The Muse of Section E

And the crowd is...confused??

This is my first drama from the Phillipines. It has been an experience. I was intrigued by the summary, but I was a little nervous going into it. One girl in a class full of guys sounded a bit worrisome. Rest assured, nothing terrible happened. Anyways, I was put off by the acting and the script (which maybe my perception is altered by translations or something) but something about it kept me watching.
Some things I loved were the intro song...really hype, added it to my playlist and everything. I also loved the fact that there were little mini storylines with the side characters of Section E, allowing the whole class to be a valuable asset rather than background noise. Usually in shows centered around a class, you'd have a select few that actually get genuine screen time while the rest fade out of existence after the first episode, but here everyone mattered. Her bond with Ci-N was really cute, and I enjoyed their interactions. Section E really felt like a community. I also liked the cast as a whole, they really fit their characters.
Some things I disliked. First off, acting was not good. There were some solid ones, like JayJay's actor or Yuri's actor, and characters who didn't have to show crazy strong emotions were pretty good for the most part. Keifer's actor was a little weak...he announced his lines rather than feeling them. I also think the script might've not been to helpful...for example, one of his flirting lines was "We can clean each other's mouth." Ugh. There were also so many secrets that still have yet to be uncovered and everyone else knows except JayJay and the audience. That was lowkey a bother, especially considering the work that has to go into finding the second season part 1.
After watching this, I don't know how to feel. I definitely enjoyed it but also I wouldn't say it was amazing. I likely wouldn't suggest this to anyone, this would likely be something that you'd have to want to watch from your own desires. Will I completely devalue it? No, ofc not. Somehow....it's something I'd rewatch. I don't know...

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enjoyable but... is this only season 1?

let me preface that I'm definitely not the target audience😁 nonetheless I gave this drama a try and it wasn't that bad.

this is a teenage drama with a simple story but these 16 episodes were all enjoyable... except the last one I guess.

the story begins with Jay Jay, our heroin, moving into a new school and in the infamous "section e" full of troubled guy.
she is the only girl in the class and has to fight to gain the respect of her peers.

we follow Jay Jay while she endures bullying, mistreatment and lack of respect from her new classmats but Jay is a fighter and doesn't reject a challenge.
slowly she developes a friendship with all her classmates and becomes one of them.

I liked that in every episode we explore some personal issues of a singular student and we see Jay Jay grow closer to said person while helping them out.

this is basically the leit motiv of the series. it gives the classmates some deepth because usually is not easy to include such a big cast and give them a meaningful presence, but this series does a decent job about not leaving these guys as mere ghost in the background.

as usual, we get a love triangle...of sort.
the president of the class is set to take revenge on Jay's cousin and he is wanting to use his new classmate to do so. he wants to make Jay fall for him and then leave her to "hurt" her protective cousin.. okay.. kinda of a weird way to hurt someone.

along the whole series we explore Jay's family life which seems to be problematic but we never find out why and this is the biggest issue of the series.
many questions remain unanswered.

why is Jay Jay living with her aunt?
what happened between Jay and Aries?
who is Jay's brother?
why do they have to keep Jay away from her father?
why is Percy faking his death?
what happened to Jay and Cyrus?
why can't she remember her past?
why does she have PTSD when it comes to blood?

so many questions without and answer.
the script didn't have a good pace. we get bits and pieces every 5/ 6 episodes and they create a very confused puzzle. at the end we only get more questions.

the last episode was a rush mess.
Jay is getting married and no one tells her shit.

this girl is surrounded by bad people left and right. she should just leave at this point.

the love triangle wasn't a triangle. Yuri never had a chance even if they want to convince you otherwise making Jay stumble and never saying no.

the main guy.. an annoying prick.
Jay never gets to know about the "plan" and her classmates never tell her anything, even though they supposedly became close friends. no one has a little bit of remorse to just warn her about Kiefer.. or maybe they all know he is somewhat bluffing. still not sure.

the ending is an open one.
she is supposed to get married but she kisses Kiefer and then.. cut.

I guess there will be a second season.

even the other cast members disappear. Freya.. where did Freya go?
it's a mess but it is still enjoyable.


p.s. the main guy is the worst actor on the screen😁😁

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Was the book THIS bad?

Was Mutya ng Section E book actually this dumb? I remember reading it but I don’t remember it being THIS bad? The love interests for this show are literally the biggest babies in the world. I mean the both of them, along with the entire section, are terrorizing and bullying any girl that goes to your section just because of an ex who ghosted you? I mean why? Are they THAT scared of being attracted to a girl that they need to get her to switch sections? What is that logic?!

My anger issues cannot handle being bullied like this and I cannot understand why she would want to stay or why she would, at times, find Keifer hot when he’s literally being a man-child. This guy kept bullying and threatening you to buy their lunches and you’re attracted to him?! Couldn’t they think of anything reasonable to make him bully her? They could have known beforehand that she was Aries’ cousin and bullied her bacause of that— still would be a shitty thing to do but it’d be understandable instead of bullying her just because she’s a girl?? Even with all that she’s attracted to him?? Girl I get it, he’s good looking and all but I cannot even think of dating a douche that does this just because a girl dumped him. The only guy I’d be remotely attracted to in that section is Ci-N since he seemed nice but he already has his own respective love interest and maybe David(?) but doubt they would go for him.

Also, why are they banning the whole section from going to the canteen instead of just banning the ones involved in the fight? Is that even legal? Did no one think this through? Can the school actually get away from not giving the students the right to eat or buy food in the school canteen? JJ was not even involved with the whole thing but she still got banned.

The acting was BAD but the script is also not doing them any favors, the story just doesn’t work. Why couldn’t they hire a better screenwriter? I cannot see any real highschool students talking or acting like this. Even I can write a better script than this! It’s either they don’t pay them enough to care about the show or that they just let an AI write it all because what is this? It’s so easy (and I mean EASY) to actually turn the whole plot better but why can’t they? This book was written by a teenager who didn’t know better when they were writing this, they should’ve known to make small changes to make it logically make sense at least.

I’m still watching because I’m trying to give it a chance but frankly I know I’ll probably end up dropping it at some point. I will also read the book and see if it was THIS bad.

UPDATE: Read the first 3 chapters and will not continue reading the rest; I’d rather watch the show since I think the story will be basically the same as the book. The book was actually THAT bad lol. Wish the screenwriter edited it to make the dialogue and plot better but I guess they don’t care enough to make that much effort.

Also (though I hate to admit it) but the series kinda grew on me. I think I was mad because I thought Jay would be falling for Keifer the moment he bought her a froyo but thank God she didn’t. I still think it’s not the best show ever and imo it’s still bad overall when it comes to the technical aspects (acting, story, script, directing, pacing, etc.) but I think I enjoyed watching the show the moment I threw logic out the window and just accept it for whatever it is — which is a bad Wattpad TV show adaptation (I mean why was I expecting it to be good in the first place?). I’m still holding out hope that in the future filo wattpad adaption wouldn’t be as hard to watch but for now you wouldn’t catch me watching or talking about this in public.

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Never watched anything these many times

Best cast and their acting was fabulous when I watch this show I never stop blushing even people around me become suspicious but I thank this universe to give this chance to watch this series I am waiting for more, give me more 🧟‍♀️
And visuals never disappointed with that feeling of being in a classroom again
I feel bad for yuri but he was the only one to let her go in the first place like bro wasn't even trying and ok but if yuri tell the whole story abt keifer to her then maybe storyline can change but I think still with dare or what he made her blush first so he won

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Uma farofa gostosa de assistir!

Já adianto que assisti apenas até o episódio 6 porque ainda está em lançamento, mas sinto que precisava falar sobre os episódios que já assisti. O que dizer desse elenco? PERFEITO! Essa série é uma adaptação literária de um livro na qual não li, então posso não estar familiarizada com alguns personagens e seus comportamentos nos episódios seguintes.
A atriz principal é linda e super engraçada, ela consegue transmitir exatamente a personalidade da personagem e nos momentos de tensão ela arrasa. Chorei no episódio 2, algo que eu não esperava.
Sobre o romance, honestamente? Isso é o de menos para mim. Ver a dinâmica da Jay Jay e destes meninos é uma das melhores coisas que já me aconteceram esse ano. Jovens interpretando jovens, com tamanhos reais e rostos reais. Tem drama escolar, familiar e romântico. É um dramalhão que está me prendendo! Não posso falar pelos outros mas na minha opinião, é uma história poderosa que vai além dos interesses amorosos. Ela fala muito sobre amizade, confiança e lealdade.

Quem me conhece sabe que eu amo séries sobre juventude e essa me tira boas lágrimas com os tópicos mais comuns possíveis, porque é palpável o que é mostrado ali. Nada que fuja 100% da realidade mas que também não seja 100% real. Tudo é balanceado. Estou ansiosa para os próximos episódios! ❤️‍🩹

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Do ódio até a amizade

A história se passa onde Jay-jay começa a estudar, ela para na última seção do colégio que entre os estudantes só tem garotos. No início eles decidem fazer o que for necessário para que ela saia da turma por ela ser prima do arqui-inimigo deles, mas sendo cabeça dura ela não sede e eles decidem mudar de estratégia, fazer ela se apaixonar pelo líder da turma e se vingarem.

A história é uma adaptação de uma história já existente. ela segue quase o mesmo enredo de quase todas as histórias colegiais, a protagonista tem um problema muito grande com a família, tem caras barra pesada, tem as patricinhas, tem o cara que manda na escola. Muitas das questões levantadas ficam sem respostas, o que me deu a entender de que haverá uma segunda temporadas para trabalhar o que não foi falado.

A atuação é um ponto a ser discutido, são jovens atores, e apesar de ver algumas das atuações ruins, eles evoluíram muitos com o passar dos episódios e foi me deixando bem mais a vontade. Devo um elogio sincero a atriz Ashtine Olviga que fez a protagonista, ela entregou um ótimo trabalho com as partes dramáticas que fez meu coração ficar apertado com pena dela.

Esse drama me chamou a atenção em um vídeo do tiktok e acabei descobrindo que algumas pessoas estavam traduzindo, e como eu nunca tinha visto um drama filipino, resolvi dar uma chance e explorar o trabalho que eles fizeram. Apesar de não ter a vontade de rever, não acho que foi gasto um tempo desnecessário meu. Vou aguardar notícias sobre uma possível continuação.

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