Sassas
An attempt of a light BL version of Fast and the Furious, with two almost identical story lines.
Although not a big fan of cars, bikes and races, I am a big fan of Fast and the Furious. So obvious I liked this one. It's far from perfect, but definitely worth watching and enjoyable. Perhaps I should also state here, that I am always after BL series, which leave behind a little bit some of the clichés of high-school/college romance and move on to more adult territories. In fact, I find it nice, if the genre does not solely revolve around the relationship(s). Having said so, however, this is still the case here, were we watch two couples forming, but at least the back bone stories are somehow different.
Things I liked:
The acting was decent, the emotional development of all people noteworthy, and dealing with a sensitive subject, namely abusive relationships in someone's past. In particular the last one was nicely handled, in that the focus was not on the abuse itself (just rare flashes and memories), but how the person learns to slowly go on. Some skin is shown, but (at least for my personal taste), not out of proportion. Sleeping with your loved one is finally part of a couple's life.
Things I did not like:
The series consists of practically two seasons. In episodes 1-7 we follow one couple and in the rest another. Although the couples coexist, in their out-of-focus episodes, they are reduced to even less than supportive roles. From what I understand these are indeed two different novels. I really think, that the development of both should progress in parallel, so that it would feel more natural.
Both couples are very similar: the older dominant, rich and clearly more masculine biker pursuing, and the younger more delicate freshman "politely" refusing until finally convinced - they live happily ever after - the end. This is actually quite a bore, although saved by the honest evolving of the characters. Also both stories have an underworld problem to solve (different for each one), which although per se is good, it has two flaws. The one is that the incidents are injected in the story severely out-of-the-blue and do not really contribute to the plot, except for the ensuing "thank you for saving me, I love you" line. The other is that the template of how they are used (even time-wise) are practically identical in both storylines, making the second one extremely predictable and thus boring (OK the first was also predictably, but at least not a repetition within the same series).
In summary: A pleasant BL series, with some twist and a nice character development. Nothing particularly new, but nothing boring either. It's a nice series to watch.
Things I liked:
The acting was decent, the emotional development of all people noteworthy, and dealing with a sensitive subject, namely abusive relationships in someone's past. In particular the last one was nicely handled, in that the focus was not on the abuse itself (just rare flashes and memories), but how the person learns to slowly go on. Some skin is shown, but (at least for my personal taste), not out of proportion. Sleeping with your loved one is finally part of a couple's life.
Things I did not like:
The series consists of practically two seasons. In episodes 1-7 we follow one couple and in the rest another. Although the couples coexist, in their out-of-focus episodes, they are reduced to even less than supportive roles. From what I understand these are indeed two different novels. I really think, that the development of both should progress in parallel, so that it would feel more natural.
Both couples are very similar: the older dominant, rich and clearly more masculine biker pursuing, and the younger more delicate freshman "politely" refusing until finally convinced - they live happily ever after - the end. This is actually quite a bore, although saved by the honest evolving of the characters. Also both stories have an underworld problem to solve (different for each one), which although per se is good, it has two flaws. The one is that the incidents are injected in the story severely out-of-the-blue and do not really contribute to the plot, except for the ensuing "thank you for saving me, I love you" line. The other is that the template of how they are used (even time-wise) are practically identical in both storylines, making the second one extremely predictable and thus boring (OK the first was also predictably, but at least not a repetition within the same series).
In summary: A pleasant BL series, with some twist and a nice character development. Nothing particularly new, but nothing boring either. It's a nice series to watch.
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