I like that this isn't 100% predictable like most BLs. When August didn't show, I was 100% certain he had been…
My theory: Night. We don't know why the antagonism (perhaps Night was somehow even partially responsible for Day's accident - like it was his car and breaks were not properly maintained or something), so he would end the story by "paying back" his brother with his eyes. For me still the most realistic would be for Day not to get the donation but learning and accepting his new life. Fox said that one does not see with eyes but with heart, right? Mee knew that the curse was broken because flower saw her, like how Mhok sees actual Day.
Why does Pete hate Kao so much at the starting of the series?
When they were in highschool Kao's friend was hitting on Pete's GF, so Pete with his gang decided to teach him a lesson. Kao was searching for his friend and saw the beating that was happening, so he tried to stop it. This made Pete cross with him (and Pete is being hot-headed and holds on to grudges and is spoiled brat to that).
I started watching this series and I nearly wanted to rage quit not even halfway through episode 1 itself. Can…
I think that is not mandatory - there are even some things that are chronologically inconsistent (example: Kao is a great photographer here but in DBK he has no idea how to take pictures 🤦♀️). Then again you will miss one of the greatest accidental kisses 🤣 (I am still wondering how many tries it took them to shoot this). Another thing is that Pete/Kao are already established couple in BDK and in KMA they start their relationship, so if you like to see that I would just skip other couples. I think there was BL cut of KMA... 🤔 I am however certain that there was one for Kiss (it's like max 10min and Pete/Kao are already established couple but dating in secret - a bit like they did it in Bad Romance) but they haven't included everything, like Pete and Kao "talking" about loosing virginity 🤭 and the scene where they were caught by Sandee (but you get in exchange add for Oishi drink - I think it was the grape's one - so fair trade, right? 😉).
this series is honestly the best... could any of you recommend me other good bl series to watch while waiting…
Some of my recommendations (divided by countries): Chinese (censored BL): *Hiller and Killer (fair warning it's SE for basically everyone but so worth the buckets of tears; here we have 2 couples: doc+police officer and opera singer+criminal; they even have FL that one does not hate and all 3 FL are interesting in their own way - check them out in this MV that contains a bit of spoilers: https://youtu.be/-UnH-nof90w) *S.C.I. (3 couples but! In the series they changed ML2 gender to female 😒 - in the novel you have 3x BL; my favourite is the 3rd pairing: cute, naive, stubborn, stuttering police officer and a magician). *Stay with Me (it's remake od adaptation of Addicted - which I have not seen as I know the author and how she likes to go from r*pe to love 🤮 - which is really good, warm and in puts a lot of weight on the importance of the family, it doesn't matter if it's biological or the one we create - basically opening song tells you the tone and values that are shown throughout the series; slight warning about "lipgloss" 🤭) *The Abyss/Justice in the Dark/Silent Reading (series got "cancelled"/"blocked"/"paused" after 8 EPs but you can read the novel). *The Untamed (classic wuxia and just CH classic BL) *World of Honor (how this flirty ML passed the censorship I would never know 🤭). French (or oryginal in NO): *SKAM S3 (the soundtrack is just fantastic). Japanese: *What did you eat yesterday? (both ML and MC are 40+ and it tells their everyday life). *My beautiful man (I love that we get perspective of both partners). *A man who defies world of BL (comedy based on manga, where or MC figures out that he is background character in BL Universe and gives us tips and tricks how to avoid raising flag = becoming main character in BL novel; in series he however at some point gets love interest 🤷♀️). Korean: *A shoulder to cry on (just for the cellphone scene 😂). *Blueming (take note of the colours). *Choco Milk Shake (I was there only for Milk+Uncle 😏). *Color Rush (haven't seen S2 but apparently not worth it; dead fish kiss warning). *Light on me (full length BL 🤯). *Love Class (S1 and S2 have only the theme of attending Love Class in common; S2 is better). *Love with flaws (BL cut only, don't bother with the rest - it's about 1h in total but so worth it; the theme is basically that we might think that personal appearance is important but the most important is what is inside - this goes both way, as I think that FL was only dating ugly guys because they are "kind" 🙄). *Our Dating SIM (there is "game" at the end of each EP - do not miss it ). *Roommates of Pongdook 304 (same actors as in Kissable Lips - he so looks like a vampire 🤩). *Semantic Error (I liked how they both were assertive and you could see from a mile that questions about what MC doesn't like are going to be used against him 😂). *The Devil's Judge (I know it's tagged as bromance and that MC eventually tells FL2 that he loves her but seriously: they have no chemistry! She is additionally visible jealous of MC and ML relationship. Even FL1 was like: MC fits so nicely in ML family - and he so was, he was the glue that brought them all together. Not to mention MC's reaction after "death note" - moping vs. s*icidal; for me it's kind of like censored BL). *The Eighth Sense (it's interesting how tragedy happens in the middle and they show the slow climb from the bottom). *To My Star (simply a classic). Thai: *A tale of 1000 stars (it's P'Aof, so of course it's going to be great). *Cutie Pie (but only for 3rd pair: Syn/Nuer). *I feel you linger in the air (it is a bit different than novel though). *KinnPorshe (for Vegas/Pete, of course - I loved how in the novel the funeral was described: they almost all got burned/inhaled a lot of smoke and then got scared of ghost 🤣). *Kiss/Kiss me Again/Dark Blue Kiss (I think it might have been 1st or second BL I saw; Kiss has just like 10min of Pete/Kao but the rest is about them... though not consistent- like one likes photography in one and in the other is totally clueless even though chronologically he was taking pictures before they were dating). *Love by Chance (I like how 2nd couple has a total dufus as "bottom"... it's like they are living "taming a brat" scenario 😂). *Love in the Air (I don't care much about Rain/Phayu but love Sky/Pai - I cried when I read the full "love letter" in the novel... that was condensed in the series to few sentences in notebook - in novel it was clear that the last page was written with extreme emotions and while crying but in the series the writing was quite neat). *Manner of Death + spinn off Triage (crime and doctor 😏). *Moonlight Chicken (again P'Aof; 2rd couple steals the show and 3rd had big potential but was not developed; 1st is ok). *My engineer (3rd couple: Ram/King; one is not talking much but loving his noisy huskies and the other is talkative and loving his silent plants - match made in heaven, right? Sadly their story gets cut in the middle and we never got 2nd season). *Not me (what can I say? It has Gun - he plays twins switching places; it has First; Gumpa has his tincan 😉; don't even bother with the novel as it has only names and the fact of switching in common - it will decrease your IQ; extra: social commentary + recreation of actual rescue by protesters 🥰). *Only Friends (Sand/Ray just kill it; love the opening and ending song by Kaho). *Our Skyy (as there are collections of one shot after the series some are better and some are worst). *Rak Diao (sitcom, so be aware of can laughter but they tone it down after few EPs). *Sky in your Heart (was it the story or the location that hooked me? 🤔 Don't bother with "prequel", Star in my Mind). *Why R U + SafaihZon (for me Safaih/Zon were more interesting and sadly due to pandemic we were robbed of a lot of their story). Taiwanese: *Be loved in house - I do (Aaron! 😍 Hank was not bad as well). *Because of You (surprisingly for all reading this - I actually liked the 1st couple the most; then there was the 3rd and the last was 2nd). *DNA says love you (not the greatest but the subject was really interesting and I thought that the 2nd couple was an unusual pairing that worked). *HIStory (my faves are 1: Obsessed, 2: Right or Wrong and 3: Trapped but here I liked the 2nd couple more... I might just like dorky, naive characters and whacos a little to much 😉). *Kiseki - dear to me (2nd couple, especially Ai Di was a scene stealer; Aaron and Hank have comeback here in EP3 and they are hilarious for me). *We best love (feels like classic TW).
So I binged 6 EPs and have some random thoughts. 1. I am sure P'Insomnia knew about Guy/Tew from the moment they met in restaurant - she just looked at them and had knowing look. 2. I actually think that Ping (Guy) looks better in this series - his face is more defined and not so gangly as in Ai Long Thai. If only he could curb the whining... 3. I thought that Tul was dense (that Boss was flirting with him) but surprisingly he wasn't 🤯 4. The whole romance part is weirdly done - like some parts are missing. He is in love with Whal then almost instantly fells for Tew while still being in love in Whal and suddenly not being in love. Not to mention that the Tew decided to sacrifice everything for him after them knowing each other for quite short span (I doubt that their gaming days were brewing with romance). 5. It was quite obvious who is the "infiltrator". 6. I don't get why boss ordered Tew to kill Kanji - so what if he said that Tew was a traitor? His actions were suspicious. It's not like he actually did anything to betray the gang - on the contrary he was trying to protect it. He was treated worst in the gang than Tew, so I get his resentment. He is also a whako and an addict but that might stem from the treatment he received. 7. The whole kidnapping plot was ridiculous. None of the henchmen had any weapons (I am talking about at least knife, baton etc )? They were all quite easily defeated and it was Tul who had no strength... Boss was totally illogical in all of this. 8. Whal. I've got friends. I've seen all kinds of friendship and this is not normal. 9. Break up 🙄
Why do you want to make his life easy? Some torture would be adequate 😉 By that I mean somebody leading him on, perhaps mooching off him and then dumping him in the most cruel way (ask Boston from Only Friends how to make it hurt the most - he is natural in that). For some people only experiencing makes them understand how bad their behaviour is.
I wonder what are the "parents" laws in Thailand - I presume it's his child, so is he going to be paying child support? How does co-parenting looks like? Then again she might not tell him about the child or there might be miscarriage (they happen up to 20 weeks).
The novel is based on the series, it's like reversal of what a show normally do, same as Never Let Me Go and Only…
I will give you bad news: only in Thai. So far all the novels mentioned above had only Thai versions for purchase (Only Friends had some fragments translated by fans but it's usually a few paragraphs - not the whole chapter)
I too did the calculation to USD. With 1.5k/mo USD, assuming he has his motorcycle paid off already, and he lives…
I maybe came across not clear - from my point of view the money he is earning is not adequate (I believe that in my country minimum is ~12,6 USD/h) however from local perspective he is earning a lot (I think he still goes back home at night): if he works 2h he earns more than average earns per day, so he gets like 5x per day than others.
Mhok gets 55 000 THB/month. His working hours are Monday-Saturday (=6 days), 8AM-6PM (=10h/day).
In the best case scenario he works max 24days/month. This makes 240h/month. This makes his hourly rate: ~229 THB = ~6,57 USD = ~6,03 EUR = ~5,16 GBP
In the worst case scenario, month with 31 days and of that 27 are working (I think that's the max) = 240h/month. This would make his hourly rate: ~204 THB = ~5,85 USD = ~5,37 EUR = ~4,6 GBP
He gets benefit like food and overtime pay (in my country Saturday + 2h/day would be on overtime pay from the get go, as one has 40h/week, so everything above is OT), I guess. I think that the pay is not so great from my perspective but I read that their living wage is like 14 202 THB/month and average salary in Bangkok is 25 000 THB/month - 40 000 THB/month, so from local perspective 55 000THB/month doesn't look so bad considering Mhok's qualifications. His hourly salary is not much lower than average daily (328 THB/day - 354THB/day).
Are you saying that if you find yourself in Thailand next week, you won't buy one of those black inhaler things,…
I read Love Syndrome (not recommending, as it's not greatly written and toxicity is romanticised) and I liked one of the places described there - a waterfall. I wanted to go there and see it, perhaps also bathe in it. So I started little search about it - it got massive damage (natural one, if I remember correctly) and it's out of use and it's going to take years for it to be in some sort of order 😭 I will admit that I have drank Oishi drink in Thailand as I was curious about the chewing think they always show in grape one - my opinion: 🤷♀️. I definitely do not plan to buy: car/scooter nor printer nor Lays (personal boycott since I heard about bow they treat workers) nor cat treats nor cosmetics (I like Korean ones and found several brands that my skin is not sensitive to) etc.
these boys really got me squealing over hands touching. I adore this so much
I feel like veteran of this after Chinese BLs XD I think that they are good training for anyone to understand how to convey (and spot them) feelings non-verbally.
We don't know why the antagonism (perhaps Night was somehow even partially responsible for Day's accident - like it was his car and breaks were not properly maintained or something), so he would end the story by "paying back" his brother with his eyes.
For me still the most realistic would be for Day not to get the donation but learning and accepting his new life. Fox said that one does not see with eyes but with heart, right? Mee knew that the curse was broken because flower saw her, like how Mhok sees actual Day.
How many hours does one is expected to wait? 🤬
Then again you will miss one of the greatest accidental kisses 🤣 (I am still wondering how many tries it took them to shoot this).
Another thing is that Pete/Kao are already established couple in BDK and in KMA they start their relationship, so if you like to see that I would just skip other couples. I think there was BL cut of KMA... 🤔 I am however certain that there was one for Kiss (it's like max 10min and Pete/Kao are already established couple but dating in secret - a bit like they did it in Bad Romance) but they haven't included everything, like Pete and Kao "talking" about loosing virginity 🤭 and the scene where they were caught by Sandee (but you get in exchange add for Oishi drink - I think it was the grape's one - so fair trade, right? 😉).
Chinese (censored BL):
*Hiller and Killer (fair warning it's SE for basically everyone but so worth the buckets of tears; here we have 2 couples: doc+police officer and opera singer+criminal; they even have FL that one does not hate and all 3 FL are interesting in their own way - check them out in this MV that contains a bit of spoilers: https://youtu.be/-UnH-nof90w)
*S.C.I. (3 couples but! In the series they changed ML2 gender to female 😒 - in the novel you have 3x BL; my favourite is the 3rd pairing: cute, naive, stubborn, stuttering police officer and a magician).
*Stay with Me (it's remake od adaptation of Addicted - which I have not seen as I know the author and how she likes to go from r*pe to love 🤮 - which is really good, warm and in puts a lot of weight on the importance of the family, it doesn't matter if it's biological or the one we create - basically opening song tells you the tone and values that are shown throughout the series; slight warning about "lipgloss" 🤭)
*The Abyss/Justice in the Dark/Silent Reading (series got "cancelled"/"blocked"/"paused" after 8 EPs but you can read the novel).
*The Untamed (classic wuxia and just CH classic BL)
*World of Honor (how this flirty ML passed the censorship I would never know 🤭).
French (or oryginal in NO):
*SKAM S3 (the soundtrack is just fantastic).
Japanese:
*What did you eat yesterday? (both ML and MC are 40+ and it tells their everyday life).
*My beautiful man (I love that we get perspective of both partners).
*A man who defies world of BL (comedy based on manga, where or MC figures out that he is background character in BL Universe and gives us tips and tricks how to avoid raising flag = becoming main character in BL novel; in series he however at some point gets love interest 🤷♀️).
Korean:
*A shoulder to cry on (just for the cellphone scene 😂).
*Blueming (take note of the colours).
*Choco Milk Shake (I was there only for Milk+Uncle 😏).
*Color Rush (haven't seen S2 but apparently not worth it; dead fish kiss warning).
*Light on me (full length BL 🤯).
*Love Class (S1 and S2 have only the theme of attending Love Class in common; S2 is better).
*Love with flaws (BL cut only, don't bother with the rest - it's about 1h in total but so worth it; the theme is basically that we might think that personal appearance is important but the most important is what is inside - this goes both way, as I think that FL was only dating ugly guys because they are "kind" 🙄).
*Our Dating SIM (there is "game" at the end of each EP - do not miss it ).
*Roommates of Pongdook 304 (same actors as in Kissable Lips - he so looks like a vampire 🤩).
*Semantic Error (I liked how they both were assertive and you could see from a mile that questions about what MC doesn't like are going to be used against him 😂).
*The Devil's Judge (I know it's tagged as bromance and that MC eventually tells FL2 that he loves her but seriously: they have no chemistry! She is additionally visible jealous of MC and ML relationship. Even FL1 was like: MC fits so nicely in ML family - and he so was, he was the glue that brought them all together. Not to mention MC's reaction after "death note" - moping vs. s*icidal; for me it's kind of like censored BL).
*The Eighth Sense (it's interesting how tragedy happens in the middle and they show the slow climb from the bottom).
*To My Star (simply a classic).
Thai:
*A tale of 1000 stars (it's P'Aof, so of course it's going to be great).
*Cutie Pie (but only for 3rd pair: Syn/Nuer).
*I feel you linger in the air (it is a bit different than novel though).
*KinnPorshe (for Vegas/Pete, of course - I loved how in the novel the funeral was described: they almost all got burned/inhaled a lot of smoke and then got scared of ghost 🤣).
*Kiss/Kiss me Again/Dark Blue Kiss (I think it might have been 1st or second BL I saw; Kiss has just like 10min of Pete/Kao but the rest is about them... though not consistent- like one likes photography in one and in the other is totally clueless even though chronologically he was taking pictures before they were dating).
*Love by Chance (I like how 2nd couple has a total dufus as "bottom"... it's like they are living "taming a brat" scenario 😂).
*Love in the Air (I don't care much about Rain/Phayu but love Sky/Pai - I cried when I read the full "love letter" in the novel... that was condensed in the series to few sentences in notebook - in novel it was clear that the last page was written with extreme emotions and while crying but in the series the writing was quite neat).
*Manner of Death + spinn off Triage (crime and doctor 😏).
*Moonlight Chicken (again P'Aof; 2rd couple steals the show and 3rd had big potential but was not developed; 1st is ok).
*My engineer (3rd couple: Ram/King; one is not talking much but loving his noisy huskies and the other is talkative and loving his silent plants - match made in heaven, right? Sadly their story gets cut in the middle and we never got 2nd season).
*Not me (what can I say? It has Gun - he plays twins switching places; it has First; Gumpa has his tincan 😉; don't even bother with the novel as it has only names and the fact of switching in common - it will decrease your IQ; extra: social commentary + recreation of actual rescue by protesters 🥰).
*Only Friends (Sand/Ray just kill it; love the opening and ending song by Kaho).
*Our Skyy (as there are collections of one shot after the series some are better and some are worst).
*Rak Diao (sitcom, so be aware of can laughter but they tone it down after few EPs).
*Sky in your Heart (was it the story or the location that hooked me? 🤔 Don't bother with "prequel", Star in my Mind).
*Why R U + SafaihZon (for me Safaih/Zon were more interesting and sadly due to pandemic we were robbed of a lot of their story).
Taiwanese:
*Be loved in house - I do (Aaron! 😍 Hank was not bad as well).
*Because of You (surprisingly for all reading this - I actually liked the 1st couple the most; then there was the 3rd and the last was 2nd).
*DNA says love you (not the greatest but the subject was really interesting and I thought that the 2nd couple was an unusual pairing that worked).
*HIStory (my faves are 1: Obsessed, 2: Right or Wrong and 3: Trapped but here I liked the 2nd couple more... I might just like dorky, naive characters and whacos a little to much 😉).
*Kiseki - dear to me (2nd couple, especially Ai Di was a scene stealer; Aaron and Hank have comeback here in EP3 and they are hilarious for me).
*We best love (feels like classic TW).
1. I am sure P'Insomnia knew about Guy/Tew from the moment they met in restaurant - she just looked at them and had knowing look.
2. I actually think that Ping (Guy) looks better in this series - his face is more defined and not so gangly as in Ai Long Thai. If only he could curb the whining...
3. I thought that Tul was dense (that Boss was flirting with him) but surprisingly he wasn't 🤯
4. The whole romance part is weirdly done - like some parts are missing. He is in love with Whal then almost instantly fells for Tew while still being in love in Whal and suddenly not being in love. Not to mention that the Tew decided to sacrifice everything for him after them knowing each other for quite short span (I doubt that their gaming days were brewing with romance).
5. It was quite obvious who is the "infiltrator".
6. I don't get why boss ordered Tew to kill Kanji - so what if he said that Tew was a traitor? His actions were suspicious. It's not like he actually did anything to betray the gang - on the contrary he was trying to protect it. He was treated worst in the gang than Tew, so I get his resentment. He is also a whako and an addict but that might stem from the treatment he received.
7. The whole kidnapping plot was ridiculous. None of the henchmen had any weapons (I am talking about at least knife, baton etc )? They were all quite easily defeated and it was Tul who had no strength... Boss was totally illogical in all of this.
8. Whal. I've got friends. I've seen all kinds of friendship and this is not normal.
9. Break up 🙄
By that I mean somebody leading him on, perhaps mooching off him and then dumping him in the most cruel way (ask Boston from Only Friends how to make it hurt the most - he is natural in that). For some people only experiencing makes them understand how bad their behaviour is.
I wonder what are the "parents" laws in Thailand - I presume it's his child, so is he going to be paying child support? How does co-parenting looks like? Then again she might not tell him about the child or there might be miscarriage (they happen up to 20 weeks).
Is it going to be sold out before end of the series? 🤔
😉
Isn't it interesting how money are perceived in different countries?
Mhok gets 55 000 THB/month. His working hours are Monday-Saturday (=6 days), 8AM-6PM (=10h/day).
In the best case scenario he works max 24days/month. This makes 240h/month.
This makes his hourly rate: ~229 THB = ~6,57 USD = ~6,03 EUR = ~5,16 GBP
In the worst case scenario, month with 31 days and of that 27 are working (I think that's the max) = 240h/month.
This would make his hourly rate: ~204 THB = ~5,85 USD = ~5,37 EUR = ~4,6 GBP
He gets benefit like food and overtime pay (in my country Saturday + 2h/day would be on overtime pay from the get go, as one has 40h/week, so everything above is OT), I guess. I think that the pay is not so great from my perspective but I read that their living wage is like 14 202 THB/month and average salary in Bangkok is 25 000 THB/month - 40 000 THB/month, so from local perspective 55 000THB/month doesn't look so bad considering Mhok's qualifications. His hourly salary is not much lower than average daily (328 THB/day - 354THB/day).
I will admit that I have drank Oishi drink in Thailand as I was curious about the chewing think they always show in grape one - my opinion: 🤷♀️.
I definitely do not plan to buy: car/scooter nor printer nor Lays (personal boycott since I heard about bow they treat workers) nor cat treats nor cosmetics (I like Korean ones and found several brands that my skin is not sensitive to) etc.
I think that they are good training for anyone to understand how to convey (and spot them) feelings non-verbally.