This is a belated review - I have watched this series around 6x now. I must say, this series really holds up even now that it's a couple of years since it's first released.

As someone in their mid twenties, I didn't expect to have a series in a highschool setting to be my biggest comfort series ever. It somehow has the capacity to be relatable to someone who can't even remember their highschool days, which is kind of magical. The writing is consistent and almost every scene feels intentional. The humor is not understated but it is also not too outlandish, which worked really well for me.

The premise is not special - it is a regular highschool one sided enemies to lovers, with a side of band life. We all have seen this formula before, but where MSP excels is the purposeful writing and excellent cast. It subverts a lot of normal tropes and fixes a lot of common issues the exists in regular highschool romance. I love how the series focuses on both platonic and romantic relationship as those things are equally important in my eyes. I hugely enjoy found family tropes and this one nailed it. I also love how the story progresses so smoothly - there is a clear climax (hot wave competition) but also there are smaller conflicts throughout that all contributes to build up the climax. I love how all small conflicts are resolved which left us with not much hanging questions. It is also incredibly refreshing to see well developed, multi-dimensional characters. Tinn and Gun is more well written than most and it is clear that they have identity aside from liking each other - this is more than I can say about a lot of other series. I also love how they are just both really good people. I have never understood people who have crushes with horrible personality (a very regular occurrence in the BL world) but with TinnGun I could fully understand why they would like each other. It wasn't merely one moment of kindness followed with tons of assholery, Gun is consistently kind throughout. I could continue to rant about how good this series is but I'll end this section with: how good is Fourth's voice? I wish he never stops singing.

Of course there are room for improvement still and the editing of the last couple of episodes are the biggest one for me. I enjoy them using clips of "imagination" but those weren't the most well placed in the last couple of episodes. I also would love it if we could have had more buildup between the ThiwPor side couple as I can feel that they have cut off pivotal ThiwPor scenes. Something was missing in the middle which didn't provide the smoothest transition of their relationship. I'm also not the biggest believer of the WinSound relationship, but that's more of a me problem more than anything.

This will continue to be my comfort series for a long time. I can't recommend this series enough and I just have to say that this is an insane debut series for Gemini and Fourth as a main couple.