For Him

Chemistry is Hot, but the Rest NOT!!!

The only thing this show had going for it is the chemistry. Our main leads had some of the most amazing chemistry I have ever seen and I know part of that is the Director. However, the story was extremely lacking. What started out as a promising intriguing story turned into this bland commercial ridden show with loads of sex scenes. The last episode was completely useless, it was one long commercial. I’m going to take a look and see if our leads have acted in anything else. Most of the secondary cast was useless and didn’t really serve a point. I did like the music though, it fit very well with most of the scenes.

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Less BTS and More Story

The production wasted a capable cast with poor editing, storytelling and plot holes. All of the couples, including the MxF couples were engaging but the editing was horrible. I hate the new guy is a twin to the dead boyfriend, especially when this does not get resolved. In one scene the new guy Nail proclaims he s not a replacement for Blue, Him goes home all dejected, then. Him and Nail walk into Him's house holding hands. They didn't even show the reconciliation! So is Nail a replacement for Blue and he has accepted it, or did Him assure him that he sees him as Nail, a totally different person? Yet they had behind the scenes footage. Anyway, I do not recommend and it's a shame because the cast was very good.

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Desperately needed some polishing up

This series was hard to watch because there were times it was engaging and interesting, showing promise of a decent series. And then the next moment, there's something happens that is so incredibly random that make me think I missed something or that they were trying to make it suddenly exciting all too quickly without context or preamble. Many things were done without reason or, really, we don't get a reason right away or even in the near future.. more like an afterthought like "Oh, that's why this person acted this way" kind of thing. And these questionable actions are done by people we are later supposed to root for to be happy? I don't really buy it.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Let's first talk about the couple of Him and Nail. It started off interesting and looks like a random hookup from a night of clubbing after a broken heart. Then we get a glimpse of Him having an ulterior reason for chasing Nail other than initial interest and lust. Nail was a great character in my opinion... shy at times but super flirty and hella sexy when he turn on the sass. That in itself would have been a good enough storyline for these two as they worked things out. Him would find himself falling in love again and realize it had nothing to do with the fact Nail resembled Blue and Him was not trying to replace his dead lover with a replica model. Nail would move on from his broken heart and find a new love in an unexpected place.

And then they added all the rest of the characters and intertwining storylines and shtuff hit the fan.

The side couple was okay enough but again suffered from being in the middle of everything else going on around them and interlaced storylines. Pie was a former lover of Him's cousin, who he simultaneously had beef with though we really never know why.

Actually, it seemed like everyone had it out for Him, who was also grieving the loss of his lover. Te wanted to destroy his life just because Him and Blue had relationship issues? Their dry spell was the least of what Blue was going through but Te acted as if Him was the sole reason behind it. Seems to me like Blue had no actual friends or family he could talk to and didn't try to seek help. So Te's solution is to hurt both Nail and Him. And then we're supposed to believe he feels bad about it and moved on to this random Peach guy who shows up out of nowhere? (If you're dizzy reading this, trust me, watching it unfold will not be any easier.)

The best friends at the school probably made the most sense throughout the whole thing. And, I know a lot of people say the "mean girls group" was so unnecessary and ridiculous - which is kinda true - but I will say this... I really like that they weren't actually "mean girls." I like that the show depicted that the popular pretty girl clique could still be supportive and root for their friends. They were ready to fight the pretty boys because Nail was hurting and I can't help but give major props and respect for that. Sure, they were kinda OTT and unnecessary but they weren't the typical villain type a lot of these roles are. Even the one friend ended up with one of them which is usually unheard of unless it's something like Hana Yori Dango.

So would I recommend this series? I mean... I never say "don't watch this" but this one really was rough. Instead of suggesting to steer clear, I'll just say keep what I've said above in mind and be prepared for not everything to make sense. There's some decent NC scenes, if that helps. And Nail being a subtle sassy queen is amazing.

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What the hell was that?

First i have to ask ,does anyone on production Team, reviewed this series, before upload or presenting to the audience?
They mising parts (the whole episode5 missing,the interview mantioned by one of actors....,the story is all over the place, to many plots wich hare difficult to follow, connecting dots wich have nothing to do with each other,mediocre acting (from most actors), i could go on ,like the way all of sudden a character just jump in the series without any background presented to audience. Not to say to many click bait of NC (NC doesn't save a bad series) even if you are doing a fun service.
This is just bad and doesn't make any sense.
Not even the half of the cast of unforgotten night, (wich all tried the best ) could save this bad series.
My baby Baibon (from unforgotten night) grew up how cute (sadly he is cast in this ,trash).
Im sorry of being harsh ,but if something is bad , accept criticism and correct it.

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Why the low rating

honestly why is this rated so low? every single one that I come across that has a low rating I choose to watch it anyways to judge for myself and I never ever have believed any of them deserved such a low rating. this one is not even bad at all, the acting was great and the story may not have been the most hooking but still I would give it like an 8 rating. The main couple had crazy chemistry and the spicy scenes were perfect. I liked it and finished it no problem. my advice to any of you is if you see a low rating do not let it scare you off I have not found one yet that I believed deserved it. they have all been great! I understand the BTS at the end of the episodes bothers people but who cares? move on to the next episode once it's over

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One word: Eschew

This story is profoundly complex, made elementary. Yet, it should not. It presents itself in a superficial manner with a lot of voyeuristic sex scenes to help us with our escapism from its true reality. And its true reality is that it is a very sad story filled with toxic people doing awful things to innocent people. I found the story to be a rather ugly tale peppered with unnecessary eroticism. This series has a lot of diversion in it. Many hot, steamy love scenes, that felt very voyeuristic to me and sometimes laughable. Sure, these guys are sensual, cute, and sexy. To see them romping around in bed making love with their pants on is just plain ludicrous and silly. It was just not the main couple either. How about under the covers with simulation so we can use our imagination? Sometimes imagination is better. To show us making love in bed (or having sex) with pants on seemed extraordinarily contrived and silly. And completely and totally unrealistic. And I might add, insulting to gay people everywhere.

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For Him, not For Me

12 episodes of For Him could've been easily condensed down to 8. Sometimes an episode was 45 mins, and sometimes it was barely 30 with 20 mins of BTS footage thrown in. The story is all over the place and loses itself many times. Lots of inconsistencies with the plot and even just the filming of it. The hair colors are all over the place, at different grow out periods for both of the main actors. Sometimes Nail was fully orange, sometimes not, sometimes it changed multiple times in an episode. Same thing for Him and his gray hair. This continued throughout and even in the last episode with Nail's painted nails, there was no consistency. And this overwhelming misstep really takes a few stars off for me.

Also, NC scenes are great and wonderful, but I felt like the NC scenes somehow were more of a priority than the overall plot of this show. And let me be clear, the NC scenes were mostly all enjoyable, but they are definitely not a replacement for actual story and depth. That missing element was definitely felt multiple times.

Overall Positives:
- Thor was a redeeming factor for me. His acting felt real and he fully allowed himself to be absorbed in Nail's world (and also Blue's).
- Side pairing Chao / Pie was also cute. I really loved their dynamics.

Overall Negatives:
- Dew's acting bothered me a lot, because it felt like acting (if that makes sense)
- Pacing and inconsistencies of the episodes and storylines.
- Didn't enjoy the BTS scenes added into episodes, that was super annoying.
- Also didn't like the intro, was wayyyy too long and seemed cheaply made.

I think the actors definitely deserved a better script. They did the best with what they were given. Hope to see them in something more substantial and solid in the future.

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Even the subtitle team seams to have given up

Fortunately my Thai is finally good enough to watch the final episode without subtitles, which is how it was released to iQYI. Maybe the subtitle team was a bored with the series as I was. With frequent use of the fast forward button I was able to slog through this series, but barely.
The story is thin. There are no significant character arcs apart from "things happen and are dealt with". The acting is mostly manneristic and stiff. The music is unmemorable. I honestly don't remember any of it.
There main story point, new crush resembles former boyfriend who killed himself, is good for maybe six episodes, and in this case it wasn't developed very convincingly so it supports five or six very dull episodes. The story needed a lot more bones to support a full 12 episode series.

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It could have been better

The show started out strong but then got slower and slower as each eisode went on to the point I found myself wanting to not finish this, which is sad because I felt like that show had potential. The final episode was honestly a mission to watch through and took me a number of days to find the motivation to finish.
Outside of revealing plot points or drama to move the plot forward, there were so many scenes that were lackluster. Scenes among the friends had no proper conversation or banter, and didn't build character depth, and some scenes felt especially long and drawn out for no reason.
The show relied on a lot of flashbacks to build backstory for Him and Blue, but many of them felt pointless, and at times even confusing, and weirdly in or out of sequence. Plus on completing the show I really feel like Blue was introduced to create shallow drama and really didn't give much to the story at all.
The motivations for the antagonists seemed one dimensional and not well fleshed out due possibly to lack of character depth. I want to note that I mean ALL motivations for the antagonists, this includes Te's switching of love interests as well. And there were far too many issues that were resolved too quickly and easily after making so much drama throughout the series.
I could not relate nor enjoy the romance between the secondary BL couple as I found the relationship cringy and annoying, and I didn't understand why or how the two could be attracted to or interested in eachother.
For the third BL couple I feel like Te's love interest came in too late, and should have been a bonus episode rather than included in the show.
I also don't understand why we actually didn't see more of the other romances throughout the entirety of the show, perhaps this was due to editing but I think these could have been used to break up some of the long slow scenes.
Some things were just over-the-top like Type's big face off with Chao, and some of the later NC scenes - hint: they really put their foot in it.
Finally, I also understand for some people it can be difficult to keep the exact same tone of blonde for several weeks/months, but the fact that I could tell order the scenes were filmed in based on regrowth really ruined my viewer experience.
All that being said, I really enjoyed the earlier NC scenes and the flirting between the main couple during the first couple of episodes, and those scenes at least are worth a watch in my opinion. I really love to see a strong and sassy uke in a BL.
The Charlie's Angels scene, I thought was fun, and I would also like to quickly mention that I appreciated the girl group supported Nail, rather than being the antagonists like in many other shows.
The biggest thing that kept me watching was Ryan (Dream) in this, his smile makes me smile every time.
Overall this particular show won't be one I'll rewatch or recommend unless someone wants to watch the first few episodes for the NC scenes.

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Okay... well

I'm kind of disappointed, I wanted to like this show but it just fell flat to me > I was also upset we didn't get a plot twist or something about Blue, I feel like It would've made things interesting > Also upset we didn't get to see their camping trip, I feel like that would've been cute to see instead of Him and Nail doing it for the 5th time

The whole last episode was just Him and Nail doing It for 40 minutes because I feel like they didn't have anything else to do. > I wanted to see more of a Chao spicy scene but all we got was Phai giving him head with Chao's pants on

The collagen had more screen time than poor baby Chao > The fact that Nail just got that tattoo done and He put his foot right by it..no thank you

Maybe im too picky but I wanted more out of this show, I feel like they could've had a really good, drama-filled, plot twist kind of show > I was secretly hoping Nail was either Blue himself or his twin back to seek revenge on Him or something > They gave us the setup, in the beginning, to get our minds thinking of different theories that could be possible but in the end, there was just nothing.

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