Mou Mou (2024)

Muito bem escrito.

Eu não comecei The On1y One com muitas expectativas, principalmente pois não via muita gente comentando sobre, logo também não sabia o que esperar, mas eu me surpreendi bastante, tinha apenas oito episódios quando comecei a acompanhar e assisti todos em um dia.
Na trama, nós acompanhamos como a vida de dois jovens mudam completamente a partir do ponto em que se conhecem, e como as mudanças se relacionam com o passado deles, Tian e Sheng. Na minha concepção, a obra retrata perfeitamente como uma pessoa mais fria e fechada age quando se importa verdadeiramente com alguem, muitas vezes o desenvolvimento desse tipo de personagem deixa a desejar, como o jeito do mesmo mudando repentinamente ou simplesmente não sendo bem explorado. Aqui nós vemos algo muito prazeroso de assistir, a forma com que Tian se porta desde o começo não muda completamente, a essência dele continua ali, mas ao mesmo tempo ele se molda ao Sheng, se permitindo confiar nele e mostrar um lado mais cuidadoso que não é todo mundo que tem a sorte de presenciar.
No outro lado da moeda, também temos o Sheng, entendemos como o trauma de perder sua mãe tão cedo o afetou, como ele estava acostumado a lidar com o mundo sozinho, sempre guardando tudo pra si mesmo, mas toda essa defesa que ele criou desde muito jovem começa a desmorar, ele vai se permitindo receber aquele cuidado, e se ve sentindo falta dele, de Tian, quando estão separados, com a comunicação sendo um traço muito importante entre eles.
Continuando, o desenvolvimento da relação deles é algo extremamente bonito e puro de se ver, todo o cuidado ali é muito real e genuíno, principalmente a forma como se ancoram um no outro. Quanto ao final, já vemos que grande parte da hesitação de Sheng em dar um passo a mais é pela questão deles serem "irmãos", sempre achei esse enredo sem sentido, já que não, os personagens não são irmãos de verdade e nem mesmo foram criados juntos desde a infância para que sentissem essa sensação, a relutância vem pela parte do julgamento que ele pensa que deve receber de sua família.
Agora sim, tenho expectativas boas em relação a uma futura segunda temporada, já que está praticamente confirmado que continuaremos acompanhando a história deles, e com certeza farei mais uma resenha quando estiver disponível.
( Um adendo: A fotografia do episódio 11 é simplesmente divina, o jogo de cores que usaram em uma cena específica foi genial. )

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Bellissima serie, ma vincolata a un sequel necessario

BL made in Taiwan che ricorda tanto "Stay with me" (drama cinese del 2023), in primis per via del fatto che i protagonisti sono due adolescenti fratellastri (non consanguinei)
Ho seguito con alte aspettative questa serie, molte ripagate, alcune altre un po' disattese. E' sicuramente una serie di qualità, dove i sentimenti si sentono senza bisogno di gesti epici, ma dove anche i momenti più apparentemente banali possono suscitare emozioni intense. Anche sotto questo aspetto mi ha ricordato molto la serie cinese sopracitata, ovvero nell'elegante capacità di emozionare senza dover ricorrere per forza all'esplicito.
Dato però che si tratta di una BL e non di una bromance, avrei comunque apprezzato un'evoluzione verso un rapporto di coppia: la chimica tra i due attori è notevole, riescono a far percepire il forte legame, ma nei fatti e nelle parole si procede ben poco. Dopo i primi due baci nati per gioco/ripicca, scordiamoci qualsiasi altra scena esplicitamente romantica, insomma. Certo, ci sono alcuni abbracci, alcune frasi, alcuni momenti e sguardi che trasmettono davvero molto, ma alla lunga lo spettatore qualcosa di più se lo aspetta. La storia è bella, delicata ma allo stesso tempo intensa. I personaggi protagonisti sanno farsi apprezzare fin da subito - forse tra i due un punticino in più lo strappa Tian, per quanto mi riguarda - a conferma dell'ottima prova di recitazione e di una sceneggiatura che non ha sorvolato sui dettagli.
Di contro, gli episodi sono stati troppo pochi, e molte scene non indispensabili sembravano rubare ulteriore tempo. Ad ogni puntata da una parte mi sembrava che la storia, per il ritmo e l'evoluzione, ne richiedesse ancora di più, mentre di fatto il conto alla rovescia dei 12 episodi totali andava diminuendo. Per di più nel penultimo episodio viene inserito un importante aspetto che riguarda il rapporto di Tian con il padre, elemento che trovo un po' assurdo inserire senza avere poi il tempo di gestirlo e contestualizzarlo come si deve. La serie ormai era agli sgoccioli, e invece di portare a termine le tante questioni in sospeso sembravano aggiungersene di nuove. Di fatto, appunto, la serie si conclude con tanto, ma tanto, in sospeso. L'episodio finale non può definirsi tale, assomiglia più che altro alla scena clou di un film prima dello stacco della pausa pubblicità, semmai. Invece qui la serie finisce proprio così, la scelta di Wang ha un senso ma evolve nel completo non detto (non c'è un confronto tra i due, un vero dialogo...è forse l'episodio in cui la comunicazione è ridotta davvero ai minimi termini, e stiamo parlando dell'epilogo, quindi quasi un controsenso).
Ripeto, serie bellissima - al momento forse la migliore BL del 2024 - ma che posso davvero reputare tale solo se ci sarà un seguito, altrimenti non può che essere considerata incompleta (e, no, mi spiace, ma il "finale aperto" è proprio un'altra cosa). Resto in una fiduciosa attesa del seguito - in questo caso lo considero proprio dovuto - nel quale affrontare tutto ciò che è rimasto in sospeso e vedere soprattutto il legame tra i due tradursi in una coppia concreta.

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Todo lo que podría pedir y más

Empiezo a creer que Taiwán ha alcanzado la máxima experiencia en la narrativa del BL. ¿Cómo es posible que manejen tan bien los ritmos? ¿Que la música esté tan bien introducida y consiga hacerte sentir tantas cosas? ¿Por qué son capaces de destrozarte emocionalmente de esta manera?

Adoré la historia, la actuación de Liu Dong Qin y Benjamin Tsang, el ambiente, la escenografía, los planos...

De verdad, espero que hagan segunda temporada, porque acabé llorando en un avión de vuelta a casa y quiero pensar que no me voy a quedar con una historia en puntos suspensivos...

Qué buena, por favor.

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Very soild slow burn high school romance, but could be way more better

(If you don't like slow burn romance, coming of age, step-brothers romance; you won't like this story.)
[Update:- WHY THEY DECIDED TO END IT LIKE THISSSSSSSS?]

This is my first ever review cuz English isn't my first language, but mou mou forced me to write this.
This drama made me a lot of emotions, but most of it was warm and nostalgia.
This drama reminds me of the good semi-old high school c dramas, like when we were young s1 and suddenly this summer but way more towards Taiwanese vibes (ofc cuz it's a taiwanese drama).

What i really liked:-
1- the acting, most of the actors showed a very soild steady performance except for some people. but overall the acting was good.
2- the way the director shows the harmony between the classmates was awesome, very awesome actually. It made me feel like that was a real class. how they tease each other, rooting for each other, their friendships, how little pepper had a cute crush on sheng wang, and how gao tian yang liked little pepper but he knew that she liked someone else. even the jealousy and hatred that jiahao had for wang, it felt real, cause sometimes -especially in middle and high school- you would meet (or had met) someone that hated you for a reason or not. it all felt so real, and that's very good.
3- the complexity in SW's and JT's families was good. whether you liked those characters or not, the dynamic between them was good. how JT's mother regretted how she left him and wanted to make up for him but JT had moved on and wanted to assure her that he doesn't blame her. or how JT resented his own biological father because his trauma. or how SW had a close-not-very-close relationship with his dad. It was portrayed very well.

What i don't like/ hate:- (maybe you'll see it a very small thing but it distracted me very much)
1- i hated it how the director was telling us in some scenes "look, JT is taller than SW. It looks like the novel, right?"
I didn't read the novel btw -cuz i don't have money 😃👍- but i know that in novel that JT was taller than SW, i think it's not that big height difference but still. In the first episode, when SW first transferred into the class and met JT for the first time and JT stood up against SW, i rolled my eyes. nothing throws me off like the forced height difference. and in the third episode when JT kissed SW, the dictator made liu dong qin (actor who played SW) for the second time looked smaller against Benjamin (the actor who played JT), it looked and felt really bad.
2- the flashbacks when SW's mother was alive, those scenes felt like the editor chose a very cheap filter for them. it annoyed me a little but not very much.
3- the biggest flaw in this series is teacher jing, not her in specific, but the trio (jing- xi- linzi)
If you -the production team- were aware that when you brings ml actor, this actress will tag along; you had two options:- 1-you stick to original novel plot. 2- if you would change the plot, pls at least write a good script for her and the other two.
You decided to not follow any of the options above and it led to disaster, to the point that a lot of people skipped their scenes towards the end. i won't write any specific scene but at least, couldn't you -screenwriters- made them looked more mature adults? cuz the way they behaving was like a childish, emotional teenagers who can't take any decision.

I watched 11 eps out of 12. The rating now depends on the final ep. Is the rating gonna go up or down? I don't know. but if i update this review, I'll update it after finishing the final ep.

The update:- that final episode.... i swear to god, IF YOU CANNOT WRITE A SCRIPT, THEN STICK TO ORIGINAL NOVEL PLOT!!!!!
It's not even a sad nor an open ending, it's like a normal ep that makes you feel like there's next episode after it.
The 12 ep is so exaggerated, SW's actions somehow make sense to me. He's just realized that he likes his step brother and thinking that what he was doing is wrong so he decided that he gonna switch classes.
JT's actions didn't make sense to me AT ALL, when he knew that SW switched classes, he made me feel like it's the end of the world, like SW had been in lethal accident, like he's in SW's funeral. Why did he act like this when he obviously can just walk upstairs to see him? And they're still in the same dorm, and even if SW decided to move out, he can still move out as well to their home, IT'S NOT THAT DEEP.

now, how bad the final ep is? Let's just pretend that the novel doesn't exist and this series based on original script, if we do that then you gonna realize how bad it is. It's like you have been building a house for the past few months only to suddenly realized that you build a house of cards and a mere air destroy it. That's how the final ep felts. After all this buildups, interactions & feelings only to crumble down and go back to the beginning line. That's not how to end a series especially when you're not so sure if there's a second season or not. By doing this you disrespected the novel fans and the drama fans!!!

There's only two reasons for me so that you decided to end it like that:- 1-that the drama is actually not a 12 episodes drama but more than this.
2- that you decided to change a major events in the original plot, like you decide to not make SW & JT couple when they're teenagers, you decided that when SW switched classes, SW&JT will have a minimal contact and after that somehow JT or SW will travel overseas then after 10 years they meet again. Im gonna be very angry at you if you decided to do that.

However, this episode left a bad taste in my mouth to the point that made me downrate the overall rating.

I hope anyone read this have a good day or a good night or a good sleep❤.

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slow as fuck...snoozefest...nothing happens but if ur into that it's great

it's very, veeeeery slow paced. the progress of the characters and their relationship are in focus and, you guessed it, excruciatingly slow which is realistic but can be frustrating for those watching a show for entertainment. the platonic/romantic aspect is up for interpretation and either ways there's no denying that it's a lovely build up. it's fun to watch though. my only issue is with the directing and camera/scene switching because it seemed quite abruptly cut and happazard. i would suggest you watch this while doing background menial tasks because fast-forwarding or skipping scenes ruins the whole appeal.

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This drama is worth watching

From the beginning where they first met and had some conflict's later on, how both of them understood each other's misery leading the story to having a bond of friendship, taking care of each other and finding happiness in each other, this type of drama is what i was craving for. Most of the adaptations frequently rushes the story to end while cutting off most of the scenes. From episode 1 till 10 its worth watching and i can't wait to see where the story is heading to. There is only 2 episodes left and i think we will witness their separation soon. I just hope they will drop season 2 as quick as possible.

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slow burn . boring . filler

the DIRECTOR probably had a second season of this BL series in mind because in this first season absolutely nothing happened, “but the book has 100000 pages”, I've watched countless adaptations and we know that no one makes the movie or series 100% the same as the book, I don't know if this strategy of making season 1 so uninteresting will hook people for a second season, it ended as it started without any development, it went from nothing to nowhere, many people talk about fetish that people demand a kiss, but what do we expect in a heterosexual romance series? ??? the same as GLS and Bls.

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