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But to me this series is more realistic, whereas Gameboys is too manipulative for me. Mico & Xavier have to overcome inner obstacles to be together, whereas Cairo and what's-his-name are just playing frogger with deus ex machina obstacles tossed in their path.

This drama perfectly captures the painful emotional confusion of a young proto-gay man (isn't Mico 18?). That's plenty - I don't need an ending that reflects the crushing loneliness and misery of my youth, and there's also the message that you don't have to be alone - your true friends love you and will support you, so be honest with yourself and with them. My best friend is a die-hard conservative Republican and when I came out to him he yelled at me for an hour because he'd always known, and he was deeply hurt that I took so long to tell him.

Reading these comments (not yours), I think a lot of people don't understand this show or expect a string of tired tropes like Thai BLs. The editing and cinematography are stellar, and I'm not sure I understand all the Tony bashing. The stare he gave before saying "para sa iyo" was so powerful for the amount of love, longing, and vulnerability he put into it. This show is more naturalistic in style, as opposed to the 14-year old fantasies that Thai BLs are - Mico is an idiot because he's 18. He's playing a realistic character, not a stereotype, and Xavier isn't a knight in shining armor like one of the pair always seems to be in BLs, he's a young man struggling with feelings he doesn't understand. This show feels like it was written by a gay man rather than a woman (who in many [but not all!] BLs are just writing a heterosexual teen fantasy-romances and throwing a boy into the woman's role), so maybe it's too alien to many viewers, especially very young ones. Many people here are calling this series "shallow" - WTF?!? Seriously?

He's a freshman in college, so he's 17 or 18. Is it fair to expect him to behave with the perspective and experience of a more mature adult? I would have been even worse at that age.

In ep 5 the look he gave Mico just before he said "para si yo" could have melted stone - the longing and vulnerability he put into that was first rate. Nobody in this series (or any other BL I can think of) is a match for JC, so unfair comparison!

I'm guessing from your name you're a woman, apologies if I'm mistaken. Mico is 18, possibly 17, 19 at most, and almost all men are emotional idiots at that age. If he had suddenly confessed his love in the silence it would have been out of character and felt wrong, or inauthentic.

100% my experience as well. I'm not sure this is really a BL - there's a realism here, an exploration of issues, and avoidance of the formulaic tropes that are making Thai BLs get really old and repetitive. No accidental kisses, no tripping and ending up with faces close together and stare at each other, no triple takes ruining every emotional high point, and no children's-show sound effects. I think this is a full-on gay drama.

He's also 18, maybe even 17. Pretty much all men are idiots at that age.

Three options: 1. kisskh is wrong, 2. There is a bonus episode (maybe behind the scenes), or third, the one that's producing homicidal urges in me, we have to wait 2 weeks for the finale.

Dramalist better be wrong, because I'll fly to the Philippines and light things on fire if I have to wait two weeks for the finale.

People don't like him because he's not Top, and once a ship has sailed, everyone would rather nuke the whole fleet than see anyone else paired with either. I think Win is lovely. He's not over-the-top like the main characters, but it's not like Top was particularly interesting either.

People aroud here take it very personally when you don't like the same shows that they do. I don't care much for Gameboys and I'm the anti-Christ. For this show, I'll watch the first ep and see what I think, and if boring, I'll skip to ep 6 following your advice.

I'm kind of curious what "suspect" motives I would have for writing a review - not everyone likes everything. I did go back and watch up to the current time, but I like it less and less as it goes on, so there's really no reason for me to spend time on something I'm not enjoying.

Thanks - I watched more an adjusted my rating. Downward. I'm glad it was a misdirect, but that's all there is here - external plot devices/twists rather than character/relationship development. And I mean organic development, not just Cairo suddenly deciding he's Gav's baby, which is way out of character. I will say the Cairo actor is way better than I gave him credit for based on the earlier episodes. He's wasted in this show. Maybe they should have cast him as Gav and it would have been more interesting.

At least it HAS a love story. This is just one person flirting and pouting and the other one acting irritated, then suddenly proclaiming himself "Gav's baby" which is completely out of character. What has actually happened in 10 episodes? Almost nothing.

I changed my mind about the acting - when called upon to act, Cairo was excellent. I'm certainly not into the hot young gay boy trope - that's one of my issues with this series - Gav just pouts and flirts all the time and it's repetitive and relies too much on his cuteness and not enough on plot. The plot needs to be driven by organic character interaction, not an endless series of external events - car breaks down, COVID death, evil ex-bf, irrelevant ex-gf, etc. I think 10 episodes should count as "giving this a chance" I'm not sure why my dislike of this series bothers people so much, but I appreciate your feedback and edited my review - as you mentioned, saying "stay away" is not appropriate.

Is there some law in Thailand that requires people names Fluke to be supernaturally cute? It can't just be coincidence. I MEAN LOOK AT HIM.

I appreciated this balanced review - everyone seems to either love it or hate it. Regarding lips, if you are hit in the mouth, your lips will bleed. It's actually unrealistic to a ridiculous degree how being punched in the face seems to do nothing on most shows. You will bleed and get an ugly bruise - there's not much padding on your face. What I think is really bad is when someone trips and their faces mash together for an accidental kiss. In reality teeth and blood would fly everywhere.

I like this ten times more than Gameboys. Actually infinitely more because I'm not a big fan of GB. I could watch Ep 4 over and over all day.

It wasn't your lack of comprehension - I found it confusing too. I couldn't get through it. I had no connection at all to any of the characters, and the main pair weren't even in the same scene until it was a third over. It just too boring to watch. And I can tell you it certainly didn't make me want to buy any of that toothpaste - they all looked so miserable using it.