Pintando com Você (2021)

A BL with a somewhat atypical flavor

This little series seems to be underrated. Visually, it is beautiful. As a BL series, it gives different vibes from a lot of BL series.

Without knowing it, Eun Ho travels back in time and meets Heon, an ex-crown prince on the run after being falsely accused of treason. Geum is his loyal guard. The couple is cute, but the cuteness is not excessively emphasized. There is sweetness, but the series doesn't become cloying. The scenes are tinged with melancholy because of Heon's plight.

The story is there but there is a lack of development. (How on earth does Heon become accused of treason?) Some of the action that takes place can be more fully fleshed out. At times, there are forward jumps in the narrative with can be slightly confusing. However, it is a likable short series.

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Pure and sweet

I found this randomly on Viki and decided to give it a shot. I’m so happy I did! It easily rose to be one of my favorite dramas. It’s a great watch if you want something pure and light. A good palate cleanser and dose of serotonin.

If you’re able to embrace some of the cheesiness and “eh” production value it has an interesting plot, good characters, and great chemistry. I did cry but it was a good cry I swear haha

It’s a quick watch and there’s not a feeling of the plot dragging on but it feels complete. I mean obviously I could watch several more series about these two but it’s tied up nicely with a bow.

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Meh

Maybe I should just stop watching mini dramas. 99% of them are just not done well. This story was too ambitious to be told in a mini drama and therefore felt very flat. The characters and the world didn't feel real.

It's kinda sad that Korean BL is mostly only seen in mini dramas because it robs us of the opportunity to watch an ACTUALLY well-written, complex gay love story.

Jun's acting was ok but to be fair, it wasn't a very challenging role. It'll be interesting to see what kind of roles he takes on in the future.

In defense of this mini drama it should be said that right before starting this, I'd binged The King's Affection, so of course its storyline and production value are going to look very poor in comparison.

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Stealing someone else's headline: Sweet

I think one of the few Korean BL's that does not suffer from the short episodes/runtime. They spaced it out well, and resolved it pretty good.
I'm not sure how to describe this feeling that's coming from this series? Sort of like everything is softened with a woozy filter. (Not literally) The tragic prince with his trusty bodyguard that is doomed to be exiled, have assassin's sent after him, and is ordered to commit suicide in the end. Who finds this weird/intriguing person who gives him some hope again, and a reason to laugh. And this student who likes art(history) who gets send into a painting, which is actually the past, to meet with this prince and is intrigued by him in his own way, and bring some of his light to him. And then the bodyguard who has off course always loved the prince, who doesn't trust the intruder at first, but learns to like him, even love him, because he brings a smile back to the face of his prince.
And in the end all 3 off them escape from the painting/past and go to the future to finish their lives their together. (They absolutely end up together in a poly relationship. It isn't explicit, but you can't convince me otherwise. They all care so obviously for eachother in their own way. )
The series manages to feel slow paced? Even though it is only 8 episodes of 10 minutes each.
They never explained why he gets send into the painting/past... but I'm not sure if it really needs explaining. Higher powers and fate and all. I'm good.

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I liked it in spite of myself

I don't know what it is that makes this show as enjoyable as it is, but there's just something about it.
The premise is interesting but poorly executed, the writing is solid but the plot doesn't exactly make sense, the acting is great but the characters are underdeveloped. So why in the hell does it work so well then?
I can't answer that question with any certainty but I can sure try.

My favourite part of the show are the characters. Yes, they are somewhat underdeveloped and don't really have character arcs as such, but they are all incredibly, bizzarely charming.
Our prince is as sweet as sugar, he is a ridiculously kind and gentle person who is very inconveniently stuck in the body of a royal. He is almost as much of a fish out of water as Eun Ho and watching him doing his best is as funny as it is sweet.
Our bodyguard is the epitome of the tortured, brooding servant utterly devoted to his master and absolutely no-one takes him seriously. He waves around his sword and makes threats and vows to protect the prince with his life and mostly all he gets in response is "yeah yeah we got it, calm down and come join our cuddle pile instead".
Our hapless time traveller steals the show by virtue of being utterly, hilariously unflappable. No matter what happens to him, no matter how strange his environment is, he faces it all with an attitude of "Yeahh this might as well happen" and then simply gets on with his day.
The dynamic between the three is incredibly entertaining to watch and there are many fairly unsubtle hints at a potential polyamorous relationship between them, which makes the whole thing even more enjoyable.

So take all that, mix it with an absolutely gorgeous wardrobe and a story utterly devoid of angst, shake it vigorously, and what you get is this odd, off-beat, wholly charming show. It's not a good show by any common metric, but it is undeniable fun to watch and at the end of the day that's what's important.
So give it a shot, you'll very likely be entertained.

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Sweet

Short, sweet, nice story.
Quite a low budget feel though and not great sound quality. Small, young cast, who worked well together and seemed to enjoy themselves.
I actually think this would make a decent full length drama.
It is difficult, to my mind, for any decent story to be conveyed in such short and so few, episodes. The cast don't really get a chance to build on their characters either.
I thought they did well, considering that.
I still feel it's a shame that S.Korea only partially commits to the BL genre. I haven't seen anything yet, which gives us full length episodes. A real shame.

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Just Meh

Below average. You can just watch episode 1, 2 and 8 to understand the story and skip others because nothing really happened in those episodes. I just got bored with their out of nowhere melodrama with meh music just to extent the airtime. I know it is a low budget production but at least make it interesting like Nobleman Ryu's Wedding for example. Limited budget doesn't mean you can't make a good series. But sadly, this series suffered from weak scripts. It felt empty.

Yoo Hyun Woo and Kim Tae Jung acting were not convincing enough. Most of the time, felt wooden. Luckily we have Jun, but there so much one actor can do to save this drama.

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Given more episodes, I think this could have been really interesting, we could have had a beautiful romance between two people with nothing in common, we could have seen them began to understand each other, and relate to each other, begin to trust each other, and finally fall in love. But that is not what happens.
The idea was too ambitious for such a short drama, so instead nothing really happens. Their relationship doesn't evolve over the course of the drama, nothing that happens has any effect on the characters, and the characters have so little individual personality that the very few choices they make have almost no effect on the plot, making it a very boring watch. The whole thing could have been told in one 10 minute episode. There is no subtlety, no deeper meaning, no slowly evolving romance, no emotions, nothing worth watching, sadly.

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IF THIS DRAMA WAS A PAINTING IT WOULD BE PICASSO

Tinted With You was *chef's kiss* like i have no words.

The story was told exceptionally well for the short time slot it had and it ended perfectly.

There was no rush to the drama and it felt beautiful to watch them fall in love and kiss without the shock of them both being men it was all natural and normalized.

I also appreciated the fact that it wasn't a love triangle it was just two men in love and one man's friend/bodyguard. No unnecessary drama.

Simply stunning.

The time travelling aspect was done really well also and was explained exceptionally.

All in all this drama is definitely worth the watch.

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I love it. I love it to the bone ???

The acting could use some improvement but it's not bad! Jun did so well!!! (Talented man ???) This is a great watch :)) it could tug your heart strings ???? It gave me many laughs and giggles so definitely watch it if you want to have a good time. As for rewatching, I think it's worth a rewatch. For a drama that's really pretty it can really make you feel emotional and tear up.

It's obvious that the production is quite low, the most noticable is the camera angles and switching, it's quite hard to explain but the acting covered it up. It's still really really good though. The sceneries were so pretty and beautiful, it's relaxing to look at

It's definitely a must watch! For a short series it's really good. Hoping for a 2nd season and a possible poly ending? (PLS)

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