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Uma joia rara
Adoro histórias que exploram relações como a que se desenvolve entre Prakan e o "anjo da morte", Tua Phee e também abordem assuntos inesperados como a complexa relação entre vida, morte e amor. Nunca estamos preparados para lidar com a morte, mas infelizmente ela faz parte da vida e precisamos fazer as pazes com ela. Amar Tua significa aceitar a morte e Dr. Prakan tem medo de perder para a morte. Ele quer salvar todos os seus pacientes. E mesmo contra todas as possibilidades, o amor entre eles floresce, fazendo com que Prakan e Tua amadureçam emocionalmente e aceitem seu destino. Gostei que a série tenha focado mais nas facetas das emoções humanas do que apenas no relacionamento amoroso entre os dois. O final, apesar de agridoce, foi perfeito e para mim não poderia ter sido diferente. O amor verdadeiro desafia o tempo e o espaço, e sempre encontra o caminho de volta para os corações destinados a se unir."Muitas vezes pensei: porque temos que nascer? Para descobrir o significado da vida? Para fazer seu trabalho apaixonado? Para procurar o amor? Ou para buscar a felicidade? Ninguém sabe a resposta correta. Mas para mim, minha resposta, é nascer e conhecer você."
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While I really enjoyed most of it, I feel like it fell apart for me at the end and I'm having a hard time articulating why.I think it might be the reincarnation bit. While I get what the show was going for there, what are we saying, exactly? Is Tua gonna wait now until Prakan is of age before showing up to be his boyfriend again? Are they gonna go back to phi and nong until then? Or is Tua gonna watch Prakan like he's straight out of a Police song without speaking to him for the next 5/6 years? My problem isn't even really with the idea that Tua and Prakan will continue to meet in all of Prakan's lifetimes until perhaps Tua's time as a reaper is over and they can be reborn in the same timeline again and maybe be together for real. I think it's the idea of them both waiting around for Prakan's minor clock to expire that's doing it. I feel like Goblin did this trope better. Personally I loved Tua and Prakan being together until he passed, and for me, I think that the show would have been stronger overall if they had left it at that and not done the end bit with the new Prakan.
That said, the child actor who played young!Prakan was stellar and I hope that he has been getting steady work. I have to say that in a lot of the Thai dramas I've watched, the child actors have been standouts.
Other than that, I did really enjoy the drama. It was interesting and I liked seeing Yacht play a character that wasn't super Pond-esque for once. I did feel watching Between Us that he could do better, if given the material (not his fault, Between Us had too many side couples, both he and his partner did what they could with what they had), and I'm happy to see I was right. Metha actually became one of my favorite characters - he had a whole arc from conflicted asshole to loosening up and remembering that he actually loved his friends/realizing his uncle had manipulated him into hating Prakan for his own personal gain, and Yacht did a really good job with playing both the asshole and the decent dude beneath.
I saw a lot of comments complaining about Prakan's inability to be mature regarding Tua's job, but I think that for the most part it was actually fairly believable a reaction, especially after his mom died. And it would be hard for me to deal with the idea that death can be around any corner no matter how hard I try to prevent it, let alone someone for whom that is their entire job.
I was annoyed, however, by the weird ep 11 (I think, might have been 10) "Nuch could die" plot, simply because it was so late in the game, took up so little time, and seemed like a plot device just to get Metha to finally tell her he loved her. Annoying and pointless. Wasn't needed - he could have done it a million other ways.
Enjoyed the couple of Kheeta and Nathee as well - Nathee was another one that did a 180 as the show progressed, but unfortunately I believed his less than I did Metha's, mostly because I just don't think the actor is as good. He was kind of a weak link in Between Us too, although I think I enjoyed him in Even Sun? I can't remember (and just as I said that I did remember, and no, he wasn't one of my favorites in that either. But the less said about Even Sun the better, really). Still, the whole plot for them is one of my bulletproof tropes. It would take a lot for me not to be into it.
Overall though, I enjoyed it. It kept me extremely engaged and made me cry more than once, and up until the last let's say episode and a half it really, really worked for me. The problem with me is that if the ending doesn't land, it can effect my enjoyment a lot, which is why I have to dock it a couple of points overall.
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So heartwarming
At first I was worried because I felt like a relationship between a human and a soul reaper is bound to end with pain. I'm really satisfied with the flow of the story and the open ending. Kudos to everyone involved in creating this masterpiece.I kinda wanted to see more of Prakan being the chief of surgery. We seriously need more medical dramas.
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"DOOM AT YOUR SERVICE" FROM ALIEXPRESS
I was so hyped for this drama, since it has an interesting story and not so done topic into the BL world. Let me tell you and I will keep this short:There is no point of watching this. The acting is bad, awkward, zero chemystry between the leads, plus the annoyingness of the main lead is beyond me. The writing is extremly bad and I will never understand why a company would put out such a mess of a drama. The development is zero to none. Production is weak, music is nothing special.
Take my advice and dont waste you time on a such weak drama.
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I can't stand this series
Unfortunately, this series didn't hold my attention. I can't force myself to continue watching this. Despite being a seasoned BL viewer who's watched hundreds of series, I just couldn't get into this one. I made it to episode 5 before dropping it due to overwhelming boredom. I regretted I didn't realize earlier that it's terrible. The concept about Doctor and soul reaper is totally interesting but they ruined it with bad acting and pairing a couple with zero chemistry. This could have a potential. It is supposed to be a supernatural story, but it lacked excitement.Was this review helpful to you?
No chemistry
Chemistry is everything whether the story is good or not. There, the premise is interesting, a doctor saving lives and a grim reaper taking them, the production is not bad, but the lead actors are wooden and seem to have no interest in each other.I watched first episode, skipped ahead to confirm my suspicions then dropped it.
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Poesia
Um dos melhores BL'S já produzidos. Posso resumi-lo em uma palavra: poesia. esse BL é uma poesia do início ao fim. Uma história de amor, bondade, compaixão que ultrapassa qualquer obstáculo, até a morte.O plot por si só já chama muita atenção. Um médico dedicado, que passa seus dias e noites salvando vidas, tendo que lidar com um ceifador de almas, que justamente leva as almas dos mortos que o Dr. Prakan gostaria de salvar. O tema foge do lugar comum, mas o conjunto da obra é sensacional. Sanya tinha uma doença mortal, sabia que não tinha esperanças, e vivia conformado em esperar a morte. Tudo mudou quando ele se tornou amigo do pequeno Prakan, que também tinha uma grave doença e precisava de um coração. Sanya quis que quando morresse, seu coração pudesse salvar aquele menino, e após sua morte ele aceitou um emprego como ceifador de almas, com a única intenção de ver aquele menino que queria ser médico como o pai, crescer com seu coração no peito e salvando outras vidas. Para poder acompanhar esse crescimento, ele fez um acordo no submundo, que desandou no momento em que o menino cresceu e se tornou um belo homem, pelo qual Sanya se apaixonou. Após Sanya se tornar um ceifador, todas as memórias dos que o viram em vida seriam apagadas, mas o Dr. Prakan estranhamente tinha a impressão de familiaridade, e aqui quero citar a magnífica sonoplastia que mostrava os batimentos cardíacos. Óbvio que em meio a todo esse romance existiram muitos conflitos, sofrimento, perdas, duvidas, renúncias, mas ao final o amor venceu. E venceu de forma sublime... mostrando que é mais forte que a morte, e que não se limita apenas ao "carnal".
Sobre a atuação, não há questionamentos. Foi perfeita do início ao fim. A ost é sublime, na voz apaixonante de Boy Sompob. Sonoplastia, fotografia, locações, não tenho absolutamente nada para reclamar.
É uma série que vou visitar sempre que a saudade bater, e também que eu indico de todo coração. Uma verdadeira obra de arte.
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Une gentille histoire
Depuis peu, on assiste de plus en plus à la sortie de dramas BL adultes, qui se passent dans un monde professionnel, et qui permettent de s'éloigner des intrigues universitaires assez simplistes. Certes on va dire que la Corée et Taiwan s'y sont collés en premier, mais les BL Thaï suivent le mouvement depuis l'an dernier, ne serait-ce qu'avec Manner Of Death qui a enfin ouvert la voie, et s'ils continuent à produire des BL scolaires souvent identiques, au moins les BL plus adultes ne se ressemblent pas et apportent une créativité plutôt agréable. Et tant pis si ça ne vole pas toujours très haut, le fait qu'ils se diversifient enfin est une très bonne chose.Ici, nous avons droit à une série qui mêle des intrigues médicales et un contexte fantastique, grâce à la rencontre entre un jeune médecin déterminé à sauver des vies et un collecteur d'âmes chargé de conduire celles-ci vers l'au-delà. Les deux acteurs sont canons et bien foutus, ils jouent relativement bien et de façon assez naturelle. Plus le temps passe, plus je me dis que s'obstiner à faire jouer des acteurs débutants à peine majeurs - voire pas encore - cause un tort de dingue à l'industrie du BL, qui a des velléités d'en faire une spécialité nationale. Franchement, il était temps qu'ils laissent leur chance à des gars plus matures parce que la différence est flagrante. Et je ne pense pas que les fans de KinnPorsche diront le contraire. Ensuite, même si les bisous sont peu nombreux, ils restent sympas et les acteurs sont plutôt à l'aise. L'histoire est mignonne et romantique, et on a droit à deux romances secondaires, comme d'habitude moins développées mais agréables tout de même. Enfin, je dirais que le mélange médical-fantastique fonctionne bien, justement parce que les deux protagonistes sont dans une opposition logique dans ce contexte. Bon il y a parfois quelques petites choses pas très crédibles et ça se voit qu'ils n'ont pas un budget de ouf, mais on sent qu'ils ont fait des efforts pour sortir une histoire sympathique qui tient quand même la route.
Bien sûr, ce drama n'est pas exempt de défauts. Quand je dis que les acteurs jouent assez bien, c'est relatif et ça dépend desquels. Le cousin a l'air d'avoir un balai coincé dans le derrière et il met trois heures à sortir une phrase (et pourtant, l'acteur en question n'en est pas à son premier BL), le nouveau médecin n'est pas très crédible quand il est bourré et la romance de ce personnage avec l'infirmier ne fait pas particulièrement battre le cœur (je pense que le scénario manque un peu trop de tension amoureuse concernant ces deux-là pour que leur histoire nous passionne, même si elle reste appréciable), quelques longueurs m'ont parfois provoqué des bâillements (avec cette matière dans les mains, il y avait de quoi faire un truc un peu plus passionnel), et on ne comprend pas toujours tout concernant les codes et les règles de l'autre-monde. Mais c'est loin d'être dramatique et perso, ça ne m'a pas empêchée d'apprécier l'histoire.
Alors je ne dirai pas "ne passez pas à côté", c'est surtout à regarder si on a un peu de temps à perdre et qu'on recherche une histoire mignonne pour souffler entre deux BL tordus ou plus "intenses". Dans tous les cas je ne regrette pas cette découverte, et ce drama vient s'ajouter à la liste de tous ceux que j'ai déjà vus, ce qui me permet désormais d'avoir une très bonne base de comparaison pour en estimer la qualité. Et comme dit plus haut, on sent les efforts pour se diversifier, proposer un contexte plus adulte et apporter un peu d'originalité avec son côté fantastique. Moi qui suis souvent critique à l'égard des BL thaïs, souvent calqués sur les intrigues ridicules des débuts, je commence progressivement à changer d'avis et je suis curieuse de voir ce que vont donner les prochaines sorties. On a de plus en plus de choix, au lieu de se jeter sur la moindre bouse parce que c'est tout ce qu'on a sous la dent, on peut désormais se permettre de trier le bon grain de l'ivraie comme dirait l'autre, et je trouve ça chouette. En résumé, l'histoire est sympa, mignonne et romantique, certes pas très passionnelle mais jamais problématique, et ça fait du bien.
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