Alex
Enjoyable binge
As mentioned by another review, if this drama has come out a few years prior my rating would've been higher. With that being said, this is not a bad show.
The pacing is good and it's relatively easy to watch. With only a few really dramatic parts, it will not give you a headache nor make you want to punch a character through the screen.
I binged this in around 2 days during the weekend after a sudden burst of wanting to watch something short and sweet, which was more or less what I got.
Let me tear this review down into parts, to make it more approachable.
Plot:
The plot is nothing outstanding. It's fairly simple. There's no need to think, because everything is served in front of you. As any other mediocre series, you will ask some questions to make you interested in the upcoming episodes and MGAYG does so very subtle, in a way that the questions you ask are in no way important as such, but still carry enough importance for you to continue watching.
The couples were cute and I liked the sudden set up of a new couple at the latter half of the show. That was refreshing to watch, and also a bit unexpected. I really enjoyed that. Another thing I really liked, was the focus on important things such as safe sex, as well as mentioning bisexuality (our bisexual king Pure, who isn't really that pure). BL's have a tendency to forget that bisexuals exists so I was glad that they had a bisexual character portrayed rather realistically-ish. That pleased me.
As mentioned prior, this is very easy to watch and binge all at once, despite the ending feeling a bit rushed due to a conflict, which for some reason was placed in the second to last episode. Despite this, we still got a satisfying ending with all ties tied up, leading to no plot holes left (not that the plot was complicated enough to even create holes to begin with). 6/10.
Acting:
This part is a half half for me. Fiat was my favorite here. I've seen him in many of his prior works and he's a talented guy, who really did well portraying his character. If it weren't for him, the rest of the cast would seem a bit lackluster in my opinion. The majority of the cast are fairly new faces, and this is something that can be seen. Not that they are bad at acting. They all did a good job delivering their lines in a fairly convincing manner. I wasn't cringed out by their acting, but with that being said, they weren't the best actors either. It was decent and bearable. 6.5/10.
Music:
Nothing really stood our for me here. It fit the atmosphere, which they wanted to create for the scenes but the music was pretty typical, nothing outstanding but nothing misplaced either. The music did it's job. 5/10.
Rewatch value:
The respective couples had some pretty cute scenes, which I wouldn't mind rewatching. The chemistry was nice. Other than that, I probably wouldn't rewatch anything else. 5/10.
The pacing is good and it's relatively easy to watch. With only a few really dramatic parts, it will not give you a headache nor make you want to punch a character through the screen.
I binged this in around 2 days during the weekend after a sudden burst of wanting to watch something short and sweet, which was more or less what I got.
Let me tear this review down into parts, to make it more approachable.
Plot:
The plot is nothing outstanding. It's fairly simple. There's no need to think, because everything is served in front of you. As any other mediocre series, you will ask some questions to make you interested in the upcoming episodes and MGAYG does so very subtle, in a way that the questions you ask are in no way important as such, but still carry enough importance for you to continue watching.
The couples were cute and I liked the sudden set up of a new couple at the latter half of the show. That was refreshing to watch, and also a bit unexpected. I really enjoyed that. Another thing I really liked, was the focus on important things such as safe sex, as well as mentioning bisexuality (our bisexual king Pure, who isn't really that pure). BL's have a tendency to forget that bisexuals exists so I was glad that they had a bisexual character portrayed rather realistically-ish. That pleased me.
As mentioned prior, this is very easy to watch and binge all at once, despite the ending feeling a bit rushed due to a conflict, which for some reason was placed in the second to last episode. Despite this, we still got a satisfying ending with all ties tied up, leading to no plot holes left (not that the plot was complicated enough to even create holes to begin with). 6/10.
Acting:
This part is a half half for me. Fiat was my favorite here. I've seen him in many of his prior works and he's a talented guy, who really did well portraying his character. If it weren't for him, the rest of the cast would seem a bit lackluster in my opinion. The majority of the cast are fairly new faces, and this is something that can be seen. Not that they are bad at acting. They all did a good job delivering their lines in a fairly convincing manner. I wasn't cringed out by their acting, but with that being said, they weren't the best actors either. It was decent and bearable. 6.5/10.
Music:
Nothing really stood our for me here. It fit the atmosphere, which they wanted to create for the scenes but the music was pretty typical, nothing outstanding but nothing misplaced either. The music did it's job. 5/10.
Rewatch value:
The respective couples had some pretty cute scenes, which I wouldn't mind rewatching. The chemistry was nice. Other than that, I probably wouldn't rewatch anything else. 5/10.
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