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 ...
Wei Xing is a famous singer who ends up accidentally kissing a regular guy named Liang Chen on a bridge one night. A year passes, and Wei Xing is scouting models for his fashion label when he spots Liang Chen again and offers him a modeling gig. To everyone's shock, he actually signs him for the contract. Things start rough since Liang Chen's completely green at this, and the team can't figure out why he was chosen, but Wei Xing sticks by him and gradually helps him gain confidence. As they spend more time together, feelings start creeping in, and eventually tabloids start noticing their chemistry, though the two of them keep insisting it's strictly professional. We get some flashback material into both their pasts too. Wei Xing grew up wealthy but mostly isolated as a kid, leaving him desperate for real connection. Liang Chen, on the other hand, witnessed a death as a child, had parents who never supported his interest in modeling early on, got bullied throughout school, and even dealt with seniors treating him badly in college. All of that left a serious dent in his self confidence. Through falling for each other, they end up pushing one another to grow, and with Liang Chen as his inspiration, Wei Xing finally finishes writing a new song his fans had been waiting on for ages.
Honestly, there were multiple points where it barely felt like there was an actual story being told. It felt more like scenes got filmed separately and then just pieced together to fake the feeling of a real narrative. The two leads do share decent chemistry and aren't bad actors, but they look so similar in height, build, and even facial features that I genuinely lost track of who was who at times. The acting itself is fine, but for some reason everything comes across as cringeworthy on screen. The kissing scenes are particularly rough, like two lifeless mouths just pressed together with zero feeling behind them. Honestly, even typing out my thoughts on this feels like a waste of my own time. Also the name of the show makes no sense. This one's easy to skip entirely. (1/10)
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