Everything is handled almost perfectly. Every shot is stunning, the music chosen is on point. The actors truly understand their characters. Often times when I'm analyzing a story, I look for details in choices made by pretty much everyone else except for the actors. These two carried this story so purposefully and so well done, you could look into their faces at any given scene to find any hidden context or further meaning.

Often times I find that bl's with some sort of overarching message tend to be a bit heavy-handed in delivering it to the audience. They usually tend to feel like afterthoughts instead of parts of the story. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Let Free The Curse of Taekwondo is not just a bl with a message, but also one that is deeply and intrinsically a part of the romance and characters. Every element that is there serves a purpose.

I'm also really happy about the ending. For me, it's so rare that bl will have a good and satisfying ending. A terrible ending can ruin a whole series for me, especially since it's the last impression. Even if the ending is sad, there's a proper way to handle it so that the story reaches a proper conclusion. Whether or not it has a happy or sad ending I won't reveal here, but I will say that this show's ending makes sense and closes out the story of it's characters in a satisfying way.

My only complaint would be that they kind of overcomplicated a lot of things in the end. I don't think it needed to be as convoluted as it was. I think this also lost me a little bit, making the second half of the story feel a little dry and unsatisfying to watch. I couldn't tell if it was an issue with translation, some cultural things I just wasn't picking up on, or if I'm just really dense T_T but the second half being hard to follow kind of killed a lot of the joy I got from this show for me.

//the only spoiler-y thing I will say, is that I do really love how one of the messages from this story is that imperfect people deserve to be loved too. as an imperfect person (rarely represented in bl), i really appreciate that :)) //

It's a really beautiful work and everyone who was a part of it was at the top of their game. If you're thinking about giving this series a try, please don't hesitate because it's very worth it.