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BounPrem is the only reason to watch it

Sadly, that was pretty underwhelming. I wish I could give it a higher ranking, but even giving it 6.5 is already a lot.
The amount of times I were just sitting in the full confusion trying to understand what was going on is insane.

There were a few good things though:

1. BounPrem. They were the only reason I gave this series a chance in the first place. If not for them and their performance, this series wouldn't get anything higher than 4. I also really liked how Prem looked with his red hair, it was quite a bold move but in my opinion he looked great.
2. Mangkorn and Ashing. Even though as I previously said I only came here for Boun and Prem, I was quite happy with the side couple as well. Honestly, their actors did a good job, and even though it is my first time seeing them in a series, I was glad they were even in it. Their love story was a bit rushed, and I can even call it weird.
But when it comes to this series, them and BounPrem was quite literally almost the only thing comforting me enough to push through and finish this series. Unfortunately, they didn't have much screen time, but even then I still enjoyed their little story.
3. Gorgeous locations. I fell in love with those amazing beach views, everything looked so great. Made me want to travel and see it all in real life.
4. Supportive dads. Their little convo about their son's future and that no matter who they end up with, love is love made me smile. It wasn't anything super impressive, but this little thing did warmed up my soul a bit.
5. Boxing match. Back to the Mangkorn and Ashing, while this boxing match was a bit weird I did liked it after all, and I was happy to see them having their happy ending as well.

Now to the things that I did not like about this series:

1. First 4.5 episodes. They were so boring and confusing, only after watching halfway through the fifth episode did it got better.
2. Couples. I didn't see any valid reason for this series to have that many couples. I would understand if there was enough screen time to show every single one of them, their love story, etc. But that was absolutely not the case here, so I have no idea why they did what they did.
3. A lot of questions that weren't answered. There were quite a few really confusing things that we never got any explanations about.
But the one that got me confused the most is all the “adult toys” that Athit had casually lying around in his bedroom (that weren't used for quite some time) under the covers. Was it all just a plan to try to scare Sun? Or did he just leave them there and forgot? These are questions I never got any answers to, and I guess I never will.
4. Story. I honestly both loved and hated it. And what I mean by that is that I really liked the idea but hated the way they executed it. There were so much better ways to do it. They had such a great plot in their hands, but they terribly failed with it.
The plot twist was quite interesting and satisfying and even though this debt collector trope could be considered cliche, I think it still had a high chance of success if shown right, however it just wasn't.
5. Sun's father. That is just my personal dislike. I hated the fact that Sun's father sends him to an island to get money from somebody, and when his son learns the truth about everything and calls him to confront him. All he does is acts like he doesn't know what Sun is talking about, and then hangs up on him, leaving him stranded alone in the middle of nowhere.
He is a terrible father and when in the end he tried to come and hug Sun I felt nothing but disgust towards him.
6. Excluding friends. I dislike the fact that they never showed us Sun going back to Bangkok. I know that he choose to stay and live on the island with Athit. But I would love to see him coming back to Bangkok together with Athit and sharing some good news with both his friends and father.
For me personally, it's just felt kinda weird that they never showed us this part, at least a little video call to his friend or something.
They've been friends since childhood, so the fact he didn't talked to them felt really out of character for both Sun and his friends. Because they also haven't contacted him since he just came to the island.
He also never shared anything with them when he was in trouble, he never called his friends to ask for help. While I understand that he might've wanted to resolve it all by himself, it still felt a bit odd.
7. Acting from some side characters were lacking at times, while it isn't that big of a deal, it's still made this experience a bit worse.

Overall, I don't regret watching it, but I probably won't watch it again. This series is not that long, so if you want to check it out, I can only recommend watching it for the actors and beautiful locations and views.

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Not it

It wasn't the worst, but neither was it great.
There were good and bad things, but the one thing that made me really feel nothing towards the end of the series is a main character. His character is so ridiculously stupid that it made me just lost any hope, I'm sorry, but there is no better way to describe it.
At the start, I was fully on the main character's side, supporting his decisions since they didn't seem like too much at that point for me. But the further into the series I went, the more I wanted to rip the hair off my head from how actually ridiculous some things the main character did are.

Let's start with the good things, though:
1. Acting. I would like to point out the acting was actually exceptional, emotional moments were shown perfectly, and I enjoyed watching it.
2. Past. I loved watching their memories from the past of how their relationship were starting to develop. I also enjoyed seeing how much of different memories they had, and how differently two people can perceive the same situation.
3. Cute moments. Even though there weren't a lot of them, it was a nice break from everything else that was going on.

And now to the things I didn't like:
1. Father drama. I honestly didn't dislike it, rather found it unnecessary since it was short and didn't do much for the plot. I know that the series itself was pretty short, but maybe instead of only relationship drama they could've added more of the drama related to Chae Jin Hwan's father.
2. No communication. From the both main character and his boyfriend. A lot of the problems could've been resolved in less than 5 minutes if only the main characters learned to respect each other and try to fix a problem when there is one.
3. Main character. Pretty much self-explanatory, as I said before, at some point I just couldn't care less about what's going to happen to their relationship since main character seem to not care much for them too.
Honestly, as bad as it sounds, I would've personally preferred if the two main character's didn't end up as a couple. It's really rare when I feel this way, but I just think that they are really not a great fit and should not be together.

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Could've been 8 or 9

When I just started watching it, I was super excited and hyped for it, but the further it went, the worse it got.

First thing's first I want to say that there was almost no romance from the main couple until the very end, while they did end up together there were almost no romance or story really leading to that. They just kinda jumped into it.
My mistake was that I started watching this series mostly for the BL romance part of it and not as much for the story itself, which I instantly regretted.
But I did after all only enjoy this series for the side characters and the overall story with the students going through the training. The struggles and obstacles they got on their way and the character's development, it was pretty enjoyable to witness all of that. Sadly I cannot say the same about other things.
I liked the comedy side of the series, it wasn't annoying and good timed in my opinion.

Now the things that made it a 7.5 for me:

1. So much of an unnecessary and out of character drama. What I'm talking about is a conflict, if you can call it that, surrounding Ba-Mhee, Tae and Judy. What was this even about? I guess it was added to show Tae's and Ba-Mhee's personal growth. But I'm sure there were so much more ways of doing it without adding some insane drama with cheating.
While I can slightly understand why Ba-Mhee do what she did, the fact that Judy—the person that was shown to us as a very professional, smart and mature woman. Not only kissed Ba-Mhee back, but also had thought's about getting together with her afterwards, makes no sense. I might be wrong, but that was extremely out of character for her.
The fact that Tae just blamed himself in everything and then immediately forgave Ba-Mhee made my blood boil. That was insanely stupid, and I would probably enjoy it so much more if there was none of this absurd drama.

2. Not enough romance from main couple. Since I already said about that, I just want to add some more context to why in my opinion there were not enough romance. Firstly, for the first half of the series the two main characters rarely interacted at all not only romantically. I would prefer if there were at least some kind of friendship leading to them getting together, instead we got Ryan confessing his feelings out of blue, blushing around Jane for few days and then them becoming a couple. It's just honestly felt really disappointing to look at them act like that.

3. Jane suddenly disappearing for 5 years. Okay so that just left me confused, not the fact that Jane went to study, because that I was fully supporting. No, the fact that he literally disappeared for 5 years without contacting the person he supposedly was in love with. And then trying to justify it all by saying that the only reason he wasn't keeping in contact with him is because he was scared that he would miss him too much and come back earlier. That is one of, if not, the stupidest thing I ever heard. I would understand if it was for a month or something, but even then he should've at least warned Ryan that he won't be keeping in contact with him for the time being. But FIVE years is insane, and the fact that he came back and acted like nothing happened expecting Ryan to just take him back like he didn't just leave for 5 freaking years makes me so upset.

Other than that, I did enjoy watching this series to some degree. I might even watch again in some future, but of course the next times I will at least be prepared for some absurd moments this series has to offer.

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Short and sweet

It was a great movie. Just about what I was expecting.

The authors did a nice job with showing the problems that a lot of the characters had to go through on the way to personal grow.
Ryosuke's father's redemption arc was my personal favourite. While at first I disliked him for his position and the fact that he was unnecessarily rude to everybody, I did feel like he changed to best by the end of the movie. And that of course made me really happy.
One thing that I didn't really like/understood is a Mizuki's ex, I feel like his “story” was really unnecessary. I understand that that way they tried to add some drama, but honestly I don't think it was needed there. He just showed up for few minutes, stirred things up and also tried to run away with Mizuki? That was just meh.

Other than that, I really enjoyed this movie and would love to see it in a full series format.

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Sweet and fun but rushed

It was definitely nice and heartwarming, but it felt like it would be even better if the series were longer, otherwise the story felt rushed.

I liked almost everything about it, there were no unnecessary drama and no stupid jealousy over nothing. You know, in a way it felt refreshing, I started with little to none expectations and the first episode felt kinda mid, but the closer I was to the end the more I wanted this series to be longer. The music was good, and the food looked really appetising. Characters were really cute and actors had some chemistry.

But if I had to talk about the things I disliked about it, it would be these two things:

1. Not enough romance, it was enjoyable and warm but in my opinion there were just not enough skinship, not enough kisses, not enough even basic holding hand's. Of course, they had their cute moment's, but I would just love if there were more of them.

2. Too short/rushed. As I previously said, this series felt rushed. Especially the story around why Gi Hun were so against drinking alcohol as well as selling it in his restaurant. While they did tell us why, it was so short and seemed like it was an unimportant part, while it's literally a thing that the whole series is build around. The same goes for the fact that Gi Hun started drinking alcohol towards the end, I was supportive of his boundaries around alcohol, so I was caught of guard when this man bent under no pressure and just started drinking. While, yes, he wanted to change and understood that maybe his views were a bit harsh.
It doesn't change the fact that there were actually no time in between him screaming at people because of his hate for alcohol and him drinking like it's water. And it's again comebacks to the point that the series were definitely rushed because otherwise they could've done much better job if only they had more time.

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BIG disappointment...

That was indeed a rollercoaster, and not a good one.

Of course, I had low to none expectations, but somehow it was still worse than what I had in mind.
It's so slow that even watching it at x2 is not enough, that was so boring it's not even funny.
They had enough plot for 4 episodes max, but they choose to stretch it out and honestly that was a terrible idea, since in the end I had nothing to say about the plot except is that there was barely any…
The only reason I could see why anybody would want to watch it, is for a Mark but even then it is so not worth it, omg at this point just go and watch/rewatch a Jack and Joker or something because there you could at least enjoy what you're seeing instead of being bored to death and just honestly annoyed at how bad this is.
I think that hating on some series is kinda bad, but to be honest with this one it's the first time I'm literally agreeing with almost every comment and every review, because only god knows how I didn't just drop this series and went on with my life.
I'm always trying to push through the series and finish them no matter how bad they are, so I did finish that one, but I wouldn't recommend it even to my enemies.


Okay, so now that I finished with my rant, let's talk more in depth about the things that I did and didn't like about this series!

Things I DID like:
1. The cinematography was pretty good, a lot of beautiful shots, especially food. I enjoyed watching and even honestly learning a bit more about the Thai food.
2. The acting was not the worst I've seen, Mark and Zung did a pretty good job when it comes to acting, I did enjoy their performance. There were a few weird moments, but other than that, the acting wasn't lacking.
And that's about it when it comes to things that I liked…

Now, the thing's that I DIDN'T like:
1. SIDE COUPLES! We are starting strong with the side couples, throughout the whole series I was honestly so uninterested in them. When it comes to Lek and Chompoo I would just mostly ignore them since we saw them together only 2–3 times per entire series. But when it comes to Vich and Prem omg I would sigh every time I would see them on the screen, there were NO chemistry AT ALL, there were no signs that they would be together at all. Of course, it's easy to understand that they would end up together, but they had little to none interactions that would pull them in that direction.
This couple were so unnecessary, and it would make so much sense if they would be just friends/colleagues.
2. Unnecessary side characters without a proper backstory! Instead of trying to stretch this series as much as possible, they should've written better backstory to most of the side characters. Wiphob, Chef Mu and Eve had very little screen time, and the one that they did have was not enough to understand them. They were painted to be a “bad guys” but as much as I tried to feel at least something towards their characters I ended up feeling nothing since I couldn't even understand half of what was going on.
3. The Aek's mom. When it comes to the main character's mom I had a lot of questions about her “motives” and what exactly she was trying to do. The fact she was against Aek becoming a chef, and a lot of other stuff she did, do not sit right with me since it doesn't make much sense, but oh well.
4. SLOW! And that says it all. If you plan to watch it, I could only recommend doing it on x2 since watching it in any other way is just a torture.
5. Episodes № 8, 9, 10! I don't even want to talk about it, if you know you know and if you don't, believe me you don't want to know, that was just straight up garbage, no excuses.

That's about it, I can't believe I'm finally free and don't have to ever go through that hell of a ride again!!! :D

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Interesting, sweet and mature story

It's great, I loved it a lot. I was a bit unsure about watching the second season, especially after watching the special episode, but I'm really happy that I watched it after all, because that was perfect!
I do appreciate the maturity that this show has, especially with all the themes that were included here. The mental health problems and the problems that some people have to go through because of them.

The main couple was great and had an interesting story line. I was a bit disappointed when I realised that the dinner with main character's father that Shi De suggested won't be shown to us. I think that would be a great way to show that their previous conflict is resolved, or at least they are working on it.
I did however was really pleased to see main character's dialogue with his father, I'm happy that father found his peace and accepted main character because that's what makes him happy.

I also really enjoyed the side couple, I was extremely happy for them even in the first season, after i first time saw them interact with each other I was hoping that they could at least be good friends, so I was really happy when I saw them together.

Of course, I would prefer for CEO and Pei Shou Yi to have more of a happy ending, but as much I wanted it, I'm more than pleased with how everything ended. Not everything in this world is rainbows and unicorns, so I cannot expect a happy ending from a "couple" that was doomed for the worst before it even started.
I did enjoy the second season a bit more than the first.

Will definitely rewatch it again!

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Extremely adorable

That was such a lovely series, GeminiFourth really did a great job with this one.
Honestly one of, if not the best thai high school bl, incredibly sweet and wholesome series, definitely deserves all of the hype around it.

The things I liked:
1. Supportive parents. I absolutely adore main leads parents, the way they supported their kids no matter what made me so happy.
2. So many cute moments.
3. Main characters being green flags with good communication and great support from Tinn.
4. Tiw! We all need to take a minute to appreciate how much of a good friend Tiw was, perfect wingman. Mark Pakin is doing perfect job as usual.
5. Side couple. I just loved Sound and Win, they with their enemies to lovers trope were just so cute. WinnySatang did a great job here.
6. No unnecessary drama.
7. Friendship. This series did good at showing us a good friendship dynamic between the band members. I loved seeing them interact and spend time together. They were so supportive of each other, and even when they had a conflict they always found the way to resolve it nicely.

The only thing i “disliked” is that in my opinion this series could've been a bit shorter and still would be great, but it wasn't enough to lower my rating because of that.

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GREENEST FLAGS

Underrated gem, can't believe I found it absolutely accidentally and haven't heard anybody talking about it before.
Green flag on green flag, so sweet and wholesome. This should be an example for so many bl series.
It was an incredibly good watch and I cannot stop thinking about it, it's just that good.

The things I liked:
1. Great communication. Main leads had a good way of communicating not only when they had problems or disagreements, but also when it came to communicating their boundaries.
2. Respect. While both main characters were really respectful towards each other, I really want to highlight the way God was treating Diew. He was so incredibly respectful when it comes to Diew's boundaries, without spoiling, I just want to say that this man deserves the world for that.
3. So much cute and sweet moments.
4. Nice funny moments.
5. Extroverts/Introverts. They did a good job at showing more in depth how it works and that being extrovert or introvert doesn't necessarily mean being outgoing and extremely social or being shy and quiet. That it's not just black and white and more of a gray area in the way that it's all depends on the person themselves and also who they are with and where.
6. Friends. Omg these friends were so wonderful, they were so supportive and so nice.
7. Side couple. I loved Beer and Wan, their story was super cute, and I loved them since the first episode.
8. Consent. I feel like a lot of bl's lack in that, but there's nothing better than mutual consent with lots of love.
9. Khun Shy!!! Not much to say here, he was definitely the star of the show.
10. Supportive grandpa.

There were only a few things I wasn't too fond of, but I didn't lower my rating because of them.
So things I disliked:
1. Voiceover. The voiceover at some moments were just plain bad, but it didn't upset me that much.
2. Drama with the mother in the last episode. I feel like it was quite unnecessary and just too much with everything else going on.
Other than that, I absolutely loved this series, and it easily became one of my comfort series that I will rewatch again and again.

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Just kind of bland

It's a nice heartwarming series, but it is just a bit bland and boring.

Things I liked:

1. The side couple was quite cute, a bit more on a “toxic” side, but it's nothing crazy.
2. I really liked the dynamic between the main couple.
3. Lots of cute and sweet moments.
4. Series has an enjoyable humor.
5. A lot of supportive parents.

Things I disliked:

1. A lot of cliches and just overused stuff.
2. Overused sound effects.
3. Ten's father and his ways of disciplining and “educating” his son.
4. The way Unky reacted to his friends having “secrets” from him, while I can understand him being upset. His reaction was still quite jarring and the way he went about the whole situation was not the best in my opinion.
5. It is slow and could've been significantly shorter without even losing any of the plot.

Overall it was quite nice and enjoyable but would be much better if it was shorter.

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Beautiful

That was a great series, I really enjoyed watching. It is sweet with good communication from main characters and no unnecessary drama involved. Even though at first I was a bit sceptical, I can gladly say I enjoyed it more than a Japanese adaptation. While both of them are a great series, Thai adaptation just got more of a special place in my heart.

There were a few things that I did found annoying at times, but I'd want to start with the things I liked:
1. Great communication. As I mentioned previously, in this series you can see two adults who are good at communicating and resolving their problems without unnecessary fights and drama. It was satisfying to see it since it is sadly a rare occurrence.
2. A lot of fluff. I really enjoyed how sweet and cute this series is, that's something you can watch after watching something really sad. The cute moment's from this series made my heart ache, it was the sweetest.
3. Humour. All the funny moments were nice to see as well, they were good timed and definitely weren't too cringy, as it could be at times.
4. Acting. There's really not much to say about it. It was good.
5. Family. I really loved Achi's parent's, seeing how they made Karan feel so welcomed, and the way they were so happy for their son.
I also liked Karan's sister and her way of communicating with their mom, to make her understand Karan's real feelings.

Now, when it comes to the things I didn't enjoy as much:
1. SO MANY ADS. I want to start by saying that i of course understand that it helps with funding a series, but honestly that might be my first time seeing so much product ads in one series. Even though I understand how much it helps them, it's still was pretty annoying at times.
2. Side m/m couple. This one is my personal opinion, maybe I am the problem since in both Japanese and Thai adaptation I was really not a big fan of the secondary couple. While in Thai adaptation I enjoyed them more, it still wasn't my cup of tea.
3. Pai's character. She is both one of my favourite side characters and also, one of the characters I found annoying. She was great with a lot of stuff, but when it came to her own story, she was acting really weird, and it felt like she was trying to play dumb at times.

But even than that, the series was fantastic, and I definitely can recommend it!!

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