Love at First Spike

Love at First Spike ‧ Drama ‧ 2025
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PPBongi
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Aug 20, 2025
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5

A Solid & Effective LGBTQ Story! Told Well!!

I was indeed pleasantly surprised and found this story to be exceptionally well done. It is not just entertaining, it is contemporary, relevant, and quite consequential. This story is a tale of their redemption along a journey involving major growing adjustment pangs between the two of them. However, it also created a path to learn about each other through the eyes of the other members of the team. Because no matter how much you might want to deny it, we influence others sometimes in ways we least expect it. So, it is not just a story of restoration, it becomes a story of acceptance also. This is above all also a story of misfits. If you are familiar with the Christmas tale about the island of misfit toys, then this story will make more sense. To some degree, it is even more relatable because each member of the volleyball team represents an oddity from a world of nonconformists. This is a deeply personal series to watch because we notice how others see them and frankly how they view themselves. It is painful and sometimes sad but always idiosyncratic particularly if you are a member of one of their sodalities.

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friedchicken013
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Aug 24, 2025
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

REAL LIFE SCENARIO (The only SERIES with FULL of SUBSTANCE)

What I like about this series is when the story shows us the real life happening to those member of LGBT.
It is not about only love between man and woman but how it tackles the day to day burden of the other side of community.

I like how the volleyball final ends won by Ethan even though he is not the lead character. Because in reality, he is the main guy for volleyball. I like also how Uno develop himself to understand the LGBT and able to defend it with hetero people.

Overall, the stories is real and very promising. Not overly done and never a single cringe in each episodes.

The only series I found full of substance. COMEDY, LOVE, DRAMA, court ACTION and mostly how each characters shows their story and development.

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Shawn
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Aug 9, 2025
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
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WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK

Love At First Spike IS NOT A BOY'S LOVE (BL) series. However, it is worth noting how the series portrayed the real-life and daily struggles of the queer ecosystem, though, showing only in a case-by-case scenario, as students in a school setup. The show never displayed any concluding matchups to the characters: Jared and Ethan's possible romantic bloom (to be honest, they both are a CLICK), Uno and Farrah's (well) expected love team, Diamond, Kidlat, Lucien, and even the coach's exact concluding moments as well. This series is worthy to have a Second Season release to showcase even further the characters' development in the story, maybe focusing further as they approach adulthood and such. That's all!

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SheCo
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Aug 14, 2025
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 4.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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SheCo

Essa série é bem ruim.
Comecei o primeiro episódio só pra dar a chance e ver se era bom, e eu gostei do primeiro episódio, achei bobo e divertido. Foi aceitável. Só que depois a história foi só descendo a ladeira.
O Uno pelo menos evoluiu né, achei isso legal, mas não impediu ele ser um pouco escroto com o Jared junto a Farrah que vou esculhambar ela já já. Botando um adendo aqui é que isso não é um bl e não tem romance bl, só romance lakorn entre Uno e Farrah e, apesar disso, é uma história Queer abordando vários personagens lgbts.
O desenvolvimentos dos personagens secundários foram legais, eu gostei.
Agora vamos ao casal principal (Uno e Farrah), os dois começaram a namorar, legal, mas fizeram isso desconsiderando completamente o Jared e os sentimentos deles, mentiram pra ele sem se importarem, principalmente a Farrah que era a melhor amiga do Jared por ser prima. Literalmente a pessoa que ele mais confiava. E quando o Jared descobre ela joga uns papos pra cima dele que não fazem nem sentido na moral.
Quando Farrah e Jared eram um pouco mais novos os dois se envolveram em um acidente de carro no qual a Farrah estava dirigindo e os dois quase morreram. Por causa disso a mãe do Jared, tia da Farrah vive culpando ela pelo acidente e isso fica afetando o psicológico da Farrah, que o tempo todo tenta ceder pros tios e pro Jared por se sentir culpada, embora o tio e o próprio Jared não a culparem.
Após o Jared descobrir que o Uno e a Farrrah estavam namorando escondidos (ainda tem isso kkk) ela surta com o Jared por ficar decepcionado com os dois, que pasmem, a Farrah é a pessoa que o Jared mais confia e o Uno pediu pro Jared dar uma chance a ele de concertar os problemas entre os dois e confiarr nele. A Farrah diz que eles dois não fizeram nada de errado por não ser errado os dois estarem apaixonados e ainda tenta jogar na cara do Jared que ela cedia pro Jared devido a culpa que ela sentia pelo acidente (principalmente por causa da mãe do Jared que vivia enchendo o saco). Ela se abstia sem o Jared pedir e não querer isso também. Os três brigam e o Jared vai embora e a Farrah vai atrás dele até em casa. No outro dia eles conversam, a Farrah não se desculpa mas fodse também, ninguém liga, o Uno chega na casa e conversa também e eles se desculpam e tá tudo ótimo.
E ainda tem o Ethan que é apaixonado pelo Jared, no episódio final ele se declara e o Jared não fala nada, corta a cena e a gente não sabe qual foi a resposta ou se eles vão ficar juntos, mas não importa porque não é um bl né?!
Ai depois pula pro futuro com o Uno treinando uns garotos no vôlei e acaba a sérrie, cara, essa série é uma confusão do caralho.
Horrível isso. Não recomendo nem por experiência. Tenebroso!
Nota 4/10 só porque alguns personagens tiveram sim uma história boa e aceitável, porquê os "casais" principais são um cuzil.

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Dropped 7/8
aisyahherika
0 people found this review helpful
Aug 3, 2025
7 of 8 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
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Have some queer characters but not BL

Disclaimer: mohon koreksi jika saya salah karena tidak ada yang sempurna di dunia ini, dan mohon maaf jika ada pihak yang tersinggung.
Dari pandangan saya tahap pengenalan dari drama ini sangatlah menarik namun mungkin ada beberapa part yang sedikit berlebihan. Pertama karena masalah pertengkaran antar pemain yang bisa menyebabkan seorang atlet dikeluarkan dari klubnya. Suasana sport begitu intens pada episode awal namun pada akhirnya tak ada unsur pembelajaran tentang bola voli, turnamen atau yang lain.
Berikut yang hal yang saya sukai :
1. Latar pemeran utama dijelaskan di sini saya sangat suka kedekatan Jared dan Farrah sebagai sepupu dan memiliki ikatan keluarga yang baik. Begitupun Uno memiliki Ibu yang mendukung anaknya untuk berkarir di sekolahnya.
2. Saya patut memberi apresiasi bagi seluruh pemeran queer yang sangat menjiwai karakter layaknya pemain bola voli sekolah yang cukup ahli dan kedekatan mereka terlihat natural.
3. Misteri dan konflik yang dialami Uno dan Jared menurut saya cukup menarik. Didukung dengan visual dan akting mereka, mungkin banyak dari kalian yang akan menjodohkan mereka sebagai pasangan. They look so promising for gay people.

Yang tidak saya suka sebagai berikut :
1. Menurut saya pendalaman masalah pada series ini masih kurang, seperti konflik keluarga Uno, konflik keluarga Jared dan Farrah, konflik klub bola basket. Dalam series seakan masalah selesai dengan singkat tanpa mengaitkan antar konflik.
2. Series ini hidup karena para karakter queer, namun apa yang mereka dapat? Sangatlah jelas creator menargetkan pasar queer namun tidak mendukung dari segi perbaikan lingkungan sekolah mereka dan cerita cinta mereka. Can i call it Queerbaiting ? Why they so rude to gay people
3. Menurut saya drama ini tidak memiliki fokus yang jelas pada tema Sport maupun Queer. Apa tujuan Uno masuk ke klub bola voli ? Mengejar beasiswa atau mengejar cewek ? 🤣

Sekian, Terima kasih

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