As soon as the opening started - a lovely chinese jazz - I freaked out inside: shit, there's something really good about this anime! The soundtrack is quite reasonable, but it fits perfectly all the time. The chinese accent is also very pleasant to hear.
Art is a little unstable, but it's not bad. Jian Yu is really handsome. And it is very interesting how Jian met Cheng Ke. The two have a completely different social status; Cheng was a spoiled "child" who, at first, did not know how to live alone. On the other hand, Jian has always been independent.
But they have evolved throughout history. It was beautiful, fantastic, wonderful to see Cheng Ke drawing in the sand! Most of the time, he thought about the problems he had with his family, but when he drew he became someone else. It's nice to see a uke - who I think he is - have your own interests and exercise the profession he want. Having a life far beyond the relationship. That's right Cheng, you rocked!. He also faced dangerous people on his own, without fear (this is my booooy).
But what I definitely didn't expect was that this story was about psychological problems. I believe the anime is called Antidote because Cheng Ke was the emotional healing that Jian Yi needed. But Jian Yi was also the antidote to Cheng! When Cheng Ke spent Christmas alone in his store, I could feel all of his pain. I know what it's like to be alone, what it's like to have no friends. It is painful, and life seems to lose its meaning. Fortunately, Jian was there for him, just as Cheng was there for Jian.
The end was satisfactory, except for not having romance as I wanted. And the battle scenes were pretty bad - not to say terrible - but to do what if nobody invests in animes shounen-ai / yaoi. It could have been an even better anime with the necessary investment (and without the damn censorship, of course).
