See You After Quarantine? (2021)

?CUTENESS?

Considering this was shot using a galaxy phone during quarantine, this short series turned out good. Acting could be better but overall it’s not bad. Love the appearance of Aaron Lai. Also liked that the film included actual Taiwan streets during quarantine.
Story is cute. Read comments about this prior to watching, and most said it’s full of cuteness. I’ll agree that it’s cute & nice. I’m seriously curious how the filming for this and the production were done if using a galaxy phone?
It’s ten minutes for each episode. That’s what I don’t get. Wouldn’t it be less work to just do full length film rather than cut it into episodes if it’s just for ten minutes? I also didn’t see a lot of promotion for this series.

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Absolutely Adorable

**Brief Synopsis**
Story starts when T accidently sends a message to the wrong person and B pretends to be that person because T was offering the camera he wanted. After the ruse ended, they still continued to chat and slowly they start falling for each other. Story ends after the quarantine is over and they get to meet and perhaps move in together.

**My Opinion**

THINGS I LIKED ABOUT THIS
- Absolutely adorable little story. It can be finished very fast and leaves you wanting more. The leads are adorable together and once they meet up, their intimate little gestures are adorable.
- Absolutely loved the age difference.
- The male leads are gorgeous together. Absolutely loved them visually.
- The acting was on point for their characters.

THINGS I DIDNT LIKE ABOUT THIS
- No plot. Just a series of video calls followed by a last scene where they finally meet up.
- The angst was a little weird. Once again the angst is because of miscommunication.

**Conclusion**
An adorable feel good type of show.

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A micro-series reacting to the current state of society in one afternoon or evening. It is innovative and original in that the lockdown brought together two individuals from other countries (Taiwan, Japan) and even through an old camera. I would characterize it by immediacy, cuteness, you won't come across any deception anywhere, insidiousness and an excellent rating on MDL and IMDb won't deny it. One of the "young people" is played by the Japanese Akihiro Kawai, who will be 40 years old next year and even the big age difference was not very noticeable. The director won't deny it, and at least cast his favorite Aaron Lai from Be Loved in House in a supporting role.

Mikroseriálek reagující na současný stav ve společnosti zvládente za jedno odpoledne či večer. Inovativní, originální je v tom, že lockdown spojil dva jedince z jiných zemí (Taiwan, Japonsko) a ještě přes starý fotoaparát. Charakterizoval bych jej bezprostředností, roztomilostí, nikde nenarazíte na žádný podraz, zákeřnost a výborné hodnocení na MDL i IMDb to nezapře. Jednoho z "mladíků" hraje Japonec Akihiro Kawai, který bude mít příští rok 40 let a ani ten velký věkový rozdíl nebyl moc poznat. Režisér se nezapře, a alespoň do vedlejší role obsadil svého oblíbence Aarona Lai-e z Be Loved in House.

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Too Similar and Cell Phone Production

Video Chat Bromance genre, "See You After Quarantine" is a quick, breezy drama coming in at under 10 minutes per episode.

I am pretty sure I saw the end credits stating it was shot on Cell phone? not sure of the make, but this seems to a normal for that particular time, and I am glad too see the technology is being put to good use (LOL)

Although this really felt like a Deja vu watching this , comparted to game boys, I was not overall impressed with this, and I did find very cliché .

Like I said this whole drama can be done in one sitting and probably within an an hour, the opening & closing credits could have been shorter and it was a waste of screen time (or Cellphone screen time)!!

In terms of acting not much to report as everything is recorded sitting or just talking through a lens, like a normal video chat call, the quality of the picture is not bad, but the overall story was a little boring for me.

Overall : if you have an hour to waste and stuck in traffic or something, then I guess you could try it out.

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Lightweight version of Gameboys/Hello Stranger

Another entry into the Video Chat Bromance genre, "See You After Quarantine" is a quick, breezy drama coming in at under 10 minutes per episode. According to the end credits, the entire show was shot on a Galaxy S21 smartphone and it doesn't look too bad. To be fair, I think Gameboys and Hello Stranger were also shot on cell phones, so technology is no longer a barrier for pro-am level productions. The love interest between two guys with a greater age gap is refreshing departure from the same age cliche. There's not a lot of dramatic conflict beyond the "does he or does he not" element, but it's certainly a conflict anyone can identify with, so it works. We're also spared the usual padding with secondary characters and sub-plots, as "See You After Quarantine" stays in its own lane for the most part. More recent BL/Y dramas have backed away from displays of affection between the men, but here we get an explosion of kisses in the final installment. The leads do a good job of raising their performances above the rather two dimensional script. For such a short drama, it's certainly worth a look. You'll want to skip past the repeating open/close bookends which will save you about 30 minutes over 10 episodes.

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