Bump Up Business (2023)

Cumpriu com as expectativas (com ressalvas)

Desde a surpresa do anúncio, passando pela incessante espera até o tão antecipado lançamento, toda a experiência ocorreu de maneira bastante espontânea e proveitosa.

Com uma trilha sonora primorosa, Bump Up Business, para um drama de jovens idols atualmente ativos na indústria musical, foi uma surpresa definitivamente agradável, é uma história leve, clichê e estranhamente empolgante, uma vez que, assistindo acompanhada, nos encontramos completamente em silêncio, entretidos com o que estava na tela.

Entretanto, há um inegável mau aproveitamento de cenas, o que normalmente já é de se esperar em bls coreanos, mas aqui se fez muito presente por deixar falhas de enredo e furos de roteiro do início até o final. Todas as problemáticas levantadas quanto aos personagens não foram desenvolvidas propriamente, assim como suas próprias personalidades também foram tratadas de maneira rasa e muitos dos motivos só sejam descobertos por aqueles que lerem o manhwa.

As atuações estão muito melhores do que eu imaginava, principalmente Mill e KB me surpreenderam muito positivamente como mocinho e vilão, respectivamente. O final acaba sendo o grande desconforto aqui, sem spoilers, mas creio que todos pensaram na mesma coisa, faltou a chave de ouro.

Houve sim uma tentativa de promover o grupo em sua vasta e talentosa lore LGBTQ+ em formula semelhante a Semantic Error, o deslize se deu por conta do baixo investimento em um melhor roteiro, a história tinha e tem muito potencial e eu espero ver o OnlyOneOf em novos trabalhos de atuação.

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Otro a la lista!

Un drama mas terminado, la verdad no esperaba mucho, y tampoco es el mejor drama, quise verlo porque muchas personas cercanas lo vieron y me lo recomendaron, es lindo, dire siendo lo mas objetiva que no es el mejor drama, y tampoco tienen la mejor química los protagonistas.

Aun así el drama me gusto, es simple, no te estresa y es algo que sirve para pasar el rato mas que otra cosa. No creo volver a verlo, pero tiene momentos bonitos.

Me gusto mucho la musica del drama, ya conocía a los chicos como cantantes pero no los había visto en esta faceta de actor.

Me gustaría volver a ver algo de ellos, porque quiero ver una mejoria en la actuación y química de ellos, porque en esta lo sentí un poco flojo, digámoslos así... Hay potencial, espero que sigan dando lo mejor!

Sobre la historia se veía mas prometedora de lo que fue, pero en algunos aspecto me gusto ver un poco de lo que ya se sabe que se hace en la industria, que por fama se siguen corriente para acercarse a diversos públicos, aunque vaya o no con la visión del artista en si... así que en ese aspecto me gusto bastante.

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squandered promise

I was disappointed with how Bump Up Business turned out. In the premise there was so much potential for a far richer story. There should have been three or four members of Lion Heart, not just two, and two of which are gay, two straight. And the CEO decides to publicly announce that one gay and one straight member are a couple. And then the other gay member begins to fall for the gay member in the fake couple, setting up the standard BL love triangle trope. Meanwhile, fans begin to pick up on the artificiality of their relationship, and start shipping different lion heart members together, and posting absurd, hilarious, and/or cruel content on media. The unceasing media commentary begins to strain the members of the group. Sasaengs should have stalked them at the airport, and sent gifts to their private homes, confusing the love triangle further. The story really should have been a bl romance mixed with themes of the pressures idols feel to interact with fans, idols' right to privacy, and the folly of using same-gender romance as a marketing gimmick. All of that is just one suggestion. The story needed to be twice as long -- 16 episodes. After finishing the series it feels like the writers were going to go somewhat in the direction I described, but the production ran out of money halfway through and needed to end the series in a hurry.

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That rare BL where it's good without being toxic!

It's SOOOO gooood, much better than expected, especially after reading the bad reviews

I started wondering what people are expecting from BL nowadays, especially for a short series like this....
For me, watching show is about enjoying, and since I enjoy it a lot, this is a 10! I am not here to be come a movie critique or anything. For sth that's only 15 minutes x 8 episodes, it's very welldone.

For me, the concept is somewhat refreshing, at least it's not another high school BL, or employee/boss story...
Also, its healthy and non toxic, which we know is RARE these days in BL.

Okay, sure the idea of selling Business Gay Performance is downright unethical in my opinion and I don't support that, but putting that aside, the actual relationship between the couples are actually real, honest and healthiest one I've seen for a while.

I love the built up of their sexual tension, the little way they care for each other and how they eventually fell for each other.

Oh my, don't get me started on visual of Nine, I definitely want to see him in more BL.

I really enjoy every episode, without skipping it. The OST is nice too.

It's a really nice cute, fluffy, heartwarming BL to watch. Something light, no heavy plot.

Overall, I really love this couple and this show! I'm not sure if I wanna see them again as couple, but I dfeinitey want to see Nine acting in BL again!

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Amazing production quality, decent acting considering their lack of acting experience

Jung Wookjin and Lee Yungsoo were able to play their characters very well. I was quite surprised to see the two act together so well. The chemistry was there, with that there was no awkwardness when it came to the more intimate scenes.

Acting:
They really surpassed my expectations if I’m being honest. Especially Wookjin, he was quite outstanding compared to the rest. I felt as though I was watching an experienced actor at moments during his scenes. Although they weren’t the “off-the-charts” kind of actors, the two of them did a phenomenal job considering the fact that they have no prior acting experience. Great job to the two of them. As well as the other members, they also did a decent job, despite some scenes lacking and being slightly cringe worthy, they too did great for a first time acting gig.

Music:
The music throughout the drama was great! Usually when a song is played at the wrong time or when the song doesn’t match the scene it will stick out like a sore thumb, but there was none of that here. Every song and instrumental felt right in each moment.

Story: The story line was an interesting one, nothing too special about it. But I feel that the actors were able to play each character well despite how strange some can seem. There were the ups and downs like every story does and everything was timed well. It didn’t feel too rushed even when it’s a short 2 hour drama.

Overall a great production and a fun little drama to watch, would recommend you try it out!

- A Fellow LyOn

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Fell In Love

With OnlyOneOf… I have been a Kdrama/ Asian Drama lover for some time now. Never dove into Kpop or Asian Pop Culture in general. I also steered clear of BL dramas, didn’t seem like they were for me.

😩 but the more I watch Asian dramas the MEN ARE SO BEAUTIFUL like gorgeous, so pretty, & yet sooo hot. Ugh this show did it for meeee. I am now on a binger of BL dramas as well as Kpop groups. The music videos were so hot. I wouldn’t even go as far as to calling it “gay”. To me it just seems “intimate”. I do know many cultures are extremely close physically & emotionally with same sex friendships. In America if a male is too close to another male they are automatically labelled “fruity” or “gay” or just “weird”. It’s sad I know.

So watching this show was like “oooo this is a totally different world”. I did like the concept of them falling in love, I didn’t like all the labeling & line drawn “business gay” aspect. There is a lot to be said about simply just falling in love. Being in love can also be platonic, being soulmates can also be platonic. IM RAMBLING..

Basically I loved this show as it was refreshing, sexy, and realistic. Definitely gave a perspective as to the Kpop culture, not sure how much is factual.

I don’t mean to offend. Totally here for it.

THEN I realized the almost/all OnlyOneOf was involved & now I need to rewatch.

The show clearly depicts how close the guys are from OnlyOneOf.

Ugh wish the Nine & Mill had more shows!! I’m obsessed 😍

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It's painful

What the hell is this?
I know I will sound like a hypocrite but I hate it when people blatantly try to profif off gay concept. They decided to just get two cute guys, not even bother to come up with a fish out of water story, just put them in a situation that will turn them gay.不好看。没意思。太垃圾了。我很生气。还好没有浪费我的时间。　
What the hell is this?
I know I will sound like a hypocrite but I hate it when people blatantly try to profif off gay concept. They decided to just get two cute guys, not even bother to come up with a fish out of water story, just put them in a situation that will turn them gay.不好看。没意思。太垃圾了。我很生气。还好没有浪费我的时间。　
What the hell is this?
I know I will sound like a hypocrite but I hate it when people blatantly try to profif off gay concept. They decided to just get two cute guys, not even bother to come up with a fish out of water story, just put them in a situation that will turn them gay.不好看。没意思。太垃圾了。我很生气。还好没有浪费我的时间。　

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