Pleasant few hours viewing but nothing special

This is a fairly run-of-the-mill Thai BL university series. It is pleasant to watch, the OST is not invasive, not a lot of drama or over the top comedy.

Pros:
Attractive but not distracting actors and locations
Male partners as parents
No forced sex
No graphic sex
Duck

Cons:
Male beta turns into stereotype bottom ~ whiny, greedy, false shy instead of just modest
Almost exclusively male cast except for a few stereotyped female characters
Way too many unresolved storylines
Disjointed story
No compelling story to capture and hold interest

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A Survivor's First Steps to Himself

SPOILERS: As a survivor I've been thinking alot about "Light". Don't read if you haven't seen "Light". There are also a lot of triggers in the movie so take care.

The actor who played Light was brilliant in conveying his vulnerability and the hope and innocence that still exists in him. "Even if its not true, can you say that you like me."

Emotionally, Light never experienced love without pain, never received affection, however false, without suffering. He learned that the only way he could be loved or valued was through his pain. He learned he had no value to anyone except as an object.

Physically, he was conditioned to experience sexual arousal through pain. His gratification was incidental to the gratification his pain gave others.

Is Shou's feeling for LIght strong enough to help Light heal? Can he accept that LIght has a long journey and may fall occasionally?

Can Light learn that pleasure for others doesn't mean his suffering? Can he learn that sex isn't the only way to show love? Can he learn to take pleasure from a loving touch? Can he accept that he has value? Can he learn to love himself? To love another? That love comes from within and flows out?

Light did two important things to begin his own healing ~ he stopped his participation in the cycle of abuse and he stepped away from depending on another (Shou) to take care of him, he stood on his own.

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A Heartbreaking and Bittersweet Story

This series gives us two engaging story lines. It is not really a love story as much as it is a story of people looking for love and acceptance and learning to love and accept themselves. This is story of forgiveness of others and for yourself.
All of the actors are impeccably cast. The writing is natural and understated, never descending into forced melodrama. The sets and locations are believable. The OST suits the theme and is not intrusive. The director got this one right.
People always want to know if series have happy endings, wanting to get there without experiencing the journey. I will say this ~ there is a satisfactory ending but not in a way one might wish.
The ending was realistic and what the viewer might expect ... Until ... Well I don't want to spoil it for you. It's a short pleasant watch ... So watch it yourself.

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A Short Story Anthology ~ Ep. 2 is charming

This is a collection of 6 short stories about different types and stages of love.

I think many reviewers were confused because they thought that it was supposed to be a connected series instead of a series of unconnected stories. These were lovely interludes in the lives of lovers of different types. They are beginnings endings and middles not the whole story, yet each episode is a complete vignette. What an amazing challenge for the writers, directors, and actors to create an entire world in just a few moments. I think that they did very well.

A word in particular about episode 2. I have a cat. I believe cats feel exactly the way the actor portrayed a cat in this episode. We saw the story both from the viewpoint of the cat and from the viewpoint of the owner. Kudos to all especially First, who will forever be the quintessential fluffy orange kitty to me.

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