Going into this show, the one thing you need to know is that this is not a BL. At least, it is not a BL in thr strictest sense. Instead, this is a BL-stylized story about the dangers of homophobia.

The story is unoriginal but the acting elevates the story. I found some scenes to be well written while others were a bit cringey. Karissa Tonglico (Sandee) stands out as one of the best actors in this show in my opinion. The two times I got emotional was because of her. She is good. Both male leads and supporting actor Z Mejias are excellent too and do a good job with mostly predictable and corny lines. Darwin Yu is believable as the nerdy Shake.

I did not cry much in this series because I didn't feel a strong connection to the characters. Sandee and the baby brother are the only characters I seemed to connect with.. I think this is the fault with the story: it expects us to care about characters we hardly know. The director here needed to put more weight on the BL elements and let the chips fall in place for his homophobia-is-evil tale. His message was loud and clear but it overshadowed all the BL elements.

Overall I would not recommend this series to anyone unless they love tragedy and drama. Definitely, there are other much better BLs out there.