Century of Love

What a fun show!

This is a very pretty drama about a young man who fell in love with a nice girl 100 years ago, and when she died in his arms, he was cursed to live until he could meet her reborn self. Only this time around, she’s reborn into the body of a man. Or is she?

I love it when Thailand gets all up in its own historical business and reincarnation and shizz. I like this pair (it’s not DaouOffroad’s fault I didn’t enjoy their first series.) Daou’s wushu is snazzy and we got a unique meet cute. (Erm… Remeet cute? Meet cute 2.0?)

Ultimately, this is I Feel You Linger in the Air + First Love Again, rather than (as one might expect) Until We Meet Again or The Director Who Buys Me Dinner.

The leads turned in great performances, although Daou outclassed everybody else on that screen by making us really believe he's over 100 years old.

It’s a good story and a great BL and I can’t find any major faults with it beyond a certain level of camp that is endemic to lakorns. I’m going to give it credit as the kind of BL that one could safely recommend to lovers of melodrama and historical romance, without having to qualify it as “good for a BL.”

This was, to put it succinctly, a VERY ENJOYABLE show.

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I just finished watching the last episode. It was an interesting series, somehow different to the typical high-school/college/university dramas BL dramas, of which especially the Thai industry has produced a ton. Overall the series is watchable, and rather enjoyable. The acting of both lead characters is really very good, with a very good chemistry between them. The secondary cast leaves some skill to be desired, but then again this might be due to director's demands, hard to say. having said this, keep in mind that the acting mainly revolves around whining of one's bad luck, saying how much people love each other, or how greedy people become greedier by the minute. The second kind of acting is simply bad here... I guess, what I'm trying to say, that although I liked it a lot, the versatility of acting skills is quite low, so yeah, very good but sort of boring.

The series kept my uninterrupted attention approximately up until the 7th episode, then it started becoming an emotional dragging, I kept watching out of curiosity what happens in the end. Probably the series would be much better if it was kept shorter (perhaps six episodes), it felt like endless scenes with people whining about their fate (well played, but sort of repeating over and over again), and (and least for my personal taste) too much continuous crying. Additionally there are several logical holes in the story (for example the origin of the descendants of someone who has not have been able to .... use his plumbing..., who is the true reincarnation of Wadfad, how did the bad ill guy come about, etc, etc.

As a whole, the series is not very bad, and can be watched. Nonetheless it does not particularly stand out. Chemistry between the lead characters is excellent, the second characters are caricatured and the plot needs polishing.

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Fun with action but not great.

This series was very interesting. I love the actors and the overall storyline. However I have to say I gave it 7 star rating because I was not at all a fan of Vee. The character smiled and just felt fake throughout the whole series, I don't know why the writers wrote him like he is so overly positive, smiley and yet a lier and thief, very unreal. I especially hate Vee is manipulating them for him personal reason and than plays the victim when San wants to still be with him even after all the drama. His grandmother lived her life now it's time to let go and he needs to know that. It felt like it was a forced relationship throughout the series instead of natural loving. I have to say overall it was a good series . The dynamic of the storyline and the flow of the characters I was hoping to see more growth in them falling in love but everything felt like they were being pushed instead of being natural together. I liked the co-stars. I hate Vee calling San Bro, it sounds wrong. I love the actors and they are good with there acting but it was an overall not the best roles out for the series flow.

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Good Story. Good Acting.

Century of Love is a love story between a man who lived almost for 100 years just to find the reincarnation of his lover who died in his arms but things turned complicated when she turned out to be reincarnated as a man. Now, I am excited for this return of Daou and Offroad together because they are a really good couple and we have seen them really spark so much chemistry together from their first show and they were able to show us a much better range in this one. I am surprised with the acting that they were able to show here because I feel like this is a more mature storyline from what they had before and the writing is also much better than the previous one. This had a more serious tone to it but they were still able to put a lot of cute moments in between especially when the characters are enjoying. Daou’s character is San who lived a long life so he is a more traditional character. This is why him being hesitant to believe that his lover turned into a man is understandable. I don’t think that the character is being prejudice since he never said anything that is against being gay but his character is more concerned that things are more complicated than expected or what he is expecting is not what he received. I understand his hesitation with this and they were really able to handle that well. I like it when things like this make sense and that they are not forcing the chemistry of the characters. The way that this relationship progress is somehow instantaneous but there is a pretty much good reason to it as they were lovers and Offroad’s character who is Wee is dating both men and women. His character’s highlight is not even the relationship with San but his best moments are shared with the grandmother of his in the show. I love the moment when his grandmother is like saying his goodbyes to him and he is just there sobbing. It is such an emotional moment from the show and I feel like it is such an underrated moment as well. The story of this show is more of like weird is some places but it is also talking about their culture which I actually love since we are learning more about them. This is something that we do not get often but we should get more off because they were able to relate the BL storyline so well while comparing modern and traditional values without alienating one from the other. I like this concept that they did because it worked and the characters are all really fun to watch. They had sincerely funny moments and scenes that are just crazy how it happened but let’s be honest and admit that we have seen way worse than this and accepted it so I don’t really mind. I think they were able to use all of the elements well while highlighting so many good things about the story. The actors did an incredible job with their roles and I was not expecting them to be this good actors now. They did not force a long triangle here. It was actually funny and logical how they did it. At the end, I was a fan of Doctor Third and how nice he actually is that I want him to end up with someone. Seriously, this is a good show and they were able to handle the story really well without making it a bit too much. They just added the layers that it needed and nothing was unnecessary. I like it when they do this and it resulted to a really good show to watch.

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Century of Love (for Dr. Third)

Acting:

Pretty solid stuff all around. Offroad and Bright did a good job with most of the scenes especially the beginning and end. Offroad’s portrayal of emotions for grandma were really great. Definitely could use some more realistic portrayal of devastation from Offroad and Bright in a few important scenes, though. The women were fantastic in this. Cookie, Xiang, Tuk, and Kae all did an amazing job. Cookie was real versatile and Xiang was damn good at crying well. But now, I must point out the biggest positive and negative of this series, Pond. I can’t with this man. Not only is his acting absolutely insane top tier, but you cast him to be one of if not the most loveable character in the show??? With those skills and that face?? With that smile and that ability to show depth of emotion??? Ya’ll were crazy for that…

Writing:

It was giving like lowkey The 10th Kingdom-esque vibes for a few bits there and I love that shit. This show definitely surprised me with the plot working so well for most of the show. The only things that reeeeaaly got to me were 1- The timeline. Like 2 months?? No shot. And 2- You made Dr. Third faaar too likeable in comparison to the main man. Like, be so ffr rn. Maybe I’m insane and insanely biased bc of the casting decision, but that character was an absolute gem and outshone San at every turn in the story.

Chemistry/Romance/Kissing:

There was definitely chemistry. It was cutesy but definitely didn’t blow me away. This obviously works as a romance at its core, but again, Dr. Third was too likeable imo. Kissing was good throughout with the exception of the smell “kisses”..? That was a choice

Music/SFX:

Music was… There for sure. Not my favorite music choices in a series by far. And there were a couple scenes where it was supposed to be emotional and the music felt like they pressed play on the wrong button… SFX in the beginning was truly horrendous. Not as bad throughout the rest of the story though.

Overall, I really enjoyed this series. I like a little supernatural plus fated lovers number. It’s my first series seeing both Offroad and Bright acting in general as well as together and I look forward to seeing their next series.

Pond, you can reach me at (+1) 60*-***-****.

Now, for some highlights from my notes:

- SFX team needs to calm down
- No my bb Pond is a villain?? But you can’t make me hate him like that damn
- Pond had like 5 seconds of screentime after he shot girly and he still ate that shit up
- I am once again asking for the SFX team to calm down
- You’ve heard of gay for pay, now we present to you gay for dear life
- Oh my god this Offroad boy is so cuuuute
- Another mother figure in the hospital bc dramas hate a mother figure
- You’ve got quite the imagination to be dreaming like that, my guy
- Lmao that kid’s judging face was a 10/10 on point
- DR POND??? What a blessing to my eyes eeee
- I’m sorry Pond is just so fine my god I want a show where he plays every role just so I can look at him a bit longer plus he would probably give an award-winning performance in every role
- “So what you’re saying is he’s nice to you and I’m mean to you?!” uhh.. Yeah?
- Dr Pond is gonna have to do something real heinous in order for me not to like him. As it stands I’m thinking Vee should switch hubbies
- Did they mean to make episode 5 feel like San is the villain
- Bright is fine as hell but they really did make a mistake casting Pond bc I can’t say no to his smile
- Bro when Offroad smirks my heart skips a beat or 5 good lord
- When did great gramps get smooth like that lol
- “I’m too late again, right?” with that sad little smile.. Dr Pond please just one chance I’ll help you put your heart back together
- Awe San, are we learning how to address and communicate our emotions
- Okay, burnt sienna velvet blazer, I see you
- I’m sensing conflict in 3.. 2.. 1..
- Aaand there it is
- Girly step away from the convenience store right now or so help me
- DR POND please give our boy a warm hug and a loving smile
- DR POND what a guy, this one. 10/10 would recommend
- To be fair, you guys really did not inform him enough about that stone
- …but uhh dr pond is like right there waiting… WHO SAID THAT
- Ju, my giiiirrrrl
- Vad villain era?
- DR POOOND BEST MAN 100000/10 get my man a man to love mutually and beautifully
- San.. San, stfu about Dr Pond dude. He’s only been supportive and loving this whole time. Like, get tf over yourself…He’s done more for Vee in 10 scenes than you have in 200.
- Pond, my guy.. EATINGGGG up every scene I stg
- Why haven’t we tried asking the goddess yet? Like “hey miss girly, would it be chill if we wrap this up with a ceremony with whoever you see fit then I get to be with my boy Vee 5ever?”
- Tbh two months is way too short of a time for all this to be going down… I’d believe 6 maybe
- Sooo.. you’re gonna kill him..?
- So the guy who murdered someone in his past life is an angel and the woman who was an innocent lovely lady in her past life is a murderer? Oh how the turn tables
- Daaaamn girly looking fine as hell in that bar tho
- DR POOOOND BEST MAN
- Wait, hold on.. A FEW weeks? Has it only been a single month so far? I’m lost on the timeline here
- Alright, you got me. This is pretty good. Girlypop villainous liar caught bc she didn’t recognize Dr Pond is p solid
- Alright hold on again, how did Sherbet get out of being arrested and imprisoned..?
- Daaamn okay girly, you kind bad tho fr
- Tbh Sannie 100% could’ve given her a fake stone, how would she know
- Dr Pooond what brings you here, bb
- Schubert needs to go fr
- Bro the response time on these law enforcement officers is BONKERS bad
- That scent kink still going strong, huh
- Vee, come on now… 2 + 2 = what bb?
- IS THIS A PROPER PROPOSAL I SEEEE YESSSSSS
- The sniff-kiss gotta go yesterday, my guy
- So wait, does Vee never find out Sun was San lmaoooo and he never asked where lil bro went
- Dr Pond always rocking them crisp white sneaks lol
- Damn granny peaced tf out real quick there
- Yet another “let’s keep the uke in the dark” story ya’ll are always so cruel to my boys
- DR POOOND a KING in these streets “I am a doctor. Even if the patients hate me, I still have to help”
- DR POOOND speak that TRUTH talk some SENSE into this DUMBASS
- THATS MY MAN RIGHT THERE SPITTING ABSOLUTE FACTS
- Again, they made Dr Pond too likeable and loveable
- Sooooo you’re gonna make him go through two funerals in a matter of weeks without getting to say goodbye to one of them…Wooooow, what a gem of a guy you are such a catch…
- And he wasn’t there for the FUNERAL???? SAN fucking HELL dude get it TOGETHER
- Bro is marbled
- DR POND back again with the TRUTH
- Oh brother we all saw this conversation coming… San you’re such a little bitch
- Go to him Dr Pond, speak of the truth
- YESSS DR POND ON THE SCENE I KNEW YOU WOULD
- Oh my god is Dr Pond the only rational character in this show? Jesus Christ
- Wait, hold on, side note… Modern pain killers work on ancient spiritual magic rock powers..?
- Again, where are we in this timeline?
- Ohhh my baby in a tux you’re kiddin so handsome and pattern suit San cuuteee
- Shits pretty brittle, huh
- Goddess is like “These fucking kids… Fine, here. Be gay or whatever”
- Lmao Ton was like, uhhh cool, yeah… So this is still crazy
- Needed to see Dr Pond meet his soulmate. Both he and I deserved to see that
- Lmao @ half of my notes being about a Dr. Third/Pond who is in approximately like 15-20 scenes in the whole show

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DuaoOffroad never miss

This was definitely a slower burner in terms of likability for me. Don't know what it was, but the first few eps just didn't hit right for me. The pacing of everything was good, but for some reason it felt like the story was moving too fast too quick, no time to breathe. It probably had to do with San's attitude. It was terrible in the start, and I just didn't vibe with it. But as I kept watching, the man grew on me. I keep forgetting he's like 100 years old and has a narrow minded view of the world. And once I got that through my head, it was more enjoyable. His gradual progression in falling in love with Vee had me frustrated and had me kicking my feet, and once this man figured out that, yes, he is very much in love, HE WAS LOCKED IN. MAN WAS TIED, BINDED, AND DID NOT CARE FOR ANYONE. Even when the other "Miss Vad" came into play. He was legit willing to give up his life, and that last ep had me in tears. Istg this show made me tear up in ways i did not think possible. DuaoOffroad did such a fantastic job, and their acting have definitely improved compared to Love in Translation. They're so fucking sweet I can't, and I'm so gald they got their happy ending. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WAR IF THEY DIDN'T.

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It will break you

Gotta say that Daou's acting really surprised me. He was acting so well during the stone poisoning and at the end he really took my breath away as he was acting as a person who's coming to his end, getting weaker and weaker, experiencing even more pain like it was brilliant and the emotions when he was saying his goodbye to Wee, accepting his farewell and Offroad playing as a person whose soulmate is dying but tries to be happy so his smile is the last memory of him... it was really breathtaking for me.

What I liked: the original interesting story with more depth and great writing, the point telling us that as much as hard it is to let go of our true love, we shouldn't close ourselves to the world and stay unhappy, waste many years in sadness and grief. In 100 years, San hasn't been happy at all until he found Wee and wouldn't be happy if he didn't open his heart and gave a chance to new love which made it up for all the waiting. It was also interesting to see how Wad and Third reincarnated with different personalities. Third wanting his crush to be happy despite letting go of him and accepting his rejection while Wad became selfish, a thief, mischievous, drunker and so on.

What I didn't like: untold explanations like Wee being a reincarnation of a nine tailed fox who tried to steal the stone (isn't there more to that story?), not really saying who the real Wad was tho judging by how Prince Trai changed, Wad should be the naughty girl, the ending was... I'm glad it was happy but it looks like it was changed at the last minute. Wad randomly spilling the stone on the ground and a little of it broke like shouldn't San get the whole half? And why would Wad want to save him at the last minute? She didn't look like someone doing favors for favors and San didn't really save her intentionally but I guess she had some change of heart.
Also what was that with Wee being San's luck but when San fell in love with him fr, the goddess got pissed off? Like Wad existed when Wee broke San's curse of experiencing pain every night so why did the goddess get pissed off later?
I was pretty confused myself about the story of the Five colored stone and the goddess but it was still really interesting
the last thing is that the blood looked way too fake and the CGI wasn't the best but the acting overshadowed it for me. Daou and the child actor were seriously awesome!

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Refreshing BL storyline

A major departure from the usual high school/university romance which is extraordinarily refreshing. I like that the production adopts a more mainstream approach for a gay romance with a touch of fantasy and history. Major improvement in acting for Daou and Offroad in comparison to Love in Translation. I like that there aren't other love stories conflated into the series which would have taken the spotlight off of the main couple and diluted their storylines. Instead, their method of introducing and integrating the side (but significant) secondary characters is superb. Great comedic values from the series especially given that it is meant to be a soapy drama (love the goofy villains). Cinematography is also good. Love the colours. There weren't many iconic songs made popular by the series, but the music/background instrumentals chosen were top notch. They added so much sentimental values to each scene and episode. Overall, a superb drama series. I have already watched it twice. Will definitely watch it again when I need a dose of laughter and Daou+Offroad!

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Ngl I enjoyed this so much I think I’m obsessed

This show had me kicking my legs and screaming – Daou and Offroad’s chemistry is off the charts here!

Century of Love is a unique series that combines period drama and fantasy with classic BL elements.

The key conflict in the series is Vee’s identity as Wat’s reincarnated soul. San’s objective in finding Khun Wad is twofold: to break the century-old curse cast upon him, and then live happily ever after with his soulmate. When a woman shows up purporting to be the real Khun Wad, San and Vee’s love is tested.

A real conundrum. If the person you end up loving isn’t the Destined One as foretold by the gods, will you rebel against fate just to be with them?

Herein lies the subtle twist in Century of Love. It originally appears to follow a “destined soulmate” plot trajectory, but later upends this by providing the main lead with an opportunity to make a choice for themselves.

Century of Love is romantic not because San has been waiting for his soulmate (and suffering physical pain) for 100 years. It’s the fact that San eventually chooses someone despite the fact that he doesn’t know if this person is truly his soulmate.

San simply does not care anymore. Because a life without Vee is not a life worth living anyway. What’s love if it isn’t a promise to be together even without the guarantee of happily-ever-afters?

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Cute And romantic

what on oddly eerie and weird drama but at the same time so heartwarming fun and amazing. I’m not religious at all so this drama was a bit awkward for me but I enjoyed the store even though sometimes it was a bit dragged on and all over the place. the acting was phenomenal, and I honestly cried throughout this show so many times in a good way. Also the actor who just plays Vee is so freaking cute. Like he is so gorgeous and stunning and adorable. but real talk I really enjoyed this drama overall. I’m glad there was a good story, and they excuted the story line with great acting. Although the acting was great the CGI was just hilarious sometimes and that threw me off but after an episode or two I got used to it!

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