Peak unhinged corporate survival strategy? I'm here for it.
But sadly… this was not it.
After a solid first episode, it kind of faceplants. The pacing is wildly inconsistent — one minute it’s dragging so slowly I started questioning my life choices, and the next, it's skipping key emotional moments like it’s speedrunning a romance route. We go from “barely speaking” to “let’s maybe actually get married?” in what feels like two scenes and a coffee break. Where was the development? Where was the tension? Where was the delicious, slow-burn chemistry I was promised? There's barely any buildup, no real tension, and the relationship ends up feeling unearned. Honestly, because of the pacing, I just couldn't get behind the characters or their relationship. Not in a single way did I develop any connection towards them, and I wouldn't have cared whether they would have gotten together or not by the end of it.
The animation is another issue. It flip-flops between clean and polished to “was this outsourced at 2 a.m. on a tight budget?” Inconsistency like that pulls you right out of the story. As for the soundtrack… was there one? I genuinely couldn’t tell you. It was there, technically, but had 0 impact, and helped bring out a whopping 0 emotions out of me.
The biggest letdown, though? Zero emotional stakes. Conflicts resolve themselves like magic, nothing feels risky or meaningful. It was like the show was allergic to tension. Don't even get me started on the humor. It felt completely forced. I didn’t laugh once. Not even a pity chuckle. Maybe it’s just not my type of comedy, but still, at some point, I felt like I could have thrown in some better jokes.
There are a few sweet and charming moments sprinkled throughout, but not enough to carry the whole thing. It had the bones of a fun, slightly absurd, heartwarming romance with maybe a sprinkle of workplace satire, but it just couldn’t deliver on any front meaningfully.
Honestly, I should’ve stuck to my romance novels. At least those know how to slow-burn, make me giggle, and bring all the feels.
Now, for a visual representation of me trying to get through those last few episodes:
