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This series is what you get when you mix a great concept, and horrible writing together
Started out great. An insecure, awkward character who's jealous of a fellow coworker who's seemingly perfect and great at everything he does, who turns out to be also a little awkward but more importantly, unapologetically in love with him! Really enjoyed the awkward unfiltered thoughts and all the little cute and sweet acts of service but then it stretched out too long, Karan hard carrying the romance with all the pining and infatuated glances while Achi always looking so uncomfortable and ready to run and he really fumbled Karan, hard.Karan was giving so much and Achi's giving nothing, and I get he's supposed to be this extremely insecure guy who's actually admirable because he does all these silent acts of service but aside from Karan's little flashbacks from his pov of why he liked Achi, it didn't really feel that way. A very hard sell especially with how that whole episode 8 played out. The way he reacted to Karan kneeling to apologize before someone who traumatized him gave NOTHING. I just found Achi's character so unlikable the more I watched and it stayed that way until the end.
In the end I don't believe Achi was able to match everything Karan gave and felt in the relationship, and I don't know if the acting is partly to blame but the bad writing 100% is.
Also, too much screentime for the side couple that I don't really care about. The whole show is extremely cheesy and feel good and I would've enjoyed it and rode the cringe if Achi was just a little bit more likable as a character.
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Such a Cute & Comfortable BL Series
I think that everyone knows Cherry Magic from Japan because of how popular it was. Recently, I knew about the Thailand adaptation and it was portrayed by the popular BL couple, Tay & New.Since I already knew and watched the original series for a multiple times already, I know the things I need to expect and the standard that must be met. Watching this Thailand adaptation made me feel good. They met and exceeded the standard of Cherry Magic that I set. In the story, there were some alterations, and I felt like this adaptation is more light than the Japanese adaptation. Both Tay and New are great portrayers of the main characters. Frankly, there were moments wherein I felt like they became monotonous on their acting, but regardless, did a great job. Junior and Mark also did great as the second characters of this film. Their own story added an extra flavor to the whole series. Jang and Sing's story as a couple is also good and added an extra juice to the plot of this series.
In totality, the Thailand adaptation of Cherry Magic was satisfying. Yes, no one can beat the Japanese adaptation because the chemistry of the main characters there was extraordinary, but this adaptation served what they need to serve and did their best in their own accordance.
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LOVE THIS BUT NOT OBSESSED! (Unlike JDrama version)
I'm obsessed with JDrama live action version.LOVE THIS BUT NOT OBSESSED!
Maybe that's bcz I watched JD live actn first, Anime next n then this.
For me, JD live actn had set up a high mark for KuroAda's story already n so makes me to compare any other adaptations with it as a reference.
I'm a FAN of TAY n NEW individually or as a couple n watch almost every work of them, even when they do a cameo :)
But somehow I DIDN'T FIND THE SPARK of Kurosawa's story in this.
To be honest, sometimes I get a vibe that this is a different BL, not KuroAda's magical story :|
n so I treat this as a separate work n then LOVED it, haha
One thing I LOVE about this is, it introduced me to the wonderful actor, JUNIOR :)
He SLAYED character JINTA (Tsuge's counterpart)
While Tsuge didn't impress me at all in JD live actn.
I loved Junior - Mark couple more than its JDrama counterpart :)
DON'T MISS TO WATCH THIS, it covers the scenes which are not adapted in JD live action and U FIND THOSE LOVELY!! :)
Whatever JD live action n Thai versions didn't cover, Anime covered.
Currently reading the Ongoing Manga, found that JD live action drama, Anime and Thai version TOGETHER covered everything from the manga.
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I was pushing this one away and I regret it.
Alright, this was soooo good, but really different than I expected. I was afraid it was gonna be to sexual, due to the title of this series. But it really wasn't. The whole thing was super cozy and cute, I really like how sweet their relationship was and how caring they were over each other, I don't really like how rushed everything became at the ending but that's alright, it's just a series anyways. I'd definitely recommend this and I personally regret waiting to watch this one!Originally I didn't think I would enjoy the concept but the power was not as cringy as I expected, and they also didn't make the power thing look low budget, what a lot of 'power' bl's do have.
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very heartwarming
I loved the Japanese drama and immediately wanted to watch the Thai version too. I love how it stays true to the original story in many ways while also putting it's own spin on it, and framing it from a Thai cultural point of view. It even pays homage to its Japanese routes in many cute ways.There are some useless additional plots that are skippable in my opinion, it feels like they were just added as filler. I also didn't love Pai anywhere near as much as Fujisaki because she was just a creepy BL fan stand-in half the time instead of a real person within the universe. When she was just herself she was fine though.
The main and secondary couple are both adorable and the final episode was especially sweet. I also loved the friendships between all the office workers, there were so many cute friendship moments which I really appreciated. Highly recommend if you like wholesome, fluffy romances with happy endings.
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Not bad but too stretchy
I have to admit two things.First: I have yet to find a re-adaptation from another country that is better than the first adaptation of any source material be it a mange web toon ... Etc. especially if the first adaptation is done pretty well.
Second: I love Cherry magic Jap. ver. So freaking much and I only watched this ver. Because I love the cast and I saw many good reviews but tbh I know for sure it won't raise to the bar of the original but I'll not hold this against it by any means.
So long story short, despite knowing that it's lacking as a re-adaptation, I'll try to judge it as a drama by itself without comparing it to the original.
Now like most Thai dramas, the main problem I have with them is that they drag at the end, and this one is no exception, I enjoyed till about ep7... Maybe 8... Let's say 9 to be fair, but the last 3 ep were completely unnecessary for me, I was skipping a lot, and not because it's bad or anything, but the story got boring I loved some scenes but they weren't enough to entertain me for the last 3 eps. The only reason that kept me going was PaiRock and if the only reason I continue watching a BL is the straight couple in it, then something is wrong 😂
The main couple are gorgeous, I loved them together.. TayNew never disappoint, Jan and Sing were adorable too and I love Jan so much that I wanted to see her more and more here, Song's character Rock is also fun to watch, but sadly the second couple were too lame, I didn't like Jintha, not because of anything but I couldn't see why he fell in love with Min Like, what happened you blink and they are together, with no reason at all, also I didn't think he was "cute" or adorable with his nervous introverted personality. Also Mark did his best and I love him for that but by no means he fits the character IMO.
Now I like this drama generally and I loved TayNew ver. Of the characters but I wish it was a little shorter.
But to be completely honest, if I ever needed to suggest Cherry magic, I'd definitely go for the Japanese ver. Not this one.
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Everyone's chemistry all are so good!
I love all TayNew series, but this is soooo much better than DBK. Dont get me wrong i love dbk, still re-watching it. But a series with so much understanding with each other, No unnecessary drama just.. *chefkiss*. It's a love story that we all can relate in real life. Having a crush, and how excited we'll be if that person is so close to us. Eyeing our crush in the office bcoz we find her/him so cute! lol. There's no outrageous scene we can't relate... Well except their first date probably. lol.And TayNew's acting improved so much! TayNew worked their butt off for the last 2 years for their own solo development really paid off!
Juju, Min, Jan and Ssing all are great. JanSsing is so cute! Their chemistry also on point! The boss, P'Duj. Gosh everyone is so good!
Kudos to their original author, Toyota Sensei for creating such a lovely story <3
Kudos to P'X, for making this happen for TayNew and Polca.
Kudos to all cast and crew for working so hard for this series.
I know, this is not everyone's cup of tea. It's okay. You can try watching it with open mind, and if it's still bad for you it's okay, leave it. No need to spread hate :) thank you.
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isn’t it.
If you’re expecting ground breaking, this isn’t it.
Oscar winning, this isn’t it either.
If you want a series that makes your heart warm, puts a smile on your face, and make you realize that the world is indeed a beautiful place - this is it!
Cherry Magic, regardless of the iteration holds a special place in everyone’s hearts. It talks about the workplace. The relationship between different people. It tackles the mundane and the complexity of day to day living - Choosing love, career, friendship, happiness and self worth - it tackles all. How the production makes it look simplistic is its magic. Everyone would be able to relate and see themselves in some way of form.
Yes, I may have a bias since this series features my ship, TayNew. But I wholeheartedly can say that it be a disservice for you to not give it a shot. Never not happy watching each episode.
For anyone that believes in love, this is a must watch.
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Crazy in love!
Am almost finished with the series and am LOVING the chemistry between TayNew! Can I applaud their amazing acting skills (especially Tay who has levelled up a lot since 3 Will be Free). Yes some of the scenes are kindda over the top and exaggerated because its written by Japanese. It's not my thing but I can understand why they had to act this way. TayNew make me blush so hard at some scenes, it's a miracle they can act them with a straight face. The 2 side couples are cute too. I also love all the colleagues in the office. It's just a feel good show with a lot of love without being too overboard. Will watch again!Was this review helpful to you?
A Breath of Fresh Air and a Testament to What it means to be a Remake
Cherry Magic TH stands on its own-- carrying its own charm and adding its own flavor to an already loved series/story. The story of Karan and Achi spans beyond them as the main couple-- it includes all the people important to them, surrounding them with support and love.I want to list all the good things this series holds, but to summarize, I will say this: Every character is important, every scene is a build up and the love of these two is well fleshed out.
I could not have asked for a better version, and this was so wonderfully done with respect to its original material. And although I found the second main couple (Jinta and Min) in need of improvement for their story, overall this series is top notch. They tackled so many topics respectfully, whether it be about the self, the relationship, the friendship, the family, communication and so on, and so on. And the hopeful theme left by the end is one we wish to strive for-- a world in which our purest magic is to love wholeheartedly.
Very thankful for this series. Kudos to the cast-- especially to Tay and New who has shone brightly. Kudos to the writers, to the director and to everyone who has anything to do with this. Truly a breath of fresh air.
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Being a virgin at 30 has rewards: the fairy tale with magical gay romance that will steal your heart
Since Jean Cocteau put on the screen the load of imagination, surrealism and magic, bringing romance even to the gothicism of horror films with the premiere of 'Beauty and the Beast' (La belle et la bête), based on the 1757 story de Beaumont, the film productions in which fantasy and love come together continue to amaze.If in that 1946 film a portrait of the Beast was achieved as a terrifying, erotic and sensitive creature, capable of making Beauty fall in love, since then the cinematographic narrative has diversified, making fantasy, magic and romance go hand in hand. hand.
On that path we have films like 'Somewhere in Time', from 1980; 'Starman' (1984), by John Carpenter; 'Ladyhawke,1985; 'The Purple Rose of the Cairo', 1985), by Woody Allen; 'The Princess Bride', 1987; 'Edward Scissorhands', 1990, by Tim Burton; 'Ghost,' (1990; 'Groundhog Day', 1993; 'Ghostbusters', 1984; 'Mortal Zombie' (Return of the living dead 3, 1993; 'What Dreams May Come', 1998.
Spells to attract love, spells to captivate the perfect lover, witches on their broom throwing magic dust into the air, frogs transforming themselves into princes, mysteries, rituals, spells and magic potions capable of transforming love lives have been used in audiovisual productions whose thread Common among all of them is the imagination in their plot, unaware of limits, an exploration of the impossible that helps - and a lot - to entertain.
BL series also show stories where magical powers are mixed with interdimensional love, musical crystal balls, candies with special powers, travel through time, zombies and ghosts, mutant beings, cats and dogs that become humans and vice versa. In this way, magical visions of love have managed to cross the boundaries of genre to talk about the only thing that truly matters.
'Be My Favorite', 'My Lucky Cat', 'Absolute Zero', '30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii', 'First Love for the Third Time'; 'I Feel You Linger In The Air', 'Tinted With You', 'Love between fairy and devil', 'Cang lan jue', 'Sound candy', 'See you in my 19th life', 'Revenant', and Heartbeat are some of them.
Based on a 2020 Japanese drama, in turn adapted from a 2018 manga series written by Yuu Toyota, 'Cherry Magic' is a tender and fun Thai BL that tells an office romance with a quirky fantasy touch, starring New Thitipoom Techa-apaikhun, as Achi and Tay Tawan Vihokratana, as Karam. The actors bring a natural warmth and authentic ease to their performances. With a relentlessly positive tone, the series achieves the perfect fusion of sensitive humor and touching sentimentality.
It has numerous truly funny moments. Contrary to the opinion of detractors of the genre, there is nothing wrong with a romantic comedy with a hit of solid and sincere fantasy, which is exactly what this series is.
Its director, X Nuttapong Mongkolsawas (who has dramas such as Our Skyy 2, Viceversa and Theory of Love, among many others), achieves one of the best series of the genre. Featuring a charismatic couple, you'll smile every episode as their fairytale romance unfolds. This fun BL drama has a lot of charm, humor, positivity and imagination within it.
This romantic comedy with a creative story, a cute couple and a joyful love relationship dynamic, tells how Achi, a shy and modest man with an office job, acquires a special power that makes him know love.
The protagonist has never had sex. In fact, he is not looking to establish a romantic relationship because he is afraid of love. He, who lived an ordinary existence and on the eve of turning 30, never thought that his life would become magical, nor that an unexpected love would be closer than he imagined.
Our hero admires Karam (Tay Tawan Vihokratana), the handsome, cool and talented office colleague at the Toyokawa company, the epitome of a being who exudes kindness and beauty at every step. In his eyes, Karam is a demigod while he is an inferior being next to him. Considered the company's best salesperson for 7 consecutive years, Karam exudes the image of being popular among women and a successful man both at work and in his personal life due to his immaculate perfection in dressing and his gentleness.
While surfing the Internet with Rock (Sing Harit Cheewagaroon), his new office colleague, he reads that there is a belief that arriving a virgin in his thirties can obtain "magical power." He doesn't think this is possible... but if it's true, how would this kind of magic choose him?
Achi will discover to her amazement that she has suddenly developed a magical power that allows her to read other people's minds every time they touch each other. This new skill completely changes your life and will bring you fun and exciting surprises. Although at first he refuses to have that ability, everything becomes complicated when she reveals to him that Karam is in love with him!
In world cinematography, possessing the ability to read minds is pursued by evil forces to take over and cause evil. Achi, who rarely exploits his powers, only uses them to help others when they have a work problem and they don't know what is happening or how to act in that case, especially Karam, and to read the thoughts of his friends. co-workers and the man she loves. Most of the time you will know what others think accidentally. He is easily afraid of having these powers.
His powers will also bring him misunderstandings, such as initially believing that Pai (Jan Ployshompoo Supasap), his co-worker, is in love with him, only to later discover that she has actually realized the secret and budding love bond between Achi and Karam and supports that relationship.
As in a fairy tale, you develop a magical ability that helps you read the minds of others, only to discover that the most attractive young man in the company, whom you always secretly admired, also has a secret that concerns you: he is crazy in love with you.
The demigod who always seemed unattainable to you because he was light years away from you, is a prince charming who dreams of spending his life by your side. It is you who are truly the prince charming of her dreams. In reality, it is you who have been unattainable for him, since he has wanted to confess his love to you for years and has not dared, and if you know it, it is all thanks to the newly acquired skills. This is the definition of a self-gratifying fantasy like perhaps none other before it.
The fairy tale is not over yet. Imagine that you are a person who undervalues yourself and is full of insecurities and fears in all aspects of life, including love, but by knowing you are loved you will begin an empowering journey of self-discovery and personal growth. Imagine that you will help your loved one to let down his guard, to calm him down without the constant need to be perfect. This is what Achi will experience. On this journey, Karam takes him by the hand and they travel together.
And from the point of view of the person you love, he is willing to be for you the perfect lover, gentle and chivalrous, faithful companion, friend for life. He has silently wanted it since he met you at the company when they started working on the same day, 7 years ago. He will see in you how good you are, even when you don't trust yourself.
In every fairy tale there is a perfect couple. This is because they are kind, empathetic, sensitive and positive with each other. The two complement each other, motivate, encourage and support each other. They are the example of a happy and healthy BL couple.
As a viewer, Achi and Karam immerse me in their pure and tender romance. Perfectly, I visualize how their relationship develops from co-workers to boyfriends.
Although at first glance Karam seems superficial and distant, thanks to the power of Achi we will soon learn that he is in love with his co-worker and has the noblest feelings towards him.
Manow Waneepan Ounphoklang, PingPong Suwanun Pohgudsai and Mook Jarinee Thanomyat are in charge of writing a drama that every BL fan must see, representing characters who are not afraid to express their feelings and for moments full of innocent romantic interactions. On the other hand, it has an extremely fun secondary couple and something that is not seen much in series of this theme: there is no toxicity.
Achi confides in Jinta, her friend from college, that she has magical powers. Jinta, a romance writer with an eccentric personality, doesn't believe Achi at first, but ends up developing the same ability when he reaches his thirties, weeks later. In this way, she will be able to read the mind of Min, a young courier who makes deliveries to her apartment, and begins to fall in love with him.
For complete understanding, I like to divide the series into two parts. The first half focuses on Achi discovering his magical powers, learning with surprise that he is loved, and the rapprochement between him and Karam as she develops feelings for him. Achi will find the self-confidence to open himself to love.
The second half follows Achi and Karam as a couple, how they get along and are happy with each other. Only towards the end will some tension arise that will test the love of the two, when Achi's magical powers become a burden on their relationship and may end it.
You can appreciate his unlimited imagination in 'Cherry Magic'. The original, unique premise allows many fun scenarios to develop. Every time the two protagonists touch each other, Achi can hear Karam's thoughts about his secret crush. These scenes are handled delicately, making them fun rather than invasive.
You will run the risk of ending up liking Karam more because his inner thoughts are so pure and innocent.
In the original Japanese series, the main couple never kisses on the lips. Will they kiss in the Thai version? Will the couple's physical intimacy be left to the imagination? Like in the country of the Rising Sun, in this drama we will only have kisses on the forehead? I confess something: kisses like the ones given by Karam to Achi on the forehead will have a new meaning in our lives after watching this drama. We will long for them. We will dream of them. We will want to receive a kiss with that passion from our loved one. What's more, kisses on the lips will not be necessary as a sign of pure and true love.
Since I read the premise of 'Cherry Magic', several questions arise: Will the shy Achi be able to demonstrate his love to Karam confidently and openly? Will they be able to resolve the conflict that is already occurring in the final moments? Will they be able to reconcile their differences and have a happy ending? Will Achi know how to say goodbye to his magical powers after losing his virginity or will he cling to them so they don't abandon him? Is possessing magical power or love more important? Even though she no longer has the magical ability, will she still love Karam? Will she be able to know what her boyfriend is thinking, even without the magic power?
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