Holistic Review
This series made BL fandom mainstream. I dare you to tell me otherwise. Koreans known to be conservative started producing a lot of BL series since they known 2gether could gather alot of attention. Another one to point, many people started watching Thailand series or movies just because they get exposed to the culture. I dare you to tell me otherwise again. Even if you say bad things about the series, You got hooked on it one time too. So don't be spouting nonsense! You just all chill and relax. This series is a BL legend. I am confident to give them that. They do good on BL fandoms. Many artists started to get an interest in portraying gay characters be it on thailand or other countries because of 2gether. Scrubb started to get popular in other countries and T-pop started to get notice too. 2gether contributed a lot of things in the entertainment industry. They gave Thailand entertainment second glance from other countries. Say stupid things all you want but 2gether made it and thanks to them you get to watch other BL drama you are hyping on now. I rest my case. Instead of leaving hate on this series. Be thankful for them. They rose the BL communities standard bar. Periodt!Was this review helpful to you?
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It's a light romance story with innocent kisses. :)
This drama is super cute! It's definitely on my top 10 BLs...I've watched 3 times already and will probably watch again lololol yeah yeah I'm one of those.The story is about the love between Tine and Sarawat, two college students and their love for music. Tine finds himself in a pickle with another guy that's obsessed over him and goes to the hottest guys on campus (like one naturally does lolol) and askes him to be his fake boyfriend.
At first they don't seem to get along so well, but Tine isn't discouraged and does everything to get Sarawat to help him. Of course there's a lot of development and they fall in love.
It's a sweet love story with funny moments between the main and supporting cast. Most of the plot is around their love and music. There are two other couples ManType and MillPhukong but their story is very superficial. Still cute though!
It's a light romance story with innocent kisses. Definitely worth the watch, specially for those who are getting started in BLs. The actors are very cute and their acting skills are above average for BLs.
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Enjoyable watch : The typical Youthful Love set in the university but in a music club
The series started of with Tine's perspective on how he'll meet 'the one' in his life due to the failed relationships he had with his exes. The series also mostly focuses on Tine's perspective on how he develops as well as realizes his true feelings for Sarawat.I've watched a lot of university setting dramas and I'm definitely glad that this one starts off with the music club in which "music" will be the theme on how Tine and Sarawat will develop their relationship instead of another engineer themed relationship. Although the setting is the common university theme, props to the director or producer for giving it a bit of a twist.
What I like about the series is how Tine and Sarawat had the time to got to know more of each other that's why I love how we got to see the progress of their relationship (their cute, sweet and funny moments) rather than making them have a fast paced relationship in which they kiss and have steamy scenes etc. While I don't have anything against hot and steamy relationships, it's actually refreshing to see slow burn relationships. 2gether the series kind off gives me the vibes or atmosphere of Dark blue kiss and Sotus in which the main couple don't have to rely on hot and steamy moments just to catch the attention of the viewers / audience because their chemistry and adorable moments are just enough.
Another thing that I like about the series are the Soundtracks.. It fits the series and I love how we get to listen to different songs from the indie Thai band, Scrubb. After listening to some of the OST, I fell in love with the band, Scrubb. Furthermore, The songs used had meaningful lyrics which are really relatable if you have the time to read the English translations of the songs and it also expresses how the characters in the series portray what they were feeling. I actually never expected myself to love Thai indie songs. Trust me, if you listen to some of the Sountracks used in the series, you'll love it if you're a fan of that genre in music... :)
As for the acting and the production, there are Pros and Cons that I've noticed. For the acting, it's actually mediocre for me. There were times where you can see the siffness or awkwardness of the scenes. I cannot really praise the acting 100 percent because of this. Although, we can see the chemistry of Bright and Win, the acting is a little bit lacking. Especially, their facial expressions and bodily expressions. There were times in which it was monotonous or just simply plain. However, props for the actors for still doing a good job in portraying their characters. As for the production, it's also average for me because there times where I felt like the transitions, editing and camera angles did not fit some of the scenes in the series.
For the plot and character development, the pacing of the story is good as well as for the character development of Tine and Sarawat. What bothered me though are the inconsitency of some of the characters and some of the scenes. In addition to that, the last episodes didn't really give much justification for the beginning of the series. The ending will may or may not give you a dry or disappointing feeling (it entirely depends on the viewers peprspective) but yeah.. It was a bit boring or uninteresting for me. Although, the characters have a happy ending. The last episodes were just Mehhhhh...
Lastly, I don't really get why Thai BL dramas are fond of multiple couples in a single show. I'd prefer if they actually cut back on those like there is only one couple (For example : A tale of thousand stars) so that our attention are only focused on them and the plot revolves around that single couple. If not a single couple in the story, two couples would be enough. The disadvantage with multiple couples in a series is that the side couples don't really get to have much screen time and development which will give the series scattered side plots... Sometimes, we need a series that don't rely on sidecouples or multiple couples just to sustain or catch the attention of the viewers or the audience. Though it can be advantageous to some series, sometimes it's not and it can be repetetive if this theme is overly used.
In conlusion, if you're looking for a light, funny and sweet BL thai series with just a bit of angst plus the usual or typical university themed show, you might as well try watching this series. It's average and there are scenes you may or may not like depending on your perspective... Other than that, Enjoy watching.. :)
P.S. I get that some are hating on this series but please don't.. if you're not interested, just don't watch it and stop spreading hate for this series.. :)
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An ordinary uninformed viewer may think after watching the series that colleges in Thailand are full of gays (when the relationships between friends are gradually revealed, even their brothers are into boys, leaders of groups, etc.) and they are further divided into two groups: "twisted " and friends "who don't know it yet" (ha ha) and these groups are abundantly sung and beaten by hordes of ugly Thai college girls of Lilliputian height with braces and often glasses, which would playfully trump our seventh and eighth graders of three elementary schools (about two exceptions beautiful Thai women would be found in the series, however, I suspect the creators if this is not directly the intention). Even in the last episode, the story didn't really convince me, when Tine is wondering if she should still trust Sarawat, while Sarawat hasn't really done anything. That's why the series can't get more than 5 points from me for the story...
Tento seriál je velmi typickým BL projektem made in Thailand. Nesahá sice do výšin, ale sledovat se to s trochou vůle hlavně zezačátku dá. Nulové zde totiž nejsou ani herecké výkony, hudba, ani zpracování. Ano, může to být už třeba otravné "zase studenti fakult" a jejich osudy, ale zřejmě to tak Thajci (a hlavně Thajky) mají rádi. Ústřední dvojici tvoří dva velmi pohlední herci, bohužel musí hrát tak, jak jsou postavy, především Tina, napsány. Vidíme zde několik herců, které můžeme zhlédnout i v jiných podobných seriálech (např. Fong a duo Mang-Type v pro mě lepším seriálu Tonhon Chonlatee atd.).
Běžný neinformovaný divák si může po zhlédnutí seriálu myslet, že vysoké školy v Thajsku jsou plné gayů (kdy se postupně odkrývají vztahy mezi kamarády, dokonce i jejich bráchové jsou na kluky, vedoucí skupiny atd.) a ještě se rozdělují na dvě skupiny: "vykroucené" a kamarády, "kteří to ještě neví" (ha ha) a tyto skupiny jsou hojně opěvovány a odbivovány houfy nepěkných thajských vysokoškolaček liliputího vzrůstu s rovnátky a mnohdy brýlemi, které by hravě trumfly naše žákyně sedmých a osmých třích základních škol (asi dvě výjimky krásných Thajek by se v seriálu našly, nicméně tvůrce podezřívám, zda to není přímo záměr). Ani v posledním dílu mě příběh moc nepřesvědčil, kdy Tine se rozmýšlí, jestli má stále věřit Sarawatovi, přičemž Sarawat vlastně ani nic neprovedl. Seriál proto ode mě nemůže získat za příběh proto více jak 5 bodů ...
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overall good but issues with ending
Nonspoilers:I want to start off by saying in general I did like the show because to me it was a light, casual watch that both relaxed me and made me laugh from time to time. It was easy to immerse myself in and I was genuinely intrigued to see what all the twists would be and where certain character arcs would go. I wasn't particularly emotionally attached to the main couple, but I mostly rooted for them throughout the show, and there were some nice emotional scenes. However, I am relieved to see others agreeing that there is a somewhat "lack" of something deeper in their connection? I don't mean the complaints of lack of intimacy or sexual attraction, a couple is way more than that, but I mean as time goes on you can tell these two are not on the same page. I know a lot of dramas obviously have the characters run into the same problems but with this one it felt kinda useless because Sarawat tries his damned hardest to be a good boyfriend (and he is) but Tine's personal issues of jealousy gets in the way. Also, the side couples... geez. I do not support.
I do not mean to be too harsh on this show because it's still enjoyable and I mean I'm here for the ride and experience but it’s all the stuff at the end that makes it fall short. The ending felt rushed and unsatisfying.
Character specific spoilers, you can still read because I don't talk about plot things but if you don't want to know about the side characters' deal yet, I wouldn't read:
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Phukong and Man need to chase different people, they deserve so much better. Mil flip flops who he is interested in and he just doesn't make sense. He has potential to be a decent person but he does NOT have his priorities straight. And I straight up hate Type. Worst boy. Such an ass to Man and Sarawat.
We stan Fong for being the smartest one here.
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Over Rated
This series is completely overrated. The actors absolutely missed the bar. They were unbelievable as a couple and they had zero chemistry. It was obvious that they were very uncomfortable playing this type of role and neither of the male leads should do another BL series. They don't do the genre any justice.NSFW- G Rated. If you need to put a finger in between the male leads mouths doing kissing scenes, just delete the kissing scenes altogether.
Story - The story was stupid and unbelievable.
Cast - The two male leads were very uncomfortable playing their BL characters. It was obvious that neither one of them should ever do another BL series again. The supporting cast was unremarkable.
Production - The production was high quality. But the scenes were very simple. Nothing out of the ordinary.
OST,- Nothing special. Did not add anything to the show. They had a few special songs that each of the least performed but still nothing special.
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Cute serie, but more of a platonic looking couple.
Positive:I found this serie very adorable, I enjoyed watching it and will continue watching Still 2gether and 2gether the movie ♡
I found the story enjoyable and would always be excited to watch the next episode, to me their relationship is adorable. The whole build up to the start of their relationship was quite a rollercoaster, but even though rollercoasters can be scary they are so much fun. Haha what I'm trying to say is that even with all the drama and craziness going on, it was worth the start of their love. Straight up had me giggling in bed...I would definitely rewatch this!
Negative:
Even though their relationship is adorable to me, like others say it's kind of more on the brotherly side, there were scenes indicating their romantic relationship but most of the scenes give off a more platonic type of relationship, lack of cuddles, verbal compliments to one another, etc. The usual relationshipy kind of stuff. Other than that I personally think it was a great series.
As for the side couples they were a bit eh, I didn't really know what to feel about them...Especially Mil and Phukong, I didn't really enjoy their couple, they didn't have that click that others may have. Man and Type were okay. I mostly just dismissed their couple though.
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I liked it but ..
so I've mixed opinions about this. I watched it while it was still airing & this was technically my first ever "bl". I remember how I binged the first 6 episodes in one sitting & the whole genre was a whole new experience for me which I enjoyed a lot. It did make the early quarantine days a bit bearable for me. I also remember thinking that I made a mistake by watching it too soon before the whole series was over cos I didn't wanna suffer every week for new episodes... yeah that's how much I loved it. But then once I started watching it every week my excitement for the series kept going down too. This series suffer from a very bad case of second half. The first half was so good which raised my expectations but it went a bit downhill as the show progressed imo. I still enjoyed the series as a whole but I admit that it did got a bit messy in the second half.My overall rating for the series is 7 now but it used to be 8 a year ago. At that time I rated it on the basis of how much I enjoyed the first half but now that I look back I realise the second half did ruin the series for me . There's no doubt it's a fun series & I'm sure majority will have a good time watching it but I still feel the second half could've been so much better
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This drama wasn't bad, but it's not one of my favorites, to be honest, I do recommend it because it was good.
I wouldn't watch it again because like I said, it's not one of my favorites in dramas.
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They do belong together!
Watched when debuted in 2020. Finally getting my review in as I've re-watched this five times now!This is a good one. Romantic Comedy genre
I believe as I was smiling a lot with the cheese factor and predictability.
There isn't any real conflict, drama, or exes busting in.
I was happy to see so many recognizable faces in this cast! To me it was star studded.
Bright (Sarawat) and Win (Tine) are handsome and talented.
Gun (Green) and Guy (Dim) made me laugh a lot!
Gunsmile (Boss) and Mike (Man) always add such comedy and sweetness to shows.
I can go on and on...I mean Khaotung, TopTap, Drake, Frank, JJ, etc..
Yes it is a trope filled of things that has been used many times before but this was refreshing. The music is great. I have Scrubb all over my playlists on Spotify.
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It's really suitable for audience for the first time watching bl drama
For everyone who want to see a BL drama, you could start with this drama. The scene has focus on their relationship and don't have much skinship like another drama. No bed scene :)I kindly really loved this simply thing in this drama. BUT, simple doesn't mean it don't have any powerful scene. It's to simply! Too much guitar lesson part or something like that (about music ofc). Sometimes the cute scenes being bear or seem unfinished. I love the cliche idea love at the first time, Sarawat fell in love at Tine from Scrubb concert, but I don't get the sense how Sarawat struggle with his introvert side to confess his feeling or act he want to know that he had crush with Tine. Tine is really straighforward so I guess he will get weird act of Sarawat to show his feeling to him more reliable rather than story in this drama. Sarawat's personality really suit with Bright but at some scene I think Bright doesn't good there. On the other side, I love Metawin acting here! He could plays Tine really great!!
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A lot of defaults, quite entertaining in its first half then fizzling out
This BL thai story is quite a classical one: university background, two students part of the music club and falling in love with a fake relationship trope. On one side, we have Mr. Airheaded and on the other side we have Mr. Grumpy. One of the male lead is kind of dumb but in a somewhat endearing way while the other has kind of a creepy look and seem always upset.It is somewhat stereotypical but it is also quite funny and I enjoyed the first half of the series more that the second half which felt a bit like a let down once the relationship settles. Of course, it is really not deep and you cannot take anything seriously. At least from my perspective, it was enjoyable for what it was but the stakes of the scenario were really never high enough for me to feel invested and really care.
Acting-wise, it was really not good. I might be biased, but Khaotung was the saving grace of the show...It is regrettable he just had a very minor role in the series. Sadly, the two main male leads were not that convincing together. They shared some cute and overall very platonic scenes but for me it was more akin to a bromance than a romance. Still, the main couple was the one I preferred with some of the jealousy as well as bromance aspects. Unfortunately, I did not care at all for the two secondary couples: chemistry was lacking as well as storytelling.
Production-wise, I am pretty disappointed by the musical side of the drama. It has been done much better in other more recent BL Thai drama (such as in Cutie Pie or in My School President ) and I was not subjugated by the singing of Bright (contrarly to what Nunew or even Fourth have shown in their respective series). Bright's character did not feel at all like the "genius" musician/singer he was labelled as during the full duration of the show. In addition to these issues, the editing between episodes and also even sometimes between scenes is quite jaring and the soundtrack is often misplaced, breaking the flow of the scenes.
I would not recommend this to people as I feel there are much better BL stories out there ,featuring more convincing musical sequences as well as better chemistry/acting. Despite its numerous defaults, I cannot say that it was not entertaining so you might want to give it a shot if you are looking for something very light and fluffy and do not mind some editing issue as well as some poor acting and storylines.
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