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brilliant love story
what A love story.. I want that kind OF love story OF mine but not in some soul reaper lol... love is tne air... I hope in season 2 they will leave happily ever after... love conquer everything.... I realy love this series.. IM ready to die if soul reaper so sexy handsom soul reaper.. I can die A million times... its l,..,..????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️???❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️?Was this review helpful to you?
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Soul Stealingly Bad
I came to this drama shortly after watching Triage and I was very curious to see how the two would compare since they're both medical dramas. Triage is far superior in every respect. As with a lot of dramas, this one had an interesting and I feel like relatively unique premise, but the story got bogged down by inconsistent pacing, poor acting, lazy writing, and too many unanswered questions. I wanted to like it, but I just couldn't.The inconsistent pacing was incredibly frustrating, there was just so much filler. It never found a good balance of moving the plot forward and explaining what was going on. There was a fair amount of pointless dialogue and scenes where nothing was accomplished. The result was insubstantial characters and rushed moments that really should have been drawn out more. For example, near the end when Prakan realizes that Raam had spread rumors regarding his father twenty years previously, he understandably wants him to pay for what he did. The whole process of he, Nuch, Metha, and Tuaphee deciding to find the evidence, actually finding the evidence, revealing it to Raam, and having Raam fired takes all of ten minutes maybe. It was something that felt like it should have greater significance than it did. The amount of repetition also slowed the pacing. There were numerous repetitive scenes of Metha and Nuch misunderstanding each other, Prakan going back and forth with being friends with Tuaphee and then hating him, multiple pointless scenes of him getting drinks, etc.
Since the drama revolved around the romance between a doctor and a reaper, I have to point out the complete lack of consistency and sense with the reapers. First of all, the rules of the reapers oftentimes didn't make much sense and were obviously just added in to suit the plot or alter it in some way. The punishments for breaking these rules also don't really make sense. And then there's the reapers' lifestyles. They're reapers, so why they would need to rent a place to live, eat, sleep, etc., basically all the things a human does is odd. And since everything they eat tastes bitter, it didn't make sense to see Tuaphee eating as often as he was. There's also the matter of the tickets the reapers magically pull out of their pockets. They're sent a ticket for the person's death, but then the person may still survive? That needed to be better explained along with everything else regarding the reapers.
The acting was really lacking. Nut as Prakan was the worst by far. His expressions were extremely limited and I got bored with them after a while. There just wasn't anything special about the way he played the character and I really struggled to stay interested. I also didn't feel a whole lot of chemistry between him and Karn, mostly on his part. Karn was really good at showing his affection with just his eyes, but I really didn't feel it with Nut. A lack of facial expressions was an issue with a lot of the cast. Yacht, Cookkai, and Pat as Metha, Nuch, and Kheeta respectively all had the same issue at times. It's like they would just get stuck for a while before shaking it off and then would get stuck again. I'm more than willing to chalk some of it up to the directing and the lazy writing since I've seen Yacht at least in other dramas and know he can be quite expressive. However, the fact that he was playing a serious rather than comedic role could also have been part of the issue. The chemistry between Yacht and Cookkai was pretty good, not amazing, but not bad. I actually thought they were strongest when bantering with each other than when they were trying to be romantic. Tae was overall pretty good in his performance as Nathee. The character was lacking, but I thought Tae did a good job with what he had. I didn't really feel the chemistry between him and Pat, but I put most of that on Pat. You could tell Nathee had feelings for Kheeta just from the way he looked at him. I didn't get that same impression from Kheeta. Karn and Singto as Tuaphee and Khett were the two major exceptions to the rule and were wonderful. I enjoyed both their performances very much. There were moments where Karn really reminded me of Saint as Pete in Love By Chance with his expressions which is not a bad thing at all. I really enjoyed seeing the different way he played Tuaphee when he was wearing his Hawaiian clothes versus his reaper clothes. It was almost like playing two different characters to an extent and I liked the way he did it, it added a greater dimension to the character. Singto just brought that very relaxed, chill mentor vibe as Khett. I honestly would have liked to have seen more of him.
The characters were all pretty flat. This series had a smaller cast than a lot Thai BL's but I felt like the characters were even less developed than in some of the ones with massive casts. What character development there was felt rushed and in some cases was almost non-existent.
- Prakan was frustrating from the get go in the way he treated Tuaphee. The way he treated him like a murderer made no sense. The man is supposed to be an intelligent doctor and he can't tell the difference between killing someone and leading a dead soul to the after life? That right there gave me a pretty low opinion of him. His hot and cold routine was also frustrating not to mention repetitive, treating Tuaphee like a friend one moment and then like a killer the next because someone he loved died. The one case I am willing to give him a little bit of leeway is in regards to his mother's death. Blaming Tuaphee for not telling him his mother was going to die was, not reasonable, but understandable. It felt like a human reaction and it was one I could understand. That being said though, his reactions to death didn't make sense as a doctor, especially one who works in an ER. His relationship with Tuaphee was further frustrating to watch, because Prakan starts to obviously have feelings for him pretty early on, but then we have a whole slew of crap thrown in to repeatedly push them apart and they don't actually get together until almost the very end. I also struggled to believe he, and most of the characters actually, were medical professionals. The level of immaturity and lack of communication was just off the charts at times. It felt like the hospital was being run by children.
- Tuaphee was a far more interesting character than Prakan and one of the only reasons I stuck through this drama. I found him to be very relatable in that he knows he should really stay away from Prakan, but also can't stand being apart from the person he loves. In some ways, I found him to be the most human character. His tolerance when it came to Prakan was truly admirable, especially since Prakan spent quite a lot of time treating him like dirt. His unwillingness at times though to communicate got old. I get that he thought he was doing the right thing by separating himself from Prakan but at a certain point he should have figured out that communication was the only way to solve things. I did feel like their relationship was uneven, with Tuaphee being the one to make the most sacrifices while Prakan pretty much skated on by. When they were reunited, I also felt like he should have more fully explained to Prakan what being with a reaper really meant before asking him to commit to their relationship. They had that conversation later, but some aspects like the fact he would never age and they could never get married or have children seem like they should have been addressed at that time.
- Metha was an overall frustrating character because of his failure to communicate. He liked Nuch but wouldn't come out and tell her. He obviously regretted how his friendship with Prakan had taken a turn for the worst, but refused to address it. He was one of the most repetitive characters, just constantly in the same situations without really changing anything. And then once he did change, it felt too abrupt to me. It was like one minute he was an ass and the next he was a relatively decent guy. His willingness to do whatever it took to become chief of surgery was disconcerting and I really didn't like that it was brushed off so quickly and easily. I felt like that was something that needed to be addressed and he needed to acknowledge and I never felt like he did.
- Nuch was mostly awesome, some times annoying, more so when she was crying. Her wailing crying was so fake it hurt to watch. But aside from that, I really liked her character. She was a badass with a big heart. I loved her friendship with Prakan, they were so much fun to watch together and the way they supported each other was very sweet. I honestly think she could have done better than Metha, but I will admit that they ended up being a relatively cute couple. I do think their relationship could have been better developed, it felt rushed to me which is part of why I'm not overly infatuated with them. Her two instances of illness were completely out of the blue and horribly developed. The first time with her collapsing from exhaustion was reasonable, but there needed to be more lead up to it. The second time with the GI bleed was just absurd and an excuse to finally get her and Metha together. I found it completely unbelievable and contrived.
- Kheeta was one of the characters I was not particularly fond of. I didn't find him at all interesting and didn't feel like he added much. It was awkward watching him try to confess to Prakan not once but twice. I found his determination to make Prakan love him uncomfortable. If someone says no, then the answer is no. To me it showed a lack of respect for Prakan and his feelings. His relationship with Natee was not believable to me. He confesses to Prakan a second time and then seems to almost immediately turn around and hook up with Natee and develop feelings for him. I was very thankful that scene was short. Besides the fact that it seems out of character for him to just sleep with Natee like that, there's also the lack of consent. Regardless of the fact that Natee was making a move on him, he should have realized that Natee was drunk and unable to properly give consent and simply left.
- Natee was a bit more of an interesting character, but I felt like his character growth was a bit choppy and inconsistent. Similarly to Metha, his determination to do whatever it took to win was disconcerting. I never got a good feel for why he was such a complete jerk to everyone. I get that he had a rough childhood with his dad, but his rudeness to everyone except Metha and his immediate loyalty to Metha was just weird. I needed more background for him to really understand where he was coming from. Also similar to Metha, I felt like his change from jerk to good guy was too abrupt but was more balanced. He became an overall nicer person, but he still had his prickly personality. His relationship with Kheeta was poorly developed. It was mostly one-sided on his part and then suddenly they were together. I needed more of a build up on both sides to get on board with it.
There are a few other little things that I felt the drama lacked that I'll mention here.
- How much time elapsed between scenes and events was rarely, if ever, discussed or shown. While not always a big deal, there were some moments where it felt necessary to have that distinction. For example, in regards to Kheeta and Natee's relationship, it felt like Kheeta got rejected by Prakan and then almost immediately did an about face and said he liked Natee. I'm going to guess that more time passed than it seems, but it really cheapened the relationship for me and I didn't find it believable that Kheeta's feelings had changed that quickly.
- All three couples got together at more or less the same time. For Kheeta and Natee and Metha and Nuch, it felt rushed. I think having the relationships all move at their own pace throughout the drama with the couples getting together more one by one rather than all at once would have made more sense and would have been more organic.
- The medical aspect left a lot to be desired. That was one of the reasons I was really interested in this drama so I was disappointed to see it so poorly executed. Patients underwent surgery without being intubated, surgical gloves were not always worn correctly, doctors acted like they had no idea what to do in some situations, and other instances that just pulled me out of the moment. The absurdity of it just left me banging my head against the wall. I also found it very odd that two such young surgeons would be up for chief of surgery. I get that they both had shares in the hospital but that's the kind of position I would see an older, more experienced surgeon taking. The lack of really any senior medical staff was off to me.
- The one thing I will give credit to is that while a lot of dramas that pair off humans and non-human entities fail to really address the consequences of said relationship, namely that nearly all cases, the human will continue to age while the non-human is ageless, this one did not shy away from it. I appreciated that. However, the fact that everyone else who died appeared exactly as they were and then Prakan dies as an old man and his soul is young again was vaguely annoying. I know it's a small thing, but after so many inconsistencies, it would have been nice to have one thing remain. But, moving on, the final scene where Prakan has evidently been reincarnated and he can still see Tuaphee was borderline creepy to me because it intimated that he was going to wait for him to grow up and likely pursue a relationship with him again. I already found it vaguely off-putting that he did that the one time, especially since he viewed Prakan as a younger brother when he was alive and then developed romantic feelings for him after watching him grow up, but the fact that it seems its going to be a cycle pushed it into creepy territory for me.
The cinematography was quite good, there were a few really beautiful shots, especially at the end, that I felt really encompassed the emotion the scene was trying to convey. The OST was good, not as memorable as other dramas, but I did enjoy it.
For all that this is supposed to be a romance, I felt it was more like 90% angst and 10% romance. The romance really doesn't kick in until the last couple of episodes and by then its too little too late. Its sad that such a promising concept wasn't given the proper resources to really shine because I think it could have been spectacular, but the overwhelming negative aspects make it mediocre at best. This is not a drama I would really recommend and its certainly not one I'll be rewatching.
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Tear-jerking & Completely Sweet
This series was one of the cutest I've watched in a hot minute. Down to the main characters, the side couples, just everything was adorable. The conflict didn't feel forced, and neither did the romance.I loved the story down to the last of it. I didn't find it hard to follow at all, I loved how everything was presented and executed as well as the romance. Despite the romance being slow, only really appearing in the last episodes, I still found it 100% worth the watch since the main focus isn't primarily on Tua & Prakan's romance but also on character development and relationship development between the characters. One thing that I wish happened though was more screentime for Tee & Keeta's romance but they were still adorable either way. I really loved how Metha's & Prakan's relationship turned better as well, it was sweet seeing them finally hugging after being at each other's throats for so long.
I absolutely loved the acting/cast and the music as well. There were times when the music cut a bit weirdly, but it wasn't bad enough to distract from the story and what was going on in the scenes. The acting/cast was really captivating, the romance felt so real and sweet and it truly made me cry for multiple episodes, especially the last episode. You'll definitely need some tissues if sweet and loving couples make you an easy crier.
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Focus on the present
Wow... end of the review ahaha no seriously WOW, had such low expectations for this drama that end it up being a f*cking amazing one.It really give me the vibes of Triage ( a bl that I really enjoyed), I don't know if it's because all the timeline, the main scenario being the hospital, I don't know and I don't care it was awesome.
Tua was such a kind heart character, I really liked him, Prakan was nice at the beginning but he started to get annoying, he was stuck in a loop of actions and thoughts that I didn't like it.
The best character is, with no doubts, Natee, he's the SH*T such a dope character really.
Nut, in my opinion is a really good character but his characters suck every single time.
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Gonna leave here the notes that I wrote while watching the series:
Nathee being jealous is my new obsession ahahaha
Tua's face when Prakan asked him why was he with the purple rabbit broke my heart
WHAT A FUCKING AMAZING ENDING
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When you like something so much you do it three times
The creators of this series really like the trope of 2 people falling in love and breaking up and reconciling so much that they showed it three times. Its like you are watching the episodes on repeat.The story is about Prakan, a doctor who is able to see a grim repaper who he names Tuaphee. What starts as a fight between the doctor who wants to save lives and a grim reaper who wants to collect souls slowly grow in to something more. There is a bit of a mystery and hospital politics sprinkled in between. To me this sounds like an interesting premise as we could find a lot of elements of humour and tragedy with such polar opposite characters and their job roles. But the series fails to capitalise on this opportunity. Instead, what we get is Prakan being whiny and Tuaphee being all caring and understanding and this is where the series loses all charm and interest.
The series seems to be stuck in a loop where Prakan tries to save a patient but fails and sees Tuaphee there to collect the soul. He acts as if Tuaphee was responsible for the patient’s death and loses his mind. He starts yelling at him and says some unsavoury things. Tuaphee meanwhile either doesn’t say a word or tries to explain himself to no avail. Here, their budding relationship comes to an end. After sometime Prakan realises his mistake and apologises to Tuaphee and they get back together again only for Prakan to lose another patient and blame Tuaphee and rinse and repeat. Looking at this you feel the series is stuck in a loop and you just want to slap some sense in to both of them.
Also, for some reason the characters on this series have shown to never believe that someone is in love with them although they have been secretly pursuing them for some time. And this holds true mainly for the secondary couples. Metha likes Nuch but always believes that she is in love with Prakan even after Prakan telling him that they are just friends. Nuch tries to care for Metha but he pushes her away by being obnoxious because he feels she can never be good to him without an ulterior motive that would benefit Prakan. Then we have Nathee and Keetha. Nathee likes Keetha and even confesses his love while drunk. Later he confesses again while being intoxicated and this time Keetha accepts him. But he refuses to believe that Keetha has feelings for him. I mean, Keetha confessed as well and kissed you. What more do you want for god’s sake!
In conclusion, this series is lacklustre and suffers from a mediocre plot wherein the writers lost all imagination and kept going for the same breakup storyline. The actors seem to have tried their best with what they were handed. The series could have been so much interesting if they could have just given it a bit more thought. You can give it a watch as it isn’t a dumpster fire but you will certainly feel that some storylines are rushed and some plotlines just don’t go anywhere and are placed to increase the runtime.
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Different but … soo good
I kindda bingewached this one … and never got disappointed.It’s true that those who want sticky kissing scenes with strange noices for every eye or head movement, or want the whole cast falling in BL might be dissapointed by this drama.
But for me this drama has a real and very interesting plot and even though it is a sad one you can easily adhere to the different characters.
It’s a pity that there aren’t more series with Karn and Nut, this being one 6 years after their first collaboration, cause even though they’re not a couple in real life they have good chemistry on screen (meaning they are really good actors). And the acting of Sood : top. Tae brought in the cuteness and it is always nice to see him on screen.
So … a big thumbs up for ALL the actors here.
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The acting and the plot are amazing!
Although many people liked this show, there are many viewers who didn't watch it because they were afraid of the bad reviews. I have nothing bad to say about "Dear Doctor". It all fits together so well and I really felt inside the universe when I was watching this for the first time. You won't regret anything. Sure, the story felt slow at times, but I think it suits the plot anyway.Another good thing to say is about the storyline behind the characters. There wasn't any moment, when I was watching, that I didn't feel the emotion from that. Everyone that watched it will know what I'm talking about.
By the way, no matters what people say, I'll be in love this serie for a long time and I'm sure you'll like it as I did.
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A for Effort/C for Execution
I placed a spoiler alert at the end of this review.This series was good, but it could have been a lot better. However, it was nice to watch a mature BL series that didn’t use the typical university set-up. The script was ok, but there are a few elements that don’t make sense. I have no medical training, but even I found the medical scenes very unrealistic. If they didn’t have the budget to do them correctly, they could have found a better way around it. I like the cast, but the acting was not the greatest at some points. As for production, the series does suffer from poor background music choices and bad editing.
Random Note: The English title is not grammatically correct. It should be Dear Doctor, I’m Coming for Souls.
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The ending is bittersweet, but it makes sense considering the storyline. The time jumps in the last episode is the only editing in the series that was done correctly.
My main criticism is two characters sleep together when one is very drunk. It doesn’t matter who initiated it; this is not ok. The other character was sober and should have said no. It was also out of character for the other one to move forward with it.
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Very good and underrated
During the first episode, I admit I wasn't too interested - it felt slow and not very interesting, and was tempted to drop the series altogether since I didn't feel like checking out the second episode at all. After the second episode, the story becomes more interesting and I ended up binge watching the rest of the episodes.The story is not perfect and there were one or two plot holes that made me frown, but there's something very intriguing about the plot and the characters that made me want to stay until the end to see how things would go. I was afraid that the setting and the plotlines would be handled very badly, making it look like the hospital was some kind of romance playground or something, but instead they did it justice and I was fully immersed even in every case of the patients that were shown.
The acting is also very good, and I have to say that Yacht was the one who surprised me the most: I've always been used to see him as "the comic relief" in other series, so seeing him as a serious character for once was very refreshing.
Overall it was a bittersweet series, not one that I will pick back up easily as I'm more into sweet and fluffy stories, but it was a pleasant surprise. In the end, I'm glad I gave it a solid chance to amaze me, because it did.
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No Emotional Connections
This is noteworthy in the sense that it is not your typical BL involving college boys. It is esoteric and creative but is so lacking in emotional connections. The irony of it is, is that this whole series is one big continuous emotional journey, mostly about death. If you have a series like this, you have to make it relatable to the audience to make it believable. If not, then it lacks a connection to the audience. I simply never felt a connection to any of the characters in this series. It is not bad acting as much as it lacks a coherent and flowing screenplay.Was this review helpful to you?
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I wanted this to be what it thinks it is
I so badly wanted this to be good because Grey Rainbow is one of my favorite BLs of all time. Ah, alas.Medical misinformation abounds, but I'm not thai, so maybe procedures are different over there??? Also every single character sucks except Tua and Nuch. Like, every single one. No one is likeable, especially the main character, which is wild. He's so stupid it physically pains me, and he keeps repeating the same stupid behavior over and over and over again at the expense of a friend. Holy hell he's annoying. Every time someone dies he melts down and goes on about how it's all his fault oh no boo hoo. Like he must think he's got the final say on who lives or dies. Even in shows where the main character is an established loser, I'm hard-pressed to think of them as one, but this guy??? Prakan is a certified asshole loser.
The rules of the people being reaped are inconsistent, the rules of the reapers dont make much sense and are inconsistent. The punishments for various reaper things are arbitrary af. The concept is cool, the execution could have maybe used like one brainstorm meeting. Maybe a writers room. Maybe even just someone to say all the plot points out loud so they'd notice the holes.
The music was wild. Something literally insignificant would happen and this loud, dramatic music would play and I was confused every time because again, nothing warranted it. All of the music was loud for no reason and almost always overdramatic. This is a drama, but its was *noticeably* overdramatic. It took me out of the story quite frequently, which is rough because the story itself was already taking me out of the story. Frankly, I'm not done yet and I want to drop it, but Tua is 1. Doing better than the rest of the cast (bar Nuch) combined and 2. Is pretty. That's all I'm in it for right now. I'm not even in it for Nuch, as much as I love her, because she's in love with the largest, most prolasped asshole I have ever had the displeasure of seeing. And yes, I do mean....uh Prakans cousin, whatever his name is. The side couple is insufferable, the higherups are insufferable for both the reapers and doctors. For some reason people keep getting hit by cars??? Like car, car, building, car, car, cancer type ahh.
This has been an exercise in frustration, which js more frustrating because it could've been SO. GOOD.
Could've.
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Why is this so underated????
The story is classic and typical (or not/?/ the premise is kinda similiar to Goblin (korean drama)) but still touching and got me in tears especialy on the last two, with a touch of boys love in it. Character is developed well, there's multiple couple happened here with also some of love triangle and jealousy. There're many conflict happened in every episode so it's not that type of "romance focused" series. They added some trivia of the health condition for the patient. This series is kinda burning, but that's what makes me stick till the end of the series.Was this review helpful to you?
