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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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Here Comes Your Man 2

By Golu
The season 2 or part 2 of this series/film (depending on how you saw it) continues the story pretty much from where it ended in season 1. Having said that, even if you have not watched the first film, you can easily follow what is going on here. For me, just like the first part, I watched this one as well like a film, even though it was released as an episodic series on Dekoo.

This season focuses more on the group of friends than just on either Aaron or Jordan, who wrestle the leads of the original film. The first part had ended on their breakup. Set few months after that, we see how Aaron now has a FWB in Julio. Aaron wants this to get into something serious by going on actual date, but something is holding back Julio. Over the course, we see how Julio's best friend manages to convince him that he needs to live his life and eventually Julio asks Aaron out on a date. It doesn't go as planned but it definitely brings the two men much closer. In parallel, we see that Jordan is now in Omaha, Nebraska to start producing and recording of his new album. He goes through some ups and downs during this process, while trying to find not just the singer inside him but what he really wants out of himself. We also have two more stories about Aaron's friend Cassie trying to rekindle her past relationship with her man and also one whole episode is dedicated to Dustin, who is madly in love with his online crush Sean. The dup decide to meet in Vegas over the long weekend but thats when Sean goes MIA, making Dustin second guess all his actions. The film/series ends with all these characters meeting to celebrate Aaron's art piece (portrait of Jordan) being selected for an art show. The old and new friends connect and just reflect on life.

Just like its predecessor, this show doesn't have any drama. It follows a pretty straight forward path, showing us how these individuals are growing up with time and how their life is progressing. Normally, that makes sense, but even this time, I wished we saw more of character growth. I would have liked to see a lot more of Aaron and Julio, how they met, why was Julio not sure about serious dating etc. All the other characters including Jordan are given a specific story arc, but somehow never fully flushed out for the audience to really connect or care about them. It likely works in episodic format, but was a bit tricky in the version I saw. Also , I can't find much about the release dates of the show. It says it came out in 2022, one year after the first one; but when you watch it, it almost feels like it's likely 10 years old (because the way technology has evolved over time0. It just feels a little dated to watch it now. Anyway, overall it is a decent time pass. The actors are all pretty good and do and act and not their part really well. Julio was a hot hot guy. Sadly, the film never goes deep into any character's actual relationship that would make me critic deeper, but as a brushstroke of their parts, it was ok. Besides the overly stretched section of Dustin being completely ghosted by Sean, everything else was strictly ok and a decent one time watch. Something you see, you find it ok and not boring, but also something that doesn't stay with you after it's finished. (5/10)
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