I do want to mention a very important thing before I start, I recommend this show for people who are more into soap operas or dramatic storyline acting as this had traditional teleseryes (common tv type of series in the Philippines) tropes which might be the reason why a lot of people either liked it or disliked it.

I’ve had this on my PTW list and I decided to watch it because I wanted to lessen my list and I enjoyed it myself—maybe because it was something I was familiar with. I grew up watching a lot of teleseryes (even now) so I wasn’t as disappointed by the outcome of their story.
A little background on teleseryes: teleseryes are known to be dramatic and have realistic but unrealistic story, dialogues, acting, pacing, delivery etc... which is most likely why a lot of people were frustrated with the tragic ending and why it ended how it did but it’s a familiar thing in teleseryes.
We have that dramatic mother who doesn’t want to accept what their children does unless it’s something she wants to accept, a best friend who we know will betray, tragic love story etc... it’s all familiar in teleserye so in that sense for a lot of people it felt hostile. This wasn’t something they expected.
This might’ve been a tragic story but I wished they made it tragic in a way no one died. In older shows where there were LGBTQ+ representatives, they almost always end up with tragic endings such as death and so, seeing it here too made me feel queazy. Don’t get me wrong, it’s alright to kill characters but something about the death of Shake and Ken was off-putting for me.

I also want to mention the frustrations I had with the characterization. Sandee did not deserve to be forgiven. She outed him to his mother and if you have basic common sense, you should know that you should never out someone as that is their personal choice. Are you them? No? Then use your brain.
Even when he died his mother could accept he did but not the fact that he was gay? How inhuman can you get? But props to Lawrence, he was a great brother who truly stood beside his brother’s side.
This might’ve been a tragic story but I wished they made it tragic in a way no one died. In older shows where there were LGBTQ+ representatives, they almost always end up with tragic endings such as death and so, seeing it here too made me feel queazy. Don’t get me wrong, it’s alright to kill characters but something about the death of Shake and Ken was off-putting for me.

Yes, this had the most unrealistic storyline and it never went into detail about the things we thought it would go into detail about (such as homophobia, acceptance—yes the acceptance scene in the end did not get me at all). It merely scraped the iceberg but overall I found myself enjoying the show.

I think most people who would enjoy this shows are people who can tolerate or enjoy melodramatic pieces and tragic but happy endings. Overall, I suggest you don’t take the show too seriously and maybe you’ll enjoy it.