Product Placements the series

I finally got around to finishing this series. I was so hyped after watching episode 0 but it kinda died down fast when the first episode started..

What was lacking;
The story was just all over the place, dialog stiff and unemotional, music missplaced, editting confusing. Overall it was a hot mess.
It felt more like a 12 episode long product placement, I wouldn't be surprised if the basis actually was "we have these products to showcase, lets throw some BL around it for more views!"

Daonuea's overdramatic reactions to everything didn't help, and whenever he accused Nine of overreacting I cackled like crazy!

What was good;
The actors, they did what they could with whatever they were given.
Boat and Candy are just the cutest duo, they could carry the comedy aspect of this show on their shoulders alone and make it work flawlessly.
Tee, I was not a fan of his character at the start but compared to all the others he is the only one that feels like a real person. His motives (mostly selfish) are believable and I'm just sad that Nine and Daonuea didn't get the same kind of growth.

The special episode with Tee and Ice gave me the kind of passionate chemistry I would have liked for the whole actual series! I would have loved to see that kind of energy between Nine and Daonuea!!

You would do fine just watching ep 0 and 12, maybe add ep 11 if you want some last act drama to fill it all out.
The rest of the episodes can be skipped, they add nothing to the overall story or character development.

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Cutness with no coherent plot

Kimmon and Copter are kings of cute and fluffy, but even they can't save a show that lacks a coherent plot.

I was speed-watching through episodes 1-5, I could not get behind how Jing was demaning that his boyfriend, WHO SAVES LIVES FOR A LIVING, should ignore his calling to help people just to go on a date with him. There is no way, in any univerese, I would feel sympathy to a character that wants his loved one to go against his personality AND profession just to go out for dinner...

It would have been a different thing if Jing realised that even though he loves his boyfriend, he doesn't feel seen or heard in the relationship and decides to call it quits in a respectful way, I would cheer him on. Sometimes, even when there is love, the timing can be difficult and would have made more sense then him running around like a sulking child, demanding things left right and center without caring about the feelings of someone he supposedly loves.

I felt really bad for Guy, in my eyes he did nothing wrong (except maybe communicate poorly or timely) and yet he spends all his time working his freaking ass off saving people and then having to work his ass off to get his childish boyfriend to stop being pouty... The dude deserves an award!

At the start of episode 6, when they did the whole wish-thing, I started thinking: This would have been great if this was the beginning premise of the show! Instead of 5 episodes of the antics of a whining toddler, why not have the timetravel/reversal-of-fate plot instead where the two leads explore life without eachother and see if/how they would get together anyway. Would have, in my mind, been so much better!

And then it all just crashed with the reveal that the whole series was a movie that was based on "some true events"...

The series is cute, the actors give cutness in overload, but without an actual plot it kinda falls flat as as a whole. Which is a shame since I've seen most of these actors in other works where they are able to deliver great characters and emotions.

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