COVID-19 really put me in the mood for cruising through some new dramas, so Someday or One Day, with its extremely high rating, was on my watchlist. I was excited getting to see Patrick Shih again, since I liked his performance in HIStory II. But boy, was I wrong in trusting the ratings!

I have to say the writer was really trying too hard to come up with an original/new plot with the time traveling idea. The storyline, in essence, became a massive muddy blackhole. I got highly annoyed with the female lead, I felt that her characters stay stuck, especially Huang Yu Xuan--the only thing she could do was cry and cry about her ex-boyfriend. The male leads were doing a better job, I must say.

It was extremely slow in the beginning, that even adjusting the playback speed to 1.5x would still feel slow. The middle got a little bit more interesting as there were more action developing. However, as mentioned previously, the story then became an overly complicated mess. That really destroy the emotional investment in the characters/drama up to then. So much that I had to skip over one episode and jump to the last episode, and I am glad I did.

Overall, highly disappointed storyline. Acting was meh to alright. Definitely not worthy for re-watch, in my opinion.

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Not your average BL drama

What can I say, but I'd have to agree with the many previous reviewers of this drama! ATOTS has a gorgeous and impeccable storyline and photography. And the acting! Earth & Mix were spectacular as the leads - I am in awe of how well Mix's acting is in ATOTS, especially that he is a newcomer. The only thing I would say is that his character sometimes cries too much in the show, but I think that is not his fault. I am very impressed of how Earth's acting has improved tremendously since Water Boyy! Again, I cannot stress enough how natural these 2 actors are in this drama, and how "real" their relationship seems. Another actor I'd like to give props to is Nammon. I thought he did exceptionally well in this one, especially since the last drama I saw him in - which was SOTUS S.

I also enjoy that this drama goes beyond the usual high school/college (engineering) setting as well, and it brings a complex flavor/depth to the series. I also appreciate how the series is very empowering of LGBTQ+ community - where everyone act normal/unsurprised when the characters announced that they may be gay or that they like a guy. It is so refreshing to not hear a character stating "I am a man, and I only happen to like XXX" like quasi-admitting that they like guys but denying that they are gay.

Overall, I LOVE ATOTS. I am sad that I discovered it a bit later, but I am glad that such a great series is available! If you have not watched it, I highly recommend this series!!

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