Do not waste your time.
I’ve never written a review but felt compelled to stop others wasting their time. The story could have been really good but the way it was produced was very disjointed and quite repetitive. I was pee’d off in the first episode when a trans girl was misgendered for the sake of comedy, so I had my back up before the story really started. The lead actors were having the least convincing romance ever. Their kissing was comical! Actually I do recommend watching a kissing scene just for comedy value, I would describe it as two dead fish kissing each other. I can’t explain how bad it was without giving spoilers, so all I’ll do is recommend a much better, underrated BL to watch instead…….. why not give why R U? A try instead? It’s 100x better lolWas this review helpful to you?
What happens when 2 toxic people like each other?
This series certainly doesn't answer that question. It is a convoluted mess of multiple characters all concerned about just one goal and that is to get the 2 leads to be in a relationship. The story line had so much potential but the writer just couldn't understand what to do with the 2 toxic leads and just added multiple characters with no other motivation but to hope and pray that these 2 seriously broken people fall in love.To summarize, the story, is about two playboys who meet and decide to be friends with benefits. But the first lead (Fahlan) can't help himself from being jealous, become a push-over and get punched and slapped multiple times. Next we have Sherbert, who can't stop himself from fighting with Fahlan over everything, cry, drink, forgive Fahlan, have sex, rinse and repeat.
And then you have a wide variety of supportive characters who only talk about what Fah and Sher are doing. "Are they together? Have they broken-up? " OMG! find a hobby. So many characters have been introduced that you cant keep pace with what is happening. Fah's 2 friends, Sher's twin brother and his lover interest, and his half-brother, Sher's best friend and his love interest, a fujoshi and her love interest and other random set of characters that dont play any role in furthering the story. Instead they just tell you what you have already seen.
The strangest thing that I have seen in this series is the amount of time these characters go to eat or drink. In fact they just eat, talk, fight and drink and go back to eating. You can righfully call the food and drinks as supportive characters for how often its on screen and being talked about.
In conclusion, take heed from all the other reviews and either skip this series or watch it using the fast forward button like I did.
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Laughed my ass off
the first 2 episodes were good ofc acting could be better but i think from then on it just got funnier and funnier somehow me and my friend just ketp tuning in every week but it just kept getting funnier sherbert was annyoing af (haircut now) same with fah honstly ping and tap carried highly reccmonedep 11 took me out coudlnt stop laughing my ass off i even cried
they tried to give tharntype but we ended with super junior
pink was cute loved her
charles was not related came out of nowhere
the evil twin was just there
Tar loved him
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Nong Sao's First Bad Boys BL
For all the attitude some of the young men throw, this is fluff and pretty tame. There's a lot of simulated drinking and drunkenness, which is one way of creating situation while avoiding plot beyond the relationships; a lot of badly simulated sex, which is another way of avoiding plot; gossiping, gossiping, and more gossiping; some violence and young men who either can't control their emotions/behaviours or struggle to express them.As far as red flags go, these are comparatively pink, like a teenage girl's fantasy of bad boys. (And perhaps young fantasies, gleaned from screens rather than experience, of what supposedly constitutes passion and hot sex? It's not that sort of wasted movement head thrashing.) It does still romanticise common het tropes (and this is just het romantic drama recast with boys and extra shower/fake sex scenes) like being the one who'll change him - even if the one who does is another fantasy bad boy. So I'm both wary of what this normalises and aware that this is a drop in the bucket of what we all see.
When it settles down, it does makes some stabs at exploring the characters' emotions with a fair bit of intelligence. Points for that, although it's all brief. Friends give good advice, eventually it's listened to and poof, the magic of love prevails. After some more melodrama from the relationships of course, since that's what drives the story. It's not like there's anything else.
I lost count of how many katoey characters they wrote in to serve as bitchy girls (with suitable genitalia of course) to be defeated by the true love of our heroines, erm heroes.
Anyway, it has some good moments amongst the questionable ones but overall it's not great drama. James did deliver his girl-coded bad boy Sherbet reasonably well.
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Better then people give it credit for.
Honestly, this wasn't bad at all. I think people didn't like how the main characters were loose before getting together. So people didn't not have empathy for them or understand why their characters made the decisions they made in the relationship. Which wasn't helped by the kinda mid acting. But the story was solid and I enjoy the character growth of both the main leads. Breaking the shells of the childishness and past traumas to love and trust each other. Their were some weird parts, but over all enjoyable and I can rewatch the whole thing. And I enjoyed all the side couples. Some cliche tropes are definitely in this, but I am old enough to enjoy stories anyway as long as it with in reason of the story. I enjoyed this alot.Was this review helpful to you?
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Cringe-tastic
I've watched a LOT of BL and I gotta say this one has left me with the most mixed feelings.First 4ish eps were the best and I binge watched the entire series. After that it got confusing where they started adding in random/unnecessary characters, the same dramatics and pitiful smackdowns. The MCs literally argued over the same thing everytime and the facial expressions of everyone had me cringe mode! The "hickies" had me dying. It's clear everyone is a new and upcoming actor so with that in mind the series wasn't too bad. There's a lot of gay people at that college and I believe everyone low key has a drinking problem lmao
Wouldn't recommend but not so bad I'd drop it
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A Different Kind of BL Worth Trying !
Oh absolutely—because heaven forbid a BL actually shows **how relationships really look** instead of serving pastel-colored delusions.Apparently, if a series doesn’t give you instant soulmates, flawless communication, and soft violin music after five minutes, it’s automatically “bad writing.” This one had the *audacity* to start with lust, bad decisions, and emotionally illiterate men who don’t know how to love without messing it up. Shocking, I know. The awkward, uncomfortable sex? That wasn’t a mistake—it was a mirror. Two players with zero emotional depth hooking up for convenience were never going to look romantic, and the show didn’t lie about that.
The toxicity wasn’t glorified, it was **exposed**. Possessiveness, insecurity, mistrust—served raw, no sugar, no apologies. And instead of magically turning into green flags overnight, the characters actually **struggled, failed, and grew**. Fahlan and Sherbert didn’t just “have chemistry,” they *earned* it, which is apparently a crime in BL land now.
So no, this series isn’t for people who want fairy dust, perfect lovers, and emotional hand-holding. It’s for viewers who can handle flawed humans, ugly phases, and growth that takes time. If that makes you uncomfortable—congrats. That means it worked.
And let me add this—before anyone twists my words—I didn’t even overhype this show. I gave it a **7/10**, not a crown or a shrine. But a 7 does **not** mean “unwatchable trash.” It means *flawed but worth your time*. This series clearly sits in a **different lane**, experimenting with tone and realism, and while it has plenty of room for improvement, the level of **brutal underhyping and blind hate** it gets is ridiculous. You don’t have to worship it, but pretending it has zero value just proves people wanted comfort fluff—not substance—and got mad when they didn’t get spoon-fed.
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Mishap, over and over again.
The plot is there; but it kept being spoiled by drunken people, unnecessary intimacy moments and merely repeating bad plot twists. Repeating the same jealousy moment really did annoy me. "I understand how you feel" ee hia~Part of me did plan to drop this story halfway; however, GearPrince & TapPing made me not to give me, as I wanted to know what happens to them. They are so adorable with each other. The drama was there; conflicts occurs and resolves it within short period - unlike the main characters.
I'll give it to James as he managed to carry two characters in the movie. He delivers them well by their own individual characteristic. Nevertheless all of them still need to somewhat amend their acting skills.
Their ost is nice. I loved it.
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I thought it was good... I was wrong.
At first, I only watched two episodes and took a looooong break from seeing BLs (as I always do), but the last note I wrote was "So cute and horny at the same time!!!"... I changed my mind, this series is a HOT MESS, some couples are cute like Prince & Gear and Ping & Tap, but them being so dependent of Fah & Sher to develop makes them worst, and let's not even discuss Fah & Sher bc this couple is so so SO toxic. The advertisement of thar serum was so on my face that always got me out of the fantasy of the show. A lot of couples, storylines and characters that should've been more developed didn't, like Pink & Tar, Sher's relationship with his father, Tam's boyfriend's amnesia (he was so forgetable, i'm sorry lol) and Charles. And another thing recurrent in these BLs, not just Fahlanruk, that I hate is putting femme boys as villains, there's not a femme one who isn't annoying or straight up evil, that's messy. Anyways, if it wasn't for those two other couples ' little development and Namwan being the smartest person in this whole show, this would've been a 1/10, unfortunately. Some of them are cute, and need another chance than THIS, even tho their acting skills aren't the greatest, but this is very normal in these shows.Was this review helpful to you?
Main leads are super trashy, I stayed for Ping and Tap instead
Fahlan, the first male lead, is a walking red flag - he has no qualms gaslighting his lovers and exhibits alarmingly toxic behaviour when it comes to pursuing others. In the initial stage, it’s unclear if he really has feelings for Sherbet or just wants to win the game of pursuit.The other male lead, Sherbet, is not any better as he’s drunk half the time. His personality is intended to be sassy, but comes off as arrogant and unlikeable. Both of them are constantly being surrounded by people but their hearts are empty, even if their beds aren’t.
At some point, I decided to fast forward the boring bits (read: all their lame misunderstandings) because their chemistry was nothing to shout about. For all its trashiness, the only reason why I stayed until the end was because of a side couple.
I’m a sucker for the friends-turned-lovers storylines so Ping and Tap. Ping thinks that his love for Tap is unrequited, and Tap does take awhile to come around. The process of how they came to acknowledge and act on their feelings for each other – starting from the small gestures and then progressing into more obvious behaviour – was really quite sweet.
Full review: https://asianblreviews.wordpress.com/2022/11/30/fahlanruk-2022-review-bl/
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Kinda dissapointed ngl.
Fahlanruk follows the story of two young, messy men. In the beginning, you get exited as you see them grow closer. HOWEVER: I personally do not feel satisfied, knowing that the next episode will be the last. The story was way too repetitive and dragged out, making me want to skip through many parts of each episode for this very reason. While there are a few *spicy* scenes, I didn't find them to have too much depth. The actors are ok on their own, but lack chemistry. When watching dramas, I want to feel like I NEED more. In this case, I sadly can't get myself to care. I'm sad to say this, but I am disappointed.Was this review helpful to you?
