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The Boy Next World thai drama review
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The Boy Next World
41 people found this review helpful
by Jojo
Mar 10, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

The multiverse that never was!

The drama was disappointing dive into unfinished realities. It had all the right ideas but honestly, it missed the mark in a big way. The whole concept of parallel universes and shifting timelines sounded interesting at first, but instead of exploring those alternate reality possibilities, the show spends way too much time on the love story part which didn't land well for me either.

The writing felt all over the place and by the last episode I wondered if this could just have been a university BL and worked better instead of this mess of an over-ambitious multiverse project.

The pacing of the drama was another issue for me. The first half drags with too much focus on romance, while forgetting that they introduced a subplot of parallel timelines. We barely get to see them explore that side. When the drama finally decided to dive deep , it was too late. The final episode didn't tie any lose ends for me leaving too many whys unanswered.

The chemistry between the leads doesn't save this sinking ship for me either. They had good chemistry in another project I have seen of them but here it felt sort of forced and flat. The NC scenes were good and spicy , but not enough to convince me they were lovers in each and every world if it exists.

Second couple was sweet but not enough attention and screen time was given to them to make their relationship feel genuine. The pace was way too fast leaving questions in my head as to when did they actually fall in love or started liking each other. Very random but I liked their chemistry between than the mains.

Overall, pretty disappointing because this could have been so much more. The potential was there, but it ended up feeling like a bit of a letdown, never quite figuring out what it wanted to be.
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