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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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Blossom Campus (Korean Mini-Series)

By Golu
This mini series from South Korea is a light hearted romance and is just sweet and simple and straight forward. To be honest, I dont know why this was needed to be told in 6 episodes, each of 20 minutes, The story could have easily been told as a simple short story. The series tries to tease a love triangle, which fails to be engaging and even the interactions between the main couple are pretty basic and dull.

Min Jae is a new study in the music faculty of a university. Here, he mets Yoon Chan a couple of times, including in the library where Min Jae works part time. For no obvious reasons, Yoon Chan falls for Min Jae and starts conversations to befriend him. Turns out Yoon Chan is a taekwondo student and seems has no other friends. They both decide to become friends after some random meetings between the two. It is more evident that Yoon Chan is putting more effort. Initially Min Jae is a bit irritated by this but slowly he comes around and starts liking the guy. As they spend more time together, their friendship evolves. Romantic feelings begin to surface, although neither admits to them initially. Enter the third wheel, a new student one year junior in music faculty. This junior immediately takes a liking for Min Jae and also wants to pursue. This junior and Yoon Chan's feud puts Min Jae in a tricky position as he must choose between friends. Eventually Min Jae accepts his feelings and confirms his love for Yoon Chan and they together start working in a cafe as lovers. The series ends with a stranger showing up at the cafe surprising Min Jae. Possibility of next season here.

Firstly, what kind of university is this where there are a total of only 4 students. You do not see anyone else either in campus or library. I mean, I understand there are no other characters, but you still have to use the space to fill it up , given it is a full on university. Why does Yoon Chan falls for Minjae? No details are shown. When Yoon's senior shows up announcing he has no friends, it is just a random scene and if he difficulties making friends, then what is so special about Minjae. I thought we will get to see some back story of Yoon Chan but nothing of thats sorts happen. I guess the makers wanted to show that the two boys and aloof and lonely in their own ways and how destiny brings them together, but honestly the treatment was just dull and boring. From boring small talk to mundane interactions, most scenes aren't that fun to watch. They almost force themselves to become friends and then out of nowhere a romance happens. Their attraction doesn't make sense when the characters hardly know each other. The idea to create drama by a love triangle was clearly so forced. The show could have ended after episode 5, but they spend like a 30 minute final episode which is all fluff and them being Lovey-dovey. The actors look good and do a. Fine job, but t=when the script itself is so basic and mundane, there is nothing anyone can do. This is one of the more disappointing Korean shows. (3/10)
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