It's ok...

So this series has been hit by the pandemic, which affected the last two episodes. Even before that I was losing interest in this series. I loved the premise and how the two main couples were approached but after the third episode, it became disapointing. The main two couples are very cute but for me it got a bit too much. I also was not crazy about some of the acting. I really liked the premise in the beginning but the acting and storyline decided to take a hike imo. I feel like it doesn't know what type of show it is - is it a show about two guys bonding through guitar, two guys who hated each other falling anyways, two guys going to a beach?? It tries to do too many things in a limited amount of time which makes it feel rushed and confusing.
Maybe after it all releases, I'll try to pick it back up again and update this. Sad to make this my first review. Overall, it felt like a run of the mill BL. Check it out if you need to watch every BL out there (or want to watch more of your fav actors) check it out, but I can think of a few others that have a bit more substance. That's my taste and take.

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First of all, I feel like it suffers from the everyone is gay trope first of all - way too many couples were introduced with no time to actually flesh out their characters. Felt like a catch all - all the tropes and relationship types you can think of in one single show!

Additionally, (maybe I'm no longer a BL person but) the physical intimacy between Tutor and Fighter was super awkward. Another reviewer compared it too porn and that is incredibly accurate. It is very accurate and while its great that a gay relationship is shown to be physically intimate and loving (looking at you SOTUS and Kinou Nani Tabeta?), but this was definitely for the viewers. There was a too much of a focus on Fighter's body. When watching those scenes, I really recalled how directors of Thai BLs have mentioned they cast actors with young straight women in mind, and I felt bad for the actors and the profiling of viewers. All for fanservice and demonstrating intimacy, but for me I felt like it cheapened the show and the genre (which is already rife with this).

Finally, the relationship between Saifah and Zon is all over the place - I feel like there was some development or something missing. It confused me because in the shopping scene for the guitar pick they were acting cute and couple-y but they were barely even friends a couple scenes later. While Tutor and Fighter have a clear plot and relationship development, Saifah and Zon seem to just have fluff and pre-relationship stuff. Which is totally fine! But not what I enjoy when we had so few scenes with as it was. Couple of weird cringy acting moments from ... everyone for me too - could be how the script is written.

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I loved it

The best way to describe it is like Natsume Yuuchinjou; in all except characters and general plot line. The Premise, themes, and mood are really similar.


I'm surprised by the number of people who didn't like the story. A lot of it is very subtle and you have to guess what happened off screen — not like in a crime shows but like really episodic. It was really crackish in terms of tone, but it was the type of humor where the the show is laughing and finding everything ridiculous to hide how dark and depressing the actual storylines are. This is not a fully shown plot with a tied up ending; I still have plenty of questions and want to know more, but I actually enjoy that. It ends very open ended, but not without gratification. This is a slowburn, pre-relationship too, so expect no kisses or real declarations of love from the mains. People are right in saying it doesn't require brain power in terms of plot but in terms of emotions, omg.

I'm writing this right after seeing it so, I will edit as I reflect more.

It won't let me recommend a non-drama so here!
Natsume Yuuchinjou is an anime, and it doesn't have any hit of romance (just a boy bonding with a demonic cat kinda?) but the tone and topics are really similar!
• MC struggling with seeing spirits and "fighting" them off - less fighting in Natsume
• Depressed that they can't fit in (Natsume evolves happier tho)
• Bigger orgs trying to control things in the background
• Building a group of friends over time
• Dealing with loss, and other complex emotions for yourself and for spirits and people
• Tho the scenery in Natsume that is much more like nature and forrests while this has jellies and neon swords haha
people who didn't know how to process school nurse files might like natsume more

SPOILERS without specifics because for some people will want this warning
TW:
Magically forced mass attempted suicide; minor magically forced homophobia to a lesbian couple (tho what was said made me gasp)

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