PalmOfPond
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Webtoon disconnect
UPDATE 2/19/2024
I attempted to come back to give it another go since I am reading the webtoon now.
Usually, I allow a little bit of disappointment when a Korean BL is based on a webtoon. However, this series disappointed me more than “A Shoulder To Cry On”. I get that a lot of the times these kind of adaptations leave out the good parts of the webtoon so you can go read it. But this KBL feels so different from the webtoon that I had to fast forward to get some livelihood. Even then the series is so slow that it was boring.
Why is it that so many of these school KBLs are formulaic as Thai school BLs. Here is the formula:
1. Boy likes boy but is afraid to confess
2. Boys have misunderstanding
3. Boy goes on to think he has one sided feelings
4. Boys loose contact with each other for years because one moves away
5. Random meet up years later in same school/class
6. Misunderstanding continues with poor communication
7. Third party likes one of the boys
8. Kissing/skinship leads to more confusion and misunderstanding
9. Someone helps clarify the confusion as one party decides to leave again
10. Misunderstanding is clear up and they finally get together.
I’ve read too many of these in Webtoons but never at this boring pace. I definitely think this is for a much younger audience of schoolgirls who see chemistry because anytime two boys kiss it’s chemistry. But for me this isn’t chemistrying.
3 MONTHS AGO
I might have to come back and rewatch this solely on the 8.3 rating of this series. Maybe I am missing something here because I was excited to watch another KBL. I really liked Jun and Jun because despite the lack of plot, the acting and chemistry was really good. I am pretty open minded and tolerate of KBLs if you give me visuals with good chemistry, I will watch it.
That being said, I really want to watch this but I can’t. Maybe it is the slow pacing or it is my of the plot, something didn’t click. This is a very short series was released in one hot, I didn’t get there storyline. I found the characters to be annoying and the lack of chemistry to be too painful to watch. I skimmed through this short series because I thought the second half would be better. Nope, it didn’t get any better.
Maybe I wasn’t in the right mindset when I watch this so I will rewatch it again and come back with a revised review if I can see why it got a 8.3 rating.
I attempted to come back to give it another go since I am reading the webtoon now.
Usually, I allow a little bit of disappointment when a Korean BL is based on a webtoon. However, this series disappointed me more than “A Shoulder To Cry On”. I get that a lot of the times these kind of adaptations leave out the good parts of the webtoon so you can go read it. But this KBL feels so different from the webtoon that I had to fast forward to get some livelihood. Even then the series is so slow that it was boring.
Why is it that so many of these school KBLs are formulaic as Thai school BLs. Here is the formula:
1. Boy likes boy but is afraid to confess
2. Boys have misunderstanding
3. Boy goes on to think he has one sided feelings
4. Boys loose contact with each other for years because one moves away
5. Random meet up years later in same school/class
6. Misunderstanding continues with poor communication
7. Third party likes one of the boys
8. Kissing/skinship leads to more confusion and misunderstanding
9. Someone helps clarify the confusion as one party decides to leave again
10. Misunderstanding is clear up and they finally get together.
I’ve read too many of these in Webtoons but never at this boring pace. I definitely think this is for a much younger audience of schoolgirls who see chemistry because anytime two boys kiss it’s chemistry. But for me this isn’t chemistrying.
3 MONTHS AGO
I might have to come back and rewatch this solely on the 8.3 rating of this series. Maybe I am missing something here because I was excited to watch another KBL. I really liked Jun and Jun because despite the lack of plot, the acting and chemistry was really good. I am pretty open minded and tolerate of KBLs if you give me visuals with good chemistry, I will watch it.
That being said, I really want to watch this but I can’t. Maybe it is the slow pacing or it is my of the plot, something didn’t click. This is a very short series was released in one hot, I didn’t get there storyline. I found the characters to be annoying and the lack of chemistry to be too painful to watch. I skimmed through this short series because I thought the second half would be better. Nope, it didn’t get any better.
Maybe I wasn’t in the right mindset when I watch this so I will rewatch it again and come back with a revised review if I can see why it got a 8.3 rating.
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