Honestly I can't believe we're still getting BL series this bad in 2026. This mini series runs about 7 to 8 episodes with a total runtime of just about an hour and it is so boring that I genuinely struggle to find the words. The actors are awkward, the story is as basic as it gets and there is almost nothing about this show worth saving. The makers do try to stir up some drama here and there but even that falls completely flat. Ho Won is a 23 year old university student who spots a man sitting alone at a gay bar and gets attracted to him. The man is Min U, a 33 year old who brushes Ho Won off immediately saying he's too young. Ho Won lies about his age and since he's made a bet with the bartender that he'll get this man home before the night is over, he switches tactics and eventually the two end up at Min U's place and sleep together. Despite being complete opposites in every way there's some kind of pull between them and they go on a couple of dates. But t...
This film takes places in a society where being homosexual is a norm and heterosexuals are bullied and frowned up. They are called names like 'Ro' and gay and given a very hard time. The story is focussed on two (or three) protagonists. The star player of college football team Jude is in a happy relationship with her girlfriend, but when a male college mate who is a sports journalist comes into picture, she starts feeling something she has never before and soon finds herself in a heterosexual relationship. Then we have a young girl, who is bullied in the school for being weird and 'Ro' to the extent that she tries to take her own life. In all this, its the female church reverend , who continues to fill hatred in the community's heads that lord doesn't want a man and a woman to be together. When Jude's affair with a guy goes public there is a huge outcry and the guy's friends end up killing him on orders from the reverend. Hopefully life will be better for heteros.
The film tries to thrusts its audience into another thought of existence that does more than just acknowledge there is a serious social problem affecting the gay community and does more than just talk about the issue. But in my strong opinion, it fails miserably. It fails to address the real reasons behind bigotry, and instead presents homophobia as an either/or situation that can be easily flipflopped, when it can't. I mean it just takes issues faced by gay community and it reverses the scenario in the hope that it would educate straight people and be more empathetic, but I don't think this film manages to do any of it. We don't need a hate propaganda whether its for gays or straight. What we need is a more balanced world and art that shows it. I also felt the film was primarily from a women's perspective, which is understandable, but shortchanging the struggles of boys and men in the film was way too obvious. The acting by all was pretty decent given the material provided to them, but as I said before, this movie, IMO, doesn't achieve what it was hoping to. Sure, you can come and argue and try to justify to me the motives but if this was to help gay people like me and if I am not convinced it does that, then my voice should count. (3/10)
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