Macy

Yes I agree that she intended on making Rui the main love interest at first. This is obvious by volumes 1-2 and also why everyone cries about SLS. But by volumes 3-4, you can tell she's leaning towards Tsukasa.

I've been thinking about this version a lot lately because I'm currently watching the Thai version. Honestly, besides being adapted from the same source material, the two versions seem so different. MG is slow-paced while Thai is fast. MG glosses over all the bullying (booo Chinese censors) while Thai dials it up to eleven. MG has more of a light, fluffy vibe most of the time while Thai focuses heavily on the angst. They have two things in common though: I love both casts and the OSTs are both great.

Younger brother is missing because he was omitted from original MG.

I don't really think the author was that influenced by that poll tbh. In an interview, she described Tsukasa's character overpowering when she was writing. I think that was the real reason she went in that direction. Also the very last poll shows Rui in first place. So the readers were very flip-floppy.

Enjoyed the first two eps. I love all of the characters so far. I'm looking forward to seeing Namtan too. Imo I didn't perceive anything transphobic, but I'm also not an expert on it or anything lol. Basically, I would advise to not take the show too seriously. It's mostly a crazy comedy. Look at Pingpong's double personality character for instance lol.

There was a couple of remarks in the first ep, but with context I didn't think it was hateful. You should watch the first half of the first ep to see if it bothers you.

I didn't notice but it's possible since Thai isn't his first language.

If Gorya thought Talay was suspicious, why would she trust him? She only looks confused because she doesn’t understand Talay’s views on rich people.

Iris is actually MJ. F4 all have their own symbol flowers. Thyme = black rose, Kavin = hydrangea, and Ren = white cutter.

I guess you’re right. I tend to group GMMTV’s projects with when they announced them. Not Me was announced in 2020 as one of their 2021 projects.

Anyway, Off doesn’t have any upcoming BLs.

I’m not sure about budget… I suppose a project like this might have a hard time getting sponsors.🤔

Also, I just saw on ‘P.S. I Hate You’ page, another project of Fah’s, that pre-production is starting in April. That’s around the time I think Fah said she was returning. So I think ‘The Warp Effect’ will come out later in the year.

Probably not for a while. They haven't started filming yet and Fah is currently in America to finish up college.

I'm not sure which family we're supposed to root for after the flashback in the last episode. Grandma B is evil for what she did to other grandma. But... Ornsalao is a terrible mother and I don't care to see her win this revenge. Tawan is equally terrible. Why is she always hitting Non for what Ai does? I almost cried about the cake T_T

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing Korn x Mintra relationship develop. I'm not opposed to age-gap relationships, but I don't really like the dynamic between Korn x Tawan. I also like Ai x Wech, but Ai clearly doesn't understand the real world. She should've made sure that she could graduate high school before saying they should leave home.

Last thoughts, Rut is a scumbag for doing that to Cheewin. The good-for-nothing is only good at separating people from their money. I hope Nam wasn't in on it :(

Off will be the main male lead of Midnight Hotel with Janhae! I'm looking forward to that :) And Off doesn't have any BL series this year so maybe GMMTV is changing the direction they're going with him.

I'm most looking forward to MJ's segment in the next ep. I liked that they added this sort-of side story since it reminds me of how manga authors will do one-shots with their side characters. It's also nice to get some completely new material as most of us are already familiar with the story.

‘Qing fei de yi’ is so catchy. I play it all the time :)

In every version Lita character knows that something happened with ML and FL. Only I this version Gorya says ‘friends’. But you have a point, I think Lita would’ve seen something about Gorya on social media.

Relatives of mine would fight over a lot less than that lol

Nicely said. There's no "love more". Love is just expressed in different ways. Thyme's and Gorya's feelings are equal for each other, but Thyme is showing more effort right now.

F4 Thai - Ep 9 improvements from the original manga:
*More focus on Gorya-Lita friendship. I really like seeing this friendship come together in this version. Previously, the fiancée mostly gets to know FL because of her interest in ML and then there's the whole misunderstanding about FL claiming there's nothing between her and ML. Thankfully, F4 Thai left this part out so the first half of the fiancée arc is less painful (next ep tho T_T).
*Lita develops feelings for Thyme more naturally. It was fun watching them bicker for most of the episode, instead of her being all lovey-dovey already like a crazy person.
*Thyme-Glakao friendship. J-drama (and K-drama maybe? Don't remember) show ML befriending little brother to a small extent, but Thyme really went the whole nine yards. I was crying at the end T_T
*Kavin-Kaning. While a lot of people want to see these two together at the end, I've been on the fence. I need the story to prove their relationship so it's more believable than MG2018 version. I liked Kavin and Kaning's interactions in this episode as it shows them gradually developing a friendship.
*1% motif. Of course, the class differences are always there. But by showing a piece of 1% in this episode, we can see the stark contrast against Gorya's world. Also showing the F3's families, most of whom are usually only briefly mentioned.
*Bonus: that small part with MJ. Please tell me we're getting more of that!