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You're so annoying (｡♡‿♡｡)
The three words you most want to hear out of the mouth of someone you love.. "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨"
That's the most romantic thing you can hear in the right context and this is that context.
Love Me If You Swear follows Tum, the leader of the Nuea-In gang who's been having a streak of rotten luck lately, topped off by the utmost embarrassment when his gang's insignia is stolen by the leader of their rival gang, Oh Pathumphaisan. Realizing that all this is a result of his unfulfilled vow which he took to become the gang leader, he sets off to visit 9 temples to erase his bad luck. But who else does he run into but Oh, who is also on the 9 temples circuit. Now the two of them reluctantly and somehow enthusiastically set off on this journey, and end up finding that maybe their "𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺" isn't so bad after all.
Usually this is the kind of plot I'd expect 10 episodes for, one for each temple and a final one to resolve all plotlines, but I am so impressed by how well this was done within four episodes, without compromising on any aspects.
The plot and premise are impeccable, ergo, so is the writing. The 9 temples aren't forgotten in erstwhile, there's no sudden pivot into a plotline that doesn't belong. Of course, credit to it being just four episodes, but keeping it tight while also exploring character dynamics is not an easy job and it was brilliant.
Speaking of character dynamics, I know very few dramas where I love both the characters who irritate each other and that usually only happens because they don't have strange power dynamics and they have a lot of depth, as individuals or as a couple. Check on all of that here. Tum and Oh are both extremely complex characters with an equally layered relationship.
Their relationship is the majority of the story - how it develops from their initial meeting and I thought it was super well done. It was a little messy and a lot romantic, and huge props to Surf and Java. They were.. oof! That chemistry is going to keep me up at night, it was scary good.
But of course, to have a balanced drama, you need other aspects as well, and here it was comedy. You already know I loved it. Not just the scenes between Oh and Tum, but all the supporting characters as well. All the actors served, even the actors who had one dialogue! Very well done. My standout comedic performance was Louis though, he and Surf as Messy and Tum had such a cute friendship, I loved it.
Good story, romance, friendships, everything about this was perfect. I had such a great time watching it and this may find it's way onto my re-watch list. Where else will I find a scarily accurate representation of boys fighting? (Seriously, scary accurate, I could not stop laughing)
That's the most romantic thing you can hear in the right context and this is that context.
Love Me If You Swear follows Tum, the leader of the Nuea-In gang who's been having a streak of rotten luck lately, topped off by the utmost embarrassment when his gang's insignia is stolen by the leader of their rival gang, Oh Pathumphaisan. Realizing that all this is a result of his unfulfilled vow which he took to become the gang leader, he sets off to visit 9 temples to erase his bad luck. But who else does he run into but Oh, who is also on the 9 temples circuit. Now the two of them reluctantly and somehow enthusiastically set off on this journey, and end up finding that maybe their "𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺" isn't so bad after all.
Usually this is the kind of plot I'd expect 10 episodes for, one for each temple and a final one to resolve all plotlines, but I am so impressed by how well this was done within four episodes, without compromising on any aspects.
The plot and premise are impeccable, ergo, so is the writing. The 9 temples aren't forgotten in erstwhile, there's no sudden pivot into a plotline that doesn't belong. Of course, credit to it being just four episodes, but keeping it tight while also exploring character dynamics is not an easy job and it was brilliant.
Speaking of character dynamics, I know very few dramas where I love both the characters who irritate each other and that usually only happens because they don't have strange power dynamics and they have a lot of depth, as individuals or as a couple. Check on all of that here. Tum and Oh are both extremely complex characters with an equally layered relationship.
Their relationship is the majority of the story - how it develops from their initial meeting and I thought it was super well done. It was a little messy and a lot romantic, and huge props to Surf and Java. They were.. oof! That chemistry is going to keep me up at night, it was scary good.
But of course, to have a balanced drama, you need other aspects as well, and here it was comedy. You already know I loved it. Not just the scenes between Oh and Tum, but all the supporting characters as well. All the actors served, even the actors who had one dialogue! Very well done. My standout comedic performance was Louis though, he and Surf as Messy and Tum had such a cute friendship, I loved it.
Good story, romance, friendships, everything about this was perfect. I had such a great time watching it and this may find it's way onto my re-watch list. Where else will I find a scarily accurate representation of boys fighting? (Seriously, scary accurate, I could not stop laughing)
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