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Typical Plot but Worth the Watch

Plot
It's nothing new, a typical fake marriage & enemy to lovers trope. Technically only Kluay hates Pup, he obviously liked her since the beginning. Overall, it's a light romcom for days that you want to swoon over Son Yuke (like me).

Character
Even though the plot is basic, what makes this special is the characters. Pup is very flirty and he teases Kluay just to get a reaction. I love the comedic timing too, like we think Pup is going to say one thing but he says something unexpected, or we think Pup is upset, but he's testing her reaction. However he is also very pushy and manipulative at times. He oversteps her boundary many times. I don't understand how he can prank Kluay on camera. For Kluay, I like how she's not a damsel in distress and fights Ploy when Ploy crosses the line. Ploy is such a petty character but she's also very smart (although always unlucky lol).

Acting
Like another reviewer mentioned, when it comes to the couple, Son's acting carried most of their scenes. Mook definitely has her moments but I feel like her acting, even in her more recent dramas, is just average. I wasn't convinced of their chemistry initially, but they got great chemistry and I love their romantic scenes. Carisa did well as the villain, sometimes she's even better than Mook. I love Jiyeon's acting, she did great as the best friend. In fact I have no complaint about the acting (except Mook's).

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Not as bad as other people think

First of all, I've only watched the Taiwanese version and I don't even remember the whole plot but this is definitely a spin-off rather than remake. If you expect they follow the original plot, then stay away.

I watched this solely for the hotness of Son Yuke and lowered my expectation after reading the other reviews here. However, I did really enjoyed watching the whole lakorn. Also his chemistry with Vill really shows, they acted really natural together.

I would say, actress who played Nicha was probably the worst actor in the series considering she's the 2nd lead. She's very stiff and barely has any other expression. It doesn't help that the wardrobe team gave her silly clothes. Going to the village in dresses and heels? Please be serious. Seb was better but he was a little stiff as well. I thought I would be annoyed with Thong Hansa (Ciize) but her character actually grew on me.

I actually don't mind that they lacked romantic scenes after Kin got his memories back. 10 episodes of him being Tonnam is good enough to make me squeal throughout the whole lakorn. However, Kin's a horrible boyfriend even before losing memory, let alone after.

I do think the episodes could have been shorter and they could skip the long ass flashbacks, but I guess that's just how lakorn works. Like another review mentioned, I like how they made the villain smart and not just plain evil.

Overall, I would definitely go back and rewatch the drama.

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It's a Lakorn Afterall

If I could, I would rate the acting 15/10, that's how the acting in this series. Even the supporting actors did so well. I especially like Lily's (Maynee) acting. Her character is very essential to build the plot.

The amount of times I want to pull my hair out from frustration, you have no idea. Venika makes one questionable decisions after another, she doesn't believe in "chicks before d**ks", I think. But at the end of the day, all of her stupid decisions is the basis of the story. The official synopsis gave away too much, I could guess the basic plot and the "plot twist" from the synopsis alone lol

I find that Theerakit's character didn't have much impact to the story as he's pretty much just the puppet. However, I would say Jes did well despite the bland character. The main focus of the story is not the love story, but rather the battle of Venika and Dangwad to outwit one another. The female characters, both main and supporting really carried the show.

17 episodes is a bit too long tho, I think 15 would've been more than enough. Overall, I highly recommend watching this. The OST is so good too!

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Waste of Time

I started watching for Sunny Suwanmethanon, and there's Davikah so my expectation was high. Also I'm surprised I managed to finish watching. First of all, the series is unnecessarily long. 16 episodes? Should have been 10 max. The storyline dragged on and on and on. I actually do like the basic theme of magical gateway for the special person. It's pretty sweet. The plot of the drama is also very interesting. But I don't think they have enough substance to last 16 episodes.

Second of all, Tantawan was a jobless, damsel in distress who constantly needed saving. I feel like the whole conflict with Paeng not having enough time for her wouldn't have been so serious if she actually has a day job rather than a full time caretaker for a grown ass man. Paeng on the other hand, why is he even still dating Tantawan? He seemed annoyed with her all the time. He tries to change when he realize what he's been during wrong, that's when he seemed less robot like. Also Paebii is an annoying character. I'm irritated whenever she opens her mouth. Chalan is pretty sweet, I guess it's the youth. He's genuine with Tantawan, so I like that.

But I wouldn't recommend this series.

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Surprisingly a Slow Burn

I watched this for Prang and Pat because in my eyes, these 2 can do no wrong. I really like Prang's character here and she's more than just a demure, soft spoken girl. Pat I feel like she plays various different character which is great, and her character here is interesting too.

I love Bonus (maybe I'm bias because I like Ticha), she's so quirky and funny. Aon is creepy as hell with Ket urghh. I'm glad Ket didn't marry Pete because good lord he's so pushy it pisses me off. Also initially I did guess that Ket is Non's end game but along the way, I thought maybe not.

Personally I'm disappointed with Benz and Pang and the way the story ended. I understand both of them were grieving, but really? That fast? Damn. Not even her father questioned why Benz was looking for Pang tirelessly when she decided to cut contacts. That's just so weird to me. I feel sorry for Kanta too, like you husband slept with your own sister mere 3 months after your death ON your bed.

Acting wise, everybody did well. Mind's actress acting was just okay to me though. I like the whole plot, but the pace for Non's plot is so slow surprisingly. For Kanta's plot was fine tho. Personally, I wouldn't rewatch this but I do recommend giving this a chance.

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Akin is supposedly the main character, but screen time wise, his father gets more screen time. While I do like that his character is mild mannered (except when he gets the hots for Maya lol) until he became the chairman, I still feel that his character is a bit too mild, like he's still playing safe not to show his hands too soon. But with other villains with stronger personality, his character is left forgotten. Sometimes I feel like I haven't seen Akin appear on screen with important plot development.

Maya's character eventually grew from merely a seductress to something more. Although she took way too long to get Akin to recover his memories.

Also poor Parnkaew, I'd be a bitch too if I'm constantly being called stupid by both my brother and husband. I don't believe she's a bimbo, I think given the chance she can come up with a good comeback too, I didn't like how her character is being used as Saksit'a puppet. I like Claudia's acting, honestly, she's great at being the villain but she's also good at acting pitiful.

Even though initially Sophie was reluctant to help Maya with her revenge, over time they become closer with Kwan. I like it that these 3 girls are close and take care of each other.

Storyline wise, the first half was pretty boring. Maya went all in too soon, playing with both Akin and It at the same time that it was puzzling but it kinda make sense as the result of the conflict brought her seduction makes up for the following episodes. Although the whole plot of music therapy was forgotten so fast it's almost funny. Overall, I think this drama has a lot of potential with talented cast but ended up being pretty disappointing.

I find that the female characters are dressed in revealing clothing too often and unnecessarily. I get it, they're seductresses, but even modest clothing can be sexy as well. Sometimes it comes off as tacky too.

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Beyond Expectation

I watch this for Euro without even watching the trailer, I didn't even know what to expect. But I would say this series matches my sense of humour. Acting wise, they're all fine. I like how the series is in Northeast (?) dialect, and the warmth of the characters.

Although I'm just puzzled about some of the plot:
1. Tao is supposedly an adult is courting Khaoji who is a student, middle school student at that...and nobody has an issue with it?
2. Kwang just cannot make up her mind whether she wants Ben or not. I don't know if the writing is the flaw, or the character is supposed to be indecisive. But it's so annoying considering how she claims Ben is possessive and competitive and left her with their kid.

I thought the series would just be comedy, surprisingly it also included a few serious plots as well, although due the short episodes most of it get glossed over. I watched this on WeTV, I'm not sure if the clips uploaded is somewhat cut off because I feel like the first episode was more like 2nd episode, like we're supposed to already been introduced to the characters, especially for Kwang and Kan's relationship.

I would recommend watching this series because of the warmth and humour (and Euro's good look obviously)

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Wasted Potential

I think the plot actually has a lot of potential but the execution falls flat. Mookda has the most character development which is funny because she's the villain. I expected a typical one dimensional villain. Phumin and Ployrung are such one dimensional characters and I feel like Bua and New don't really shine in these characters. Phumin and Ployrung as a couple sometimes doesn't look convincing. There were scenes that they looked like they just met yesterday lol They're just 2 nice people with personality of a cardboard stand, 15 episodes is way too long, could have been just 8 episodes. The confrontation with Mookda in the cave is always the same thing with same outcome. I think the backstory of their past lives are interesting.

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Highly Recommend

I was truly impressed with the drama, I was not bored at all. It has comedy, it has thrill, it has mystic. I thought they were gonna copy The Master's Sun as they did reference that drama in the earlier episodes, but not really. It has few similarities tho. If you like fast faced romance plot, then this one is for you.

Watched this for Punjan because he's hotter than the sun. I like all of the characters. There were some characters that I thought had no purpose, but they actually do.

However, the final episode seems like the writers has given up and just wanted to get it done with so logic went out the window lol

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A bit too miserable for my liking

I'm going to preface this review by saying that I didn't drop the series because it's not good or boring. It's actually really good but I hate that Thong's life doesn't get any better. It made me feel so depressed and irritated. I only watch up to where she started to become actress. I knew from the synopsis that she got bad luck when it comes to men, but I didn't know it would THIS bad with this many men. Only Montra (Jes) was good, everyone else was horrible.

Acting wise, everyone was good. I especially love Malee (Ticha) and Sri (Pat). To be fair, I like Pat Napapa in anything lol. Malee was such a worthy opponent for Thong. I like Thong's spirit, she's always prepared to fight for her right. Everyone is morally grey here at best. Though, again, Montra is the exception. But I wouldn't blame Thong for being morally grey. If she's a green flag, she would've been dead a long time ago. Baifern as always, did really well and there's not much else to say.

I might go back and finish the series someday and I recommend the series to those who haven't watch it.

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Surprisingly Great

There are only 14 episodes but each episode was more than an hour long. Even then I think they have enough plot to fit the episodes and didn't really drag like I thought it would. I've never seen the previous version so I couldn't compare.

I watched half of the series without subtitle, even the subtitle is just auto translate and difficult to understand. But this series is so good that I didn't even think about giving up. Initially I felt kind of annoyed that Tawanchai is such a goody two shoes, also seems like he doesn't understand Burapha's anger towards him. But as the series progress, he became more flexible so I like the character development. Meanwhile I also felt like tired of seeing Burapha so angry all the time. He barely smile too but he does smile with Ticha so yeah.

Although initially I started watching because of Son Yuke, I would say that the entire cast was great. Sure, some was quite stiff but overall they're all great. I watched Pong in Love Lesson 010 and was kind of interested seeing him in a different role. Puri (the actor who played Tat) always plays the villain in other drama/movie that I've seen him and I guess it's because he's just so good at it. Chatchai initially seemed like a one dimensional villain, but I really like the character development, and the actor did really well too. He has his vulnerable moments and I was so awed. Oh and I really like Seua (Akk), he's a good cop and really understand Tawanchai's dilemma with protecting Burapha his brother and arresting Burapha the gangster.

If you're looking for lovey-dovey scenes between Bu (like Jod likes to call Burapha lol it's so cute) and Ticha, they don't have a lot of those. But I still like the way they like each other. Ticha is very understanding and Bu really tries but life as part of mafia isn't easy.

Ticha's character is the typical good girl so I feel like Pango couldn't show her range but Ticha is also not a push over. She would tell Burapha what she feels and whenever he's crossing the line so I really like that. Joemchat is super pretty too, whenever she appears on the screen I'm always mesmerized. She's smart and knows when take advantage of a situation and not just wait for some guy to save her. Joe is super adorable, I initially thought Tawanchai would be interested in her. Kinda bummed she didn't end up with Seua.

Either way, it's a great series. I hope someday GMMTV would sub the series properly.

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Not Bad

This is my first BL, and I'm only watching because of Jeff Satur. I watched tons of interviews and reaction videos before deciding to watch the series. I love all of the cast, they're all good looking (except for Miles sorry). I fell in love with Build just by watching their contents because he's such a sunshine. Acting wise, they're all really good and I have zero complaint.

What I find strange is the lack of women and how everyone in the circle are gay?? I mean I know this is BL but everyone's gay??Also a straight Porsche (and assumingly Pete as well) turns gay (or bi?) that fast? Pretty convenient lol

Also from their content on Youtube the supporting actors talk about their preparation for the series, character development and the way the whole cast are promoted. But it's unfortunate that they BARELY show up on the screen, let alone have lines to show their characters. Character development what? Maybe they already filmed some parts for season 2?? Idk.

Also what does Kinn (or the family for that matter) actually does? Sure, he's a mafia who runs some kind of business, but what kind of business really? He never mentioned any specifics. And the way the way just roam around all day is strange. At least with the minor family, I kinda get the idea (although still barely).

Not gonna comment on how the sex scene is kinda like rape since Porsche's drugged, because as we are all aware, the novel it's based on is a red flag in itself. Also Kinn's is like horny 24/7 or what?? Glad scenes between Chay and Kim were just pecks and cuddlesvtho. Pheww.

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