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This was so lovely what the heck

Acting:

Goodness they were all so sweet and lovely love to see it. I think they adapted the story and characters well to a Thai style of drama and the acting reflected that. Fourth had just the right amount of ridiculous facial expressions and reactions without it feeling wrong. I loved the change in Gemini’s character which fit Gemini a lot better than the original Ida. Pahn was so precious as Matmi, love love love. Chokun did a damn good job with being a little butthead even more so than the original Akkun lol.

Writing:

I think they did such a great job adapting the Japanese manga/anime (which were basically copy + paste) into a Thai-style drama. I liked all the changes they made. I don’t think a show needs blatant external prejudice faced by a queer couple to be good, so the absence of the cram school tutor was fine in my opinion. It was so soft all around and had that extra little dash of intimacy that Thai dramas do better than Japanese dramas. There were only a couple itty bitty things that I would have done differently, like the whole telling the parents thing was for sure rushed a lot, but it wasn’t horrendous.

Chemistry/Romance/Kissing:

It’s Fourth and Gemini so I mean… Like obviously it was great. They can do absolutely no wrong they are so talented and work so well together in every way. This for sure works well as a romance, very cute, very sweet. The kissing was honestly unexpected coming from the source material, but it was very sweet.

Music/SFX:

Cute cute cute cute cute. I live for a Fourth/Gemini OST gimme 100 more. SFX were solid, nothing felt off at all.

This was such a sweet watch. I can’t believe I put it of because people are mean and entirely incorrect in their assessment of this series.

Now, for some highlights from my notes:

- I LOVE this manga and the Japanese adaptation but I’m gonna try to go into this with little-no expectations so I’m not too disappointed like so many are saying
- My FOURTH LOML
- Pahn so cuteeeee as “Hashimoto”
- IT’S A MUSICAL???
- God, I can’t when Fourth sings he got that stage presence fr
- A Gemini tune too??? EEEEE
- A Gemini AND Fourth number during a dance scene??? My HEART
- Listen, I know the cat is for sure only here for product placement later, but I still love it
- Half out here throwing down nails in the road to their love
- “If you like my ornaments you should see my box”??? What is that shirt??
- Am I the only one in this world who doesn’t hate to see a guitar coming in a GMMtv show lmao I get the joke, but also, yes, please do serenade each other
- Half here to truly throw a wrench into the works of love
- Mudmee my girl
- The original story didn’t really have chemistry in the manga or Japanese adaptation (I still loved them and thought they were amazing), but Gemini and Fourth are adding a level of chemistry that just makes this so lovely
- I loved stoic Ida but I also absolutely adore this character change in Kongthap
- Honestly, Fourth is NAILING the dramatic reactions from the manga
- I just learned that Prathet Thai (Thailand) means “land of the free,” that’s neat
- I do have to say that Half is not as endearing as Akkun in the manga or Japanese adaptation
- This is such a weird comment to make but I think this is the first time I’ve seen the use of a spork in asian media in my like 20 years of watching/reading it
- On the one hand Atom needs to chill for a sec but on the other hand like, I get it…
- They really made Half 2x worse than Akkun lol
- AHHH THIS WAS SO CUTE THEY ARE SO CUTE WHAT THE HECK
- istg if they pull a MSP and have him wake up to find out he didn’t get accepted I’m going to write a very strongly worded email
- YAY
-CUUUUUUUUUTTTTEEEEEEEEEE