I had been warned about this one but as a fangirl of YAI, reading that he felt this was a character he felt was close to how he sees himself, I decided to try it. I was actually surprised that it wasn’t the worst. In fact, for much of the show I liked it! But… It really fell victim to sloppy writing and maybe either bad acting or directing. Big chunks of the show I felt myself thinking, “I don’t like any of these characters” or "why are they acting like this when it's polar opposite of how they were in the last scene." Then they would suddenly behave in a normal way and be redeemed…for a few episodes at least.

It is a character study (which I enjoy despite them sometimes being difficult) but sadly, the writing was just messy and the characters behaved in ways that became tiresome and confusing. I felt the male leads did a fantastic job. The SFL was more interesting than the MFL but again, could be writing, directing, or just her being a new actress? Not sure. Hard to watch at times. Though, ironically, she’s maybe the most consistent (consistently frustrating in her inability to be upfront and honest..but I digress) character overall until the end. The supporting cast was fabulous. Where’s a show with those ajummas!?

The ending was absolute crap. Seriously stupid and uselessly sad and “what the heck!?”. Overall, when the writers let the characters BE who they seemed to be writing them to be instead of inventing things for them to misunderstand, the show is amazing! Those fleeting moments made watching the other episodes (where I actually face-palmed at the insanity) worth suffering through, mostly, sometimes. Won’t watch the whole thing again but also wouldn’t say it wasn’t worth a watch.