Khemjira

The most important thing is to see GOHair in the episode.
And why is it such a slow episode?
I set the speed to 1.5 and it's still terribly slow???
Is this common for Thai series/movies? Conversations are slowed down, actions too...
What can I say after the 1st episode...it may be a good series, but it will be subject to revision
Best acting by two kiddos
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But, ofcourse it goes to stupidity. How unimaginative the screenwriter and director are... it's a waste of time. The acting is terrible, the plot is very weak. The episodes are long and so boring.

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After watching two episodes, it's already possible to draw some conclusions. Honestly, it's a waste of time. The acting is terrible, the plot is very weak, and don’t even get me started on the special effects. The episodes are long—more like full-length movies—but incredibly boring. There's a ton of advertising, and ironically, it's filmed better than the show itself... The series doesn’t really evoke any emotions or feelings... To sum it up, there’s almost nothing good about it, except for the attractive actors—but that’s not what I’m looking for when I watch something.

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Khemistry in Spades

Ep 1 - c’mon horror theme, I never get goosebumps but that opening scene was scary, cool AND funny lol. But seriously, how beautiful can an actor lewk walking down a dark alley in Thailand! Namping is serving face chile.

And lordy did I get get chills seeing Namping/Khem’s father as a monk. It was shocking, scary and heart wrenching all at once and we’re only 1 episode in.

The red toolbox, chills again…seriously I’m really difficult to scare but ok, Ima keep watchin ya 😟😥😂.

Masters spirit dolls are the cutest.

Background music and OST, honestly from the trauma of ballad ridden The Next Prince and it’s clunky sound scene changes and BG music that is a character in itself, Mandee Work I was skeeerddd for this one, BUT, refreshingly it’s all really quite good, with a bit of silly so TNPs bigger budget doesn’t always mean better Mandee Work.

We have story, a plot and good acting, winning!

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Keng and Namping finally have their own series. We’ve been waiting since they were paired in 2023’s DMD Friendship The Reality after their excellent showcase highlighting their Northern heritage Keng from Phayao on the Laos border and Namping from Mae Hong Son on the Myanmarr border. It was a cute showcase vying to win starring in a series, go have a look at their early Khemistry (see what I did there 🤣). In the series they were up against #ThomasKong no less and see where they are now!

Personally, I think Namping is very beautiful on screen and Keng comes across as stoic and mature. I’m really looking forward to seeing how they’re acting has evolved in this horror comedy series.

I’ll post the release timeline here when it’s published (or if someone sees it message me 🙏🏾😂). It is expected to be after The Next Prince. Plus you’ll also be able to catch them in the upcoming Magic Lover which looks hilarious. They also have their own Vlog on YouTube @domunditv.

It’s a highly anticipated series with the pilot receiving 4.8 million views on YouTube to date:
https://youtu.be/WADsk88cA0c?si=BpGolPFvB6IjkDyO

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So much potential wasted

I was really enjoying this show so far, but the way episode 2 handled domestic abuse was just absolutely horrendous, I will not be watching the rest of the show. There is no „oooh I‘m sorry I beat you before, now that you sacred me half to death I will be a better man“, just no. We don’t go around victim blaming and having the VICTIM say sorry to the abusive husband, especially after everyone throughout the whole episode kept saying the victim should handle her issues herself!!! I don’t care if she was possessed and wanted to hurt him, she should never ever be made to apologise to him. And Khem had this whole speech earlier in the episode about domestic abuse, just to throw it out the window later on. He went from „You need to do something about domestic abuse“ to „oooh look they REKINDLED their love“ real fast. There is no rekindling love in an abusive household, the best thing you can do is escape. I know Khem is supposed to be this innocent cutie who believes in the good of people, but an abusive marriage is the wrong place to make that point. You already established that side of him by having him be a complete fool for the whole of the first episode, you don’t need to make that point again, especially not at the cost of dragging women who experienced domestic abuse through the dirt. The show had a really good storyline established, but wasted it by making a point of women in abusive marriages having to ‚work‘ to establish a ‚stable‘, ‚loving‘ home. There were NO repercussions for the husband, none at all, he should be behind bars or at least never be allowed to step near her again, but instead the show decided to make a point of ‚relationships are hard‘ and ‚both parties need to work on it‘. I am in no way blaming the actors, this isn’t their fault, but I am blaming the creators. The show probably went trough many stages of reviewing before release and I can’t get my head around how no one stopped for a minute and went like „hmm maybe they way we addressed the topic wasn’t the best“. I would have loved to continue this show for the plot, but I will not be supporting this kind messaging and will not continue watching it.

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Honestly one of the best BL's !!!

As someone who's been a supporter of KengNamping ever since the DMD friendship show S1 (Which everyone should watch) I did have a personal dislike to Keng - you will understand once you watch it. But I'm so glad in the end he choose him..

Moving on with the production of Khemjira it's soooo good! From the setting, plotline and chemistry its insane. I'm not even being shady about it. From the trailer it was already bound to be likeable and the cast hello?? Fine ass people!!! Master Peems back has it's own fandom and I'm so glad that some people's first BL is this.

What I don't like is the downgrade of some people who say "This is too good to be BL" like what? It's a slow build up the relationship between the two main leads and it shows the past lives of both couples. It's horror and very addicting what's not to love about this show!

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i love khemjira story and cast most favorite harit and namping

i love love love this drama i love this story i love all cast i love all song most favorite harit and namping
story is amazing😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

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It feels considered

If you are reading this, just know I write this for myself. So i can read how I felt about a show before rewatching. This is the first time I will write a review publicly…… I am actually just losing organisation on my computer so I thought to put them here instead. Please do not read too strongly into my words.

This is just a review for the first half of the series (including ep.7 due to almost 2-hour long episode in ep.8)



Story:

I have read the novel, and I have to say, they didn't stick to it entirely, which I think is a good thing. It is largely similar, despite some timeline and progression differences, but the essence of the novel is still there. I am happy about this, I felt the original timeline and progression of all the character's relationship was drawn out much more than it is in the series and then suddenly rushed right at the end, so I am glad they changed this…… for the most part, the seconds leads buildup was maybe slightly fast for some people's liking and I understand why people might think it has been too much all at once.

I cannot remember much about the novel as I read it in 9hours and didn't take it in properly, so I have no further comments, but I think they handled the subject matter kindly, and am really enjoying the overall portrayal of the story and all its elements.

However, when I was reading the novel, the story itself was not to my taste as it jarred with my own interpretations of reincarnation, so it was slightly annoying to get through, but I feel the series is not being as irritating. That's really the only annoying thing about it, and as it doesn't mess with the story itself, it's fine. Just if we have the same understanding, I don't like stories that portray people reincarnating into the same families, same bloodlines, with the same love interests and past lovers, same or similar appearances: it's all just a bit too convenient for my liking. But I am sure people will watch this because they like this element, so this is just about me.

As well, for this being a horror, I didn’t find the novel scary at all, but I heard others did so I went into this series not expecting much horror because of it. I suppose i'll just have to conclude that this type of horror genre really doesn’t frighten me instead of saying that this wasn’t scary at all, so I will not comment on this, but I do enjoy those elements overall, and I like how they are creating these moments.




Acting/Casting:

SUPPORTING CAST
As mentioned above, I don't hold the same views as these types of adaptions present, so I won't react the same way as others when it comes to the casting because I just don't rock with reincarnating into our past selves. However, I understand their intention so I will move forward with this section keeping their view.

The casting firstly of the past-lives characters was very well done. I haven't seen casting done that well in a while where they actually look very similar, especially for the past-life characters of Charn and Jet.

Naturally with so many well-known faces in the cast, they will deliver good performances as well. I feel that for this entire production, the team has just done very well and acted in a very deliberate and considered way. There's been a few series lately where I just feel the cast has been selected from a particular cohort so it feels like a school project rather than an actual series because there are too many familiar faces, but this feels very well-casted, obviously influenced by the big budget.

There's a massive cast and I felt they were all made necessary to the series. There were also several new actors in the cast, new to these types of productions anyway, and I feel they were very well-chosen and offered no awkwardness in their delivery.


MAIN CAST
The chemi between the main pair up to this point…… I don't have much to say. I am not sure I even know what chemi is supposed to feel like or be seen as so I cannot comment on this. But thinking about this from a different angle, I wouldn't have matched them up, but I suppose the two know better than me for choosing one another. I think they suit the characters well, and the acting from both of them is fine. I'll comment more about how i see their acting in the directing section. I am still slightly hesitant about their dynamic, though. Not for this project, but future projects. I cannot seem to imagine them having much character versatility if they act together. As an example, if we swapped their characters with the seconds leads, I could see them acting those characters, but separately and not together. I fear they may be stuck playing the same dynamic if they stay together, but I welcome surprises.

As for the second leads, they are more than fine. I don't really have any words for them at the moment, and I like them together so everything is good here.

For acting overall, I have minimal complaints and at this point I am just nitpicking. There's just one thing that irks me a little and it's that, I know we can be loud sometimes, a lot of the times, but some scenes felt slightly off in delivery. If I had directed those particular scenes I would have asked for a softer and quieter voice but these scenes were very few, and isn't really a comment on acting and more just nitpicking at how well the audio equipment works, especially since I cannot specifically think of a scene to put as an example.




Soundtrack:

I love the artist they hired for the soundtrack, this felt very sincere. I've watched series where the soundtrack feels very different to the series and doesn't quite suit it because it is the actors singing and not professional singers, not that this is a bad thing, but the artists they called in for the soundtrack felt very considered.




Directing:

About the overall writing for the series, I felt there has been some unnecessary dialogue and scenes that didn’t need to be there, but perhaps this is just the style of directing I prefer; stories that do not say everything so obviously.

I feel the scenes from the past are slightly dragged sometimes when what they were portraying was already stated or didn't need to be included. It felt more like making sure the actors got the screen time rather than sincerely storytelling. Again, perhaps this is just because of my preference, in which case, I would say this type of storytelling hasn't been for me at times. Particularly scenes with Khemika. The scene where she was crying about how she should have waited longer, it didn't feel needed.

And some scenes where characters are by themselves, sometimes their self-conversations feel unnecessary, especially in one part when Khem was talking to himself, I felt it didn't need dialogue. But these are such little minimal things.

There is one thing that has been bothering me up until now, though. Something that particularly shows on the lead actors, especially NP, I feel as though there is a slight blur over their faces? Like a filter, which can be quite distracting in some scenes where their faces cover a lot of the screen. It feels like they have been filtered to look perfect in contrast with the supporting actors who haven't been given the same treatment. So it's a bit strange to see because I feel I cannot see their faces clearly. And I sometimes get the impression that it trickles down into the acting as well. Like their facial expressions and emotional delivery is slightly subdued in order to keep this type of filtered image. I'm not sure but sometimes, and I mean sometimes, everything feels so pretend, like they are obviously acting and not actually immersed in the character because they have to follow this perfect image. I've seen some other directors work like this, where actors cannot be seen to fall out of this flawless image so acting seems slightly off sometimes. If any of this even makes sense. I haven't listed this under the acting heading deliberately because it feels a little bit more on the director's shoulders than the actor's, but I would have to see the main cast in other projects with different directors to know this. I would also need to see them act out proper crying scenes because I love when actors seem like they are not afraid of showing an "uglier" expression.




Rewatch Value:

As for rewatch value, at the moment I cannot really tell. I will reevaluate when I have completed the whole series (which might be long after it has officially stopped airing, which is why I am writing this now because I'll need to read back how I felt watching the first 7eps)

One things I love is the inclusion of a real artistic group in ep.7, though I do not know much information about this inclusion. I also love the dedication by the whole team to represent the story, seems there is good attention to detail here, and this adaption feels sincere in its attempt to tell a story with so many elements without getting all confusing and lacking in strength. So I feel I could definitely rewatch this especially if they keep up these types of elements where they don't feel like additions but feel intertwined in a pleasant way that gives them richness.




Breakdown as of ep.7:
Story - 8
Acting/Casting - 9
Soundtrack - 9
Rewatch Value - 7

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Opinion for 1 episode

Honestly, it's quite sad how the fandom culture is affecting BLs too.

--RANTING--
Fans over rate while haters down rate just to prove who is better or not. Some people don't even feel confotable sharing their opinions because if it's positive, haters attack and if it's negative the fandom paints you as a hater.

Look, no one is obligated to like or dislike the same stuff, okay?
For example, I'm someone that has media from all sides since forever, so of course I will consider all I watch during my life to base my opinion.
I get that fans want to focus in isolating the series to give an opinion, but that's unfair to the artists. I'm sure they know people will judge their work, like any other, so why be so annoying when people complain?

Yes the series is not all bad, but to paint it as a masterpiece from episode 1 is ridiculous?
How many times we don't see fandoms doing it and later complaining about the series? If right now I feel that the series is nothing much, just fandom hype, just let me feel like this. If later anything changes, I will update here.

Till there, I would like people to stop this kind of stupid wars in review sites, because I want honest reviews, not fan wars here too.
Let's be more mature and stop overselling or overattacking.

If you are reading it and you are not in a fandom, just feel free to watch or not depending of what you like. It's clear that BL fandoms are using sites like this to fight and we can't trust anything now.

--OPINION--
As for my opinion, I will be simple:

- Story okay, nothing outstanding from 1 episode so far.
- Acting okay-ish, the khemjira guy is clearly a newbie so I hope he improves during the series or else it will be bad since he may appear the most.
- Ghosts are okay, just a few that don't pass a vibe that they are ghosts but zombies.
- Effects are not bad, but could be better in certain moments.
- I love some terror stuff, so right now I'm not feeling much of it yet as I would like. Let's see if that improves.

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The production, the focus on the thai culture, the foreshadowing, the sprinkle of humour and damn the chemistry is chemistrying. Forget thai or bl this is one of the best shows I've ever seen. The subtle glances and gestures that speak of longing betwen the leads, the push and pull, the expressions are just a masterclass in acting and direction. Por Kro is an excellent actor and Khem complements him beautifully. Charn and Jet playing the friends trying to help their friend but haplessly trying to figure out their own lives is lovely. I love that there's bit of clues to the origins of the curse as well as their past lives. It's a case of show don't tell that just makes for an incredibly entertaining watch. They've deviated from the novel to add more drama and romance, but it all makes it even better. MUST MUST WATCH

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Horror, mystery and romance

Its a drama rich with culture and spirituality, So far it has an interesting story based around a curse and a mysterious man "Peem" who we don't know much about yet except hes some sort of shaman with powers to ward off evil spirits. "Khem" is going through a rough time as his amulet is loosing its power and horrifying spirits are tormenting him wherever he goes.

The makeup and special effects are high quality especially on the ghosts, The cinematography is really nice showing the darker scenes and the bus scene in ep one really well. Peem starts out as cold and not interested in khem even though he knows he is cursed to die. I am curious where their relationship will lead and the dynamics in store for us.

The first episode has some jump scares and is overall quite creepy, I am curious to see how they will blend the horror and the romance going forward.

ep 3: I'm very surprised by this so far, i didn't expect to like it this much, I love the past flashbacks showing the female Khem which explains why that ghost in uniform keeps stalking him in present day. There's still alot more they need to explain and I'm seated.

ep 7: best episode yet, and the love scenes + tension are serving.

ep 8: an extra long almost 2 hour episode with great story, a beautiful intimate scene and a dramatic/scary ending. So far the writers and director have done a great job living up to our expectations.

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Curses, Ghosts, and a Love That Defies Death

Wow — what a strong start to the series! Episode 1 was over an hour long, but it flew by without a single boring second. Every scene kept me completely engaged.

Khemjira — my first BL that mixes ghost/horror with romance — yes, please! And I’m so glad it’s not another high school or university trope.

The music was great, the ghost effects were realistic, the acting was spot on, and the cinematography had such a fresh, polished feel — not cringey at all. The flashbacks were beautifully done, and the explanation of why the family is cursed — and why the mother gave the male lead a girl’s name, Khemjira — tied perfectly into the title.

My prediction? Changing his name to a girl’s name won’t break the curse. But if Khemjira, as a boy, falls in love with another boy, that might be what finally breaks it. Just my guess since I haven’t read the novel — but no way the main lead is dying before he turns 21. Also, Khem and Peem’s first meeting felt so natural — glad we’re not dealing with yet another “accidental first kiss” trope.

One of the most emotional moments was when Khem rescued that little boy. His father was an abusive alcoholic and drug addict — starving him, hitting him, even chaining him up. Khem saw the boy’s ghost mother and helped her save her son. That scene had so few words, but it was executed so powerfully. Now, the ghost mother can rest in peace. My guess is her death was caused by the abusive husband, which explains why she lingered around her son.

It seems like the rest of the 11 episodes will each focus on different ghosts or spirits and uncover the stories behind their deaths — and I’m so excited for it.

Warning: Do NOT watch this alone at 2 a.m. I did because that’s when it aired in my time zone — big mistake. Next time, I’m watching in broad daylight… with the volume cranked up for the full experience.

Yet another excellent Thai 🇹🇭 BL. Can’t wait for the next 11 weeks!

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