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This totally sold me on the series, I'll have to watch now. I realise the trend has long been "university students in bizarre love triangles" but from the bottom of my heart I want to see more series about the everyday struggles of grown people.

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The trailer is up, life is beautiful. The Japanese original is one of my all time wholesome faves, and I'm so looking forward to this.

Keep going. Yes it meanders as a story (thanks, GMMTV) but the chemistry and connection between the main characters really lingers with you.

Things to love: Rain and Phayu are figuring out their kink situation and everyone wins. Pai has definitely matured as a partner and his ways of respecting Sky's boundaries and need for reassurance are markedly better than in the series.

Things that bum me out: again female characters are very one-note. And for the love of God why didn't someone put aside budget and schedule time for ADR. I can't hear a damn thing from dialogue in SO MANY scenes.

I can literally see a person holding a boom in the BTS shots at the end of the special - did they never turn it on? Like, they did several things well on what was undoubtedly a tight budget, but they need to deal with their sound design.

Completely agree. I know the studio has to make money and relies on formula, but every once in a while I hope they can just let actors act. We'll get better shows if they trust performers.

This was short and fluffy. But a good pick if you love food. I ship me and that arancini, and that's a fact.

Looking forward to the upcoming series with these pairings because this show desperately needed a bigger budget and to be tightened up, but the chemistry was BONKERS.

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I need season 2 if for no other reason than I want to see Nick find a partner who cherishes him, Ray actually deal with sobriety, Boston stop patching over his Emptiness with sex, Sand talk to his father, Mew deal with his anger and Top wearing as few shirts as the story can justify.

My kingdom for a real storyline with April finding international success with her films while Cheum is tied to running a business in Thailand, and how each of them deal with getting their dreams but wanting to keep their love alive. That's some wishful thinking though.

Everyone in this show needs to be bitten by a radioactive therapist.Except April and Cheum they're gonna be okay.

Love in Translation was darling, I'd love to see this succeed

The auntie who runs that little out of the way restaurant. That's it

My takeaway from this was that it could be such a comfort watch if you have experience of trauma like Uea. King becomes the ideal partner for a person recovering from trauma - communicating well, respecting boundaries, showing love and care rather than just saying it. There is something valuable in media that speaks to that wish fulfillment.

Was hard to watch Toh - his hoarding and compulsions make it clear he needs real help, not in a funny ha-ha "get help! " way.

But the core friendship group who live and die for each other, and were legitimately trying to help him? They were so good and pure. I love a bonded friendship storyline.

I watched this wondering why is everyone throwing themselves at this wasteman? But then he took off his shirt. And, like, yeah. Maybe.

So true. In Pit Babe, Babe had 7,000 emotional states and Charlie was just... some dude.

I want to encourage anyone watching this for the first time to complete the series, potentially in a short time frame. It's so well constructed, and little callbacks and subtle choices in the timeline only come together as a whole piece. Adachi sleepwalking into one part of his life, versus pushing himself his limit to start a new part of his life. The friendships Adachi develops as he starts waking up to the world. The differences in the way each character thinks of failure and the different ways to face or overcome that. Beautiful character driven execution of concept.

This is like the Taco Bell of dramas. You know, intellectually, that you should probably be making a choice that is healthier. And, like, it won't be as good as you think it will be before you actually buy it. But you still have crazy good memories of a late night drive through with your friend who only ate tacos with no lettuce and Pepsi with no ice, so you just crave it sometimes. There's better stuff, but this for some reason really hits the spot.