A Shoulder to Cry On (2023)

I feel confused

When I first started watching it, I felt excited because I really enjoyed enemies to lovers and they were kinda silly which makes the chemistry more interesting but after some episodes I was losing interest in the story bc even if their chemistry is amazing I feel like something was off and that was their individual stories, it felt rushed or sometimes, out of nowhere. I'd say that there was a lot of potential to go deeper into Dayeol's archery history just like taehyun's.
The acting could have been better. I didn't like the angst, for me it didn't make sense and again, felt rushed.

I don't think it's really bad and not worth to watch it but to be honest, I don't think I'd ever watch this kbl again which is a shame bc the plot had a lot of potential.

Leia Mais

Intriguing start, lackluster ending.

The first half, and the middle of this show is really great and I was truly impressed by the talented actors, good cinematography and interesting characters. That being said, the ending did not really stick the landing for me. First off, we get a time skip in the middle of an episode, in the middle of a still ongoing conflict. This seriously really confused me, and it felt like they were trying really hard to stray away from the original plot of the show? The last half of the 6th episode and the enitrety og the 7th are really just random shenanigans that don't' try to explain what has happened during the time Taehyun and Dayeol spent away from each other. The last two episodes were simply rushed, and instead of focusing on a satisfying end to their story as high school students, they rather rushed them into student/college life with zero context and sent them on a random trip.
I think if they had really focused on working through the conflict they had at the end of ep 6, this series could really be perfect. Certain parts of this show soars, but the ending really doesn't do it any favours. I personally think they should've kept the standard 8-epsiode length of korean bls, while also focusing on the characters as highschoolers and their issues while being highschoolers, that never really get resolved. This would give Taehyun especially much more time to develop, evolve and reconsider his feelings and approach to Dayeol. This show is definetely worth watching, as long as you're prepared for what awaits you at the end, which is boring melodrama that is barely developed. All in all, Yechan and Jaehan are seriously good actors and you should definetely check out Omega X aswell <3

Leia Mais

A bromance?

This could have been so much more than it was! It started off as a cute high school romance between the popular school president Taehyun and the quiet archery team member Dayeol. The circumstances under which they originally meet set them up to be enemies, but they quickly start to get along instead.

Unfortunately, this one missed the mark a little bit. Every time their relationship should have taken off, something happened to stop them. And just when you think everything is going to work out, it still doesn't! It seemed like they were trying to get around the fact that this was a gay relationship by....not letting them have a real relationship. No kiss, no handholding, nothing! Just two bros with some tension and an unexplored relationship.

They're clearly gay so I won't call this queerbaiting, but it nearly was.

Leia Mais

反正就是很好看！！！

爱豆下海就是香~颜值演技在线~主角俩还是同个男团的，更好磕了！(⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠)
关键是1在剧外是弟弟！年下yyds！
一个大哥一个忙内 我真的兴奋！就是冲这个原因追的剧 后面我也去补了一点物料 他们真的好甜呀 怪不得是他们俩来演XDDDD
ps主题曲是主角唱的 真的好听！(⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)
我很喜欢美人攻的破碎感 真的绝绝子 虽然有一点点（比划）病娇 但也是以前的经历导致的 问题也不大 而且这个设定真的很带感
受好萌呀 笑起来还能看到小虎牙
前期的时候真的呆萌呆萌的不太聪明的鸭子哈哈
前期如果不太喜欢也别弃！坚持！会真香的~

-----以下凑字数 好麻烦噢！（生气）
(⁠ノ⁠｀⁠Д⁠´⁠)⁠ノ⁠彡⁠┻⁠━⁠┻

爱箭穿心
소년을 위로해줘
在学校，李多烈（宰汉饰演）大部分的时间都像个局外人一样度过。多烈并不是受欢迎的人，他唯一真正感到快乐的时间就是和箭术社一起度过的时光。多烈是一位天赋出眾的射箭手，因其技术而获得了该校的奖学金。只要能够自由地追求自己最大的热情，他就不在乎自己是个局外人。但是，一次与一个魅力十足的同学的不慎相遇，让他陷入了麻烦，而且他珍贵的奖学金也因此岌岌可危。

Leia Mais

Cute, yeah cute

I was able to binge watch this BL in one sitting. Not because it was really good or anything like that, but because I could. A shoulder to cry on had me hooked straight from the beginning. The chemistry between the leads is intoxicating and the cute moments littered throughout the show always put a smile on my face. The last couple of episodes felt really rushed though and I'm extremely disappointed that there wasn't even a single kiss scene within the series. But overall it was still really cute, especially in the last episode where the main leads are finally in a loving relationship together.

Leia Mais

the best k-bl to me for now

this show doesnt have a kiss scene and its still so much better than many other series that i watched ( so if you are hesitating because of no kiss scene i still highly recommend it to you because its worth it) , because its a gem when you find a good plot lately, they have good chemistry and i find the plot so interesting i watched until the end
im not into romanticizing bullying but we do see first resentment then we see character development and them facing their own issues and i found that interesting to watch and great ost too, i have to save those songs later
my only complaint is the last 2 eps as they are really rushed then it turned to only fluff, if i can change something about the last ep i will not make Da Yeol character forgive Tae Hyun easily, like make him beg more, they made him forgive him so easily then the last ep is only fluff nothing going on. Da Yeol forgive him easily because he loves him too much and missed him
overall i do see myself rewatching this serie again ,its that much good

Leia Mais

A pleasant surprise but not for everyone

Personally i quite enjoyed the whole series, but after reading other reviews there are definetely things that were lacking, but they don't realy bother me as much as they do some more knowledgeble viewers.

First, for the pluses i like that this wasn't an average cutesy, sweet story and had some dark/trauma elements to it. I think Tae Hyun's story was intresting and a good add on.

+i felt the actors acting was decent, it didn't wow me but they did decently and also had decent chemistry

+I like the length of the series yes it is 7 episodes but they're each 30-45 mins long which i very much apreciate.

+Good not too deep but not the most cliché thing, great for rewatching atleast for me.

+As much as episode 7 was kinda weird, the visuals were great! The actor who playe da yeol looked so good in ep 7.


Now onto the parts, which lacked and could have definetely been better.
-I also think that Tae Hyun's back story was very intresting but it all just felt very sudden, i wish they had explained or got atleast a little deeper into it.

-The first episode ALOT of people were NOT HAPPY with including me, since this is an enemies- lovers trope , most of the time it's mostly simple rivalry or teasing but what Tae hyun did was BULLYING.!
I legit, had to stop watching and went back to it after some time.

-Episode 7 felt just unnecesarry and kinda forced, i don't mind a short episode which shows the couples love after they get together/the story 'ends' , but it was kinda awkward, was surprised with there not being any real kiss scene but i don't mind that too much. I don't know what it is but it just didn't hit as hard.

-I didn't get as immersed in the story and it's backstory as I'd want to, and i still wished they expanded more on the psychological issues and Tae Hyun's back story so the 'climax' would have had more of an impact to me.

Plus a random thought of mine WHY DID TAE HYUN'S ACTOR LOOK SO PALE LIKE THEY LEGIT MADE HIM CASPER THE MF GHOST??? LIKE IS HE ACC THIS PALE IN REAL LIFE

Leia Mais