well alright then, lol. the first... what, 8 episodes were very repetitive and very slow. most of the time it was on and off tension both romantically and negatively between ayan and akk. akk kept going back and forth from hating ayan to blankly staring at him in awe, switching to negative for tiny reasoning. yes, its character development, but, they could have done all that shit in an episode or two rather than taking up 8 with active and drawn out repetitiveness. with akk slowly knowing who he is and who he likes mixed with his hell of a school life kinda makes sense why he acts/acted like that.

akk and ayan were the main couple and khan + thua were the side. i actually feel like they waited a loonnng ass time to bring khanthua's relationship together. they put some scenes with them in the show and then shoved the rest of their relationship into a few scenes throughout a couple episodes, adding some little moments to keep people liking them at the end.

the only things that kept me going through those eps 1-8 were the actors cause i love first and khaotung, along with the occasional romantic tension between ayan and akk. episode 9+, was great. nice plot twists + news flashes, cute moments, character realization, etc. the one thing i do have to say about ep 9-12, is that so much is packed into those episodes that its genuinely a lot to take in at once. twist, on twist, on twist happened so fast with a sprinkle of immensely active/mildly overwhelming scenes. all of those things slowly scattered through the show with better planning and some adjustments, i feel like would make it a lot better and not as plain for the first 2/3 of the show. its almost like a staff member switched a lever in the script world and was like "hey...this is kinda boring, shall we bombard with greatness?". i bet every person at that long conference table raised hands and it was a done deal. other than that, its okay. i will be getting ayans jacket on etsy though... thats a must.