Duang with You: Uncut (2026)

I can't get over Wave! Must-Watch

All I can say is the whole show is just so cute and adorable!

I love the dedication of Duang and his unique approach to what giving up means. Qin's personality is such a great contrast to Duang's, which is probably why they fit together so well.

As for Jamie and Mavis, I actually like that they didn't get too much screen time—mostly because they totally deserve to headline their own series!

And then there's my Wave 🥺

Wave is my absolute favorite among the DMD actors, and my heart still can't quite get over him.

My heart completely broke when he couldn't find a partner on DMD Friendship, so seeing him here with a potential partner (and knowing he'll have a new series with them as a side couple, I think!) just makes my heart swell. I really hope things work out for him, but if not, I wish him all the absolute best.

Getting back to the review: I love the choice of songs—they fit the whole series and the characters so perfectly.

And the art?

💯

It was so refreshing to actually see real artistic elements, like having actual art scenes when the characters are studying art, rather than just focusing exclusively on the romance. Plus, the cinematography is simply to die for!

As for the NC scenes, they manage to be sweet and sensual at the exact same time without feeling over-the-top.

If you want a series that is light, sweet, and filled with cute-y vibes, this is definitely your best go!

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An Iceberg, a Golden Retriever, and a Romance That Somehow Works

I do not usually gravitate toward university BLs, so Duang With You had a bit of a hill to climb with me from the start. And yet somehow this very sweet, occasionally ridiculous little drama got me.

Duang falls for Qin almost immediately, and when I say immediately, I mean Qin is basically just crossing the street and Duang’s brain appears to leave his body. Then Qin sings, and whatever chance Duang had of recovering is gone. From that point forward, Duang is all in.

He is silly, dramatic, lovestruck, jealous, persistent, and sometimes so over-the-top that I wanted someone to hand him a juice box and tell him to sit down for five minutes. But what kept him from becoming annoying in the wrong way is that he never really crosses over into entitlement. He pursues Qin constantly, yes, but when Qin sets a boundary, Duang listens. He may pout about it. He may look emotionally devastated for reasons that do not remotely justify emotional devastation. But he listens.

That mattered to me.

Qin, meanwhile, is basically an iceberg with excellent bone structure.

Por Suppakarn plays him as so reserved that sometimes even Duang seems unsure whether Qin is deeply in love with him or mildly tolerating his continued existence. And honestly, I understood Duang’s insecurity. Qin is very clear when Duang does something he does not like, but he is much less skilled at communicating what he does feel.

That becomes especially obvious when Thiu comes back into the picture. Qin knows what Duang is to him. Duang does not always know what he is to Qin.

And that is really the central tension of their relationship for me.

Duang externalizes everything. Every feeling he has is basically being broadcast live from his face. Qin could probably propose marriage while looking like he was asking whether Duang wanted rice.

But I ended up loving that contrast.

Duang brings warmth, noise, persistence, and emotional openness into Qin’s very controlled world. Qin gives Duang something steadier than his own chaos. And the show does a nice job of letting their relationship build through repeated small choices rather than pretending one confession magically turns two people into a couple.

By the time they officially become boyfriends in episode 9, I was ridiculously happy for them.

This is definitely not an NC- or kiss-heavy drama, but I actually preferred that here because the intimacy felt like an extension of the relationship rather than a substitute for one.

The drama does slow down in the middle. There were definitely moments when I felt like the story did not really need all twelve episodes, and both characters can get repetitive in their own ways. Duang can be too much. Qin can be frustratingly closed off. Neither of those complaints disappeared just because I liked them together.

But somewhere along the way, I stopped caring very much.

Part of that is because this became my low-stress drama. The one I could turn on when I did not want complicated plotting or emotional devastation or twenty moving pieces to keep track of. Sometimes I do not want television to wreck me. Sometimes I just want to watch two characters who are very clearly gone over each other while one of them behaves like an excitable golden retriever and the other slowly discovers that perhaps having feelings is not actually fatal.

And TeeTee Chakkrit surprised me.

Duang does not always give him much room to show range because so much of the character is bright, silly, openly lovestruck, and comedic. But in the moments when the story gives him something quieter or more emotionally grounded to play, there are flashes of something deeper there. Episode 9 especially made me think that with the right script and a more layered character, TeeTee could be outstanding.

That is actually one of the reasons I am now very interested in seeing TeeTee and Por again in Friend Benefit. From what we have seen so far, both roles look much more emotionally complicated, and I suspect that may give them more room to show what they can really do.

Duang With You is not extraordinary, and I do not think it is trying to be.

It is light. It is sweet. It is occasionally slow. It is occasionally ridiculous. Qin annoyed me sometimes. Duang annoyed me sometimes.

And I still adored them.

Because underneath everything else, what stayed with me was simply how much these two love each other.

And apparently that was enough.

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