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Good story, good looking leads, and ok acting...but the script is ruining it

I started this majorly because the director is the one who also directed the OG Addicted, and NGL, also to drool at Wang Chen Rui....after watching the first 3 episodes, I am divided - the story is good, the actors are also reasonably good, but the script has too many loopholes

BL-Needle Score: 7.5 Reasonably high BL-ness

The leads are really gorgeous and the guy who plays Xu Feiyu, (Sun Xiaoxiao?), seems like a better actor than Wang Chen Rui so far...but the script is a turn-off with too many loopholes

1. Why on earth would Xu Feiyu go around with a bandage on his eyes like that..his family seems reasonably well off with the kind of house he lives in....why would he not have the doctor prescribe him a dark glass or something similar to wear? And then who ties the bandage to him..there is no one around - was it the last caregiver who he drove away?

2. Who cleans that big house and why are they never around? Even though Xu Feiyu has haphephobia, house helps can very well manage around it.

3. His mother is off to a work trip without a househelp even when she knows how sensitive/tantrum-ey he is and the caregiver is likely to be driven away?

4. If Song Yi is so hell bent on finding his half-brother that he actually traveleled to another country to do that, and then he immediately spots him conveniently at his senior's place where he goes seeking shelter, he is expected to be a little more serious about it and not joke around all the time, immaterial to how prankster-ey he is otherwise

In a nut shell, the message so far seems if you want to enjoy this, don't go looking for too much logic and details.

Verdict: Maybe watch to see where this goes because story is good, and the leads are good?

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phew, this was a doozy.

i do not know how others felt about this title but this was sort of a bittersweet ending for me, leaning toward bitter. this was my first watch after the edge of horizon and the themes are basically the same. i reviewed the former, and if you read it, you may know that this story had the power to trigger me as well. i truly felt moved by the desires of the students and their vigor.
with the current socioeconomic state of the world, we need a global revolution especially for those who have been fighting for their rights for decades. one preface is, i do not fall into the excuse that, "it was a different time", to justify immoral behavior.

anyway, i watched this for mile and apo but became less interested in them once the second set of romantic interests were introduced. tanwa and trin were beautiful together and i am glad they also ended up together. unfortunately, their two year separation ruined the immersion, for me. timeskips will always disrupt my experience and likely piss me off. there is no realistic way they had a two year no contact period and still loved / like each other. i liked that there were twists. i thought tanwa selfishly kept trin away from the last protest that caused fatalities but it was because of a promise. the promise almost is nonsensical because i feel certain tanwa would have kept trin away anyway for his own personal interest. tanwa was not going to do the right thing since he had no reason to.

krailert and naran are what have me feeling bitter about this title. these two captured my attention immediately and i wanted to see them more. their ending was tragic. however, it was also deserved which bothers the heck out of me. why were they written to be empathized with? they both cheated on their longterm partners, one married and one not, with each other. luckily, it does not seem to be that they were engaging with their partners sexually so thank goodness for that. i also loved that, in the end, both women were very "girlboss" about the path forward. i truly desire this cheating trope to die a vicious death in BL. the cheating is what ruined their entire relationship for me. these two were clearly wild for each other and they could have had their forbidden love without the immoral garbage. krailert was already well established trash before he started cheating on his wife but then he made it worse. his former lover was murdered due to their associations and he never changed a shade. he may have vindicated himself by telling the truth but then he ended up having to pay the consequences of his actions, still. naran is similar. he fought on the right side of history but cheating on his partner and treating her like a roommate dumping ground was something else. in the end, they both diverged and viewers never saw them again.

i want to speak about the partners of krailert and naran too. dao and dhevi were both upperclass women who did not have to think about the political state of their area. for the time period and their roles in society, they were decent women. dao deserved better than naran and i am glad he told her the truth. her abusive reaction, by hitting him with her heel, felt satisfying. she clearly cared a lot about him despite wanting to mold him to be suitable for their future. she should have dumped him ages prior to the start of the story. now, dhevi is a different case. she was decent until the blackmail at the end. she did not directly threaten her husband with naran's death but she alluded to it. she was privy to krailert's former partner's demise and kept it hidden for years. she KNEW he was gay, potentially even when she proposed she marry krailert, and still proceeded forth. she knew he could never love her as a wife / women but she continued anyway. as i type this, i realize she was a devious person. she got everything she wanted at the cost of a real marriage and an innocent child which makes me believe she was mentally unstable. one could even presume she caused the death of general pracha, which is impressive but more so terrifying. under other circumstances, i would hype up a women like her in a time like this but what she did to krailert was evil and unforgivable.

some random bits to mention for me are: i liked that tanwa and his father seemingly rekindled through the writings of his mother. i liked that this was probably the therapy he needed to accept her passing and move on from the depression he felt as of result of the heartbreak. his father, for once, truly started acting like an actual father. one redeeming quality of the father was that he clearly loved his wife immensely and well after her passing. trin running to france was a strange choice, to me. he had nothing left there [and apo's french was horrendous-sounding]. perhaps it was to start over and escape what transpired with victor. speaking of, victor and veera's murders were a miserable experience to witness. they deserved better. moira's character was the MVP in this; everything about her was a ten out of ten. whoever dressed her character when meeting with krailert, at his presumed release, knew what they were doing. i noticed that all the women in this were beautiful and that astounded me. the jump to present day with tanwa and trin was not satisfying for me - it meant that there would be no season two and we would not get to experience them rekindling their love.

the intimacy in this was incredible. all the kissing and most of the sex scenes were truly scenes to be admired. the chemistry between mile and apo will probably never falter in anything. i was not completely sold on the chemistry between son and euro despite preferring their pairing. regardless, the four did so well. the acting from mile, apo, euro, nok, fuiaz, mio, & jt really struck me. be on cloud has access to some unprecedented talent and delivers engaging storylines. i hope they do not continue to waste time and lose what is left of their talent pool.

i noticed some goofs, period inaccuracies, cringe moments, and questionable decisions made but this story was enough to circumvent those issues. i may return to this review to type out those observations. to conclude, shine was executed well and made it onto my ranked list.

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A Cautionary Tale on Paternalism

The theme of paternalism on steroids is the underlying problem in this series.
Twisted parents exercising total control over children under the guise of wisdom. Personal autonomy for children is completely stripped away as patriarchal figures enforce rigid boundaries - overriding self-determination.

Except for the FL and her companions, the Queen’s sister and the Prince's wife women are portrayed as lacking agency. Their personal decisions, and voices are ignored, by others reducing them to passive participants in their own lives. Paternalism is the root of the “Eve" trope where female characters are depicted as the source of ruin, intrigue, or downfall.

Portrayed also is the totally twisted psychotic fathers: one finally realizes his flaw the other does not.

The FL reprised this character in her recent role in Blossoms’ of Power.

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I didn't know that I needed this

It is a 10!

OMG, that was something! Where do I even start? The chemistry between the actors is 🔥🤌🏻 ! The scenes don't seem awkward, they feel natural even when the characters are getting intimate. The actors look comfortable next to each other. There are no weird moves (GMMTV, take notes), no aggressive and fake-looking kisses, just passion. And we're here for that 🫣.

The story itself, I heard, is based on the real history of Siam and its road to democracy/constitution, with some fictional changes, and it makes it even more interesting. I actually started reading about Siamese history because of this series 👀. So the story itself has potential, and the actors delivered = 10/10 👏🏻. I also have to mention that the actor playing Prince has such beautiful eyes, and his way of portraying emotions with them is amazing. His beauty has to be protected. The actor playing Captain is also very good at expressing his character. I really got invested in this drama LOL.

If I have to add one minus point here, I'd say the scene with the unconscious/sleeping Prince (I know he wasn't actually sleeping, but Phob didn't know that) is inappropriate and could have been handled differently. I understand it's necessary for the later scenes, but consent, please! It's 2026 and consent is SEXY.

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Feel-Good Family Drama

A heartwarming and wholesome tale about second chances and making up for regrets. It’s a different kind of rebirth plot, with an estranged older couple reuniting as 18-year-olds in the same high school class as their teenage son.

This is the kind of creative storytelling I like to see in vertical mini-dramas (rather than tired plots that have been rehashed dozens of times). It’s in the same vein as “As Brilliant as Fireworks” (2025) and also shares the same two male leads, Zhang Chi and Wang Yi Lei, alongside Wang Xiao Yi.

Zhang Chi’s ridiculous wig aside, the three leads have great chemistry and their family dynamic is adorable. Definitely a feel-good watch!

Don’t miss season 2, where we get the backstory of the parents’ relationship and a reversal of the plot, where Zhang Chi’s character travels back in time to his parents’ youth in the 1980s. It’s just as sweet and maybe even funnier.

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Gunner Be My Player Two

This was too sweet UGH, I really liked the story. I haven't seen the main 2 in anything else, I know they were in Fourever You but that show is way too long and slow for me lol. Maxky specifically though stuck out for me the most, his energy is infectious and he really nailed the emotional scenes.

I think the pacing in this was pretty solid, you got my guy from 'Love by Chance' singing in it Boy Sompbob! I couldn't really take seriously that the team is strictly phone app gamers, maybe thats a thing more nowadays but I feel like it would be so boring to watch in a tournament and to play. Get them consoles or PC set ups! Those gaming portions needing serious trimming down or just more interesting portions to watch.

Also.....GUNNERRRRR! He’s not in jail and with someone else in this show! I'm so happy for him!

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Totally Binge worthy

Let me start by saying I watched the first episode and was mad, and crying... and when we got to the end of that episode. I was hooked. The title Marry My Husband doesn't give you the full depth of the feelings that this story has to share. I loved the ML and couldn't get over how wonderful things kept falling into place, yes I originally thought 12 episodes works have been good to end, and I'm Ike another viewer was upset at first with the trite arrival of what I felt was a needless character. However, I realized towards the end how perfect adding that character was. I loved the completely perfect ending in bringing us back to the same timeline as the beginning. I would watch again. maybe not in 36 hours like I did this time. yes I watched episodes 1-8 and I'm slept, went to work and came back and watched the final 8. totally suggest maybe taking it slower but it is totally Binge worthy.

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Totally absorbed by this drama

Usually the most episodes I can watch in a drama is 16. I have watched all 24 episodes in this drama, The Early Spring. I was left wanting more, I would have easily watched 32 episodes.
I enjoyed the drama, the main characters frustrated me at times with their lack of communication. The performance of the actors was great, there were times I had a cry and reached for tissues. Jing Boran’s acting was excellent, playing a character with many dimensions, arrogance, self righteousness, loving, emotional. The Norway scene looking at the Aurora, when he was on the phone pouring his heart out to Flora, crying with a broken heart, was very emotional, I felt that sadness, I was reaching for tissues.
The outfits he wore were incredibly, he is very handsome.
I felt Flora’s character could have been more dimensional, and communicated more with Luke. I was surprised Flora never told Luke about her friend committing suicide, such a devastating thing to happen, why didn’t she tell Luke, I felt that was lacking in the script. Jing Boran and Sun Qian did a great job acting the intimate scenes, it was done so well, making it seem so realistic.
I thoroughly enjoyed this drama and recommend it to anyone who loves watching romantic dramas.

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stepping up the game

OffGun really stepped up the game. This was so different from the fluffy dramas that's usually made.

Gun going through career slump really hit hard and felt so relatable. Whoever was incharge of adding songs, you were amazing. The songs choice was so so good. The editor has such good taste in music.

it felt realistic that Gun was so sure he had feelings for Dew but somehow Off's character made him horny in ways he couldn't explain.

although Off and Gun ended up with each other, it wasn't like a fairytale happy ending with both being unsure how long they'll last together and i liked the way it ended on that note

the Paintings were amazing. I loved the art style of the artist. Each painting felt amazing

Dew did a splendid job as always with his acting. The sweet guy can also lose his cool

Watching this series was little hard, given how toxic Koh was, but overall the series wasn't bad, it's so underrated

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Simple Love and Struggles Story.

I watched this before watching Zhuyu back then and actually it was quite good for realistic love on 1970's

The plot was quite realistic for Fei Ni and the girls struggles on the 70's. This drama actually it's more heavy than Xiao Fang (both drama are great, i recommend to watch both drama). Fei Ni got rejected to her dream campus and started her business to survive.

Sun Qian has 'that' chemistry with Chen Feiyu and i love their healthy dynamic in this drama-resiliance and no power inbalance between them. Their marriage era was quite natural to watch. The family crisis part was quite hit and supporting casts doing a great job. The villains are not like general traditional drama, they have another reason to do that for surviving the era. Some characters has character development, but those who are purely evil has no redemption arc and they got their deserved ending.

The cons in this drama the middle of the drama starting to dragged at ep 17-23 but i can compromised if they can make satisfying ending and the ending in Love Story in 1970 was good. Actually Fang Muyang's character development beside with Fei Ni are not quite shown in the drama. Period drama are full of propaganda and personally i don't really mind (just incase if you don't like country propaganda; just friendly reminder)

If you look some sweet yet realistic romantic period drama, you can watch this.

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So-So

I mean, this drama played it safe. No cross chemistry, angled kiss. Like, i kinda expected to see cross chemistry like season 1. But ok, i can let it slide

Mix, the actor that you are. He did such an amazing job and Earth also.

It felt like Boston was in the series just to create hype. He was hardly there in the series.

I kinda liked that in JossGawin story, they didn't just start dating immediately. Arnold Had no idea about Tua's feelings and once Tua confessed, he didn't just jump into dating and took his time to figure out his feelings.

Well, the part where Arnold and Dean almost kissed, Jack's reaction felt valid but like, in my perspective, Arnold and Tua didn't make their relationship official at the time, so Tua being mad at Arnold didn't sit well with me. But leave it...

Rome and Raffy were so hot. They nailed it, with the limited screen time they had. But i don't get what the script writer was thinking while writing the I'm your backup plan scene. I honestly laughed there coz it felt senseless

Storywise Jack's character was such a jerk. Like he just left Dean, and after years just crawled back to Dean coz he realised no one cares for him like Dean, while also dating people. Dean could never move on from Jack, he suffered alot. Dean was very miserable character.

It is such a bitter truth. Rome succeeded coz Raffy was nepo kid. Arnold succeeded coz of Tua being a fashion designer. Dean couldn't fulfill his dream, unless he came back to Jack. Talent alone gets you nowhere, and that's hard to swallow

Overall the story wasn't too bad, but not too good either for me, it was So-So for me

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MaxkyBas saved this drama

The story of this drama is pretty basic compared to boss and babe which had its own ups and downs. I think it was kinda expected cz people weren't that interested in the 2nd couple in Boss and Babe. Gmmtv did a good job not making this one cz it's only thanks to MaxkyBas's quirky cute acting did i watch this drama. That's basically what made it entertaining.

The story does have a lot of gaming scenes so in the middle a lot of us did get bored. It's a simple story so u can't blame anyone. They've had a 10 ep drama so u can't say they had to reduce the number of eps.

One thing i liked about the drama was how Maxky was just being himself as Three🤣🤣 and Soh damn he was soo freaking adorable throughout the drama.

Another thing that was quiet a surprise to me was how they closed the loop with boss and babe. The series ends with where boss and babe starts with gun asking cher to remake his drink n in the epilog they show the end of boss and babe that is the tournament cher and friends decide to join after GunCher get together and the team's problems are resolved.

Overall although not great it's a good drama for a one time watch. I won't be rewatching this one

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Messed my mind

I'm writing this review after years. I watched this series ongoing. I was relatively new to Thai entertainment. I knew none of the actors.

So i wasn't aware of how crazy the cross shipping was. I learnt later about fixed shipping thing in bl world.

Considering that, i liked how fans got to see cross chemistry and the actors nailed it.

I got stuck at SandRay. They were my favourite.
Their chemistry was insane. I've seen more of their dramas and i gotta say, no other style of Khaotung looked as hot as his role of Ray. His look in this series was pure fire

Although i felt sad for BostonNick, i liked that it kept this realistic aspect that people don't change in just one day. But their story development felt amazing. And I'm glad Nick chose his dignity in the end after tolerating Boston the entire series.

Of course the story was literally mind boggling 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 watch this series at your own risk

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