Mediocre but has some cute moments and may be worth it if you're bored.
While cute enough to watch weekly while it was airing, it wasn't anything amazing. Lots of clichés, not that clichés are bad, but some of these have been done to death. This is a hate to friendship to love story and follows ALL the expected plot lines. This was pretty messy relationship wise, though all the characters were surprisingly mature about for high school kids.....for the most part. There were still some childish antics. It was far beyond the usual love triangle or square. Love chain-link might be a better way to describe it, lol.
A lot of the acting was pretty cringe, though both the main leads were not bad. There were a couple of stand outs among the side characters, most notably Chol's photography friend Q.
The side couples were petty cute, though most interactions were plagued by the sub-par acting and a somewhat stiff script(or maybe just weak translation?). The only one I had zero interest in was the student/teacher couple. I did like Maping (the student) as a character but the whole situation was just borderline creepy. I have no issues with student/teacher or age gap story lines in general (and their age gap was less than I expected when revealed) but this just really didn't sit right with me. It didn't help that the actor playing the teacher was incredibly stiff.
All in all I'd say there really wasn't much that stood out in this show but it wasn't bad. It could have been better with a stronger script and a more experienced cast but it was still pretty watchable though the last few episodes were weak.
A lot of the acting was pretty cringe, though both the main leads were not bad. There were a couple of stand outs among the side characters, most notably Chol's photography friend Q.
The side couples were petty cute, though most interactions were plagued by the sub-par acting and a somewhat stiff script(or maybe just weak translation?). The only one I had zero interest in was the student/teacher couple. I did like Maping (the student) as a character but the whole situation was just borderline creepy. I have no issues with student/teacher or age gap story lines in general (and their age gap was less than I expected when revealed) but this just really didn't sit right with me. It didn't help that the actor playing the teacher was incredibly stiff.
All in all I'd say there really wasn't much that stood out in this show but it wasn't bad. It could have been better with a stronger script and a more experienced cast but it was still pretty watchable though the last few episodes were weak.
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