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Ultimate love story

I love everything about this. Them meeting, their voiceovers, the push and pull, the angst....so perfect
Gil-Chae was kind of a pick me in the beginning but it makes sense for the time period they are in. She has great survival skills and for women needed to be picked by a safe man in order to survive. She stepped up when there was no man to help them and went a long way on her own, I liked those parts so much. Gil-Chae and Jang Hyeon finding each other in these gaps, missing and yearning for each other while not admitting anything to each other...so entertaining to watch. I'm very happy with the 1st part. Let's see how the story goes

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Has more potential than the rest

I honestly liked it better than the water or air even though fai was being absolutely horrible in the first few eps.
Maybe its because they didn't completely butcher fai's character. We had a lot of time to get to know fai from the other 3 series, a fiery girl who will not back down. Lom was shown to be a playgirl before but in her show she became very mellow and quite, just like din and nam. But here the fai we see is the fai we saw before. She was passionate till the end. Even when they got together they still had that banter between them, which is something a lot of enemies to lovers stories lose.
The fact that it took both of them some time to warm up to each other and actually be nice to each other made it somewhat a good story. In the other elements all the couples are instantly on love and act like a couple the entire time. Here they only confessed in ep 6 or something which was good and actually felt like a confession.
This also has its own bullshit moments, like fai treating kaphrao like absolute shit for days but suddenly feeling protective. Like the shift from hating her to being nice to her was jarring.

The father was the worst character. He just brings another child to a home, dumps her there and leaves with being there for any of them. All the horrible things could have been avoided if he was a present father.

I wish this show was longer so that they could have developed the story better. I see a lot of potential with the characters as it compared to the other elements.

The actors were good. Someone should fill me in on their lore.

That was truly a journey, hopefully the next mega gl project is better than this

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They promised us a messy toxic gl and it did deliver (to an extend)

I might be in the minority that actually did like this show.

Yes, it had its big flaws let's get that out of the way. The editing was ass and the song choices were horrible. We had music every 5 secs and it would have a different feel than what the scene is conveying. The fashion was bad too. All of these were very noticeable in the first few episodes but they got better by the end.


Story wise it had its flaws and inconsistencies but come on, very few gmmtv shows have good scripts. I would say this one is slightly better than most gls I have watched.
The pilot trailer hinted at mixing of pairs but I knew to not expect anything crazy, even then I was surprised at how much mixing and matching there was. Adding EmiBonnie was so much fun. All the 3 couples have different plots and are mainly connected through their work. My ranking on the couples would be ShashaGorya>PrimBambi>MinPraew.

Shasha-Gorya are MilkLove's best roles. Both of them gave their best performances as these characters. The chemistry was sizzling. They were the epitome of enemies with benefits to lovers (unlike the ewb which is airing rn). The way we could see their attraction to each other in the beginning but they both pull away due to their own reasons. Gorya was such a complex character even though we don't have a backstory for her beyond her feelings for Prim. She had her strict boundaries but that never meant that she would not help someone when they were in need, even if they aren't her friends. Shasha was so hot and deep, her trauma being shown at the middle of the show explains so much of her behaviour and how she builds a wall around herself to never be used like that again. All the girls gathering to support her was a sweet moment too. Shasha and Gorya's bickering was so fun and I'm glad some of it carried out into their relationship. The big let down of their plotline is how they got together, we had good jealousy moments which push them to be together but then we have a lacklustre scene where they become a couple. Honestly I don't even remember the scene where they decide to be a couple, that's how unmemorable it was. Shasha's mother plot also was boring and out of character, she made it clear from the beginning that she is not close with her mother so for her to come in the last episodes and suddenly have so much power over her career and nobody doing anything about it was so out of the blue. Other than these two things they were a 10/10 couple. Like I said, MilkLove's best roles, way better than whalestore.

Prim-Bambi were fun at first but it quickly got toned down. Yes, Bambi was unlikable and annoying but she was so much fun. She was bratty and bitchy i.e iconic. She didn't care who was getting disturbed or annoyed she just wanted to get what she wants and that was Prim. She was not shy about it and had so much audacity. But then we lose it. Prim's reason for getting back with Bambi was not good in the first place, but we can ignore it thinking its pity and codependency. Then we have Airy reveal Bambi's mistake (Bambi was at fault for Zee's death, not completely but still she has a huge part in it) and then suddenly Bambi has a personality change. She suddenly doesn't want Prim's love if it is out of pity. I was very confused at this. The Bambi we met didn't care how she got Prim, she wanted her in any way, why care about the details now. And then suddenly she seems to question whether she is a burden to Prim and that she doesn't want to be with Prim if she is going to be in her way. That whole thing was ridiculous to me. Their breakup in the past was lame in itself, you know for a fact that an independent filmmaker is going to be 10 times more busy and desperate than anyone else, but then using the same reason now? But in this present Bambi was with Prim 24/7, she always walked into the studio like she owned the place so what more does she want? Plus if she was so reluctant to be a burden why do all that in the beginning? Why come and force yourself in situations when your plan was to leave in the first place? I know that Bambi has mental health issues but they are never explored properly. It would have been better if she was this bratty character throughout the series.
All this to say Prim sucked too. Her fight with Min about the leave was so illogical. Like you are not a corporate worker, you are running an indie film making company, you can't just ditch big clients because you think your girlfriend needs a break. All those issues could have been solved if Prim opened her mouth and talked with Bambi but I guess that makes up the toxic aspect of their relationship. At least Prim was consistent. Their reunion would have hit more if we had developed it over many episodes
I think so many inconsistencies with this couple could have been addressed by highlighting the class difference between the two and how it affects their relationship.
This whole couple dynamic was toxic af but was entertaining to watch in the beginning. Chemistry was good, but not as good as pluto.


Min-Praew, my biggest disappointment. From the pilot trailer and the official trailer I thought Min would be fresh out of a relationship and wants to experiment with a girl and Praew offers to be an experiment- Praew falls first and then develops even deeper feelings and prepares herself for a heartbreak and then as a shock she finds out that Min likes her too and then they navigate their relationship. But here they almost instantly become a couple and even though Praew says that Min can take all the time that she needs she starts pressuring Min almost immediately to go public and put a label on herself. There is nothing more to this couple than this plotline getting repeated. They were also very weird about bi ppl. Such a waste (just slightly better than OatNene)

Another complaint I have is their kissing scenes. These girls know how to kiss so why did it look like they were kissing for the first time in many scenes. Someone pointed out that all of them kiss with their mouths closed and I can't unsee it now. There were some high emotional moments which end with a kiss but they end up kissing each other on the cheek like friends.

Even though I have all these long ass complaints I enjoyed watching this show more than most gls. Idk why ppl are acting as if its the worst gmmtv show, this is better than most gmmtv gls. Ppl saying 4elements is better than this when that show barely has any plot and is just insta love. I think people are ultimately not ready for an ensemble gl, if all these 3 couples had 3 separate shows with the exact same plotline they would be showered with praises.

The main ost was bad but the rest all were amazing. The fashion got better but still, these girls are ambassadors of luxury brands, u could do better.
The integration of the friend group was nice and felt very natural. Gmmtv should just get rid of the fixed pair system cause the potential all these pairs have is insane. Namtan-Love, Milk-Film, Emi-Love, Milk-Bonnie, Emi-Milk.....like i need shows with them all yesterday!!!! I'm sad that my girl Tu wanted to appear in this but was not allowed to, there goes my Milk-Tu dreams.

I had a great time and will definitely be seated for a s2 with EmiBonnie as KrisBaipor. Add all the new couples too!!!

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A fun rom-com

This one was fun.

The whole virtual boyfriend thing was so ridiculous (and scary). I think they were trying to go for a swoon worthy male options but all of those scenarios were really fun to me. All of them looked a bit weird on this show though, I wonder if they edited/filtered their faces cause all those actors are usually very handsome.

I liked how slowly Mirae and Gyeongnam relationship developed. We could see that he liked her even before his virtual lookalike appeared. I would have loved to see more scenes from his pov.

They handled the aftermath of the app as well as they could. Its just such a weird situation. We get to see that Mirae healed from her insecurities by herself so it took the weirdness away.

The sets and locations were so beautiful!!! The budget was put to good use. The cameos were such a fun addition too, I wished they didn't reveal it before the show aired.

I would have rated this higher if we had some more episodes of them dating in real life and dealing with the whole app thing in a more detailed way.

The acting was just standard rom-com acting, I wish Jisoo's next project is something a bit dark.

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The ending lost me

the concept of this show is good and the 5 episodes are great with good plot to keep u on the edge of your seat. but they just completely give up on everything in the last episode. was it supposed to be a cult thing???? is this show trying to convey that ppl put too much on sex/are ashamed of sex?? or are they trying to show it as a bad thing and people who do it should be removed from the world???
maybe it could be just bait for a 2nd season

the cases and the connection to the lines was interesting and i love that the victims/perpetuators are connected. they should have kept that going

lee soohyuck looked amazing (as always)

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a chaotic mess

a show about 5 girls named ploy with each ploy's story adapted from 5 different stories. its as messy as it sounds.
why does gmmtv take up projects like this if they are not going to put any money in it? u have so many incredible women in the cast, from main characters to side characters, yet u don't use any of them properly??????
i have multiple problems with the plot and pacing:
1. the yearbook mix-up only affected like 2 of the ploys, why did they make it such a focal point of the series, especially punk ploy being so mad abt it when it did not affect her
2. the girls weren't close as grown-ups other than prof and prez so a lot of the friendship moments felt forced
3. the guys, don't get me started, they were so hypocritical. like mek and thap were so mad at prez and pretty for 'cheating' but they could get along fine even though they thought the girls were dating the other?? even their hangouts were weird. u don't show them together as friends in their high school days, but in the last few episodes, they were suddenly friend group? they didn't even show pi as a part of the group until the plot moved on to plain ploy.
4. pretty and mek's story was the most interesting but they rushed to finish that in 3 episodes so it felt very bland.
5. kram was such a plain character, his name should be plain. all his decisions were dumb, im not even an actor and i could tell all his decisions were bad pr for both of them.
6. WHAT IS THIS SHOW'S OBSESSION WITH ALMOST SIBLINGS DATING EACH OTHER?!?!? kram being adopted by prof's mom, punk and tawan being adopted siblings?!?!?? i can pretend to ignore prof and kram cause they knew each before he was adopted and they were kind of grown when it happened but punk and tawan??!?!? he was brought into their family as her brother and they date?!?!?!?!
7. everything with tawan's ex-wife was a big mess im not even saying anything.
8. i will always be a punk ploy defender. i would be pissed too if my parents brought a random guy and said he is your brother, deal with him.....she was the funniest character here. her and pretty's silly fights were cute. they could have done tawan and punk differently. like punk's father is tawan's role model or something and punk being jealous and when the parents die they leave the gym to him, that would give proper reason for her anger.
9. the whole divorce thing with plain was also messy and didn't make sense, like which court operates like this??
10. thap and prez's story had potential but just like pretty and mek, they rushed everything into a few episodes so it was messy.
11. thap,punk and kram were shown as good friends in the flashbacks in the last episodes, but they don't seem to interact when they are grown up so???? feels like they were doing whatever with the script
12. im really disappointed that they didn't try to make the friend group thing genuine, it seemed fun in the last episodes.

they could have made this a bit better if all the things were happening around the same time instead of one by one. the highschool flashbacks could have been shown in order than putting random parts here and there, thap asking to date prez from the first reunion and finally getting together at the end etc etc

the costume/makeup department did well, you could feel the difference from when they were in high school to adulthood.
the prez vs punk moments were so funny to me, i remember namtan and film's insta stories showing bts where they are all lovey-dovey with each other
im glad i get to see them play adults, i was so tired seeing many of these actors play highschool students over and over.

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More like love at first sight

Thai gls are starting to lose me. Most of the shows I see only exist to show the lead actresses' chemistry and not to tell a story.
The show is named enemies with benefits, the pilot trailer and the official trailer all alluded to the leads being enemies with benefits but they were nothing like that. This is more of a love at first sight/one-night-stand thing cause both Lal and Wine instantly like each other and act married immediately. They were not even enemies, Wine was just strict.
I went in expecting banter, them hating each other yet being drawn to each other, navigating personal and professional boundaries etc.......I got nothing. They don't even do justice to the thai title 'Lal doesn't like Wine' cause Lal is the one who is 100% into Wine from the beginning. Their back and forth in the initial episode was good and I was so sad it died down.
The dynamics are also lowkey boring, it feels very similar to 'hello is this luck'
The stars are for the last half of the show and Wine's characterization. Wine was a good character, all of her fears and her experiences making her the person she is today and her awareness of herself were all great.
Jan and Jinging were great even though they didn't have much to work with. Most of the show was just them being lovey dovey with each other. KapookCize were just there but its good to finally see them as a solid pair. The side characters were good too, actually felt like a found family.
Osts were amazing. I wish they put more effort into styling cause I feel like we were supposed to feel a change in Wine physically after she starts dating Lal but we can't see that cause the styling is so basic. Lal's hair colour changing every episode was pissing me off.
I like stories in the same universe so I will be seated for bake love feeling.

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another kdrama with characters who have potential to be great but falls into the generic ways

the synopsis and the first few episodes really made me excited. a girl boss who puts up a strong front and shields herself but not letting her emotions out and a sensitive guy who protects himself by keeping people at a distance. would make a great story right? but they just made this into a generic romcom

they fell in love too quickly without any obstacles. it would have been satisfying to see the ml wanting to connect with the fl and him being faced with the obstacle of not able to help her emotionally. these things did happen in the show but not as a heavy point in the plot. the writers did the easiest thing by making her grandma pass away, that just simply gave away a emotional opening. it felt too easy. and they started saying i love you way too quickly for me. it felt like 2 days after they were together they were in love.
even the second couple too, just jumping into marriage??? that too when the guy has so much trauma and ptsd???? bro should understand that a marriage will not wipe his problems away, he should try some therapy. they too had the potential to be great but the writers were lazy. i wonder if this has something to do with the situation in korea, with people not getting married.

the villagers and workers were supposed to be an important part to the story and be the comedic relief but i was not able to connect with them so everything relating to them was boring. i didn't find this series funny at all.

they also slightly over-did his sensitivity. wdym he knows the delivery man is sent by the enemy to swap the bottle because he is sensitive. i had to check whether this was a fantasy series cause they way they were showing his sensitivity u would think he had a superpower to read people's minds.

i don't think romcom dramas are for me. was very interested in this initially but after the couple got together it quickly became boring

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For people who loved my precious the movie and want to relive the memories of tonglin’s first love. Also for people who want a heart-warming series about first love
I loved the movie and was so emotionally attached to it even though it’s a simple plot and it's safe to say I loved the series too.
The series is an expansion of the movie. It’s basically the movie with many of the extra scenes, which did not make it into the final cut. U get to see the characters more and explore their friendship and characteristics. They even show us more about their families and the dynamics in their homes which makes the kids who they are. I’m happy that they explore ja-oh more, it felt like she was a very small character in the movie. They also made it fun by making the girls and the guys interact together more, making them one big friend group. They felt very real, like a group of high schoolers, focusing on studies and college entrance, having silly contests, and hanging out at each other’s restaurants.
The series also subtly highlighted lin, who I think is a very different type of a female lead. She is a typical goody-two-shoes but not the annoying type. She is strict but not in the sense that she never has fun, she knows the time and place and the amount of fun they should have. She has a distaste for tong, but she never looks down him for getting less marks. She helps him and his whole group, though all of them don’t put equal effort. She is the popular girl but not in a mean girl type of way. She knows all the boys like her, but she never takes advantage of their feelings or uses them. Lin and ja-oh’s friendship also shines here, like how ja-oh isn’t jealous about all the guys liking lin or how Lin never uses the guy’s feelings to look more superior. She is a very good friend to all; we can even say a selfless friend but she never loses sight of her goals and ambition. She does not let anyone distract her from her dreams. Lin might be one of my favorite female leads.
They showed how Lin and tong slowly started to like each other and fell in love. I live for tonglin so I was very happy. My only complaint would be we didn’t get to see much of their dating era, which only lasted one episode. I came in expecting more of their dating before the breakup
The last episode was completely different from the movie and it was one of the best . I love how they gave each character their own career paths and love lives. I love how they waited for each other. I really love how they ended Tong & Lin’s story, how they waited for each other, and how tong describes his first love. His whole monologue was very beautiful. Truly a great ending. I had tears in my eyes
I’m sad that this might be one of the last times we see film-nanon in a project together, both of them have big projects lined up but I will be still waiting for more. Also, its high time View gets the role of a main lead, she has proven herself as a strong actress multiple times.
I will be definitely rewatching this, probably binge-watching this to fill my heart

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a stylish revenge drama

the whole premise and backstory is good. we do take a lot of time setting up the story, we see our main character's usual life and how his whole world get manipulated into something sinister. we see every step of how he is blamed and how he copes with life in jail. i appreciate the time taken to show this part of the story. the next part onwards its a bit off.

realistically it would be way harder than this to take someone like yohan down but even if we set realism aside i just kinda wanted some genius play by taejoon to finally defeat him. they ended his character so easily. he has advanced technology, he's smart, he's ruthless. it's a pity that they just ended his character just like that. the revenge part was more depended on taejoon emotions rather than a solid plan.

maybe this series would have benefitted from more episodes

the action sequences were amazing. the car race, the jail fights, that motorcycle chase, yohan sword fighting, the final battle....all were such good action shots. the acting is great too

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we have seen multiple bullying focused kdramas over they years, many of them having a uniqueness to them. even this year there was pyramid game, which was very different from usual ones and handled bullying with more care. the only thing unique about this drama was its budget.

the revenge, bullying and romance didn't feel like it held weight. all the plot twists except for the murderer reveal were boring. i thought we all assumed they were brothers. it also didn't make sense for kangha to fall in love with jaei so fast (that too for no reason).

we can see that they intend for a 2nd season and where they are going with it but it would have worked better if they didn't tell that kangha was inha's brother. they should have made this season about the core 4 rich kids and their love and friendship. if this season had focused more on romance and then kangha coming in the middle innocently it would have been great. the previous scholarship student should have been just a passing thought.it would have set up for a more interesting 2nd season if the audience didn't know kangha's personal reasons for revenge. i think there might be love triangle in the next season

the romance felt rushed but it had potential to be great. the acting was not bad like all the social media commentary. im glad that these actors are getting main roles after seeing them be side characters. we need more hera and ujin romance pls

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could have been mind-blowing but

a series with all my fave girls, ofc i would watch it.
i had high expectations for this and they did deliver for the first few episodes. there was the element of the unreliable narrator and all the 3 sisters being suspicious was good. but then some things started to get repetitive. i feel like a good 40% of this series was 'don't trust your family-family is all u have-everybody else are liars-everyone is selfish'. i get that we are trying to give a message but at some point it gets too much.
i guessed the killers cause they were portrayed as very innocent ppl. the characters were kind of inconsistent. chatfah was shown to not care abt her sisters but suddenly at her deathbed she loves them so much? and picha being another affair baby, whose child is she and why did the mother hate her so much while she was the father's fave. they gave too much details abt bua and chom's characters, it didn't keep the mystery of the series. they were rich ppl but didn't have basic security or any power over the police (which rich ppl usually do). ending with the all ' we are sisters, we love and hate each other' concept was so boring.
all the male characters were useless we could have avoided almost all of them.
at least the girls had great outfits throughout the series. now it's time to wait for 10000 years until gmmtv gives us another female centric show.

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our very own paradise, pluto

when the mock trailer dropped i literally screamed cause the last thing i expected was film to be in a gl. after that i got to know abt the novel this show is based on and prepared myself for a toxic mess but the show and the team surprised me a lot.

a lot of the story is changed, like the team took the prompt from the novel and wrote the rest on their own. and i think that was a great decision.
aioon and may are very morally grey characters who are humanized and made very vulnerable. they don't condemn their actions nor glorify them just two people falling in love in very unique (?) situation.
i loved the pacing, the first half showing us how ai and may fall for each other and the other half addressing the elephant(s) in the room.
this was a romance which satisfied me. we see both of them learning about each other, sharing their insecurities and deepest pains and finding comfort in each other instead of rushing.
i feel like they handled may's blindness and everything related well along with oom as a part of this. i really sympathize with oom and also see her pov. they wrapped up everything nicely. from the accident, oom's ptsd, grandma's love etc

the one thing that irritated me the most was the 'first love' thing which eventually becomes the reason why oom breaks up with may. that was so dumb to me. its not even first love, its a first crush if we are pushing it. i get that oom is deeply insecure but come on, at least u could have shown may reassuring her. and the way may kind of accepts the fact that she always wanted ai??? like did may and oom dating did not mean anything???? they could have made a more solid reasoning for their breakup. also i did not like that instead of being at least 5% mad at may for being one of the reason her so called best friend(given that i thought he died cause we never see him until way later on) is disabled and a orphan, ai overlooks it. that could have added a bit more depth to may's arc
to finish off the complaints, i think the editing was off and the faults were very noticeable in certain episodes, mostly in scenes where we cut from one location to a new one. the cinematography also didn't feel right in certain places. also was not no budget to make a intro/opening sequence, cause wtf was that? we have such beautiful actress, scenes and osts and u have video sequence with so much slideshow animation.....this show deserved a better one

the jaw dropping part of this series is namtan and film. their acting and chemistry??? off the charts. especially namtan, she played both oom and aioon so well u could totally tell them apart even. i been a fan of film but this was literally her best work. no words left for the chemistry.

the osts are so good too, they lyrics match with the theme so well.

pim,pang and jan were fun to watch even though they didn't add much. kapook my girl i will get u a gl where u end up happy (kapook gl with pipoly,cize and jan as her love interest for 2026 pls gmmtv)

overall a very good series, will definitely rewatch it

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