Fluffy and watchable, but somewhat weak in coflicts
This series chronicles the last year of high school of Kim and Mon, and Shane and Kit. They are all pretty good-looking and had decent chemistry and acting, although apart from a few dry kisses, there wasn't much sexual action.
There were also some other people -- two teachers who were friends, and Tar and Per, a student friend pair.
Pros:
* A lot of teenage troubles were explored in a gentle manner -- love (of course), possessiveness and jealousy, academics, toxic competitiveness, teens' independence, parental authority, money, alcohol use, parental neglect, finding jobs and tough choices in selecting future paths. Come to think of it, it is as if the producers wrote down a checklist of teen issues to cover and checked all of them!
* Homophobia was mentioned as something that used to exist in the past. Brief dive into sexuality (M/M or M/F) conflict.
* Good-looking actors.
* Slightly older gay couple also shown.
* No crazy jealous exes.
* Luke Peemsan Sotangkur as "Kit" and Chokun Puttipong Jitbut as"Kim" were very charming.
* No homophobia or violence or angst.
* One scene with slight dub-con, which I loved, but it did not go far enough.
Cons:
* A bit lacking in deeper and longer lasting conflicts, although I am not at all a fan of angst or homophobia or violence. May be like in 1000 stars or Bad Buddy.
* Aston Ratiphat Luengvoraphan as "Mon" did not act as convincingly as the others.
* Mick Metas Opas-iamkajorn as "Shane" had a tough roll, but he pulled it through only barely.
* Would have liked more shirtless touching scenes. The cuddling was too tame.
Calls for a Skyy-like episode to let us know what happens to these great couples in the future.
There were also some other people -- two teachers who were friends, and Tar and Per, a student friend pair.
Pros:
* A lot of teenage troubles were explored in a gentle manner -- love (of course), possessiveness and jealousy, academics, toxic competitiveness, teens' independence, parental authority, money, alcohol use, parental neglect, finding jobs and tough choices in selecting future paths. Come to think of it, it is as if the producers wrote down a checklist of teen issues to cover and checked all of them!
* Homophobia was mentioned as something that used to exist in the past. Brief dive into sexuality (M/M or M/F) conflict.
* Good-looking actors.
* Slightly older gay couple also shown.
* No crazy jealous exes.
* Luke Peemsan Sotangkur as "Kit" and Chokun Puttipong Jitbut as"Kim" were very charming.
* No homophobia or violence or angst.
* One scene with slight dub-con, which I loved, but it did not go far enough.
Cons:
* A bit lacking in deeper and longer lasting conflicts, although I am not at all a fan of angst or homophobia or violence. May be like in 1000 stars or Bad Buddy.
* Aston Ratiphat Luengvoraphan as "Mon" did not act as convincingly as the others.
* Mick Metas Opas-iamkajorn as "Shane" had a tough roll, but he pulled it through only barely.
* Would have liked more shirtless touching scenes. The cuddling was too tame.
Calls for a Skyy-like episode to let us know what happens to these great couples in the future.
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