Was going good until the last 2 episodes

I fell in love with this show. I was about to call it the best drama ever until the last 2 episodes. Jiho and Sehee develop such an amazing relationship. I personally hate the fake dating trope, but this show pulled it off extremely well.

The show killed it by bringing back Sehee's ex and suddenly making Jiho anxious when she was the one with Sehee and his ex said they harbored no feelings for him anymore and Jiho knew he liked her so why? She was a strong level headed person up until that moment in which she turned extremely OOC, left Sehee and came back sometime later when they tried to make 'character development' because Sehee sold his apartment and took the small rooftop house Horang and Wonseok owned. I'm sorry but that all made no sense when compared to the plot prior to that issue.

Best couple was Sanggoo and Suji. Their relationship was the main reason I didn't drop the show after episode 13. Forget about Horang and Wonseok. Horang got super annoying real quick and I was actually rooting for Wonseok to get with the coworker after they broke up. Basically, the ending was a pretty big cluster f*ck, but if you just ignore the last few episodes you'd have a really good drama in your hands.

Music was pretty forgettable to me hence the low rating.

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Could've done more if it was longer and the story was more fleshed out

As the first Korean BL, it had good acting. In more intimate scenes from the beginning, you could see the main actors' discomfort at times, but by the end it was very smooth. What saves the music is the song, "Light" for me. Rhat song was so pretty and it was the one song I find actually made an impact on the scenes. Now onto the story.

Bear in mind, this is a webdrama with few and short episodes compared to fully fleshed 12-32ep 40min - 1hr dramas with 8 10min episodes. I do wish it was longer as there are many plot holes due to jumpiness of trying to flesh out an entire supposedly slow burn, yearning romance in 80min.

I find the plot would have faired way better should it have focused on Taejoo's father being the antagonist the entire time rather than having him pop up as a last minute villain. I do like how Hyemi did find someone who could give her a happy relationship. Pilhyun really did do a good job as comedic relief and Hyemi's mom was truly the star of the show. I felt the Gook/Hyemi plot made no sense and really would've worked better as a smaller side plot.

There was a lot left desired due to the lack of depth that could've been delved into, but it was a decent break-in into the BL industry.

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Revolutionary, yet a slight setback

I loved this show so much when I watched it back in 2020 as it was being released. It's a very heartwarming story about adults finding love and success with characters that oush past their anxious limits, respect boundaries of others. The music is sweet and has me bopping to it to this day. The visual art of the opening is what really caught my eye and the character presented in each person's house was super interesting and aesthetically pleasing.

Although the aesthetics are nice, I do feel like there was some setback with portraying the characters' struggles and how they coped or solved them. That is most likely a fault from the time constraint of 20-30min episodes and a 12ep series. Should it have had a 40min - 1hr timeframe, I feel like they could've gotten more character progression in there, but alas it is complete.

MAJOR FALLBACK THAT KILLED IT FOR ME: The main couple doesn't even kiss. Not once. At all. All we get is a forehead kiss, hugs, the innuendo that Adachi lost his virginity, and an insinuated kiss in the elevator in the last few seconds of the last episode. Im sorry, but even the side couple whose relationship felt slightly rushed had a kiss.

The ONLY kiss in the show was the chaste kiss the second couple shared.

I don't know if that was a discomfort issue like certain actors didn't want to kiss or what, but that kinda fell flat. I'd rather have another forehead kiss or a cheek kiss than an insinuation that you can tell is super fake.

This super fake insinuation also happens in the second special with the side couple and the seem kind of uncomfortable during the kabedon scene. Instead of a passionate kiss to exmeplify the character's words of "not being able to hold back anymore," it just looks like they fell down.

I don't know if that's me being picky and wanting to see two queer men kiss on screen, but that kind of took away the joy out of it. Some hetero couple shows get way raunchier, but a BL show not even being able to get at least one kiss scene with the main couple was slightly disappointing, especially when BLs from other countries have gotten racuhier and multiple kiss scenes in 10min 8ep webdramas (See: Where Your Eyes Linger).

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