Rudravarman

I rated it now 10/10. That is my personal opinion. This series has entertained me more than most others I have watched. I am quite sparse with such a high rating; I think I have given a 10 for 2-3 series. And why not? I nearly existed in the past weeks for just watching this series. In the past days I had a similar feeling like at school or university, before graduation, or giving farewell to someone you know you will never see again. I can accept that some people do not like this genre or the actors. But those who have not watched it: Go, watch at least the first few episodes. I am sure most of you gonna like it.

One thing which amazes me the most: They really found old and young actors who complement each other. It is actually easy to find someone resembling another in outer appearance, but all actors really behaved like each others. I totally believed that the younger actors ARE the older ones...

Confused. What's with episode 9?
Why are all suddenly so aggressive and violent? Why is Nueng so condescending?

I thought, he and Maze were just brothers? What's the real connection between them, did I get something wrong? Phap rescued Nueng, but he is so arrogant in the last scenes.

I am so sad about Charunee. It was obvious, though. In the first episode she made suicide. I admit I forgot about it, because she lived to her fullest now. She must have been aware that she might go back to her death, at least to a life with cancer, that's why all the preparations in the previous episode. Anyhow, her story is the saddest of all.

I could not foresee San too. As most of us, I thought he will be back and get Prim. Well, let's see tonight.

Still, I am a bit furious, this series cannot make the jump above 8.0? I see crappy series with 8.x and this series is one of the best I have watched in the past 3-4 years. It's not perfect, but, come on, this is better than the 7.9 it has got at the moment....

Haven't watched any of the previous versions. Do they differ or are they quite true to the original story?

Episode 8 hasn't aired yet; the numbering here in MDL is wrong, because due to New Year, there was a pause, but no one has adjusted it yet.

Bad Buddy is one of the series, which did not disappoint me, not even a tiny bit. I will really miss it and hope for another season. The chemistry of Nanon and Ohm is amazing. Although not being perfect (nothing is perfect), the flaws in it are so small that I won't even start to discuss them. This series really bound me every Friday.

I am looking forward to Enchante since watching the teaser last year. Somehow, it looks good. But teasers always do...

I admit, I am currently a bit X-treme Thai-BL binge-watching. Don't get me wrong: I don't want to say that this is bad. On the contrary, but it just did not knock me off my feet. Shirtless scenes would be a pro, though. I am still gonna watch it next week.

I know what you mean and I felt the same. But June already met someone who is looking very young too, so I guess, that*s the path he will follow...

Maybe it is because I've watched the cut version?

Not really impressed, sorry. Yeah, the boys are cute. But, again a ghost story? Okay, after a billion engineer plots this is probably still something new, but I had to fight through the first episode. The flow was too slow. And then again, those stereotypical actions. It is too early to dismiss this, it's just the first episode, but I hope it gets a bit better. The filmography and acting was okay, it's just the story seems uninspired. Or maybe I have watched too many Thai series lately. The series looks okay, in fact, but this just did not rock me.

And a good singer too...

If episode 8 is the third volleyball game, I go into boycotting Filipino series until end of time (or Corona, which is probably the same).

So, episode 7, no development. 2 episodes to go? Is this one of those plots where the characters hate each other until 10 seconds before the end and then just decide being good and become happy bf? Okay, it is a masculinity thing in the Philippines, I guess. But there is nothing attracting me here. Why would I "ship" them. They behave unmature and illogical, so my interest in seeing them getting closer is 0. If they hate each other, okay. Just take someone else from the boy pool. I mean, there are quite some handsome guys hanging up there. No need to torture us with that 0-content plot.

Yes, that is what I wanted to say. Ok, I was a bit provoking. There are some BL with real plots :)

It means that I felt refreshed to watch something which somehow had content and made even a bit of sense to me. The "plot" in BL is mostly totally irrational, if even existant. I totally understand that it is due to being BL. There is no need to be logical, because the concept is illogical by itself. Like SciFi or Fantasy.

I have commented it once before and will do again: My opinion is that it is mostly ignored because it is not a BL story. I guess there are not - globally seen - many people into Thai series. Most Western viewers tend to be fans of BL. For instance, while World of BL gives data to The Player - also not a BL series - it totally ignores 55:15. I usually watch BL and I stumbled accidentally over this series now.

What's the relation to the scriptwriters? Is it the Thai word you criticise or the translation? I am a translator, these dramas are in 99% not translated by professionals, but fans. If you want to blame someone, then blame the translator.

Looks quite nice. Refreshing that it is in the Sports faculty, though I really would love to see some more mature dramas, wouldn't even mind to have some mid-thirties playing. At least it's not school children. The plot seems simple and the hints for upcoming problems and quarrels are already laid. The filming seems to be high quality and so far the subtitles even made total sense. This might not be a masterpiece, but I am sure it is enjoyable.