Vivi

Could've been better

I loved Me and Thee. The first episodes were funny and enjoyable, with Thai soap opera references and fast progressing plot. In the middle episodes, I felt kind of boring. But the last episode brought me joy and happiness again. The ending was beautiful, with Thee even buying GMMTV 🤣🤣🤣.

I really really loved Pond's acting. His acting made Me and Thee deserve all the hype the drama received. I must say, Pond Naravit's acting was impressive and truly remarkable. He totally nailed his character. All Thee Peach scenes were so good and they had very good chemistry together.

In my opinion, Rome-Mok relationship wasn't shown as expected. I still believe they could've given them more screentime and include them properly in the storyline as a side couple rather than Tawan and Aran. William and Est both added great scenes with their acting. I liked that. It's a shame they had very little screentime compared. One thing, you cannot expect everyone who watches Me and Thee to have read the novel. I didn't read either. So, the screenwriter should've organize the plot more clearly so that the general public could understand better.

Telling the cons, I'll start by mentioning the no dating rule in the mafia family. The father had banned their kids from having relationships, which caused a lot of suffering for both his kids. But in the end when Thee finally tells his dad about it, he had that "Oh man I was just kidding. It wasn't that serious" vibe. Like, what was that? He had made both his sons mentally distressed for a long time because of this rule. Too much time was wasted in the episodes just because of this.

Combining a lot of tropes like abusive parents, orphanage kids, no dating rule, mafia bosses competition, messy and red flag relationships (tawan-aran), evil work rival (Wiwat or whatever his name was) and a lot more into one drama made the story a bit messy. It seems great for some people I know, but I felt a bit messy.

Also, if the mafia boss plot was the main thing after thee peach relationship, they could've added more scenes with the Shohei group and Touch. Thee and Touch's rivalry could've added more action scenes but they totally wasted that potential. It would've been better if they expanded that plot rather than ending it with just one action scene in episode 9. Thee is a mafia boss after all.

Lastly, Tawan-Aran side plot was totally unnecessary that I wanted to skip their parts. Aran is illogical; one time he wants to get rid of Tawan and live his life, other time he'd go all lengths just to have him back. Their interactions indicated all the signs of a no-return breakup. Tawan is a red flag. However, they got together in episode 9. All I can say is that Aran has no self respect for himself. He shouldn't have gotten back together with Tawan at all, since Tawan treated him much worse and getting jealous for every small thing and always misunderstand things. I don't believe he could change 180° just like that in such a short time.

Overall, this series is not bad. The acting, music and sound effects were great. All episodes brought a lot of smile on my face. I appreciate that. But I have some kind of "It could've been better" feeling.

Read More

A cute and light-hearted story

It was so refreshing to watch a light-hearted high school drama which mainly focused on the school trip, just like the title. I'm not that into hardcore bls, so this was good to watch. I liked this story approach because the story felt natural, two boys getting to know each other and gradually realizing their feelings during the school trip.

Kan Hideyoshi (Watarai) played his role amazingly. The high school crush who's introverted but gentle, caring, and supportive. How can I forget he's very possessive too. Hioki's acting felt a bit unnatural in the beginning, like the over-introvertness. However, it became ok after a few episodes.

I'm glad they're releasing another two episodes, because I wondered one scene in the opening credits wasn't included in the 10 episodes. The story was completed in the 10 episodes, but who doesn't love more episodes containing their life after that!

Read More

A must-watch movie

This is the one of the best movies I've watched this year. Before watching, I read some posts on X (Twitter) about the two characters backgrounds in manga, so it was somewhat easier for me to understand the story.

If you feel like the main characters' plot was lacking scenes, just look at Sugiki's eyes!!! His eyes tell the whole story if you look at them properly. Keita Machida (Sugiki Shinya) portrayed his role perfectly. He has the the perfect gentleman aura all girls fall for. (Not to mention he's my most favorite character here). Takeuchi Ryoma (Suzuki Shinya) is also the same. Both of their eyes always perfectly showed all the emotions throughout the movie. I repeat this again, please focus on their eyes!

I couldn't take my eyes off for a second while watching the movie. As a previous dancer myself, this reignited my passion for dancing. That's why I loved every second of this. The dancing scenes were never boring to me. The scenarios, lighting, everything was perfect.

My only disappointment is the ending. You can't just end it like that. The title is 10Dance, yet the 10Dance competition didn't even start in this movie. I really hope they'll release a part 2 in a few years.
Also I wonder how Suzuki and Sugiki could participate in the competition together in the future. All the competitions showed here had male×female partners, so I'm wondering whether they could participate as partners. If I got it right, in the last scene they perform together because it's only a demonstration. Maybe they'll change the rules. I only reduced the rewatching value because the story isn't completed yet.

Read More