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In novel, joe was very manly and ML was somewhat feminine imean in terms of looks but again he was protagonist of 188 series so he was well built with good physique plus the way i imagined him was totally diff, i guess from thai industry i can see Luke ishikawa in that particular role, coming to Joe, in novel he was very manly and rough, thats why he was body double artist, Joe actor looks somewhat okay in that part but he cant really act or emotes well.

Coming to UP, i have seen him in lovely writer, in that show he was bottom, he looked good (altho acting was questionable), but here he doesnt fit character descriptiom at all, and he doesnt evn give required gong ML vibes.

And coming to the sol and tong actors, they both are horrible nd totally misfit.

You are insensitive thats why u cant see the rudeness.

Imo 80% thai actors cant act, most of them only know how to act cringe with shia, shia.

I have watched Thai, Taiwanese, korean & japanese bl. Out of all thai ones are worst. Korean, Japanese, taiwanese actors act 100 times better than them without making you feel cringe.

Plus i know how these actors get casted based on their social media popularity, not on talent. Like gmmtv ceo himself said how no. Of views nd social media following matters to them most compared to anything, which itself tells alot about their industry.

You guys are also biased toward thai actors bcz u love watching their BLs, thats why u guys cant see how poor acting is, but again i cant complain coz u guys are used to this kind of acting nd most of thai actors cant act nd thats fact. They only get casted based on popularity, not on talent. Like their CEO's has themselves said for them views on social media nd social media following matters the most.

Will not put spoiler tag, considering how rude ppl are here.

You guys instsntly attacks ppl as soon as u see urs and theirs pov doesnt match, nd then tell them u are biased, like who are u to tell me im biased or not?? & Then when that person gives u befitting reply, then u will say, no need to get defensive. Like wth.

Its my opinion, just bcz its diff you will tell me im biased?? Like how did u know its biased or not?? And on what basis?? You can defend ur favs based on ur opinion but no need to tell me if im biased or not. No need to go personal, just talk abt drama only.

Well there is lot of drama but its happy ending for both of them.

ML's redemption arc is extremely entertaining in novel.

Why u guys always thinks ur opinion is superior nd others are just biased?? Like its my most fav bl novel nd i find this adaption extremely worst so u guys will just want to shut me up by saying you are biased??

I cant watch without comparing it to the novel coz its one of my most fav bl novel so i cant..... Can u??

Yes, im biased just like how u are biased towards them that u cant evn see how bad acting it was. Anyway it was good for you to like their acting.

Maybe you have only watched dramas with this kind of poor acting, so i can understand. Most of thai actors really dont know how to act, so thats understandable.

This is such a poor adaptation of one of my favorite BL novel. The 188 novel series is one of my favorites and out of all 188 novels, this one, Beloved Enemy and Years of Intoxication are my top three. But after seeing the poor drama adaptation of one of my favorite novels, im at a loss for words.

First of all, both main leads are miscast. The actor playing Joe is somewhat fitting for the role but Ming is entirely miscast. The gong MLs in the 188 novel series are very different from what they are showing here. He doesnt fit the character description at all. Secondly, the acting is weak. Unfortunately neither of the actors can express emotions well, especially the actor playing Joe. In today's episode 4, which was based on one of my favorite arcs from the novel, i felt a flood of emotions while reading those chapters. But while watching the episode i was yawning. It was just plain, with no emotion, no angst, no anger, nothing. The necessary tension was missing.

Additionally, other major supporting characters are also miscast, like Tong and Sol. If you read the novel, you would have a vivid picture of every character but watching those characters on screen in the drama feels childish.

Thai producers should stop adapting works from other countries (novels/manhwa/manhua). Last time, i watched My Dear Gangster Oppa which was based on the well written manhwa Ideal Relationship and it was terrible. Everything in that drama was the worst.

Now Thai BL producers are making a remake of Addicted and i bet that one is also going to be really bad.

Honestly, i really wanted to watch and enjoy the series as it was based on one of my favorite novels but it is just bad, really bad.

If he is lying to Ahjung's family, then what is Ahjung doing to her own family? Isnt she also doing the same? This is how contract marriage works. She and he both are full grown adults who made a contract marriage deal with their full consent. Obviously, they cant tell their family. As much as Dohan is lying to Ahjung's family, Ahjung is also doing the same with her own and also to Dohan's family. In a contract marriage, this is how things work. Plus, both are getting something out of it. Dohan is able to protect his sexuality while Ahjung is getting a large sum of money. She is not doing anything for charity.
If Dohan had lied to Ahjung, then you could have said he did a bad thing or he was selfish/trash.
Moreover, your entire analogy of 'Dohan not telling the marriage contract secret to Ahjung's family = abused/orphan doesnt give the right to control someone's life or lie to the family' doesnt make sense at all. Firstly, he is not controlling anyone's life. Ahjung herself agreed to the contract marriage and signed papers, so obviously he will ask her to follow all conditions for which she is also receiving money. That doesnt mean he is controlling her life.

And honestly speaking there is nothing wrong if they lie to their family or keep their marriage contract in sevret for their own sake, atleast they arent harming anyone. They are doing what they can do for their own selves. Ahjung is struggling actress and Dohan doesnt want to comeout of closet so both are doing everything for their own sake. Havent you seen family's lying to each other, not everyone in family have their own secrets & they dont reveal it for their own sake, as long as they arent harming anyone whats wrong in keeping it as secret only.

You comes under second category, so please stay ignorant. No one cares.

She herself with her own full consent agreed for contract marriage then herself broke it by doing an affair with soon to be brother in law & you are telling me Dohan wasnt letting her go. At first in ep 10 he tried to not let her go but in the end he himself realised his mistake and was going to reveal his secret to protect them. He was just selfish for lil bit of time but your favs were asshole all 10 eps. What about that? Thats why reading full post is important if you want to make reply to someone's post. Otherwise half baked knowledge is always harmful.

He has always been like that. He was an asshole to Ahjung all the time, badmouthing her, harassing her by following her everywhere, giving her roles through connections and then falling for her, who was soon to be his brother's fiancee. Ahjung was supposed to be smart, yet she still fell for such a red flag, which is kind of amusing to me.
He neither cared for Ahjung's feelings nor for Dohan's. He always cared about his own feelings, so it didnt matter if others were getting hurt by him or not and then he also had the audacity to blame others. I started laughing when he blamed Ahjung for not telling him that she was in a contract marriage with Dohan. Lol. She was in a contract, and it was not something she could share with anyone and by the way, when he realized his brother was gay, supposedly tricking Ahjung, did he tell her everything about Dohan? No. See what kind of hypocrite he is.

Going to the press conference again proved he never cared for his brother's feeling. Dohan finally got the courage to come out of his closet and was going to face everything head on but again, it felt like Jihan imposed his decision on him by not letting him come out of his closet. I dont see any sacrifice or anything in it, just like how others claim.

JIHAN IS TRASH and this is a fact. Im surprised to see how people are ignorant toward one particular character, Dohan; they are calling him trash, selfish and a coward just for not coming out of the closet. Like, for real? Whether he chooses to reveal his sexual orientation or not is entirely his personal decision; he owes no explanation to anyone. Some even argue that his reluctance to come out negatively impacts others, branding him as selfish. Really? What harm has he caused to others? He was simply minding his own business entering a contract marriage with his best friend's full consent (no, he never forced her, instead your favorite so called pitiful ML's actions forced her to agree to the marriage). Yet Dohan is the one labeled selfish and cowardly. Its laughable.
Did these people even realize what consequences he can face if he comes out of the closet? Dont be ignorant of the community who is facing discrimination every other day for their sexual orientation. You guys dont even know what it is meant to be coming out in Asian society. I dont belong to the LGBT community but i have seen for myself the consequences of people coming out of their closet and how badly they got treated for their sexual orientation.
People who are ignorant towards Dohan, only three reasons can justify their ignorance: Either they are from the West and dont know how the LGBT community faces discrimination in Asian society. Second, blinded by Lead's visuals, these people are mostly immature teenagers. Or people who are straight or maybe homophobic and dont know the struggle of the LGBT community. If you are not from Asia and dont know about cultural things about the LGBT community and cant understand it, then please stop watching Asian dramas because these dramas strictly represent Asian/Korean culture with a realistic approach. Its not their fault if you cant understand them. For the other two kinds of people, I dont have anything to say to you; you guys can keep being ignorant. No one cares.

The marriage contract was something done with both of their consent, both were getting something out of it, yet only Dohan is selfish. Why? Because he isnt the main lead and from people's perspective, he is coming in between their favorite pair.
But same people are blinded by Jihan's visual that they cant see how big of a red flag he is. He is just a dominant male chauvinist who only knows to force himself on others. He doesnt care about their feelings but only wants to achieve his goals by hook or crook. He knew the chairman wasnt going to give him the chair position; thats why he wanted to use his brother for his selfish desires, but when the same chairman tried to get him married to Chaewon, he rejected it because at that time his love and his feelings come first. He was even disrespectful to Ahjung all the time; I dont even get how she even fell for this big red flag. Love is indeed blind. She was supposed to be smart out of all. LMAO. I saw some even defended his actions by saying how step sibling hated him and made his life miserable then who the hell told him to live in that family? Just like his brother, he could have also abandoned family and company and lived somewhere else and based on his education could have landed a job that could pay his livelihood bills. Even his gay brother was able to make his own career abroad by himself despite prejudices but Jihan never left his trashy family. Why? Because he was totally blinded by his greed for the company and thats the fact. No matter how you defend him, the fact will remain the same that HE IS A SELFISH PRICK.

Actually, recently in my country (india) there was a surge of hate towards Korea based on a Youtuber's video. She claimed Koreans were racist toward Indians, sparking widespread negativity on Instagram and Youtube. It bothered me how everyone judged an entire country based on one video. My point is that racism exists everywhere, including in India.

In that video, the girl didn't present the entire truth. For example, when she mentioned Indians not being allowed in bars, she failed to mention that many bars have a similar policy for all foreigners to protect them from potential harm. There were instances where foreigners were taken advantage of by cab drivers after getting drunk, which led to these protective measures.

She also highlighted a shop where the owner posted a sign saying Indians and Pakistanis weren't allowed. However, people weren't aware of the disruptive behavior of some Indians in the restaurant, which prompted the owner to take such drastic action. While it wasn't right for the owner to post that sign, he removed it after complaints.

Unfortunately, people often jump on the hate bandwagon without knowing the full reality. Additionally, dramas contribute to a distorted image of Korea, whether positive or negative, and people naively believe it, which is even more concerning.

Discrimination and racism are everywhere, not only in South Korea. Korea is not like how dramas try to portray it, whether it's romantic drama or bullying related drama. In both genres, there is extremism. In romance dramas, you will see how everything looks dreamy and positive to the point where you want to shift to their country. Whereas, in bullying dramas/thrillers, they will show everything negatively to the point where you start believing this is how actual Korea looks, like a total horror film for anyone to live in. But Korea isn't like this. Korea lies somewhere between these two extremes. It's neither a dreamy land to live in nor a total horror film. It's pretty normal, like any other country, where you will meet good and bad people at every point.

Coming to the point you raised about racism, you will see it everywhere, not just in Korea. Just because a few Youtubers try to vandalize the image of Korea with an agenda of how each and every Korean is racist doesn't mean all Koreans are like that. These Youtubers try to catch eyeballs with scandalous content, which is why you will only see negative content where they portray Korea as such. They know that if you speak against Korea and try to make Indians victims, you will get a lot of views, and you will make a large amount of money out of it. So don't just believe those Youtubers easily. Try to watch different vloggers, especially foreigners, including many Indians, who either live in Korea or travel to Korea, and check how their experience is. You will see a lot of positive responses for Korea as well as negative responses. You can even explore the country and its cities and experience it yourself.

Im also an indian and there was one girl on Youtube who made a video on how Korea is racist toward Indians, and it went viral. Everyone started saying bad things about Korea, but they conveniently forget how India is also a big racist country. There is racism toward both South and Northeast people in India. They call names to Northeast people like "Chong ching chung," "Aye Chinese," "Choti aankhwale," etc. For South people, they will say "kaali bhains" and whatnot. Leaving Indians aside, you can even see Indian men saying BTS and K-pop are gay and Koreans are gay in every Instagram reel comment section. So if this is not racism, then what? Recently, there was even a horrendous incident that happened in India with a Spanish couple. So with all these things, is it okay to judge a whole country based on these only a few people? Obviously not. The same applies to Korea or any other country.

The world is full of racism, and you will meet good and bad people. It is part and parcel of life. And if you go to any country with expectations based on what you watched in some dramas/movies, it will not happen to you. Because the total reality is never shown in any drama/movie, and you can't define reality by seeing things in fiction.