is The Blood of Youth and Dashing youth connected to this , do I have to wtach those before watching this ?
It's a trilogy and Blood River is in the middle - honestly I've finished TBOY (which is the third arc) and haven't seen DY yet, but I wished I had started with DY since that's chronologically the first one and many characters appear as their younger self in there (although each series can stand alone).
I'm really loving this and all its characters, but I'm kinda struggling with the action scenes... it reminds me more of a marvel superhero series than a martial artist drama (but with cringer cgi). Anyway, as I expected I'm completely invested in MuYu and ChangHe ideals, crusade and dynamics.
Aaaaaand now with the benders we'll also get the zombies! This series has them all! XD
PS, that was the dumbest "hard training" ever seen, running along some tires and doing arm wrestling? XD ...although Khao/Wat wrestling moment was more of a romantic session :D
PPS, the two leads are actually doing their job pretty well (AND they both rank among the first ten in the "men with most sparkling eyes" list! ^^)
Argh - seeing that Fluke is the first profile in the cast I thought he had another main lead but he's just a supporting character... I miss him so much!
This series was really DONE RIGHT: the directing was great and the cinematography was excellent, the actors owned their characters despite being young and having little to no experience, the OST had some great songs in it and the story was entertaining and filled with twists!
It was a great example of how a BL can have a story and follow it, while also having some BL elements and meaningful romantic/intimate scenes between the characters that add something to the episode instead of just being fanservice.
10/10 for me, I need more of these dramas with a story!
PS.: and obviously, I need to state the fact that Keng is the finest man in 2025's thai BL stars' rooster... I just can't come to terms with how goodlooking this man is.
Finished, and I swear I hadn't watched something so enthralling in ages! I've been watching dramas since the end of the 90's and rarely I was so seated for a story! It's incredible they managed to keep the feels for 40 episodes: there was no pause, no dull moment, no meaningless event.
If I could rate it 11/10, I would! And I loved the ending too, it was how it was meant to be. I will rewatch it for sure in the future, and I'll stay tuned for S2!
Holy simoly was this a rollercoaster! 9/10 for me. I loved it, I really enjoyed every second of the dramatic dramaticness it had, and Pearl/Peak were great... BUT there were also quite few plot/lazywriting/dialogue issues.
Last episode felt ENDLESS and when we finally arrived to the actual end, I was like: "what? it can't just finish like this!". Somehow so many things happened in the last couple of episodes that having only five minutes of happiness wasn't enough... and yes, I'll be honest: I was expecting at least a Pin/Sanya moment (I loved Sanya!) and much more drama on Prince Kamfah side.
Basically, if they told Granma they were in love directly without running all those ups and downs, the drama would have finished in 4 episodes instead of 12. ^^' Maybe that was why she acted like a wax statue for the whole drama.... otherwise we wouldn't reach 12 episode.
I'm so torn with this series - the story is great AND the actors are so beautiful (also, the two leads are actually acting pretty well!)... the OST is mesmerizing too (the sounds effects are pretty meh). BUT the execution is so messy, I understand they probably didn't have any budget but the different scenes just happen without any smooth transition, I kinda feel frustrated.
And why is Khunkao always pushing Siwat? Poor Siwat is the most good looking human on earth (for real, this boy's face is perfect!), how can you even think about hurting him! T_T
Anyway, despite the flaws, I'm hooked and can't wait to see how things will turn out!
"To Sir, with Love" has basically the same mood of this one: historical setting, a huge "queer secret to hide", shitty parents and the BL couple really rocks! It's very "soap-operish" but it's an incredible series and, although it's almost unbelievable, it does have a happy ending!
"Laws of Attraction" is also from the same channel but is set in contemporary Thailand, it's more modern and action-packed but the feel is always the same "melodramatic mood". Pearl is starring in it too, as a very hot bodyguard! :D
"Century of Love" is one of the best m/m series from this channel and it's really a great one: great acting, great melodrama, great direction and the plot is pretty unique too! That one is a must!
In each and every episode, starting from 1 till 11 (and I'm sure tomorrow wile watching 12 I'll say the same), I must SCREAM at that intolerable grandma. There must be a twist to her. I swear if by the end of the series she doesn't take the wig off, I'll..... ARGH!
I haven't seen Dashing Youth but I plan to after I finish TBOY which I'm really loving (and I'm loving Muyu in…
Awwww *_* Yes, he does look fine XD
So maybe I can ask you, the timeline of these dramas would be: 1. Blood River 2. Dashing Youth 3. The Blood of Youth
right? because in BR both MuYu and ChengHe are still underlings and not head of the clan and patriarch respectively, so I suppose the fight to obtain these roles will happen during this drama; in DY they are already in their positions but they still look young, and in Blood of Youth they're older so I suppose there's about 15/20 years between the events in Blood River and the events in Blood of Youth?
Iām sorry but of all the actors who have played Su Muyu (in the Blood of Youth, Dashing Youth, and now Blood…
I haven't seen Dashing Youth but I plan to after I finish TBOY which I'm really loving (and I'm loving Muyu in there), so this comment really makes me even more curious of watching that series! Thank you!
Anyway, I do agree many actors (actresses, mainly, tbh) in here look like they had either too much makeup or too much CGI on their noses/wrinkles/skins... I understand make-up but when it's too much it's too much.
Who else feels they should have swapped the actors For the ML character? Gong Jun seems more suited to me for…
I like this casting, I feel like Gong Jun has the elegant and "soft" look that I would expect from the gallant-forced-killer character that MuYu is. He basically is, and looks, like a fish out of water and that's fine with the role.
Oh, wow - the trailer looks amazing, and I see no romance which for me is a biiiiig plus! So hopefully this will be all fighting/secrets/travels/conspiracies.... but I'm not really sure I have the strenght to follow another ongoing wuxia, so I'll probably put it on hold until Blood River is finished (and some feedbacks and reviews start coming).
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Such a great watch!
PS, that was the dumbest "hard training" ever seen, running along some tires and doing arm wrestling? XD ...although Khao/Wat wrestling moment was more of a romantic session :D
PPS, the two leads are actually doing their job pretty well (AND they both rank among the first ten in the "men with most sparkling eyes" list! ^^)
It was a great example of how a BL can have a story and follow it, while also having some BL elements and meaningful romantic/intimate scenes between the characters that add something to the episode instead of just being fanservice.
10/10 for me, I need more of these dramas with a story!
PS.: and obviously, I need to state the fact that Keng is the finest man in 2025's thai BL stars' rooster... I just can't come to terms with how goodlooking this man is.
If I could rate it 11/10, I would! And I loved the ending too, it was how it was meant to be.
I will rewatch it for sure in the future, and I'll stay tuned for S2!
I loved it, I really enjoyed every second of the dramatic dramaticness it had, and Pearl/Peak were great... BUT there were also quite few plot/lazywriting/dialogue issues.
Last episode felt ENDLESS and when we finally arrived to the actual end, I was like: "what? it can't just finish like this!". Somehow so many things happened in the last couple of episodes that having only five minutes of happiness wasn't enough... and yes, I'll be honest: I was expecting at least a Pin/Sanya moment (I loved Sanya!) and much more drama on Prince Kamfah side.
Basically, if they told Granma they were in love directly without running all those ups and downs, the drama would have finished in 4 episodes instead of 12. ^^'
Maybe that was why she acted like a wax statue for the whole drama.... otherwise we wouldn't reach 12 episode.
And why is Khunkao always pushing Siwat? Poor Siwat is the most good looking human on earth (for real, this boy's face is perfect!), how can you even think about hurting him! T_T
Anyway, despite the flaws, I'm hooked and can't wait to see how things will turn out!
"To Sir, with Love" has basically the same mood of this one: historical setting, a huge "queer secret to hide", shitty parents and the BL couple really rocks! It's very "soap-operish" but it's an incredible series and, although it's almost unbelievable, it does have a happy ending!
"Laws of Attraction" is also from the same channel but is set in contemporary Thailand, it's more modern and action-packed but the feel is always the same "melodramatic mood". Pearl is starring in it too, as a very hot bodyguard! :D
"Century of Love" is one of the best m/m series from this channel and it's really a great one: great acting, great melodrama, great direction and the plot is pretty unique too! That one is a must!
Yes, he does look fine XD
So maybe I can ask you, the timeline of these dramas would be:
1. Blood River
2. Dashing Youth
3. The Blood of Youth
right? because in BR both MuYu and ChengHe are still underlings and not head of the clan and patriarch respectively, so I suppose the fight to obtain these roles will happen during this drama; in DY they are already in their positions but they still look young, and in Blood of Youth they're older so I suppose there's about 15/20 years between the events in Blood River and the events in Blood of Youth?
Anyway, I do agree many actors (actresses, mainly, tbh) in here look like they had either too much makeup or too much CGI on their noses/wrinkles/skins... I understand make-up but when it's too much it's too much.
So hopefully this will be all fighting/secrets/travels/conspiracies.... but I'm not really sure I have the strenght to follow another ongoing wuxia, so I'll probably put it on hold until Blood River is finished (and some feedbacks and reviews start coming).