simply put, I am in agony.

I have been anticipating this show since it's announcement early this year, and have been looking forward to it for AGES. And how could I not? It's an adaptation of one of my favorite mangas and jbls, with my absoloute favorite GMMTV pairing, could it get more perfect than this? Oh boy was I wrong. This show is pure chaos, from the production to the editing to the acting, it is a slop of content to get through, and I say that with great sadness in my heart.

ACTING:
I love geminifourth, and I seriously believe them to be one of GMMTV's best pairings when it comes to both chemistry and acting as a whole, but why do they actively suck the life out of me in this show? Fourth's acting feels so incredibly forced and stiff as Atom, and he seems like a watered down version of the character he played in My School president. The acting is so fake and the characters doesn't have an ounce of self-awereness. Now don't get me started on Gemini. He is given a poker-face character that is meant to be cold, but he just looks bored out of his mind. The only parts where I don't feel like jumping out of one of the steamy windows in the show (seriosuly what is going on with that), is when they're actively having a conversation. And the worst part of all is that it's none of their faults, it's the director.

DIRECTING:
good lord who is this god-forsaken man. I can not begin to describe how much I hate the directing for this show. Not only does it butcher the original characters of the jbl by making them an empty shell of what they're supposed to be, but it doesn't even attempt to showcase gemini and fourths genuienly great acting skills and performance. The pacing is also so weird. Considering it's an adaptation that follows a previously made story, the pacing shouldn't be a problem right? Wrong. Though yes, the show follows all the same story beats and plotpoints as the original, it doesn't leave any room for the actors to just, idk act..? The characters are left no room to breathe between conflicts and it makes for a not-so-pleasant viewing experience. THIS MAN DIRECTED MY SCHOOL PRESIDENT, WHO HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A METAL BAR AND MADE HIM MAKE THIS SHOW WITH THREE CONCUSSIONS???

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Also, did they use up the budget on that one good song in the intro ooor..? The filming and especially the editing, as many have pointed out, is also hot garbage. My eyes need a break atleast 4 times while watching an episode. It is so cheaply made, and the choppiness is so distracting that I can't focus on anything that's going on on screen. Adding to the distracting editing, the humor and appeal in this show relys solely on out-of-place sound effects, and goofy royalty free background music that gives me emotional whiplash every ten seconds. And I know that they used sound effects and funny music in My school President aswell, but the diffferece is that it actually fit the situations they were put in, and added to the actors performance, instead of the other way around. Here it's as if the actors were given scripts with sound-effects on them telling them to follow the editing instead of just acting like regular people.

I am so serious when I say that the only parts of the show that manages to muster up any sort of value for me, is the chemistry between gemini and fourth, and mudmee and atoms friendship. It feels as is none of the writers or director have ever seen nor read the original source material, and it SHOWS. They have no idea how to develop the characters of their relationshsip, because they fundamentally fail at realizing and understanding them in the first place.

I will watch it to the end, simply beacuse of the sliver of hope I have for the quality to get better, but I can't say that I am anticipating it.