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YinWar do teen angst and nostalgic lost love
This ended up being a story of lost love that never really happened, so not technically a romance, and only BL in the pre 2016 sense of the genre. Which is to say you can't expect a happy ending.As such I wouldn’t recommend it for modern BL watchers. I liked it, but I like YinWar and Yin does sulky jelly very well and they both handle teenage over-dramatics like nobodies business. But I just prefer these two being messy university idiots over sweet angsty high school students. And I get to choose, because they’ve now done both.
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The best story is not really the best (pun intended)
I was really excited when I saw that YinWar is having another series together. I loved them in En Of Love (honestly they're the only ones I liked in there). I think that they have one of the best chemistry in the Thai BL genre.Story-wise, it brought absolutely nothing new to the table. A homophobic mom (parents), the female character turning evil, guitars and bands. But it still got me interested. I was hoping it would put in a nice twist somewhere. Since we are going into teen angst, I was hoping they'd go full on the angst factor but it didn't. I don't think it's the length though because I enjoyed their installment in En Of Love just alright even if that's also a mini series. I don't think it's the open ended finale too because I'm fine with sad endings.
Acting wise, War is hands down a solid actor. Yin improved a lot too. This story was in Best's POV and War hard carried the show and the character with little to no background story.
Overall, it's not the best out there and I think the show knows it.
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Could've been better
This was a cute short BL series, however I have a few issues, particularly with the plot. I felt as though Best and Dew weren't given enough time to develope their friendship/relationship. There were so many scenes that could have been cut/shortened to accommodate for better character development for both of them. Best spends so much of the series writing songs for Dew, talking about Dew with his friends, longing for Dew but never officially makes a damn move towards Dew ??. I guess that's sort of realistic. Most boys in Highschool probably wouldn't have the guts to come out and fully confess their feelings for another boy, but this is a BL, we don't need realistic, we want happy stories that give us fanciful hope lol. I liked how supportive Best's friends were of him having a crush on a guy and how they would always gently push him to interact with him. However I hated a particular scene in which someone in this series outs both Dew and Best because they were rejected, very childish behavior; which is likely the reason we got the ending that we did. Overall a cute BL that can be binged quickly but doesn't use it's time effectively to further the plot.Was this review helpful to you?
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Reality hits hard!!
This drama was short and beautifully showed how reality hits hard. Even in 21st century not everyone is open minded. The leads were so cute together. I wish they do many more dramas together. I wish this drama had more episodes.You can fall in love with anybody at any part of time. The first meeting of the leads was so cute.
Why does parents don't understand their children and allow them. The happiness is more than anything you wish for the other person. Hope a sequel of this drama airs soon.. I want a happy ending. I wish they overcome all the difficulties together. And be each others strength rather than weakness.
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Short but gold
This miniserieses is really a gem. I discovered this after watching love mechanics because I loved the main actors and they didn’t disappoint in this show either. The cinematography and the acting is amazing, especially War, he can convey beautiful strong emotions without having to say anything. The story was short but fresh and very realistic. It depicts the normal life and struggle of young gay guys without having to make it too complicated. The only downside was the ending, it was kind of abrupt and it looks unfinished, but I feel like it was done like this on purpose. In real live there isn’t always an happy ending, and it’s nice to see it sometimes. However I still wish they would have end it more clearly.Was this review helpful to you?
SO much better than En of Love
It was short, shorter even than En of Love, yet it was so much better, and it all came down to the pacing, directing and storyline of the show. With En of Love, you could tell they were trying to fit a longer story into a couple episodes and not only could you not do the story justice, it was butchered so badly, I almost wish they hadn’t tried. I had to scour reddit to be able to understand En of Love, whereas here, the story was clear, short and sweet, and the characters and actors (War) got to shine. I highly recommend watching this and rooting on these actors for the bigger and better things they deserve.Was this review helpful to you?
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Just because it's cliché, it doesn't mean it's not good! Sometimes all we want is some simple and cute story about teenagers discovering love. And i missed Yin and War, I'm glad they did something different from Love Mechanics. Just took 1.5 point away for those homophobic bitches though lol they ruined the ending I got SO pissed. We could've had such a sweet ending with Best confessing and Dew confessing back to him, but that BITCH named FERN decided to mess up her so-called best friend's life. And his mom is the worst as well. In my head Dew came out to his dad later and he said "son, love who you wanna love. go to him NOW" and then we'd get those cliché scenes of them meeting again and finally getting together pleeeease that would be amazing! Let's just imagine together, shall we? Although it was not the ending I truly wanted, I was easily able to enjoy this series. Good job but please let us get a sweet ending next time!PS.: ray and dave were so cute looking at each other in the show's scene! I wish I could've seen more of them together besides ray slightly mentioning dave, but i get it was a short series. Anyways I'm gonna imagine a spin off for them because I was invested.
(reposted from july 25th, 2021 bc my old account got suspended)
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The first love
Right now we are watching Yin&War's Love Mechanic series and coming across this miniseries is like introducing ourselves to the characters as a teenager, with feelings so mixed up and difficult to clarify. the performance of both actors is excellent but as always War stands out with its unbeatable emotional expressiveness. In this case, it is a pleasure to see their friends as normal non-toxic people and without scenes of drunkenness justifying toxic approaches. The female character is well played but, as usual, she plays dirty and doesn't know how to “lose”. It's a shame to always give that image. The mother on this occasion is not the typical understanding one who accepts and supports them, but the manipulative and uncompromising and homophobic. Very real unfortunately. The music with the song played by War is beautiful and the nod to the old songs with the cassettes in the Sony walkman. a great series whose only drawback is the subtitles, which disappear in the conversation between the mother and the bride-to-be and are crucial. and another drawback is the ending that is not clear no matter how open it is left. Season 2 or a special chapter is needed and please with a happy ending without the tragedy of being gay condemned to abandonment that we are so tired of seeing and suffering. WAR and YIN are a great couple acting together. that alone is worth it.Was this review helpful to you?
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Oh the woes of having a crush.
For those who are wondering, this short series does not have a *happy ending*However, it ended beautifully. Still got me crying while typing this.
TAGS: unsupportive parent, selfish female character, ultra supportive best friends.
To start it, I just want to say that War's acting is top notch in this series. It reminded me once again why I fell in love with him as an actor in En of Love. YinWar's acting got me back to the past where I had these high school crushes and it hit so deep that I can see myself with Best.
Another thing I love in this series is the friendships. Such supportive friends and they are not judgemental as well. No bias whatsoever. I love them. The actors also acted very natural as best of friends.
The plot flowed naturally even though it is only three episodes. It is short in a way that I want to watch more, but it is also short in a way that it gave us viewers the liberty to think up what could have happened next.
Things that I didn't like comes down to the characters only. I really don't like when BL series makes a female character selfish especially a female character that acts as if she's sweet, but is bitchy behind the back. I also don't like parents who are close-minded and controlling. I feel so bad for Dew.
Lastly, I just want to say that I don't think it was a one sided love whatsoever. This series is bittersweet and well directed. A must watch!
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ONE WORD... AMAZING!
Been a fan of YINWAR ever since Love Mechanics and I thought that was the best series they could ever have but I am mistaken because this one is as good as that in a very different way, what I mean is that War in TBS has a very different character personality than LM I don't know but I live for shy War I'm not comparing since they are the same person but I prefer War in TBS since it suits his face the shy type cutie boy hehe. There is so much to say about this series and I mean in good way. Although this is just your typical Bl troupe nothing really special or unique however, it gives you butterflies every time they encounter and the character development is a top notch for me no need for so much drama just to understand their feelings with each other. Really a good actor especially War my cutie boy he really deserve an award and of course same goes to Yin who keeps improving. And I fell in love to their OST who sang none other than our cutie boy War adding this in my music list :) It's also a good choice to add Ray and Bright in the story I just love the friendship between the three of them. And lastly I really hope that they will give this series a longer version just like what they did to EN love Mechanics or atleast a special ep will do or season 2 or any sequel... gosh will wait for an announcement, hopefully.Was this review helpful to you?
this is sad asf. (ATTENTION SPOILER)
i think this is one of the best serie i ever watched, even if the end was sad it fitted perfecly and shows how hard it is to confesso your feelings to other people. The start is really cute but then i started to cry and cry AND CRY, expecially when he read what the girl wrote on his shirt. There were some problems with the translating in the end that i hated cuz i couldnt understand what dew wrote on best's shirt.the acting was perfecly perfect for someone like me that doesnt know anything about it and i love the cast they seem so cute and caring☹?. In the end this is in my top 10 fav bl ?♀️?
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This Series is Horrible Shit
This is absolutely horrible and useless! Who on earth directed this??? The ending wasn't necessary at all. I hate Dew's mother so fricking much and also the Fern girl who's a bitch for all I know in this series. This series was going good at first but all fell apart with that dumbass ending. This series doesn't even deserve a half star and is just complete bullshit. Don't waste your time watching this junk, try watching "My School President" it's definitely a masterpiece compared to this shit here. Do not recommend this so called "The Best Life" .. its more like "The worst life"Was this review helpful to you?
