Let's just cut right to it, this show was painfully boring. There, I said it. A story built around partial amnesia has real potential, but between the choppy scene structure and random flashbacks thrown in constantly, the whole plot ends up feeling more tangled than it needed to be. The romance doesn't fare much better either, it's written so poorly that I never really found myself invested in this couple. Both leads come across stiff on screen and deliver their lines in a really awkward way. The show runs 8 episodes, each somewhere around 30 to 35 minutes. Hanuel, a 29 year old language teacher, wakes up after an accident only to realize his memory stops at age 19. It turns out he'd been in another accident back then too, which is why his memories cut off at that point. He has zero recollection of the fact that he's currently living with his childhood friend Saebyeok, who's now a huge celebrity. That makes the whole situation even harder for Hanuel to wrap his ...
Our main guy Jiakai has this strange gift where he can see invisible threads tying people to each other, and each color of thread means something different. That ability swings both ways for him, sometimes it helps him out, sometimes it lands him in a mess. The one sad part is he's never been able to see a thread linking himself to anyone else, so he's kind of resigned himself to being alone with no real connection of his own. Things kick off in a funny way when he gets arrested by a cop named Dawei while trying to help out a girl, and Dawei doesn't buy a single word of his explanation. That whole sequence is packed with awkward comedy and cringe you can't look away from. After a bunch of messy run ins and constant back and forth arguing, with Jiakai trying to explain himself and Dawei playing the by the book cop, an accident ends up pulling them closer together. Their heads collide by accident, and suddenly something wild happens, for the very first time Jiakai actually sees a thread connecting him to someone else. Around this time Jiakai's close friend, who he lives with, needs their place fixed up, so Dawei offers up his spare room and Jiakai moves in with him. That's basically where the romance starts taking root. As they work through their connection and figure out the thread between them, the two guys keep showing up for each other, slowly making peace with their own feelings while also dealing with old family baggage in the background.
I'd call this a rom com at its heart, since there's a good chunk of genuinely funny material throughout. The humor lands without ever feeling forced or embarrassing, the show looks bright and colorful, and it just radiates this cheerful energy the whole way through. It's the kind of BL that can turn your whole mood around instantly. Jiakai and Dawei are both just stupidly cute together, their chemistry really jumps off the screen. What I liked most is that they're both genuinely good people, so you're rooting hard for them to just get together already, but the show takes its time walking through every stage, going from being at odds, to roommates, to wrestling with feelings, to actually saying them out loud, to dealing with family history and everything else in between. It's handled really well. The side characters are great too, especially Jiakai's friend Chaonan, who brings a ton of fun energy and adds even more comedy to a cast that's already entertaining. Usually these best friend characters are just there to fill space, but this one actually stood out, and credit to the actor for that. Even the police station scenes work, and this isn't some grim crime drama with violence and murder weighing it down. The police setting stays light and playful instead, which matches the tone of the whole show perfectly. Honestly though, the finale let me down a bit. It felt like it could've been stronger, almost like they just wanted to wrap things up rather than really landing it. If the ending had hit as hard as the rest of the show, this could've been even better.
While writing this out I actually realized there's a bonus 13th episode, so I went and watched it right away, and it tied everything up really well. Jiakai and Dawei are officially together at that point and start looking for a place to move in together, and the episode shows them working through a bit of hesitation about whether it's too soon, which ends up bringing them closer through some honest conversation. Even the friend finally finds love in that episode. Watching the two of them set up their new home together was the perfect way to close things out. Definitely recommend this one. (8.5/10)
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