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It is becoming more common for them to live over 10 years and younger and healthier patients can live longer than 20 years.

The thing is that if you have a heart transplant today and you make it to 25 years from now, you will be running into issues with your transplanted heart in the year 2046. Hopefully by that time there are other options for you.....

So Tian could live to grow an old man with his husband.... :)

It is Thai BL. Even He's Coming To Me had a "happy" ending.... Well, there was The Shipper but that's an exception LOL

Seriously thought, I was thinking along the same lines, that IRL Tian would not live long because his heart transplant would fail eventually. Well, it seems I am on the wrong.... Younger transplant patients who are relatively fit can survive more than 20 years. Considering he is in his 20s, and that 20 years from now we could have other advances, it sounds like he could live a pretty long life. Maybe he can get another transplant 20 years from now? IDK

What would definitely kill him is the way he likes to live his life. Why did he try to get into a fight with those tea buyers? What happens if he looses his meds? He is so far from the hospital now... I would think you want to be close to your doctor for at least the first couple of months until you go through the growing pains of a new heart....

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I will rewatch but if it was there, it was poorly translated or portrayed

OMG OMG OMG OMG.......

Deep breath! OMG OMG OMG....

I need to sit down.... :)

It is weird to me because I didnt know that. Maybe you read the book? Thanks for the spoiler.

What is weird is that White's character says "did you clear the road" right before Tian collapses. Watch it again!

This has exceeded my expectations. As someone pointed out, there are some minor issues but this is one of the few First Episodes in a BL that gets a 9.5/10 for me.

Whatever it is, I think it will be important later on. My guess is yes, it could be Tian's friend. Somehow I think it will be tied to Tian's collapse or his night of excess.

Is Joss a real southern or northern thai?

I see why ppl say they are similar. At the very least, the original Chinese version took a lot of concepts from Japanese shojou manga, of which Itazura na Kiss is a well known example.

But now that I have watched this version, I can say they are just similar. Some key aspects missing from this show thus far which I think are unique to InK are: the stolen kiss, living together (in the C-drama they are neighbors. Here they are too?), a dumb second lead, Naoki being good at everything.

But we do see some things clearly burrowed from Japanese shojou manga: the cold hearted tsundere, the daydreaming female lead, the male being super smart while the female is dumb, etc.

I wouldn't call the Hana Yori Dango story a very progressive story considering that in the story the female is constantly rescued by the male lead and considering that this follows the idea that a female can be the catalyst for change in a man (in other words the character that transform and changes and sees significant growth is the male character).

GMMTV should just do GL. Now that would be progressive ;)

You have some good points but I think it had be equally unfair to have someone else play it just because Bright is not fully "Thai" or is not "Thai Chinese".

I agree that the female character should have gone to someone from the provinces or an ethnic minority. I am not sure how realistic that is, considering the history of colorism in Thailand and the fact that the only time I have heard a Northern Dialect spoken (at least in Thai BL) is when they want to characterize someone as being dumb, uneducated, or incomprehensible. Baby steps?

Will this be available with English subtitles? Where can I watch it?

Based on the comments above, I will edit my comment to read "inspired" instead of "remake"

here is a good description of the differences and similarities between the two from someone who actually watched both:
https://aminoapps.com/c/k-drama/page/blog/similar-dramas-reviews-playful-kiss-it-started-with-a-kiss-vs-a-love-so-beautiful-havent-finished-post/eYms_3uELZNMW3zp4bz8Djaq6x66zJ6SQ

People are putting ITSAY up so high than I do hope when I watch it, I don't find any flaws or else I am gonna be pretty upset ;)

I am much more optimistic about the BL genre and where it is headed but I do admit there is a lot of crappy shows full of toxicity that are hailed as good. Still, I like the fantasy aspect and the romance. Also, it is not like the hetero C-dramas, J-dramas, K-dramas and T-dramas, do it better.

I based my comment on the comments in the A Love So Beautiful mydramalist page. Many there say it is similar to Itazura Na Kiss....

I see tons of similarities but the one thing missing thus far is the "stolen kiss" element. Also, at least in this Korean version the ML is less cold.

The fact that it is based on a novel means nothing. The novel could have been inspired by the Japanese manga.... The question is how similar are they. Thus far I had say, VERY.

J100, Pearl Next Door was made by the same folks who created Gameboys. Gameboys is a drama, not a student project. That is so condescending and insulting. The IdeaFirst Company has won multiple awards with Gameboys and got Netflix to buy the show from them to show it in its platform. Gameboys is arguably the most successful Filipino BL ever, and it was shot in the same style as Pearl Next Door and it is produced by the same folks. Calling Pearl Next Door a "student project" is calling Gameboys one too. And nothing could be farther from the truth. Gameboys is a brilliant show. PDL is derivative, yes, but it is a well-made series. Adriana So's Pearl is the best female supporting character I have ever seen in a BL.

Anyway, you are correct that GL doesn't generate a lot of money but trust me, Pearl Next Door was made for profit and it is profitable. The folks behind PDL have said they don't expect it to be as successful as Gameboys because the market is smaller for GL but they still felt that giving Pearl her own story was important.

Besides PDL there are a couple other GL shows but the name GL hasn't caught up either. I know at least of a Korean movie series and I think there is an American movie that is GL..... There have been a number of GL side stories in Thai BL.

GL has a drama. It is called Pearl Next Door.

I am not sure I agree with this statement: "gays feel always discriminated even if they have been given plenty of variety shows".

We gay ppl feel discriminated for a variety of reasons. How we are portrayed in TV is one of them. BL is not perfect but it is at least an attempt at portraying gay people in TV. Personally, I am fine with it but I do feel like there is room for improvement.