SJezzamine

You know the feeling that you get when the cover art and blurb / summary of a book / manhua / manhwa / manga end up being the highlight? Yeah, that's the feeling that Missing You gave me.

- Yes, it seemed like they were working with a modest budget.
- Yes, they also limited both cast and shoot locations.
- No, these weren't necessarily bad things. I felt like limiting the number of characters and locations allowed for more streamlined storytelling.
- No, I don't know why the sole episode that i watched had a note at the end that said "the story isn't over yet" when I couldn't find succeeding episodes anywhere as of this writing (if any of you manage to find said episodes, or know why they can't be found anywhere, please let me know in the comments section).

Expectations (mostly from the MDL summary) aside, I feel like this would've been a pretty decent stand-alone short movie (better even than most of the shorts --- mostly Korean --- that I've watched before) IF:

- They had spent a few more minutes expounding on the past relationship between Saengnuea and Kawin. I know, they may have been planning to do just that in succeeding episodes, but a little more context upfront might've helped me care about the characters a bit more, which then would've made the initial episode more effective at getting me to come back for more.
- The acting had been a tad more consistent. As it stands, it was a little over in a few scenes and a little under in a few others.
- They had gotten rid of the product placements that are typical in most Thai BLs. I don't usually have any objections to those (guess I've gotten used to them), but here, they take up precious screen time that could've been used for something else (like character development, maybe?). Not to mention the fact that they pull you out of the story, which is not a good thing in a show that's already short to begin with.

The story's intriguing, and you can feel the chemistry between the actors during the intimate scenes (no awkwardness in sight!). But it falls a little short without the support of succeeding episodes.