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Where do I start?
I realise that this was meant to be comedy - and in many ways it was (at least there were lots of comedic scenes, particularly in the beginning) but there was also a lot of quite disconcerting material presented for laughs.
The pinnacle of that is the chief, who incomprehensibly decides he's 'in love' with our hero and then proceeds to stalk him (he has a whole file of paparazzi style photos) declare his love and grab at/press himself against him at every opportunity.
True, the employee doesn't make it clear he's not interested (though even when he does the chief is having none of it) but neither does he show any sort of enthusiasm. I suspect that if the subordinate had been female there would be lots of uses of the word 'toxic' and 'sexual assault' but somehow its OK because the victim is male.
Our hero - he's funny and nice-looking but also one of the most passive characters I've ever seen in a real drama; things happen to him but he does almost nothing to respond to his environment or the multiple declarations of love he gets. Even now, I think he was looking for a Mum replacement - someone to cook and clean and pick up after him - rather than a lover. He wants to be loved - but doesn't want to love back. He also spends quite a lot of time screaming, often about nothing.
As for the other characters, we have 2 noble idiots, your basic BL bitch, a fat office gossip and a few hangers-on.
The pinnacle of that is the chief, who incomprehensibly decides he's 'in love' with our hero and then proceeds to stalk him (he has a whole file of paparazzi style photos) declare his love and grab at/press himself against him at every opportunity.
True, the employee doesn't make it clear he's not interested (though even when he does the chief is having none of it) but neither does he show any sort of enthusiasm. I suspect that if the subordinate had been female there would be lots of uses of the word 'toxic' and 'sexual assault' but somehow its OK because the victim is male.
Our hero - he's funny and nice-looking but also one of the most passive characters I've ever seen in a real drama; things happen to him but he does almost nothing to respond to his environment or the multiple declarations of love he gets. Even now, I think he was looking for a Mum replacement - someone to cook and clean and pick up after him - rather than a lover. He wants to be loved - but doesn't want to love back. He also spends quite a lot of time screaming, often about nothing.
As for the other characters, we have 2 noble idiots, your basic BL bitch, a fat office gossip and a few hangers-on.
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