Top Form

top form series loved itttt?

Iam an diehard dakaichi fan i have watched the series many times i think maybe 25 timea i really lived the chemistry between takato and junta. What an adaptation of the Dakaichi story, filled with both classic moments from the IPs and many new and interesting scenes expanding on the original story.
The casting team or the full team of top form clearly and efficiently created the dakaichi series into this amzing action series.
Boom is the standout in the story portraying Akin(Takato) you truly truly believed that he is the number 1 actor. Boom is an amazing actor he perfectly acted as saijo. Boom expression really touched my heart his acting is really amazing i don't knowhow to express it through my words its really really amazing ❤️ smart also did a great job bringing alot of depths to Junta character. He created an good flow in the series his facial expression are exact like junta that perverted angel face i really love that chuntaaa.

The cinematography is top notch with strong song and music choices, truly feels the quality and care the team put in.

Overall very looking forwards to watching more of what they have to offer. Really loved the series right know iam overjoyed by the series episodes all other characters acted welll i really love their chemistry i really expect more series of them.

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Top Form? More Like Bottom of the Barrel

Top Form wants to be deep, dramatic, and inspiring — instead, it’s a masterclass in missed potential. The plot is predictable, the dialogue feels AI-generated, and the characters are so flat they could be printed on paper.
The acting swings between soap opera and school play, and the visuals try hard to be cinematic but land somewhere around “filter-happy music video.” Even the soundtrack feels like it was picked from a free stock library.
If you're into overhyped drama with no real payoff, this might be your thing. Otherwise, save your time — and your eye-rolls.

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I was honestly quite skeptical in the beginning, and in my opinion the first couple episodes were a bit weird, but i gave it a chance and kept watching which I’m extremely glad that I did, because this is a masterpiece! I would say I’ve watched quite a lot of bls, and for me it’s always kinda hard to really get into shows/movies without dropping them if i don’t feel entertained from the beginning. I’ve also heard really good things about this bl, so i was expecting a lot and it lives up to my expectations more than i could've imagined. I love the production, the acting, the chemistry, it’s overall just really interesting and entertaining. I’ve watched 6 episodes yet and can’t wait for the next episodes to come out. This is totally worth watching in my opinion!

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Incredible

I wouldn’t know where to start with this amazing masterpiece. It has been q really long time since I have found a show I enjoyed, ever since Not Me or Kinnporsche if I am being honest. I LOVED the cinematography in Top Form, specially in episode 2.

The topics that are covered are somehow so new and I haven’t seen them as often as the typical ones we get all the time. I was able to binge watch all the current 6 episodes in just 1 day, which really amazed me. I never really watch shows until the whole series is already uploaded, but this one caught my attention and I can’t wait for the next episode soon! I strongly recommend watching!

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fire chemistry

Overall: excellent chemistry/acting from Smart & Boom and I hope to see them in more series. This series is based on the Japanese manga "Dakaichi: I'm Being Harassed by the Sexiest Man of the Year" which was later an anime. I haven't read/watched them and I reviewed the series on its own merits. 11 episodes about 40 minutes each. Note there is an additional scene after the initial end of the episodes. Aired on WeTV https://wetv.vip/en/play/d1z6o64bu16ncf3

Content Warnings: sexual assault, non con kiss, non con touching, non con video recording, vomiting, gaslighting, non con picture taking/sharing, stalking, cyber bullying, blackmail, coercion, death, grief

Watch Suggestions (to remove angst and focus on their sweet/steamy parts)
- watch episodes 1-5
- episode 6 stop at 12 minutes
- start episode 7 at 21 minutes
- episode 8 watch 6:45-17:45 and 40:20-end (but not the additional end scene after the initial end)
- episode 9 watch beginning to 5:45, can watch 19:35-24:30 and then 51:30-end
- episode 10 watch beginning to 4:40, 45:10-46:15, 48:15-end
- episode 11 watch 20:10-end

What I Liked
- acting/chemistry
- clear premise
- styling*
- laughed a few times
- ongoing intimacy
- role playing in episode 8
- that family in episode 9 and the advice
- supportive manager (except the pinning thing)

Room For Improvement
- started with a flash forward montage
- the non con kiss
- *the hair was covering Jin's eyes too much in some scenes
- comedy sound effects did not enhance the comedy
- camera was too shaky at some points
- deducted half a point after episode 6, they never addressed the victim blaming and I wasn't sure that if it had actually happened a character would have been okay with that/been supportive, also the villain did not have any real consequences as if they wanted the viewer to forgive him because he's attractive (which likely some viewers did but I'm not one of them), I also couldn't ship him with his hinted romantic partner
- bad how he just forgave his stalker and she had zero consequences
- they had too many angsty parts and were not able to fully explore them
- noble idiot trope/lack of communication where they caused more pain to each other than if they had been honest and worked together through their challenges
- the nonsense CEO villain
- (neutral) confused by the wings, apparently that is something from the manga

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Boom, Boom, Boom

10 stars for Boom, 7 stars for Smart & rest of the cast. Boom's the best Thai BL actor I've seen. Smart's character was very one dimensional and not in a good way. I guess he did okay given the script he had to work with. Its just "unfortunate" that he was paired up with Boom, who had a better script and shone every frame, every scene, every goddamn second of this show. Plot was boring, direction & cinematography choice was not my favorite. I didnt feel the connection between the main leads, they just went from rivals to lovers within 1 episode. I don't get Jin's obsession with Kin in ep 1 nor Kin's reciprocation in ep 3 just because Jin keeps giving him rides and chocolate milk. Jin kept private videos of Kin and its too weird that Kin still falls for him soon after. A top actor like Kin has definitely seen more handsome, non-wooden, newbie/young/experienced/obsessive actors given his tenure in this industry, but nah, he still falls for Jin, whose personality is just to follow him around like a puppy, whose eyes we cant even see in some of the scenes. I just don't like to watch intimacy without depth. Please give Boom a better script & more main lead roles and hopefully with a better costar.

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cinematic, nothing to complain about

I'll go same as ratings starting off with story.
I didn't read manga nor watched anime, I found out about Top Form after honey scene went viral and barely knew what to expect. Was not expecting fireworks and was right with that because there wasn't really any fireworks/plot twists.
BUT
I was right only partly. It's obvious I wouldn't find here aliens having breakfast with Akin or dancing cows but the plot was here for sure. Looking back at it, something was happening all the time. I'd catch myself checking how much time of episode do I got left and being surprised only half of it passed since I felt like so much has already happened. I didn't feel like it was too fast or overwhelming but more like if time slowed every time I'd click play. Top Form knows how to get you invested.
Even if the scene wasn't packed with dynamic action and was focusing more on romance/relationship where we can easily predict some patterns or behaviours - it wasn't boring. Due to other aspects as well written script, acting and directing making it attractive and very enjoyable to watch.

SmartBoom understood the assignment serving top form acting and chemistry. I have nothing to complain about. The script and the way SmartBoom acted it out showed characters emotion really well, the tough ones, the depth but also balanced it with a bit of unconcerned cuteness and playfulness which I feel is overloaded in many series not leaving space for what we've got here - real drama.
Side casts did good job too.
Directing ATE. I didn't put cinematic in the headline for no reason. Every frame was beautiful and satisfied me as an aesthete but also I just simply like the way director moved the story onto to the screen.

Now what I always enjoy the most - music. Aside of when music they chose, it's when they chose to play it. It wasn't just only copyrighted free bg music in cheesy moments - music played a role, it was a cherry on top of every ep and I'd like to single out the honey scene here because piano completed the mood so per.fect.ly. it deserves its own applause. Non skippable intro makes or all even better from the first minutes.

Overall: Worth watching, would recommend

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OH HONEY...

YALLLLLL 😭 Okay… let me be honest from the start. I have been staring at my screen for 10 minutes trying to figure out how to review this series because there are… issues. Multiple issues. Acting issues. Visual preference issues. Story issues. Basically… we need to sit down and unpack this properly because I have THOUGHTS.

And y’all already know one thing about me - I LOVE PRETTY MEN. That’s my brand. That’s my lifestyle. That’s my spiritual calling. So imagine my confusion when I found out Smart was the lead. I kept asking myself: WHY? No seriously. WHY??? Because on the other side we have Boom who is not only a GOOD ACTOR but also GORGEOUS. LIKE HELLO???? Why am I shipping him harder with Peanut than with Smart himself??? The math is NOT mathing.

Anyway… I actually have quite a few problems with this series so let’s unpack this mess one step at a time.

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a) Plot

Welp… it’s okay. Like… okay okay. The first 6 episodes were actually interesting. I was seated. I was invested. But after that??? It slowly became boring. Too many conflicts. Too much screen time for the main couple. And I’m sitting there like "HELLO??? WHERE ARE THE SIDE CHARACTERS???" Where’s the villain POV? Where’s Jin’s backstory? Does this man have trauma or not??? Because the show acts like he just spawned into existence with no emotional damage and I’m like "UM NO THANK YOU GIVE ME ANGST."

Also why did they spend 11 episodes focusing almost entirely on the main couple while the side stories were barely crumbs??? Actually no. Not crumbs. DUST. I was rooting so hard for Johnny × Naru but we got basically nothing. AND WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN JADE AND LIT??? Like excuse me???

You introduced that dynamic and then just… LEFT IT THERE??? I feel like the show had the potential to explore so many side stories but instead we kept looping back to the main couple over and over again.

And honestly… I wish they made Jin play hard to get after the breakup with Akin.

Give us tension.
Give us pride.
Give us longing.

Give us sexual tension that makes people pause the episode. But no. We were robbed.

Plot wise: not terrible, not amazing. Just… meh.

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b) Characters

> Jin played by Smart Chisanupong

I’m sorry but I need to say this. During the first two episodes I kept pausing the show because BOY CLOSE YOUR MOUTH. WHY ARE YOU CONSTANTLY GAPING LIKE A CONFUSED TODDLER??? 😭 Every scene I was like "SIR PLEASE SHUT YOUR MOUTH I AM BEGGING." And the eyes??? Empty. I genuinely couldn’t tell what emotion he was feeling.

Angry?
Sad?
Conflicted?

Baby I have NO IDEA. Also can someone PLEASE cut that baby bowl haircut??? This hairstyle has been annoying me since episode one and somehow it never changes even after he becomes an actor in the story. HELLO??? CHARACTER GROWTH??? HAIR GROWTH??? ANYTHING??? And the acting difference between Smart and Boom is so obvious that it sometimes feels like they’re in two completely different shows.

Character-wise, Jin is basically the golden retriever boyfriend trope.

Very soft.
Very emotional.
Very easy to sway.

Which is fine… BUT WHY DOES THIS MAN HAVE ZERO PRIDE??? At least pretend to play hard to get for five minutes 😭 But the funniest thing is that when it comes to sex suddenly this golden retriever becomes a dog in heat. The transformation is honestly impressive.



> Akin played by Boom Raveewit

OOF. This man is dangerously gorgeous. Like actually illegal levels of handsome. And I swear he reminds me so much of Peat Wasuthorn.

The sass.
The pride.
The dramatic energy.

It’s giving Peat vibes and honestly… I’m not mad about it. Acting-wise Boom absolutely carries himself with confidence and maturity. Every time he’s on screen I completely forget about Smart’s awkwardness because Boom’s performance is just that strong.

Character-wise Akin is stubborn, prideful, and always trying to maintain his image as an untouchable actor. Which honestly works really well for the story. But I wish we got more emotional scenes when Akin finally explains why he broke up with Jin. Imagine if he cried more. Imagine the emotional breakdown. The ANGST POTENTIAL was right there. And they didn’t fully use it.

I’m upset.



> Jade played by Toey Pongsakorn

No acting complaints here. If we’re being honest the only acting issue in this series is Smart. Anyway Jade is the perfect example of a good friend.

Always supporting Akin.
Always cleaning up his mess.
Always protecting his career.

A real professional king. BUT WHY DIDN’T WE GET A SIDE PAIRING FOR HIM??? WHY WOULD YOU CREATE A GOOD CHARACTER AND NOT GIVE HIM ROMANCE??? CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.



> Johnny played by Peanut Peeranat

UM HELLOOOOO????? DID I JUST FIND A NEW BIAS??? YES I DID 👅 First of all I realized I’ve been following him on Instagram for a while and GOOD LORD THIS MAN IS FINE. Like dangerously fine. 🫦 Also can we talk about how he lowkey resembles Boss Chaikamon??? Because I swear I see it. That little mole near his mouth??? GOOD GOD. That mole alone deserves its own fan club.

Considering this is his first supporting role, he actually did a really good job. But his character had so much unused potential. He could’ve been the middleman between Jin and Akin. He could’ve created drama. Tension. Conflict. But instead the writers just let him stand there like🧍

I AM SO FRUSTRATED. THIS MAN DESERVED MORE SCREEN TIME.

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c) Steamy scenes

OH HONEY. Yes that pun was intentional. 😏 There are actually several steamy scenes in the show but let’s be honest… The only one people truly remember is THE HONEY SCENE. And honestly??? Yeah. That one was SPICY AS HELL🌶️ But the other scenes were a bit… vanilla.

Still good.

But vanilla.

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d) OST

Who…?

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e) Overall

This series became high-rated for many people mainly because of that honey scene. Let’s just be honest about it. But for me? It’s an okay series. Not the best. Not the worst. Just okay.

And y’all already know my rule: I never rewatch series unless it’s REALLY good. And this one??? Miss girl… once is enough thank you very much. 😭🙏

Final rating: 5/10

+1 bonus point because Peanut is hot as hell 🫦

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Top Form to Mid Form

This could've and should've been one of the best BL series from this year! I just have zero clue what even happened in the plot. I loved seeing Jin and Akin's relationship from the mentorship beginnings to actual lovers. I thought that the production aspects were really cool, though I also work in production so I may be biased haha. What started to lose me was the issues with the sasaeng aka stalker and Akin, as well as just us AGAIN in a BL needing some element of SA in the plot. We really don't and it just made me feel icky and also had me angry at Jin's character for a hot minute. Dude was way to quick to not reading the trauma on Akin's face and body after the fact, like be a better partner! He did redeem himself after awhile, but also I will forever say Johnny deserves JAIL and nothing less. The sasaeng stuff though was wild. Letting her go with a very lackluster warning and allowing the VICTIM to be in a room with her alone. Absolutely not. Overall, Smart and Boom are amazing and their chemistry is strong as hell (even with the unfortunate stuff going on right now with management). I am also now a total Boom simp, that man is just beautiful omg.

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Tenderly...He is devoured.

This is a story about accepting the darkest and sad, angriest parts of yourself and allowing another person to love you in your entirety.
or
Being a actor means adventure, action, worry and protecting of love.
maybe
This passionate and stormy story is about making space for your true self, finding the man that feels right for you, and building trust in yourself and you love.
It could be more.Or it could be more complicated. It may not mean anything.

1 sentence summary: Jin admires Akin greatly and is in love with him, but after a some errors, will Akin be able to find their way again?

My thoughts: This was so charmingly. I did not expect that. Honestly. It has everything - romance, sex trust, mistrust, apprehension, and fear. It's so spicy and cute. At the same time it was fun to watch...and sad. I don't remember crying so much while watching the anime.
Overall, this really was the great rivals to lovers story. I loved the rep, I loved the plot, I loved the music, I love the banter, and I truly love both of these main characters so very much.
And if I haven’t already sold you ... this is also just sexy story about two young artists learning who they want to be, both separately and together.

Also, I’m totally buying mints candy on the way home tomorrow, because I has such a craving.

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