guilty pleasure I got there: those shirtless guys are sights for sore eyes.
Alongside the love story of two guys, this series also propagate know-how and what to do during Covid-19 pandemic: keeping distance, wearing mask, sterilizing and so on. Quite topical.
In the end, I enjoy watching this series. A score of 7.5 for the refreshing and entertaining value, I guess.

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A setback from the prequel.

The acting haven't been improved much (or at all). The plot is still silly and rushed, as the prequel, and the misunderstanding between the main characters, which may be the main focus in this season, is quite stretchy. I ended up skipping a lot. On the bright side, music is still good and there are more songs now. The scenery of countryside is still as beautiful as ever, and the wild grass picked by Tak is a common and familiar type of grasses in the suburban area where I live, so it's a pleasant welcome.
All in all, I think it's a setback from the previous one, but still not bad.

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There is flaws, but it's still fun to watch. Quite an entertainment, in fact.

Cons:
The acting is... awkward. The dialogues weren't delivered smoothly, sounded as if they were answer their teacher's questions.
Plot is nothing new, and quite rushed. I guess it's due to the fact that they only have 8 episodes with 30- minutes per episode. The main characters fell for each other too fast, it's surreal.

Pros:
The music is a plus. It's fun and catchy, helping in setting up the mood for the series.
And despite the awkward acting, I can feel there's something that seem innocent, pure and sincere on those main characters. It suits the setting of countryside in the series. Furthermore, the guys didn't seem to shy away from physical contact, so their intimate moments make their "love" words quite convincing. The scenery of the countryside with wheat fields, grass huts, dirt roads is a change from those university buildings, shopping malls and urban side of the majority of BL series nowadays. All those together with the happy theme song make watching this series an entertaining experience to me.

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A low budget but beautifully made series

This is my very first review ever on this site so maybe there are some hype in it, but it's true that I really like this series.
This series has the visual, the characters, the story and it reflects gay people - things that ironically many BL series seem to ignore.

Story: The setting of this series is nothing new: a seemingly straight guy got forced into rooming with his neighbor whom he disliked from the start, only to ended up falling in love with that hot, handsome neighbor in the end. However, while many other BL series are fan services as a whole, focus sorely on the shipping: how they met, how they got attracted to each other (or not, they just deep down "like" each other from the get-go), their intimate moments and their cliché jealousy from their over-possessive characters; this series is a story about gay guys that tackles on gay problems: the acceptance and attitude of family members, self-discovering, self-acceptance and fear, expectation of parents and desire of one's own, the unfair need of coming out and its hindrance, etc. It has a story to tell and we can see a little more into the lives of the characters and their struggles (at least the main characters) instead of just love. And that love was viewed from the scope of gay people instead of that of the heteros, as many other BL series made me feel so.

Acting: The lines, actions and movements was delivered naturally and smoothly. While there is no complicated moments or conflicts of emotions to challenge the actors' skills, it's still good acting nevertheless. The interactions between the two leads are sweet, cute and believable. That's all I need.

Characters: There are very few characters in this series, but we still have a diversity of characteristic: an out-and-proud gay dude having a cold war with his family, a lost guy carrying the burden of expectation from parents without chances to know and do for himself, a self-proclaim ally that's cheerful outwardly but fierce inwardly, a nosy neighbor but helpful and understanding, a sarcastic and blunt best friend. While it lacked in quantity, it made up in quality.

Music: It's agreeable enough in my opinion. The music is nice. It's just... that I'm still getting use to Filipino so I find their songs to be hilarious. Maybe it's just me.

Visual: As I have said before, I think this is a low budget series. In this series, you can see that they use two apartment rooms, the front of the apartment, some public areas of that complex, the inside of a taxi. That's it, the whole filming scenes; and eight characters in total: two mains, three supports, three minors. However, with what they had, they made it good. The scenes, the camera works, the color and the lighting are no less than that of other series. The makeup is good, not make me grossed out with faces too white or lips too red like some series I have seen. Above all, I guess the cuteness and handsomeness of the two male leads blinded me and made me cannot see anything else that may be flawed *LOL* And the dance. Gosh, I love it. Like a scene plucked out of a fairy tale.

With those interesting characters, good visual and interactions of those two cutie pies, and the way they cared about the scope of gay people, I don't mind watching it again.

Strongly recommended.

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