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Not especially exciting or memorable account of when a couple decide to build a house. She wants a trendy designer, but also her father to do the building, and so there are inevitable numerous clashes in sensibilities. As you'd expect, the house gets built (full of compromises) and the designer and carpenter develop a grudging mutual respect. There's a running subplot about the husband trying to write television scripts under ridiculous requirements, but it never goes anywhere and just wastes time.

Don't take your medical facts from dramas - they frequently make very obvious mistakes. A doctor would be in trouble if they did not perform life-saving treatment, even if there was not formal consent.

It looks to me like it's based on Japanese people's impressions of historical Europe that they've derived from watching old Western movies.
This is more evident in the anime version, e.g. when the little rich girl's servants are all black (in fact they look like white men in black face, rather than true African Americans). I found this offensive, but after all that's what we see in old American movies.

Not even as precise as medieval! In the first episode we see suits of armour (late mediaeval/early renaissance I think), in the second a viscount in a wig (roughly 18th C style I think) riding in a coach.
On top of that, the locals use the odd German word, which must sound very European and exotic to Japanese ears.
I don't think I've ever seen a Western program depicting such eloquent, and as you say, orgasmic responses to food! Similar to the Wandering Gourmet, minus the orgasms.
One of the many bizarre/hilarious aspects of this series, is that the meals are typical everyday dishes, not at all inventive or unusual.

I believe the live-action and anime are actually both based on the original manga.
I don't see how the weirdness would be due to being based on an anime or manga. The weirdness is because it shows the Japanese impressions of Western history as portrayed in Western movies.
In the anime, the little rich girl's servants are all black, which I found repugnatn, but after all, it probably originated from watching old American movies showing African Americans as servants and slaves.
Our versions of Japanese history in Western movies probably look just as weird to Japanese viewers.

Are you aware of any online articles in English on the production? It seems like an interesting story, given that some many people here want more positive WLW dramas.

Is this all in Mandarin? Some is, when I quickly flicked through it to listen, but I couldn't always understand when they're talking especially the father. I'm pretty sure it's not Cantonese either.

Yes, in some countries a same-sex partner doesn't have legal rights. However a doctor would perform an emergency life-saving procedure without consent.

We've all seen so many LGBTQ+ dramas that end in heartache. This one seems so LGBTQ+-positive that it's almost certain it will end well.

When someone says "I do it because I love you", people forget to question whether that's really love, or just disguising itself as love because then people can't critique it.

Kind of makes them look like they came off a production line, or that they didn't really matter to their parents.
Or maybe the scriptwriter couldn't think of any names?
Reminds me of the Balinese Wayan, Made, Nyoman, Ketut = standard personal names which represent numbers.

Interesting how much discussion this drama evokes. Like you, I find a lot of the script unconvincing or even poorly-written, and I have watched loads of Japanese/Korean/Chinese dramas, so I think I do have a feel for the cultural issues that Yorkhiroshi argues here above. I feel that a people are making excuses for the poor writing, but evidently they find it convincing and realistic. And here I am still watching it and will watch it through to the end.

Fascinating how the actual drama differs from the trailer which was evidently filmed with a plot synopsis in hand. I've never seen that before, usually the trailer uses excerpts of the final cut. The actors have different hairstyles, and certain scenes are different e.g. Song's car crash: girlfriend in the passenger seat, or on the phone.

In case anyone cares: a doctor wouldn't delay a life-saving operation just because no legal consent is available. At least not in the Western world, I don't know about Asia and specifically Thailand, but I can't see why they would be different. And so it's a bit lame when a drama relies on this to push the legal problems of same-sex couples. Surely there are realistic stories that can be used.

Your loyalty in sticking through to season 3 is impressive! I gave up after season 1.

Those are good recommendations. Also:
The Bad Kids
The Long Night
Kidnapping Game
and for a detective story set in Tang Dynasty China:
The Longest Day in Chang'An

Koreeda Hirokazu had a hand in this? My favorite Japanese director. I wouldn't have given this series a second look otherwise.

Yes, and her calibre is represented in the movie Better Days, where she has broken out of just doing commercial romantic comedies.

My understanding was that kun is a term of respect to an elder, like Korean 씨 and Japanese さん.

So in Thai, you still address someone as "kun" even when you've had sex with them? How very respectful. What would it take for one of them to suggest a bit of informality?