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Fake Fact Lips (Japanese Series)

By Golu
This Japanese rom-com is just a lighthearted, goofy love story between two guys who keep things entertaining the whole way through. Story wise it's pretty basic if you break it down, but what actually carries the show is the two leads, who spend the whole time bickering and getting under each other's skin, and somehow that's exactly what makes watching them so much fun. The chemistry between the two actors is off the charts. The series is 10 episodes, each 25-30 minutes. Zen and Ryo are our two leads, and they work at the same company together. These two have been trying to one up each other since their high school days, and that competitive streak has just carried right into their adult jobs. Like you'd expect, neither of them ever actually comes out on top for good. Outside of work though, the two of them actually spend a lot of time together, meeting up regularly at Ryo's place to drink and catch up. They've even got their own rule set up, whoever loses a bet...
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Undying Love (Filipino Mini-Series)

By Golu
Oh my god! Unbelievable. Just when you thought that cringe couldn't get any worse, here is this wannabe mini BL series, that I don't even know where to begin with to describe how bad and cringy it is. If you need to explain someone the meaning of cringe, then make then watch this show and they will understand it. Even though this mini series is only 6 episodes, each of less than 10 minutes duration; but trust me this will feel like the longest time. There are only two ways to salvage this: either you roll your eyes in disbelief that this is actually happening or just chuckle and laugh on how stupid everything is. I chose the latter with my morning cup of tea and I survived, albeit with a very bad taste in my mouth. Do not get fooled by this poster.

Set in a resort (yes, once again like millions of other Filipino BL series), we see two friends Christian and his friend. Christian is waiting for "Love" of his life. Meanwhile clearly his friend is in love with him. Enter Elijah, with his friends, visiting the resort and suddenly both of them are into one another. But Christian has had many heart breaks so he treads carefully and ignore Elijah's advances. Just when Christian is ready to lower his guard, Elijah's ex-boyfriend comes and pleads for another chance. They get back together but Christian and his friends manage to show Elijah how he is still a cheater. Elijah realizes his mistake and asks Christian to be his boyfriend, but by then Christian realizes that his true love is his close friend. While all this is going on, a very annoying trans character and his friend are going all around the resort looking for ghost and what not. Ending is random with us suddenly being told that the original two friends died long time ago and people whom Elijah was interacting with were ghosts.

This series has problems right from the very beginning. It is made in very low cost by a production company, whose many other shows I have reviewed here. I bet it is the same because they have same template. Right from when opening credits roll, the music is so jarring as if you are about to watch a horror series. It just goes downhill from there. The quick attraction between two boys, Christian ignoring him for no reason, extremely annoying trans character and his lady friend, the ex, the ring e dialogues, the supporting characters, everything is extremely bad. I mean, you do wanna give people benefit of doubt or some encouragement for at least trying, but nothing about this show has any redeeming quality whatsoever. Actors aren't good looking, their acting is bad, story is there but bad screenplay, no sense of direction either. The ending which is supposed to shock audience is told just as a matter of fact. My annoyance after first three episodes soon changed into laughing so hard at the absolute absurdity of what I was seeing on screen. Thankfully watching it in twice the speed helped get over with it soon. Absolutely stay away. (1/10)
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