Another KBL with flawless skins, perfectly dressed people, and fake dating theme, but not half bad
It is a truth universally acknowledged in the KBL universe that a single, high net worth rich heir and young tech-entrepreneur, with stone-cold heart, flawless skin, and 'never-gonna-marry' stance must be in need of a 'gay-fake-dating' candidate to ward off them blind-date gals....and a guy who can pretend to be the parent on the phone, clear clogged toilets, has a body fit for nude modelling, over-performs at impersonification gigs, and is desperate for money, is without doubts the best candidate ever....BL-needle score: 6. Moderate BL-ness so far
As the usual story goes, they will off course eventually fall in love for real and satisfy all the expected tropes.....may I add that when the time comes, I expect one of them to wear oversized KBL-clothes in pastel shades and the other perfectly tailored formal clothes, find a soft diffused-lights-environment to slightly peck each other on the lips (without ruining the glow-make up)...if they end up doing more than that (I hope they do), I will definitely raise the score...:D
Lol...the tropes notwithstanding, I like the good looking cast, and the high production values.....the acting is also reasonab;ly alright so far....have decided to keep watching for now .
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Yummy bare torsos decked in jewelled belts, not much otherwise :P
I love Pak's bare torso...particularity in his past-life avtaar, wearing that white chong kraben and silver jewelled belt across his tantalising torso.....:D......beyond the tantalising half-bare men, this has little to offer so far...this kinda reminds me of school projectsBL-needle score: 7.5, reasonably high BL-ness
With past-life romp flash backs, present day showering scenes, and an attempt to weave a story that links both, all within 7-7.5 precious minutes is a tall order....each of the 10 minutes-long episodes of this mini series has 1 minute each of titles at the beginning and end, and 1 minute teaser of 'next episode' at the end...
The principal reason that I decided to watch this is because it is a mini series, and the leads seemed easy on the eyes....watched all the four episodes at one go....I liked the leads and their 'offerings'...but that's about it...I might come back to binge watch the rest of the episodes at one go when they become available...I hope they don't cover-up those bare torsos. :P
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Deliciously toxic-scintillating show, but the end could have been better
Yes, Watch!! One of the best toxic-scintillating-tearjerker shows around right now, though with a tiny-winy tame ending. ...but Yun Qi (Fan Xiao) is plain yummmmmmmmmmmmmm 😍BL-needle Score: 8. Reasonably high BL-ness
It rarely gets better than this if you love high-octane, emotional roller-coaster with a liberal dose of toxic. The script, production values, direction, all are quite good, but what really stuns in this show is the acting by the leads and particularly by Yun Qi. To say I have become an instant fan will be understatement. Don't g et me wrong the guy who plays Shulang is also very good, but pales in comparison to Fan Xiao, which off course is the author-backed role.
Initially the show might seem just about okay, but wait till you get to Ep 6-7 and then BOOM..it just explodes!!! Thereafter there is not one boring moment and they keep you completely hooked, the angst, the obsession, the deep-dark-unavoidable attraction...all of it is portrayed just so right. And then once it turns to being a emotional tearjerker towards the end, it so satisfying I tell you.
The ending is a tiny-winy tamer considering how good the pace and tension in the show was overall, which made me downgrade the overall score from 9 to 8.5 after the final episode
Go watch, you will not regret. You can watch it for just Yun Qi as well...he gets a direct entry into the Top 3 of my List of Crushes here on MDL 🥰
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Achy-breaky-cute rom-com - made me happy
Sappy- check, Cute- check, Tearjerker- Check, Logic- None, Happy- YES ...:DBL-needle score: 8 High BL-ness
In my first attempt, I had stopped watching this after the first 10 minutes and tried once more on being recommended by a BL-bestie...and man I was so swept away by how achy-breaky-cutey it is....it so satisfied the sappy, romcom watcher in me..sigh!
Bai comes from a family of intelligence officers over generations and is seen as the weak and emotional one by the patriarch of the family, Bai's grandfather. He wants Bai to toughen up and hence puts him under the tutelage of one of his trusted officers and assigns him to a case to spy on Hei, a fitness instructor, part time sparring partner (probably street fighting where he has to loose to get money), and apparently close to the intelligence agency target Dou Keyi, who runs a questionable all-service agency. Hei has a run-in with the agency since he is trying to get a lot of money in a short amount of time to pay for the medical bills for his sister's heart surgery. Bai has to prove to his grandfather that he is tough enough to continue the family legacy of being intelligence officers. Even though he starts off well by being Hei's apartment-partner and successfully tracks his moves for the first few days, he gradually gets sucked into Hei's endearing family, his struggles, and starts to fall for Hei. What ensues is a difficult and conflicting time for Bai as he is torn between his need to prove himself to his grandfather, find his own understanding of right and wrong, while keeping his identity from Hei, a person he has come to love.
The idea of the plot was quite good, but the show wanted to focus more on the emotional and love aspects of the story rather than trying to portray an authentic spy-tale. So the end results are a mostly no-logic spy story that only serves as the backdrop of their love and emotional struggle, which is delivered quite well. By the end of episode 5, I couldn't care less about the huge script holes in terms of the spy-story because they served the romance so good. If you decide to watch this, watch it for that.
The chemistry between the leads is adorable, the acting is good for the leads, and strictly tolerable for the rest of the cast, production values are reasonably good, and so is the music.
So, should you watch it? If you like silly, tearjerker, romcoms with cute leads, then YES.
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One of the cutest show airing right now.....I'm totally melting with the first story..<3
This level of cuteness should be banned....I'm just melting, melting, melting....I don't know how to say goodbye now that we are almost at the end of Mawin and Err's story :(((((BL-needle Score: 9. Extremely High BL-ness
I loved them in Only Boo, but Keen-Sea are beyond just cute in this 4 episode 'Hi' By My Luck'..they are totally scream-worthy....even with a simple story, and only 4 episodes, they will have your heart in a stronghold....I can not have enough...just cannot...I now want a full series of their melty-cutesy-adorable love story.
YES, YES, YES ......WATCH!!
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Started off quite well, good script, enough eye candies, and gives you the jitters alright
I like that we are getting so many horror-suspense themed BL dramas these days....and this landed right on Halloween night, so I guess they timed it like that intentionally. Frankly, I wasn't expecting a lot from this one and started watching simply because I was intrigued by the synopsis and trailer earlier, but I actually ended up liking the first episode quite a bit.It started off really well...leaving out a few logical loopholes here and there, which us BL watchers are mostly seasoned to by now, its pretty well scripted, and believable...acting, cast, production values, make-up, sets, all of it is quite good too. I think the scares are pretty good too, comparing with other Thai BL shows.
While I haven't watch Pit Babe, I like the lead pair's chemistry in this one so far. Also, Pavel is looking delish as SIngha, and so is the guy who plays King.....it seems like Singha and King have some beef from how Singha was staring daggers....I have a hunch that King may be part of the bad guys.
All in all, I would say it's safe to watch.
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Watch it only if you are a fan of the leads, the story is rather tame
If you are a fan of Joon-Dunk and/or First-Khaotung and are here to watch them being cute, smexy, etc., then you would definitely enjoy this. Otherwise its just tame and yet another OTT Thai BL that ends up offering the same old.BL-needle score- 8, reasonably high BL-ness
I find Joon really hot, and like Force's acting - two main reasons that I had started watching this. But it just grew more and more tame and lost reasons for me to continue to watch it. I mean its not worse than a lot of other shows that I have watched earlier, and I wasn't expecting a lot from it anyway, but given that I am not a fan of the leads (the reason I continued to watch Jack & Joker, for example :D) and have grown more nit-picky these days about the story, I dropped it.
My verdict - go in only if you are a fan of the leads, otherwise you will be disappointed.
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The seduction of retro, politics, forbidden lust, and a powerful love...a must watch!!
This is a show of the proverbial 'second couple' ...they plain steal the show, and no, not by accident...it is meant to be that way....Apo and Mile are great too, but they, and all the other players in this drama, pale to Son and Euro, particularly Son, I would say.....they made it beyond stunning..a must watchBL-needle Score: 8. Reasonably high BL-ness
They had me seduced right from the start with those retro yellow tones, the flower-power vibes, the 70s guitar-sax-jazz tunes......and the quietly unfolding political map for a script, seeping with layers of deception, infidelity, decadence, and sauve.... Apo-Mile's comeback show seemed all set to bang, and how!!!! And then, it actually turned out to better!!!
I loved that retro-styled credits at the beginning! I was off course looking forward to Apo-Mile's next, but did not really expect it to be this good! This was a slow burn story with strong love-hate equations, deep-simmering lust and a powerful love playing havoc, in the backdrop of political turmoil of a nation that is in the throes of change.
Should you watch it? YES and YES
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How many times does one expect the 'cute brothers in love' clickbait to work? Mostly lame
Ok, you were probably like me - jumping into this just looking at China and BL, well, don't. The first episode was pretty lame. The only good thing are the production values and to an extent, the cute boys, But it ends there.BL-needle score: 7.5 Reasonably high BL-ness
I mean how many times does one want to do the step-brother/grown-up together-brothers being in love with each other!! And even if you do, wouldn't all the precedence of it need you to make it extremely compelling for people to want to watch it?? This has none of that. The script is all over the place and so is the logic (ok, I still discounted that since a large number of BLs anyway defy logic). I clicked on it with a lot of interest only to have cold water poured on me. Avoid :/
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One word - SIZZLING!!! Go watch.....WAIT...WTF was that ending!!!!!!
Damn!! This is sooooooo good.....woof!!! Yes, that's what I wrote after Ep 3 and continued to be convinced till Ep 15.....and then, we had THAT ending!!!! You can watch for how good Hua's actor is, but don't expect too much...and definitely not any redemption. I am downgrading it to 7.5 for that rushed and shitty ending!Please be aware that this a Omegaverse story that involves fantasy setting of men getting pregnant, etc., so check that bit out before you start watching.
BL-needle score: 7. Reasonable BL-ness. Frankly, I'm at a loss with this score for this show since it is hardly a quintessential BL. May be I need to revise the constituent of my BL-needle score. I probably will if there are enough content like this coming our way. :D
This show has all the potential to change how BLs are made and consumed....the script, production, acting, every damn thing is so much more matured than almost 90% of the BL dramas that we see. I have rarely come across BL shows that invested so much in its script, nuance and small details, that I see in this show, which is an absolutely welcome change. I just hope it doesn't get stuck mid-way with the whole censorship miasma in China for BL content.
While the story itself may not appeal to those who have issues with the Omegaverse, I would say that if you are giving this a miss because of that, you'll loose out
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Cute JBL- started off really well!
That whole 'I realised I love you only when I saw you leave'-trope - never gets old I guess 🥰BL-needle Score: 7.5. Reasonably high BL-ness
I really liked the first episode. Has a simple story line and the execution doesn't feel over the top or comic-ish, which is the case for many cute JBLs these days. Wataru realises his attraction to Minato only when he leaves for another town for his job after having lived together for 5 years.
The way Wataru keeps repeating 'Tomodachi'(just friends) while running to meet him when Minato returns to town exactly on the 10th anniversary of their first meeting, was so awwwwww. And Minato has such deep eyes and stares with such meaning at Wataru that you can't but melt.
The only thing that felt off is that for a friend who is that close, Wataru should have been dropping Minato off at the airport when he was going off, and not said bye outside their apartment.
I love the pent-up longing and the delish tension of unspoken words and desire between them
Definitely looking forward to the next episodes...:)
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