- The guy playing Wai, Jimmy Jitaraphol is a real life licensed doctor and he's 27 years old.
- A Pasin, the actor playing Pran's dad, was married to someone who eventually came out as LGBT+. They're divorced now, but they still have a very supportive friendship with each other.
-The character Ink in this drama (played by Milk) isn't in the novel.
- The upcoming love bet plot arc (whoever falls in love first loses) in the drama isn't in the novel either.
- Pat and Pran play basketball in the novel. In the drama, they play rugby.
Oh, when/how did he announce it? Was he asked? Or did he just say it at some point?
He said it in passing as he shared the anecdote of how he ended up accepting the offer for Bad Buddy. Before Bad Buddy, he was trying to try different roles since he's been doing a lot of BL already, so he rejected when it was first offered to him. He changed his mind when he was told his partner is gonna be Nanon.
Honestly, I feel a little awkward to know that Ohm doesn't want to do anymore BL series. I mean, sure, maybe he's…
Also it's not like he announced he is stopping to do BL - context is important. He says this as an anecdote on how he ended up accepting the offer to star in Bad Buddy. He originally wanted to stop doing BLs, but changed his mind due to Bad Buddy.
Honestly, I feel a little awkward to know that Ohm doesn't want to do anymore BL series. I mean, sure, maybe he's…
That was his original plan BEFORE Bad Buddy was offered to him mid-2020. That was the point of the anecdote, he wanted to take a rest after doing 5 BLs and try other genres (he says this, and he has been filming at least 1 BL every year since 2016). But just hearing he gets to be paired with Nanon changed his mind. (he accepted Bad Buddy without even knowing the story, co-starring with Nanon was enough to help him decide)
He is certainly not homophobic, he's one of the loudest celebs fighting for same sex marriage in Thailand. This feels more like him wanting to grow career-wise and trying to select more quality projects. He definitely thought Bad Buddy was quality enough to return to BL.
The two idols starring here are part of the same Japanese idol agency Johnny's Entertainment - the agency that inspired Lee Sooman to form SM Entertainment. They're from 2 different boygroups Snowman and Naniwa Danshi, but under the same agency. The agency is the top idol agency in Japan.
This drama is such a fun serotonin boost because it's short, light and lovely. Nice quality show
Anyway, this drama is a brilliant marketing move from Johnny's Entertainment. They know K-pop is very dominant internationally so that's tough to challenge now. Therefore, it seems they've realized BL is a great way to promote their idols to overseas fans.
**So in this case, Ing will be the Punch of the novel?**Entao no caso a Ing vai ser a Punch da novel?
No, Ink is a character specifically designed for the drama.
Director removed the Nat and Punch characters for the drama. Similar to how in the novel, the dads have construction companies but for the drama, they own hardware stores.
Please do not forget to watch the ending credits for the extra serotonin boost
Director has hinted there will be a lot of sweet scenes. Also, any scenes with the fairy lights or ping-pong lights are the directors trademark, it means that the scene will be VERY romantic. From ep 1 we see that both Patand Pran have these lights in their dorms. Also Pran's bedroom window has these lights.
9.0, seriously??? I know it's just the first episode, but this is looking more like a 6 or 7 to me.
The beginning of the drama is a common worry among my fellow novel fans because it's the weakest part of the novel (all the unnecessary violence between architecture vs engineering) but seeing how even that part is decently handled, then this show will just raise the bar once the love story actually begins (it hasn't yet, despite a lot of high tension scenes already happening between the main leads in Episode 1)... Luckily, that arc goes by fast
Unlike other BLs, this drama isn't about them just falling in love. They will be an official couple in most parts of the drama and the story is more about how they fight for their relationship. So we are really barely scratching the surface here.
The source story is good, BUT we are yet to see if the drama will be able to bring that to life with justice, so you're right in a way that this could be a 6 or 7 depending how they excute the future plot arcs.
Just saying that it's still hypothetical. We'll find out but the way ep 1 was executed already improved so much as it's the novel's weakest part.
Based on the live interview recently, Ohm said he wanted to do BL this time because of Nanon. Overall, he doesn't…
This is also most likely the only BL Nanon will ever do, though as someone who read the novel, I came to understand why they both accepted this project. It's a very character-driven story, unlike many BLs.
Hoping this is just a real rom com series. I hope they would not try to make it more profound because it would…
The original novel is actually drama. They actually just injected some comedy on the GMM version to make it more palatable to younger people. There's a reason why people keep saying this is not your typical engineering BL drama despite one of the leads being an engineering student.
Now, if that's not your thing, no one's forcing you to watch it.
This is the Thai remake of You are thr Apple of My Eye
- The guy playing Wai, Jimmy Jitaraphol is a real life licensed doctor and he's 27 years old.
- A Pasin, the actor playing Pran's dad, was married to someone who eventually came out as LGBT+. They're divorced now, but they still have a very supportive friendship with each other.
-The character Ink in this drama (played by Milk) isn't in the novel.
- The upcoming love bet plot arc (whoever falls in love first loses) in the drama isn't in the novel either.
- Pat and Pran play basketball in the novel. In the drama, they play rugby.
He is certainly not homophobic, he's one of the loudest celebs fighting for same sex marriage in Thailand. This feels more like him wanting to grow career-wise and trying to select more quality projects. He definitely thought Bad Buddy was quality enough to return to BL.
This drama is such a fun serotonin boost because it's short, light and lovely. Nice quality show
Anyway, this drama is a brilliant marketing move from Johnny's Entertainment. They know K-pop is very dominant internationally so that's tough to challenge now. Therefore, it seems they've realized BL is a great way to promote their
idols to overseas fans.
Wont hold my breath for a kissing scene though.
Director removed the Nat and Punch characters for the drama. Similar to how in the novel, the dads have construction companies but for the drama, they own hardware stores.
Director has hinted there will be a lot of sweet scenes. Also, any scenes with the fairy lights or ping-pong lights are the directors trademark, it means that the scene will be VERY romantic. From ep 1 we see that both Patand Pran have these lights in their dorms. Also Pran's bedroom window has these lights.
Unlike other BLs, this drama isn't about them just falling in love. They will be an official couple in most parts of the drama and the story is more about how they fight for their relationship. So we are really barely scratching the surface here.
The source story is good, BUT we are yet to see if the drama will be able to bring that to life with justice, so you're right in a way that this could be a 6 or 7 depending how they excute the future plot arcs.
Just saying that it's still hypothetical. We'll find out but the way ep 1 was executed already improved so much as it's the novel's weakest part.
Now, if that's not your thing, no one's forcing you to watch it.