Secret Crush on You

SWEET AND I'M OBSESSED!

Primarily drawn to the series due to my admiration for Saint from Love By Chance, I found myself invested in Secret Crush on You despite his limited role. The first half of the show is undeniably cringe-inducing, accurately capturing the intensity of an obsessive crush. While Toh and Khao's characters often bordered on naivete, their dynamic was undeniably endearing at times. Toh's performance, in particular, was commendable for its extreme yet realistic portrayal of infatuation. Neua's character, though initially one-dimensional, benefited from his strong visual presence.

The supporting cast, Toh's group of friends, delivered authentic performances, showcasing a genuine camaraderie that was refreshing to watch. Despite skipping some unnecessary scenes, the series effectively conveyed the lengths people go to for love. Toh and Neua's relationship, while unrealistic, provided a sweet escape from reality. However, the series' true standout was its original soundtrack, especially "You're Magic in My Life," a captivating tune that added depth to the overall viewing experience.

While the core premise was executed well, the series lacked depth in certain areas, such as the character development of Neua when he discovered Toh's obsessive nature. The potential impact of this revelation was underutilized. Additionally, the character of Prao could have been explored further to enhance the overall storyline. Despite these shortcomings, Secret Crush on You offers a unique and entertaining viewing experience, provided viewers approach it with an open mind and a willingness to embrace its over-the-top moments.

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Excruciatingly Difficult Watch

I love a silly little drama as much as the next person, but halfway through this show I stopped having fun...
I have never seen a show with such horrible pacing before. The silence between each line seemed to increase with each episode and by the finale, I had to pause every 15 minutes and take a 30 minute break because I was getting unreasonably pissed off about it ☠️ And I did all of that for Literally Nothing to happen in that finale... yet they had the AUDACITY to make it 60+ minutes long 😖
Honestly if we condensed this into 8 episodes, I probably would've loved it. The premise is ridiculous and I love that but my GOD it has no right being this damn long.
I wanted to like this... I did like this... It was amusing for enough episodes that I didn't drop it, purely because of the sunk-cost fallacy. Unfortunately, I'll remember this show as one of the most painful watches I have had so far.

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Watch and make your own judgement!!!

I’ve decided to write a review for the first time because I want to point out some things I’ve read in some bad reviews.

Before anything Toh is not a stalker, I repeat TOH IS NOT STALKER!!!
PS: Nobody is saying that stalking behaviour is cute and I’m definitely not romanticising it.
BUT TOH IS NOT A STALKER!!!
A stalker is a person who persecutes or harasses somebody with unwanted and obsessive attention.
Toh never did that to Nuea. He has always kept his distance. Toh is a collector and the fact that he has photos of Nuea on his walls is not weird, unless we are now all agreeing that fans who have photos of their favourite idol all over their walls are weird, because that is who Toh is, a fan who adores his favourite idol. Toh has a crush and sees Nuea as somebody he can never reach, like a fan sees his/her idol.

Yes him collecting food may be weird to some people (to me it was not and also I just saw it as an exaggeration of his habit since we are in a comedy type of series) but I still don’t think is weird enough to say he should seek a therapist or he should go to a psychiatric hospital. I mean people are literally depicting Toh as if he was a freaking criminal, like come on! How does him collecting things make him a criminal? (I truly want to know)

And to the person who wrote that Toh’s friends encourage his habit: that sentence lets me know you didn’t watch the series unless we didn’t watch the same series.
Toh’s friends call him out multiple time on his behaviour, and even find a way later to help him get rid of it. But that doesn’t mean they are going to reject him, that doesn’t mean they are going to blame and judge him every chance they get. I mean they are his FRIENDS, even though they call him out they are still going to be by his side and support him, that’s how true friendship works, didn’t you know?


Now, I’ve read a lot of people who said Nuea loving Toh is not realistic, « why would a man like Nuea love a man like Toh? » they ask. my question to the people who ask that stupid question is WHY NOT?
Guys I know we live in a very superficial world. But wether you like it or not wether you believe it or not there are people like Toh (considered by society as weird, outcast, awkward, etc) who date people like Nuea (considered as hot, popular, etc). Yes it may not be the norm/majority but IT DOES EXIST!!!
And is funny how the series just depicted what those people usually go through. I mean people literally are MAD when the hot guy goes for the un polar and weird. And that’s exactly what I saw in those bad reviews.
Nuea dating and loving Toh is totally realistic. Just because you can’t date somebody seen as socially « weird, awkward » that doesn’t mean nobody on this planet earth can. There are people who can see BEYOND the superficiality. Again it may not be the norm but it does exist, so get over yourself!
Another thing I want to point out is a review I read that said something like feminine gays are a stereotype. Now I don’t know in what type of world does that person lives in but I’m pretty sure feminine gays exist and they are not a stereotype they are just who they are.
what I understood from that review is that Toh and his friends shouldn’t have been put at the center. Because yes those type of characters are usually on the side and are used as comedic relief. But now that they are the centre, for some people that’s shouldn’t have happened, they shouldn’t have been the lead and let alone be the main interest of people like Nuea because again « not very realistic » (🙄, please get out of your superficially bubble)


Anyway I have so many things to say, I wish I could take my time and dissect each and every points made in those bad reviews but I’ll just end with this:
WATCH AND MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT!!
This series is not for everyone I get that, but don’t watch it thinking just a certain type of people deserve love.
Yes you may feel the cringe, yes you may feel the embarrassment but again this is a comedy and that is how it is supposed to be. The embarrassment is part of the series.
My overall rating for this series is definitely 10/10. I can even give it 100/10, that’s how good it is to me.
Everything is perfect, the acting, the producing, the writing, the directing, the storyline, the kiss scenes, the sad scenes, the hilarious scenes, etc. EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT!!!
This is by far my favourite series from all the bl series I’ve ever watched. I've already watched it 7 times and I’m planing to watch it again and again and again
I’ll admit is also because I love to see Billy and Seng act 💕💕

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IT GETS BETTER

at first this show was very difficult to watch. The stalking was horrible and weird. I didn’t understand Toh at all and found myself not liking him at all. Slowly the relationship between him and Nuea started and I started to like Toh again. Still even when they were in a relationship he did the weirdest stuff…. So I ended up skipping a lot of scenes with Nuea and Toh because I couldn’t care less. Sky and jao. My beloveds. I loved them so much their story definitely made up for everything else in the show. I love jao so much and I loved how even though sky liked jao so much!!!! He definitely overstepped a boundary and always was so respectful with him. DAISYINTOUCH. I adore their relationship we were so robbed they deserved more screen time it’s fine. Anyways this show was so fun to watch and it definitely talked about a lot of issues today which I liked. Give it a try everyone! <333

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Good BUT!!!

This drama was really good, the only MAJOR PROBELM I had with this was Toh (Urgh) I hated his character he was super annoying and times so freaking childish that I think a 2 year old does not carry on that way!!!

The rest of the drama was super cute and even the second couple was really good, I mean even Khajao did not act or behave in such a manner as Toh did!!! The one episode that really got so worked up, was when they were going to watch a movie and toh literally sat on the floor and threw a mini tantrum WHF!!! how on earth did Nuea find that character appealing or cute is beyond my understanding!!! I Would probably give this drama a 10 if I could just get pass the fact the Toh character was way to childish, and the things collected were a little over the top, we have all had crushes once in a lifetime but I certainly don't think I would be picking things up from the rubbish bin!!!

On a more good side of this drama, if you over look the baby, this drama was really cute, and it flowed along really nicely, the music was okay, not something I could add to my PL but its bearable, there were also some funny moments in this drama.

Overall : If you have the patience to deal with an overgrown baby (Tho) then yes go for it. Honestly, I would not re watch it. At least not everything from the start to end. I might re watch certain parts I really like.

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You'll wish you weren't single

*happy ending for both couples*
*supportive parents on both sides*

There's a lot to love and little to hate in this series. One of it is the reason I would not rewatch it as much as the other series because of the second-hand embarrassment. (edit: I stand corrected. I just rewatched it again and it did not disappoint. I noticed more details after rewatching it. And I think I will keep rewatching this.) When I watched this, there is no moment that I didn't scream, giggle or hit a pillow. I dont think it will have the same kind of effect on me when I rewatch it again. (edit: <-- the second hand embarrassment is more little when rewatching it, but the giggles and the butterflies that I felt are the same or even more because I noticed more details upon rewatching)

Now onto the things I love:
- first the friendships in this series is top tier. The support, the love, the encouragement is sooo top tier! They even cry for each other.
- the actors are very good. Not only are they cute and handsome. Especially Billy ❤️ but their superb acting makes you feel like you are a third party in their relationship. The actors' intimate scenes will not make you feel even a slight feeling of awkwardness that some male bl actors have. It feeels sooo real and sweet. (edit: upon getting to know more of the actors and rewatching it, I realized that seng (toh) is so versatile in his acting. He is a very good actor. Billy as well. Both of them. The casting is really on point and I love it. Also, BillySeng have the greatest chemistry on and off screen!)

I suggest you watch this series because it gets better every episode. Very comedic and sweet!

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EASY TO LOVE AND FREE

When I begin watching this i did not realized I was already at episode 4 !
The free-ness vibe of this drama make us all easily fall in love with it ! New faces, free ,funny puppy love catches all our attention!
The development of the love stories was great, It all began in just being easy going and exploring attitudes of the characters, but all of them fell on their own traps and became crazy cryingly fell in love! How I wish that I also had a beautiful School love story like that during my school days.
What I love about this drama is that falling in love with same sex seems really a normal thing to them tough being bashed a little, but everyone easily accepted whether they were a boy or girl, which I really wished will happen, just how a girl falls in love with a boy and either ways so also boy to boy and girl to girl, and the thing is that this drama shows that Gays can find a True love ! and that love is also true for them !
But one thing I want to say , what I only dislike here is nothing really happened than going to party and at the camp ! I wish life iss that easy too ! Well even though I dislike it, it is still good because it seems to show that " hey ! We are young lets fall in love have fun and drink and nobody cares ! "
I never thought that the main leads here will drive my emotions this way, I mean they are so great ! They did a good job here they made me fall in love, laugh and cry and brought back to my good old high school days , well I was not loved back of my crush back then though, still it was nice it's like we are brought back of being youth, well' I'm still youth anyways ! What am I saying ?!
The side couples are so cute specially Sky and Jao ! I freaking love them ! And I am a bit looking forward to Daisy and Touch along the way but their story wasn't shown too much here.
I love Daisy ! I can really relate to her I've been trying to change myself because I am paranoid and scared and hurt of what people are going to say about myself, my true self so I cried with her here, I was really glad when she finally realized that she doesn't need to change herself and be manly because she is who she is ! And it's beautiful !
I finished this drama in just one week ! I just had a good feeling watching this ! I'm definitely gonna miss this !

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tf did I just watch?

I have no clue why the hell everyone seemed to enjoy this.
the actors are good, and their chemistry is great, and YET it's one of the worst things I've ever seen.
and I've seen a lot.

the script doesn't give any development to the characters and try to make some weird ass sht seem normal. but it's still weird. the comedy is all over the place and there were times that I cringed so hard I felt physical pain.

but shout out to my girl daisy!!! I felt like if the story followed more her point of view and showed more depth to the situation of trying to be more masculine it could be something really nice and different from what we've been seing in BLs.
I really liked daisy's pairing too, they were cute.

(and also: the translation on this episode where daisy tries to act more masculine might be wrong, I read about how queer boys in thailand who were effeminate called themselves a particular thai name, but they don't denominate themselves as trans, and at the subs it says as if daisy were a trans girl. and if I remember correctly, it's unclear on which are their pronouns)

anyways, I don't recommend it. unless you like pain. or you'll just skip everything just to see the 5 seconds of good content it has.

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So… this is gonna be a lot, but…

I LOVED this show. Even though the first couple of episodes were VERY hard to watch because of the second hand embarrassment from Toh. However, I’m glad that I stuck with it, because Nuea and Toh did not disappoint! For the most part, they were just the right mix of sweetness, jealousy, and spice. Although, it is pretty weird how calm Nuea was about the stalking(and that’s putting it nicely at this point🫣) I mean, he even made it into a makeshift museum…🤔 Nevertheless, good for them and their.. quirkiness?
On another note, one of my FAVORITE things about this show(aside from the fact their friend group is the most chaotic and absolute best thing ever!) was the relationship between SkyJao. The way that Sky was allele to recognize everything that Jao needed from every step of the relationship. The way Sky took it just fast enough that Jao noticed his feelings, but not so fast that Jao gets insecure or scared of it them. And the way he encourages Jao to be himself, whatever it is, and makes him feel nothing but validation in how Sky feels for him or his looks. But at the same time, once Jao confirmed his feelings were not only matching, but also that Jao was ready to handle more, Sky definitely didn’t treat him like he had no experience..🤭 Honestly, they really surprised me with how kinky they are! Like I thought NueaToh was bad, but SkyJao are better! What with the (very excessive) biting, the choking(WHAT? little Jao is into choking?🫠) and even the way they are always kissing and acting cute(which is a total shift for Jao). They are such a cute, unproblematic couple, and I LOVE IT!

I’ll be honest, though, this show could have easily been a favorite had they handled things better with Touch and Daisy! For one, the lack of screen time they got was very disappointing! Especially because they were easily the cutest couple in the whole show(IMO). I mean, come on, did y’all see how Touch looks at her?🥹 But the fact they kinda just skip over the whole thing with Daisy/Day having her identity crisis, and the fact they mention it is because of her wanting to make him comfortable, but didn’t show us anything about how he felt, Sucked! Especially since, the following episode we see both Toh and Jao tackling their issues from that episode. And a couple episodes later, we see Touch and Daisy together, and flirting, but hadn’t addressed the situation at all. And then in the last episode, not only do we only get a resolution to the issue in 2 little sentences, but we only got a total of about 1 minute worth of them being together after that. And it wasn’t even consecutive, just in the background.
I was also pretty disappointed that Saint only got a couple of scenes, I was really excited to see him in something else. But seeing as he was the director, I understand he was busy😅.

Overall, this show is AMAZING though, I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to watch BLs. And I would absolutely watch it again. The acting was great, and the overall story was good too. It was definitely different than what I’m used to, which is another plus. The main soundtrack is mostly just the one theme song used repeatedly, but I kinda liked it that way. I think the casting was done really well, everyone has great chemistry, and they did a great job on their characters.

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REALLY???

For the first few eps I actually thought this was a comedy spoof of a BL series lol! The majority of the cast are waaaaaay too old for their character. Clearly all the location budget was spent on the ‘away’ episodes as the rest were very boring and basic. Costuming and styling were very good though. I didn’t understand Saints’ occasional appearances as some sort of messiah figure, I know he was executive producer but it was very random indeed and beneath his acting chops. All this said, it’s an amusing enough fluff series if you want to binge something that’s not going to tax your brain too much 🖤

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More daisy and in touch

I loved the story!! I love how the show emphasizes on the importance of friendship and also communication and romantic relationships. The only thing that really bothers me is that one of the side couples they didn’t get a lot of screen time compared to the other couples. I just wished I could see me more of the daisy and intouch couple. Maybe they could get a separate series. Their relationship was just so different compared to everybody else’s. The character seem to have such good chemistry. It just makes me really sad that I couldn’t see them together more often in the show.

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Not for everyone...Need to be into Nerdy to the point of...

It took me two years to finally finish this one. I couldn't get past the nerdy cringe acting from most of the cast. Maybe, the director's fault for making them go over the top? It finally got normal but, it took until the last couple of episodes.

I had to use the fast forward button. Lazy writing. It is so clear to any human but, they drag things out so long you become concerned about their mental health. Is there too much lead in the water?

If you are going for the story - feel free to fast forward through the fluff and junk. And forgive the lead character for still not knowing his pursuer's intentions even though he has stood inches from him - naked - several times. How did he even get into college? Appreciate that they make Prao and her friends less than attractive - easy for us to see why they are still alone.

Anywho, it finally turns into a real story around episode 6. You can let your fast forward button finger rest until the end.

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