Neua deserved better
Neua was one of my favorite characters in Love Mechanics. I wanted more for him than chasing after a literal teenage high schooler. I think it would have been cute to have come full circle and have him chasing an older man a la GunBar. Someone who has already graduated and is a working adult. Maybe even put a bow on it by having the person resemble Mark in behavior. Maybe an unrequited crush from his freshman year or something.On the plus side, I thought that it was actual twins playing both boys. Excellent character acting.
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What is this, and how do I get back the time I wasted on it?
After watching 'Tossara', and being generally happy with it, I was looking forward to 'Love Mechanics'.'Love Mechanics' turned out to be a huge disappointment, but I thought, I'll give 'This Is Love Story' a go. It can't be worse, right?
It wasn't, but it wasn't great either.
THE STORY:
Nuea, a uni student in the faculty of engineering (because, where else?) falls in love with Praram, one of the twin younger brothers of Gun (Bar's love interest from Tossara.) Despite having never even spoken to the younger man (he's 19 turning 20, so he is properly described as a young man) he declares to his friends he's going to start a relationship with him. What follows are his attempts to get to know, and court, Praram.
ACTING:
The same actor plays both twins (Praram and Prarak) so they're not often in the same scene together, but Benz does a great job distinguishing the two characters.
Prom doesn't do a bad job as Nuea. It helps that all the cast has been in all three series, so they've improved since Tossara. Yin (Vee) is actually watchable now, though he still lacks chemistry with War (Mark.)
THE BAD:
We see too much of everyone else, and not enough of the main couple. I'm biased, obviously, because my palms itch every time I see Vee. He's not so much of an asshole in this, because it isn't his story, but that doesn't stop me wanting to slap his face anytime he appears on screen.
Most of this series is Nuea sitting around typing on his phone or laptop. This may have something to do with C-19, but that's still not an excuse. I'd rather have waited for this to be released than suffered through it as is. One character sitting around for 10 minutes typing on a laptop is boring.
The costume dept. is still struggling, apparently, because Mark is missing his engineering shirt (they didn't have enough to go around?) and they've still got Win (Gun) in those godawful glasses that do absolutely nothing for his facial structure. No, really, he's wearing a different pair in his MDL bio pic and they work much better.
And we're missing an episode. There were supposed to be four, just like 'Tossara' and 'Love Mechanics', but we only got three. So, the story (what there is of it) is rushed. Oh, and apparently "congratulations" are an acceptable birthday greeting and, despite the brothers being identical twins, only Praram was turning twenty.....
Yeah.
THE GOOD:
Not much. The OST was pretty good, and the one scene with Nuea and Praram talking on the bed was actually great. Normally, in these kinds of BL's, the older male lead is all over the younger one being pushy and forceful and demanding and jealous.
Nuea had one brief moment of jealously, apologised for it, was genuinely sorry for it and told Praram that he wanted to be 'good enough' for him. It was lovely seeing an honest, mature declaration of feelings and intentions from Nuea, giving Praram the choice to say no, and not just a lot of demands.
REWATCH VALUE?:
Nope, none. I could barely get through it the first time, I was so bored. Studio Wabi Sabi needs to up their game and know when not to release something. Quality over quantity or quickness, please.
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Cute but that's about it.
Hmm what shall I say, this one was somewhere in the middle between Tossara (which I rated: 7.0) and Love Mechanics (8.5+). It was not a “blow your socks of” kind of Drama but it wasn’t bad either.Let’s start off with acting: both actors did a solid job portraying their characters, I definitely bought their chemistry a lot more than with the Tossara couple. It’s hard to say a lot more about their acting, since there weren’t really any scenes that would have allowed them to show their potential.
Both were nice on the eye though.
Now the plot:
Well there wasn’t really much to it honestly, they we’re a really cute couple and I think a longer Series with room for a little conflict and relationship development would have done them a huge favour. I had my moments were I honestly wished it could last a little longer, because the characters and the story in itself were not bad at all. However, since it was limited to three episodes it was a little hard to connect and there wasn’t really much depth to the whole thing.
One more thing that this one for me did a lot better than the other two was: the telling of time and in general the continuity of the whole story.
This was one major problem for me when watching Tossara, since it was in no way shape or form indicated how much time was passing, and there were a lot of plot holes, characters jumping from one mindset to the opposite within what felt like 10 seconds. This was a little better in Love Mechanics, especially the holes in the plot part, how ever time telling was still rather confusing. This is Lovestory however, did not leave me confused at all. I still have no clue over what course of time the plot took place but it honestly didn’t matter for this one either, so it was fine if you did not know whether everything took place in 3 days or 3 years. There were also little to no confusing plot holes or anything like that.
Let’s say this one is a cute series to watch in between when you’re looking for something light and easy to watch.
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Overall all three chapters were interesting but they certainly understood from the mistakes of the first and improved. Surely the second story is the one written better while the first is the one written worse.
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VERY short of...........everything
StoryThe story was...there. I only wish they had more episodes and it would have been a lot better. Like I wish there was more with Gun and the Pamrak. I don't know if I spelled his name right. Anyway I understand that they were struggling because of Covid but I wish they would have just posted it later. Mostly because I am a quality over quantity person.
Acting/Cast
The chemistry like most of the En of Love series was just there. It wasn't fantastic but it wasn't horrible. Both of the leads definitely have potential and I hope to see them in another show soon. They did seem a little awkward with each other at first but that did change.
Music
Personally the music for the En of Love series just didn't do it for me. I don't know it didn't give me the feels like others do.
Overall
This show gets a lot of hate and of course I nitpicked the hell out of it but overall it was fantastic. Please watch it and support Studio Wabi Sabi.
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Ini ceritanya tentang anak teknik temen segengnya Bar dan Vee, namanya Nuea terkenal sebagai playboy. Kejadiannya ini setelah Love Mechanic, jadinya Mark sudah pacaran sama Vee. Nuea di sini naksir adiknya Gun, namanya Praram masih SMA tahun akhir. Nuea mau serius dengan Praram dan akhirnya berhenti jadi playboy. Setelah itu Nuea deketin Praram terus dan berharap bisa jadi pacarnya.
Yang aku suka di sini tu karakternya Praram, dia gak kaya Bar yang tsundere kalau dideketin gitu. Praram lebih ke jujur, apa yang dia rasain dia bilang, dan kadang-kadang savage juga. Dia ini juga terlihat lebih dewasa dibanding kembarannya. Sayangnya aja ni ceritanya cuma 3 episode, beneran terlalu sedikit menurutku.
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This is love story
Assim como aconteceu com Tossara, eu precisei ver esse arco umas três vezes para que ele me convencesse. Não há muito o que falar, a história segue o mesmo padrão de qualidade dos outros arcos, os protagonistas (para mim) são belíssimos e fizeram um belo par, porém não consegui sentir química no casal. Mesmas locações, o roteiro bem clichê do galinha sem coração que um dia se apaixona, a história é fofinha e entre os três arcos eu diria que esse é meu segundo lugar (1º Love mechanics, 3º Tossara). Vi muitas críticas à atuação dos protas, mas com certeza já vi atuações piores serem aclamadas.Recomendo a série, pois se é para ver o arco que veja completo, e se não gostar do resto, com certeza o sorriso de Praram vai valer a pena.
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