Nadao really believes in the purifying, cleansing power of human tears. Especially during the reconciliation parts. Lets start with "In Family We Trust". Nearing the end, almost everyone cried. Especially the young actors. Yi, Ern, Tao, Toey, Chi, Pete......... they all cried and royally so. Then, in "Great Men Academy", you also have most of the main actors crying, even Vier's father, hugging him and crying. And then, this one; this masterpiece of "I told Sunset About You". Teh, Oh-Aew, Tarn, Bass, all cried.
Teh (played by Billkin) really really did his best, howling in a wounded manner, with tears and extras coming out of his nose. Oh-Aew (played by PP) brings crying to a whole new level, as he depicted a sense of 'grief', 'sorrow', 'loss', almost like bereavement. Do take a look when he broke down in Episode 4 with the lines "....why?......you feel it too. WHY?". And then ending, when the crying Oh-Aew lets himself fall into Teh after Teh's unexpected "...can i be your boyfriend" question was magical. His answer was he let himself be hugged by Teh and he hugged Teh in turn. No words.
Ok, I really don't think the last scene is about Teh not having study materials and he regretting it. I mean,…
@HnR, Your take on the last scene is profoundly beautiful. I hope to add on a little bit to discuss the scene directly prior to it:
When Teh relinquished his place (in favor of Oh-Aew), he likely did it thinking "only" of Oh-Aew. Then, when we follow his dejected footsteps back home to his mother's shop in the evening, and his eyes lingered to the sign "free food on the house", we know that things will not be straightforward.
The tongue lashing from his mother was just a start, and Teh was already in tears. When he went up alone to his room, and saw the sign and new clothes that his mother put up for him, he cried even more. He may have then realized that in his relinquishing of that university place, he may have 'let his mother down'.
THEN, he saw the savings passbook with 160,000 baht banked in by his elder brother, with a moving, handwritten note. At that point, Teh crumpled into shaking sobs. He likely only JUST realized that his elder brother also loved him so much, and sacrificed for him, giving him money for his first 2 semesters. And likely he took his elder brother for granted.
And then came the last scene that you described above. By then, Teh was an emotional wreck.
I have a feeling Nadao will magically and believably stitch everything together for a very striking (likely very positive and wholesome) final episode. They have a lot to stitch together, including Teh and his lovely lady friend.
That underwater kiss.....if we are thinking about symbolism; it may be suggesting that their relationship was in secret. Their feelings towards one another was in secret. Not ready to be surfaced yet. Definitely it looked like Teh was not ready. But his reaction directly after clearly showed how much he loved Oh-Aew. Nadao has a lot of loose ends to tie up in the final episode, and i am sure they will do it well.
This series is going me crazy! (but in a good way)I watched until the episode 4 with subs and the 5th without…
This is quite an amazing series in terms of complexity, and i admit that after episode #5, every possibility is open. A few observations thus far:
a) Superficially, Vier appears to be unpleasant. He used Love to beat Tangmo in a match. He made Love cry many times, culminating in him saying "i wouldn't like you, whether you are in female or male form". And of course, twice threatening to expose Love's identify to the teachers. Looking deeper, there are some good points in Vier's character. It may be quite obvious by now that many viewers dislike Vier so much that one of the co-directors posted a description about Vier's character on her Instagram account (@weawwan). She may be giving us insights as to what Vier is going through, as well as what his wish to the unicorn was. The photograph she shared of Vier in black, white, and some shades of grey is very telling of her message.
b) Tangmo really is a sweetie. He is the good guy whom everyone roots for, and whom everyone wants for to be happy. Angelic, almost (every pun intended :-)). Personally, for Tangmo to end up with the male version of Love would be amazing. Politically from the Directors' and Producers' perspective, i am not sure if it would be allowed. To have 2 out of the 7 participating members of 9x9 falling in love in a same-gender relationship in a TV series may be amazing for all of us viewers, but i have this doubt that it will be allowed. If you see series like "In family we trust", there are certain values which are kept intact, and that nearly all conflicts will be resolved at the end. In this regard, I look forward to being pleasantly and happily surprised! :-)
c) Menn (the Hedgehog). I think there is way more depth to his character than is first revealed. Especially after how he conquered the hologram test in Episode #5 with such emotion and empathy. That test stumped everyone else (with sweet Tangmo just struck dumb with terror and his main aim was just to protect Love from the hologram). Menn's unexpected maturity (already seen in Episode #3 where he gave Nuclear a lecture about meeting someone he likes face to face first before using the Line/DM) definitely will contribute more in the further concluding episodes of this series. How, i am still not sure. But it could be something to do with the tournament (he did win valuable points by solving the Hologram test). And he is really CRAZY about Love in female form. So much so that he and male Love had a shouting match in the ice cream shop that resulting in both of them crying.
Lets start with "In Family We Trust". Nearing the end, almost everyone cried. Especially the young actors. Yi, Ern, Tao, Toey, Chi, Pete......... they all cried and royally so.
Then, in "Great Men Academy", you also have most of the main actors crying, even Vier's father, hugging him and crying.
And then, this one; this masterpiece of "I told Sunset About You". Teh, Oh-Aew, Tarn, Bass, all cried.
Teh (played by Billkin) really really did his best, howling in a wounded manner, with tears and extras coming out of his nose.
Oh-Aew (played by PP) brings crying to a whole new level, as he depicted a sense of 'grief', 'sorrow', 'loss', almost like bereavement. Do take a look when he broke down in Episode 4 with the lines "....why?......you feel it too. WHY?".
And then ending, when the crying Oh-Aew lets himself fall into Teh after Teh's unexpected "...can i be your boyfriend" question was magical.
His answer was he let himself be hugged by Teh and he hugged Teh in turn.
No words.
Nadao's signature.......!
When Teh relinquished his place (in favor of Oh-Aew), he likely did it thinking "only" of Oh-Aew. Then, when we follow his dejected footsteps back home to his mother's shop in the evening, and his eyes lingered to the sign "free food on the house", we know that things will not be straightforward.
The tongue lashing from his mother was just a start, and Teh was already in tears. When he went up alone to his room, and saw the sign and new clothes that his mother put up for him, he cried even more. He may have then realized that in his relinquishing of that university place, he may have 'let his mother down'.
THEN, he saw the savings passbook with 160,000 baht banked in by his elder brother, with a moving, handwritten note. At that point, Teh crumpled into shaking sobs. He likely only JUST realized that his elder brother also loved him so much, and sacrificed for him, giving him money for his first 2 semesters. And likely he took his elder brother for granted.
And then came the last scene that you described above. By then, Teh was an emotional wreck.
I have a feeling Nadao will magically and believably stitch everything together for a very striking (likely very positive and wholesome) final episode. They have a lot to stitch together, including Teh and his lovely lady friend.
a) Superficially, Vier appears to be unpleasant. He used Love to beat Tangmo in a match. He made Love cry many times, culminating in him saying "i wouldn't like you, whether you are in female or male form". And of course, twice threatening to expose Love's identify to the teachers. Looking deeper, there are some good points in Vier's character. It may be quite obvious by now that many viewers dislike Vier so much that one of the co-directors posted a description about Vier's character on her Instagram account (@weawwan). She may be giving us insights as to what Vier is going through, as well as what his wish to the unicorn was. The photograph she shared of Vier in black, white, and some shades of grey is very telling of her message.
b) Tangmo really is a sweetie. He is the good guy whom everyone roots for, and whom everyone wants for to be happy. Angelic, almost (every pun intended :-)). Personally, for Tangmo to end up with the male version of Love would be amazing. Politically from the Directors' and Producers' perspective, i am not sure if it would be allowed. To have 2 out of the 7 participating members of 9x9 falling in love in a same-gender relationship in a TV series may be amazing for all of us viewers, but i have this doubt that it will be allowed. If you see series like "In family we trust", there are certain values which are kept intact, and that nearly all conflicts will be resolved at the end. In this regard, I look forward to being pleasantly and happily surprised! :-)
c) Menn (the Hedgehog). I think there is way more depth to his character than is first revealed. Especially after how he conquered the hologram test in Episode #5 with such emotion and empathy. That test stumped everyone else (with sweet Tangmo just struck dumb with terror and his main aim was just to protect Love from the hologram). Menn's unexpected maturity (already seen in Episode #3 where he gave Nuclear a lecture about meeting someone he likes face to face first before using the Line/DM) definitely will contribute more in the further concluding episodes of this series. How, i am still not sure. But it could be something to do with the tournament (he did win valuable points by solving the Hologram test). And he is really CRAZY about Love in female form. So much so that he and male Love had a shouting match in the ice cream shop that resulting in both of them crying.
More to come :-)