Choco Milkshake was a fluffy ride that sometimes got really weird.

What if your pets from childhood suddenly show up at your door, years after their demise, as humans? Sounds weird right? And rightfully so. What if they retained their personality and then start living with you like in old times? One of the fluffiest BLs of 2022, Choco Milkshake was a cute but sometimes cringy ride. Let’s start with a brief summary. Jung Woo, after losing his parents, starts living alone. He had two pets in his childhood, one cat and one dog that also died while he was growing up. Utterly alone and sometimes unable to deal with the loneliness, Jung Woo does not realise how sad he is until his pets show up as humans. His pets had been worried about him from the afterlife, so they decided to come back to help him. But are they back to stay with Jung Woo forever?

In terms of plot, the story was fine. It dealt with some good themes such as how trauma and death affect you, and how sometimes you’re unable to deal with your own emotions. Of course, this does not mean you can bring people back to life. This is why I sort of didn’t like the last episode. It just did not feel real to me. Jung Woo should have accepted the reality that it is impossible to bring people back. You can wish for somebody to be back because dealing with the loss of a close one is really difficult. But you cannot actually do that. I understand that it was made just to give the series a ‘happy ending’. Then again, a happy ending is what we all search for when watching something so fluffy. Choco and Milk also returned for their own happiness.

The acting in my opinion was very, very good. Especially when it comes to Choco and Milk. The actors adopted the traits of the animals and did justice to them. Lee Jae Bin as Choco and Kim Seong Hyuk as Milk must have done their research because their acting was on point. The actor who played Milk portrayed a cat’s characteristics brilliantly. I would go as far as to call him a cat in a human body. Cinematography-wise, this was top-class, too. But that’s expected when it comes to Strongberry.

Animals becoming humans and coming back as humans are not a new trope. But it certainly feels weird when the animal/human falls in love with another human. When Choco and Milk came back as humans, apart from the animal traits they retained, they also had new human traits. So, falling in love with another human is only natural. Even though I already knew that this would happen, it was still sometimes cringy. The ‘love’ part, for me, would have been better if they had been well-developed. But that could not be possible since it was a short series. The treatment of sensitive issues and the way they were dealt with were good. The only thing that bothered me was that the story seemed rushed. The acting, however, evened things out.

I would like to conclude by saying that this was a very cute and fluffy romance, full of angst and the fear that happiness will soon come to an end. it is a must-watch on my list!

Rating- 4 out of 5

Streaming on- Strongberry YouTube Channel

Edited by- Gingerjiejie