If you've seen one Japanese story about passionate dessert-makers, you know the tropes. It's cute, it's sweet, and it follows the same formula as all the others, but the twist is that Amai is entirely self-motivated and his effort is brushed off rather than revered. And then things escalated SO QUICKLY.

The content may be a little dry for some people's taste, given how short each episode is, and the humor is a bit hit or miss. The 8.2 second rule is a silly concept to begin with, but I'm personally not a fan of the joke in episode 4 where the coach comes along and starts staring at him after his latest failure to seduce cute boys with delicious food. I kept sitting there asking myself, "Buddy, why are you not looking away? WHY DID YOU START COUNTING?"

Regardless, this miniseries gave me a good chuckle just as often as it made me recoil, so I can't help appreciating it for what it is. There are no real surprises here... unless you get jumpscared by those daydream scenarios like I did. Amai's sister only plays a comedic bit part, but she is hands down the best character and I love her. That alone is worth the rating.