All Plot, No Growth

I’m currently at episode 10, and I think I’ve pinpointed what’s been bothering me. All the characters are interesting and have compelling stories and potential for character development *in theory*. I can kind of understand why a character’s perspective changes after a specific event, but the show often skips over the actual transformation process and jumps straight to the end result.

Take this example (spoiler alert): At the beginning of episode 10, Joke talks to Jack about wanting kids but admits he's afraid he wouldn’t be a good father. This setup is interesting. We then get an extended scene where Joke comforts the little girl after her dad leaves, while Jack watches and seems to think, “You’d be a great dad.” Later, in the same episode, we see Joke introducing his new family to his father and announcing that he and Jack want to adopt the girl.

In theory, we get that Joke would make a good dad, and the earlier scene hints that Jack agrees. But adoption is a huge decision—especially for someone insecure about fatherhood. It would have been so much more engaging to actually witness their decision-making process and see how they worked through those insecurities. Skipping over details like this, which may seem minor but are actually quite significant, makes the series feel less coherent and misses out on potential emotional depth. In my opinion, these omissions rob the characters of the rich, emotional backgrounds they were set up to have.

All this being said - I'm obsessed with it. The start was super boring but after episode 3 I was hooked and can't wait for mondays to come. I definitely recommend to anyone who has free after noon and needs a new obsession.

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I hate it and am obsessed with it

The first two episodes were unbearable. They weren't bad per se, but just so slow. I watched them in 1.5x, otherwise I wouldn't have made it pass them. There was just a lot of unnecessary scenes that took way too long, especially fight scenes.
Someone wrote that Jack and joker is trying really hard not to be just a BL and it shows. I totally agree now.
I think if you watch the series just to see some cute ships outside of the usual school/university set up, you'll have a great time.
But don't expect a cinematic master piece. I think they tried to write characters with deep stories, but they completely missed the mark. it feels like every character is missing a deeper layer of emotion. Luckily the actors are talented and can cover it up a lot of times.
I think in theory jack and Joker could've been a lot better. The "comedy" really shows it. In theory they had a lot of great jokes, but the way they edited the series made them all land flat.
Even though if now mostly spoken bad about the series I still gave it a 7. This is mostly because of the ships and the chemistry between the actors. Even though a lot of the characters fall kinda flat, they have a good amount of interesting enough characters to keep you interested. Sadly it takes a long time to reach that point. I'd say it only starts to get really interesting at episode 5. Considering every episode is a hour long... that's just too much.

So yeah just watch the first few episodes in 1.5 speed and once you forget to turn on 1.5x, you're already obsessed and wish there are more episodes.

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