A near perfect bl that suffered from bad finale syndrome
Episodes 1-9 were some of the best episodes in a bl I've ever seen and I binged them so quickly, but I felt myself struggling to watch 10-12. It was as if the writers forgot what made this series so special and even the key qualities that made the characters who they were, taking away any of their development. The whole story was about how Day was normal (and how people with disabilities are normal) but in a monologue in the finale he talks about someone blind not being normal? I genuinely don't think Day should have gotten the surgery because it erased his growth throughout the series and felt slightly disrespectful. Mhok was an amazing character, probably one of my favorite characters in any bl, but in the finale it was like he was a completely different person. I am also just not a fan of time skips especially if they are just there because the writers couldn't figure out how to end a series. I was pleasantly surprised with Night's journey throughout the show. At first I really didn't like Night but he quickly became my favorite (especially after they ruined Mhok). Night isn't a typical character that I would like (considering he's not queer and you don't see much of him) but I related so much to him. I can relate to that feeling of when you make a huge mistake but don't know how to fix it, and when you try to fix it, it just makes it worse and worse to the point that you feel like you can't do anything correctly. When Night cried because they acknowledge his favorite food it really got me because something as small as that was so moving to him because of how neglected he was feeling in his family. Overall a good series and JimmySea were amazing (my first series I've seen from them but their chemistry was great!). And at the end of the day, the only reason I feel so strongly about the bad final episodes is because of my love for the first 9 in the series.
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