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beautmay
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Jun 7, 2022
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Overall 9.0
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Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

A Must Watch ! - Real Life questions/lessons ...

This being my first review, I thought it would be hard to write, but not in the least.
I am not a fantasy production lover in the first place but this series caught me in a way that I would not have thought a fantasy movie ever would.

The main thing that I loved in this series is the way the men are taught to be Great Men - how to find their true self, how to reach one's goal with one's own strength, how to value true friendship, how to be open-minded and not judge by appearances...there is a lot more but I will highly recommend to build your own opinions.

One of the things that I really liked in this series is the life lessons taught in the Great men Academy, basic things like keeping the shared space clean ...
Second, is the emotional management - self and others - not to hurt others for our own benefit ...
To give and not to take unconditionally ...

There are so many more things that makes me think and ponder ... you will discover more when you watch it ...

The actors did a great job ... simple acting ... no overacting or overeacting or exageration. Kuddos to all :-)

Will there be Season 2 ? As the series left an open-ended question for the coming year ...? Wish so ...

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Yooya
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Aug 9, 2022
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 4.5
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Its a torture i just want it to end?

First of all please dont hate me, i had to comeback to edit this review ??i know now what i want to say actually **too many things in a short period of time** the production crews and writers trying to shoved everything they can imagine into this short piece of drama and what can actually be great eventually became a mess...thats what i wanted to say!! i started to watched this series was because of the rating and all the great comments they received. I guess its just not my cup of tea. With expectation sets too high i just felt like i received fake hope n a slapped on my face??

So this drama have very great line of casting but the story line...omg the story line...makes me speechless in a bad way. I dont even know what to say about it. The more i watched it the faster i wanted it to end and just get done with it. If you are someone like me who hates conflicts caused by poor communication or nonsense problems that shouldnt be there in the first place then dont watch this...there are so many uneccessary problems that could easily be solved by communicating but if they do it like that they wont be any drama then huh? It was supposed to be a romance fantasy drama with a bit of humor but what we got is just the lead making himself stupid over and over again..there are some good points though like Love's older brother how he just openly accepted Love. Tangmo who is always there for Love. Its just that love n vier ergghh i want to knock their heads so badly...But still i just dont know what else to write im just dissapointed that they made james like this??he actually brought the character to life but the whole production the progress of the series how it seems so rushed and the quality is just so bad...i feel bad for the casts...the story line could have been better.

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jiritwist
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Oct 30, 2023
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.5
Even after the second part, I wasn't sure if I could finish this fantasy-fairytale story. Lilliputian girl twins with earrings, love-struck girl Love of small stature, looking 13 years old - the main character of the series, and when they changed her to a man, I didn't see a bigger monster with a cap on the head of a moron page cut for a long time, until I found the actor Teeradon less sympathetic to me sorry

All of this was balanced by the developing story and the other actors, who were no longer so monstrous, and the end ensured everything, even if it was completely different from what everyone expected at the beginning. Of the actors, Tangmo (Kritsanapoom Pibulsonggram) got me the most, for me the best and most convincing character, Vier as well and he didn't look like Thai at all and some of the other guys were good too.

But the message of the series is very nice (that's why my rating is above average) and even though it's not BL at all, it proved once again that love knows no boundaries, it doesn't matter what your gender or sexual preference is, because when you really love someone, you can do things, which you never thought about, you can sacrifice your own happiness in exchange for the happiness of the other person ...

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PPBongi
1 people found this review helpful
Mar 9, 2021
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 3.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

Fell Apart At The End

Undoubtedly no one is going to like my review. I LOVED 95% of this series. It was charming, witty, and magical. But then they ended it on such a ridiculous note to simply please the audience. As a gay man, I found the ending insulting, degrading, and yet again forces gay relationships to fit into the mold of straight relationships. All I can say, since I do NOT want to reveal any of the story lines, is I quite literally cried. Here was what could have been a BL fantasy masterpiece that simply became a logical farce. It forced the story into societal norms rather than personal norms. If you want to see why this series so upset me, you can read my entire review of this what-could-have-been masterpiece at ppbongi.medium.com. I am sure that there will not be a lot of people who will necessarily agree with me and perhaps I analyzed it to its extreme, but this series just missed it for me. I was deeply saddened.

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zaraxm
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May 29, 2021
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

Not a fan of this drama

I watched this drama cuz of Jaylerr. I watched him before in Tootsies the series & movie and I fell in love with him. So I decided to find out more about his dramas & movies. So I chose to watch this drama. I love his character here. And also Vier's character. But not the guy version of Love. The more episodes I watch, the more cringe and sorry to say, the more I dislike him. Idk I just can't take it anymore so I just watched it up until episode 4, and skipped the rest episodes, and just watch the final episode then. The girl version of Love also idk her acting looks stoic. Sorry Jaylerr, I just could not stand looking at you with that guy version of Love in this drama. That guy is so not compatible. Unlike the guy in Tootsies (Gus), I really love Jaylerr with him in that story. Anyway, I love the ending of this drama.

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Apaixonada por BL
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 5, 2023
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.5
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Não tem lógica, mas é boa

Revi a série antes de falar um pouco sobre ela, pois tinha assistido no lançamento em 2019, e quis rever alguns pontos.

A série é BL ou não? Se partirmos do princípio de que Love era na verdade uma menina em busca de seu pretendente, e Rose também era uma menina no corpo de "Sean" buscando reatar com seu ex namorado, os romances em questão seriam entre meninas que estavam apaixonadas por meninos, independente do corpo que estavam usando, correto? E quanto ao fato de Tangmo ter se apaixonado por Love sendo ela na verdade do sexo feminino? Faz com que o casal não seja BL?
Então, sob meu ponto de vista a série é BL sim, pois apesar de Love ser uma menina, Tangmo se apaixonou por ela sem saber disso, se apaixonou pela sua personalidade natural, porém com sua forma física masculina, portanto, a série é BL sim.

O roteiro é meio maluco, mas é uma série de fantasia, então não adianta procurarmos a lógica. Existe uma floresta onde mora escondido um unicórnio (que todos sabem que existe, o esconderijo não está legal) que concede desejos a quem o encontra. No meio dessa floresta existe uma escola secundarista para meninos, a "Great men academy", onde se misturam alta tecnologia e fantasia. Exemplos, uma biblioteca de livros eletrônicos que nem sei se existem de verdade, fora da ficção, o "fantasma" criado pela máquina do professor, e ao mesmo tempo em que a escola mantém um contato estreito, só Deus sabe como, com o tal unicórnio mágico a ponto de ter um acordo com ele para que ele conceda um desejo a quem ganha o torneio escolar. Enfim, a lógica foi com Deus.

Outro ponto que observei, foi a semelhança entre alguns aspectos da escola dessa série com a escola de "Takumi-Kun", tanto no isolamento, no fardamento, o prédio e até a ost traz a mesma vibe. Não sei se foi proposital, mas eu gostei.

Furos no roteiro? Temos também.
Seguindo a linha cronológica, não é explicado o relacionamento entre o unicórnio e a escola. A escola tem pouquíssimos alunos, a direção da escola não aparece e se comunica por uma estátua, gostaria que tivessem explicado o porquê. Love não voltou à sua forma natural pois pediu a vida de Tangmo ao unicórnio, mas seria interessante um salto no tempo onde ela pudesse voltar a seu corpo, acabou sendo injusto com ela.

Em relação ao elenco, eu gostei bastante, gostei das atuações, gostei que cada ator e atriz se encaixou bem em seu personagem. Sempre é um prazer ver o Jayller atuando, especialmente em BL, o que é raro. O Ice trabalhou muito bem como Vier, pois o ranço que eu senti no começo se transformou em pena, ele conseguiu me transmitir as emoções de forma tão intensa que acabei por entender o motivo dele sentir inveja de Tangmo, não ficar feliz quando os outros ganhavam, e ser capaz de qualquer coisa para vencer. Ele cresceu em um ambiente não hostil com uma família que fez tudo para amá-lo, mas infelizmente não houve comunicação suficiente para ele entender que esse amor era incondicional, não era apenas enquanto ele fosse o melhor. Captain, meu querido Captain, eternizado como Noh em "Love sick", e aqui na pele da versão masculina de Rose, Sean. Como é possível ser tão belo e ter um olhar tão expressivo? Uma vilã que nem consegui ter raiva, apenas bati palmas para a interpretação, e consegui perdoar de imediato ao ver a mudança de pensamento. De forma geral, todo o elenco fez um trabalho bom ou razoável.

A fotografia da série é bonita, a ost perfeita, e com certeza irei rever e indicar muitas vezes.

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Cecinha
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Mar 12, 2023
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 10
Pensa numa história totalmente impossível e fictícia, com situações cômicas e fofas. Agora pensa também em reflexões sobre a importância de valores éticos, respeito, empatia, amizade, confiança, e um final totalmente inesperado...pois é, esta série tem tudo isso e um pouco mais! Me arrependi por ter esperado tanto para assistir, porque eu me apaixonei por tudo: a história de fantasia, os atores lindos e fofos (além de talentosos), a evolução e o amadurecimento dos personagens, enfim, é muito bom! Não tenho palavras para expressar melhor: amei, amei, amei!

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Aliotis
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Apr 1, 2022
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

What the... Licorne !

Au premier abord, ce lakorn pourrait passer pour assez incohérent voire invraisemblable par certains côtés mais, quand on commence par un souhait à une licorne et que c'est quelque chose qui se fait chaque année et que tout le monde est au courant sans se formaliser de l'existence d'une licorne ou que la directrice d'un établissement soit une statue de la Vénus de Milo qui parle... on prend son sentiment d'incrédulité, on le noie dans le lac du premier épisode et on apprécie ce qu'on va regarder.

J'avoue avoir beaucoup apprécié cette dose de fantastique apportée à une série qui paraît assez traditionnelle dans ses codes dès le départ. Les acteurs jouent juste, ce qui est parfois assez rare. On peut ici prendre l'exemple de Ice Paris qui joue le rôle de Vier qui, d'après moi, joue très bien le beau gosse parfait en tout point de façade, façade qui va se craqueler par la suite.
Concernant la romance, il ne faut pas s'attendre à quelque chose d'hyper développé, je dirais que ça reste dans le cadre de la bromance, même les romances secondaires ne sont que peu développées, ce que j'ai trouvé un peu dommage mais l'équipe de réalisation a dû composer avec la durée assez courte de la série car celle-ci, rappelons le, ne compte que 8 épisodes.
Ce qui est bien développé, par contre, c'est l'amitié qui lie les personnages et aussi l'importance des liens familiaux.
L'humour et le fantastique tiennent également une belle place dans ce lakorn et agrémentent les épisodes de belle façon.
J'ai quelque peu regretté que la série ne s'attarde pas un peu plus sur les différences à vivre en tant que garçon pour l'héroïne car ça aurait pu donner beaucoup d'idées en termes de ressorts comiques.
Enfin, la fin m'a bien plu car elle ouvre le débat sur le fait que l'amour est une question de genre ou non.

En bref, une bonne petite série à regarder pour passer un bon moment.

Maintenant à vous de vous faire votre avis.

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