ColourMePurple

I read a few of the reviews for this drama and realised my views are entirely different. Starting from the fact that I did NOT enjoy the Thai boys chemistry AT ALL. At times I felt like laughing and other times I was cringing. But let's review all my criticisms with this show properly.

The Thai (uncut) and Japanese drama are almost identical plot wise but the Japanese version is superior is many ways. Mostly because of the acting and the way the scenes are shot. Spoilers ahead.

What I disliked:
- The younger ML acts so childish. It was an immediate turnoff. Especially the way he speaks. The other boys and girls (his peers) are not this cringe. This is the main reason I just couldn't get into their relationship. The way he spoke was just awful to hear.
- In ep1, opening scene older ML is hit on his back but he is clenching his stomach after that.
- In ep1/2 older ML wakes up in the hospital after being hit by a car and is able to run all the way to the younger ML's home. Fastest recovery ever!
- There is a scene in ep 2 where the younger ML jumps on top of the ML and was moving around too much to get a look at his scar. Are you being real? Who behaves like this? My friend said he looks like he's looking for lice. Lol! At least that would have been believable! Japan just did this better.
- In one scene, the younger ML is sitting in the cafeteria talking to himself out loud and instead of just doing that, they show him hopping seat to seat back and forth acting as if he is two different people. The most cringe scene! So ridiculous!
- There is a scene where the 2 leads are standing in the middle of the road (crosswalk) and the younger lead is yelling out to him instead of just going closer to talk. Plus he gives this huge speech and I'm like, "you know you could just go closer so if a car comes, you can just die together." My whole focus was on the road and watching to see if any car was going to come.
- Don't get me started on the paper cup scenes. The only way that works is if the string is taut but half the time you'll notice the string is very loose and I doubt that would work unless you both are hearing each other from a close range like the final scene. Not likely to work if you're in two rooms speaking in a soft voice.
- I didn't really enjoy most of the side characters. I only liked a few of them. Because of that I felt like watching a lot of scenes in 2x.
- The date that the 2 MLs go on was so lame. They just spent their entire time on the claw machine and then took pictures in a photo booth and the older guy says it was the best day ever. Come on man. Again this was much better in the Japanese drama.
- The fiancee comes and slaps the younger ML in a cafe and none of the other customers in the background so much so as bat an eyelid. In today's day and age, most people would have immediately picked up their phones and started recording.
- Frankly, I just didn't like the romantic scenes. Again because of the whiny younger ML. Older ML was nice. His acting was decent. But I just didn't see their chemistry and didn't feel their emotions.
- Coming to the mother which a lot of other viewers also complained about. So toxic and bizarre. But the worst part is that the father just shows up at the end and the brother agrees to switch places with the older ML. And also says he'll now marry his fiancee. Are you guys okay? Japan handled this very well.
- The friend who has the superpower - why does he have it?, are there other people with superpowers? - nothing is explained.
- Friend's superpower is exploited by the guy he likes. So casual.
- I hate when a character is looking at something and is becoming more and more horrified or upset and the other character only looks at his face and asks "what's wrong?" instead of looking at what he is looking at. The direction is just weak.
- The video created by the older ML was just too damn long. Also who stopped the recording, sir?
- There is always a nasty girl trying to ruin the relationship. When will they retire this trope?

So what did I even like about this drama?
- The opening theme song is genuinely great.
- The plot concept. I'm a sucker for these types of shows and movies.
- The friends of the two MLs. I liked them the most but mainly the mind-reading friend.
- In the Japanese version, they don't always show what the person is thinking but in the Thai version they did which I liked.
- The older ML acting as multiple versions was nice.
- The other versions of the younger ML who weren't as cringe were okay.
- In comparison to the Japanese version, ep 1 was less confusing and events were easy to understand. Some of the dialogues are also clearer in the Thai version so I only understood a few scenes after watching the original Thai version.

Now there are many reviews mentioning the older ML's stalking. TBH they don't really show much of that so it didn't make much of an impact on me. Plus, other versions of the younger ML were also stalking the older ML, leaving food at his door, hiding behind plants watching him, etc. I didn't see them ever go overboard but I do want to kmow how the older ML knew the younger ML's passcode? That's the only thing that really made me raise my eyebrow. Was it from watching other versions of himself?

If you want to see a good version ofnthis drama, just watch the Japanese drama. The NC scenes are similar. The Thai has one extra scene at the end if I'm right. But I think the Japanese drama scenes are longer.

Overall the plot is decent. I liked the way in which the ML learns of parallel worlds. It was a new concept. But sadly the show was a let down in my opinion.