could have been way better

For the most part, I thought this drama was good. I felt the actors and actresses did a good job. I definitely felt some Falling into Your Smile vibes but the e-sports vibes, not the romance vibes from Falling into Your Smile (as Falling into You Smile's romance was waaaaayy better). I was planning on giving this drama a 9-star rating up until I saw episode 32 from there everything just went downhill for me. The ending could have been way better. The break-up make-up at the end was so short that it's like what is the point. We get no reconciliation conversation which I believe was very much needed. All we get are two hugs from the main leads and that's it, no romance whatsoever.

My disappointments with the drama:
I mostly had issues with the romance in this show. In the beginning, I thought they did a good buildup for when the ML and FL finally get together. Although, once the main couple gets together there are hardly any romantic scenes anymore which was a disappointment. They had a perfectly good scene for a kiss when she tries to grab the sheet mask and falls into his lap and instead of them kissing she just gets up and goes to her room after all that tension buildup. I also hate the ex coming back trope/plot device. But this show not only brought the ex-girlfriend back once but twice which was completely unnecessary. I really didn't like how the ML didn't say or do anything right away when his ex made it seem like they were together. Like how difficult is it to just make a statement saying "no we are not together I like someone else" And his friend told him no matter what in that situation someone is going to get hurt so why did it take him so damn long to clear up the situation? Like would you really rather hurt the girl you currently love or someone you used to love and who isn't a part of your life anymore why did it take him so long to make that decision??? I also cannot stand that they brought the ex-girlfriend back again in ep.32!!! And why does he have to be the one to take care of her?! She has her staff to handle things and the ML and ex-girlfriend aren't in each other lives anymore so it was completely unnecessary to bring the ex back. I just can't stand that they brought the ex back because it makes the ML turn into an a**hole because he is paying so much attention to his ex-girlfriend just because she is hurt. And then the ML completely forgets his girlfriend and doesn't even realize that his girlfriend isn't around until she leaves or his friends yell at him for neglecting her and then he realizes his mistake and starts contacting her like crazy or he runs into her and is like "oh my bad I don't care about my ex but she has no one else but me so I have to take care of her and treat her better than I treat you sorry please forgive me." I mean in ep33 the ML's best friend even commented "you don't even care about the FL" and the ML didn't even deny it!!!! and THEN when she leaves he didn't even fight for her all he did was text her, "take care of yourself" like WTF!!! Then in the next episode, it takes him forever to even just admit that he loves the FL when the male commentator asks him!! It seems like he really doesn't care to fight for the FL. And what was the point of the ex coming back when in the end she came cause she wanted him back and then 4 episodes later she gives the ML her blessing to be with the FL. Again WTF!!! In the final minutes of the last episode, there was no romance (just a few hugs) which makes it feel like the two main leads decided to be friends instead of getting back together. I feel like this drama either needed to be 5 episodes shorter or an episode or two longer to fully tie up loose ends.

All in all I really wanted to like this show but once the couple got together the drama started to go downhill. The romance was flat, the ex coming back multiple times was aggravating, the ML started to turn into an a**hole, the unsolved tactics leaked case that lasted forever for them to solve, the time skips in which we don't know how long it been (especially when you pay attention to the FL's brothers limping), and other minor things that annoyed me.

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