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Beautiful but pure angst

I started watching this cz of how beautiful the cast were. All pearl, peak and perth are just gorgeous and i only saw some funny clips on this series so i was like lets watch it what could go wrong?

I've cried all 12 episodes. It got to the point that i had to drop it for a while in the middle and pick it back up cz it was soo overwhelming and when i picked it up i made sure i skip. It was just too heavy. I felt this series needed some comedy elements even if it's a serious drama. That way it wouldn't be as heavy as it was.

It's the kind of drama where you'd just feel bad for everyone including the villains.. i cried for the villains thats how good it was

There's like 2% comedy 10% romance 88% angst and you dont get a break from the angst either it just goes on for like 2 or 3 eps till u get 1 tiny scene where u can breath. Should u watch it? Yes if u don't mind crying and like dramas that are sad with happy ending.

Will i re-watch it ever again? NO! NEVER

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Scripted compared to s1 but the times they showed their real self although few were good

I might have found season 1 boring cz the episodes were longer and included pretty much everything from the judge's discussion to awkward silences whereas season 2 didn't have that. It is much more engaging and easy to watch but i would still say I like season 1 much better. When I watched season 1 I didn't feel like I was watching actors or celebs instead I felt like I was watching them as a person. Like on day 1 you could literally feel the awkwardness among the contestants and also the stress and anxiousness when it comes to the tasks and finding their partner. You could feel them.

In season 2 I pretty much felt no one. There were very few moments where you'd see the person in those actors and it was obvious like you'd see JJ trying hard to interact with people in ep 1 by bombarding them with jokes and later calming down once net shows up, auou being anxious about the shoot, latte being frustrated cz he didn't perform well etc.

I could really feel that JimmyOhm, NetJJ, TeeteePor, LatteKim were already pairs they definitely weren't here to find pairs. When it comes to AueuSave at first I had my doubts but then once they told they were alredy working on Your Sky's workshop it was obvious they were a pair too just trying to copy some things from season 1 to make this season seem realistic. It was pretty obvious that no one was looking for a pair since ep 1 cz no one seemed interested or worried unlike in season 1 were people were afraid (like FirstOne) picking the wrong person might do more damage than good. Also Ryujin coming in seemed soo scripted. It was obvious he was there for Patji cz no one was trying to even consider him as a partner (obviously cz they were all paired up) also the age difference made it pretty obvious he was there for him but Pat is not legal yet so let's just put it out there without pushing it a lot.

For me, when someone says DMD Friendship it's like a place where I can know how these pair's journey started but in this season that was not the case here. During the interviews it was obvious everyone were already fixed pairs before the show. They're here to promote and most of them are already on shoot also no way can they pick a new partner here cz that would definitely affect the series they're working on. Also if u noticed this season it's been 3 episodes but only once they asked for the players who didn't win the task to pick a partner and go on date if they match (we know why). Also during these "dates" you can barely see them actually having deep conversations trying to learn each other to see if they can be a pair unlike what we had in seaon 1 where the whole date they'd actually talk instead of being on their phones. I kinda missed the Polaroid camera😅

Anyways it is entertaining although i didn't like that it was scripted and just a promotion cz it feels like they're just playing with our feelings kinda.

So far my favorite episode is the play episode. Damn JimmyOhm made me cry like a baby. Now i get why people were sad when they broke up. I'm happy Latte finally found his partner but he still carries the same problem he had in season 1. He gets too anxious and messes up and then continues to dwell on that mistake for a long time but one thing i observed was that now that he had Kim he was less anxious and didn't force himself to interact with people. He was much more relaxed although he was still anxious. I really hope he fixes that issue cz on a long run that's not gonna help. He should learn to chill a bit. Like gemini says "try it and if u fail fuck it"

I really would love to review each pair but then i felt everyone was just fanservicing so i don't hv anything to say about them.

Right now after 3 episodes my favorite pairs would be (frankly no one solely based on this show but if i compare other things too) LatteKim, TeeteePor and JimmyOhm

Edit: now that I've watched the show I'd like to review the pairs
- JimmyOhm - They came out as a very mature pair to me compared to others. When it comes to me their highlight was the play where they made me cry and Jimmy getting jealous of Por for taking Ohm on a date. Every performance they gave on the show was kinda sad themed ones, kinda like subtle foreshadowing of the future is what i felt. They made me cry both on the show and irl .Unfortunately I'm here after they broke up so a lot of things they said kinda hit hard and made me feel sad. Well let's treasure the past and dive into the future.
- LatteKim - Latte and Gem were the 2 contestants who i really empathized with in season 1. As i said before Latte is someone who gets anxious easily. Although it was obvious Latte was there for Kim since day 1 and there were small things that were different about Latte now that he had Kim, i still wondered why did they choose each other as partners cz Latte didn't seem to be into it and Kim was a quite person by nature. That was until they got the friendship time🤣🤣. The way Latte switched his personality once he was with Kim i was like.. yeah now i get it😆. This was consistent Latte didn't talk much in huge groups but in his 1-1 he spoke a lot with people it may be kim or teetee. You could see him having Kim gave him a sense of security. Also i noticed he was much more confident asking kim to choose him unlike season 1 where he seemed desperate. Him trying to act cool but being a total loser for kim was just adorable ❤️. Loved their finale performance 🤭🤭 all they did was self service
- TeeteePor - apparently i was wrong about them being a pair before the show. Por was in your sky but tee tee joined later after becoming his partner in this show. Gotta say they had really good chemistry since day 1 cz i really cannot believe the play was their 1st interaction together. I Really like the way Por played. He had frienship time 3 times and it made sense why he chose each 1 of them ohm (friend), teetee(chemistry) and pat (nong who was upset for not being chosen🤣) and it was kinda obvious he didn't pick teetee twice to kinda tease him. I really liked how they kept their promise to sing and dance together in the finale🤭 cz in seasoj 1 i remember teetee dancing cz he wasn't good at singing and por saying he preferred singing. They both learnt something and i think the win was justified they did really good.
- NetJJ - I kinda get why people like this pair now that I've watched this show, i wanna support them myself. I cried when they had the deep convo before picking their partner. Net who never thought he'd ever have a permanent partner again and unexpectedly finding one. JJ who has had a hard time with success choosing to pick Net against a really big fandom from his past pairing. You could see JJs fears and i kinda get now why Net is soo protective about him. The kid really risked it all
- AueuSave - initially i really felt they were acting copying a lot of things from season 1 but yeah by the end that was not the case. But i did see Latte in Auau when he was upset for not winning. His interaction with Por and their friendship was something rare and new🤌❤️. As for save he was downbad since ep 1🤭 he kept trying till the end and succeeded. Another thing i noticed is Aueu's acting is underrated. I felt he did a really good job in the play episode and didn't win cz pat was a newbie and nervous. As for save damn his smile is soo freaking adorable. I was really happey when Aueu won the best performance award cz he really needed that. He kept losing after coming really close to victory❤️ also his finale performance was🤌
- RyujinPat - it was obvious Ryujin was introduced into the show for pat and they chose themselves cz pat is underage so this was just a kinda promotion for them.

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Didn't like it at first but kinda grew on me

DMD Friendship is my 1st reality show. I usually do not watch these kinda shows but then i saw a lot of fan references for the khemjira couples so i kinda had to check it out to get the reference.

At first I didn't like it much it felt like i was in a lecture with all the terminologies and stuff being explained during the tasks. The lack of background music and awkward silence also bored me so i kinda put it on hold. Now that there are not many series airing i watched this one. Ngl it got better🤭. I do feel the show is partially scripted but that's fine.

Out of all 9 contestants Latte and FirstOne kinda stole my heart. Coming to the groups and solos:
- KengNamping - you could literally see Namping was down bad since day 1. Keng on the other hand did care about Namping but i felt he was kinda worried about everyone. Trying not to hurt people like when he took Teetee for the date. Later he does make a comeback. Their relationship had all these ups and downs with a happy ending. I was just surprised to see keng flirting by the end of the series especially when he said "You like beaches so I like beaches. I'll like anything u like" (SIRRRRRR WHATTTT😳)

- ThomasKong - I was not a huge fan of them when i watched your sky but now i totally get the hype🤭. Both were 100% sure since day 1. I really liked Thomas flirting and being jealous that was just cute.

- TleFirstOneLatte - I really felt FirstOne was the most sensible and sensitive person among the 9 contestants since day 1. Although other contestants were "rushing" to get a partner he was more on the worried side. He didn't wanna be rash and was pretty logical with his decision. Eventhough he didn't have a partner in head he was the star of the show unlike other contestants who were like him but failed it do it. During LatteFirstOne's 1st date i already felt this was not gonna work out cz although Latte was open FirstOne didn't or couldn't open up to him. I felt Latte was very anxious the whole season which kinda came out as desperate which also lead to FirstOne not being sure about him but when it came to Tle he instantly was able to open up but cz he didn't spend much time he wasn't sure and i think he did a good thing by not choosing both and also how he wrote the same letter to both of them giving them an equal chance. Also I'm not sure if others noticed but whenever TleFirstOneLatte are together Tle always makes sure he's between FirstOne and Latte🤭. I saw this in multiple places also he is a pretty straightforward and confident person and it was clear when he asks FirstOne to have a chat with him infront of Latte. I totally get why FirstOne chose Tle cz unlike latte who worked on himself after the rejection, Tle continued to help FirstOne with his finale performance and kept encouraging and getting to know him better like the letter told. That's probably the reason FirstOne voted for Tle in the finale unlike his usual choice Namping❤️. I absolutely love TleFirstOne

- Gems - i really felt bad for him. He was just too introverted, insecure and anxious. For some reason he just didn't look at himself in a positive way the whole show. His negative thinking towards himself is kinda what held him back when it came to tasks n partner cz it was visible. The only thing i didn't understand about him was why did he choose Tle when he knew Tle wouldn't choose him and told him the same.

- TeeTee - Until i watched Duang with u he didn't really make a huge impact on me. He was just a extrovert kid stuck with introverts 🤭. Everyone pretty much babied him cz he was the youngest (except thomas bro suspected he liked kong and instantly went to him n was like "I'll choose kong"😆). He did certainly 3rd wheel in the 2 final couples tho. He was the only contestant who despite not being chosen or having someone to choose didn't give out sad vibes. He was chill and enjoyed the whole show

One thing that was unique about this show was the critiques from the judges. I felt all of them made sense unlike other shows where they only bs also the reason i don't watch such shows. I felt all feedbacks given to the contestants were appropriate and right. Overall it was good but for a 1 time watch🤭🥺

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The most realistic and unrealistic drama I've ever watched

I am not someone who likes slowburn especially if each episode is 1.5 hrs long but this one wad good. The length did bother me at times cz it made me feel like I'm watching a Turkish drama and that's the reason I've given this a 9 rating.

Coming to the story, this is the 1st drama where literally all characters are good and they've shown everyone's love story including the parents. How work and money can effect a relationship, life and children etc.

I really cried a lot especially Baek Seok Ryu's story cz it was soo damn relatable. Her becoming a high achiever to not burden her parents, always being the giver, not having a dream, her job or education becoming her value and identity, parent's expectations from her, office politice etc. Literally i felt like i was looking at myself the only difference was that there were soo many people who cared about her. That's the reason i said it was realistic and unrealistic at the same time. I guess it does kinda give people hope although the reality is different.

What hurt me more was that Seok Ryu had to be diagnosed with cancer for her and for people to realize her worth. If they didn't know they'd probably take her lightly for life. Another thing was her fiancé, i really tried to hate him but.. i can't say its right person wrong time cz he was the right person and at the right time just not meant to be. I don't think the Sueng Hyo was any better than him, both were on the same level. He gave a whole year for her recovery but just when he thought things got better it got worse. It made sense he was frustrated and confused. He took care of her all alone for 3 years no friends or family and that's just not easy. No one could come out of that unscathed. I felt bad that till the end no matter how much seok ryu comforted him. He still believed it was his fault for not understanding her and for being logical and alwayd trying to pull her up. My heart broke for him.

I have finished the series and i felt it was beautiful. Not just the main couple even the side couple's stories were beautiful just that the episodes were too lengthy that it bothered me.

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It was good but ngl i hated Jae hyeon

It was a nice short drama. Can i say U jin is a pretty crier? Cz damn i cried everytime he cried😅. I've not watched the prequel yet so I'll review it solely on this season.

It's nice that they showed love doesn't stay the same as years go by but i really think Jae Hyeon is a red flag. He is used to U Jin and doesn't love him anymore. Everything he said when they made up proved that. Also the way he ignored U Jin thinking he'd stay no matter what eventhough he was having thoughts of breakup instead of actually breaking up and gaslighting him. Nope no thank you.

U Jin is kinda dumb to go back to him🙃 he didn't do anything to make up for his mistakes. 1 gift which he didnt bother picking up himself🙄 nah. I wanted an redemption arc but i get it, the drama is way too short to include that

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This was something not very stereotypical but confusing

I kept this one on hold for a long time cz of the bad reviews and body swap is just not my thing. But once i watched it i liked it instantly. I've not watched the prequel so I'm gonna review just by watching this.

I liked that this drama was short (10 eps, 30 mins) given that there was not much story. For the 1st time i like the character cooheart played. Usually although i like him i find his characters weirdly annoying. He looked soo damn gorgeous and he did a good job with a cold character.

The reason i minus 2 points is cz i just couldn't keep up with them switching and both of them played both the characters in a similar way so i couldn't tell when they were who. The 1st 5 eps were like really good after which i kinda got lost for an episode and now I'm just kinda waiting for the problems to be fixed. Also some places the acting and screenplay is kinda questionable😅 like a stage drama instead of a online drama. Then in the last episode i was just super confused but i guess i get the point.

But i liked Nat's new look🤭🤭. Also TempToy are soo damn cute🥺❤️❤️. I liked how for the entire series although Max is the top, Nat played the top character. Never expected that considering their size difference. Also i like how sun was a green flag but that the lead who shows up to save his love anytime there's a problem. He was nowhere close to perfect. He was not rich and worked hard to earn. Usually the tops are just naturally talented...iykyk.

Overall I'd say its a good watch, not great but good

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Entertaining but morally wrong

I had initially put this drama on hold cz i was too influenced by the comments now I've restarted n here's what i feel. Both the actors are similar to BossNoeul look wise so i was like I've seen this somewhere. Even the characters are similar to "love in the air" except here both are kinda red flags.

Nuea falls for the groom who's wedding he's planning (okay i can digest this), gets kissed by him (not his fault), then proceeds to do the same multiple times even sleeps with someone who is getting married even if its fake he didn't know it so he technically was an affair.

As for Lom🙃 he doesn't tell nuea the truth he had soo many chances. Even his fiancée had told his lover i don't get why. He knows nuea is struggling but still kept him as an affair and from what i see if his mom didn’t ask him to live with her even after marriage he planned on having a lavender marriage with yiwa and keep nuea as his side piece🙃🙃. I don’t mind the lavender marriage if he would have told nuea before he got physical with him but... he did it wayyyyy after so i found that problematic

My fav pair of all was probably SunRyu i liked their story arc the whole university romance and working in the orchard for his and his family's approval🤌🤌🤌 that's soo sweet

So yeah it's a fun watch but i definitely don't like the characters especially the whole fake marriage part. If u have nothing to watch then watch this u won't regret it but if u have something else dont bother

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Why soo short??????

Watched if cz of an insta reel but damn it was good for a short drama. Probaby really good. Would've been great if it was longer. The actors had great chemistry like really great. I've never seen this in CBL. The story was predictable but i loved it🤭🤭. The biggest plot twist was probably Xiao being the top cz i was like this would be like RL where the uke thinks he could be the top but then gets a reality check but then nope Rong was the bottom. I was like damn. Overall it was a nice watch. Haha watch it u won't regret. As for why 9 not 10 it's just it was soo short😅😅

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Potential lost cz of poor plot

I watched this show after watching the reel where the main couple 1st meet. Mint is getting bullied and knight kinda protects him.. so i was expecting something really fun to watch like probably a very cunning top and innocent bottom or a love hate relationship like ArcArm had in perfect 10 liners. I start with this drama and yes it seemed fine for like 1 or 2 episodes not that great not that bad. Then they reveal that the reason mild's brother doesn’t approve of knight is cz he 🍇ed mild while he was drunk and during this conversation they kinda show a flashback of the incident and mild is kinda traumatized. So what would you expect? Especially when the topic is so sensitive. You'd expect them to reveal the culprit or a really big redemption arc correct? (I did find it wierd that mild was not affected by it the whole time until the brother brought it up like he didn't show any kind of rejection or fear towards anyone but we can ignore that)....
Well so what do they do?? They just change the whole plot to that being a whole misunderstanding and that never happened 🙄 (then what's with the flashback and mild being traumatized?). Like they just dump that down the trash. Knight says its a misunderstanding and they run away for a private honeymoon WTF🙃🙃🙃
THE ONLY REDEEMING THING ABOUT THIS SHOW WAS THE 2ND COUPLE BUT EVEN THEIR STORY WAS SOO DRAGGY. I had to skip soo much to complete this thing. It was really bad the 1 star is just for the cast and the 2nd couple everything else was pure BS. I've watched soo many bls but this is the 1st one i absolutely hated. Not 1 thing i liked about this drama

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AMAZING!!!! BUT THEY BETTER GIVE US A SEASON 2

When i 1st started it i didn't have much hopes from this cz of the dubbing but thank god i did. I feel the series is really well executed. I love how the power bottom actually looks like one cz i think this is the 1st CBL where I've seen a muscular and badass bottom. Yes we had sheng but... he was also kinda a damsel in distress 🤭. Overall it's good but i feel this really needs a season 2 cz a lot of questions are not answered like who killed the sister, the BIL and the police kid? What happens to Lui yi? How is chusan and lui yi's life after this mess? What happens to the 2nd couple?? Etc.

I really hope they do a season 2 although there's a risk cz this is a cbl & chang zi was also removed from pursuit of jade for acting in this drama... i hope they don't end up like the other cbl couples❤️🥺

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6 traumatized people overcoming it and finding love

Love like my bike was one of my favorites when it came out the drama was pretty good until episode 5 but then episode 6 and 7 made me go WTH but the final episode made up for that.

I really liked all 3 couples NabnuengSailom, TawanDindin and NavaSky with NabnuengSailom being my favorite. I felt if they just divided the episodes for the 3 couples it'd have been much better. Also they picked up too many topics to cover in 8 eps

When it comes to NNSailom story the plot was going in a pretty good flow with Sailom recovering from his trauma. Everything was pretty realistic although i kinda was expecting Sailom opening up to NN about his past about his past to be more emotional like LITA but that didn't happen. Also i didn't like the exes respawn at the end although it did make sense why she did in the last episode it was cz Sailom was gonna go back to America. Also i felt NN mother's arc was totally not needed.

Coming to TawanDindin all they did was kiss slap till the end😆😆 i was expecting a bit more on the romance side from them and the pilot issue gradually being fixed throughout the show instead of the end.

NavaSky these 2 made me cry ugly 😭😭 i was least interested in their story until the Nava's problem was revealed. Thankfully they got a happy ending.

I feel instead of the fillers they added in ep 6 and 7 they could have just worked on the main plot and added more dept so that's the reason i removed 2 points. Overall it's good although not as good as LITA and bed friend. It's good in it's own way

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Had potential which died down later

I watched the trailer and here i am i know ep 1 is too soon to judge but this is the 1st bl I've watched where the story is from the top's pov. Usually we see it from bottom's pov. Him falling in love and not being reciprocated blah blah.. so yeah that was new for me.

The kids especially Nene🥺🥺 she's soo adorable always helping her uncle unknowingly 🤭🤭. I also feel there is 99% chances I'm gonna love the second couple more than the 1st couple based on their interaction so far🤣🤣

I think I'm gonna enjoy this. I'll update this comment once I'm done watching this series

Edit: I'm at ep 5 and I'm bored cz its just repetitive Than asking Akin the reason he left him nd Akin ignoring him. I find Akin annoying like he is constantly doubting Than there's nothing Than could do in this situation.

I feel akin doesn't deserve than and than should end up with his business partner instead. The only thing saving this drama is the 2nd couple.

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The most adorable thai bl

I watched this series obviously cz of the hype. I was thinking it'd be the typical ceo x poor guy troupe but damn i was wrong. Tee???? Typical ceo😆😆😆😆 there's nothing that's normal about that creature. Everytime he came on screen even the saddest and most romantic moments turned into comedy😆. Worse everytime he opened his mouth i was embarrassed for him. I was like BRO NOOOOOOOO but then thank god he met peach😆😆 and peach liked the weird him.

As for our dear peach ahem ahem. Everytime he came on screen my soul was cleansed😌😌 when phuwin asked us to give his character some attention i was like "oh i guess peach is like a boring typical character" and i was wrong again he was probably the most angelic green flag I've ever seen. This is the first time I've seen phu play a soft boy without hitting pond😆 obviously.

As for our RomeMhok ❤️ loved the whole ep 5 and 6 especially 6... the way they all get to live normal life with their lovers..

Overall I'm probably gonna watch this on air and torture myself waiting 😅

Edit: that was beautiful. The series was just perfect. I have nothing to say. Everyone got the ending they deserved. I've got no complaints but I'd like a MhokRome sequel🤭

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