Monster Next Door (2024)

Une belle romance (et une tortue)

Un de mes plus gros coup de coeur, j'ai vraiment adoré. C'est rare d'avoir un personnage introverti aussi bien dépeint, et ce que j'aime c'est vraiment on va en profondeur dans son passé et de comment ça l'a impacté, et même si ça n'est pas mentionné, je pense que des personnes autistes pourrait aussi se retrouver en Diew. Je trouve trop cool qu'il ne rencontre pas Got tout de suite, et qu'il respecte ses limites. Pour la fin de l'intrigue, je ne suis pas forcément fan du trope de l'ex qui rend le copain actuel jaloux, mais le fait que c'était une relation toxique et les détails de cette relation m'ont fendu le coeur et font très réaliste. La série prend toujours le temps pour les détails, ce qui donne vraiment forme aux persos. Le couple secondaire est aussi très cool, et en général tous les acteurs sont bons. Biu la seule fille du groupe est vraiment très drôle. Ah et il y a une TORTUE. Pleins d'images de tortue mignonne, que demande le peuple.

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extremely adorable and sweet - green flag guys

Overall: this is an exemplar of a romance series. 12 episodes about 45 minutes each. Aired on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/4626/monster-next-door-2024-e01 and WeTV https://wetv.vip/en/album/y1ocjz3bjta0prm

Content Warnings: past death, grief, manipulation

What I Liked
- their dynamic was lovely, very considerate of each other
- mutual want and ongoing physical affection
- sweet and caring moments
- respecting boundaries
- good consent
- supportive friends
- supportive mom/grandfather
- characters were fairly intelligent
- funny moments
- the short flashback in ep 2 set up a character's reluctance well
- Almond & Latte cameo from Knock Knock Boys
- how Diew looked at the book Monster Next Door in the library
- good calling out infantilizing a romantic partner
- the drama between the leads was realistic, they both made mistakes
- talked about how introvert/extrovert are not fixed traits, it depends on who you are with/the situation you are in and can be flexible

Room For Improvement
- bad voice over to set up a character
- plot felt a little drawn out in some places
- nonsense stuff: I'm sure those working in the library would notice students doing that and put a stop to it (and then the explanation in ep 12 was cringey), a university class with 3 students
- some choppiness
- continuity errors, complete daytime and then night in what was happening at the same time, messy hair to perfect hair
- not a turtle expert but that cage looked pretty small for that turtle
- a 3rd side couple was teased but we didn't see their relationship development
- the 'did you get your period' line
- 17 minutes of moping in episode 11
- too much drama in episode 12 should have cut it to just 1 issue, the mom having the epiphany from the random mom/daughter when it could have come from talking to grandpa/Diew
- time jump in the finale was not needed and felt they could have had a better ending scene for the 2nd couple

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