It's ok...

So this series has been hit by the pandemic, which affected the last two episodes. Even before that I was losing interest in this series. I loved the premise and how the two main couples were approached but after the third episode, it became disapointing. The main two couples are very cute but for me it got a bit too much. I also was not crazy about some of the acting. I really liked the premise in the beginning but the acting and storyline decided to take a hike imo. I feel like it doesn't know what type of show it is - is it a show about two guys bonding through guitar, two guys who hated each other falling anyways, two guys going to a beach?? It tries to do too many things in a limited amount of time which makes it feel rushed and confusing.
Maybe after it all releases, I'll try to pick it back up again and update this. Sad to make this my first review. Overall, it felt like a run of the mill BL. Check it out if you need to watch every BL out there (or want to watch more of your fav actors) check it out, but I can think of a few others that have a bit more substance. That's my taste and take.

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First of all, I feel like it suffers from the everyone is gay trope first of all - way too many couples were introduced with no time to actually flesh out their characters. Felt like a catch all - all the tropes and relationship types you can think of in one single show!

Additionally, (maybe I'm no longer a BL person but) the physical intimacy between Tutor and Fighter was super awkward. Another reviewer compared it too porn and that is incredibly accurate. It is very accurate and while its great that a gay relationship is shown to be physically intimate and loving (looking at you SOTUS and Kinou Nani Tabeta?), but this was definitely for the viewers. There was a too much of a focus on Fighter's body. When watching those scenes, I really recalled how directors of Thai BLs have mentioned they cast actors with young straight women in mind, and I felt bad for the actors and the profiling of viewers. All for fanservice and demonstrating intimacy, but for me I felt like it cheapened the show and the genre (which is already rife with this).

Finally, the relationship between Saifah and Zon is all over the place - I feel like there was some development or something missing. It confused me because in the shopping scene for the guitar pick they were acting cute and couple-y but they were barely even friends a couple scenes later. While Tutor and Fighter have a clear plot and relationship development, Saifah and Zon seem to just have fluff and pre-relationship stuff. Which is totally fine! But not what I enjoy when we had so few scenes with as it was. Couple of weird cringy acting moments from ... everyone for me too - could be how the script is written.

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