A really sweet series

This series is so cute. It starts off from a misunderstanding over a silly legend about love. I love the chemistry between the 4 main characters and their ever growing friendship. Aoki originally has a secret crush on Hashimoto which ends very comedically due to the name written on her eraser. Which sets off their friendship full throttle in which they both not only support each other as friends but support each other in their endeavors for love. Eventually, leading Hashimoto to have one of the best friendships supporting moments where she slaps Aoki’s best friend Aida for not only belittling his friend’s feelings but also temporarily messing up his friend’s potential relationship. Realizing his mistake after the monumental slap Aida apologizes and gives Aoki a shove to follow his heart and show no matter what he is still his friend and will be there no matter who Aoki likes. Although, Ida is a bit dense to understanding what it means to have a crush and like someone and fall in love his friends on the volleyball team help guide him to better understand his feelings and give him a push to admit his feelings to not just himself but Aoki. The series ends with a happy ending and really makes you want another season.

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Worth the Watch in My Opinion

I’ve watched this BL a few times now and I still love it. I’ve looked at other reviews and understand a little bit from where they come from but feel like many miss a lot of the important marks. So I’m going to lay it out with Pros, Cons, and Issues with other reviews.i hope it helps people look at the series in a new light but also maybe give more appreciation to the show. I know that I’ll most likely watch the series again sometime in the next few months because I think it’s a cute story that’s different from a lot of BL shows out there. I still want a second season where they flesh out more of the concepts.

Cons:
So the first con is that that the episodes are way too short and definitely could’ve been longer. Next, we have to look at the issues portrayed in the series in which some are too complex to fully flesh out in the short time frame they did. Lastly, since the series as of right now is not doing a second season they can’t really go back and flesh those complex issues out more which is really sad. Especially, when Aiaoon confronts Nawee’s father I would’ve loved to see how he was going to make him regret his actions from not just the past but also what he’s done to his own son.

Pros:
I love the chemistry between the actors and how each has their own unique quirks. Aiaoon is a nice, sweet, and caring character. However, you learn that he clearly has trust issues which are fully warranted because of how Nawee’s father previously screwed over Aiaoon’s father. It’s obviously clear that Nawee does not know about this incident as neither his father or Aiaoon tell him. Oab only learns about it because he’s curious about his brother’s reluctance to make a suit for Nawee. Regardless of how his father was treated he puts those feelings aside to make the suit which shows one of the few growths he has in overcoming his own trauma from the past. In Nawees case the actor clearly gives the audience a visceral reaction for wanting to dislike him which is what is intended. As he opens up more about his trauma and you learn about his family dynamics you can see the range of emotions he goes through. Regardless of that you see him slowly begin to change and grow when he’s apologizing, and even willing to begin stepping foot outside again. The series ends happily on a cute note.

Issues with other reviews:
There are many issues I have with other reviews that seem to miss important marks and concepts. First, let’s start with Aiaoon’s “girlfriend” who randomly appears. It makes sense she randomly appears because when she does its talk about him going to London making it clear she probably lives there and not close by. It’s also clear that not just her but also her father have pressured Aiaoon into the relationship to begin with. Many people feel he’s wishy washy with communication about their relationship, but that actually not true. If you actually pay attention to their conversation she clearly states are you ever going to be ready for marriage I know you keep saying you’re not ready. If someone doesn’t want to be in a relationship and they’ve made it clear but it’s still being forced upon them ofcourse they will seem to have awkward or poor communication in regard's to the relationship. Imagine how exhausting it would be to constantly saying you don’t want to be in a relationship with someone and not just them but their family is pressuring you to be together. At some point you won’t have the energy to keep arguing the matter and even if you do it’s clearly been a waste of time more often than not. The fact that she says my dad set up an appointment for us to look at engagement rings and his response is do I have a choice the appointment has already been made shows that the is nots the first time this kind of incident has occurred in which he’s being forced into the situation. Many people fail to look at or attempt to understand how that makes him feel and blame the writing and he being an unnecessary character. Her character serves a purpose without her Aiaoon might have taken longer to really know he wants to be with Nawee and without her offer of going to London Nawee wouldn’t have to courage to begin to really fully overcome his trauma. When Sichol forcibly takes Nawee out of the house he doesn’t really understand how bad Nawees trauma affects him and does so not out of malice but rather he thinks he’s just being difficult as his character appears to be. Sure it’s not a good idea to not believe someone’s trauma, but sometimes people need a small does forcible immersion therapy because they need help getting out of their own way. Think of it like this is someone is severely afraid of the dark and the lights have to be on at all times that not only is costly for electricity but also that limits how long someone can work or even be outside. If they refuse to learn and a friend forces them to face their fear it’s the first step in helping them be willing to do it themselves. Not everyone has the ability to do it on their own. Even bird push their young out of the nest to teach them to fly. Also by him doing that he gets his first taste of being outside the house and finds someone who ends up wanting to be there for him and help him when he’s ready to go outside. Nawee states that’s he’s seen specialists and none of them could cure him and that makes sense because they are looking at it from a clinical standpoint and can only help with a minor part of the problem. The larger problem being his father, step mother, and step brother. You learn from his flashbacks that he used to go outside no problems it’s only when children (being the monsters they can be sometimes) start bullying my him calling him a b**tard child. Children don’t grasp certain concepts like adults so young Nawee doesn’t understand why they are essentially saying he’s an illegitimate child. The immense amount of bullying sends him into essentially a severe panic attack causing him to develop the symptoms that turn into more permanent symptoms every time he goes out alone. It’s clear his trauma can be treated and over come when he discusses how his mom wouldn’t let him go out by himself that way if it happened she would be right there as a safety net. Which is really what he needed had she not died he would’ve most likely overcome his trauma more. However, because she passed and how his family treated him he regressed instead which is not uncommon. He takes steps to over come his trauma first by going to Aiaoon’s birthday, and then a second time when he goes to the cafe (even if it had a disastrous moment). It isn’t until he finds out Aiaoon is going to move to London that he realizes if he doesn’t want to lose someone important to him he has to be willing to do the thing he fears the most and leave the house. Not only does he leave the house confronting his stepbrother along the way when he does get to Aiaoon’s shop he refuses to have help when he’s staggering while walking over to him. He also doesn’t pass out or get a nosebleed this time showing that he’s found a reason to become stronger and better in the form of a person who cares about him and wants him to succeed which is vastly different than how his family treats him. A lot of review take issue with the way he portrays the mental health issues and feel like that these mental health issues are being mocked. There is no one size fits all for mental health issues. How one person expresses a phobia is going to be different than someone else. For example I have two friends with arachnophobia (fear of spiders) one freaks out every time they see a spider regardless of where it is, while the other only freaks out when they are in a building or car and see a spider because they have gotten to the point of realizing when outside spiders exist and they might see one and logically understand. Do I think Nawees portrayal was perfect textbook agoraphobia no, but I do think that it was a good portrayal of how that character expresses it.

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