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I honestly regretted putting in time to complete this series, even though I skipped parts and played this back at x1.25. I think it tried too hard to incorporate suspense, horror (that was mainly manifested in make-up and unnaturally echoey voice effects), star-crossed lovers type romance, introduce thai culture and rural thailand, and do justice to the fans. The base material and dialogues were written like it was ripped off some soap opera in the 90s. Story was predictable (with the exception of final plot twist) and characters were poorly designed...

I was hoping for a sassy, resilient, 'fuck-off-death' type protagonist and a hopeless yet restrained type of romance since the character Khem is destined to die and the character Paran should technically be completely resolute in protecting him. Instead we got a Khem who couldn't make up his mind if he was going to fight fate tooth and nail or just let his kharma be and a Paran who didn't give the audience confidence that he was committed to protecting Khem right from the start (think my commitment to finishing this series beat his). The character Khem was jealous, filled with self-pity and just cried a lot. The character Paran flashed a lot of skin (I'm guessing much to his fans' delight) and was full of inconsistency (turning horny all of a sudden like some switch had gone off in his head).

Saving grace? The side story with the second leads (who had more personality) was mildly entertaining and thai culture was interesting for the first part. The choice of music was also decent.

Had high expectations and now I want my time back.