kate

okay so i just want to say that it usually takes me 2-3 weeks to finish thai shows bc i have the attention span of a five year old, and i also have lectures + i am an athlete. im telling you this so that you will understand just how hooked i had to be on this show because i finished it in less than two days. TWO FUCKING DAYS. no skips, no 2x speed, nothing. i was so addicted to this show that i genuinely could not stop watching it. this show has 3 (or maybe 4 i can't really tell if pertar were like official) main couples and i had a great time with ALL of them. while all the plots definitely relate, they aren't fully intertwined the whole time, so i'll break this up into paragraphs for each couple.

1. kim + mon (chokunaston) my babies
GUYS KIM AND MON WERE SO CUTE LIKE I WANTED TO CRY THE WHOLE TIME THEY WERE ON SCREEN THEY WERE SO SWEET IT MADE MY STOMACH HURT ADFJLAKLSDFSDKFJ ADF I LOVE THEM SO MUCH MY BABEIS. okay but seriously, kim and mon were by FAR my absolute favorite couple in the show, and honestly, they're probably my favorite bl couple of all time. this is chokunaston's first show together and they killed it SO hard like WOAH. these two have so much potential you already know im hype as hell for their upcoming show. kim is so freaking cute. greenest of green flags he is so obsessed with mon its hilarious. mon is probably my fav bl character ever he is so me. together, kim and mon are so sweet. they had such a cute confession with the giraffe doll like i squealed like a 12 year old girl at that scene and im not even ashamed because that is the only appropriate response to that. kim also delivered one of my favorite lines ever that i quote daily "he reads shakespeare, i read doremon" that is SO funny to me. i really appreciated that kim and mon got together within like three episodes instead of dragging it on for ten episodes. sometimes i lose interest in characters once they get together but it was the exact opposite with these two they were just so cute together i never got bored of them. i need a bf as obsessed with me as kim is with mon. that one scene where mon is trying to study and kim is just staring at his face for an hour genuinely makes me laugh every single time i rewatch it, and you already KNOW that i have rewatched this show at least ten times. i also really did enjoy the dynamic between kim and mon's mom. usually parents in bls kinda piss me off, but the actress who played mon's mom was really good, and she made the character make a lot of sense. i think it was really cute watching kim do literally anything to win over mon's mom because he was just SO in love. i hate red/black flags in bls and kim + mon were SO far from that. they were so soft and so fluffy. the rest of the show was soft and fluffy too, but these two REALLY delivered the fluff. this show made me fall in love with chokunaston, and i am SO excited to see their futures. gmmtv please please PLEASE give them a character i would spend thousands like i need a chokunaston doll to be friends with my permpoon!!!

2. kit + shane (lukemick)
kit and shane started off good but ended AMAZING. i'll be honest, i was REALLY suspicious about how these two would work together. i've known about mick for a while and i didn't think that he was really made for bl. while i didn't know a lot about luke before watching this, i knew enough to the point where i was a bit nervous. in my opinion, these two started off a little rocky. i mean, its blatantly obvious that these two are like super mega straight, which isn't like an ISSUE, but it was kinda glaring. however, as the show went on, you could tell they were getting more used to playing their roles. i think that kit and shane got cute after shane stopped being all uptight so like around episode 5-6. honestly, i just loved kit as a person, so i didn't really care about shane until they got together. i will say i was genuinely shocked when they kissed in episode TWO. like woah. but honestly, these two were so sweet. i would say that even though mdl lists kim and mon as main characters as well as kit and shane, kit and shane were the MAIN main characters. i will say i felt for shane's struggles in trying to figure out what he wanted to do in college because trust me buddy, we've all been there. towards the end when all the stress about college was happening, i really loved the connection between kit and shane. it really did feel real, they were really sweet together, and the way they comforted each other was so AWWWW. also, shane and his cat were so cute like ugh so freaking adorable. i loved that cat (sorry im blanking on its name idk why) but that cat was literally kit and shane's child i swear. all in all, lukemick did a very good job with this show. while i was a little nervous about how they woud do with their parts in the beginning, they really got it together and delivered phenomenal performances towards the middle/end. while kit and shane aren't quite as perfect as kim and mon were, they were still so fun to watch.

3. tan + nat (podpapang) aka the teachers
okay so they were cute! honestly, i dont think i have that much to say about these two. they were cute! i enjoyed their scenes. were they my least favorite couple in the show? like yeah, but i still love them. i thought their connection seemed really genuine and sweet. they were so wholesome, but then again, the whole show was. the actors did a great job and thats all that really matters.

4. per + tar (kenpaul)
so like im gonna be honest when i say i was so confused as to what these two were while watching the show, but i THINK they were something. like they kissed yes but they never officially got together (at least from what i remember) so like.. i know kenpaul are paired together but idk yall.. per and tar were SO CUTE tho, i really loved tar paul is such a cutie pie. unironically paul is my favorite person like ever he is so cute and so sweet off camera and on camera he fit the role of tar so well UGH hes so cute it makes me mad. everytime tar came on screen i felt violent because i just wanted to give him the biggest hug ever cuteness aggression is real and my proof is the existence of paul and his portrayal of tar. i wish these two got more screentime because they were so cute and funny, especially at the beach when they got lost like BRUH i love them so much. honestly, these two need their own show because i would eat that shit UP i love kenpaul i love paul my baby like how is he so cute my baby my baby you're my baby say it to me.

conclusion time!!! so to wrap this up, i think i should talk about the overarching plot and all that. i guess i just HAVE to. so lets be real here, this show's plot is very simple. nothing crazy is happening, its just a cute fluffy high school love story between the two main couples that are students and also one about teachers (and a mini one thats also students). there wasn't a lot of unnecessary drama which i really appreciated. like, all disagreements made a lot of sense and nothing felt forced. yes, kim could be a little dramatic sometimes which would cause issues with mon for like 20 minutes, but he's so cute that he can get away with it like yall i do NOT play about kim and mon. honestly, one thing i really loved about this show was just how colorful and vibrant it was. i really liked how the characters didn't have uniforms at their school, and how nothing ever looked dull. all the color is a welcome change from other high school set gmmtv shows (my school president comes to mind). overall, this show is PHENOMENAL. it is up there for my favorite bls of all time, and it is most definitely my favorite thai bl. this is my comfort show, i rewatch it whenever im sad because kim and mon bring me so much serotonin its unhealthy. i wish my high school experience was like this bruh WHY DIDNT I HAVE A KIM UGH. anyways, to officially conclude: WATCH THE SHOW IF YOU HAVENT. it is such a good time, i was smiling and giggling the ENTIRE TIME and i rewatch it at least once a week. boys in love altered my brain chemistry, and i am so excited to see these actor pairings moving forward because these boys have SO MUCH potential!!!