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Stealing other people's work for profit is unethical and illegal. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Stealing other people's work for profit is unethical and illegal. You should be ashamed of yourself.

I enjoyed this drama, but I will admit I was expecting better after reading some very positive reviews.
The acting was generally fine, but without being amazing. I will say that I particularly like Freen's acting - she seems very natural and believable. For me, Becky often looks unnatural - like someone who is acting.
My biggest gripe with this drama were the action scenes, which were (in my opinion) generally pretty bad. The choreography and acting in the action scenes was clunky and amateur and often just made no sense. The fact that every one of the bad guys was comically incompetent didn't help matters. I sometimes found myself giggling when I should have been on the edge of my seat.
I do still recommend this drama, especially if you are a fan of GL dramas. Like almost all Thai dramas, watch it with your brain switched off and with realistic expectations and you will likely enjoy it.

The acting in this drama is some of the best I've seen in any Chinese drama. Landy Li's performance in particular is exceptional. And the writing is also excellent. I've not even half way through this drama, but unless it falls off a cliff in terms of quality, the existing score of 7.5 is a joke. (EDIT: I've now finished the drama and I still think the 7.5 score is absurdly low. I've scored it a 9).
If you enjoy sophisticated, realistic modern dramas with nuanced and flawed characters, then do not let the MDL score stop you from watching this gem. It's not perfect, because a perfect drama doesn't exist. But things that I didn't like will probably be different from what other viewers didn't like, so I'm not even going to mention them. They weren't really big issues anyway. I do want to make one more comment that will be in the spoiler reply.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSIJismKOisEb4GQqg7L_MNCFaGGnlo22

Just my opinion, but I wouldn't choose this drama to get you out of a slump - not unless you absolutely love this sort of costume drama with dozens of characters and multiple complex sub-plots all intertwined. You really have to concentrate while watching this drama or you risk getting lost. But its MDL score is very high, so obviously a lot of people love this drama, so consider that as well.

This drama started very strongly, but it did get a little draggy in the second half. However, it finished quite strongly.

3 episodes in and I'm really enjoying this drama, even despite the massive plot holes, the hysterically bad "action" scenes and the comically incompetent bad guys.

"Big Thit"
*giggle*
Sorry

Dropping it after 5 episodes. I was hoping it would capture the magic that the Korean original had, but in my opinion, it really doesn't. But don't let my comment put you off if you are considering watching it - plenty of viewers really liked this remake.

Stealing other people's work for profit is unethical and illegal. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Stealing other people's work for profit is unethical and illegal. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Stealing other people's work for profit is unethical and illegal. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Stealing other people's work for profit is unethical and illegal. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Why don't you mind your own then, you hypocrite.

Stealing other people's work for profit is unethical and illegal. You should be ashamed of yourself.

I wouldn't call it misery porn, but the plot does lean into angst, so this drama might not be to your taste. If you're after some more feel good Thai GL dramas, then you might enjoy:
* I Wanna Be Sup'tar
* Love Design
* Hometown Romance
* Whale Store xoxo
These 4 dramas are all light on the angst and heavy on the fluffiness. They are also all of a pretty good standard. Good luck with your viewing.

I agree. I find some of the hate directed towards this drama to be unfair.