This series to me had a lot of potential the moment the first trailer was aired.

A lot of BL fans loved the idea of this new series with it's new storyline that we hadn't seen before.
The storyline of a BL couple that wasn't focused on university but a storyline with a bit rougher background: The mafia.
The first trailer showed a series that not just acting wise but also set wise was really well thought of. I kept rewatching the trailer over and over again.

Sadly they had to postpone shooting the series itself because of Covid. In that time period the series became a bit less of a novelty because more companies realized that BL focused on university was good and all but there were also fans who wanted something different. More BL's aired with different storylines and by the time that Kinnporsche was going to air it wasn't that special anymore.

The final trailer of the series came out and I had to do my best not to dislike the series based on the trailer. Because I couldn't dislike a series because I liked the first trailer more than the new trailer. So I did my best to watch the series with an open mind.

The beginning was really good and I can't say a lot of bad things about it.

I saw a lot of people ranting about the non-consensual scenes in the series and I have to agree that: yes it is messed up and if that would happen in real life that person belongs in jail but this isn't real life. It is a series. A series supposed to be focused on the mafia. It was a bit romanticized how the mafia worked. There were in the end some scenes that were a little bit more realistic but overall the series was really romanticized. So that people were all discussing how the kissing etc. was non-consensual didn't really faze me. I had actually expected more mafia-ish things in this series but it wasn't that present. There was one scene of Vegas, that if you have watched the series you will know, that I really liked that showed a bit more of what the mafia family was capable of.

I have to applaud the actors for their acting though. They really gave their all, literally and figuratively. I think overall it is a matter of personal tastes. I feel that they were trying to make up for not being as 'original' anymore with the large amount of sex scenes and nude ness if you can call it that. They went really naked and despite me not really liking that they really went far for this series I have to give credit where credit is due.

It was also nice that most of the cast stayed in the series despite the delay. Some actors' roles were changed from what they were originally supposed to be but other than that I was really happy to see them staying on.

The storylines from the side characters were really interesting and some were fun to watch and others were heartbreaking. When you know, you know.

I have read the original novel and I can say that the series is less bad. In the book Porsche has a big temper issue and gets angry really quickly. Kinn isn't much better in the book.

All in all I did like the series but it is definitely not my favorite one of this year.