Reviews

Back up Candy

I came for Yihaw. I loved her character in the other series. She was strong, independent, and deeply loyal. The chemistry of the main two couples was great. I can say I honestly always disliked Knock as a character. He is childish and petty, but he makes some good points. He loved the man and wanted to express his love. Nothing wrong with that, but not calling your partner before you go on an all-night-er with a friend and having them worried sick about you is wrong, and playing way too many mind games is wrong. I truly love Cho and Yihaw's relationship. Yihaw annoyed me a bit, yes. Auto assuming Cho was gay and escalating the conflict between Knock and Korn bugged me. Also, the Bi man equals man hoe out for anyone comment was upsetting. But she was a great friend. The end was the worst and best. I was honestly super bored with the relationship drama by ep 8 the tacky overly dramatic villain shook things up. This series is like okay candy you settled on because they were out of Skittles. Not what you wanted or winning any awards, but it's okay.

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True love will always inspire others

Crazy how this drama is able to make me cry since ep 3. And in every episodes my crying will be heavier and louder.

Who would not cry a river if it's about losing someone you love the most?
No, you will definitely cry and cry for many times.
I was experienced losing my 6 years old younger brother hence I felt the emotions so much that I can't bear remember him everytime I watch this drama.

It's getting even worse because this drama also have that sense of poetic melodrama created by the singer-songwriting things. And how such a deep lyrics created by such a tragic sad love story.

And what I highlight the most is the lesson that I learned from this drama. That is true love will always inspire others.

Lovers are usually being destroyed by a small conflict or cliches but somehow egoism is the only reason behind it. They come up with two side love story when they still can't even discover what true love really means but the main couple inspire them to find the meaning of true love.

Afterall, this is life. We will meet people by chances, or coincidences etc. And we can't help but to love that person. And once you find you love, cherish it. Before it's too late, and before everything turn to be something unexpected that we really want to turn back time.

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cheesy

ok, was this a cheesy show 100% it was. Did I absolutely love it and become invested in it, also 100%.
I started watching this as a comedic break from everything else. I knew going into it, that it was cringe worthy and it didn't disappoint but I got hooked and consumed it quickly. the second last episode had me in tears, I laughed so much throughout this series and also cringed aswell. I have to say though I am happy that I watched it.

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Kaido Kohei, a former competitive swimmer (actually actor Nakamura Joe, who looks absolutely perfect at 45) lives an ordinary life with his wife and daughter until the daughter is about to graduate and the wife decides to divorce him. Kaido meets Yutaka, a young man with whom he temporarily lives. The two worlds of a retired elderly swimmer, living a peaceful straight life until now, and a young gay man who wants to live his own life meet here. Nicely acted, the story creaked a little for me in how the two completely different people were still looking for a way to each other, the processing is excellent and I can only recommend it to those who don't mind Japanese films...


Kaido Kohei, bývalý závodní plavec (ve skutečnosti herec Nakamura Joe, který ve svých 45 letech vypadá naprosto dokonale) žije běžný život se svou ženou a dcerou až do doby, kdy dcera má promovat a manželka se rozhodla se s ním rozvést. Kaido se setkává s Yutakou, mladíkem, u kterého začne přechodně bydlet. Setkávají se zde dva světy vysloužilého postaršího plavce, žijícího doposud poklidným hetero životem a mladého gaye, který chce žít podle svého. Pěkně zahráno, příběh pro mě malinko skřípěl v tom, jak ti dva naprosto odlišní lidé k sobě stále hledali cestu, zpracování bezva a těm, kterým nevadí japonské filmy, mohu jen doporučit....

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Straight man Mob finds himself in a fantasy (?) BL world and thus begins his story. It seems to me, at least, that the world of Japanese manga has been "over-managed" and the film didn't capture my heart as it should, because it couldn't, because everything here is reversed, and that's why it also captured my heart "in reverse". Mob "fights" against the BL world in a fresh, sometimes gloomy way, with insight and wit. Great acting by the lead (Inukai Atsuhiro). Maybe it seems a bit like a caricature, a parody, and I expected a completely different ending, but how else should it turn out in that crazy Japanese premango world. It's just that Mob was "infected". Professionally shot and produced anyway.


Heterák Mob se ocitá ve fantazijním (?) BL světě a tím začíná jeho příběh. Zdá se alespoň mě, že svět japonských mang se "přemangoval" a film mě nechytil za srdce tak, jak by měl, protože ani nemohl, neboť vše je zde obráceně, a proto mě "obráceně" chytl za srdce též. Svěže, někdy i sklesle, s nadhledem a vtipem, "bojuje" Mob proti BL světu. Skvělý herecký výkon hlavního představitele (Inukai Atsuhiro). Možná to tak trošku působí jako karikatura, parodie a konec jsem čekal úplně jiný, ale jak jinak by to asi mělo dopadnout v tom bláznivém japonském přemangovaném světě. Prostě Mob byl "infikován". Každopádně profesionálně natočeno a vyrobeno.

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The movie didn't quite suit me, it wasn't to my taste, I felt a kind of slight emptiness while watching it, even though it describes three periods of homophobic Young-Taek. High school and the first encounter with a young student who fucked his father, then college and his gay senior who was "made into" and the war, where his bisexual sergeant wanted to cut him. The film wanted to show how a homophobe can change and start at least a little tolerating the sexualization of a minority, and for that I appreciate him. But the way the creators showed it is just average for me.


Film mi úplně nesedl, nebyl dle mého gusta, cítil jsem při sledování jakousi mírnou prázdnotu, i když popisuje tři období homofobního Young-Taeka. Střední školu a první setkání s mladým studentem, který šukal s jeho otcem, potom vysokou školu a jeho gay seniora, který byl do něj "udělaný" a vojnu, kde ho chtěl přeříznout jeho bisexulání seržant. Snímek chtěl ukázat, jak se dokáže částečně homofob změnit a začít alespoň trošku tolerovat sexulání menšiny a za to si ho cením. Ale jakým způsobem to tvůrci předvedli, je pro mě jen akorátním průměrem.

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I rate this series, which ended with the tenth episode just today, very highly for its absolute ORIGINALITY. Gone are the school desks, walking in the corridors and chatter about nothing.
The north of Thailand has started, a remote village on the border and the whole story can be read by anyone who hasn't seen it.

Story 7: already mentioned originality, I deducted three points from perfection for some illogicalities such as a heart transplant, mistaking it for a soul, stretching to the edge in some scenes, a completely unnecessary departure for two years to the USA at the end - when two beings love each other, that's how they should prove it to themselves and not that they go apart or that one of them, long grown up, has to obey mom and dad. It's just that two grown men couldn't grasp their love firmly by the scruff of the neck and face it, and behaved like sleeping flowers without mutual physical contact, which is inherent to love, infatuation and mutual attraction.

Acting 8: the way the characters were written, they didn't require any super-professional performances to the bone. I liked Tian the most (I won't mention their real names) then there was the 3-man line-up from Waterboyy The Series - Phupha, yes, he's nice, but that role was just as thankless as his previous roles in other series - INDECISION, Dr. Nam he was excellent and the role suited him very well and a friend from Bangkok Tul OK.

Sound 10: nothing to complain about, beautiful opening song
Processing 10: originality, professionalism
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Tento seriál, který skončil desátým dílem právě dnes, hodnotím velice vysoko pro jeho naprostou ORIGINALITU. Pryč jsou školní lavice, chození po chodbách a žvásty o ničem.
Nastoupil sever Thajska, odlehlá vesnička na hranicích a celý příběh si může každý, kdo neviděl, přečíst.

Příběh 7: již zmiňovaná originalita, tři body jsem z dokonalosti ubral za některé nelogičnosti typu trasplantace srdce, jeho záměny za duši, v některých scénách protahování až za hranu, ke konci naprosto zbytečný odjezd na dva roky do USA - když se dvě bytosti milují, tak by si to měly dokázat a ne že jdou od sebe a nebo, že musí jeden z nich, dávno dospělý, poslechnout tatínka a maminku. Prostě že dva dospělí muži nedovedli svou lásku uchopit pevně za pačesy a postavit se jí čelem a chovali se jako náměsíčné květinky bez vzájemného fyzického kontaktu, který neodmyslitelně k lásce, zamilovanosti a vzájemné přitažlivosti patří.

Herecké výkony 8: jak byly postavy napsány, nevyžadovaly nějakých superprofesionálních výkonů do morku kostí. Nejvíce se mi líbil Tian (nebudu uvádět jejich pravá krkolomná jména), pak zde byla tříčlenná sestava z Waterboyy The Series - Phupha, ano, je fajn, ale ta role byla stejně nevděčná, jako jeho předchozí role v jiných seriálech - NEROZHODNOST, doktor Nam byl výborný a role mu hodně sedla a kamarád z Bangkoku Tul OK.

Zvuk 10: nemám co bych vytknul, krásná úvodní píseň
Zpracování 10: originalita, profesionálnost

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Morning Mo (Tzu-Yi Mo), who we know as the main star of the beautiful movie Dear Tenant from 2020, played the character of Sung Hai's gay son x years ago. His partner was the likeable Gary Tang.
But the film is not only about a gay son, as written in the Details about the film. It is a psychological probe into a multi-generational and incomplete Taiwanese family headed by mother Ai-Tsao. She must gradually cope not only with the growing suspicion that her son is gay and with a greedy mother (grandmother, very well played) who pays attention to the social "conventions" of Taiwanese society in the first decade of the twenty-first century, but also with her daughter, who returns from studies abroad and, as a single mother, brings home a black girl (whom she conceived while studying with a dark-skinned man, with whom she then did not agree on living together). In fact, even the mother herself (Ai-Tsao) did not live a conventional life. Maybe someone will find the story slow and long-winded, but it didn't seem like that to me, and on the contrary, it nicely conveyed the not-so-simple fates of several characters through film.

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If you like high school BL, you'll like this

It's quite a slowburn, I almost died, LOL.. I really love the last 2 episodes though, if only the 1st 6 are as lighthearted and funny too! It was quite slowpaced and monotone for 1st half of the show, but enough to keep you curious to watch.

It keeps me at 50/50 but I chose to continue, but I love the ending, so I'm glad I watched it

I love Ashiya, he is so funny in last 2 episodes, esp when he tried to confess. Oh my, so funny the things that happened.

Overall, it's pretty decent for a high school BL. It's like, a typical high school romance, fluffy and sweet, nothing special, if you may. Still a good watch, when you're in need of sth light.

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"Best Filipino Movie Ever". Well, in my opinion, it no longer applies. Yes, I can include it among the better films of this country, so much tested in the past by the immense poverty that was already sown by the Spanish colonizers of the time and perfected by the Americans. On the other hand, this country is the only island of Christianity in the sea of Buddhism, Taoism and Islam that is coming from the south, many inhabitants have parts of words or whole Spanish words in their names and speak completely differently than the surrounding countries, including the fact that they speak a second language after filipino and tagalog is filipino english. The film gave me a lot, but it has already shown the ravages of time. What I appreciate most is the conveyance of that time, poverty, lack of law and crime, solid acting. The story isn't bad either. It is worse with the feeling itself, the perception of the whole story, because I only had a very bad copy at my disposal, otherwise it would certainly be much deeper.
So goodbye, Julio and Ligayo (the actors of the main characters are still alive today).



"Nejlepší filipínský film všech dob". Tak to už dle mě dávno neplatí. Ano, mohu jej zařadit mezi ty lepší filmy této země, tolik v minulosti zkoušené nesmírnou chudobou, kterou už zaseli tehdejší španělští kolonizátoři a dokonali Američané. Na druhé straně ale tento stát je jediným ostrovem křesťanství v moři buddhismu, taoismu a z jihu se ne něj valícího islámu, mnozí obyvatelé mají ve svých jménech slovní části a nebo celá slova španělská a mluví úplně jinak, než okolní země včetně toho, že druhým jazykem po filipínštině a tagalogštině je filipínská angličtina. Film mi dal hodně, ale už se na něm projevil zub času. Nejvíce si vážím zprostředkování tehdejší doby, chudoby, nedostatku práva a zločinnosti, solidních hereckých výkonů. Příběh také není špatný. Horší je to se samotným pocitem, vnímáním celého příběhu, neboť jsem měl k dispozici jen velmi špatnou kopii, jinak by byl jistě daleko hlubší.
Tak sbohem, Julio a Ligayo (herci hlavních postav dodnes žijí).

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The Filipino film smelling of novelty about the fate of two young men, Gene and Mark, intrigued me and also made me sad. It's a shame that the ending is the way it is, because it might give mainstream society the impression that this is how it should be for two gay men ...(?).
The acting is solid, the Asian theatricality in the norm and the already very familiar Pinoy style of processing for me. I originally wanted to give a six for the music, but in the end I gave it a point more when the film's songs are played at the end of the film, especially the tender Akala ko ay ako - Ford Valencia.



Novotou vonící filipínský film o osudu dvou mladých mužů Gene-ho a Marka mě zaujal a také rozesmutnil. Škoda, že je konec takový, jaký je, protože může navozovat u většinové společnosti dojem, že tak by to u dvou gayů mělo být ...(?).
Herecké výkony solidní, asijská teatrálnost v normě a pro mě již velmi známý styl pinoy zpracování. U hudby jsem původně chtěl dát šestku, ale nakonec o bodík více, když na konci filmu jsou uvedeny filmové písně, především něžná Akala ko ay ako - Ford Valencia.

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Hardly anyone will understand this movie the first time. I didn't understand much either. And this, I think, is the biggest disadvantage of the entire film, when from the outside it seems unclear, rambling, but at the same time it tells us so much. This piece requires reading about it BEFORE and watching it a second, third time and not immediately condemning it. So I give it, even if I rate it decently overall, "REALLY NOT RECOMMENDED", because many people just want to quickly watch it, skim through it, and I don't take seriously the opinions that the film is only about the physical dimension. I understand that the film has a lower rating on world servers, because heterosexuals did not give it because of the complexity and 100% gay component. That's why I give the Story the lowest rating for the targeted "outrageousness". It is based on the theme of a Chinese novel from the 18th century. Dream of the Red Chamber, which is also the second title of the film, transformed the story from the Chinese imperial court into the present day and the current capital of Taiwan, so it must adhere to certain prescribed rules (more characters, not creating a comprehensive dramatically graduated plot, etc.). That it is such a deliberately non-story and its development can be read by everyone, I liked the film after the third viewing, there are several gaps in it that the viewer can guess and it shows gays as they are without napkins (not all of them are saints, faithful to one partner until death, do not smoke, drink, or fart). There is beauty, love, hope, selfishness, ignorance, irresponsibility, ruin, sickness, death, just everything that life brings. As the greatest strength of the film, I cite the fact that the cast played it extremely well, humanly, UNTWISTED. Now I don't mean that most of the actors were handsome Taiwanese including the main trio of Josh, Lin, Sean, which is true, that's an added bonus. One of the main roles (Lin) was played by the star of the great series Dark Blue and Moonlight (this series is also shown here on MDL) - Eric Chen. I wanted to give a nine for the processing, but I reduced it by one for the fact that many scenes were dark, dark, I know that was the intention of the creators, but it made me uncomfortable.
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Pets are a life long responsibiliy, and a lesson for life

I watched this drama slowly, on the one hand because of interruptions by other activities, on the other because of more interest in another small drama. I never skip but it is true that there was much repetition and that the "secret" was out of the bag too early to be really thrilled by the second half development.

The purpose of raising awareness about responsibility for adopted pets was worthy. It was developed into "case studies" that really showcased the chosen pets.

The drama could perhaps have been more realistic about some vet care, but on the whole, it pinpointed some facts. For instance, the relatively small number of guide dogs in China, but also a warning against seeing those as "workers" that could be used for years in demanding jobs such as guiding paralympic runners. Some care that actually amounts to mistreatment...

For those who want to know more about the "guest star animals", I have added a list of them, with episode number, and pictures, in the Discussion section, with an appendix listing the pets of some chosen Chinese celebs.

https://mydramalist.com/discussions/loving-you/120713-pets-my-precious-ones-and-those-of-c-drama-actors-actresses

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For the newbies and some hailang, on the eve of Singles day 11.11
here is an introduction to Z.Tao's music and a first Profile of the ML of "My Precious " (who played a role he is familiar with in real life!), illustrated, with links to more music and some fashion, luxury (incl. explanation of what some saw as a cryptic line in the song "Promise").

These are parked in the (always hidden, newbies have to be curious to find it, although it is not that difficult) Discussion section of "My Precious" drama. (Since MDL provides the introductions to dramas and shows, I have not (yet) added descriptions and links to those in this Profile, but you might nevertheless find it more useful than the ultra short bio and list of screen appearances on Z.Tao's page). I may expand on that in the future, and move the resulting Profile somewhere else later.
Direct link to these two other "companion pieces" :

https://mydramalist.com/discussions/loving-you/120711-z-tao-playlist-and-some-xu-yiyang-thrown-in

Enjoy!

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Best Quality Thai BL to Date

This show is definitely the best quality Thai BL to date, and it also outshines many other countries BL's for the quality of the story, acting and production value. Let's break it down:

THE GOOD:
- With regards to acting, they all had their designated roles and respective range of emotions to portray and they nailed it.
- For casting, no one was lacking, honestly. I personally really liked Jom, he was a mature ML the likes of which is very rare in BL's in general. In BL's the ML's (especially the 'sub' ML) are usually overly emotional, foolish, unreasonable or just don't have much control over doing things sensibly and sometimes they even lack dignity, but Jom was very centered and self respecting which was just fantastic imo. I really think we should see more of that.
- The story felt very complete imo and the production value was good for the show too, the location for shooting was very suitable and believable.
- The characters in this are all very likeable, honestly, and their relationships and relationship developments were so well paced and portrayed. From the 'higher class' to the 'slaves', all of the relationships and friendships had their own depth and importance to the story.
- The supernatural nature of this story was well written, and it was just enough to be a little eerie and interesting, but subtle as well, not overdone.
- The ML's chemistry was spot on. A sensual approach to intimacy more than a sexual one, so it was sexy but also emotional and quite beautiful.
- The secondary couple was GL, which was such a nice change and so well portrayed as well, also good chemistry.
- The choice Ueang Phueng made to terminate her pregnancy was well written and portrayed well, it was also an important story line with a final decision that was totally understandable and I think it was another very mature detail in this show.
- There was no overly predictable scenes and especially no awkward, comical long drawn out slow mo scenes. Also, everyone wasn't conveniently in everyone else's business all the time for no good reason.

There was no BAD or UGLY in this.

HIGHLIGHT:
- The emotional depth of this was great and wasn't buried under the idea, and in favour of, the show technically being a BL.

I would 100% recc watching this.

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"It was whole five years. I healed the wounds of his .He fulfilled my first young love "

It had the best writing ,best acting,best music ,best everything !

Firstly about all the actors ,they did very well with micro expressions .Apart from the leads ,I loved the acting of the ' sang yan ' and the 3 other friends of sang zhi .

coming to the writing , it was damn realistic and yet interesting . I need to appreciate the attention to detail . I know that it is adapted from novel but still the team did very well in adapting the story into a drama and making it very memorable .

genreally music dominates the scenes mostly ,which diconnects the viewer ,but here it's completely contrast ,music blends with the visuals and uplifts them .Music at the emotional breakdowns of sang zhi and Duan 'll make viewer emphatize with them . I could write pages about the music of this drama .

I repeat everything about this drama is so perfect ! It is a one such drama that a keen drama watcher should never miss at any cost !


I just want to brainwash / erase my brain and want to join Duan and sangzhi 's story from the very start again !

I think there'll be no sequel but i'll be very greatful if there is something like that ,just i want to see them again 😭

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