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Chained To My Bully Stepbrother (AI Vertical BL Drama)

By Golu
This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat.  The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
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One Day Pag-ibig (Filipino Series) [One Day Love]

By Golu
It is official now. These amateur Filipino 'made by me fo ray friends' kind of BL series are some of the worst out there. Horrible and atrocious acting, terrible actors and dialogues, some of the worst sound systems, a story that has nothing to speak of. The list goes and on and this title certainly adds to the list of some of the most torturous shows I have seen, that want you to think that they have philosophy personified and are here to change your life, but in reality, the words will fall short to explain anyone how bad the show really is. I can't even tell you what an ordeal it was to sit through this 7 episode show, despite each episode being only 15 minutes.

A desperate boy is about to commit suicide, calls a number he finds on the railing of a bridge he's going to jump down from, and the boy who answers persuades him to stay alive. 6 months later, there are now a few groups of friends out there in a resort for holiday during covid. The boy who was about the committee suicide Roy, lives there and runs the place. The savior Kyle is now here with his friends. But they don't know each other. They meet by accident and each time, they get into an argument. It's only later, they become friends and almost lovers/guardian angels for one another. Within one day they become friends/boyfriends for each other.

The script is bad. It's so full of extraneous nonsense that it makes this hard to endure and almost submerges the theme of the story. The acting, as mentioned above, is so so bad. The two leads are still decent with their average looks, but the supporting cast, which is like 20 more members are outrightly bad and ridiculous and over the top. The forced trans humor just doesn't work and feels homophobic instead. As a plot, how many times are we going to watch one boy fall over other, almost about to kiss and then someone interrupts them. Enemies-to-lovers will always work as a plot device. But from visceral hatred to best friends in an instant is not credible. The sound and camerawork is terrible. Even scenes that were lit by natural light were botched. I have absolutely no idea why such a show will ever be made even if its just your friends who are ever going to watch. Sure, people came up with all kind of creative ideas to keep themselves busy and be creative during covid time but this is no excuse for any of that. This particular series is nothing but embarrassment (both for makers and anyone, like me, who had the misfortune to watch this). (0.5/10)
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