Jogo do Namoro (2025)

10/10 interesting

I'm a fan of SnowMan's Mukai Koji, and this was my first time watching a Thai drama because he was starring in it.
Also, because it was a BL drama, I was quite nervous before it started, but my anxiety disappeared immediately. The story is interesting, the tempo is good, and it's very easy to watch. There are various elements scattered throughout, such as heart-pounding, comedy, and serious stories...it was so interesting that I couldn't stop watching.
The cold-hearted boss, which is not in Mukai Koji's public image, is a role I've been waiting for. And his facial expressions are amazing!
Every scene where he talks to his best friend, Fluke, at the restaurant, is so relaxing! The occasional Japanese words that pop up are also good.
It was my first time watching Thai actors act, but they all acted well. March was younger and cuter than I usually think, and his acting as a student was so different that I thought he was a different person...
There are some scenes that you don't often see in Japan, so I'm looking forward to it. It's filled with Thai tourist sites, food, and customs, as well as Japanese language and customs, so you can learn about Thai and Japanese culture.
I can't wait for the next episode!

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A bit cringe, a bit drama and much fluff...

The most amazing thing about this series is, that it's a japanese/thai co-production, even when filmed in Thailand, everyone except "Junji" is thai.

The start is rough with the subtitles, but it got better with ep 5... The first episodes are easy to follow even when you don't know exactly what they say, but everyone should get the gist of it. This story is similar to "Our Dating Sim" but with major differences. First the company is much bigger, second the couple did not meet in school, but through a game, even when that is not obvious for some time.

While a japanese production it follows the thai forumla, which means a bit of cringe and funny scenes which are not that funny in my eyes. But overall they did have a good story (not a stellar one), good character progression and even the "side couple" had ample of screentime and did not feel like an afterthought. The only sad point was, that Fluke resembled his acting in UWMA but his character was much stronger and focused. He did a good job and of course he did not need to cry every episode.

Interesting the main couple did not have any BL experience before this series and for their first outing they did exceptionally well. Hill (March Chutavuth Pattarakhumphol) is an inspired game designer who finally lands his dream job and Junji (Mukai Koji) is the CEO of the thai branch of a japanese gaming company and the only japanese working there. The writing of their characters was well done and they gradually show other sides of themselves and reveal that they are not as stereotypical as I have expected them to be from the first two episodes. They grow together in a mature slow way and both overcome their past trauma through trust.

The side couple has the veterans Judo (as Bay) & Fluke (as Phat) and both seem to have fun with their roles. While Bay is a game designer with a big ego and portraited as womanizer, Phat is reserved but a focused chef. Both couples find together due to the research there are doing for their new game which is a dating game but the main characters of said game are only boys. While Junji & Phat are obvioously gay, the other two characters seemed not to be, but this is not the typical hetero to gay trope. Bay sees/feels something in Phat he never felt before and Hill recognizes whom he loved all along (I will not spoil that to you). The only negative is the forced drama in the end, which is imho too much thai influence. They could have solved that in a better way in a less dramatic way.

We will see the side-couple hopefully again, because they announced a second season of "Make a Wish". Koji (Junji) will be back in a BL movie "Love Song" (https://kisskh.at/782204-love-song) this year which is also a japanese/thai co-production playing in Thailand and Japan but sadly with another actor but who look very similar to March (Hill) imho.

The production was good, the actors were good and the vibe was good. I don't know why, but I felt happy watching this. So I see no reason why you should not to watch this series imho.

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