The story in Cherry blossoms after winter could have been interesting in some ways, however it doesn't work at all here. The dialogue, set environments and overall interactions between characters felt forced, flat, most of the time unnatural and not believable. The tropes and interactions are very cliche and cringey at times, and the story between the two leads feels very unfulfilling and spontaneous with the background we're given. I'll give some props to the lead actors for the amount of chemistry they were able to have at some points being there were some decently romantic moments, however the overall performances felt very mundane. I don't want to say it was the acting exclusively because the script was very clearly low quality. Any conflict felt too quickly solved, everything in general felt too sudden and more often than not, boring. The only story line that felt somewhat interesting was with the mother's, and even then It could have been done a lot better. If what you are interested in is an untraditional BL that involves "brothers" falling in love like Cherry Blossoms, I'd highly recommend "Unknown", a Tai BL adapted from the "Da Ge" Novel by Priest, which I also recommend. A way more interesting plot with heavy themes, lots of character depth, a believable world and love story; it really is on another level than Cherry Blossoms. Overall, I wouldn't recommend Cherry blossoms after winter, but if you're into fluffy romance and don't mind a very predictable, cliche, flat production then knock yourself out I guess.