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Maybe the director thought that people this age back in the past weren't as healthy as those at present and told her to act like that? The director is an experienced professional lady as well, so the actress probably listened to what she had to say. Well, that's just my guess.

Armin was in his 40’s in the present year 2025. After he died, he traveled back in time to 1999, into himself in his early 20’s at that time. The thing is they should’ve made him look older in 2025. Maybe they thought that only his glasses and change of hairstyle would do the work, but it didn’t.

In the novel, the story started with Armin in his 40’s in the year 2044. After he died, he traveled back in time from the future to the present in his early 20’s. However as for this adaptation to the series, they made him travel back in time from the present to the past.

Oh I hope she won't. Feel sorry for her though.

In comparison, I feel that 'To Sir with Love' is more like a family lakorn/lakhon melodrama in which the lead roles happened to be a BL lead couple, and that was probably why the lead couple somehow got less screen time because of its family drama's side story arcs. Whereas 'Love in the Moonlight' which is also a lakhon aired in the prime-time lakhon timeslot of Channel One-31, is more like a BL show typically giving more screen time to the lead couple.

The actress Suzana Renaud, who plays Songsawat, isn't only actress. She is an actress/model/beauty queen. She held the first runner-up title from Miss Universe Thailand Pageant last year.

I think 'ThamePo' was good too, and I like 'My School President' and 'Moonlight Chicken' a lot.

I guess Pradhana Vanalai is a popular filming location which seems to have been all over in several Thai lakorn/lakhon dramas, and probably in a few other BL series as well.

All I can find from YouTube is this one coming out a few days ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBtdLbzWNQM

Looks like this show is taking off with a good start. By the way I think we've seen some good Thai BLs coming out earlier this year, like "ThamePo", "Top Form", "Gelboy", and "Reset", including the ongoing "Shine" as well.

Oops, sorry! I read the first book from that link quite a while ago. Too bad it's no longer there.

So sad for this poor Veera, he didn't deserve this. Feel really sorry for him, he was such a loyal guy. No wonder why Por Unnop, the actor who played Veera, said that he loved this character as well.

We can find it here on this ‘Details’ page of this series. Go to ‘Recent Discussions’ section, click the title ‘Novel link or spoilers’ and look it up. I think someone has posted a link to read the first book of this novel on wattpad.

I'm glad too that Naran did that, and I guess he deserved it. He should've even done that quite a long time ago. Maybe he could've avoided that shoe if he'd let her go much earlier. Well, better late than never.

Agree with you. Naran should've even done that earlier. Well, better late than never.

I think BoC. even said before that this wasn't typically BL. like Boy's Love, but it was Men's Love - gay series. I'm not sure exactly what criteria they actually use to categorize it though.

I think his father in law who was his previous boss died a while ago. Now his current boss is the threat.

This one is indeed a soap opera drama. It came from the production house which has produced a lot of Thai lakhon/lakorn melodramas/soap opera dramas for years, so no wonder this show came out with lakhon style. They deliberately intended to do it this way, so it was over the top with overacting at times because it was supposed to be. I don’t know if they chose to do that because they really thought lakhon style was good direction for this show and it was also kind of their signature, or just because all they’ve done has been lakhon dramas so they didn’t know how else to do it. Their adaptation to the series was even a dramatized version from the novel which as the source material wasn’t originally very dramatic.

The story was also very romance-driven with sweet scenes of the lead couple in almost every episode. I’m quite familiar with lakhon style, so I didn’t really have a problem and overall I like the series, plus both Pan and Pond have been my favorite actors since before this show. I did see some plotholes here and there and think that the villain was so overacting, but for me the lead couple knew how to sell romance and their chemistry was good enough to carry the whole show through and help me overlook its flaws, so it was kind of easy for me to like it. However I do feel that series with this specific lakhon style may not be for everyone. As it was leaning heavily towards romance-driven approach, I guess the show was probably not something for viewers who look for a balance between romance-driven and plot-driven story and who are not familiar or don’t like lakhon-soap opera style (or those who expected sweet revenge trope as it didn't turn out that way), since it could give them a hard time to watch.

I think high rating is just an indicator to suggest that maybe a lot of people like it, and doesn’t translate as that a show is really good or guarantee that each of us will like it too. The production house probably tried to make this show the way they thought that a lot of people would like it. So I guess they managed to achieve a certain goal to attract them, as reflected from the rating, just unfortunately they couldn’t really satisfy or meet everyone’s expectation.

Right, Thiwthit revealed that he had romantic feeling for Tada but was rejected, and then finding out about Armin, he got so jealous that he wanted nobody else to have Tada. I guess maybe you didn’t really catch that as you paused a lot. This show is kind of soap opera drama, since it came from the production house which has produced a lot of Thai lakhon/lakorn melodramas/soap opera dramas for years, so no wonder they chose to make it lakhon style. Over the top overacting was supposed to be expected at times, I did feel that the villain was overacting too much though. Their adaptation to the series was even a dramatized version from the novel which as the source material wasn’t originally very dramatic.

Did you find this show too much romance-driven? Maybe you were looking for a balance between romance-driven and plot-driven story, but this one was leaning heavily towards romance-driven approach so the balance could be kind of lost, and I did see some plotholes here and there too. I didn’t find the story very confusing, but maybe the nature of lakhon/soap opera style could affect some writing and editing choices and confuse some viewers. Both Pan and Pond have been my favorite actors since before this show. I didn’t expect them to be paired up before, then they were in here. They happened to give good chemistry and knew how to sell romance, and their NC scenes were decent enough for me. I buy their chemistry which carried the whole show though and helped me overlook its flaws, and I’m also quite familiar with lakhon style, so overall I like the show since it was kind of easy for me to like it.

However I do feel that this kind of series with specific lakhon style may not be for everyone. I think the show was not something for viewers who look for a balance between romance-driven and plot-driven story and who are not familiar or don’t like lakhon/soap opera style. So I guess the loss of balance because of too much romance-driven approach and the nature of over-the-top lakhon/soap opera style were probably those things giving you a hard time to watch. After all of course it's just each one's taste and personal preference. Even though it wasn’t your cup of tea, gotta say that I admire your patience which managed to help you make it to the end of the series.

This is Shine's "Acoustic version" page. I think its rating makes more sense if you go to take a look at Shine's "Orchestric version" page.

"Acoustic" is the cut version, and "Orchestric" is the uncut version.