Lyson

HAH! I watched ONE ep and I had to check the director because I thought something about the humor and edits of this felt pleasantly familiar and BOOM, same director of Together With Me and Bad Romance! TWM is still my fave Thai BL after all these years so this is a pleasant surprise for me. I just felt something in the way the cuts were done felt VERY familiar and I was laughing a lot. Same director, same energy. The director definitely makes a dif sometimes.

Not sure why the rating for this is so low. Tropey as it tended to be in certain places, not one of the tropes grated on my nerves as they generally would. Even the scene with Shunyu running out of his apartment, for a second I was about to role my eyes that he was just gonna' start running like an idiot, but then he actually stopped and logically tried calling and hailing a taxi FIRST. I mean, that's progressing past the base of an annoying trope imo. They took a very tropey story and did a good job here, and ep 10's actions and dialogue made up for a lot of the tropey-ness, Shunyu even explained his behaviour, which again, progress. The actors also carried this through successfully. These dorks are adorable actually. Also, that post credit kiss scene instantly made it into my top 10 BL kiss scenes. I don't often replay kiss scenes, but if I do, it's generally because they are 🤌

Reviewed.

Trailer is too revealing and long, cut it off early, but this looks a bit interesting. I'm hoping though, that moving forward, BL's will make a change. I'd like to see the application of the fact that a multi episodal story should have a plot first, and then, yes, a plot can have a love story, and that love story can have sex, nothing wrong with it. But the plot doesn't have to be overly focused on the sex. BL's are improving every year though, so.

Managed to find the time to review. Great show.

Ep04: Eri and Bobo as friends is just the best thing.

Hmmm. Hesitant. Can't say I'm interested in a shock factor sex scene show, whether it's western or BL, not unless I'm looking for background noise while doing something else. Although, they don't seem to be trying to bury the lead on that at least 🤣 I guess we'll get what's on the tin. I'll put it down as a possible watch.

Got a late start on this because I couldn't find it initially. Just watched ep 01 so far. Great flow and editing, good vibes and great choices for the house guests. Right off the bat, in appearance order, I like Nio, Gino and Eri.

There's no recovering from this. Ever.

Just my perspective, in case it sheds some light. Jom's character came across to me as being emotionally reserved and more sensually intense with intimacy than sexually heated or driven. I think it was one of the reasons I liked him so much, I feel he was quite mature to begin with, his interactions with Ohm at the beginning of the show certainly came across that way. And then in the past, at first he was cautious about Yai because he'd just had his heart broken and he was confused about everything, but then as he became more comfortable, he gradually eased into it and since he wasn't baby gay, he knew how to savour the moments he had with Yai, he knew how to appreciate their physical intimacy. It was quite a refreshing character detail.

I gave it 10/10 because despite the small discrepancies which appeared in realism and some minor production and plot stuff, this show OWNED. #fightme ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
Both main couples were fantastic, for sure, but shiiiiiiit, AiDi and Chen Yi are THE STANDARD. For me, the chemistry of Nat Chen and Louis Chiang hit very close to MaxTul levels of chemistry, which imo has remained unrivaled until now. If they had their own spin off, I think they might just make it. And of course I'd absolutely watch it. It was also nice to see Wayne Song, I liked him back in HIStory, haven't seen him since until now.

On a more neutral note. It's a little unrealistic tbh, considering the serious premise and that some of what happens in terms of the said premise feels far from serious enough, BUT, it's not horribly overplayed or poorly written, so in fact, it comes across well done and the acting and casting makes it worth it by a mile. It also has humor, which for me is always a bonus.
Anyone considering watching, I'd recc this for sure. Loved it.

I only realised I had been watching the uncut version after the fact. So I came to rate this one as well since I've technically watched both.
Finally had the time to complete it. This was quality viewing. Imo, this is the best Thai BL that has been made to date, and it outclasses a few other countries BL's too. It's fantastic across the board; casting, acting, story, production, character development/relationships, emotional depth and pacing. If the modern BL's could apply even HALF of what this BL did right to their productions, we'd see a turning point in BL's for the better.

Jom is especially outstanding as a MC, at least to me, because he was very mature and reasonable in his handling and executing of the issues he faced. Even when he got drunk and lost some control in the beginning, it was an emotional slip but he still wrangled for some control during the spin before the accident. And his character developed even further in maturity as the series went on. Every character and actor was pretty great though, really. I could go into detail, and if I have time I might review this series and do so, but for now, just need to say bravo.

And that ending? 🤌chef's kiss 🤌
As for the post credit scene, would I watch a s02 with Jom and Warrior era Khun Yai? Hell Yeah! Can I hear a Wahoo! ⊹⋛⋋( ՞ਊ ՞)⋌⋚⊹

Finally had the time to complete it. This was quality viewing. Imo, this is the best Thai BL that has been made to date, and it outclasses a few other countries BL's too. It's fantastic across the board; casting, acting, story, production, character development/relationships, emotional depth and pacing. If the modern BL's could apply even HALF of what this BL did right to their productions, we'd see a turning point in BL's for the better.

Jom is especially outstanding as a MC, at least to me, because he was very mature and reasonable in his handling and executing of the issues he faced. Even when he got drunk and lost some control in the beginning, it was an emotional slip but he still wrangled for some control during the spin before the accident. And his character developed even further in maturity as the series went on. Every character and actor was pretty great though, really. I could go into detail, and if I have time I might review this series and do so, but for now, just need to say bravo.

And that ending? 🤌chef's kiss 🤌
As for the post credit scene, would I watch a s02 with Jom and Warrior era Khun Yai? Hell Yeah! Can I hear a Wahoo! ⊹⋛⋋( ՞ਊ ՞)⋌⋚⊹

I kinda wish I hadn't watched the trailer. It's so long and reveals so much, I ended up cutting the trailer off. I hope the show will still hold enough suspense.

Thanks, worth checking out the trailer.

How did I not know about this? Is Max a small role in this? Who can tell me?

Ep10: Just dropping in to say Jom is da bomb. What a fantastically mature MC. Nice change in a BL. I plan to finish this series by tomorrow for sure, squeezing it in whenever I have time.

S02 please. I have desperate hopes.

Moonlight Chicken was enjoyable enough, even though I don't like Mix, it was entertaining. I wouldn't say it was excellent imo, but it was enjoyable. I only watched it because someone recc'd it alongside Tale of Thousand Stars, which I watched first and boy, did I lament the waste of my time on that. It was so highly rated but was so ridiculously boring 😂 so I went into MC warily, wanted to see if it was as bad or worse and it was much better at least. I have never heard of Jack o Frost tbh, but I don't generally like Japanese BL's so that explains why I missed that. Although Bokura no Shokutaku wasn't bad.

BUT Step by Step was unpopular? Whaaaat? Why?? I really enjoyed it, actually. I didn't give it a ten, I gave it 9.5, because it could have been a little shorter and there was some unnecessary filler, but I really liked it.

As for Only Friends, I watched it because I was hoping for more interesting screen time from First, because I liked him in Not Me, but OF didn't really grab me. I didn't like any of the characters or couples and knowing they would end up together because of the 'pre established pairings' took any real suspense or interest out it for me. None of those couples should have ended up together imo. I don't mind messy, I can watch messy and noisy and love if it's gripping, but the outcome should not be so predictable, especially when the 'couples' don't make sense. I mean, I still don't even get why Top and Mew and Sand and Ray liked one another personality wise. Tbh, I personally rate The Luminous Solution higher than OF. I enjoyed it more.

There were a lot better quality ones this year though, that's very true.

I concur.

Excellent? Well, do you mean Thai? If its Thai, then I'm pretty sure I Feel You Linger is gonna end up on my 10 list as soon as I finish it. Other than Thai, the The8thSense was excellent for me, and despite the trope and somewhat unrealistic aspects and context of Dear To Me from Taiwan, I am really enjoying the actual portrayal of the story and the characters (AiDi and ChenYi are the chefs kiss imo) , might make it to 10 on my rating system as well. What about your opinions on excellence this year?