Matching! Boys Archery is a poorly written, disappointingly acted drama that only has a few things I can give credit for. I may as well start with the positives. The OST. The OST was pretty great actually, and they all fit in well with the story (or, in this case "story"), all songs were pretty addictive and greatly conveyed the emotions each song wanted to target. The next positive was the presentation of the archery team in both the viewpoints of as a collective unit and as athletes individually, I think mindset and determination, how these both transformed through the episodes was done well. The last positive worth mentioning is the comedy (when done right). There were definite moments of cringe which intended to be comedy. I'm not talking about that. But there were a few moments that I genuinely found funny.

As you can see, three positives. Now, let's see how they fare against the three main negatives I believe hold this drama down.

The first negative, and maybe it's just a personal thing, but I need to talk about it. The FL, acting and character (mainly her character). Her character (and the story in general) just seemed to treat men like nothing but sexualised objects and nothing else. It all just seemed like a females wet dream, honestly. I have nothing against Boys-Love (BL) but it seemed like the FL here lives out her professional life as a Webtoon Artist a little too seriously, therefore I feel like the majority of this drama was just watching the FL sexually fantasize over her team instead of something that could have been way better, e.g. a sports drama that focused on archery that had two teammates be in a gay relationship, perhaps exploring the ways of coming out to their teammates. That sounds better, right?

The second negative - story. Like mentioned above, this lacked a story pretty much. The sporting story was good, when it was shown. It needed way more screen time. If the sports aspect of the story was shown more, the overall score would honestly be way higher.

The third negative - acting. There were a few that did their jobs well, but the majority did not. I won't name any names as I believe that is disrespectful to call out who I believe did the worst, but I am warning you of this beforehand. On the other hand however, the few actors who did do their job well, shone brightly, meaning you will be impressed with those few.

All in all however. If you haven't started this yet, don't. Skip it. This is not worth your time.