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Burnout Syndrome thai drama review
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Burnout Syndrome
40 people found this review helpful
by Meowchi Flower Award1 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss1 Big Brain Award1
8 days ago
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 9
Overall 6.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

An Artistic Mess!

Burnout Syndrome tells the story of three characters: Jira, Koh and Pheem, who will eventually make you swoon, then ragebait you, and again will make you settle for less because of some "artistic" bullshit "heart wants what it wants."

Storyline wise, it was something that GMMTV had not made anything like this before. It's artistic, cinematographycally chatchy, and aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. But when it comes to the characters, the brain, who does all the judging, tells me it's a waste of time.

Out of all the characters who stood out for me were Ing, Mawin and our "second_lead_syndrome" guy Pheem. Especially, Emi, as Ing, was just outstanding and brilliant. She felt like HOME! Her every word was true to the core and had weight to it. Also, AJ, as Mawin, did a great job. He proved that he's more than just one comedy guy. He gave us something to look forward to his career in the future.
Now coming to the sad boi, Pheem; at first he was arrogant and thought he could win anything in life until he met Jira. He shattered him and left him like a broken tape recorder. He gave more than he received. Dew as Pheem was enchanting! The casting crew knew what they were doing. If it wasn't for the fixed ship, I would have been sold for DewGun.

As an actor, Off and Gun was as good as always. But Koh and Jira's character had no development whatsoever. Koh was as shitty as before without being sorry for whatever he did to him and Jira let him trample his art, soul and body. Jira let Koh EMOTIONALLY OWN HIM. AI part was left behind as it was nothing. Koh saw Jira with a capitalistic mindset and he continued to do so. Did he promise he'll not do it again? No. Then what made Jira trust him again with his art? Idk.
If you look at their characters, they were simply so chaotic and unruly that watching them makes this whole thing so overwhelming that you're left with a void inside. Why? Because they made every character so pathetic that it mentally caused me to think, "This is fictional, I shouldn't be THIS mad." But at the end of the day, because of fixed OffGun ship we, the audience had to sacrifice a good story to something like this. This storyline gives you problems, shows you the solutions but doesn't give you the liberty to enjoy it because, at the end, it doesn't make sense.

Cinematography, colouring, styling and colour combination of the series were beautiful. When there were were paired with soulful background music it became alluring. The art pieces were mesmerizing. Shoutout to the artist who's behind this. They created a very artistic vibe to the whole series regardless of how chaotic it was.

Overall, I had great expectations from P'Nuchy. I'm utterly disappointed with whatever it concluded to. It truly proved itself an artistic mess after all. I wouldn't mind if it wasn't a "happy ending". It felt forced.
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