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History 1: Stay Away From Me Taiwan
History 4: Close To You Taiwan
(One of the two couples. Has a controversial alcohol induced sexual act, be warned)

Do not waste your time or spoil movie night. The script was not the best and was compounded my Mew's inability to act the part. Don't get me wrong, TharnType still gets to me, he did good with Gulf and I felt that role perfectly suited him. But this shall be archived with A Secretly Love: never to be revisited, spoken of or acknowledged in any way. Erased from memory.

If you want to see 12 episodes of Mew with a constipated, non interactive gripe on his face, with no chemistry with his co-star, who I might add did way better in terms of acting, in an odd script for 12 year olds. Then this is for you.

If you want a decent Korean Thai mix, try Peach of Time. You can thank me later.

Thailand:
The legal age for consenting to sexual activities is set at 15. Legal adulthood, on the other hand, is acknowledged from the age of 20 onward. While the minimum age for marriage consent is established at 17.

This was nice....just nice. I watched this show for three people:
Big/God - always liked him and he delivered.
Grandpa - a sweet heart
Bui/Proud - fun to watch

Message was received but too slooooow and serene at times. Diew's personality overshadowed it. I said message because there was no real plot. Could have wrapped this up in 8-10 episodes.

Wan has to be THE most irritating and confused person ever.

Rewatch only if you have time to kill time.

This is not it. Definitely not it. The entire production team should be fired and be hired in a butcher shop. I actually cannot believe, a series as important as this, was left to be cut in so many parts, that nothing resembles each other. It was pure determination that I endured to the end. At this point A Secretly Love could be a masterpiece compared to this and that was baaaaad!!!!! After watching A&H, it would have been easier to be on a small boat during a storm in the middle of the ocean with one paddle.

Cons....
1. Poor script
2. Poor translation at times
3. Choppy scenes
4. Why place an adult with a minor to make a film with adult themes and can not do adult scenes? I'm not speaking of nc scenes. Attraction / passion / desire. Casting was horrible.
5. Main actors could have done more workshops. Infact, the entire cast.
6. Terrible direction.
7. Inconsistent storylines.
8. The distance between main and second leads are oceans apart. Pop and Hero look college age and Tiger and Only look like babies. How are they in the same class? How were they connected again? Never mind, that's one brain cell I saved. Not worth knowing.
9. Pop mother and step father - even they, didn't have any chemistry.
10. What is the purpose of having a special episode and season 2 when the first one was so horrible. Give the money to charity rather that creating a greater abomination.
11. So no reasonable conclusion for Tiger and Only. Poof....disappear ?‍
12. Putting two good looking people together do not make chemistry. How well you interact and feed off of each other, makes the chemistry. Pop's father had more chemistry with his second wife and child than they did. Again, because of the limited interaction.
13. Uncut means what exacly? That Hero can use the word sex in a sentence? That his father can shoot at him? Not once but twice?
14. Mac's / Poppy's nasal monotone delivery was not doing anything to his presence. 16 is relatively young so he has time to get better.

Pro:
1. The scene where Pop goes to apologizes outside Hero's condo and Hero quietly walks up to him and holds the food with him.
2. Ep 10 when Hero is in the attic and Pop says he will starve with him and sleep on the grass for him.
3. August and Mac are good looking.
4. Whatever they paid Poppy's father wasn't enough, he actually made it better. Pop and his father delivered in this role as parent and child.

Yup, that's it. I was hoping with each episode they would capture some charm like the original or even SWM but no, this complete mess should NEVER be visited again. And when I say never, I do mean never. Can't help but feel with a better cast and production team this could have been magical. Sigh.

Would you consider it acceptable for an older teacher to break the boundaries and have relations with a teenage student under his care? This is called grooming.

For clarity:
Unacceptable means against the law and social norms.

Acceptable means in agreement and healthy.

Please let me know which word you read?

That's exactly it, gentle.

This was the couple that made me watch Tai BL. The way Pond looked at Phuwin. ❤️

🎯 on your take of this series. They were newbies and the script was meh so it wasn't that great. But......
When Palm yelled out in pain 😢
When he kissed Nueng the first and second time?
When he instantly fired back without hesitation.
Nueng doing the most to get Palm to be his bf
Their level of chemistry 💥

I haven't watched We Are after the first episode because in every other show they had, it didn't match this. I think they've fallen into the ForceBook syndrome. Being too comfortable with each other. The only reason I will watch it is for AouBoom. Enough of the school dramas. They need scripts that put them in situations of urgency.

Chimon is not a bl actor and it shows. I may catch some flack for this but he should only do asexual roles. There is no warmth. Perth
on the other hand is very flexible. He did great here.

At the time I gave them a 9/9.5 just because of PondPhuwin. Yes, I am weak, I know 😏

Thank you.

Which uploader? The one I saw had poor subs.

For a little context:
Before 2020, 13 was the age of consent.
The teacher first saw him in a gay bar at night in regular clothes and dark lighting. Only on returning to school did he realize the truth.
Woo relentlessly pursues Hoon to the point of blackmail.
Woo is not portrayed as a child with childish feelings. He knows himself.
Hoon keeps his distance but struggles with his feelings for the self aware determined student.
This entire story is done in 2012.
The controversial parts are the teacher - student relationship, gay and age gap.

If this is frowned on in this show, why was it acceptable with Mr Sahara & Toki-Kun and Does The Flower Bloom?

I suggest you watch the show with an open mind, captured in the year it was filmed and judge.

PLEASE NOTE: In 2024, totally unacceptable.

Benny...nooooo
Powers that be, let it be a short. Benny's been suffering too long man. 🤞🤞🤞🤞

If I have to sell a kidney to fund part 2, I'm doing it.

Hey, before the brother's throat remember he had a morning salute, so cut him some slack. Or them shorts. Tian had me sweating 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Why you wanna do Benny like that? Xi needs that rubber chicken. And yes, that english teacher needs to have several seats. Blind people could see what was between them.

The only issue I had with the ending was that Wang told him that he would always be honest with him. I didn't expect a "wo ai ni" but to switch lanes and blind side him...nah. But honestly, I still loved it because had they covered them reaching to that point, season
two 🤞🤞wouldn't have the expectation it
has.

Okay, after reading your review, I'm not so sad anymore. Always put a smile on my face 😁😁😁

OMG, I was speechless! Like mourn the loss of 10 years of friendship for at least 2 min out of respect. I blinked and they were cuddling like "Min Ji, who". I was picturing Jeong Ha snapping his fingers saying, "That's my man". Dae Young needed to be slapped with your "rubber chicken" for being so weak. 😆😆 They really did deserve each other.

Thanks 😊

Thank you 😊

As much as I tried to prepare myself, the last two episodes brought out the waterworks. Keito crying had me saying "My poor baby". I especially loved their end and the end. Felt complete.

😂😂😂😂 my replay button is broken...happily 🤣🤣

Tonkla was the sh*t! He knew how to get what he wanted and when he wanted. I believe he was playing a game of survival at the end. Win was playing by the rules which he and the black cat didn't like. Poor Win all that raw dogging to lose in the end. I don't know why I felt sorry for him.

Great set up his parents so that they wouldn't return at all. They would be on the run for life. I didn't like Tyme because he looked devoid of any true feelings. Only granny got a little warmth. The sex between them was as cold as his expression. Even at the end, I didn't feel it with Great. 8 episodes of confusion.

What was confusing was if the 4 min was the matrix, how could Great not change his future? So then the 4 min was just wishful thinking about his past? So when Tyme was breaking up with the Dr, was granny alive or dead? Because she told him to bring granny for treatment? Wasn't granny supposed to be already dead? They tried to clean up this show with a very dirty mop. Gave more questions than answers.

There were actors that made me still watch to the lame romantic end cause there was no romance between Great and Tyme. Just suspicions and booty calls. Bible, Bas and Fuaiz were the ones that brought the best in every scene. I especially like Bas' facial when the girl told him to give up Fuaiz and the whole shoot out scene. Bible, well it's Bible, his penetrative eyes and versatility. Fuaiz, the manipulative crazy was understood.

Looking forward to you next review cause I'm always smiling all the way through.

Top character is so right.

Listen...... Kleur and his shenanigans had me cussing the who time. Why kind of snotty nose back stabbing idiot was he. Did he really think that after Chef Oab basically ate the new menu (Plawan) he really stood a chance. Come on, the boy don't want you. From the first side eye brush off he should have known.

I watched the series for one reason alone: Sailub's kissing. That man could teach a master class in lip placement, hand positioning and gradual intensity. All I kept thinking was "Pon, you lucky devil". There is no way anyone can convince me that was Chef Oab character. From Pit Babe to this, the man knows how to buckle knees.

I was a bit disappointed in Methas and JJ. Idk but something is a bit off in their chemistry. I half expected Methas to have more swag in his delivery. Then JJ got the man leg on his shoulder pressing down and he just blinks and walks away from that. Like there was no sexual tension after that. It was just a matter of fact. The writers could have had him plant one of Sailub style kisses on him, after a few minutes be shocked at his weakness, apologize and then leave. Methas can serve the looks but JJ was like "erh" (in Thai, of course).

Plawan's goofiness, child/man behaviour and sassiness brought it home for me. I thought the second couple syndrome would kick in, it didn't. Even with Chef Oab permanent grumpy face, they were my best couple. The only peeve I have with Uncle Alan/Chef Oab it to relax a little. Sailub is too reserved that he always appears older, then again if that's what finally got him noticed to make money, keep at it but don't get boring.

As usual your review was great and on point.

🤬😭😭👈 me after the ban... my sweet baby just got his hearing aid too.

I just searched and The Time of Fever got a release date of 12th Sept so 🙃. But I won't believe it until it happens cause it was originally on May 15th. 🤞

I hope that you will like Unintentional Love Story. The second couple was a hit that a spinoff - The Time Of Fever - was made and released but blocked internationally. Korean. I'm hoping that some way some how I get to see it..