I am shocked at the reviews.

TW// mentions of sexual assault and force, mature themes

To start off, I would like to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the story and acting in this drama. It's short and straight to the point. What made me dislike this show were the explicit scenes. I am surprised I don't see more people talking about this, most are saying how it was hot. I found the explicit scenes very forceful, to say the least. I read other comments saying "the sex scenes were about lust and desire and that's what made it hot." Quite literally every explicit scene in the show, whether it was a fantasy or not, somebody was being forced. The one between the two main haracters absolutely disturbed me. The writer forced himself on the college boy despite the boy saying no multiple times, even slapping the writer. The writer just pushed him on the table and forces him... It would be different if that scene was supposed to be seen as sexual assault or something, but it's not. It's seen as hot and steamy, the reviews proving my point. I find it quite concerning the number of people saying they were turned on or got off to this show. You don't have to agree with me but the explicit scenes really put me off considering they were portrayed as hot and not as assault.

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Had to Force Myself to Finish it

So the male main character quite literally bullies the female lead. It's so bad that she refers to herself as "trash" and "pathetic". And the fact that she thought it was okay because "guys who are mean only want what's best for you, and nice guys are the bad ones" reinforces abuse culture and is the reason why so many women cannot tell signs of abuse.

What made that really disturbing is that she was taught that by her father and the male lead reinforces it. Not to mention the fact that the friends recognized that the male lead was problematic, yet they encouraged the relationship regardless.

Deep down I knew it wasn't going to happen, but I was hoping that the second "male interest" would help her confidence and self worth and would realize what the male lead was doing was wrong. Unfortunately, that was not the case.

All of that aside, the movie was a cliché. The story line wasn't realistic and got confusing at times. There was legitimately little to no point in the "love triangle" part of the movie, I'm convinced the producers were just running out of ideas. The acting was very forced at some parts, but overall, very mediocre. I have seen some of these actors in other films and the acting was 10x better.

All in all, I give this movie a 3/10, would not recommend.

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Makes You Think

This drama really makes you think about what's right and wrong. It is more deep than it is dark. The story was interesting, have never heard of anything like it before. The female lead is an amazing actor, she really embodied her role. I enjoyed the acting overall, but the mom and teacher just seemed over the top to me. I felt the music was sort of lacking in some parts of the show, and it just wasn't memorable. I would rewatch just for the soft scenes between the two leads, they really pulled at my heartstrings. Trigger warning though for things dealing with sexual assault, bullying, suicide, and trauma. I didn't know going into this how much it would trigger my daddy issues so beware. Overall, would recommend if you're into psychological dramas.

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