Khemjira

Love the visuals and effects! The ending was super fulfiling and completed.

First of all. If you are a scaredy cat like me for horror movies , skip those scary parts but persist to continue watching. Some parts cant be help as the scary supernatural part is part of the story. Is crucial. But just half open ur eyes haha

2nd . Chemistry is amazing , eyes are very expressive especially the longing and the pain. I wish the main couple had more expressive moments cause i feel 1 is too shy and the other held back too much but can be understandable from their positions and experience.

The second couple chemistry and interactions is natural n pure so is very light hearted to watch

3rd thing i like about the show is how it is all explained in the end. The questions are answered and certain things are made clear and explained. When we watch the show , there is bound to be moments where we feel that certain people should have or not have done certain things . But it is all for a reason... be patient with the plot and the rationale behind it

4th is all the effects and costume and subtle things to show the powers or intensity like glowing tattoo or the eyes the blood the veins etc . Subtle details that added alot of levels and contrast

5th the culture , the respect , the authenty of the whole show... i dont know much before watching but after watching this , it really reminds ourselves to always be mindful and why our actions whether selfish or self defence or even out of love may hurt someone or affect someone unintentionally .

6th the music and the link to the actors actions and video edit is amazing. (Spoiler) example the lyrics is like will always be with you i promise - then they hook pinkies. Or like its a seperation or fighting for each other scene n the music just matches so well with the lyrics. Usually its just the ost that means something by default but the acting continue as normal. But this show makes me feel like the scenes are coming alive n following the lyrics.

7th the actors and actresses visuals are off the roof (i love tattoos too so yes im bias) hahahaha

1 thing i dont like is how some misunderstandings could have been avoided or not dragged for too long with just open and honest communication. Like overall speed wise for the 1st couple could be faster but yes understandable that there were alot of concerns . The uncertainty and master's position and duty also make us confuse on whether they can do what they wish to.

More things you may like or dislike ,watch the show ;)

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The chemistry was chemistrying, but the romance wasn’t romancing for the main couple

As someone who's been dipping my toes into the Thai BL dramas for a few years, I have been expecting a lot more from Khemjira. Let me tell you, this series had me feeling some pretty mixed emotions.

On one hand, I truly enjoyed watching the rich cultural and supernatural elements woven throughout the story. The show's deep dive into Thai mythology, shamanism, and the paranormal was a refreshing change of pace from the typical BL fare.

It was like a crash course in fascinating local folklore, and I ate it up. The production quality was also top-notch, with the longer episode runtime allowing the narrative to unfold at a more leisurely pace. As someone who appreciates a slow burn, I definitely liked that we had a lot of fleshed out scenes.

However, despite all these enticing aspects, I have to admit that Khemjira didn't quite live up to the hype for me. When I saw that rating here was 8.8, I was really expecting something extra extraordinary, especially in the romance department.

And the biggest issue I had with the drama is the lack of properly developed romance between the main leads, Khem and Peem. While their connection was rooted in a past-life narrative, the present-day development of their relationship felt incomplete and almost one-sided. Khem, in particular, came across as a passive and rather uninteresting character, failing to garner my sympathy and investment in his journey.

Khem's character development, or lack thereof was very disappointing. Of course, I did not expect from him to be doing some unnatural acrobatics, but he was reduced to cooking and washing dishes. He didn't seem to have any other interests. I think if the storyline about him being into art was developed a little bit more that would probably make him at least a bit more interesting.

Compared to Knockout," where the physically weaker protagonist actively participates in problem-solving and team efforts, Khem's passivity and reliance on others felt frustrating. As a viewer, I found it challenging to root for a character who seemed to be merely a "damsel in distress" rather than an active participant in his own story. I basically agree with everyone that I have seen said the same thing about the character.

Acting:

Keng’s performance of the shaman was a particular highlight. His Master was way too believable. I also am not going to put down Namping’s acting because I think he had to work with whatever was in the script. And as I have mentioned above, his character was not written very well. So I am not going to compare their acting because I haven't seen them in any other drama before.


In contrast, the secondary couple's storyline felt much more well-rounded and engaging, with a stronger sense of chemistry and emotional investment. This disparity between the main and supporting narratives was a bit jarring. I mean, the writers missed an opportunity to truly capitalize on the potential of the central romance.

NC scenes: they were well done, especially Charn and Jet’s scene. I thought it was the best one of the series. The NC in the final episode for lead couple wasn’t as good as the first scene they had in the earlier episode. But that’s just me.

Let’s put it this way: the chemistry was chemistrying, but the romance wasn’t romancing for the lead couple.


That being said, I did like the series for its bold departure from the traditional BL formula. Its cultural depth and production value is great, but ultimately the drama falls short in the crucial area of the well-developed romance between the main characters. While it may not have lived up to the hype for me, the series still offers a unique and thought-provoking experience. With more attention to the main character development and a stronger central romance it could have been a 15 out of ten for me. It's still worth a watch if you like slow burn.

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Past and present dance until they collide.

This is a tough show to rate because my feelings about Khemjira are a bit scattered right now.
Yes, I know he’s very loved — hey, I know!

If I rated the series solely on its horror elements, it would be a one-star watch. There’s nothing that gives me the creeps, makes me look over my shoulder at night, makes me sleep with the lights on, or makes me afraid to peek out the window.
That said, I can’t judge an entire show just on the creep factor. After all, horror is only a small part of the whole story.

But It’s a Love Story

And you know what? If you’re looking for a romance with a ghostly backdrop, it’s actually quite good. It’s about love that doesn’t look the way we expect — and about the quiet, stubborn courage it takes to keep existing fully in a world that keeps trying to erase you.

The romance is definitely more of a slow burn, but I feel like it had the perfect pacing and just the right balance between friendship and chemistry.
The characters themselves were fascinating, each shaped by rich and complex backstories that made them feel alive.

Peem
On the outside, he’s cool, composed, maybe even hard to read.
But inside? There’s ache. There’s hope — the kind that shapes his drive, like he’s always chasing something just out of reach.
Khem’s connection with him isn’t just romantic — it’s liberating. It gives him permission to be soft, to feel deeply, without losing his edge.

Khem
Oooo, boy… He shows that bravery isn’t about being unafraid of what others fear — it’s about being afraid and doing it anyway.

I loved Chan and Jet. Especially Chan — a man of action.
I love words of affirmation, but I’m a sucker for acts of service — those little things that show love without needing to say it out loud.

The show starts off strong, and the final episodes are great too.
The middle, though, has its ups and downs when it comes to keeping my attention.
And while the ending was powerful and satisfying, it was also a bit predictable.I just wanted one more twist — something to make me gasp, even if just once more.

So… looking back, I should’ve known my expectations were too high. This is a love story, after all. But the heart wants what it wants — and mine wanted a scary ghost story.

Still, I can’t deny it: this is a incredible show. Flawed, yes. But full of heart.

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afraid that my standards will be so high after this

let’s be honest , one of the best BL series out there. very well done and such great quality, i’m so impressed:

-Interesting story, mystery, and a bit of horror (mostly ep 1 about jumpscares, later not much ), gorgeous mls.
-both the first and second couples got a good amount of screen time.
-a satisfying ending.
-i love how they focused on the characters as people, not just their romances. each character got their own time and space to be explored.
-CharnJet :i love their vibe together so much, so fun and adorable together.
-Ramphueng, I can never hate her. i really appreciate how they portrayed her as more than just a ‘villain.’ you can see her as a person, understand her pain and reasons, she almost made me cry two times.

i truly hope they make more bls with this level of quality , it feels so refreshing.

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Episode 8 Made Me Write This Review

I don’t usually write reviews, but Episode 9 of Khemjira (the double episode / 2-hour special) left me no choice — it was that good.

This episode contained everything a BL watcher hopes for and more. Even though Khemjira is technically a horror BL, it hasn’t relied on jump scares up to now. Instead, Episode 9 was a perfect mix of funny, emotional, lovable, exciting and genuinely scary moments. It gave us progress in both the main leads and the second couple, revealed important backstory, showcased amazing chemistry, and still managed to end on a heart-stopping cliffhanger.

This is the episode that truly made the show. It reminded me why we all tuned into Khemjira in the first place — and why we’re proud to call ourselves Khemjira fans. 10/10.

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Boring dragging

This BL series promised a horror story well… they delivered, but not in the way you’d expect…

The story revolves around Khem, a boy born into a cursed family, and when he turns 21, he's supposed to die at the hands of the vengeful Ramphueng... I found the story extremely boring. Each episode is almost two hours long, but none of them have enough content to fill that time. This BL is that classic type, as deep as a saucer; none of the characters have a mother, father, grandmother, nephew, uncle, cousin, or even a dog. I know that in many BLs these family members can annoy us, but they help to fill the time... The story lacked both horror and romance, especially with the main couple, who have zero chemistry. Plus, neither of them can act, especially Namping. His character is supposed to be dying at any moment, but can you feel that in his expressions? Of course not In the middle of the story, he tried to justify that the 20-year-old character would not know how to kiss. but who at 20 years old doesn’t know how to kiss someone? I clearly didn’t buy that excuse. I hope this isn’t the next Pond and Phuwin from DMD... And this company loves to annoy the audience with that irritating trope in BLs, where one plays the bottom, always being saved by the other, who plays the top, the strong, stoic one with no apparent emotions. They’ve done this with Zeenunew and all the other couples from this company, zzzzz. The story is shallow and pointless. When they told the backstory of the character Ramphueng, I felt no empathy at all. I was already extremely irritated and tired of the whole thing. And what was Net’s character even doing in the story? The ending was completely anticlimactic and dull. I’d give it a 0. I would never watch this again.

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Boring

First, I'll talk about the performances: Tle and FirstOne: they are far from Denzel Washington or Adam Driver's performances, but I think they didn't compromise and were the best part of this BL.

Keng: just a pretty face making a face like he ate something he didn't like the whole time, wooden performance.
Namping: played the character that gives the story its name, null performance, doesn't know how to show any kind of human emotion, anger, pain, suffering, joy. *He also doesn't know how to kiss, unlike other actors in that company.

Green Ausadaporn: definitely the best performance.

In my opinion, the problem with this BL is that it didn't have enough story to fill an hour-long episode. The character Khen is cursed and needs help to break the curse, but Keng's master character says he won't help for some reasons, which are the famous obstacles of romance stories, and even so, the character remains close to the master doing many nothing and annoying the viewer in the process. Very boring and tedious story. Then at a certain point we discover that they had some connections in past lives, so you wonder, are they together because of their past lives or not? It's the kind of cliché I don't like, it seems that the characters are together just because they had some kind of connection in the past.

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It doesnt get any better than this

Story – Exceptionally complex and rich in detail, told from beginning to end without leaving out a single thing. Every question finds its answer; nothing is left hanging. The antagonist has a deeply tragic backstory that allows you to understand her — something rarely achieved. The entire process is explained, from the very beginning of their first life, with perfect pacing. The story develops naturally from the first day onward; nothing is rushed. You’re given the time to feel every emotion, right up to the ending, which is complete, meaningful, and deeply satisfying.

Quality – The cinematography, costume design, and CGI are flawless — something that’s rarely seen even in mainstream series, let alone in a BL production.

Music – Every song was created and performed by the actors themselves, and each one is exceptional — emotional, powerful, and beautifully produced. They’re the kind of songs people would listen to even outside the context of the series.

Acting – Starting with the leads:

Namping portrayed a character who is emotionless, frightened, and very young — someone who could easily have come off as dull — yet he made you want to protect and love him. Truly mesmerizing.

Keng brought to life a shaman who seems cold at first but is actually yearning for love and peace — his performance left me speechless.

Tie and Firstone were both incredible: playful, loyal, brave, and full of love — their chemistry and warmth were unforgettable.

Ramphueng gave an Oscar-worthy performance. She made us hate her for the terrible things her character did to innocent people, yet by the end, you find yourself wishing her happiness and peace because of how much pain and emotion she conveyed.

All the supporting actors were outstanding in their own ways — from the grandmother who radiates warmth and love, to the two children whose talent is astonishing for their age, to the brother and sister who appeared briefly yet felt so real and grounded. Every single actor contributed something unique and heartfelt.

Message – The series carries a rare and powerful message: that persistence, courage, understanding, care, and love truly conquer all.

This is not just a story or a show — it’s a feeling. It stays with you forever and raises the standard not only for BL dramas or Asian television, but for storytelling and filmmaking worldwide.

Bravo to everyone involved — you deserve an Oscar.

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The sum of Karma

The costume design for the show is really good, particularly for it's various period settings, they look the best that I've seen in any Thai drama so far. The lighting and color grading provides a gorgeous look. Sadly they are wasted by the other two immensely important aspects of the overall cinematography and atmosphere, the photography and editing which doesn't know how to create horror, atmospheric, or emotional tension with the static shot framing and stagnant edit pacing. Paran being sucked into the earth looked cool, Jet getting possessed and pulling over the bridge, as well as Khem getting possessed was good. Basically the white contact lenses and ghoul make up really give a fantastic lofi but strongest effect. Those are a rare few times the horror finally clicks, but the track record make them accidents rather than intentional.

There is no punctuation to what should be key emotional moments. Other shows do it too much, but here they just don't do anything. The green actors are directed well enough. The show's sluggish pace works best in miring in the emotion like when Khem presents a meal for his spectral mom. I do appreciate the balance of seriousness and humor in the tone of the series though it completely the feeling of tension that should exist in this type of story and I do see the attempt though they can't quite reach it. I also see the attempt to convey the emotion within the nc scenes and not just be fanservice. Some of them definitely could have been or needed to be edited to be a lot shorter .

Paran is already stunning as a young modern day shaman, but he was even more gleaming and every bit the ethereal visuals of a deity in his past life. He tries to keep a boundary between their past lives current selves, but it can't help but overlap for Paran who already memories and feelings of the past before anyone else. Every life is a different person, you make the choices that you can in the specific situation that you are in, yet the karma is cumulative be it good or bad. Paran receives kindness from a fellow deity that lives on from his past life, giving him his past life's godly weapon. Paran's past life Wat's brother who caused past life lady Khem's death with his obsession towards her also came back to help empower Paran in the final fight. Khem's past life despite being a child was one of the people that horrifically wronged Ramphueng that set off centuries of woe though in his current life and as an adult he would not have made that same decision. It's sweet that Thong and Ake is reborn into kids that were adopted by Paran and Khem and Paran will bear eating the spiciest food to not disappoint them despite being so strict with them and also Jet when they were his spirit and human disciples restrictively. He is the softest dad and Khem is probably the main disciplinarian dad.

The first episode starts with an interesting idea that sadly went nowhere with Khem using his curse as a gift to do good. His ability to see ghost saved a child living across from him from an abusive situation as well as the ghost's soul. That would have been cool if Khem got to do more of that as he solved the mystery of his curse. Khem is strongest as a character and in his element outside of his romance plot when he's with his schoolmates. He speaks up and out for himself for and to others. He's really good at art, which also doesn't come into play at any point except for getting a job teaching it at the end. Art degree coming through with an additional income for the family of four. It's lovely that Paran and Khem talk about registering their marriage and going on to have a happy family. The Thai legalization of gay marriage is still so recent and such an amazing human rights win.

The second couple are less supernaturally confused being they were already drawn to each other before any memories of their past lives come into play. They are just regular 20 year olds who have never dated before confused. They are also a good contrast with Khem who is more femme in demeanor because that's just the way Khem is and not because his past life was a femme woman because so were Jet and Charn. Charn's vision seems to be getting worse since his past life though, which is some kind of weird karrma. What did he do to wrong the vision gods? The scene where the fieldtrip club members was fawning over Charn when his glasses fell off was silly. He looks better with his glasses on. The show tried to keep the product placement as organically blended into the scenes as they can while still highlighting it. Charn dropping The Face Shop bag in slow motion is one of the best dramatic use of the product placement I've seen so far.

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Might be the best series I've watched in a long time...

I don't often leave reviews on series but this one deserves my time. Amazing...TRULY AMAZING. I was hooked from the very beginning, and my attachment and interest in the series only grew over the episodes. The entire plot was perfectly formed and executed throughout the series. Each character was beautifully written and thought out to give us endearing souls. Ramphueng was for me a perfect villain with the most painful backstory, who redeemed herself at the end. People may say that her end wasn't the best but personally it was exactly how I imagined it, she deserved her "happy" ending too...
As for the romance part, it was perfectly executed too. I saw many people saying that the slow burn was waaay too long, but I think that it gave time to both of the couples to really forge a strong and passionate bond. And also I'm happy that it was, of course, part of the curse plot BUT that it didn't take over it.
The whole cast was made in heaven, every single actor had their place and added a unique touch to the series. Very refreshing acting from everyone, especially Keng and Namping whose next projects I am eagerly awaiting. As well as Tle and Firstone whose chemistry also was of the chart, very pure and beautiful.
And of course, how could I end this without talking about the whole visual aspect of the series...As a huge cinematography fan, this entire production was a blessing to the eyes : the sets all came out of paradise, same goes to the entire visuals/magic effects and THE COLORIMETRY ??

So yes, dare I say this is the best series of 2025 and THE series that's changing and shaking the whole BL world

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Really hope this is the new standard for BL!!

I LOVE that they wrapped up the Rhampeung stuff within the first half an hour and spent the rest on the aftermath. Her stuff really didn't need to be dragged further. Charnjet were so cute ahhhhh!! Also peemkhem, omg my heart. THE WAY THONG AND AKE CAME BACK AS THEIR KIDS WAS SO ADORABLE!!!! ? I really really loved this series so so much. I actually feel contempt with this. Like ususally I am so sad because they resolve the issue and by the time that's done, we only get to see the characters for another 10-20mins. This was lovely though. It didn't feel rushed or dragged out. I'll miss them so so much though, it doesn't need a special ep but I would love one ? What a wonderful series. I really didn't expect anything going into this and feel like I won the lottery lmao. Hoping that other bls take notes on this series because wow. I love it with all my heart. So creative, and beautiful, and ahhh just I can't even put my feelings into words because it was just that amazing. I'll really really miss this series. I fell in love with the ost's, the characters, the storyline, the chemistry... It will be so hard to find another series like this, but right now I am so glad to be alive to have witnessed this beautiful piece haha. The gl storyline was so good too ahhh (honestly, I really enjoyed all the backstories) . The whole thing with the wedding and all that, Jin asking if there is a time where the same gender could get married... ahhh all of it was just so so good. They did such a good job I can't believe it ? This series made me laugh, cry, squeal, jump, all the possible emotions out there. I feel so thankful for all the emotions and moments this series has given me, from actually watching it, to discussing it with my friends. It was truly wonderful. I have watched a lot of bus, from really trashy ones, to genuinely good ones. But damn, this one really blew my mind. I had a wonderful time watching this, and I hope to see many more amazing series like this in the future, it will be hard, but I really hope it does happen. There are many more things that I could mention, because this series has so so many amazing features and I would be talking forever if I started, so I'll leave it at this. I feel like you could really tell that everybody involved put a lot of care and thought into this, and it really paid off.

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