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That was disappointing...

Ups, I forgot to write a review for this, because I was so underwhelmed. While it started gritty and bloody, it fell off the cliff as soon as they made this story fully comedic in the beginning. This was the dumbest decision they could have made. This topic does not deserve any comedic elements. It got better over time, but then of course they had an lacorn style bad character.

How this series could be nominated for any prices is beyond me, because this is just mediocre. It has bad parts and it has good parts but nothing really fitting or an overall concept. The actors are good, but that can't save the script. Camera angles are sometimes questionable, production quality bounces between very good and average.

So I have not much more to say other then this was disappointing. When writers have no time or/and no ideas how to tell a good story, they just gobble something together hoping that naked skin and nc-scenes will distract us from the bad script. At least it did not succeed with me. Just skip this and go to the grown up show "Shine" which has a detailed story, detailed characters, real emotions and no silly, inappropriate jokes.

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Sex sells...

or so, because most screentime is awarded to nc scenes or stupid banter. Story? Afterthought. There is not really a comprehensible story. How they got to be lovers is just ridicilous. It does also not help when the subtitles are not well done and many jokes are drowned through bad translations.

I guess this was just a payday for the actors and they had fun doing something stupid. There are worse things then getting paid for doing something stupid. But overall this was just awful. A series doesn’t always have to take itself seriously, but there was not a story to speak of, the jokes were mostly in poor taste and of the lowest calibre.

And the finale was the usual fanservice. Production quality was ok, but because it was not a DMD production, it was not as good as DMD could have made it. The audio editing was especially poor with many songs often mixed in one scene which does not make sense at all.

Thai's can't do comedy imho. Maybe I need to have a special humor to get it, but even with humor there is no story which could elevate this series. It's just a waste of time and there are more interesting things to watch.

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It's raw, it's dark, it's light, it's depressive, it's happy, it's sad - it's the full spectrum.

As usual I went into this "blind" - I did not watch trailers or read about it, I just knew it's playing in a tumult time for Thailand. Of course this is a drama and it does not represent historical accuracy, but it depicted quite accurate what the gist was. There were protests, there was political killings and there was a revolution (a bit later). Thailands military still has more power over it's goverment than any democracy should have.

This series is partly hard to watch. Not because it's bad, because it's so acurate, because the acting is so good and of course because it's so sad - in a good way. The company said this is not a BL, it's a gay story - and it mostly is. They did not disappoint in their description. There is only some fluff but mostly it felt really realistic.

Tanwa (played by Mile) is a typical end of 1960ties free spirit (they would have said hippie at the time), but without a direction. Trin (played by Apo) is more or less the opposite, he knows what he wants and he knows what he stands for. This two worlds clashes and after the traumatic events where Victor (played by Peter Deriy) died, Tanwa find the courage to move on by his mothers unreleased book (given by his father he was at odds). Then we have a second couple, the colonel and the journalist - a poetic love which could not be fullfilled, because the colonel decided to protect his love and sacrifices himself for it. I have read comments that say Dhevi is the villain, but of course she is not. The colonel used her (and her family) to advance his career and he had to pay the price for his decision. This also saved the live of his love the journalist. Is it nice? Of course not, but such were and are (sometimes) the realities we live in. It was quid quo pro - he gained social status which made him go through the ranks of the military into a powerful position and she gained just the man she loved even knowing he has no feelings for her. And in contrast to most BLs: She got not furious and made no scene. It's just realistic.

All the cast were really amazing. When you know that Tencent in the form of WeTV financed this project it's absolutly stunning that they did all that what they can't do in China with such a controversial story. Of course this is a hurtful story, this is not the typical BL fluff you may expect. This is raw, brutal, repulsive, sad but also poetic, happy and beautiful.

For me this is a 10 (for the uncut version), because besides the realistic approach, a good story and the production quality, it's the right step for Thai's entertainment industry to not just cater to the fangirls. The story is the star of this show and not just some actors. So, if you have not seen it, it's a must watch for me!

As usual a slight derank for the cut version because this version should not exist at all!

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The most cliché redflag/good guy "romance" ever...

After "Bad Guy My Boss" I hoped the next thing should be better, but no it's still a pile of crap. The worst thing is GagaOOLala picked this diarrhea up and polluted their content.

It starts with an narcistic egoistic asshole meeting a good guy and of course the good guy falls heavily for the asshole regardless of warnings previously given. And when the inevitable happens he has to cry himself to sleep. But of course the asshole gets a miraculous redemption arc because - the script says so. Yeah of course love can move mountains but people are not mountains. 🤣

I don't know why girls dig such shit, because this series still has a rating of 7.1... WTF? What's wrong with you people? This series is so awful it's not only a waste of your time, it's a waste of the money that was invested. Of course it's a tad better compared to 4Destiny, but it's just a different taste of shit. Could they please stop making such series? Nobody needs them, because they only thing which was watchable where all the nc-scenes because fanservice is king or so it seems.

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This show couldn't match the japanese charm and acting

Again a dispointing GMM-TV commercial with some BL show inbetween.
No elegance in the characters, all is very smooth and plain.
Reading some of the reviews, it looks like people do like shallow shows with outstanding production value.

Why we did need a third couple, I have no idea, but when u write superficial scripts, you need to fill the time with something. I also don't like BL actors playing hetero in a BL even when he and his "girl" were the best characters of all, which is sad for a BL, "Jinta" was stupidly over-acted because it's a thai "comedy" and the rest of them did not leave a mark.

Some fluffy scenes don't make a good BL, This show is highly overrated, but you could have watched a worse show. Still, I would recommand to watch the japanese version and you won't miss anything if you skipped the thai version.

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At least something different...

is the best I can say about this show. It had soooo much potential but the script and acting could not let it shine.
Compared to most of the Thai BL crap we get, this had an interesting premise, but the script did neither develop the characters nor made sense of the whole "drug" case. For me, it felt cobbled together in a hurry.

I have no clue how the case resolved with all the dead around. I can only asume the notebook - or was it a tablet? - was found or Chu left it with Mr. police gay guy, otherwise how could they solve the case? To have two Kims as ML is quite funny to me, but the older Kim was not good in acting at all... he felt out of place at times. Besides not really capable to be a police officer he often felt lost. The younger Kim did his best and I see his talent but he can't lead a BL alone when is partner is not capable - yet.

For young/new talents a workshop would have worked wonders, but I doubt they had one, Production quality overall was good, even the limited locations did not bother me. But the biggest question, how did Mr. police guy find his love? Not explained, he just appeared and we get the typical happy BL end - which I could have lived without. A time-jump where they meet by coincidence, for example Mr. Killer would have his first art exhibition... would have made more sense.

It's no secret that I don't like stories which leave questions or are not logical, especially if it's a kind of suspence, crime or thriller genre. The initial idea was good, but the execution failed. The team gets bonus points for presenting us with a novel concept, with some characters acted out well and suspence background music. Overall it's ok to watch, it's not stellar and not catastrophical bad, but not good either.

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Two shows in one... and a big spoiler in the beginning...

This is qute hard to explain, but I feel like we have seen two completely different shows... The William and Izaya arc was forced on to us with endless screentime and nobody can tell me, that there were not other important scenes in the first month. The only redeeming quality in this arc was Kazuyuki with his struggle which made me feel quite sad for the most time.

After William and Izaya were gone - thank you very much - we get a new show, a more dynamic show and a show with deep conversations, talk about gay life in Japan, talk about coming out and all the fears and uncertainties which will come with it. Especially Ryuki and Tomoaki grew with this show. That was the highlight of the show for me.

Point deductions go to Netflix for spoiling all the couples in the first scenes of the first episode - WTF? Why do you do this? The charm of such shows is, we don't know who will end up together. So they took away an important part of it. While the people on the panel are sure all nice and well - I don't need a panel to explain to me what happened or to explain to me how the person in the scene felt - I do know myself. They did cut it down a bit compared to Season 1, but it's still an annoyance for me - and I skipped them most of the time.

When you see Huwais and Bomis social media, it seems they are still together, but Netflix: Why did you let the people wait for SEVEN fucking months till they can reveal anything about the show? We know it was filmed from February to April 2025. It took so long to edit all the stuff? I don't believe so. I think it's cruel to let the couples hanging in the air for such a long time. Many did struggle with coming out and if they do come out and are happy, they can't even tell the world that they have a partner which makes them happy? Of course this is also a rating deduction for me!

Overall I will not be too harsh with my rating because the people in it moved me - a lot. It was a good experience but I'm still more a fan of how "His Man" is doing it. If you have the time, it's still worth a watch!

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Short, to the point, dark but without unnecessary drama

This is an example of what japanese productions do better than most. They do take a medicore, sexualized manga and make it into one of the best BLs we can wish for. The story is straightforward, there is no fluff in the beginning but the actors understand to portrait their characters to perfection with nuances in their facial expressions and glances.

What this production also did right is, we get real kisses and real NC-scenes which is not as common for JBLs as we could wish for. Cinematography is on point and production quality is high (besides the walk to the grave where a continues error appears). There is nothing to complain about. Of course this BL is not for everyone because it starts very dark. Yakuza are not the nicest people on this planet. And because it's dark, it's not fluffy at all even when Kataoka always tries to lighten the mood. He knows exactly what Odajima is up to, but he takes it as a given and does not care. But Odajima grows and realizes that all his hate was a misunderstanding and he finally finds peace with his past.

So overall, this is a perfect BL to binge-watch and just enjoy it.

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I wish I could like this more...

While the chaos and comedy was quite funny in the first installment, it felt over the top in the 2nd. Especially after they ended up together they made no progress at all. That felt disappointing...

On the plus side we have a show which does take itself seriously, we had the manager couple which are gorgeous and the finale where we had a mature scene between the two MLs were they talked about their feelings. On the negative side, of course for me, they still did not really kiss. WTF? If you do a BL, do it right and not half assed. That annoys me tremendously.

So if you like a comedy setting, this is for you, even if sometimes did felt cringe for me. On the other hand the script was not bad, they only did everything over the top. I mostly enjoyed the show but for me it did not come close to the first season and I wished they would have more time invested in both couples interactions.

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A tourist ad with less sex compared to Kiseki Chapter 2... and overall awful!

OMG, I did not write a review for that... and many reviews I saw are way way way to positive. This show was boring as hell... While the Kiseki crap had a lot of sex scenes, they cut down on them in this series... The only thing nice in this show is the nature, but of course it's a tourist ad for Shimane/Japan.

Other than that, the story was extremely thin, extremely boring and I have no clue why such stuff is financed at all. Each episodes goes over an hour and nearly nothing is happening besides some banter and useless dialoge. Even the background music feels boring...

The best I can say, it does not have an overly stupid story, but there is not much story to begin with. It's just dragging on for ages... and of course we have the typical cringe thai "comedic" bits which are neither funny nor helpful, especially with the sounds, The actors are the poorest of them all. We know that Tontae can act, but the performances of all of them were just bad.

Kissing and NC-scenes don't make a good BL. This is an awful show and you should avoid it!

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A drama wrapped as BL

This was a very unusual series. The "BL" aspect of this drama was NOT the focus of the series. So we were "robbed" of the romance aspect of this series. Maybe an episode more would have helped, maybe it's not as detailed in the novel too and it's close to it, I have no clue. What we got was a drama about euthanasia which is one of social questions the world has to solve. Only in a few countries this is legal, in most countries it's not and I feel in Asia it's a taboo.

The production value was outstanding, camera work, lighting and of course the music was top notch. Also the acting was strong. I liked the feeling that Mr. Policeman never trusted Dr. completly. The part with Mr. Pharmacy was a bit odd and did not really fit this series. I thought without him, the series would have been as good as it was. Of course it was shocking to see his relationsship revealed but I'm not sold on him murdering his love-interest. And to not have a happy end, was the right choice.

All the not so good story-aspects can be overlocked, but so it's not a 10 for me. It lacked in the romance aspect, some things didn't make much sense, but to have this social question asked in a drama is very important. To bring awareness to the public is important. For this reason alone, I recommand anyone to binch-watch this series.

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childish, boring, no development...

The three episodes can be considered "fan-service" without much of a "service". There is only forced drama and certainly not much character development. After 1.5 years together you may assume that "Teerak" changes his speaking especially in his confidence, but it's the same old, same old.

So for me this "stories" are mostly boring even when the couples are cute. It does not add to the dynamics and only the side couples show a minimum of development. But maybe it's the right stuff for all the fangirls who don't expect a story at all. Just watching cute couples is enough for them, but it isn't for me.

Production quality was top notch, but they skimped in the music department re-using already known background music which is disappointing as well.

Overall more or less a waste of time and if you have seen the series, you have seen it all.

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The show with the worst title was not the worst show...

The April/May 2026 Thai BL slump hopefully ended and this show was just one of them. The title is so stupid, that I asked myself if I should not skip this entirely. Too my surprise it was better as expected.

That doesn't say much nowadays, because as usual, the story is weak. The BL part is solid, put the GL part took aaaaaaaaaaa lot of screentime, while the second not-to-be-couple had no resolution at all even when we all know they belong together. Of course we have the lacorn-style villain characters in form of an uncle and his stupid son and a surprise villain, I will not mention here :) And of course comedic bits which are not much fun.

The story is mostly the usual BS, but for a touristy series the production was quite high. Nice landscapes and of course always perfectly groomed actors/actresses regardless that they work at a farm... On the other hand we have some fluffy scenes, some serious scenes which improves the series a lot.

Overall an average show which could have been worse. Watch it, if you like or skip it entirely, you will not miss much anyways.

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OMG! For gods sake TALK to each other!

This is one of the series which infuriates me and I want to jump up and shout "SAY IT!"

It's especially hard to watch because Ba Woo always wants to misunderstand and be in his own little bubble where everything is negative. Hoon is not much better, but even in the first episode I thought - WTF - why do they act like they act, when they already confessed to each other but forcefully misunderstood each other regardless... Was it peer pressure or just stupididy?

Regardless, we now see a cat & mouse game for eight episodes which is really frustrating to watch. It would been so much nicer if they could act as adults and talk everything out, but Ba Woo is as stubborn as a nail in the wall not moving at all and only seeing everything only from his point of view. Then there is a side GL couple as well which does not take that much time and they are stalled even on the end. Our main couple at least get their happy end.

Acting was excellent, Cinematography was great, production quality was top notch. But the story let this series down and frustrated me episode by episode. Because the rest of the series is so good, I can't downrate this show any lower, because compared of most thai shows we get, this is still worlds better. So watch on your own peril, be content with the frustrating aspects but otherwise this show was not bad.

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A show appealing to mostly girls?

As expected this review section is flooded with 10... and the MDL rating as of now is at a 9... and when I see that, I have to ask myself: Did we see the same show? And as usual, this review is only valid for the UNCUT version. Do not ever watch a cut version, because besides cutting nc-scenes, they also cut story-elements (which will not be that fatal in this series imho). For reasons unknown MDL sometimes seperates them and sometimes does not, but be aware on youtube you get a cut version.

While the performances overall are good, the script is crap. The series tried to walk the fine line between comedy and cringe and Duang (the character) crosses into the cringe territory almost every time, which is so annoying, obnoxious and has nothing to do with "cute". Qin on the other hand behaves like a morron because his childhood was sooooo bad *bruhuhuhu*, sorry that's not an excuse for being a jerk most of the time. They even wrote in "red flag Qin" doing the absolute wrong things and then having him emotional blackmail Duang. Sorry, that's neither cute nor necessary nor should anyone (especially teens) learn from such behaviour. The epsisodes are also uncessary long because they only drag out and don't do anything with the side characters. NorthOtto had an interesting beginning but it faded away and suddenly in the finale he (Otto's character) was introduced to all of them (with too much makeup imho) and no explaination, no talk before - nothing. If you remember, in ep 1+2 we had the "Cherrie" storyplot and nothing happened till the finale where "ups I was Cherrie, so sorry" "confession" and that's in the same scene. Overall this scene felt so forced and cringe, I can't even find the right words for it. This script was just lazily written!

There is a redeeming quality to this show: When Duang and Qin talk alone in a serious tone, it changes the whole series. It is actually well done. I think they could not decide if this should be a comedy or a drama and mixing both gave this series a great inbalance. All the dog references with the stupid sound effects are just cringe and then bringing a dog into the finale - OMG - who thinks of something like that. While the NC-scenes were tastefully made, it shocked me, that in the finale they cut the NC-scene sooo short... that's quite unusual. The second redeeming quality is the OST which is also well done. This is Domundi/Mandee so production quality was very good as well.

But even with this redeeming qualities of the series, this show can only be "average". They had a chance to tell multiple stories in a wider arc but as usual, they failed. It's more a cringe fest for over half of the series. If I ever had such a partner I would kick his ass to the moon or even farther. For me this is a series is clearly targeted to escapists and girls. Nothing wrong with it, but for escapism I don't need a series, there are a lot of other alternatives. Thai shows don't understand how to do "cute" - the last "cute" show was "School Trip" and it had not any nonsense in it (besides the behaviour of some girls and a brother), but both MLs and even their friends were very likeable. Here, I think the actors are cute and nice people, but their characters are just unlikable. That may sound hard, but that's my impression. Also Domundi could not shy away to slap us with ads in our face again, which is soooo annoying. They could have skipped the Japan trip and saved some money going somewhere inside Thailand and made a destination pay for it. But no... for some reason it had to be Japan. If they would only watch JBLs and get inspiration from there.

I wish they had forgone with the comedy part and made it only as drama. Also the should have resolved Qins Daddy/Mama-issues in a more engaging way, just 1/3 of an epsiode is not good enough. So, in the cosmos of university BLs, this was not the worst, but it was also not good.

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