Saith
4Minutes (Sultrier Version)
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A Decent BL
This series benefits from fantastic casting. It was genuinely refreshing to watch a BL where the cast are all sufficient actors. Jes and Bible are particularly good; Jes acts with convincing subtlety and (besides an awkward Thinking Aloud moment in the first episode) Bible is similar, handling two almost distinct characters well. It's enjoyable to watch actors who have believable range beyond the common BL Uncontrollable Sobbing.What let's this series down is the writing.
The first five episodes turn out to be dream fodder for the so-far relatively bland MC. Bible does well with what he's given, but it's incredibly frustrating to invest five hours in what turns out to be a dream timeline. The MC suddenly takes an interesting turn in episode six, but odd pacing means you spend far less time in reality than the dream timeline. This is my absolute writing pet peeve. Why should I care about what's happened when at any given moment, it could turn out none of it is real?
I'd have loved to spend a lot more time in the reality timeline. If the pacing was more balanced, I might have found the twist charming. Unfortunately, I found it poorly executed. A shame, as the reality timeline had a lot of interesting potential. Initial episodes had some good twisty moments (like Dome's death) but they really needed to happen in episode 2 so we could get on with the real plot.
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Devolves Into What It Sought To Parody...
Started off strong with some fun meta humour, but was let down when it tried to take a more serious turn. The lack of development from the side couples (and Saifah/Zon, who are initially introduced as though they would be the main pairing) left me uninterested in their scenes by the time the second half of the series rolled around. I was much more interested in Tutor/Fighter, who had some nice development from enemies to lovers, but fell prey to the "homophobic parent" plotline which subsequently just kind of went nowhere? All was resolved with a random phone call that was utterly inconsistent with the previous characterisations.Acting was, as is typical in this type of BL, somewhat heavy-handed but this worked with the meta humour at the outset. Some more serious acting chops showcased by Zee in the second half, but only ever in scenes where he's sobbing uncontrollably.
Music was catchy, but ultimate forgotable amidst the sea of poppy-BL theme songs.
Overall it was a fun watch, but it went from self-aware and tongue in cheek to tropey and shallow in the exact way that the earlier episodes made fun of.
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