The Boy Next World: Uncut

multiverses left me in in an unknow world

I couldn’t finish it despite my best efforts. this was a good plot just poorly executed is some parts and poor character development.


cliche roles for Boss and Nouel. they are literally playing the same characters as they did in LITA. it’s clear that as actors they have developed however MAMEs stories often leave a lot to be desired. she really romantics toxicity and behaviour in normal society that would be scary and unacceptable. it’s a theme with her she did this with type and tharn, don’t say no etc.

I try to watch each project for it’s on merits but mame makes it hard lol. 😜 Anyway I recommend watching and making your own judgement.

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Plot point that makes no sense

Why would anyone stay with this psycho woman? Why did the father leave a son with her? What hold did she have? I don't care if you have to work three jobs and live in a one room apartment you do not leave a child with her. Then the other brother saying it was his turn to live with the psycho. Just leave her to herself. Unfortunately this makes no sense other than as a weak story line. The idea of parallel worlds is more believable. As for some people calling Cir a stalker that is not true. A stalker is defined as: a person who pursues someone obsessively and aggressively to the point of harassment. Phu is unaware of Cir's presence in the past so he is not being harassed. I was the victim of a stalker I know of which I speak.

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Love and Deepspace but make it gay lol jk unless ?

Idk why people are hating so hard, it’s really not that bad. Sort of interesting plot and their chemistry is still insane. The plot is more set dressing though, it’s basically a standard drama with a little bit of fantasy. I frankly liked the time stuff and wished they did more with it.
Their acting has also improved since Love in the Air.
Also, I freaking loved the OST. Damn, when they started cranking the OST in the background of a scene I really felt like shit was about to go down.

What I didn’t like? Cir is a stalker bro like Phu you need to run 😭😭

I don’t understand why people are so confused by the plot, it’s like one of the most straightforward time plots I’ve seen in a while. He woke up in another Cir’s body and experienced what life would be like if he was with Phu. He thought it was a dream, but in reality he woke up in an alternate timeline.
The Cir’s basically pass the torch to each other. Each Cir discovers the alternate timeline , and shows the next Cir the alternate timeline.
Why does this happen and how? No clue, they never explain this lol. Just accept it as BL magic.

Anyway probably won’t rewatch but it was fine.

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Passible

Honestly I was really interested to have another supernatural element series. Always good to see something weird... But It really wasn't done well, nevertheless, the show was still fine to watch. They could have built the supernatural element better as it felt like a house they just enter every so often, as oppose to it being part of the plot. The mother and her property... The mother... Oh brother...

The two main leads have undeniable chemistry and they did really well with what they were given. The supporting cast was also great to watch, Wim and Jin are honestly the best friends everyone should have and their chemistry with each other is perfect.

The parental aspect or maybe the family dynamics were just crazy and it remained crazy till the end, it honestly was laughable and not exactly in a good way, but a lil crazy is always welcomed. I love the sibling dynamics, there wasn't much but I could still tell they loved each other which is great.

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yeah, no..

first i wanna say, the low rating is NOT because of the acting or actors/actresses, they did amazing job and i am so proud of them 🥹

the low rating is purely ONLY because of bad writing. i should not be surprised after all these years but here we are, again, with yet another confusing story with bad writing and problematic themes romatisizing taking advantage of others, especially in a relationship. i had hope, but here we are... this is staring to push my own boundaries how much i can tolerate, but as the actors are one of my faves, i keep putting myself in these situations, but this might seriously be my last.

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Confused? You will be!

What a brilliant concept for a BL storyline that keeps the audience guessing!

PLEASE NOTE: Don’t bother watching the English version put out on YouTube by Me Mind Y as there are whole chunks missing (the child swap thing towards the end of the series is a perfect example and you won’t get some of the dream sequences either) that make an already confusing plot almost unwatchable. Make sure to watch it on iQIYI where you can view the whole thing as well as the special episode (I’ve left a review for this too).

The plot starts at university where we meet P’Cir who wakes up from an accident telling everyone that Phu is his boyfriend and then he escapes from hospital to run to Phu’s student apartment to check that he’s ok and to tell him they they are in a relationship but that he is from a parallel universe. Phu is completely surprised as he’s never spent any time with Cir but is so worried about him that he decides he needs to help him return to his own world.
There are plenty of humorous, steamy and poignant moments in a drama with an excellent cast (the two main leads work really well together with fabulous chemistry and the secondary pairing is also believable and engaging).
There are twists and turns and by the end you realise that although Cir is not from a parallel universe, there are other versions of himself that exist with other versions of Phu and that he’s met a couple of his counterparts.
The special episode that aired independently and after this series also helps join the dots so is well worth a watch too.

Would I watch this again? I originally watched the YouTube version then found it on iQIYI so have already seen it a second time.

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BossNoeul are great, storytelling has some problems at the end.

Even though the series has some flaws, I enjoyed watching it. I give attention and rating to very few series, because 90% of bl series are so cringy, that it hurts me to watch it (including the most popular ones). So when I criticize The boy next world, it is still better and more qualitative than most bl series out there. So this series already deserves a high rating and everything I will write below is just nitpicking.
The main advantages:
1. Boss and Noeul, the high rate is mostly due to them. They enhance the quality of any product just by their presence. To be completely honest, I wouldn't be interested in this show if it had any other actors in the lead roles. I don't remember if I was ever seriously interested in the plot of any bl series. I only watch those who act realistically and there are very few of them. And this show was definitely enjoyable to watch.
2. Music. This OST deserves all the awards. But the music in the series as a whole is also at a very high level, I would say better than in most of bl series, it sets the mood and atmosphere of the scenes perfectly.
3. Visuals. Angles, colors, frames were great, everyone involved did a wonderful job.
4. Noeul's hair (…joke. not joke)
5. I won't talk about NC in the list, because everyone already knows. BN have the best NCs not only in thai and not only in bl but overall and that is not a subjective opinion, that simply a fact.
And some things that i personally didn't necessarily like:
1. Script. While the plot was pretty simple for me, I found the delivery very strange sometimes. First big problem is that final was way too rushed, i didn't get enough CirPhu in eps 9-10.
The second problem is that the main Sir was poorly written. He was less interesting to me than all the parallel ones. I would have been more interested in watching all 10 episodes with any of the Sirs shown in the flashbacks, especially dark Sir and Payu Sir. His lines in the first episode were strangely worded, it got better in the following episodes, but those first ones turned off some viewers for sure. It felt that even Boss found it easier to play the other Sirs, they felt more alive.
By the way, Phu was written much better. Zero critics to him.
2. Unnecessary drama. I wasn't interested in mom's drama, they spent too much screen time on her, but it didn't annoy me much because I'm already used to the unnecessary amount of drama in every Thai show. The only regret is that they could have spent all that screen time developing SirPhu's relationship and could show more about parallel versions of them.
3. The first two episodes could have fit into one and the finale could have been a couple of episodes longer.
A conclusion:
High quality product. Has issues with rushed ending but still enjoyable to watch. Enjoyed it even more after rewatching the whole series. Favorite episodes - 5 and 8.
Definitely recommend.

P.S.: This series was good for BN as an experiment and a challenge to acting skills, but i feel the vanilla style is not exectly theirs. They need something more aggressive and driving, with humor and action, less plot twists and more development and realism of the characters. And an experienced bad boy character for Noeul please.

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Stalker Cloud

I like that the title sequence had scenes that were specifically for the title that artistically interpreted the theme of the story along with some scenes from the show sprinkled in.

Phu may be forgetful, superstitious, and unafraid of speaking to himself out loud in public like a maniac, but he's still capable of being self sufficient and thoughtful. He's also got steely spine when it's needed which makes him standout from the stock cutesy guy into someone more three dimensional. Phu standing up for his dumb friend Achi who was tricked by Cir's arranged fiancé to get Phu there to verbally and physically attack him was great, showing he's no doormat. I like that once he entertains that it may be true that Cir is from a parallel world, he immediate differentiates that he himself is different from the Phu that Cir is dating and thinking about how parallel Cir is probably sad that his boyfriend is gone. He does eventually come to the conclusion upon Cir's second brush with the car of doom trope that he would like to be selfish and keep this Cir with him. At least he thoroughly thought about it first. This series has the worst moms. At first it seemed maybe it's fair that Phu's mom is living her own life in Australia now that he's in university, but she left her own child while he was still in junior high. That's wildly selfish to not take him with her no matter if he doesn't want to leave where his dad lived. She should have finished raising him and he could still go back to Thailand for university as an adult. Grief never goes away, but she's chooses to deal with it in a way that also keeps her kid in even more pain with him losing both parents when he needed at least one to take care of him and help him process it. It's amazing he's not more of a mess, which could be credit to his unseen auntie who had to take him in. Perhaps they never showed her to keep the negative maternal figure theme.

It's immediately weird that as in love as Cir acts that he is with Phu, he doesn't make that distinction that the Phu that he knows and love is back in the other world with out him, but rather with a different Cir as well. It's an interesting twist that Phu isn't from another world, but has been creepy stalking Phu for 5 years which is how he knows so much and the brain trauma from his first brush with the car of doom in addition to getting dream access to seeing into the parallel world where he's successfully dating the object of his obsession pushes him to desperately skip straight to dating Phu. Cir isn't that smart, he could have just used his information that Phu is probably open to being with him as push for a start fresh with Phu instead of just going full I'm from parallel world schtick to both Wim who has known him since kindergarten and this Phu who doesn't know who he is aside from being schoolmates. Cir is 1000% getting past getting committed to the psych ward with his pretty and rich boy privilege and being an unhinged stalker liar once Phu has already fallen hopelessly in love with him. The writing also should have kept it ambiguous if Cir is lying or not if they Cir was going to keep lying to Phu for a long time because once it's confirmed to the audience, it just drags the story pacing down.

Wim is so funny, at first it seems like he may be in love with Cir and a really serious guy, being so concerned about him, but it's really just everyone puts way too much responsibility on him regarding Cir's behavior like he's Cir's keeper and it's so funny when he learns Phu gets along with Cir despite his weird behavior and giddly says no take backs. Poor Wim has been traumatized by being forced to witness Cir being abused by Cir's truly abhorrent mother too. Cir really needs to treat Wim, who is the best friend to him, better and not just sell him out by giving Wim's number to Jin just like that just so Phu won't go with Jin to the movies anymore. Wim and Jin's cloud interaction was cute, playing what animal shape the clouds are with Jin who happen to know things because he can read minds. But everything else after that was just pure red flags, forcing Wim to go on a date and kissing Wim without consent and it's just played off as cute. At least Jin stops being able to hear Wim when he realizes how much he really likes Wim. He supposes it's both because Wim always speaks his mind and because the strength of how much he likes Wim that he can stop invasively hearing the one he likes.

It's really cool that a different Cir travels to one where a relationship with Phu is already set in to get a taste of it before returning and meeting their own versions. I wonder if the black clothed Cir in the white room wished that they had a happy ending becomes in some worlds they do not? It also seemed at first it's only the mind that is changed, but Cir's physical scar leaves and goes depending on the consciousness, but the hairstyle stays the same. That doesn't really make any sense, the show should have came up with something extremely specific habit wise for Phu to be able to differentiate between Cir and ponytail Cir. I feel bad for Cir getting hit twice with a car for these switches to happen. Phu telling ponytail Cir to convey his message of love and goodbye was such good angst. The switchback was the perfect time for Cir to finally tell Phu the truth about him actually being the Phu from this world, but it's so annoying that he doesn't because it makes Phu feel guilty for taking the boyfriend of another him and he knows the pain of losing Cir. Phu snooping around in Cir's room and finding out Cir's stalking truth is fair with Cir's lie to get close to Phu. This was dragged out so long that there's no angst in it, it's only right that Phu is angry. It was annoying again that in Cir's clarification video, he doesn't add on that he saw the parallel world in his dreams to at least explain why he was saying that he was from there to begin with. They only finally make things clear post coital at the very end. As it was for the two lead actor's previous project, the NC scenes for the characters are character driven. I've seen remarks about Phu being different between his regular character and when he's in a sexual situation, but he's shown that he was always increasingly bold with every interaction.

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Nice song, nice actors, mediocre story with wasted potential.

I don't usually write reviews so excuse me for my unexperienced bluntness. I honestly started this show because of the introduction song. It's a nice melody and I'm a sucker for angst, which is reflected well in the lyrics. I can't say the show really lived up to the expectations in those lyrics, but the subject addressed in both the show and the song is an interesting concept. It's just a shame that the adaptation of it did not live up to (my personal) expectations.

To sum up my thoughts in nice categories:
The story itself isn't much special. It has potential but doesn't completely live up to it. There's angst, but it's not really thought out properly and even resolved in a normal matter. Honestly, the ending where our protagonist first blames Cir and then can't live without him after a video filled with a crying session left me confused, and then once they decided to just -- simply -- switch sons for the 'property' Cir's mother demands, it's actually quite stupid. Knowing the novel author, I can't say I'm completely surprised. But oh well. I've watched worse stories just for the unlived potential.

Can't say much about the acting or cast. I'm not an active fan of them, and just watch most of these actors casually when a good show comes along. The acting is fine, and that's all I need really. I can give them compliments about their chemistry and NC scenes, of course. That's what they're also quite known for.

I love the opening song, so the music gets an unfairly high score from me. For the rest not much stood out, and they mostly use the typical background songs for the rest of the show that you can find in other Thai shows. It's solid.

So all by all, I am glad I watched this show, but I wouldn't praise it to be something better than it is. A good show to pass the time when you're bored, with some high points but mostly just an average viewing experience. It wasn't boring nor too long. Probably just right for what was meant to be told.

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WHY are you kissing or being intimate with your sick partner? Is that supposed to be romantic?
WHY are you stalking someone you like instead of confessing and asking them out. Is that supposed to be romantic?
WHY does Mame only write toxic and pitiable relationships? Is that supposed to be romantic?

I'll confess, the first 3 episodes were really fun trying to understand this parallel universe concept, but things started going downhill soonafter. The writing is cringe, even in the first 3 episodes. Noeul's character, Phu was portrayed as extremely naive and childish, like which uni kid throws a tantrum over underwear colors? Thankfully his interactions with Boss made it more tolerable since it bought some seriousness to the "plot". Speaking of the plot, I understand this is fiction and toxic characters exist irl and easier to accept when not grounded in reality, but are we supposed to empathize with Cir, really? He cares only abt Phu and nobody else, not his brother, not his friends, no one. Phu is too naive, forget calling the police on this stalker, you apologized to him and tell him what he did was acceptable because its for LOVE?? Too creepy, stalkery, cant even relate to these characters who are completely one dimensional. There was chemistry between the main leads thankfully, but here's hoping Noeul could improve on his acting a tad bit more and choose better roles for his next project, something that is more mature and outside of school/uni setting and not written by Mame (I think she needs psych help). Didnt care for side characters other that Ozone and Jin, even their acting can do better.

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Every Teen Girls Dream, Every Grown Woman's Nightmare

What to say. I'm not the demographic for this, so I have to temper my review with that understanding. Still, a drama in which a man stalks, lies to and, as one person says (approvingly), is romantically obsessed with the main character (Phu), gave me pause. I mean, there's an adult version of this type of drama -- it's called "You" on Netflix.
That said, the most concerning aspect of the drama is the belief that the healing power of love is enough to overcome severe trauma. I have a better suggestion -- therapy. There is no question that Cir gravitated to Phu because Phu supported him at a time in his life when he had been abandoned by his father and left with a mother who, my opinion, had both a paranoid borderline personality disorder and sociopathy. The father's choice, coupled with the mother's frequent beatings and issues of control resulted in, again in my opinion, an individual with attachment issues and a severe form of PTSD. It's no wonder that everyone stated that they preferred Cir after his association with Phu rather than before. That put a lot a pressure on poor Phu who himself had abandonment issues.
Honestly, I would have liked to have seen the father grow a pair, get the mother arrested for child abuse and take custody of both kids, Of course, I don't know Thai laws. With that in mind, what kind of traffic laws in Thailand allow an individual to hit someone in a crosswalk, and put them in the hospital without any legal repercussions? Really? Again, I'm not familiar with Thai laws, but clearly if I go there, I'm looking both ways before crossing. No scratch that, I'm prepared to wait all night for an empty street before crossing.
Okay, that was critical me. My inner teen and politically traumatized adult squeed throughout the entire viewing. The romance, the over the top drama with a touch of the supernatural resonated with my gothic-novel reading and science-fiction loving inner child. Hey, this was imaginative, well acted and thankfully allowed me a respite from current political realities. I'm here for that.

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I WAS IN LOVE… UNTIL EP10 SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE!!!

So basically this review is just about my feelings… but damn, I’m pissed.

THE STORY from episode 1 to 8? Absolute sugar rush! I fell for them hard. I was literally in love right alongside Cir & Phu. For three whole days I was giggling like an idiot, grinning like a fool. They were adorable. Cir doing everything for him, always there, always helping. And don’t even get me started on how perfectly Phukan fits in Cir’s arms whenever they hug — it was everything. They even made my Mondays bearable, had me smiling like some love-struck teenager.

I even checked the review stars once, saw they were just “average,” and thought, what the hell is wrong with people? Because to me, it was pure magic. And then… then came episode 10.

And it all went to hell. Shitty writing. Total betrayal. They threw every single beautiful moment straight under the bus and set it on fire. Suddenly the entire family is completely deranged — the mother, the father, Cir, Ozone, all of them. INSANE. Baaa~ indeed.

Why must it always be like this?! Boss & Noeul are phenomenal — they carried everything on their backs and gave us perfection — and THIS is how you reward them? With an ending that sucks the life out of everything? Just WHY?!

And now, I am falling for JIN - the mind reader that he is. Lawh mak! Suay mak!

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