Well, I fall in love with the main leads, visually and performatively. Can't wait to see them more. But, director, please work on your editing team. Bad editing with redundant materials. I know you try to extend the duration, but please don't go for that technique --- that makes this series look cheap and amateur.
"... so, I think we will see Rin more in the future to contest Cake...."Please, let's not 🥺 I hope Cake will…
Mike, I would agree with you if this series only had like 6 eps. They will have 14 eps. They need to extend and exhaust their cards and resources, otherwise, it will be boring. I would love to see this series having an happy ending, say, two last eps (13-14) committing for fans service. But before that, I want them to explore options and face conflicts to identify where they want to go. They are young, so it is normal for them to be more explorative, confused, questioning their sexuality as such, and anticipate or dreaming of their future.
I think he's a grifter. Ep 6 preview looked like he takes another boy to go get ice cream. I think he plays people…
On nooooooo. Is this your prediction? or it is already in the novel and you read it? oh man, I want Sand to be a good boy with a purpose to challenge Cake's emotion for Eiw. I want Sand to be like Bas in ITSAY. But oh man, it seems they (director and writer) go down to the bad route by playing dirty to Sand and make Cake as a savior (again) for Eiw. And we will have Eiw as a character who consistently to be saved. Ughhhhhhh.... it will make me doubting Cake true feeling toward Eiw, whether he loves him or just feel bad for him.
Is the purpose of the time because they are going to jump ahead in years?
Well, if they follow Love of Siam's theme, I think there is a big potential for a time jump as an outcome for their love story. Love of Siam has an open ending, Tong told Mew like in the end of movie, "I cannot be with you but it doesn't mean I don't love you" so I think this series tries to amend what was left in the Love of Siam.
I've followed this BL closely. I had no idea about the time setting until episode 4, where they watched Love of Siam (2007). So this series setting could be in 2007-2008. Love of Siam was popular at that time in Thailand, baiting straight audiences into thinking they went to the cinema to watch straight romance. The movie marketing techniques focused on showing boy-girl couples, but then boom, it was boy love. Love of Siam, indeed, is one of the best BL movies Thai ever had.
Back to My Only 12%. In ep 5, Eiw shared his feeling with his sister Hom. This scene would be powerful, noting Earth was really trying hard to pull it through to make this scene believable. But, his co-actor, Hom, was not at the same level, she was a bit flat. Hom failed to show the deepness of her sympathy and cares for her brother. Maybe because she is still new in the industry, I hope she gets better.
Rin is still being kept. We have not seen her, only one or two scenes so far. But she already created conflict by indirectly affecting Eiw and Cake relationship. Rin made Eiw realize that one way or another, there will be people coming to their small happy relationship. Rin is new to Cake, and Cake seems hard to manage his priority. But, I don't blame Cake because I think for Cake, Eiw is just a really close friend or like a little brother. Most teenagers will go for his/her love interest over their friends, and most friends will understand if their friends bail on them because they are catching a girl/boy. This is a long series (14 eps), so, I think we will see Rin more in the future to contest Cake and Eiw's relationship.
We just knew Sand from ep 4. Sand is still a mysterious guy. So far, he seems to be a perfect boy in terms of his attitude. There are two routes for Sand. One, the director and writer play dirty on him by twisting his behavior to turn to be a bad boy. And somehow, Cake will be a savior for Eiw from Sand. If this route will be chosen, the implication of Cake and Eiw's relationship will be Cake, the boy who stays with Eiw because Eiw is too vulnerable to be alone in this cruel world. The second route is, Sand stays a good boy with very clear about what he wants by showing his love interest to Eiw. We've seen this route from Bas (ITSAY). In this story, Sand's job is to challenge Cake to win Eiw over. Even though (from the title) he won't win, he needs to complete his purpose. I think Sand is a perfect opponent for Cake. If they choose Sand to be a good boy, it will be interesting to see how far Sand can go and how his presence can impact Cake's emotions.
Lastly from my note, while the story keeps intriguing and developing, the production seems backward. The color tone becomes inconsistent and visual assets for the location become too redundant. I hope they will manage to up their production quality game like the earliest eps because we still have like 9 eps. Overall, I am happy with this series. Keep up the good work, guys.
What if SJ was a woman, and the day JW left SJ found out she was pregnant. A year after that, SJ had the baby alone without JW. Do you still forgive JW?
Well, JW definitely has reasons and issues but it doesn't mean he can treat SJ that way. JW plays very dangerous unhealthy and mind games here which can destroy a person's life and career. SJ is not perfect, but if he lets somebody like JW in, then he doesn't learn his lesson since it can make him end up badly. I still consistently think that they cannot be together. From 1-8, we know JW loves SJ but it seems SJ is not what he wants and needs in the future. SJ loves JW, but JW clearly is not what SJ needs to build a future together. Some loves from different worlds are solid and can work together, some are not. Different people from different worlds can be only together healthy if they communicate any of their issues thoroughly; otherwise, somebody has to give something which won't end up well. For example, SJ gives up his acting career so JW won't feel lonely; or JW needs to give up his cooking so he can be together with SJ. Issues like this must be solved by discussing with the loved one so nobody has to give up anything and still be themselves enjoying their own passion world. JW chooses an easy exit from this very difficult issue by ghosting SJ after one year of living together. No, that's nasty. If SJ was a woman, and the day JW left SJ found out she was pregnant. A year after that, SJ had the baby alone without JW. I didn't think anyone would forgive JW with his countryside restaurant if that was the case.
Back to My Only 12%. In ep 5, Eiw shared his feeling with his sister Hom. This scene would be powerful, noting Earth was really trying hard to pull it through to make this scene believable. But, his co-actor, Hom, was not at the same level, she was a bit flat. Hom failed to show the deepness of her sympathy and cares for her brother. Maybe because she is still new in the industry, I hope she gets better.
Rin is still being kept. We have not seen her, only one or two scenes so far. But she already created conflict by indirectly affecting Eiw and Cake relationship. Rin made Eiw realize that one way or another, there will be people coming to their small happy relationship. Rin is new to Cake, and Cake seems hard to manage his priority. But, I don't blame Cake because I think for Cake, Eiw is just a really close friend or like a little brother. Most teenagers will go for his/her love interest over their friends, and most friends will understand if their friends bail on them because they are catching a girl/boy. This is a long series (14 eps), so, I think we will see Rin more in the future to contest Cake and Eiw's relationship.
We just knew Sand from ep 4. Sand is still a mysterious guy. So far, he seems to be a perfect boy in terms of his attitude. There are two routes for Sand. One, the director and writer play dirty on him by twisting his behavior to turn to be a bad boy. And somehow, Cake will be a savior for Eiw from Sand. If this route will be chosen, the implication of Cake and Eiw's relationship will be Cake, the boy who stays with Eiw because Eiw is too vulnerable to be alone in this cruel world. The second route is, Sand stays a good boy with very clear about what he wants by showing his love interest to Eiw. We've seen this route from Bas (ITSAY). In this story, Sand's job is to challenge Cake to win Eiw over. Even though (from the title) he won't win, he needs to complete his purpose. I think Sand is a perfect opponent for Cake. If they choose Sand to be a good boy, it will be interesting to see how far Sand can go and how his presence can impact Cake's emotions.
Lastly from my note, while the story keeps intriguing and developing, the production seems backward. The color tone becomes inconsistent and visual assets for the location become too redundant. I hope they will manage to up their production quality game like the earliest eps because we still have like 9 eps. Overall, I am happy with this series. Keep up the good work, guys.
Well, JW definitely has reasons and issues but it doesn't mean he can treat SJ that way. JW plays very dangerous unhealthy and mind games here which can destroy a person's life and career. SJ is not perfect, but if he lets somebody like JW in, then he doesn't learn his lesson since it can make him end up badly. I still consistently think that they cannot be together. From 1-8, we know JW loves SJ but it seems SJ is not what he wants and needs in the future. SJ loves JW, but JW clearly is not what SJ needs to build a future together. Some loves from different worlds are solid and can work together, some are not. Different people from different worlds can be only together healthy if they communicate any of their issues thoroughly; otherwise, somebody has to give something which won't end up well. For example, SJ gives up his acting career so JW won't feel lonely; or JW needs to give up his cooking so he can be together with SJ. Issues like this must be solved by discussing with the loved one so nobody has to give up anything and still be themselves enjoying their own passion world. JW chooses an easy exit from this very difficult issue by ghosting SJ after one year of living together. No, that's nasty. If SJ was a woman, and the day JW left SJ found out she was pregnant. A year after that, SJ had the baby alone without JW. I didn't think anyone would forgive JW with his countryside restaurant if that was the case.