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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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Beautiful story how to love genuinely
Boom and Smart have proven that they are one of best, if not the best actors there in Thailand... Even tho they are Akin and Jin, they've shown that they can deliver so many different situations, emotions, feelings...They have such a great chemistry.
Smart is amazing. He grew up so well, into this handsome man, truly pure gem of an actor. I was so surprised by him watching the first episode...
I have watched tens of BL dramas, this one is on too of the list as the best, and both actors set the bar high regarding acting and chemistry...
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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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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/d1z6o64bu16ncf3Content 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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Be prepared for excitement,passion and pain
The acting in the series from both main characters is so TOP TEIR,you can't help but to get emotional. Every happy or sad moment is heart felt. love you guys fantastic job.the supporting actor mad me extremely mad,like him in other pic, in this one so much.
will review at the end of the series????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????to be continue
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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.Was this review helpful to you?
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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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.Was this review helpful to you?
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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Good but the story is meh!
While I generally liked it, I can't help but fall asleep in the second half.Technically it's not the drama's fault that the story is repeated a billion times and I chose it it to end my drama slump -it didn't work, I skimmed through it- but let's be fair, the sex scenes were good, I mean honey as a lube? Yummy 😂 and the two leads were fantastic.
Acting was perfect, I may be slightly biased because I love Boom, watching him gives me joy, nevertheless all actors did great and it's not one of those cringey, bad acted BLs that Thailand is famous for so it's very watchable and enjoyable.
The story is where I struggle, it's not the best and it's very repetitive and boring really, nothing to look forward to, but again that's my personal statement because I have a drama slump as I said and maybe maaaayyyybe if I ever rewatch it at a suitable time I may change my rating.
So, would I suggest it? Sure if you are in your Thai BL phase, that's one of the good options you have.
İs it worth the time? İf you get bored easily maybe you'll skip some parts but overall not extremely boring, you can enjoy it nonetheless ~
Giving this lower rates because as I said it didn't fit my mood ~
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It didn’t live up to the hype
I might get a lot of hate for this but, I belong to the minority of people who don’t like the series/adaptation. (I did rewatch the anime and the movie right before watching the series).I think the main factor is the actors themselves. I didn’t find their acting great. Hence, I couldn’t feel the chemistry between them. There are also some weird production issues like the random placement of vending machines, their makeups (there are times they look cakey), their hairstyles, etc.
The pacing is also off for me especially the episodes leading to the honey scene. It was too sudden for them to engage in a sexual act just because they hung out for 21 days. At least in the anime, they were like friends with benefits that’s why the MC was frustrated and hurt when the ML suddenly stopped (because he was sick). But in this adaptation, they were just hanging out.
The OST was basically nonexistent for me.
I would still rewatch this if I’m bored but definitely not anytime soon.
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