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I have to be honest, I was very disappointed. I absolutely loved the concept - the synopsis really drew me in and I was excited to sit down and start watching. I knew the first episode might be rough based on some of the comments, but that it was supposed to get better, so I stuck with it. I stuck with it all the way through both seasons, in fact. Why? I had nothing better to do, apparently.
I feel like it had a lot of potential, but it missed the mark in too many places to be any good. The acting was subpar, though I understand it was only the first or second role for some of the actors. The relationship was very unbelievable and juvenile. I understand that they ARE young, but it actually felt like I was watching a story about ten year olds. Everything dragged on for a few hours longer than it needed to, and there was so much dancing around that a lot of the time I forgot what the plot actually was. I skipped through a lot of it (thank god for that 5 second jump button on youtube, out here saving my life) because I was so bored and it was dragging on and on and on for no good reason. Virtually none of the additional story lines were interesting (barr Yuri, who I'll get to in a moment), and I understand that they weren't such a focus in the original novels, so it may just be that the original pieces of the screenwriting sucked.
It wasn't all bad, though. I did love that it treated every story and character with respect. While I'm not a huge fan of the "I'm only gay for you" thing, I thought Love Sick managed to tackle the subject of sexuality and the real-world ramifications in asian culture especially in a thoughtful way, and portrayed it kindly. Notably, Yuri's story was refreshing and heartfelt, and it was easy to really feel for both her and her situation. In my experience the "girlfriend" is usually portrayed unkindly in BLs, so it was nice to see her treated with love and respect and never once be made out to be the bad guy simply for existing. Noh's interactions with her were very well-written, and they were some of the only times where I thought Captain (who plays Noh) actually did a really good job.
I feel like it had a lot of potential, but it missed the mark in too many places to be any good. The acting was subpar, though I understand it was only the first or second role for some of the actors. The relationship was very unbelievable and juvenile. I understand that they ARE young, but it actually felt like I was watching a story about ten year olds. Everything dragged on for a few hours longer than it needed to, and there was so much dancing around that a lot of the time I forgot what the plot actually was. I skipped through a lot of it (thank god for that 5 second jump button on youtube, out here saving my life) because I was so bored and it was dragging on and on and on for no good reason. Virtually none of the additional story lines were interesting (barr Yuri, who I'll get to in a moment), and I understand that they weren't such a focus in the original novels, so it may just be that the original pieces of the screenwriting sucked.
It wasn't all bad, though. I did love that it treated every story and character with respect. While I'm not a huge fan of the "I'm only gay for you" thing, I thought Love Sick managed to tackle the subject of sexuality and the real-world ramifications in asian culture especially in a thoughtful way, and portrayed it kindly. Notably, Yuri's story was refreshing and heartfelt, and it was easy to really feel for both her and her situation. In my experience the "girlfriend" is usually portrayed unkindly in BLs, so it was nice to see her treated with love and respect and never once be made out to be the bad guy simply for existing. Noh's interactions with her were very well-written, and they were some of the only times where I thought Captain (who plays Noh) actually did a really good job.
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