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Look, I know there's slim picking as it is around good LGBT titles, but even from a stand point of desperation - this was so hard to watch through.
On a story front: ok, it was fairly basic and, I suppose, it worked for the most part - but really, after the first 4 episodes, it just gets completely lost and any remnants of character tropes and story arcs that make sense are entirely thrown out the window. The characters are terribly developed and executed just as badly. There are a few over the top "cringe" moments that make you wish you could like them, but it often comes in poorly timed and leaves you (and probably the actors too) just feeling awkward. The music didn't help much either - with not much room in the story itself to pick up on any character emotions or implied themes - the music swarms in constantly to make you know EXACTLY what mood is happening when. I found myself skipping through lots of moments that were done to the tune of cheesy 'idle' music or 'this is a romance' scene music. Really, I'm not so sure if this is adapted from a comic, because it really does come off with that kind of feel: especially since the main romantic tension of the primary couple is derived from 'well, he kidnapped me, rough handled me and assaulted me while drunk - so I must be in love with him!". Most of the dynamics between the couples is either weirdly problematic or just conjured from thin air.... so, it's hard to really ship any of them in the end.
Overall, really hard to like and definitely a title that I wouldn't revisit. I suppose some of the good points of it where that it was shot fairly well (the lighting was good, shots made sense apart from the 'I must monologue to your back' trope and everyone living in the same house , and, the actors did come across as genuinely trying to do a good job (which is really what made me stick through all the episodes)) and it wrapped all the nonsensical tangents with a neat scene at the end (which is always appreciated). I'd recommend this only if you have literally nothing else to do with your time.
On a story front: ok, it was fairly basic and, I suppose, it worked for the most part - but really, after the first 4 episodes, it just gets completely lost and any remnants of character tropes and story arcs that make sense are entirely thrown out the window. The characters are terribly developed and executed just as badly. There are a few over the top "cringe" moments that make you wish you could like them, but it often comes in poorly timed and leaves you (and probably the actors too) just feeling awkward. The music didn't help much either - with not much room in the story itself to pick up on any character emotions or implied themes - the music swarms in constantly to make you know EXACTLY what mood is happening when. I found myself skipping through lots of moments that were done to the tune of cheesy 'idle' music or 'this is a romance' scene music. Really, I'm not so sure if this is adapted from a comic, because it really does come off with that kind of feel: especially since the main romantic tension of the primary couple is derived from 'well, he kidnapped me, rough handled me and assaulted me while drunk - so I must be in love with him!". Most of the dynamics between the couples is either weirdly problematic or just conjured from thin air.... so, it's hard to really ship any of them in the end.
Overall, really hard to like and definitely a title that I wouldn't revisit. I suppose some of the good points of it where that it was shot fairly well (the lighting was good, shots made sense apart from the 'I must monologue to your back' trope and everyone living in the same house , and, the actors did come across as genuinely trying to do a good job (which is really what made me stick through all the episodes)) and it wrapped all the nonsensical tangents with a neat scene at the end (which is always appreciated). I'd recommend this only if you have literally nothing else to do with your time.
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