Although the series begins on a somewhat dramatic note, with two university students involved in a fight that leads to the inevitable hospital medical attention of one of them after receiving a blow, the story, in a fast, colorful and fun way, shows us, in tone of a youthful romantic comedy, one of the love plots between boys, set in a university, like the ones we are used to in BL series.
After the painting that is ready to be sent to an exhibition after sleepless nights becomes useless when it is hit by a soccer ball, Pheem will confront Phum, the extroverted and popular, but arrogant university soccer player, guilty of the mess, and in a burst of anger hits him.
Phum then demands compensation from him. But since the mischievous and playful second-year Fine Arts student, who dreams of one day having an art gallery in which to exhibit his own works, cannot pay the medical bills, they will ask him to be at their service and attend to all their needs. whims. Or will it be an excuse to get closer to Pheem?
But there will be a "gentleman's" style agreement: "No one will ever know that one is a slave and the other is a master."
Do you remember the first time you fell in love? Was it not a crush, nor a crush, but a love with capital letters, pulsating, with all the nerves in the body tingling? Whether you've forgotten that feeling, are feeling it now, or even if you've never felt it before, you'll feel that raw emotion in almost every frame of 'We Are' (คือ เรารักกัน'), an adaptation of Parawi's novel of the same name (ภารวี).
When the future civil engineer, embarrassed by having been beaten in front of others, begins a plan of revenge against Pheem, at the same time as his demands as a master increase, his feelings begin to slowly grow.
But Pheem will also demand that the "punishment" not last two months, but until he finishes repainting the damaged painting.
For some strange reason, while I was surprised by Phum accepting the proposal, I remembered Penelope, the Homeric character from "The Odyssey", but with some variations: she is not a woman, but a boy; It was not to avoid her suitors after the absence of her husband that she devised the plan of weaving a tapestry by day to undo it at night, confident that Ulysses was alive and would soon return, and thus prolong having to accept a new spouse. , otherwise he would delay finishing redoing the painting to continue close to Phum. Nor would it be four years until the return of the absent person to complete the two decades, but perhaps the same number of weeks until hearing the confession of love from the young man with whom he has fallen in love at that time.
The world is small and a university is even smaller. Being students at the same university, faced every day in their status as master-slave, leads the two young people to clash with each other again and again until Phum declares his love for Pheem and begins to court him. Or maybe Pheem has a confession to make too?
Phum's affectionate and tender behavior, the constant emission of "doubtful" vibrations, the sexual tensions created around the two, have not gone unnoticed by Pheem, who feels attracted to his "master" from the moment he meets him. known.
In that daily struggle of who dominates who, underneath it all, the two have begun, perhaps without realizing it, as an involuntary act, to take care of each other.
Through the eyes of Pheem, the main narrator, the viewer will be able to enjoy the birth and evolution of the romance between two a priori incompatible people who, however, enter into a love relationship that, like all relationships, has a lot of imperfections, but this It will not discourage them in their efforts to find happiness side by side.
The main arc of the series begins in the usual youth romantic comedy style, with the boys' characteristic pranks; studies, which we are sometimes terrible at; falling in love, which in many cases is the first in life; coming of age, the transition from adolescence to early youth, the joys and difficulties that young people had to face, friends who ignore us or, on the contrary, annoy us to no end, but are always present with his wise advice; the song that seems to save us time and time again from "sinking", the parents who do not understand us, the work that will come (or not) in the future, the differences in social classes... all these themes used mainly in function to provoke laughter, but also to make you reflect.
With a very basic and unoriginal plot having been seen many times, predictable twists, uninspiring characters and trite situations, among other characteristics, the series works for the viewer, if they are one of those looking for an easy romantic comedy.
Starring PondPhuwin, a ship formed by actors Naravit Lertratkosum, who plays Phum, and Phuwin Tangsakyuen, in the role of Pheem, whom we have already seen together in 'Fish Upon The Sky', 'Never Let Me Go' and more recently In 'Our Skyy 2', the drama brings us characters with the classic cliché of "strangers to friends and friends to lovers." Phum and Pheem are two beings who are finding themselves and discovering their most intimate desires.
But theirs will not be the only romance. In addition to Phum and Pheem, as a bonus, we have the expected secondary romance between SatangWimmy, a couple made up of Kittipop Sereevichayasawat (Satang), as Toey, the apprentice, and Thanawin Pholcharoenrat (Winny), as Q, the mentor, who in 'My School President' left us wanting more.
Q, Pheem's best friend and who likes to sing in a night bar, has been Toey's inspiration to decide to study Fine Arts. Secretly, he has been in love with the final year student of that major for some time. Admiring his talent and personality has led him to love him, but Q is unable to see the signs that are constantly coming to him. Will Toey have the chance to confess his love? Has Q really been so blind? These two will also have an agreement: Q will demand from Toey: "Don't tell anyone that you are my apprentice."
And also a third BL romance, that of AouBoom, a duo made up of Thanaboon Kiatniran (Aou), as Tan, the cheerful Engineering student, and Tharatorn Jantharaworakarn (Boom), as Khaofang, a sensitive and shy young man from the Faculty of architecture. In this relationship, Tan will ask Phum to help him flirt with his brother in exchange for the location where he can find Pheem. And Phum, despite initially telling him that he is not the ideal boyfriend for his brother, will give in to his friend's proposal in order to take revenge for the humiliation received.
And…did someone say a fourth romance? Someone…? Yes, a fourth too: that of MarcPoon, the duo made up of Natarit Worakornlertsith (Marc), as Shane, and Poon Mitpakdee, as Pun. This relationship begins when the two friends get closer and get to know each other even more while trying to find another person to flirt with Toey and thus get him to forget Q. Although these three couples are secondary, they manage to win the hearts of the viewers.
In a tone of light-hearted, biting and agile comedy, the series tells the adventures of this group of university friends who, as the official synopsis highlights, "navigate through the complexities of life, love and personal relationships, while balancing their academic responsibilities. , giving rise to chaotic and unpredictable situations.
The series highlights the different side of each of the four couples, their journey of discovery and acceptance. The eight young people will not fail to make you fall in love. As you get to know the four couples and see how the relationship between them evolves, you will be able to decide which one has stolen your heart the most and why.
With a vast body of work within the genre, with titles such as 'Absolute Zero', 'Love by Chance', 'Love by Chance 2', 'Until We Meet Again The Series', 'Make It Right: The Series 2 and 'Make It Right: The Series', among many others, the director, screenwriter and actor Siwaj Sawatmaneekul (New), gives us one of those romantic series that have the stigma that, despite their multiple flaws, they are products that are devoured easily and that seduce all audiences, due to their light, insubstantial and addictive packaging.
Modern, real, entertaining and, above all, addictive, this series joins others with themes of first youth and first love, with the university as its setting, which has always had a negative connotation, since many ( (not to say all of us) it is difficult for us to admit that we have become hooked on some of these dramas, due to their ability to entertain the viewer from beginning to end.
And it turns out that it couldn't be any other way. All human beings have lived, are living or will soon live that stage of our lives that is youth. And to this is added the university experience that not only refers to the academic part, but also a large percentage of it includes personal search, character development, discovering what you are suited for professionally and the diversification of social circles.
It is at university age, whether or not you enter the classrooms of one of these houses of higher education, that a person defines his character more accurately and, in the process, that is where relationships are created that last longer into the future - it is said that the friendships that are forged in college are those that last a lifetime. And love does not escape this axiom.
The series also manages to deny the rumor that 'Never Let Me Go' had been a failure and that GMMTV intended to undo this ship. Although it is very likely that this will be the last series that both film together as the main couple, since in 'Summer Night', to be released sometime in 2024, Phuwin will move away from his usual characters, while Pond does not have any performance planned in the immediate horizon.