Love in the Air (2022)

It's an original story by MAME, so I was really worried about the content of this series, but actually, it was fun.

About the plot: the series is divided into 2 arcs, the couples basically are developed by the narrative separated, 1-7 is about Payu and Rain and 7-13 it's Prapai and Sky. So, I will divide my review into these 2 arcs:

- PayuRain:
Honestly, when I was watching and their arc ended in the 7 episode, I was really disappointed bcs they did a really bad time management. Their story feels so rushed and corny. Also, the kidnapping was so unasked... like?? But at all, it was fun BCS it was a little camp, but the problem is: They didn't have the intention of being camp... That's the problem. About their acting: Both Noeul (Rain) and Boss (Payu) did a very OK job, nothing special but not BAD either.

- PrapaiSky:
It's incredible how their story is SO BETTER managed than PayuRain story. The start of their relationship feels weird and I didn't know how to interpret the way that everything happened, but, the way that their relationship develops it's beautiful. I was enamored with Prapai slowly melting Sky. About the acting, both of them, Fort (Prapai) and Peat (Sky) did a very good job, especially with both being rookies. PS.: SKY WAS SO CUTE.

The management of the series, as I said, looks more like 2 short series than 1 series. About the race plot: he almost doesn't exist, it's kinda funny how the series is promoted with these themes since in some parts I forgot that they race. And yes the sex scenes are well done.

And DEFINITELY, PrapaiSky >>>>>>>>>>>>

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The Story is interesting and not boring to watch

THIS IS JUST MY OPINION

CAST

For me the casting of the drama from day one was amazing they really did a great job with it.
Payu and Rain aka Boss and Noeul's acting can be scored as a 8 overall, they have enough and more ability to grow and did a fine job with LITA as their first drama.
As for Prapai and Sky aka Fort and Peat their acting varied during the drama. At times I was disappointed with the performance and at times I was immensely impressed by it. Like Boss and Noeul, Fort and Peat too have so much of potential for improvement, if given the proper guidance they would turn out to be shining diamonds.

STORY

I Love LOVE IN THE AIR. The author "Mame Orawan Vichayawannakul" did such an amazing job with the novel.... I love the two parts "Love Storm" and "Love Sky", the flow of the story is such a beautiful thing the read and watch that without much thought they will end up being one of your favorites to read and watch that was what happen to me. If you still haven't watched love in the air please start. it would not disappoint you.

MUSIC

There are 3 main tracks of LITA. "My Strongest Love" - Boss & Noeul, "Never Say" - Fort & Peat, "Love In The Air" - Boss, Noeul, Fort & Peat. 3 different soundtracks that are cute and sweet. one that consists of a MV while the other 2 show the chemistry between the 2 couples.

Overall I Loved Love in the air and for sure will end up watching it until i actually get fed up of it. whether you want to watch them on YT or IQIYI its upto you, But please take your time to watch it and fall in love with the characters PhayuRain, PrapaiSky, Saifa, Sig and all the others i couldn't mention. PEACE.

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Toxic bottoms

The story and the acting were mostly ok.
The tops, Payu and Prapai were mostly perfect.
But overall very cringy. The bottoms, Rain and Sky (who were supposed to be best friends but don't interact which each other except to talk about their boyfriends) are whiny at best and exasperating at worst. I could excuse Sky because of his trauma but Rain doesn't get any excuse: he's so annoying, and there's not one moment in the series where I liked him.
After watching BLs like Bad Buddy, I expected romance that was, well, not toxic and somewhat realistic, but Love in the air has romance straight out of a fairytale, written by a 13-year-old girl. (Not hating this genre because I do enjoy it every once in a while but I was expecting more out of this series)

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Damn it was good

This drama is one of the reasons my standards got high on searching BLs.
Really the main two did their best and the scenes were OMG yo i kept drooling ?
Plot was nice and simple
I love how the characters were developed and portrayed the emotions and all !
Also both four of them were very well played the roles and the steamy scenes were Oh My Goodness “it was good, VERY GOOD”

Overall the drama is very beautiful
The actors look so handsome and cool
The difference in the character personality is well delivered

I give 10:10
This increased my standard now im searching for dramas the same !

Love in the air FTW ♥️

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Amazing! Full of emotion and excitement

The dynamics between the couples is great! I love both couples, they both go through struggles and discover their feelings towards each other in a well progressed journey that is full of excitement and spice. The actors were cast really well and have great chemistry. This is a must watch for BL fans, it has everything you could want in a series, emotional scenes, tasteful love scenes, lots of skinship and some emotional scenes.
I really liked the part where rain had difficulties in handing in his assignment and had to attempt it again which is a relatable problem which ended up in helping to build his relationship with payu.

Sky has some emotional scenes and there's some painful emotional parts that really pull you in and make you feel for him. I love how prapai develops and their relationship becomes wholesome and healthy.

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The Story

I watched so many Bl shows that i like but Love in the Air is the first one that makes me cry, laugh, sad and happy at the same time.
All the actors was excellent.
Love love love it❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️love
I will like to see all of them in another show together
with the same Director and the staff members to make our hearts melt with joy, love, laughter, sadness, excitement and happiness at the same time.??????????????????❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I can’t wait.

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You like this suit? I like the one wearing it too.

I waited for the series to be completed so I can binge on it and I am glad I waited. Otherwise I would have gotten frustrated waiting for the next episode.

I preferred Payu & Rain's story better. It felt more realistic than that of Prapai & Sky. Why?

For Payu & Rain, it was smoother and the storyline was more enjoyable and lighthearted. The flashbacks were well placed in the series and helped in explaining the sequence of the events better. Moments between the two were fluffy and the chemistry was spot on. Just wait till you see what they do after Payu won the challenge. Not gonna spoil the thrill! Mama mia! Oh...I simply love the part where Payu sang to Rain! So so romantic! Sigh...Payu is the man you always wanted as a boyfriend. Ahhh...those bedroom eyes! Rain is the cute and sometimes clueless 'dimwit' who is just perfect for Payu. The chemistry between them is out of this world! You can feel that Payu really loves Rain to bits! Goosebumps! Honestly, I cannot stop rewatching these scenes...bathtub, the challenge/make out and specially towards the end of episode 7 whereby Payu disclosed who his boyfriend is...it's so sweet.

The story between Prapai & Sky was 'heavier'. It was only into episode 8 which the viewers were shown how the two met. Actually it wasn't my cup of tea because I felt that in the beginning it was near impossible for someone to agree having sex with a person you met barely for 5 minutes even in that situation. Sky can be rather irritating with him constantly trying to irk Prapai. I like the Sky in the first 7 episodes but after that it was quite tedious watching his mood swing and his trauma was not explained until almost at the end of the series. It was also tiring watching Prapai pursuing Sky. I must say that Prapai is definitely boyfriend material. So much love and patience.

It would have been great if the last episode featured the two couples instead of ending with just Prapai & Sky. In fact, I felt that they should have made it into 2 different series like Star and Sky: Star in My Mind; Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart, followed by a special episode to round things up. Or they could have interweaved the 2 stories. Sky was regular from episodes 1 to 7 but Rain is almost non existence henceforth. Payu and Sky kind of completely disappeared from episode 8 onwards.

Oh, I must definitely mention Tonnam as Sig! He acted in Triage, Cutie Pie, Where R U and a few more series in supporting roles. Thoroughly enjoys all of his roles. A very versatile actor, a serious doctor in Triage and an idiotic clown in Love in the Air. Hope he gets to lead a series soon.

And Payu's mechanic, Aon, is hilarious!

By the way, if you find Payu's home is familiar, it was also Nawee's in The Tuxedo.

The OST is awesome! Especially 'The Strongest Love'!

It is definitely a great series. It got me addicted from episode 1 to 7, as I mentioned earlier, I lean more towards Payu & Rain. I gave the acting and rewatch value a 10 mainly because of Payu & Rain.

What are you waiting for? Watch it...you will love it!

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GIVE ME MORE!!!

I am trying to get a hold of myself when I am writing this review because all I can say is..... MORE BOSSNOEUL AND MORE FORTHPEAT!!!!!!!! IT IS A CRIME THAT THIS SERIES IS JUST 12 EPISODES TBH. At first I feel like why is Rain's character like this and why is he being straight but MISS GURL- HERE COMES PAYU TO THE RESCUE. AND MISS GURL...... THE SEX SCENES ARE JUST *CHEF KISS*. I know that some of the productions failed at making certain action scenes look cool but DAYUMMMMMM THIS SERIES IS JUST <3 <3 <3 <3!!!!!!!

I still couldn't get over how gorgeous the casts are and that includes FORTH I AM LOOKING AT YOU YES YOUUUU.

To be honest some of the series that have side pairing sometimes will make the main pairing look overrated but this time both of the pairing have the same screentime and makes me unsure which one of them that I love the most.

Okay lets talk about the character. Rain - a spoiled brat that have foul mouth but here comes Payu where he teaches Rain the manner (IYKYK). Sky is doing alright just that sometimes it annoys the heck out of me when he is trying to act all tough when Prapai is spoiling him like a baby.

I dont want to say much because I REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO WATCH BY YOURSELF. cause its totally worth it. Not once I skip any part in this series cause it is SPICEY WITH A HINT OF SWEETNESS.

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Problematically falling in love through thin air, still always there for each other

A lot has already been said, so rather than mentioning all those details again, this is my view on how I see the four protagonists. The entire series is divided into love between Payu- Rain and Prapai- Sky, as a Mame project it has objectionable content, if it is not your way, this needs to be skipped.

Overall the things I loved in the series-

I loved the plot and screenwriting, which brick by brick sets how the flawed characters actualize their mistakes and are responsibly out there to fix them for the ones they love. Payu is tough and in need of love, but becomes marvelously soft around a caring Rain who he always longed for. Rain searches for love and is irked by Payu but cannot help to see the efforts his senior puts now that he is so important to him. He acknowledges the way Payu points out the areas he needs to improve or how he praises him for hard work or sucks-in his own feelings just to make Rain focus on life goals. Payu worked hard a lot to be where he is, as a successful architect and a co- owner of a garage. He wants the same for Rain, least to see him work hard for himself. Payu becomes Rain’s inspiration, and the more they interact the more they fall, to an extent Rain spells it out clearly that he will never let go of this senior and the senior desires the same. As for Pai and Sky, Pai’s efforts in love was all Sky needed to regain his faith back in love, which eventually happens and both the couple are beautifully shown to believe in marriage and yearning to spend their lives together.

No doubt the production team’s effort to find the right cast hits off and they give their viewers the perfect pairing of actors. The sincerity in their chemistry is sky rocketing. The way Noel portrayed Rain shedding tear, scared to lose Payu or the way Boss outlines Payu looking into the eyes of Rain, happy that Rain never wants to let go off him or Fort as Pai, cuddling to convince Sky of his love is to the point or the way Pete as Sky breaks down in the arms of Pai crying that he really loves him.

Cinematography in here is everything, cannot get over the impressive aerial shot depicting trucks bringing Payu's work. The orange color of Payu and Rain lost in each other amongst all, or dominance of blue in background to match the coolness of blue in Payu’s clothing, or the brightness in background emphasizing Pai's strong character to the red hint of perplexed condition of a conflicted Sky are all so well-matched. Music is the next big thing, I could never skip the intro song, whether Thai or English every songs justifies the scene it has been inculcated into, whether Payu’s situation of keep your money I want your respect or the authority of the stylish racetrack.

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Analyzing the characters-

Payu and Rain knowing each other:

On a stormy and rainy night, we see a stranger stop and help a person stuck with a flat tyre. Indeed helping a stranger out of the blue, Payu is someone good to his colleagues, helps around workers in his garage and there for his juniors back in his college, as the department still keeps him in charge, given his outstanding meritorious records. The one in need of help is Rain, stepping out of the coziness of his car, he shelters Payu from the downpour, making storm fall for the simplest gentleness of rain.

Payu all rich, handsome and playful is the salt and pepper case of unhappy lonely individual; he is looking for someone to fall for him seriously above his richness and looks, but gets none. When he comes to know that Rain is within his knowing, he strikes out a plan to know him more, though this plan of his is improper to me. Rain does look at Payu and my god the way he looks, holds onto Payu's hand asking for help and agrees to come to Payu's home, maybe he should have once requested the senior to drop him at his home; anyways, this attention is put into question by Payu. As we see around or in other depictions; the sudden mutual attraction meaning mere causality, which how to be taken further or dropped is left between the two.

Payu’s handsome face makes Rain’s struggle harder but he strongly denies. Payu lets him go, saying he is also not in the mood anymore, but somewhere he gets that Rain is not playing hard to get and his no is indeed a firm no. Payu acts tough asking Rain to stay back given the bad weather, hence, we get to see a side of Payu who also knows what a no means and Rains spends the night at Payu’s home without advantage taken. Instead, when Rain hugs him, lying by his side falling to sleep, Payu is seen happy that Rain is unlike others and could be the one to meet his expectation of serious relationship, revealing he may really like him.

Payu knows his limits and the turning point in their relationship:

He follows Rain to college and confronts him getting close in a way which again should have been avoided. Rain is taken away by his aura, looks and virtues from the beginning and we see him succumb to Payu's touches holding onto his cloth and away even when Payu stops. Here if you watch, you will see, Rain gets away in Payu’s touching to an extent he shares something getting up to his friend Sky. And again we see Payu stopping without taking it further even if Rain gets carried away. Rain stays back henceforth at times and at none interval Payu takes advantage. On the contrary we see interactions between them where Payu cooks him breakfast, drops him home or takes him out for dinner. With these growing interactions, Rain chooses Payu to heal his disturbed mind as his assignment gets rejected and yes Payu comes running to hold him in his arms and hear him as he cries. To me this was the turning point in their relationship, where Payu proves that amidst his teasing, his liking for Rain is also true words.

Changing for love, Rain is important to Payu more than anything:

When Payu is someone who understands a no and stops without taking the situation further, then why the need to approach Rain in a manner where he becomes uncomfortable? This is where even Payu understands that Rain is actually quite immature and not ready for a serious commitment. I wouldn’t coin Rain’s coming to Payu as a sheer gesture of stalking, although it initiated for the purpose of a bet to win over Payu. Rain eventually intends to see Payu and spend time with him, which Payu readily digs in, as it broadens their chances of getting close. But all of this hampers Rain’s concentration in studies, and here is where Payu proves his sincerity for Rain. He decides to stay away from him, until Rain understands the gravity to equate things and becomes dependable. This sacrifice to mar his own feelings for the good of Rain is what hits Rain as well, he works his days and nights off just to see the face of Payu and make him actualize he is worthy of staying by Payu’s side.

Payu and Rain falling in love, their equation as a couple:

Rain is immature but not meek, he always stood firm against Payu’s advances where he had too, made out willingly when he wanted to and threw punches if felt wronged. Their love making NC scenes are a lot more than just making out; they keep talking and looking into each other, totally in sync with each other’s feelings. Rain knows the areas where Payu didn’t take advantage or stopped himself, and we see him stay over at his place or come to him again and again. He doesn’t trust words of Payu alone; he takes his time to determine his own and as well as Payu's feelings. It is only when Payu proves his worth enough by being there for him to the extent Payu aloof himself for Rain’s sake that Rain slowly questions his own feelings. We also see Payu caring for Rain in many ways, he protects him the best he can, of course even if that means he risks his own life or bow down. He sings out how lucky he feels to have met Rain and have him in his life, he takes him out for a movie on that sport bike of his and they both have Korean lunch. He is always there guiding him to do better in his studies, even if it means he has to stay awake helping Rain in his assignments. Payu has lots of people wanting him, and yes he only wants Rain.

Prapai turning his world upside down for Sky:

As for Prapai and Sky, even though one episode left, I still wouldn’t judge it on a whole because I haven’t seen the entirety of them. So in a gist, Prapai is the rich and handsome guy again who longs for true love but gets none. Once more I have objection to how Pai approaches Sky. Even though Sky agrees to Pai's proposal, hence if casualty is Sky’s choice I am no one to judge, else with what mindset Sky agrees to Pai's wishful thinking is something wondering to me. We see the same lifestyle for Pai, where no relationship to commit he is fine with no strings attached, and again it’s his life. What I doubt on is what would happen if Sky said no? Which started off as casual feelings to be ended, but Pai demanding love to see him above his face and money, cannot help but fall for humble Sky. He makes his way to Sky, which Sky initially evades but finds impossible to fall for the charms and efforts of Pai. His persistence to prove he wants it serious with Sky makes him take rounds of travels to deliver food or to take care of sick Sky. Hence, persistence for good is also appreciative where if he loves he will prove fits in the story, and we see Sky demanding in self that Pai likes only him and never leaves him.

For those who prefer green flag stories, to remind them here the characters are flawed just like other series going around in fictional entertainment. So controversies not your type, this is a no-go. Else, the character development and simple yet intriguing plot is a must watch and re-watchable at any time for a break away from busy world.

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