This might be the first BL drama I gave this high rating. It could be a bias because I'm such a Priest fan, and because the story itself is really good. What stood out about Priest is the way she's building the world where her characters live, it feels so real and so authentic to the story, making it easier to be connected to the characters. And for Unknown (Dage), it's the same case.
I remember crying so much for the first 8 episodes because it's just that heartbreaking to me. I even think that I'm glad this story ended with just 12 episodes or I might die due to heartbreak and crying too much. The story is not very sad, actually it's quite up-lifting with the found family and all, and yet it makes me cry that much.
I love that Wei Zhiyuan is such a steady and stubborn person. He loves what he loves, and after he came back he started to accept the reality as it is, not asking for anything back. Wei Qian is equally stubborn, but I can see why he can't accept his own feelings early on. That's why it's heartbreaking. I know why it had to happen, and yet, my heart ache because it needs to happen in the first place.
Ending is very good. I love that the ending is not talking about being "happy ever after" but it feels like it's going to be the new fresh start for them.
Acting: 10/10. No complaint. All so on-point. Even the side characters like the food-stall boss, to the gangsters under Le's command. They're all wonderful. Even the staffs at the company also very wonderful.
OST: 9/10. The opening is so haunting. The moment it played, I directly wanted to cry. The ending is not as good, in my opinion.
Rewatch value: 7/10. For me personally, it's 10/10. But I can understand for those who didn't want to see all the sad part to not rewatch it again.
Plot: I see some negativity for this show, which I think is valid but I believe that this show also brings much more innovation to the BL world. I particularly like the simple story, not very complicated, and free of students/university trope that I see in many Thai BLs, like 90% of the time.
What I like the most is their round table discussion, which is actually just the imagination of their chat group. While people think it's ridiculous with the costume and the hairstyle, which I actually agree, but it's a clever way to create a visual storytelling for chats. Usually, we just see the chat in text and the character either smiling or doing something while looking at their phone, which gets old nowadays. That's why the round table discussion thing is actually one of the things that I truly appreciate from this drama.
I also like that all the couples feel like they're truly couples. There's no shyness in doing their scenes, and it feels much more natural. It's easier to believe they love each other on screen thanks to that. It also greatly increase my enjoyment a lot while watching them.
I see the criticism about the Xianxia part, which I think is actually a good way of visual storytelling once again. Rather than just showing they're writing novel then put them in text, they show it to us in motion. At one point, i feel like I want the full story of that Xianxia drama, because I'm just that invested in the story. The Xianxia part feels jarring not because it's edited weirdly, but because it's just part of the novel they're writing. That's why it feels choppy and all. But again, I always appreciate a new and innovative take in drama making rather than the boring and stale and same quality production all the time.
In overall, the drama had flaws but it was fun enough. The couples also very believable and they're actually feel like they love each other, which was translated very well on screen. Some parts are quite innovative but it might need improvement.
Acting: 8/10. I think the acting is quite good. It's quite strong with almost no problems. I think it's because I enjoy every second watching everyone on the screen, as they don't feel awkward at all with each other, especially during intimate scenes.
OST: 5/10. Sadly very forgettable.
Rewatch: 6/10. There are some good moments for rewatch, though the value is not that high.
Plot: The rich CEO gets into accident in the same day as the struggling female lead, and the female lead somehow get the power to see the rich CEO as the living spirit, and helping him to find his "killer."
While the plot sounds very basic and simple, but there's something else that makes me love this drama so much. I love that every interaction of the leads are not forced by the overused trope (there are some, but it's done in the most natural way). For example, the hugging from behind had the most natural skin contact due to a valid reason. It was one of those things that are done very well without exaggeration. It also makes the interaction between the leads become more genuine.
And this drama also has the "amnesia/separation" arc that I usually dislike a lot in a drama, but in this case, it's played really well. What I love is that even without them having to retrieve their memory back, the two leads still end up loving each other because they are just attracted to each other's best and worst situation. The male lead love the female lead for her positivity on life and her smile, and even when he woke up not remembering her at first, the feelings he had for her never change. While I'm crying like a baby during their separation, but I can understand that it's something that needs to be done and it's not forced at all.
In overall, the story is very solid and good all around, and the leads also have such a good chemistry, which makes watching this drama fun.
Acting: 8/10. Very solid. Even the villain is not overdone, except in some parts. Most of the actors/actresses did their job very well and looks natural on the camera as well.
OST: 10/10. I'm replaying the song a lot. It's just that good. The way they incorporate the song in the drama also very good.
Rewatch value: 7/10. I think the rewatch value is still very high because it's got a good story and plot, and the chemistry between the leads actually make it fun to rewatch their scenes again.
OMG I thought episode 10 is the last one. That's why it felt so weird. I guess I will revise this rating when I see the last episode. Netflix give me 10 so far
Plot: The story is about the young Moo who wanted to be an idol, and due to this his study got neglected and he ended up being sent to the countryside, quite far away from the city where he usually live. In this countryside he met his love, the person he fell in love with at the first sight, Kang.
The plot is very very simple, and this is what makes the drama endearing to me in the first place. Moo is simply the genius in flirting. He knew what he wanted and he's not shy to pursue the person he love without even once giving up, no matter Kang give him the cold shoulder or not. I laugh and smile throughout their entire phase of flirting to dating, because it's one of the best part in the entire drama.
While the story in overall I think is very good and pleasing to watch, but the ending is not good or properly thought out, at least to me. The ending was quite bland and anti-climatic, especially when their break-up is about the idol problem. It's vastly different from the C-drama I watched quite some time ago called Mr Fighting, which premises almost the same as this drama. Though Mr Fighting is much more grounded in realism, especially about the way "idol" can't get everything that they desire. They have to make sacrifice.
This sacrifice was portrayed beautifully throughout the idol phase, only to be a letdown at the end. While it's not bad, but it also feels more "we need to have happy ending no matter what" script rather than following logic. But then again, this is BL drama, so I guess I shouldn't expect too much.
Acting: Most of the casts have decent acting, with some show better acting than the others. But in overall, there's not much differences.
Rewatch value: 70. I would definitely rewatch the countryside arc a lot of times as I love that phase. It's a good cure for the days when I feel sad because Moo can always make me smile and even laugh with his antics.
Overall: It's not a bad story, but the ending is not as good. I would have preferred a better ending with Moo not getting everything he wanted and desired, but that's just me.
Plot: The story is about the misfit detective team who solve cold cases due to the factor of police corruption, or lack of evidence (at that time). This drama has 2 main leads, the brash superior and the new "rookie". The plot is actually promising, though the cold cases not so much. The only one that I think is well done is the one involving the bullying. That one was really good as the way they unravel it is quite grounded, though knowing what's the murder weapon kinda stretching it a little bit. By episode 5 I was hooked, I thought this is going to be a decent police drama. But episode 6 to 10, it felt like a mess. The story change direction so suddenly and it feels like they wanted to shock the audience by giving us "twist upon twist" situation. Sadly, most of the time it just didn't work as good as they think it would be.
Acting: Decent acting, as most of the casts are veterans actors/actresses. There's not many glaring points, and the younger cast, especially the one who play Yoshioka, is quite memorable. The two leads are quite equal in terms of acting, so it's not that hard to follow through their journey.
Music: Not very memorable.
Rewatch value: 0
Overall comment: The mystery and the plot actually quite solid in the beginning. I'm sold in the dynamic of brash cop vs calm rookie cop, and their pairing actually very good as well. But the plot is starting to fall apart after episode 6, and it went downhill from there. Episode 10 felt like a cheap way to suggest we might get Season 2, but really, I'm not sure whether they could pull it off.
Woman over 30 are not worthless they say this to women to pressure them into marrying any dusty man that’s left…
More and more of the younger generation of the women in China now realize this, and no longer rushing to marry like in the past. Yes, there's still a lot of stigma. Your parents will yap on you for not getting married. But the declining birth rate in China showed that the women no longer got married just because they have to get married.
Season 2 feels like a repetitive option that you don't want or don't need, and you can make do without. It doesn't mean anything whether you watch season 2 or not, that's just how mundane, predictable, and repetitive season 2 is.
The story is still the same, with Ichika somehow got involved with the whole murder plot attached to the family heirloom. This time though, the stakes seem to be higher, with 3 people needed to be protected instead of only Ichika. But still, the attack is still concentrated to Ichika, with the reason that she will take all the danger so the two siblings, Sosuke and Yoko, wouldn't get into danger. But this in itself is already a repetitive part of the drama. Again, we got only Ichika as the center of the story. Again, she's the only one who needs to be protected. This makes it easy to see how she will be in danger and how she will be protected.
After episode 6, somehow the story becomes even more predictable. It's like the second part of the second season, which makes it even more unnecessary in the end. There are too many things happen, but the plot stays the same. Worst, it didn't even move forward. It feels like we're going back instead of going forward.
The whole story itself was okay. It's not bad. The acting was decent. But it's the same as season 1, and since it's the same it no longer has that surprising element to it. It's just another drama, with slightly a twist. The end was so predictable. They wanted to lead us to believe that Sosuke was the criminal, but it's easy to see who's the real mastermind is. Instead of telling us, this person is the criminal, they have to add the last mystery to the very last episode, which is very anti-climatic.
For the romance, it feels so forced. It's not like they don't have the chemistry, but it feels more like the writer change their mind in the middle of the story. That makes the romance itself so lukewarm.
Overall score Story/plot: 6.5/10 Music: 7/10 (The ost is good!) Acting: 7/10
The manga itself only has 2 volumes, and most of the story is in the present, with around 25% of flashback. I…
You can try to search in google. Japanese BL manga is easily obtained rather than the drama itself. I did read the Japanese version, but I'm sure the translation team will be able to translate it properly.
The title is the same, with the name 4gatsu no tokyo wa...
The story in the manga is quite short, considering the heavy topic. I agree that the drama makes some part weird, but the scene in their teens actually very important. It showed the beautiful love between the 2 boys who had to face the truth and being separated after. It's actually a very heavy content, almost the same as the thought provoking "Kyuuso wa Cheese wo Yumemiru."
Not the most amazing, but it's one that's still quite good. The drama adaptation manage to convey the feelings of the bitter reality when it comes to same sex love.
Cute little show but personally I felt it was too short considering the heavy topics it brought to the table.…
The manga itself only has 2 volumes, and most of the story is in the present, with around 25% of flashback. I would like for the J-BLs to adapt more of the BL novels. Some of them have better storyline, like Eien no Kinou.
i dropped in the ep 3. started to become too sexual but worse than that the scene w/ the underage actors shouldn't…
If you haven't read the manga, then I would like you to refrain from commenting on it.
It's not explicit at all. It's barely even explicit. You want explicit? You have the dub-con, mind-break, or whatever genre they offered you, which is only one-shot or doujinshi.
Don't comment on things you haven't read. Read them first, and then make your comment again.
Not expecting any melodrama is not the same as not expecting anything. A good romance is already a good plot for…
I actually rate drama quite low. My highest rating is Lang Ya Ban, which is 9. That's the highest for me in terms of the overall production, including story telling, acting, and many more.
6.5 is very high to me. If you see the drama that I've rated, then you can see it's already quite high.
Reply your last sentence: Yeah no one stop you to like the Japanese adaptation more, but it still has nothing…
There's always insecure people in any country. I just think that asking them to make the drama the same as the Japanese ones kinda weird, because Japanese culture not gonna be the same as Thailand culture. For example, the way they talk, the way they respond to each other, and the way they handle relationship.
I don't think this drama is excellent, but it's a good pass to watch them to get through the day. I mean, it's safe enough to watch with all my subordinates.
As I've said in the beginning, Tan Jianci is not my first pick to be Mo Qingcheng. When I first watched the drama,…
P.S. The kisses tho! I lost count how many times they kiss after that first kiss at the photoshoot. It feels like they're opening the flood gate of kisses lmao I'm actually surprised they let this many kisses happened and the govt not censoring it. But I guess it's for the web drama and not for the television, so it's okay.
This might be the first BL drama I gave this high rating. It could be a bias because I'm such a Priest fan, and because the story itself is really good. What stood out about Priest is the way she's building the world where her characters live, it feels so real and so authentic to the story, making it easier to be connected to the characters. And for Unknown (Dage), it's the same case.
I remember crying so much for the first 8 episodes because it's just that heartbreaking to me. I even think that I'm glad this story ended with just 12 episodes or I might die due to heartbreak and crying too much. The story is not very sad, actually it's quite up-lifting with the found family and all, and yet it makes me cry that much.
I love that Wei Zhiyuan is such a steady and stubborn person. He loves what he loves, and after he came back he started to accept the reality as it is, not asking for anything back. Wei Qian is equally stubborn, but I can see why he can't accept his own feelings early on. That's why it's heartbreaking. I know why it had to happen, and yet, my heart ache because it needs to happen in the first place.
Ending is very good. I love that the ending is not talking about being "happy ever after" but it feels like it's going to be the new fresh start for them.
Acting: 10/10. No complaint. All so on-point. Even the side characters like the food-stall boss, to the gangsters under Le's command. They're all wonderful. Even the staffs at the company also very wonderful.
OST: 9/10. The opening is so haunting. The moment it played, I directly wanted to cry. The ending is not as good, in my opinion.
Rewatch value: 7/10. For me personally, it's 10/10. But I can understand for those who didn't want to see all the sad part to not rewatch it again.
Plot: I see some negativity for this show, which I think is valid but I believe that this show also brings much more innovation to the BL world. I particularly like the simple story, not very complicated, and free of students/university trope that I see in many Thai BLs, like 90% of the time.
What I like the most is their round table discussion, which is actually just the imagination of their chat group. While people think it's ridiculous with the costume and the hairstyle, which I actually agree, but it's a clever way to create a visual storytelling for chats. Usually, we just see the chat in text and the character either smiling or doing something while looking at their phone, which gets old nowadays. That's why the round table discussion thing is actually one of the things that I truly appreciate from this drama.
I also like that all the couples feel like they're truly couples. There's no shyness in doing their scenes, and it feels much more natural. It's easier to believe they love each other on screen thanks to that. It also greatly increase my enjoyment a lot while watching them.
I see the criticism about the Xianxia part, which I think is actually a good way of visual storytelling once again. Rather than just showing they're writing novel then put them in text, they show it to us in motion. At one point, i feel like I want the full story of that Xianxia drama, because I'm just that invested in the story. The Xianxia part feels jarring not because it's edited weirdly, but because it's just part of the novel they're writing. That's why it feels choppy and all. But again, I always appreciate a new and innovative take in drama making rather than the boring and stale and same quality production all the time.
In overall, the drama had flaws but it was fun enough. The couples also very believable and they're actually feel like they love each other, which was translated very well on screen. Some parts are quite innovative but it might need improvement.
Acting: 8/10. I think the acting is quite good. It's quite strong with almost no problems. I think it's because I enjoy every second watching everyone on the screen, as they don't feel awkward at all with each other, especially during intimate scenes.
OST: 5/10. Sadly very forgettable.
Rewatch: 6/10. There are some good moments for rewatch, though the value is not that high.
Plot: The rich CEO gets into accident in the same day as the struggling female lead, and the female lead somehow get the power to see the rich CEO as the living spirit, and helping him to find his "killer."
While the plot sounds very basic and simple, but there's something else that makes me love this drama so much. I love that every interaction of the leads are not forced by the overused trope (there are some, but it's done in the most natural way). For example, the hugging from behind had the most natural skin contact due to a valid reason. It was one of those things that are done very well without exaggeration. It also makes the interaction between the leads become more genuine.
And this drama also has the "amnesia/separation" arc that I usually dislike a lot in a drama, but in this case, it's played really well. What I love is that even without them having to retrieve their memory back, the two leads still end up loving each other because they are just attracted to each other's best and worst situation. The male lead love the female lead for her positivity on life and her smile, and even when he woke up not remembering her at first, the feelings he had for her never change. While I'm crying like a baby during their separation, but I can understand that it's something that needs to be done and it's not forced at all.
In overall, the story is very solid and good all around, and the leads also have such a good chemistry, which makes watching this drama fun.
Acting: 8/10. Very solid. Even the villain is not overdone, except in some parts. Most of the actors/actresses did their job very well and looks natural on the camera as well.
OST: 10/10. I'm replaying the song a lot. It's just that good. The way they incorporate the song in the drama also very good.
Rewatch value: 7/10. I think the rewatch value is still very high because it's got a good story and plot, and the chemistry between the leads actually make it fun to rewatch their scenes again.
Plot: The story is about the young Moo who wanted to be an idol, and due to this his study got neglected and he ended up being sent to the countryside, quite far away from the city where he usually live. In this countryside he met his love, the person he fell in love with at the first sight, Kang.
The plot is very very simple, and this is what makes the drama endearing to me in the first place. Moo is simply the genius in flirting. He knew what he wanted and he's not shy to pursue the person he love without even once giving up, no matter Kang give him the cold shoulder or not. I laugh and smile throughout their entire phase of flirting to dating, because it's one of the best part in the entire drama.
While the story in overall I think is very good and pleasing to watch, but the ending is not good or properly thought out, at least to me. The ending was quite bland and anti-climatic, especially when their break-up is about the idol problem. It's vastly different from the C-drama I watched quite some time ago called Mr Fighting, which premises almost the same as this drama. Though Mr Fighting is much more grounded in realism, especially about the way "idol" can't get everything that they desire. They have to make sacrifice.
This sacrifice was portrayed beautifully throughout the idol phase, only to be a letdown at the end. While it's not bad, but it also feels more "we need to have happy ending no matter what" script rather than following logic. But then again, this is BL drama, so I guess I shouldn't expect too much.
Acting: Most of the casts have decent acting, with some show better acting than the others. But in overall, there's not much differences.
Rewatch value: 70. I would definitely rewatch the countryside arc a lot of times as I love that phase. It's a good cure for the days when I feel sad because Moo can always make me smile and even laugh with his antics.
Overall: It's not a bad story, but the ending is not as good. I would have preferred a better ending with Moo not getting everything he wanted and desired, but that's just me.
Plot: The story is about the misfit detective team who solve cold cases due to the factor of police corruption, or lack of evidence (at that time). This drama has 2 main leads, the brash superior and the new "rookie". The plot is actually promising, though the cold cases not so much. The only one that I think is well done is the one involving the bullying. That one was really good as the way they unravel it is quite grounded, though knowing what's the murder weapon kinda stretching it a little bit. By episode 5 I was hooked, I thought this is going to be a decent police drama. But episode 6 to 10, it felt like a mess. The story change direction so suddenly and it feels like they wanted to shock the audience by giving us "twist upon twist" situation. Sadly, most of the time it just didn't work as good as they think it would be.
Acting: Decent acting, as most of the casts are veterans actors/actresses. There's not many glaring points, and the younger cast, especially the one who play Yoshioka, is quite memorable. The two leads are quite equal in terms of acting, so it's not that hard to follow through their journey.
Music: Not very memorable.
Rewatch value: 0
Overall comment: The mystery and the plot actually quite solid in the beginning. I'm sold in the dynamic of brash cop vs calm rookie cop, and their pairing actually very good as well. But the plot is starting to fall apart after episode 6, and it went downhill from there. Episode 10 felt like a cheap way to suggest we might get Season 2, but really, I'm not sure whether they could pull it off.
The story is still the same, with Ichika somehow got involved with the whole murder plot attached to the family heirloom. This time though, the stakes seem to be higher, with 3 people needed to be protected instead of only Ichika. But still, the attack is still concentrated to Ichika, with the reason that she will take all the danger so the two siblings, Sosuke and Yoko, wouldn't get into danger. But this in itself is already a repetitive part of the drama. Again, we got only Ichika as the center of the story. Again, she's the only one who needs to be protected. This makes it easy to see how she will be in danger and how she will be protected.
After episode 6, somehow the story becomes even more predictable. It's like the second part of the second season, which makes it even more unnecessary in the end. There are too many things happen, but the plot stays the same. Worst, it didn't even move forward. It feels like we're going back instead of going forward.
The whole story itself was okay. It's not bad. The acting was decent. But it's the same as season 1, and since it's the same it no longer has that surprising element to it. It's just another drama, with slightly a twist. The end was so predictable. They wanted to lead us to believe that Sosuke was the criminal, but it's easy to see who's the real mastermind is. Instead of telling us, this person is the criminal, they have to add the last mystery to the very last episode, which is very anti-climatic.
For the romance, it feels so forced. It's not like they don't have the chemistry, but it feels more like the writer change their mind in the middle of the story. That makes the romance itself so lukewarm.
Overall score
Story/plot: 6.5/10
Music: 7/10 (The ost is good!)
Acting: 7/10
The title is the same, with the name 4gatsu no tokyo wa...
The story in the manga is quite short, considering the heavy topic. I agree that the drama makes some part weird, but the scene in their teens actually very important. It showed the beautiful love between the 2 boys who had to face the truth and being separated after. It's actually a very heavy content, almost the same as the thought provoking "Kyuuso wa Cheese wo Yumemiru."
Not the most amazing, but it's one that's still quite good. The drama adaptation manage to convey the feelings of the bitter reality when it comes to same sex love.
I would like for the J-BLs to adapt more of the BL novels. Some of them have better storyline, like Eien no Kinou.
It's not explicit at all. It's barely even explicit. You want explicit? You have the dub-con, mind-break, or whatever genre they offered you, which is only one-shot or doujinshi.
Don't comment on things you haven't read. Read them first, and then make your comment again.
6.5 is very high to me. If you see the drama that I've rated, then you can see it's already quite high.
I don't think this drama is excellent, but it's a good pass to watch them to get through the day. I mean, it's safe enough to watch with all my subordinates.