I Am Devil (2024)

Chaotic, Extremely Flawed, But Surprisingly Entertaining

The storyline starts interestingly but skips proper introductions, jumping straight into drama. While intriguing, it might confuse viewers. Each episode reveals just enough to keep you curious, and the unpredictable nature is enjoyable. However, the pacing is a big issue. With short episodes and limited runtime, it’s hard to connect with the characters or understand their motivations, making some actions feel nonsensical.

Mook, however, is a standout. She’s headstrong and no-nonsense, which is refreshing for a GL character. Unfortunately, her questionable actions toward Prang early on (non-consensual actions) are concerning and shouldn’t be normalized, however it is something we see being romanticized in this show.

The acting is surprisingly good. The cast portrays their characters well, and the chemistry feels convincing.

On the technical side, there are heavily noticeable flaws. The background music is overly dramatic and poorly timed, often cutting in and out abruptly. Audio inconsistencies are also distracting, though these issues are forgivable given the show’s low-budget nature.

The series has a light, unserious vibe, partly due to its production quality, lack of hype, and smaller company origins. However, it's part of its charm, it surprises viewers who approach it with low expectations.

Overall, the production and pacing hold the show back, but it’s still worth a watch. It’s short, entertaining, and packed with drama, making it a quick binge. Fans of messy, red-flag-filled storylines will enjoy the ride. The actress playing Mook has great potential, I’d love to see her in a similar role with better production.

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Chaotic execution but it's quite addictive ❤️

Surprisingly good. Although the production is not top notch compared with many other popular production house but it has charm on its own. Also, 7 eps of 3 parts each are too short in my opinion. Not enough room to refine and give a deeper details to the storyline. Also, not enough room for the MCs and sub-cast to express the emotions to the fullest. Nevertheless, great effforts for putting the series together, look forward to the 2nd part of the series. Lastly, i felt that the camera positioning need improvement.

By the way, I love the OST. Added in my Spotify playlist

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10😩/10

AHHHHHHHHHH THE “CLEAR LATER, KISS FIRST” GOT ME SO WEAK, ROLL AROUND THE FLOOR AND KICK MY FEET ARGHHHH I WAS SHOUTING MY LUNGSS SHIBALLLLL THE HELL KA TALAGA MOOK😩😩😩😩 MAHILIG KA TALAGA SA HALIK BWESIT HAHAHAHAHA. SHE'S SO OBSESSED ON KISSING PRANGDAO AND THE LATTER IS FEELING SHY AND RAWRR😖😖😖🤭🤭. THIS SERIES HOT ME KICKING AND SHOUT MY LUNGS QUIETLY LIKEE ARGHHH NAKAKILIG PA RIN TALAGA TANGINAAAAA. I LOVE THIS SERIES BECAUSE IT'S SO LIGHT, IT IS MY TAKBOHAN WHEN A LOT OF GL'S IS KILLING ME WITH THEIR PAINFUL PLOT LIKE HAHAHA LOL. SUPER LIGHT AND THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN MOOK AND PRANGDAO IS A FUCKING INSANE🤌🤌 💋 💋 LIKE IT'S A CRUMBSS ARGH RAWR!!🫦🫦🫦. THIS IS REALLY A THERAPY AFTER BEING TRAUMATIZED WITH OTHER GL'S BECAUSE OF THEIR MASAKIT. I WATCHED IT TO HEAL MY HEART FROM THE HAPPENINGS OF FAYEYOKO. I THOUGHT THIS SERIES IS NOT WORTH IT BUT RAWRRR THIS IS FUCKING INSANE!!!! SUPER HOTTTT EMS HAHAHAHA. MY TIME WAS FREAKING WORTH IT. EVERY EPISODE GOT ME KICKING MY FEET AND FIRST OF ALL!!! I WAS SILENTLY SHOUTING BECAUSE THE GIDDY FEELING IS BURSTING LIKE ARGHHH HELP ME😩😩😩😩. I REALLY THOUGHT THIS IS CRINGE AND NOT WORTHY AND ALSO BECAUSE OF SOME REVIEW THAT THEY LIKE IT AND MORE LIKE THEY NEUTRALLY JUST LIKE IT, BUT HELLO???? I WAS SHOCKED AND DAMN!!! THEY ARE SO GOOD AT ACTING!! I COULDN'T BELIEVE I FELT SOMETHING LIKE BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH!!!! LMAO THIS IS THE SUPER DUPER ULTRA MEGA LIGHT SERIES I HAVE WATCHED AND I LOVE IT SO FREAKING MUCH!!! THEY SAY THAT THIS SERIES HAS LOW BUDGET LIKE HELLO??? HAVE YOU SEEN THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES? YOU WOULDN'T DARE OPEN YOUR MOUTH TO SPIT WORDS THAT IS NOT AUTHENTIC!!! HELL YASSS THE ACTOR AND ACTRESSES ARE SO GOOD!!! NO WORDS CAN DESRCIBE!!😋😋😋. THEY DESRVE A RECOGNITION!!! THIS IS UNDERRATED!!! I LOVE THIS SERIESS SO MUCHHH😩😩💋💋💋

WHEN I STARTED WATCHING THE EPISODE 1 I LITERALLY ARGHHH 'CAUSE THEY MAIN LEAD ARE SO FREAKING CUTEEE AND PRETTY PRETTY. THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS SO CUTEE THAT I WANTED TO YELL OUT OF THIS WORLD HOUEYY HAHAHAHA. EXACTLY!!! THIS IS SUPER CUTEEE. NO HEAVY PLOT, JUST KISS, SULKING, KISS AGIAN AND LOVE HAHAHAHAHAHA. MOOK IS KINDA REDFLAG— SHE'S GIVING UP EASILY EVERYTIME SHE ENCOUNTER AN INCONVENIENCE WITH HER LOVE INTEREST JUST LIKE WHAT SHE DID TO HER EX AND SHE'S ABOUT TO DO IT AGAIN TO PRANGDAO. LEAVING PRANGDAO BUT HELL RAWRR🫦🫦🫦 I'M A COLORBLINDD FOR HER HAHAHAHAHAHA. GIRL KISSER!!! SHE KISSED EVERY GIRL LOL I WAS SHOCK BUT I MANAGED IT SINCE SHE CHANGED AND BECAME LOYAL AND FAITHFUL TO MY PRANGDAO. DAPAT LANG!!! HAHAHAHAHA

CUTIEEEE SERIESS!!! ROOTING FOR SEASON 2!!!

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Real messy and random at times, but good chemistry (Special Cut)

First of all, I dropped the drama once because of the silly censoring (I don't know if it was like that when it released, but it was at the end of March). I'd rather watch a drama with no intimacy at all and in which everything's implied than one that has whole scenes with the complete screen getting pixeled out as if there were 10 couples having sex all at once just because of a kiss. And all that in a supposed "uncut" version if we want to believe the title of the YouTube video. Makes it look ultra cheap, like a secret freshman project in a Chinese university. What I really don't undertand about that is, Thailand legalizes marriage equality and then they go and so that when two women kiss? Nobody would even think about pixeling the whole screen if this was a heterosexual couple, so where's the equality?
But then they released the Special Cuts, so I thought "why not" and bought a month of membership and gave it another shot. They removed the censoring in it, changed some parts and added quite a few scenes (at least in the first few episodes). So if you liked the university freshman version, I really recommend buying a month of membership, if they ever reinstate it because it seems to be closed/on hold at the moment, for whatever reason. Edit: Seems like they got hit by Youtube because of "overtly sexual" content. That's also why there's no new content except for live streams.

Let's talk about the drama: It's a webdrama, so I think we shouldn't be as critical of the production or the acting as we would with a tv drama. For a Youtube series it's average when it comes to production and acting, I just really wish they would've put less money into houses and dresses and a bit more into their sound production, but well. I would've also liked if they gave a bit more attention to realism. Mook was supposed to be a "lesbian player" (sorry, don't know how to phrase it otherwise) with those fingernails?

The story execution was all over the place at times. Why the hell is the mom of the dude saying "he must marry, he must marry" when he's already legally married? Does she think they legalized polygamy at the same time as same-sex marriage in Thailand? Sure, later on she insisted on divorce, but she still wanted to go through with the other wedding even when the guy was still literally already married. How was Mook still employed? With that many scandals she would've been cancelled and black listed everywhere, especially as a woman in Asia, and every agency in the world would have fired her about 19 times already but she still got model shoots and tv roles. Also, some characters were extremely random. Some got introduced as pretty important helpers of the villain and then got dropped before half of the show was even over without any explanation, like this reporter who stalked Mook incessantly and then was never seen again after "Nitta" (?) first talked to Mook face to face. Or the Mook's grandma and mother of the dude situation. Why did the grandma lose her memory? Why didn't the mom find out about their connection sooner, she was in the hospital she owned for months, after all. Was there any importance to that gossip lady on the internet? By the third time I saw her I wanted to slap some sense into her that's how annoying she was. These days it's enough to just post clips and let the internet do their thing, you don't need any gossip mongers anymore to help.

This review is already way too long, so let's end it with some good things. The story itself was really interesting. The fake-married actress and sister-in-law is a really cool concept if they keep it at consented fake-marriage level. I probably would've hated it if one was in love with the other and gets constantly taken advantage of while the other has a lover behind their back. Their chemistry was really good and, even if I wanted Prangdao to resist and fight back a little more sometimes, I really liked their power dynamics. Of course, Mook was a walking red flag and Prangdao was way too forgiving, but I think in the limited time they had it was the only way to get the story across. All in all those things alone were enough the keep me engaged, root for them and give it a 7.5. But if this would've been a tv production with bigger budget and still look, sound and be executed like that I don't think I would've given it more than a 6, regardless of how good their chemistry was.

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