Ossan's Love Thailand (2025)

Overview of the series & 10 overall but...

I am the audience means : I like EarthMix, and I like comedy series which are funny, doesn't hurt any community sentiment, culture, color. It's rare to find a good comedy bl series since people love "dark, edgy, moody, dramatic romance, 18+" plots and throw all comedy in a "cringe box". (I guess people don't want happiness lol). Sure there are some workplace issues but that's the whole point of the character, who doesn't know how to handle rejection & still tries to pursue, and the realisation.

In terms of acting I'll always praise EarthMix for trying out of the box characters and complete 180° change from the dramatic and less expression roles they usually get, which boxed them into mature, old characters and mistaking them as older actors, especially Earth, typecasted him hard as poor penniless guy working hard to make ends meet. Hope they always impress me with different out of box characters and roles and not stick to roles/characters that viewers usually demand from them.
The way Earth carried Heng as a character was so on point, as he said in an interview that he doesn't want to copy totally from the original but wanted to try giving a new essence to his character, and he did. Heng is not Haruta, Haruta is not Heng. People may think why would anyone love Heng, sure his IQ is low for adults but in terms of emotional intelligence he is mature, he is compassionate, full of empathy, no grudge, no bitter feelings for anyone, And when it comes to his feelings and love, he is more brave and expressive and will do anything to make his partner happy and loved.
But these kind and empathetic qualities are the reasons why Heng finds it hard to say "NO" even though he is uncomfortable at situations, also because of the huge respect he has for Boss and the workplace dynamics.

Mix as Mo did his part well as anxious, insecure, silent yearner who loves Heng for years and suddenly that feeling gets reciprocated. He was understanding, gave space to Heng and never forced him to accept Mo, even after he confessed first to Heng. He was cute throughout the series, gave us the painful scene with Heng, but I expected more from his character especially in the last episode, I wanted a change, bravery and growth in Mo fighting for his love in the last episode, like he did in episode 1 but 😮‍💨.

Shakrit Yamnam is the veteran, and the team selected him as Boss for a reason for his excellence in acting. To people out there saying they enjoyed the Boss more, you will obviously enjoy it since he's the central character of this series. Ossan Love literally means "old man's love" so Shakrit is the central character, of his journey finding love at old age and how he behaves on it. And he seriously brought so much fun, especially the scene fighting between his Heaven and Hell persona 😁.
Other characters also did justice to their roles. I have no complaints.
Cameos are brought just for fun and not for comparison though 😉

I like all the music of the series, each song's lyrics have aligned to the series plot and for people to know: the opening song of the series is a Thai traditional wedding call, sure you may find it annoying since it's unfamiliar to your culture, but they start "Hoo aew" that way.
The flash mob song "Until" is the cutest for me, I don't care if my partner can't dance like Michael Jackson, but he's dancing and doing things for me to propose and I'll just jump at him and cry and accept him right away.

In terms of story I will give 8.5 because I was enjoying the series till episode 11 last minute. Last minute of episode 11 and the final episode made me reduce the stars. I really expected something to change in the last episode and the amnesia plot was unnecessary. If they removed that part and followed the last episode completely same to the japanese version, it would have been better. Because that part made Heng in the worst situation + even his lover didn't fight for him. The last part of final episode covered up the mess of the first half of the final episode.

Certain series have a certain kind of audience which people find its comfort zone watching this, and this series is one of them for me.
Just like the Japanese original version I have given 10 since I enjoyed watching it. No one was expecting this series to be a groundbreaking, award farming series having the best plot, we need unserious mindless and carefree series and this is one of them.
Calling this series the worst of all bl is an overreach by many viewers here. It just means you are not the audience who enjoys comedy series. The trailers, vibes, posters, songs, everything is shown as comedy on the top. So getting fumed with anger and going pitchforks on HR violations, workplace violations, workplace harassment for this series is so out of place. Sure these are issues in reality, but pointing all these in the comedy series will instead change the mood and tone of the series & instead it'll be a horror/thriller.

I would still recommend Ossan's Love Thailand to people who want to watch comedy series as a break from the usual series that bls keep giving every time.
For the original Ossan's Love fans, you will not be able to enjoy watching if your mind will always have the comparison meter.
Hence try watching in an open mind.

And if you are a die hard of EarthMix and a part of fandom, you will surely enjoy this since you will be fed with things you were deprived from their previous series. Their cutest relationship dating phase + uncountable kisses + cute EarthMix + flash mob by Heng + the meta references of their previous series and their in real life relationship.

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A Little Too Silly

Honestly, I only watched this show for EarthMix. I'm not typically the biggest fan of this style of comedy, and I've found that Thai adaptations of Japanese BLs typically don't quite land for me. So it didn't surprise me when I found myself not super invested in this show. I LOVE Earth and Mix in their more serious and dramatic roles (Moonlight Chicken, ToTS), and I think their comedic characters in this one just didn't quite do it for me.

Heng (Earth) is the worst real estate consultant at his office. When Mo (Mix) transfers to his branch, the two move in together. However, when Heng learns that both Mo and his boss have feelings for him, he's stuck trying to figure out his own feelings (and why they would like someone like him).

This show was pure comedy. It was silly and goofy and pretty fun. However, it just felt like so much back and forth. I kept waiting for the show to have a little more depth, and instead they threw in a random amnesia plotline. If you're a big fan of EarthMix and want something lighter from them, give this a shot - but if you're like me and prefer their more serious characters, you could probably skip this one.

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Hit or miss? This series missed for me.

I've already watched 10 out of the 12 episodes, and honestly, it's not that bad, but it's not good either.

.ᐟ Liked
- EarthMix
- Cameos
- Boss finally loving himself
- Mr. Saturnworld (so cute!)
- Heng and Mo outing their relationship to comfort the idol couple.

.ᐟ Disliked
- Some of the comedy just doesn't hit for me, most of it comes out unfunny/cringe.
- Earth looks older in the flashback?
- So many things happening.
- Had too much focus on other love interests in the starting episodes.
- Boss was already rejected yet still kept going, same goes to Ten.
- There are some scenes/characters that are a bit unnecessary. (E.g. The Daughter; what did she even add to the plot aside from the motivation she gives her father?)

I'm quite sad because this series started out well, but after episode 2/3 things just went downhill for me. It felt like there were a lot of random filler scenes just so they could stretch out the series to 12 episodes when in fact all of that, without all the other unnecessary scenes, would be enough to fit 8. I'm still going to finish the series, but unfortunately, I think this is one of the first EM series that just missed.

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crack comedy that didn't work for me

Overall: had the crack comedy/overacting feel but I did not laugh as much as I had hoped. I have watched all of the previous Ossan's Love live action series/movies but tried to review this series on its own merits. 12 episodes about 50 minutes each. Aired on GMMTV's YouTube channel https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLszepnkojZI63DZX1W9UTHeCiGDumJxch&si=gtEBAtl0tBrY42OU ; re-aired in April 2025 on Viki https://www.viki.com/tv/40922c-ossans-love-thailand

Content Warnings: non con kiss, non con picture taking, harassment, past death, threatened violence, fight, blood

Watch Suggestions (if the comedy isn't working for you and to center on the m/m sweet moments)
- episodes 1-3 (likely won't be re-watching to suggest timings)
- episode 4 watch part 1: 5:30-7 and part 4 1:30-5 and 12:55
- episode 5 watch part 2 1:40-end and part 4 12-end
- episode 6 watch part 2 6:30-11:20 and part 4 8:40-end
- watch episode 7
- episode 8 part 1 watch beginning-8 and 9:45-16 and watch part 4 7:40-end
- episode 9 part 1 start at 2 minutes, part 2 beginning-3 and 5:35-7, part 4 8:15-11:25
- episode 10 part 3 watch 9-end, part 4 2-9:30
- episode 11 part 4 watch beginning-13:40
- episode 12 part 3 watch 18:30-end, watch all of part 4

What I Liked
- seeing Earth & Mix again and that they switched character types that they normally play
- chuckled a couple times like the monk scene in EP 1
- Moonlight Chicken character cameos and other references in ep 2
- sweet/caring moments
- cameo from original series
- musical number at the end of episode 12

Room For Improvement
- didn't laugh at most jokes
- love triangle with too much focus on the boss
- Mo had zero spine so it was difficult to root for him/their relationship
- in episode 4 the daughter was too old to be acting like that so it came across as cringey/annoying instead of funny
- lip presses
- the time skip
- trope at the end of episode 11

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Pésima adaptación

Una pésima adaptación lo único que puedo rescatar es el actor que hace del jefe,que fue el único personaje al que le respetaron la personalidad,no llega a ser tan intenso como el original japonés pero mantiene la esencia
Earth,como Hen sobreactuado de principio a fin ,para nada creíble,y su personaje convertido en un total inútil
Mix como Mo (suspiró)lo que hicieron con su personaje es lo peor, lo convirtieron es un estupido que vivía huyendo,hasta el final no hizo absolutamente nada más que huir
Y el resto del cast brillaba por su ausencia,salvo por algunas miserables escenas que les daban cuando se acordaban que existían,pero ninguno de ellos eran graciosos,ni tenía alguna escena o momento memorable,Ten por ejemplo me pareció un poco desagradable,Chicha la amiga de Heng,otro personaje irrelevante que no le dieron ni un segundo de protagonismo,cuando en la original si tiene su momento donde le confiesa a haruta sus sentimientos,pero acá decidieron borrar todo eso,y dejarla como otro personaje decorativo y ni hablar del personaje de Meow que de la nada se casa,dándonos el momento del canto que nunca debe faltar en un Bl tailandés
Pero lo peor de todo es ese personaje que se inventaron, la hija del jefe,un personaje totalmente estupido,que no aportó absolutamente nada interesante,al contrario era insoportable cada vez que aparecía,que por suerte no fue tanto porque como dije todos lo personajes eran irrelevantes,lo único que importaba era ver a heng y mo en alguna escena romántica
Como dije pésima adaptación en mi opinión,con mucho relleno estupido y sin sentido para poder llenar 12 capítulos

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