Pahmayi

Although many dramas that are arguably better in many aspects have come out after Bad Buddy, this series still stands as one of the best and most iconic Thai dramas. This was the first Thai drama I watched during that era in which I really felt a strong chemistry between the leads. Ohm and Nanon absolutely killed it. Their acting was spectacular, especially Nanons. Every scene felt so natural and realistic with him. The plot was super fun and their rivalry never got boring. They seamlessly transitioned into their dating era, without a complete personality/relationship dynamic change, which is the #1 thing that ruins many enemies to lovers stories for me. I loved the side couple, TOTALLY NOT BIASED HERE but MilkLove were EVERYTHING to me as InkPa. They were just so cute and I loved Ink's character specifically and her friendship with both Pat and Pran. I wish they did more with InkPa though. I felt like their story needed more development and I wish we could've seen more of them.

I also really appreciated how they addressed certain things like calling one of the guys in a gay relationship the "wife" and how that makes no sense and is clinging onto heteronormativity. Watching BL sometimes gets you too numb to hearing things like that and I was pleasantly surprised to see them addressing it.

The one thing that doesn't stand up to time is definitely the cinematography and production quality. It LOOKS like it's from 2021. Bad Buddy had its share of both funny goofy moments as well as serious heavy moments. I laughed and cried with the characters and I felt so connected with all of them. This is a MUST WATCH Thai drama.