MaintainingMama

I wasn't going to give this show a chance based on the ratings and boy am I glad I ignored that. This rating is way too low for this show. It's a cute BL. Acting isn't bad, I have seen way worse on much higher rated series. No real drama. I love that we are getting just straight romance. The meet, they flirt, they get to know each other, no misunderstandings (so far), just pursuing each other like a normal, almost couple. Given that they only have 5 episodes, I really love that they aren't drawing it out either. Second couple is together, and the ML's are almost there.
I was a bit confused why this is set in the past and during covid quarantine of all the times. But even that was handled with some speed time elapse. I still don't get why THAT time period, but what ever. So far, I like this drama.
The only other thing I don't like are the girls. Like, can they both get a clue. I mean, Khing kind of does, but I need her to tell her bestie to stop pressuring her to pursue someone who has made it ABUNDANTLY clear he has zero interest in her.
I really hope others give this show a chance and get this ridiculous rating up at least into the mid 7s.

The way their slow burn relationship progressed, especially in episode 5, is everything I wanted in Hidamari ga Kikoeru/I Hear the Sunspot but did not get. Mimicat said it perfectly on why this show and particularly this episode is so amazing, so I don't have much to add with my own thoughts. But that was what struck me the most about the contrast in these two series that aired today. Hidamari ga Kikoeru is at its 11th episode and while the story, plot, acting, directing are all great, there is zero romance, budding or otherwise in it. But then you come to The On1y One and it's only episode 5 and gahh!! The scene with the bandaid and the stairs was nothing and everything all at once. The actors, cinematographer and the director did such an amazing of guiding us through their blossoming feelings for each other. Its so quiet, their budding interest in each other as something MORE, but just them looking at each other says a million things at once. This has become my favorite series that is on right now and I'm sooooo glad we get another episode tomorrow.

Well, I enjoyed this show and especially the final episode. Now were the slurping sounds way too much, yup, but other than that the scene was well played and sexy. I loved that they wrapped up the car accident/criminal with a gun scene quickly. They honestly could have dragged that out but I'm so glad they didn't. Justice served, the end. Same with the past life story. Just a here's your necklace back, release old girl from my mind and bob's your uncle we can move on.
I LOVED the World Jewelry show. All the models were beautiful and I loved how diverse the models were. Banky looked amazing! I'll admit I didn't like his necklace but only because it looked fake, like bad fake, so I couldn't get behind that part, but over all, I loved the show scene.
Let's talk about that NC scene! Holy Moly! I didn't even blush during Playyboy the Series, but this had me clutching my pearls! Maybe it's because both characters are kind of soft and gentle normally, but the last two major NC scenes between them have been smoking hot. I think Mos and Bank did a phenomenal job for the NC scene...almost too good, it felt like we should NOT be there!
In my opinion, this show deserves a better rating and fewer complaints, it really wasn't that bad. Not like Physical Therapy, For Him, Dinosaur Love bad. But the way these comments are going, you would honestly think so. I think this was mostly well done drama. Could it have been better, sure! It bothered soo much that the entire series had Mos in a 3 piece suit, even when it made zero sense for him to be in one. I did not mind Bank's being in more feminized clothing, I just didn't mostly like the choices of clothing, outside of a few outfits.
But overall, this was a good series and I do hope that MosBank get more dramas to get the chance to improve.

I really hope this comes to Netflix like Mansueng did.

Thank You!

Nice! Do you happen to know where I can find it in English?

Surprised but thank you! I'm with it til the end, cause either way, I find it a really great story and well acted. I should probably just go read the manga.

I said it before and I'll say it again, I'm so afraid they are going to leave this the same way they left Silhouette of Your Voice, them just being friends. Cause here we are with only 2 episodes to go and while we are getting plenty of angst, we aren't really getting romance/BL. I'm okay for a long story that takes its time, but then have 16 to 20 episodes, so we can get to see the ML together, if they are going to get together. But this is like the movie, just with more scenes of them NOT getting together, and what a waste of a remake/continuation of a story. If they leave it with them just being buddies, then they should have just left it the way the original was, cause that was good as it was. I mean, we still have a tiny bit of hope, like next episode, they hug, so maybe we get a confession...But I'm not hopeful anymore. 😭And that sucks cause the character development on this show is top tier.

Opposite of the comments, I actually enjoyed this episode. It didn't focus at all on the back story/fantasy story and we got a lot of couple time. First time together with SamYo and while I loved the scene, it was started to randomly. First Yo is like, no, innocent virgin, don't kiss me, to straddling his lap. If there had been a few moments where he just showed he was into Sam as much as Sam showed he was into Yo, that scene would have been a 10/10 for me. I am definitely over the, "We are boyfriends, but let me act like I don't like you, cause how dare you act like you want me physically, I'm a innocent lamb who has no idea what sex is!" Like I would have understood that he wasn't aware that shenanigans were going to happen. But when your boyfriend pulls you into his lap, even if you don't plan on doing shenanigans, at least kiss him a little bit. Show some affection, simply because you miss him.
Glad we finally got the girls together. There little scene was cute, now that they have soften Prim up and not made her so unpleasant. I still say, they could have given us a few soft moments with her in the beginning before we go the back story, just so her character was more fully formed. But over all, they are cute together and I no longer have to skip there scenes.
Juladis was hilarious in the this last episode. The cat walk scene's humor worked for me in this episode. I also like that we saw him soften up toward the three friends.
Finally, the paint scene. My only complaint was that the kind of show cased the place they went to and then did very unsanitary things in a very public space. Admittedly, it was hella hot. But I just kept thinking, now someone has to come in an hose the room down and throw away supplies cause ya'll got dirty in here! 😂😂 But, we thank Mos for his willingness to really sell a NC scene.
Oh wait, I have another complaint about that scene and it's something I've complained about in other scenes. The stylist for this show is sleeping on the job. Who goes to get dressed to go on a painting date and choses dress slacks and button down white shirts?! They could have achieved the same effect of the paint contrasting against white, but simply just against a tshirt or better yet, their skin. It just looked so silly to me to be dressed up to go to a splash painting facility.
But overall, the scene was amazing and the episode was good this week. Looking forward to next week and seeing how the past life hullabaloo fits into the present time and how they are going to end the series.

I have absolutely no idea what is going on and I love it. I'm actually so sad there are only 3 episodes left. The suspense is killing me!

I loved the original, it is literally in my top 3 JBLs, so while I love GemFourth, I was really nervous. And I had reason to be. This was just meh for me. Even with all the kiss scenes, and the undeniable chemistry of GemFourth, the first one made me melt with very little. I didn't get that with this show.
First, way too many ads. It took away from each scene and wasn't well integrated. Secondly, they made the first few episode randomly be a musical and then dropped that in favor of the soundtrack, like they were trying to recreate the magic of MSP. And that was WEIRD. I LOVE Gem and Fourth's singing, and I loved them singing the whole soundtrack, but the random musical moments (I don't care that one of them was during a play, when did Cinderella become a musical, also, did anyone else in the cast sing). While I did find Half and Mudmee crazy cute together, it mostly felt like they were just good friends, even on the date at the end. Like if someone didn't tell you they were dating, there really wasn't anything to indicate they were. The sniff kiss doesn't really count, cause it was kind of quick and incomplete, it barely happened. I just wanted a bit more for them.
Lastly, I was really irritated that Atom had to come out to Thap's mom and THEN to his own mom! Like the whole time Atom was falling apart worrying about Thap's mom, I kept screaming, why isn't Thap stepping in, saying something to his own mother. He just sat there and changed the subject. Or like the scene where his mom basically lollygagged telling Atom she thought he was good enough and kind of made it seem like she wasn't going to approve them together, Thap said nothing! I was so upset! But I thought, okay, here is Atom's mom's turn now, Thap will tell her, just like Atom did his mom. NOPE! Just a Atom has something to say. I was so pissed off!
I cannot say this was a bad series, it really wasn't. It check all the cliches/boxes of your typical successful BL. But for the ML's and the story line, the whole thing was just meh. Except for the sound track. That was fire!

Soooooo, I agree with most of what you said and kind of understand with the rest of what you said, even if I don't agree. I don't agree that Gemini is a bad actor, mostly because I saw him in Moonlight Chicken. He was brilliant, even though, to your point, Fourth really shined a bit more. I will say, that for this role, he literally was more animated than the Japanese version, so I personally am giving him a pass. At least on the acting of this role. Now where you were spot on is his kissing. I understood his reticence in MSP to kiss, just because it was his first role and he seemed a bit shy about kissing a boy, let alone his friend. But for his role, those kisses were as wooden as the stick you described him as! 😂😂😂😂 Especially that last kiss! Fourth did a 100% of the work to make that a passable kiss, but for a show ender, it was kind of lame since Gem just stood there. Buttttt, I will say that as bad as it was, it's better than what they did in MSP, so I saw growth. I do think you are right, he maybe needs to step away from the BLs and focus on singing (something I think he was doing anyway).
As for Fourth, I think the over exaggerated comedy of Japan absolutely doesn't translate well in Thai, especially cause I don't feel like they fully "get" how to do it well. I'm terrified about Ossan's Love, cause it was full of it, but the trailer did not look like it was going to be a good interpretation of the show, comedy wise. We shall see. Anyway, I think Fourth did the best he could with the role based on the Japanese show.
But I agree with your final statement the most! I have never in the history of watching GMMTV shows, had to skip 10 seconds ahead more than 2 times until this show. It was like because MSP was such a success, the companies threw money at them and they were obligated to try and use this JBL remake to recreate the magic of MSP, hence the random singing moments that make no sense in their placement in the series. Normally, I can sit through an ad in a series with out skipping because they usually integrate it into the show well or they do it in a cute way, like Bad Buddy. This series, I had to skip so much. And don't feel like I missed a thing!

Let me just say, the kiss in episode 5 took me by surprise. JBLs have been really stepping up their kissing game! For a long time, JBLs would either give you zero kisses or what I like to call "sipping" kisses. Barely touching lips together, looked like they were sipping each other instead of kissing. 😂😂 I never minded, cause the story was always top tier. But it nice to see them stepping up their game! Excited for JBL's future, cause one thing JBL's did great with was the story and romance.
Side note: I definitely think this particular BL deserves a better score as well as to be talked about more. It's so good!

My Beautiful Man Season 1 and 2, the special episode and the movie, seriously my favorite JBL. Kieta Hatsakoi/My Love Mix Up, Taikun Yoho/My Personal Weatherman, 25 Ji, Akasaka de/At 25:00 in Akasaka, Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu/The End of the World, With You , Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss! , Candy Color Paradox.

This is just some of my favorites. Honestly you can't really go wrong with JBLs. Story wise, they are top tier.
Hope you enjoy!

Yeah it's coming to Gagaoolala!!! Yippee!!!

And now to iQIY!

Glad us interfans have options now!

Now while I like this show and GemFourth, this show is like MSP combined with MLMU. It's giving 2gether. A show they (GMMTV) didn't expect to get as big as it did and stars who are instantly famous. Add in that they did amazing in MLC and GMMTV knew they had to quickly find them their next project together. And I'm not going to lie, the songs are GREAT, but they are so out of place in the show. Like whole concerts in the middle of a play, cause why? And while I think its cute they included Chinzilla in the show, it's also super out of place. Cause again, why? I feel like Gem and Fourth proved in MLC they don't need to sing to make a great show. And the original doesn't have singing, so why does this?
Now the positives for this version vs the Japanese version is just simply more realistic boyfriending. Don't get me wrong, MLMU Japan was actually my favorite JBL until My Beautiful Man came along, but it still is in my top 5. But the fact that Ida and Aoki barely held hands or hugged was just too...weak to back up the love claims. And I don't need kissing or NC scenes, like I said, it was great. But it always felt like it ended before we truly got to SEE Ida feelings. So getting to see them actually be boyfriends has been great.
I am definitely curious in what direction GemFourth are going to go in. Will they go the BrightWin way (which, honestly, I'm leaning toward, although, I think GemFourth are way more talented than BrightWin), getting famous, pursuing music and then dipping, or the TayNew/OffGun way. Working together sometimes but also working on other projects.
It will be interesting to see either way.

I'm still enjoying this series, although I would have liked more of the side couples this last episode. And while I am enjoying it, I will admit, I'm not loving Salin/Banky, but I honestly am blaming the director/writer for this this. Cause based on how different Banky acted in Big Dragon to this, it's clear that Bank is following direction, but it's not really working for this role. I agree with someone else who said, Salin being all wide eyed and innocent acting is what is off putting in this show. Take the pool scene, the second one. If my megahot boyfriend started to take his shirt off in the pool, I have to know what time it is. Maybe a quick glance around to ensure we are truly alone and then I'm in the pool with him. The music isn't really helping either. I think both scenes should have been more bowchickawowwow than romantic, especially the pool table scene. These are to mature adults, this isn't really first innocent love. I just wish who ever wrote the script/directed this would have leaned more toward that. I feel bad for MosBank, cause they have all the potential of alot of other ships out there, they just need a hit script and top tier directing.
I will say, I don't need the back story. It doesn't really make any sense. It was like they got half way through filming and saw the Sign and said, "Oh shit, our story is too similar! Let's make the past Sun hate the past Salin instead of them being destined." I'm not quite sure how the back story connects to Sun and Salin or why, but hopefully they will explain it soon, since they added it. But I honestly think if they had just added more of the side couples romance and coupling up and more of the back story with the girl stealing the designs of others, it would have been a better story. But I don't think this show is a bad as everyone is making it out to be.

I love this drama! Despite all the complaints about Taishin being slow and weird, for me, that is his appeal. Not everyone is cool or suave. Tons o'people are just plain harmless, clueless and weird. And I don't even think Taishin is clueless in a bad way. I think sometimes people are isolated because they don't behave like the status quo and then folks wonder why they don't know how to socialize. Interestingly enough, college is kind of where people realize that weird is often times fun and they find their people. Before then, kids are assholes toward each other and super clicky. I don't know where a boy who is shy and into birds would find his people high school, so I imagine building up his social skills was not available to him. He is obviously so happy just to find friends, people who seem to accept him for him. He probably never dreamed that he would also get a boyfriend as well. Also, Takara has not said once that he likes him. Why would he believe that Takara genuinely likes him and want to be with him for himself outside of that quick as hell kiss?! Takara is playing it super cool and even when Taishin called him out on them not really having a ton in common, so why would Takara want to be with him, Takara still said, we'll figure that part out later. Taishin is aware enough to know that isn't how it normally goes, but he is so in love he is happy for the opportunity to build the relationship on that.
I'm in love with Taishin boba eyes and soft voice and the way Takara tries to act like he doesn't care but is soo pressed for Taishin.
Next week looks like we are going to get some good movement on their relationship. I kind of need the week to go by fast now. 😂

That was a great ending. It needed like 15 more minutes to make it complete. They kind of left Evil Daddy on read, cause we never got to see how he responded to Huai'en being like, Nope, my partner says I cannot talk to you. 😂 I figured we would get something since they went to the trouble of showing him in jail and that whole convo. I also need to see their wedding. I want to know what Mama and Daddy think of their relationship. Because in the beginning, they were 100% against it. Next thing you know, they are like, yup, go ahead and take our daughter and live with your boyfriend. No worries! I think a special episode would be great to get to see everyone reacting to the wedding. Overall, I really liked this series. I hope now that they have figured out the work around censorship other Chinese BL's will find a way to get released.

Rewatched it again on Gagaoolala and I still love it. It was everything you would want in a BL.Great production/script/ direction. Real life character development, angst and oh the romance! It was dreamily built up over the course of the movie and even until the last second, you are riddled with will they or won't they. I loved that really expressed how a teenager experiencing love for the first time would react. I'll have to rewatch the sequel tomorrow, just to refresh my memory, but I'm pretty sure I loved that as well. The rating should definitely be higher. I hope, no that is available for interfans, this will get the love that it deserves.