But! The next two were much better! I still don't get the main lead and Phupha, but that will hopefully come with time. The visuals are great, acting and writing is good. The plot is interesting and nit overdone (at least not in BL drama), which is a breath of fresh air compared to all the other school BLs.
I'm not sure if there will be multiple pairings or just rivals in love situation. Honestly, all of them are so good-looking and interesting, I hope they all find someone! I like how loyal the second main lead is, but compared to the ambassadors, he seems a bit bland so far. And he can't really step up his game imo, since he's pretty good as a partner already. I just hope there's more to him than what we've seen so far.
That's basically the premise. Another good-looking guy "turned ugly" by weird haircut and glasses to make the crushing/stalking plot more cliche. This one goes way further in showing his interest, but it's more comedic than disturbing so far. Still, there's so much cringe I had to pause it every few minutes (sometimes after seconds).
The second lead is obviously gorgeous, with similarly hot friend. Nuea's acting a bit like Muang Nan, though he looks more like a Mork (also he kinda reminds me a bit of Fighter from "Why R U"). I feel like there's more to his character than we've seen so far.
Toh's friend group is loud. I litterally had to lower my volume each time they were on screen (very often). They are supportive, which is a good trait for friends, but it makes the whole situation worse. That said, it wasn't good to begin with.
I believe Sky and Jao might be a side couple in later episodes . That might be interesting, especially since Jao seems to be shy.
Overall, it wasn't that bad. I hope they tone it down in the future, otherwise it's only gonna be played for laughs. I will watch a few more parts and see where it goes. But I wouldn't expect anything 'realistic' out of it.
Parts 3 and 4 didn't disappoint with the fanservice!!
And the amount of times Zeyn said 'Malik' in that one balcony scene... I can't believe I'd said this show has a good script. The actual premise of the story is good! Writing, however? Underwhelming. They have a habit of putting overemotional scenes right next to silly scenes, making both of them lack impact.
Those jokes are way too corny and overdone for me. Zeyn is still acting creepy btw. It took him less than an episode to buy Mikey shoes, and they don't even look very comfortable for long tours imo. Also, where is he getting the money?! He's on a run! His caretakers have to work in a hotel! Stop wasting cash!
Somehow, I don't see any chemistry between the leads. Yes, Zeyn is hot. But that's about it. The progress doesn't make a bit of sense to me. Mikey is fine, but kinda bland. I don't really know how he's feeling or what he wants.
The last song would be way better if it wasn't sung by a cheater. Sorry, I can't feel sorry for you. But the song before it was great! Mamma Mia style.
The dog is still there, still being pushed around without any reason and still ugly. Not a fan.
Yeah, I'm kinda giving up on this one. If all you're looking for is a hot couple, there are plenty better out there. Songs and jokes are hit or miss. Some o-kay, some horrendous. The plot just isn't there at all, which means there aren't any obvious plot holes, either.
Overall, you can kill some time with it. I don't regret watching it. But it doesn't earn any commitment from me anymore.
Yes. If you watched Color Rush (the first tv show) or the movie, you can continue with this. There is a bit of…
There is a character that has a crush on main, kinda. It's hard to know how the main feels, sometimes the narration sounds like he cares for the other guy, too. But it's not really obvious and they don't focus on the relationship much. It's enough so that I think they might try to pull a jealousy / love triangle plot in possible season 3, but not enough to watch just for the "romance" aspect.
Thankfully, this doesn't have much of an opening and ending credits. 8 minutes / episode is truly very short, they can't waste much time on outros.
As far as the story goes, not bad. Episodes 3 and 4 try to balance it out with romantic scenes. But since there's so little time, it still feels like they're just pushing through the plot points.
It's cute. It looks good, even with the lower budget. No (unnatural) product placements. Acting is fine (the 'headache' part was very cringey, but otherwise I don't even notice it). The main shortcoming is hence the duration. Story like this can't be believably developed in under 2 hours.
What the hell was second episode meant to be about?!
It was really chaotic, but nothing happened meaningfully. The pacing was off. Why is Bank a better main lead than Ryo? It tried to be funny. It failed. Still, it was pretty hot. I'm probably judging it too harshly in comparisson with the original work, but it doesn't feel to have an impact on anything. The characterization feels off to me. Hope they'll find a better footing.
Yes. If you watched Color Rush (the first tv show) or the movie, you can continue with this. There is a bit of…
They're not. The second male lead (the probe) is absent in this season, and the story continues without him.
If you are mostly interesting in their romance, there isn't any of it in this season, so you can probably skip it. But if you liked the plot, too, I would still watch it (who knows, there might be a third season with the main couple in the future).
Yes. If you watched Color Rush (the first tv show) or the movie, you can continue with this. There is a bit of a time jump between the end of first season and start of this, but otherwise, it's direct continuation.
And it wasn't even that bad. The story was pretty good and acting wasn't too shabby. I would say it lacked a bit of depth, but it's so short, I can forgive them for that. It just means some parts don't hit as hard as they should imo.
The romance aspect of it wasn't as terrible as I expected it to be, either. I can see where they're trying to go with it and on paper, it's fine. But honestly, it also lacked depth. I wish they either went harder on it, or left it out for the most part.
They should have used more gray in the show, and showed the color rush better. Those parts were pretty important to me in season one, and they were lacking this time. Maybe if they focused on less plot and more on the emotional parts, it would have been sufficient.
The main character is acting too chill at times. Considering his personality from first season, he should be way more emotional (not showing showing it, but hinting at it). For the most part, I felt like he didn't care that much.
And they reused the "surprising relevation" for the second lead, yet again. Frankly, I found it cheap for the first time, even though it made more sense then. This time, not much was done to make it matter. So it felt stupid to me. But whatever.
The ending was interesting. I hope there is a third season, because such ending was just made up to muddy the water more. It had very little base in the plot. I feel like this short BLs are better served as movies, as opposed to the 8x15 format. If there will be a movie for this season, too, I think it will be more enjoyable than the series. Let's see if it's worth for them to continue.
This is a gay twilight/tvd mash-up, and no one is gonna convince me otherwise!
Also, it's pretty good. Doesn't feel too cheap. Actors are cute, which always helps.
The story is a bit too complicated for the limited duration, but I'm not complaining. It keeps me interested.
Viki is yet again really slow with subtitles, so it's gonna be painful watching on weekly basis. Once the movie is out, it's gonna be a better experience overall imo.
“By the entire world… AND the entire country.” What a great extraterrestrial nation Zurbania is!!!
Such a selfish prince he is.
The first half of their tour was super cringe and inappropriate. Just imagine how much worse it would look if Zeyn was 20+ years older. The last tour scene in gazebo was also cringe, but at least in a funny way.
Thank God for Malek. Finally someone watchable.
No, wait, there’s more of the tour… and it’s not good. Watch Zeyn gifting Mickey shoes in next episodes.
The car scene with Kevin is hard to watch. Like most of this episode so far. How would it help him move on?
And the tour continues!!! Old man Zeyn won’t leave my mind…
You just can’t put a serious talk right after a funny cringe and expect it to work!!!
The singer during dinner is pretty nice. The scene almost makes this whole episode worth it. Though it felt like shameless promo, so I’m pretty sure he’s an actor in some other Oxin work or something.
Zeyn’s coming on too strong. Looks like he doesn’t understand, after all.
After 4 episodes, this isn't fun anymore. Frankly, the first one was probably the best and now they're just limping around, trying to keep the momentum. I will probably still watch the next episode for the expected fanservice, but after that? Who knows.
The good stuff: Malek is at least a bit interesting. The song in the end (during dinner scene) was pretty good. If all singing in the show were like this, it would be much better. Zeyn is still pretty hot, but he’s also acting creepy (to me). So a mixed bag. The romance is starting to move somewhere, albeit pretty unnaturally. We are getting obligatory beach episode next time, so I expect more development.
The bad stuff: Almost everything else. Especially the pacing and acting. Visuals are good, but they are nearly wasted on this. They can’t have both serious plot and silly drama. But they try.
I liked it. It was fresh and funny. Not as dramatic as original work, but that might be for the better. They've changed a bunch of stuff (mostly minor), so I'm interested in seeing how they diverge from the manga.
Some changes I didn't like. Anda being generally more stable, sociable and popular person and Anda not wearing glasses. It presents the character in different way and some of the plot points lack impact because of it. The reason why Anda wants to be a mangaka, for example, seems like a childish effort to avoid becoming an actor at all costs. Lala being a pop idol might make it more realistic, but it's also more dull. Anda's friends figuring out his family is famous so early on might create some issues in future episodes, provided they stick to the manga with most of the main plot points. Anda not being as traumatized as Izumi makes some scenes lack the edge. Ryo's not being overworked nearly enough! And his drive is lacking, too, especially related to the commercial shooting.
But there are also some things I'm glad they've changed. The biggest one is the reason why Anda isn't as traumatized as Izumi. It works in the manga, but I'm not sure how they would implement it in the tv show without making it feel cheap and silly. The color of the marble changed to fit the overall story. Anda's brother (and his relation to the manager) feels more natural in the show to me. I don't think they will include the "twist" from manga for them, which is good imo. The pacing feels better so far than in manga or anime.
Some things I'm just confused about, like why they changed all the names. Maybe they just wanted to separate the show from original work more. Or they wanted it to sound more serious and less japanesse. I don't know. I will just have to get used to it. Someone in the house putting the picture down all the time. What is this, some psychological warfare?! BIG SPOILER AHEAD how shocked Ryo was when he took off Anda's wig. I get that they wanted to make the actual revelation more palatable, but like can't girls have short hair in Thailand?! Anda still looked pretty feminime to me, probably because of the heavy make-up. Honestly, I was even debating whether the bride was played by Turbo at all or not. BIG SPOILER ENDED
My favorite parts of the first episode - How Nagisa (Cher) is still obsessed with Ryo. It's amusing to me. How everyone on the wedding set has masks on except the main stars. The music box shoot. I don't even need to know what date it was to make a sound guess that the weather in chiang mai is most like utterly perfect a weekend after that. I like how confident Ryo may seem at times. It's very on point.
TL; DR : I enjoyed it. It was more funny and light-hearted than I expected it to be. My main issue is that Anda's personality doesn't fit Izumi's so far (or more like, the personality isn't as supported and escalated by the background characterization). I think it's gonna be good for people that didn't consume the official work (even better than if they just sticked to the manga more). To me, it feels like they are trying to make it less dramatic and more palatable, which isn't necessary a bad thing. But then it lacks some of the edge that was present in manga.
"Not true, I'm hotter." Excuse me, sir?! Even if it's correct, that's not a thing you should say about your sister to her boyfriend! (But it is something you could tell your future boyfriend about a rival.)
This episode was fun. I really hope the lack of two-way chemistry for the main couple is a plot device and not just bad acting/writing/whatever.
Aii and Saen are moving, albeit a bit unrealistically. They need more depth imo, so far their relationship looks like a generic trope.
Fuuu, Dome and Vee are interesting, to say the least! It doesn't help that Vee is the cutest little thing under sun and Dome is literally speechless. I still can't see the 'language barrier" they mentioned, but maybe it's just an excuse for Dome to look cool and distant.
We get it already, the coach is bad. He could have been a nuanced character, but seems to be just plain cartoonish villain right now.
I'm not gonna adress the sport thing, since I don't care about the sport thing. I doubt it's that believable, but whatever. The commentator seemed to know too much, but she was funny. So all is forgiven. At least they're breaking some sweat.
umm no? cause ryo likes him when he was a child so its kind of like childhood crush ?
My personal headcanon is tha Ryo(ma) didn't actually fall for Anda/Izumi when they were young. He just needed something to hold on to (look forward to) when time has been rough for him between those two commercial shootings and meeting Anda/Izumi did that for him. So it was like gradual suggestion/obsession that turned into a crush and then love once they reconnected.
That said, the story isn't what you would call realistic either way, so it didn't bother me so much.
Anime was funny and cute. Manga was pretty good, too (except the ending, but that's personal). I haven't read much of the LN, but it seemed well written. The movie is okay. Most people would probably find it boring and they altered some "iconic" scenes from manga/anime, which might turn off some hardcore fans. Honestly, I hope this tv drama does better than the movie.
Yes it wasn't a great finessed package but it suffered greatly back then from Covid so they couldn't do what they…
I understand that. It's such a shame they had to film it under those circumstances, because it's obvious they planned to invest into it a lot (those drawings at the end of each episode are nice touch).
I've already finished SaifahZon's story and while it wasn't bad, it would have worked much better as a part of main series.
So I wouldn't mind another season or a spin-off. It's just unfortunate the final product turned out this way. Still, I enjoyed it 💜
But! The next two were much better! I still don't get the main lead and Phupha, but that will hopefully come with time. The visuals are great, acting and writing is good. The plot is interesting and nit overdone (at least not in BL drama), which is a breath of fresh air compared to all the other school BLs.
I'm not sure if there will be multiple pairings or just rivals in love situation. Honestly, all of them are so good-looking and interesting, I hope they all find someone! I like how loyal the second main lead is, but compared to the ambassadors, he seems a bit bland so far. And he can't really step up his game imo, since he's pretty good as a partner already. I just hope there's more to him than what we've seen so far.
That's basically the premise. Another good-looking guy "turned ugly" by weird haircut and glasses to make the crushing/stalking plot more cliche. This one goes way further in showing his interest, but it's more comedic than disturbing so far. Still, there's so much cringe I had to pause it every few minutes (sometimes after seconds).
The second lead is obviously gorgeous, with similarly hot friend. Nuea's acting a bit like Muang Nan, though he looks more like a Mork (also he kinda reminds me a bit of Fighter from "Why R U"). I feel like there's more to his character than we've seen so far.
Toh's friend group is loud. I litterally had to lower my volume each time they were on screen (very often). They are supportive, which is a good trait for friends, but it makes the whole situation worse. That said, it wasn't good to begin with.
I believe Sky and Jao might be a side couple in later episodes . That might be interesting, especially since Jao seems to be shy.
Overall, it wasn't that bad. I hope they tone it down in the future, otherwise it's only gonna be played for laughs. I will watch a few more parts and see where it goes. But I wouldn't expect anything 'realistic' out of it.
And the amount of times Zeyn said 'Malik' in that one balcony scene... I can't believe I'd said this show has a good script. The actual premise of the story is good! Writing, however? Underwhelming. They have a habit of putting overemotional scenes right next to silly scenes, making both of them lack impact.
Those jokes are way too corny and overdone for me. Zeyn is still acting creepy btw. It took him less than an episode to buy Mikey shoes, and they don't even look very comfortable for long tours imo. Also, where is he getting the money?! He's on a run! His caretakers have to work in a hotel! Stop wasting cash!
Somehow, I don't see any chemistry between the leads. Yes, Zeyn is hot. But that's about it. The progress doesn't make a bit of sense to me. Mikey is fine, but kinda bland. I don't really know how he's feeling or what he wants.
The last song would be way better if it wasn't sung by a cheater. Sorry, I can't feel sorry for you. But the song before it was great! Mamma Mia style.
The dog is still there, still being pushed around without any reason and still ugly. Not a fan.
Yeah, I'm kinda giving up on this one. If all you're looking for is a hot couple, there are plenty better out there. Songs and jokes are hit or miss. Some o-kay, some horrendous. The plot just isn't there at all, which means there aren't any obvious plot holes, either.
Overall, you can kill some time with it. I don't regret watching it. But it doesn't earn any commitment from me anymore.
As far as the story goes, not bad. Episodes 3 and 4 try to balance it out with romantic scenes. But since there's so little time, it still feels like they're just pushing through the plot points.
It's cute. It looks good, even with the lower budget. No (unnatural) product placements. Acting is fine (the 'headache' part was very cringey, but otherwise I don't even notice it). The main shortcoming is hence the duration. Story like this can't be believably developed in under 2 hours.
Still, I had fun.
Also, the ears were funny.
It was really chaotic, but nothing happened meaningfully. The pacing was off. Why is Bank a better main lead than Ryo? It tried to be funny. It failed. Still, it was pretty hot. I'm probably judging it too harshly in comparisson with the original work, but it doesn't feel to have an impact on anything. The characterization feels off to me. Hope they'll find a better footing.
Visuals are great, though. A lot of eye candy 💜
If you are mostly interesting in their romance, there isn't any of it in this season, so you can probably skip it. But if you liked the plot, too, I would still watch it (who knows, there might be a third season with the main couple in the future).
And it wasn't even that bad. The story was pretty good and acting wasn't too shabby. I would say it lacked a bit of depth, but it's so short, I can forgive them for that. It just means some parts don't hit as hard as they should imo.
The romance aspect of it wasn't as terrible as I expected it to be, either. I can see where they're trying to go with it and on paper, it's fine. But honestly, it also lacked depth. I wish they either went harder on it, or left it out for the most part.
They should have used more gray in the show, and showed the color rush better. Those parts were pretty important to me in season one, and they were lacking this time. Maybe if they focused on less plot and more on the emotional parts, it would have been sufficient.
The main character is acting too chill at times. Considering his personality from first season, he should be way more emotional (not showing showing it, but hinting at it). For the most part, I felt like he didn't care that much.
And they reused the "surprising relevation" for the second lead, yet again. Frankly, I found it cheap for the first time, even though it made more sense then. This time, not much was done to make it matter. So it felt stupid to me. But whatever.
The ending was interesting. I hope there is a third season, because such ending was just made up to muddy the water more. It had very little base in the plot. I feel like this short BLs are better served as movies, as opposed to the 8x15 format. If there will be a movie for this season, too, I think it will be more enjoyable than the series. Let's see if it's worth for them to continue.
Also, it's pretty good. Doesn't feel too cheap. Actors are cute, which always helps.
The story is a bit too complicated for the limited duration, but I'm not complaining. It keeps me interested.
Viki is yet again really slow with subtitles, so it's gonna be painful watching on weekly basis. Once the movie is out, it's gonna be a better experience overall imo.
“By the entire world… AND the entire country.” What a great extraterrestrial nation Zurbania is!!!
Such a selfish prince he is.
The first half of their tour was super cringe and inappropriate. Just imagine how much worse it would look if Zeyn was 20+ years older. The last tour scene in gazebo was also cringe, but at least in a funny way.
Thank God for Malek. Finally someone watchable.
No, wait, there’s more of the tour… and it’s not good. Watch Zeyn gifting Mickey shoes in next episodes.
The car scene with Kevin is hard to watch. Like most of this episode so far. How would it help him move on?
And the tour continues!!! Old man Zeyn won’t leave my mind…
You just can’t put a serious talk right after a funny cringe and expect it to work!!!
The singer during dinner is pretty nice. The scene almost makes this whole episode worth it. Though it felt like shameless promo, so I’m pretty sure he’s an actor in some other Oxin work or something.
Zeyn’s coming on too strong. Looks like he doesn’t understand, after all.
The good stuff: Malek is at least a bit interesting. The song in the end (during dinner scene) was pretty good. If all singing in the show were like this, it would be much better. Zeyn is still pretty hot, but he’s also acting creepy (to me). So a mixed bag. The romance is starting to move somewhere, albeit pretty unnaturally. We are getting obligatory beach episode next time, so I expect more development.
The bad stuff: Almost everything else. Especially the pacing and acting. Visuals are good, but they are nearly wasted on this. They can’t have both serious plot and silly drama. But they try.
Some changes I didn't like. Anda being generally more stable, sociable and popular person and Anda not wearing glasses. It presents the character in different way and some of the plot points lack impact because of it. The reason why Anda wants to be a mangaka, for example, seems like a childish effort to avoid becoming an actor at all costs. Lala being a pop idol might make it more realistic, but it's also more dull. Anda's friends figuring out his family is famous so early on might create some issues in future episodes, provided they stick to the manga with most of the main plot points. Anda not being as traumatized as Izumi makes some scenes lack the edge. Ryo's not being overworked nearly enough! And his drive is lacking, too, especially related to the commercial shooting.
But there are also some things I'm glad they've changed. The biggest one is the reason why Anda isn't as traumatized as Izumi. It works in the manga, but I'm not sure how they would implement it in the tv show without making it feel cheap and silly. The color of the marble changed to fit the overall story. Anda's brother (and his relation to the manager) feels more natural in the show to me. I don't think they will include the "twist" from manga for them, which is good imo. The pacing feels better so far than in manga or anime.
Some things I'm just confused about, like why they changed all the names. Maybe they just wanted to separate the show from original work more. Or they wanted it to sound more serious and less japanesse. I don't know. I will just have to get used to it. Someone in the house putting the picture down all the time. What is this, some psychological warfare?! BIG SPOILER AHEAD how shocked Ryo was when he took off Anda's wig. I get that they wanted to make the actual revelation more palatable, but like can't girls have short hair in Thailand?! Anda still looked pretty feminime to me, probably because of the heavy make-up. Honestly, I was even debating whether the bride was played by Turbo at all or not. BIG SPOILER ENDED
My favorite parts of the first episode - How Nagisa (Cher) is still obsessed with Ryo. It's amusing to me. How everyone on the wedding set has masks on except the main stars. The music box shoot. I don't even need to know what date it was to make a sound guess that the weather in chiang mai is most like utterly perfect a weekend after that. I like how confident Ryo may seem at times. It's very on point.
TL; DR : I enjoyed it. It was more funny and light-hearted than I expected it to be. My main issue is that Anda's personality doesn't fit Izumi's so far (or more like, the personality isn't as supported and escalated by the background characterization). I think it's gonna be good for people that didn't consume the official work (even better than if they just sticked to the manga more). To me, it feels like they are trying to make it less dramatic and more palatable, which isn't necessary a bad thing. But then it lacks some of the edge that was present in manga.
"Not true, I'm hotter." Excuse me, sir?! Even if it's correct, that's not a thing you should say about your sister to her boyfriend! (But it is something you could tell your future boyfriend about a rival.)
This episode was fun. I really hope the lack of two-way chemistry for the main couple is a plot device and not just bad acting/writing/whatever.
Aii and Saen are moving, albeit a bit unrealistically. They need more depth imo, so far their relationship looks like a generic trope.
Fuuu, Dome and Vee are interesting, to say the least! It doesn't help that Vee is the cutest little thing under sun and Dome is literally speechless. I still can't see the 'language barrier" they mentioned, but maybe it's just an excuse for Dome to look cool and distant.
We get it already, the coach is bad. He could have been a nuanced character, but seems to be just plain cartoonish villain right now.
I'm not gonna adress the sport thing, since I don't care about the sport thing. I doubt it's that believable, but whatever. The commentator seemed to know too much, but she was funny. So all is forgiven. At least they're breaking some sweat.
That said, the story isn't what you would call realistic either way, so it didn't bother me so much.
I've already finished SaifahZon's story and while it wasn't bad, it would have worked much better as a part of main series.
So I wouldn't mind another season or a spin-off. It's just unfortunate the final product turned out this way. Still, I enjoyed it 💜