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a legendary and culturally influential series
this series has given so much joy to not only international fans, but the thai general public as well. the impact and incredible impression that pond has had really became his mangum opus.phuwin, his interpretation of peach was phenomenal. he gives such a laid back and *full* personality to peach that is not seen all the time. i could sing praises about both of them, but i want to also highlight that p'x did an absolutely beautiful job in every step of the story timeline for thee and peach. the comedy was so good, the romance was well balanced given the very clumsy style from thee growing as his feelings developed, and the visual imagery/symbolism was breathtaking.
my only complaint is that they kept the perthsanta story too prevalent. no matter how i feel about perthsanta, the tawan & aran arc was skippable for me. both of them were a mess, so i guess it's fine since they wanted to be in a mess, but the way they kept pulling peach/thee into their conflicts or toxic personalities. aran, though sweet looking, lacked so much respect for himself as a person that it just made it uncomfortable to watch him self-destruct himself. if the book is different, then that's it's own thing. in the series, we didn't actually need to see them.
the arc that should have been focused on more was rome & mok. there was so much left unsaid and we didn't really see their own dynamic too much. it makes sense given the fact that william was essentially a last-minute addition, but it would've been great if p'x had more time to work him in to the series better.
still, this series is the series of the year for me. there isn't much that i can compare to it, but seeing the way pond & phuwin have been able to blow away the general public with their naturalness on screen, it makes me so happy to see them get that recognition that is hard for most, if not all, bl pairings to achieve. truly deserving of so many accolades this year!
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a float serve at best
you start this series and think it’s going to go a certain way and try to track it, but it ends up just dropping in front of you without making it to a real significant point.I am still giving this a high rating because frame and ryan genuinely carried the entire series, both in acting and promotions. more so that frame being able to pull off two roles, and make me feel very different things for each character, deserves to be praised. they both poured so much into this and don’t deserve to be overshadowed by some of the worst writing to exist. it rivals mame in the sense that there is minimal critical thinking from characters, no world building, dialogue is not a thing, and production that just accepts bare minimum in editing, filming, and sound.
which leads into my second point: there’s too many couples. I would let sam and that other guy get a pass if they actually had chemistry, but team always looks so tense it was actually uncomfortable watching him. I had hoped he would loosen up a bit or even give some unscripted type of improv but it didn’t happen. I hope he gets more comfortable if he continues in this industry, but that couple should’ve been written out of the series or changed how their scenes went. generally, I find second lead couples to take my interest, but this one was a hard pass.
overall, it’s fun but suffered a lot from keeping zee as a relevant part of the plot. this needed more thought put into it from an outside party or something. disappointing, but I still think it was a good watch just to see rising actors like frame and ryan.
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thoroughly enjoyable!
there are not many BLs that I think give good time to secondary couples but this one proves that it is possible to do right!though I will be honest and say that Lee & Park stole my heart. I loved their story more than the main couple and their chemistry was beautiful.
if anything, this is worth watching for them alone. but the entire cast is great. I enjoyed the writing though I did subtract a bit from my overall score because I wanted a little more from the main couple & the production team.
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it’s good until it’s bad
started good; then idk what happened…mieko was a good character at first, but she really has some serious mental issues. her being jealous of eiji and senoo’s relationship, forcing herself into it + their daily life, and then having sex with BOTH of them? it definitely isn’t right how she used the baby as leverage to stay with them.
eiji was gay (100% according to his conversation with senoo) so where did his “love” for meiko come from? I’m still absolutely baffled he just stayed w/her.
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trust the process!
the first couple episodes might be hard to get into, as IWKY it seems very slapstick comedy at first, but you truly have to trust the process and the storyline.the characters are so charming as the drama advances, it’s really not even surprising this won an award. there is comedy, some great friendships, and a good use of vintage styles.
I truly enjoyed all the actors in this series, most of all thiw. he seems rough and abrasive but he is a big drive to the story working as well as it does.
only watch this if you like comedy and if you go into it with an open mind. you won’t like this otherwise. I loved all of this. and the ending, although missing things i would’ve liked to see, was still good, in my opinion.
one of the most fun BLs I’ve seen in a while.
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