Potato the cutie

Lol it was a bit of a challenge rummaging through my non existent brain cells trying to remember who he reminded me of.
As I said, I wanna say I was disappointed, but I don't think I was, because while I was excited about the whole established relationship, the amnesia part immediately rubbed me the wrong way so I lowered the bar a little. Considering the fact that this is a Japanese production, I did expect them to blur the lines a bit with what's logical and what isn't and considering my history with mangas and animes this plot is one of the most manga plot-y plots I've ever seen if I'm being perfectly honest lol. This series suffered from one of the more prominent issues with current Asian bls (with the exception of Thai and Taiwanese bls) and that is very limited running time, so with that in mind, writers struggle to string together a coherent script, I'm pretty sure anyone can come up with an idea for a plot, but building upon that idea takes talent and resources, if one of these two components is missing or is limited, the other will have to take the blow, usually plots start out vague, then they expand and eventually get condensed and more defined to fit the budget and assigned running time, and sometimes in plots that are somewhat "large" information and world building wise authors exclude certain plot points or brush over them to make room for much more major points and aspects, and here is where a writer's ability to accommodate is tested, each writer evaluates the importance of certain plot points differently and that's what makes or breaks how well a plot is executed, we also have to keep in mind that entertainment is a very subjective term so while certain plots might not be to our taste some will probably like it much more, regardless of morality and ambiguity.
Sorry I'm probably ranting at this point, I couldn't help but overwrite on this reply lol, thank you for commenting on my review tho, really appreciate it 🤍

I recognized him after some more staring lol, I'm not very familiar with the boyz and he kinda looked like him from a certain angle, still a very pretty guy tho and that fancam is just...chef's kiss.
I agree with you on Uea, and I feel like if you replace James with a less attractive guy you would definitely be asking yourself why is King attracted to him considering the emotional baggage his character is carrying, unless he has feelings for that person, there's no way one really good hook up would have him coming back for more fully knowing what this person is like, that's not how humans are lol.
And yeah there's no actual way of getting over it, it all comes down to how each person processes trauma and how they deal with it, even then you can't fully get over it, you'll always have these moments where it seems like you're back to square one, a good support system is necessary in these situations, therapy is always a good start too, it might not be a miracle cure but it definitely helps, and I do encourage you to try therapy even if you don't think you need it, everyone requires therapy every once in a while, even therapists themselves, it honestly should be mandatory at this point with all the things going on in the world. Honestly I should be the one thanking you for taking the time to read and reply to my comment, really appreciate it.

Honestly speaking, this is quite an ok portrayal of a sexually/physically/mentally abused person and that's coming from personal experience (except for the part where they are able to actually have sex, yeah no in reality he'd probably be afraid of even being close to anyone who shows such interest in him in any way shape or form), taking into consideration the fact that similar cultures usually blame the victims of sexual abuse for being the ones to have "initiated" the act, him not being able to escape his mother's tight hold on him or trying to make her see but ultimately failing is pretty normal, considering the fact that this is set in an Asian country, where loving and respecting your parents unconditionally (in spite of them being undeserving of such love) is considered a no brainer and trying to fight back against any sort of harm/abuse is considered shameful and disrespectful regardless of whether he's in the right or not, I wouldn't be surprised if he's still in contact with his mother and trying to look for the good in her simply because she's his mother. People don't understand that the shadow of your abuser is so long and all consuming and even more painful to live with if it's coming from your mother who's supposed to be your safe place, you can't heal from it by moving away only, this requires intense therapy to even be able to function well and taking into account the nature of these series, he probably won't receive any and will most likely be saved by the power of love or whatever nonsense they usually go with, although the scene in episode 2 where they go to get tested gave me some hope that maybe they'll sneak in the importance of seaking professional help for people going through similar shit, not counting too much on it though, ofc this is my personal take on such topics regardless of what I feel as far as the plot is concerned, but I can understand where Uea's character is coming from for the most part. Also, unrelated but, is that Seong hwa in your profile?

Thank you 🤍 and as I said, I knew there was gonna be abuse in it, not this graphically depicted tho. I thought they would kind of hint at it like they usually do or at least make it less scarring, I guess I shot myself in the foot here for not looking into the original plot more but oh well, at least now I know what to expect.

You're very welcome and yeah, yikes is right.

Family abuse, pedophilic actions, harassment, SA with the possibility of rape, dub con, homophobia, ptsd, workplace abuse, some power imbalance and coercion and that's just from the top of my head, don't forget this is only the first 3 episodes so I'm not too sure what to expect after having all of this dumped down on us from the get go.

That was...... intense and that's putting it very very mildly. As someone who has been through similar shit, this was very hard to watch I actually had to pause and fast forward a couple of times. When they said trauma/SA I expected it to be alluded to or mentioned, not explicitly shown. If i thought TharnType was triggering then this is just extreme, it almost reminds me of that Japanese movie in terms of severally explicit rape-y plots, I knew what I was getting myself into back when I watched that one, not this time tho. I'm glad I'm in a slightly better mental space because if I was shown this a few years back I would've probably had a full blown panic attack. If anyone has gone or is going through something similar, please please be careful while watching this series and specifically this episode, if you decide to go through with it either way, I sincerely wish you the best and I hope you'll be mindful of your mental well-being, if you don't think you're able to handle this or if you don't think you're in the right space of mind drop it immediately, don't compromise your mental health for a little piece of supposed entertainment that you could easily live without having to go through. I'm sorry to anyone if this comment sounds defensive or a bit on the extreme side but I couldn't help writing it, they should have displayed a trigger warning or at least included the more triggering scenes in the uncut version only, the company is largely at fault here and no one can change my mind, sue me

No problem, and yeah I can see how it could get mixed up, we've all been there trust me 😂

There is another series coming out called OnlyFriends, that one is a GMMTV production set to come out this year, this one is a domundi project that was kinda pushed back a couple of times before it aired, you're not entirely wrong tho, both series have a very .... risqué/dark premise and the names are easy to mix up so you're not that far off.

Something is definitely wrong with this series..... and I'm not entirely sure what it is.
The chemistry and quality of acting is ever fluctuating, the scene jumping and editing is yet again an issue, the directing/screenwriting seems to be an arising problem now, I also saw someone point something out and I couldn't help but agree, but why does domundi like to conform its actors to stereotypical heteronormative-y roles? like assigning pretty/feminine looking men to bottoming (e.g. Saint, Nunew, Nat, James, Yim) and masculine looking men to topping (e.g. Zee, Net, Max, Tutor), having the bottom be in some sort of predicament AKA the damsel in distress , having the top be the knight in shining armour.... Etc etc, it just seems to be the reoccurring theme and now I'm genuinely curious to why is that, they apparently love sticking to stereotypes/overused tropes, they did however, show something new which is the getting tested for STDs so I'll give them that, you definitely don't see that very often not even with heterosexual depicting couples in series, at least from what I've seen.
Honestly at this point I'm gonna continue watching for a couple more episodes just to see where this script is going and to personally witness the "sizzling" chemistry between the two.

I'm assuming you're talking about HIStory4's Anson chen, because of so then yeah, they're different actors with similar names.

Well this was ...... disappointing. And I'm not even talking about the non consensual sex or the child abuse or the PTSD that will never be treated clinically and will probably be brushed over, no, I've lowered my bar so much honestly this doesn't begin to explain how low my bar is right now, I'm talking about the shitty editing and scene jumping, the awkward camera angles, the shittiest character introduction to ever exist and the inability to set the mood/background story/situation for us, the acting albeit weak, could definitely improve in the future so I can't say much about the acting as of now, I will say tho, James is fun to watch his facial expressions are....interesting. I feel like this is going to be another one of my hate watchs but I'll still give it another episode or two, surely it won't be as bad as Check out right?..... right?

You're most welcome 🤍

To answer your first question, no, you don't have to since each installment serves as a stand alone for the most part, you might see some cameos from characters from the previous HIStorys but it doesn't go much further than that. For your second question, I say give it an episode or two and decide for yourself, I personally didn't like this installment, which is unfortunate because I really like this franchise, but yeah, if you're interested in it give it a try, who knows, you might like it more than I did.

Apparently yeah, it seems like him and Alan have broken up and are only living together for some reason, I'm assuming it's until Wen could move out or something

Lol I honestly could keep going all night but I'll let you be, you clearly don't know what being civilized and polite is like, and btw, your bitterness is really just funny, I can stoop so low but I don't want to waste my breath on someone who clearly has no commen sense, I would say right back at you but I won't, I won't be an awful person and tell someone to seek help even though it's pretty obvious which of us needs it. I would've told you to stop assuming my gender, religion and sexual preferences but you clearly don't seem like the type who's capable of having a rational conversation without trying to bring someone down just to please your twisted ego, it just goes to show that not everyone is born on equal grounds intelligence wise and I truly feel sorry for you, hope you have a good life 🤍

I could tell you were mocking me love, not the sharpest tool in the shed are you? Judging by your response to most comments here I see you're not that educated on the topic of subjective viewing. The age of consent in Thailand being 15 doesn't make this any less bad so stop trying to validate this defective argument. Just because there's plenty of materials for bad people to leech off of on the internet doesn't mean we should add more to it, no matter how insignificant or "tame" you think it is, arguing that this is not an issue simply because it's not as bad as some of the other stuff you find online is ignorant, also, I never addressed the topic of bdsm in my comment, "Do you even think before you type?" Is what you said right? Well that should be my line, I don't know much about the bdsm community so I didn't touch on this subject especially since the series isn't out yet, I merely said that having teenagers who are barely out of puberty act out mature scenes is discomforting so learn to read carefully from now on. I suggest you either be a bit more open minded or sign up for some meditation classes cuz I can see you getting too worked up over a comment on the internet, I genuinely don't know what I said to bring forth such angry response from you, my opinion doesn't match yours? So what? Again I ask, is having a different opinion that much of an issue to you? And you trying to argue that you aren't angry makes it sound less believable, so I don't know what you're trying to prove here.

"Comments from your type", I'm sorry, did I offend you somehow? You think I'm not aware that this is acting? This is not about being self righteous, this is about children being exploited and used to create something they should never be subjected to. I'm aware teenagers have sex lives and they're at the age where they're trying to discover their bodies and what they like, do shows like this somewhat help put things into perspective for them? Yes, but it could've been done differently without putting minors in scenes that leave little to the imagination. The internet is already a dangerous place for them, no need to make it even more so by attracting the pedophilic demographic. I already stated before, if these were adults acting out these scenes i wouldn't have minded, they had so many options for this role, but they chose to have kids under the age of 18 playing some of them, which is where my problem lies. I honestly couldn't care less if you like a series like this one, but i don't see your issue with my opinion? Am I not allowed to have one? Also, who are you to assume I'll be "turned on" by this? Or that I'm, as you put it, a church lady? ​These honestly made me laugh for multiple reasons and I'm not trying to be rude or hurtful here, I'm just genuinely curious as to why you painted me in such light, I really don't see where this anger is coming from.

The way I LOLed at this 💀💀

I'm disturbed on so many levels I don't even know where to begin. I feel like I shouldn't have watched that trailer I regret ever seeing it on my feed, these are literal children, it feels highly inappropriate for me to watch this, it feels like the Netflix movie Cuties all over. These kids aren't even old enough to watch their own series, what was the director/production team/company casting them thinking?! I wouldn't have minded it as much if it was a bunch of adults acting as middle/high school students, sure it would've looked a bit awkward and you could probably easily tell they weren't teenagers, but I would at least be assured these are adults acting out such scenes. The company really said we're making sure the peds' are being thoroughly fed and entertained, absolutely disgusting.