Disappointed

As a huge fan of UWMA and Love Mechanics, I almost fell in love with all of Studio Wabi Sabi's works but this one disappointed me a lot. 7 Project has been teased for almost a year before being released and it is also one of the reasons why Between Us got postponed. It was hyped a lot by Wabi Sabi and the teaser showed a lot of angst so I expected more from this. But it ended up being very boring to be honest
Episode 1: This episode is kinda annoying but Santa and Earth's chemistry along with Santa's good acting saved it. In this, Ozone keeps questioning his dad for putting him into boarding school but then the reason is so obvious that Ozone didn't behave himself and always used to skip classes and fail exams. All of this only makes him look spoiled. As for the bullying, it almost made..no sense? Like it seemed like they were trying to tease Ozone but went harsh on it. Shipping in schools for no reason is pretty normal and many of them do it for fun as a teasing, but never escalate it to a level higher than that. It seemed very awkward to me, in fact. Then comes the fact that Sun and Ozone didn't even try to fight the bullies but just ignored them. Although Sun's "are you loveless children?" line had a very big impact on me. The ending was open and it was kinda boring. But I rewatched it purely for Santa. Also give Earth a role he deserves.
Episode 2: Idk about mental disorders much but the fact that Rhythm had ASPD has such a little impact on the series, it's almost not even worth mentioning. They could have just made him a shy, reserved character and not one with ASPD cuz that definitely wasn't portrayed well. Their story was very nice, in fact, beautiful and light-hearted, but it was put to waste with the acting. I liked only the side characters.
Episode 3: Great potential. Great ruining. The only character I liked is Proud's mom. That's it. That's all I'm gonna say. SammyPineare could have been given so much better of a story than this piece of shit. I don't even know who came up with this story cuz it's a very big piece of shit. But Sammy and Pineare had good acting as well. Although I'd like Pineare in a more Del like character who was kind but also savage when she wanted to be.
Episode 4: Boun's acting has become worse. Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of BounPrem and I think his acting in UWMA was so excellent, but his acting really fell flat in this one. Prem's acting in the other hand got better. I think it's just that Boun doesn't suit characters which have too much of an emotional depth to them or characters which are supposed to be silent and reserved. I prefer him as Hia Win. The storyline was pretty normal, pretty bland, idk it was meh-meh. A lot of people got angry with Jinny and Mek kissing but I think it was not weird cuz it was added to show that Mek was so drunk and he was trying his best to get over Balloon by kissing Jinny but he couldn't. The ending was okay.
Episode 5: Very bad acting. Very rushed storyline. Pretty much boring. Either have Plan as Can/Wish, if not, don't give him a role at all. Nink's acting was okay-okay. But since, she's a newbie I think I can see potential in her. Plan sucked af.
Episode 6: This episode single-handedly saved the whole thing. I've never seen MIR so idk Boom much and the only series of Peak I've seen is You Never Eat Alone. But the storyline of this episode along with the acting is such a good combination. I want you to go watch it yourselves so I'm only going to say that this storyline should be developed into one whole series cuz 1 episode is too less for a masterpiece. The fact that they covered a whole storyline in one episode, without making it seem rushed and coupled with good acting by all casts is just *chefs kiss*
Episode 7: I guess it was pretty much okay-okay. It was your normal rom-com. Although I have no idea how they know the whole bio-data of each other by being in like 2 different grades and stuff. It's light-hearted so you can watch it once, I guess. Typical 2 reserved people romcom ft. the mediator friend, the playboy friend for spice, and typical thai boy-obsessed girls.

BGM: One thing that triggered me a lot is that, they used many BGMs from UWMA which I felt was really not right. They had a whole year to do this series and even if there was COVID-19, but for all the hype they created, the least they could have done was create new BGM than use old ones cuz that seems really irresponsible on their part.

Overall, it is not worth for all the hype they created nor worth for all the series they postponed to release this. I conclude that this series was made to test the actors so I'm just gonna say the ones I liked most.
1. Boom & Peak - They are phenomenal.
2. Prem - Really big improvement in acting.
3. Sammy - When you give someone a main character, you realise their true potential.
4. Art- He was the dude in VS Love who cheated on his test. Pretty good acting, for very short screentime
5. Santa - New actor but great acting and great potential.
6. Aomsin- Wawa in Rhythm's heart. Her good acting saved the episode.

I think Studio Wabi Sabi is really good at the series they make and New is one of the best directors. But I feel they messed this up real big. They have potential and I hope they will learn from their mistakes. Also, please don't cast Plan and Perth for hype. If you want a good series, cast people like Title who have way more potential and have been given bad characters in the past. And a request for SWB to stop making straight stories cuz they really suck at it. I think they'd do better in something like a fantasy or a more school-issues related one like VS Love. Also, GIVE US VS LOVE FULL SERIES.

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