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 ...
Dohoon is works for an advertising firm and has long working hours and just eats whatever. One night after a long day, his new neighbor Yoonsoo rings his doorbell and introduces himself. Initially annoyed, Dohoon finds a mysterious gift on his doorknob the next day. Urns out the neighbor noticed his unhealthy eating habits. He does put a message on the beverage which gives Dohoon an idea liked by his manager. Dohoon wants to thanks Yoonsoo and they become friends. Yoonsoo wants to open a new restaurant, so he asks if Dohoon can have dinner with him every night and give him feedback, forming a close bond. Soon we are told that Yoonsoo knows Dohoon from university days but latter doesn't remember. One night they kiss but Dohoon finds out that the chef may have a toxic ex whom he may not have completely over with. A series of misunderstandings follow, combined with a whole lot of office politics melodrama etc. and as expected everything is sorted in the finale.
To be honest, there is not much of a storyline going on in this show. Almost 60% of the show is spend on office banter between colleagues, them working on the project etc barely leaving anytime for the actual romantic side of the story. Despite the excessive attention on the coworkers, there's little reason to care about them, because none of this characters is developed. Even the way initial love is developed between the leads feels so half baked. For few days they are having dinner and then just one day Yoonsoo decides to kiss him. Sure, he knows him from university, but anyone would be chocked by an incident like this. As I mentioned in the beginning, jealous accusations, stupid misunderstandings, and every tired cliché from the handbook of BL world are used in the show. Both leads become aggravating toward the end as they refuse to communicate or compromise. A good romance is supposed to convey how the leads fall in love, but here, the journey is choppy and confusing. The makers had 2 very good looking leading men and they could have done wonders with the cast but thanks to the lousy material and lacklustre characterizations; this show never even tries to rise above the mediocrity that it is serving its audience. It doesn't evened full justice to food recipes or trying to educate people on that. It just comes and go. This show is extremely arbitrary and very disappointing especially since food based BL shows are something I look forward to. (3/10)
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Still, I know drama needs drama, but misunderstanding and poor communication are always the most tedious ones... Poor kisses have no excuses though!
I liked the korean food explanations. And the french name ;)
But its also unbelievable how the BL factories have stepped up their game