Ongoing 18/18
samuca
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had big potential but ended up being boring

the plot promised a big investigation about the mystery home school but none of the characters has been invested in that even tho they are aware of all creepy behavior coming from the institution. most of the episodes are just them taking exams and the answers they need to gather are so obvious and kinda make me cringe, i feel like i'm watching my little pony with all this "together we are stronger" talk. and when i thought things would start getting more interesting, the plot started focusing on romance between the characters and i can not explain how much uncalled for this was, specially when you learn that it's a 18 episodes long series. it would be a lot better if all of this bullshit didn't make the cut and we got smth like 10 episodes actually focused on the plot that was presented beforehand.

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A Mystery Thriller Lacking Elements Of A Bit Mystery, Surprise, and Excitement

Home School promised a mystery thriller tv show about a big investigation behind the peculiar boarding school called “home school”, its absurd curriculum and rules, and the missing person from previous generation. The show stayed true to its focus, however, the plot, characters, and the writing were a let down in the middle of the show.

WHAT I LOVE:

The audience were given a chance at the beginning of the show to connect and understand the students’ behavior. We were given a glimpse on how they were treated in their own homes as a result we understand certain decisions and behaviors, such as, Phleng’s constant lying and Pennueng’s fear of being locked in a room.

Jane, Chimon, and Gun’s acting were on point. Chimon’s portrayal of Pennueng made me feel that I have to protect him which the other characters feel towards Pennueng.

Great grey/flawed characters
Jingjai, Hugo, and Fuji grew up in a oppressive environment their selfish behavior and values in life were caused by how they were brought up by their narcissistic parents. They were infuriating most of the time as their actions lead to disagreement between students, however, I understood where they were coming from which makes them relatable.


WHAT I DON’T LIKE:

The treatment they gave to students each generation was lacking support from the storyline. I wish the writers were able to put great emphasis on the drive of each masters producing an excellent and driven by revenge students.

Do we really need multiple couples in the finale? The answer is no, Hugo and Jingjai made the most sense. The two were physically attracted to each other since the first part of the show. Maki and Tibet, and Nai and White have great pacing but other than these three the others made no sense.

Unlikeable and two-dimensional characters:

Although Tibet is a likable and levelheaded character in the show I was disappointed when his character placed more importance on the siblings instead of his father who was likely murdered or driven to suicide by hypnosis. As a son, wouldn’t he be curious which is the truth? And fueled by anger and revenge if found either of the two is correct? Other than Tibet the twins are another cardboard characters used for gag and to move the storyline.

The main characters Maki, Tibet, Nai, and White did not solve or contribute to anything on the main focus of the show they simply run around and ask the masters.

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Sakura_Falling
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More Home, Less School

Home School is in no way a perfect drama. It has a fair number of flaws, but despite those flaws, I enjoyed it immensely. There were aspects that were done quite well and though it completely goes beyond the realm of possibility or reality, the fact that it was committed to that absurdity and as long as I went with the flow and didn't question too much, it worked. I found it to be interesting, heartwarming at times, mysterious at others. There weren't any huge surprises, I felt like most of the plot twists were relatively simple to either have figured out by the time they were revealed or have an inkling so that it wasn't a total shock. Considering some of of the disappointing dramas I've seen recently, it was refreshing to have one that kept me hooked.

I enjoyed the story for the most part. I felt like it did try to make things out to be more dark and mysterious than they really were, but I didn't hate that. The one thing about this series is that it really requires you to take things on faith. I know basically nothing about hypnosis, but I am almost 100% certain that the way hypnosis is used and treated in this series is not the way it actually works, otherwise we'd have people running around hypnotizing others right and left. It was an interesting and unique take though and once I stopped asking too many questions about it, I found it interesting. Same with the "medicine" that Master Dilak and several others were taking. There's no real explanation regarding this medicine, how it was scientifically formulated or anything like that. It's another part that you just kind of need to go with. The school part of Home School was largely absent. There's very little shown of the students actually studying and more of them playing "games" that are supposed to teach them something. There's also a distinct lack of knowledge regarding time progression. Given the school setting I feel like it should have been relatively simple for them to give hints as to how much time was passing, but nothing of the sort is given. There were a few plot holes and some things that didn't make sense. One of the biggest ones was why anyone, including Master Amin, ever thought Master Prasat was in any way trustworthy. The man seemed unstable even in the past so why anyone thought it was a good idea to let him hypnotize Master Amin and why no one, other than Master Puth, connected the dots between this and Master Amin's change in behaviour is beyond me. Touching back on the hypnosis, the fact that some were apparently immune to it's effects like Run, was not well explained. I do feel that things were wrapped up a touch too neatly. I found it hard to believe that the parents gave in that easily to having their memories erased. Considering what we knew about some of them, it felt like a stretch. The pacing was a bit laggy at times, mostly about halfway through. There were certainly episodes where it didn't feel like anything of real importance occurred, but the beginning and ending episodes I felt were pretty well paced.

This was a large cast and I thought they did a decent job of balancing out the characters, better than a lot of dramas I've seen. The students, none of whom looked 16 except maybe Phleng and Pennueng, obviously got the most focus and I really liked how in those first couple of episodes they allowed the audience to get to know them and understand how their personalities and behaviour were developed by the abuse of their families. It explained a lot and in some cases made me feel a tad more sympathy for them like in the cases of Hugo and Jingjai who I had really disliked up until that moment. They were never my favorite characters even afterward, but I at least could understand them a bit better. My biggest qualm was the lack of background on any of the Masters other than Master Amin, particularly Master Prasat. Considering he was the big bad, I really wanted to know his story and what made him tick/made him so deranged. We get one comment that he was abused by his father, but that was it. I wanted more. Same with the other Masters. We got a brief snip that Master Champ was a national athlete, but again, that was it. And with him I wanted to know why he was so loyal to Master Prasat. Was it strictly because Master Prasat didn't oppress him and gave him an outlet or was there more?

I thought they had a good diversity among the students in terms of character and personality. No two were quite the same. I enjoyed the build up of their friendships, though that did eventually fall to the wayside. I will say, for all that Master Amin kept praising them for being exceptional, I didn't actually find them to be that clever. With the majority of the games they played, I had the answers figured out pretty quickly and I would not consider myself particularly smart. I suppose you could say that environment played into it and I was certainly not in the same situation as they were which could affect one's ability to problem solve. Even then, they made things far more complicated than necessary most of the time. I did find it interesting how they separated them into groups to an extent. Obviously there was our main group of four with Maki, White, Tibet and Nai. I liked their dynamic together and thought they made a good, central group where most of the focus stayed. They were occasionally joined by Pennueng and Phleng who were quite cute together and I did like when they joined the main group. Neither was particularly strong, but they were incredibly loyal and their bravery came out when it came down to helping or protecting their friends. The others were a bit more scattered. Hugo and Jingjai paired off pretty much from the beginning and Jean and Biu paired off eventually as well. Mek and Mork, despite their initial animosity, did still stick together for the most part and Fuji was her own woman for the most part. The fact that they ended up removing half the cast in the last five or six episodes was a bit odd and could have been done better. I can understand why they did it to streamline the plot, but it was also jarring.

I did feel that pairing everyone off there at the end was unnecessary. Hugo and Jingjai again had been together pretty much from the get go with Maki and Tibet and White and Nai's relationships developing over the course of the series. Pennueng and Phleng I felt could go either way. I liked them as platonic friends but didn't necessarily object to that turning romantic since their relationship had also been built up. Jean and Biu though and Fuji with Mek and Mork was not my cup of tea. We knew that Biu liked Jean since she had mentioned it at one point, but aside from their one conversation, we didn't see them together much. And while Mek and Mork defended Fuji to her father which obviously endeared them to her, the seemingly pairing her up with them felt like a stretch. Now their relationship could very well be platonic and nothing more, but since they were showing all the various couples, it seemed implied.

In terms of individual characters, there were some that I really liked and others that I didn't. Some characters had some really great character development and others not so much.
-Maki was a character that I actually liked for the most part. I think they tried to make her seem far more clever than she actually was and she was a little too perfect, but she worked. Her backstory gave her layer of interest as she worked to uncover her past as well as find her brother. That being said, her character development felt pretty minimal for the most part which was a bit disappointing. On the other hand though, she stayed true to herself, so there's something to be said for that.
-Tibet more appealed to me because of his relationship with Maki than as individual. I felt they played off each other well, but otherwise he was a bit bland. I felt his reactions to finding out about his mother's as well as his father's deaths were a bit too subdued. Personally, I felt he should have had more emotion with finding out that his father probably hadn't committed suicide and had more drive to find out what happened, but given that it's implied his father was absent for a large part of his life, I also can't totally find fault with his having other priorities at the time given everything going on. His character development also felt pretty minimal.
-White was fantastic. I loved her badass attitude and the way that she didn't take crap from anyone. She was definitely a hot head, but she was also intelligent and under the attitude, she really did care about others. I enjoyed her friendship with Maki and the way they supported each other. Also, her punching out her aunt was a great scene. As much as I really liked her character though, she was another one that didn't seem to have a huge amount of growth.
-Nai was a lot like Tibet for me. I liked his relationship with White and with their group of four, but as an individual he was a tad boring. I also felt he was more inconsistent in terms of his character. He would go from chill to ready to punch someone out to trying to be funny. And it didn't feel like it was deliberate, more like the writers forgot how his character would typically react. He also didn't have a whole lot character growth.
-Pennueng was precious and I was almost immediately protective of him, like do not mess with him. I liked how it was portrayed that just because he was different, didn't mean that he was stupid or incapable. He was in fact quite smart as well as caring and brave. His development was great, going from someone very fearful who struggled to talk to anyone to someone who had friends and could communicate with and help them.
-Phleng was another character I liked and thought had decent character development. She started out so innocent only for it to be found that she lied and even hurt herself to gain attention. Of course, we learn that this is because she found that was the only way to get attention from her mother. She grew from that though and turned into a very sweet person who wanted to help others and worked to better herself.
-Fuji was hit or miss for me. Sometimes I liked her, other times I found her infuriating. There was a part of me that applauded her down with the patriarchy attitude, but I also felt she overdid it. Just because your father is a world class ass doesn't mean every man is and I thought her finally figuring that out when Mek and Mork defended her was a bit late considering most of the guys were pretty decent and had proven that multiple times.
-Biu started out bubbly and sweet, but after finding out the Phleng was a liar, it seemed like her whole attitude changed and she was much less pleasant. I don't have a whole of an opinion regarding her, especially since she was one of the characters who disappeared there towards the end.
-Jean really didn't leave much of an impression. He was one of the least featured students and aside from him being a real jerk there at the beginning and then going head to head with Fuji, he just wasn't that memorable.
-Hugo was one of my least favorite characters because he was such a total ass. Finding out his backstory helped soften my feelings towards him some, but there was also an element of too little, too late. Also he was bullying Pennueng who I loved so I wasn't willing to feel too sympathetic. That being said, he did have a good character development and while he was still very much himself there at the end, he had also softened and wasn't the sadistic tool that he had been.
-Jingjai was in very much the same boat as Hugo. She was my least favorite character along with Hugo because she was such a total b***h. Again, finding out her backstory helped some, but did not completely alleviate my dislike. Like Hugo though, I found her character development to be positive and liked that she remained herself while still growing and becoming a better person.
-Run was an interesting character. I liked him, but I also wanted to know more about him. I felt like there was a lot left unexplained with him that would have been helpful to know. Still, he was a good character and while I didn't necessarily see how he was as exceptional as everyone seemed to think aside from being able to hypnotize others and succumb to others attempts to brain wash him, he did come across as intelligent.

The acting was a mixed bag as usual, but there were a couple of standouts. Gun as always was fantastic. I don't think I've disliked his acting in any drama I've watched him in, he always brings his A game. Chimon blew me away. I've seen him in a couple dramas, all of which I've found him to be a good actor, but nothing exceptional. If I ever had any doubts that he could act, they are gone because he was just brilliant as Pennueng. Chalad as Prasat was also excellent. That laugh of his was positively mental and everything about him just screamed that he was unstable, but in the best way. Papang surprised and impressed me as Master Champ. I've liked him in the dramas I've seen and thought he was a talented actor, but his performance here was unlike anything I've seen from him and he was delightfully deranged. Someone please make him a lead, he deserves it. And finally, Khaotung who came in during the last minute or so and almost blew everyone out of the water. I knew that he had a bit role and wondered if it was Zero since his character was mentioned several times, but was surprised when I was right. Another actor that I know is talented, but had never seen in this kind of role and holy crap did he own it. Just absolutely insane, both literally and figuratively. Film's acting was nothing spectacular, she seemed wooden at times, but there were other times when she did quite well. Jane was good, again, I really liked White's character, however, she seems to act about the same with a number of the characters she's portrayed, so I wouldn't call her acting spectacular. While it was fun to see Joong and Sing as young Amin and Bodin respectively and they did act well, I thought they both looked too young for the characters they were portraying. I felt like they worked initially with the 1980 timeframe since it sounded like they should be in their late teens/early twenties, but when it jumped to 1991 and they still looked exactly the same, it stopped working. I feel like GMMTV has a bit of a habit of casting actors who aren't age appropriate, I'm thinking of them trying to make us believe that Earth could pass as an almost 40-something in Moonlight Chicken, and, for me at least, it really pulls me out of the moment. They could have used makeup or something to make them look older if they wanted to stick with those actors but it didn't look like they made any effort.

To sum it all up, I really enjoyed this drama. I found it to be lightly dark and moody with a pretty decent cast and some interesting characters. Like I said at the beginning, it's not perfect, but it is fun. The ending sets up a second season which I would not object to provided it has a good story. A second season could also be used to fill in some of the holes and give better clarity to other aspects. This is a drama that I would certainly recommend and one that I will be rewatching in the future.

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tymyrachel
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take a shot everytime they say ‘Home school’

and you’ll have alcohol poisoning by the end of the first ep…

I don’t tend to watch a lot of Thai dramas but i knew some of the actors from F4 and it seemed interesting and different so decided to have a go.

This show had me very intrigued from the first episode, but by the second episode my interest had already started to subside. The more i kept watching the more i just thought ‘is this it? are we just going to continue watching them take classes and learn these silly (kind of cringe) little life lessons?’ and while that’s not what did end up happening i can’t help but think ‘how did we go from their “classes” to this???’

I think it did pick up slightly when they shifted the focus from the whole group to just the 4 main characters of Maki, White, Tibet & Nai, i really liked them as a group. However it felt like they made them so front and centre that all of the other characters were just forgotten about? Like they all just disappeared and were gone for the last like 5 episodes and none of the remaining students seemed to really care or had any sense of urgency to look for them? Like how am i supposed to believe this group of teens love each other and want to stay together at home school when they really don’t seem to care about each other. This could’ve been a very well done ‘found family’ trope especially given the fact that all of the students had been abandoned by their own families but it just fell flat and they really missed out with that

I simply don’t think i could tell you anything that happened from episode 2-16, i really don’t know how they managed to fill a whole 14 episodes with just absolutey nothing.
It really could have benefited from being at absolute most 12 episodes.
I pretty much skipped through the entire last 2 episodes

It seems as though there may be a season 2 but i don’t know whether i will stick around to check it out

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If you're into mysterious kind of series this would the best one to watch...

so, i encountered this series by an actor, I really like watch gun series and i think i have watched almost all of them... while searching for more I found this I read reviews of people and they said it like mysterious type of stories and i am really into that so, i started watching it and you won't believe it took a very big turn in recent eps, it's not completed every Friday there will be 2ep released so, like run which is gun is the character from gen 4 and something something happened which is still a mystery now like he disappeared suddenly and then in gen 6 her sister came to find him and so on the story goes.... home school have many secrets hidden and many mysterious stories which they have to tell but i would say that for those who like mysterious series suspence and all will definitely like this and it is the best series for them.....

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Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
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Mindless Entertainment

The Good:

Gun, as per usual was lovely to watch. I mean, there's not much to say other than that he's a truly good actor. His character, Run, was interesting too. He wasn't morally grey, his whole thing was not agreeing with Home School's new goals, but he definitely had more depth then a lot of the others, which was nice.

I liked Film's acting. I haven't seen loads of opinions on it; it was stiff at times, but towards the end of the show I think she shined. Jane as White was good as well. I adored her in The Gifted so was excited to see her here, and I don't think she disappointed. Chimon - do I really need to say anything? I think he was second the Gun (although Khaotung in the those last 30 seconds lowkey out-acted the whole cast) and I loved his character, Pennueng, too.

Hugely unpopular opinion, but Maki was my favourite character. She had some questionable moments for sure (''Home school has changed. They aren't teaching us anymore.'' Babe when have they ever?) but I'm such a main character person, honestly. It annoyed me when she got shot cause a student death would've been super interesting but I didn't want it to be her lol.

A second unpopular opinion - I didn't like Hugo and Jingjai, but!! I do admit that they brought some much needed complexity to the show. They were flawed and did bad things but ultimately they were just young kids with bad parents (their treatment of Pennueng really got on my nerves though) and did the right thing when it really came down to it.

As much as he irritated me, Master Prasat's whole thing was exactly what the show needed. All the other Masters as 'villains' (even if they didn't turn out to be bad in the end) were flat and just plain boring to watch. He really ended up saving the show and bringing the much needed intensity.


The Average:

The romance was extremely meh. Firstly, did the writers have to couple - or in Fuji and the twin's case, throuple - every character up? Pennueng and Pheng were so cute as a platonic thing, I didn't even consider them being a couple till Pennueng confessed - like it came out of nowhere for me. Hugo and Jingjai made sense, I'll give the show that. Tibet and Maki were... okay, I guess. I will admit, I'm a huge romance girl, and the really subtle moments between the two of them I enjoyed, but overall they were just awkward. Nai and White were a slight improvement, although not by much. I liked their energy better, but I think Jane carried their dynamic, while Dew struggled a bit.

Tibet, Nai, Jean and Biu were weird to me. Tibet - where was his personality? Nai kept switching from being super serious and angry to randomly playful and silly. Jean had like, three lines the whole show. Biu was introduced as super bubbly in the first episode but then turned mean and unlikeable. I didn't hate them, I just think the writers introduced too many characters and then couldn't keep up.

The majority of the acting was just fine. I preferred Nani and Dew in F4, they just didn't fit here. Everyone's parents were just terrible. I mean Jingjai's mum's acting when Jingjai was trying to kill her was appalling; no emotion whatsoever. Only reason I'm not putting them in my 'bad' section of this review is because they had like 5 scenes total.


The Bad:

Draggy. This should not have been 18 episodes, it could've been done in 12. I mean, apart from setting up the plot in the first few, and then getting super intense and interesting from episode 14 onwards, what actually happened? They played games that were meant to teach the students meaningful lessons but in reality just made me laugh in disbelief at the stupidity. Was that musical chairs game really necessary? I can't even remember what the point of it was, that's how irrelevant it ended up being.

There were a lot of things that didn't make sense to me, either. Am I just being dumb, or did we never actually find out what Bodin did to Maki? I get that he was abusing her and Run, but why did they build up this massive thing that he did to Maki that never ended up actually being revealed? The whole conflict of her not remembering took up like an entire episode I'm pretty sure - maybe even two. If I'm being stupid and accidently skipped over the reveal then please tell me because it's all that's been running through my head when thinking about this show.

Another thing that didn't make sense were the drugs. I'm sorry, but the fact that there were drugs that could turn someone into a mindless killing machine was a little ridiculous. They had zero explanation from what I remember - no science, no scene of them making the drugs, nothing. Also, wasn't there some dialogue between the Headmaster and someone else (probably Master Prasat) where she said that the drugs didn't work on her? Why not? Why do they work on some people but not others? I just don't get it.

The hypnosis stuff? I mean come on, that really came out of nowhere. You're telling me with a couple of pen clicks Run was able to hypnotise someone so completely they were rendered useless. And that Master Amin wasn't actually a bad person, he was just under hypnosis? Yeah, no.

I didn't like a bunch of the dialogue, either. Most of the time a character was literally just repeating what a different character said 10 seconds ago. It was repetitive and boring, and when it wasn't either of those, it was cringey.


I know that with what I've said, my rating should probably be a lot lower, but the truth is for all its faults, the show was entertaining. It dragged, yes, but it was mindless entertainment and that's all I really wanted to be honest. It was intense when I wanted it to be, and I was rooting for the main characters throughout. If you're looking for something that's fun to watch with half-decent acting, then Home School is perfect.

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ando
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Rewatch Value 9.0
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Home.

Home school is by far, one of my favorite gmmtv series from this year. It focused on intensity, friendships, and a learning experience. I can say, it did get boring at parts, which could be reason for why it has many mixed opinions, but as it goes on, it gets better.


Kids brought to this school by their parents due to being 'ungrateful' and unwanted. When they're there, they must face intense teaching, hard challenges, and even worse punishments. Kind of sucks, right? Thinking it's all torture, but really these masters truly care. Homeschool teaches you lessons, love, and most of all, friendship.


Must I say, the acting is amazing. Especially Chalad as Master Prasat, incredible. The main 4 played their roles well, as well as Gun (as always) playing as gun. Not to mention Chimon as Pennueng. He portrayed his role so well, and I'm glad he wasn't a jerk as I heard he was in 'The Gifted. '


As Project R was executed, the students that were hypnotized were to take revenge and kill their parents. Honestly.. the parents were running like a chicken with no head, because if I were in that situation, I would not stop running and try to find an exit.


The series was honestly really good. From the acting, to the intense music, and even Khaotungs small guest role as 'Zero' at the end of episode 18. Hopefully signifying that there could be a season 2. I would definitely recommend this series to friends, although it may not be everyones thing.

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Music 8.5
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An emotional ride

For me, Home school was an interesting journey to follow, I didn't expected so high when it came out and I just tag along with it. Even though, I have to admit, I have some disappointments in terms of plot and even for development characters like, to me it seems there was a small group of main characters and the others seems to be side characters which was a pity because, I think, all the characters were interested and should have more screen time.

But anyway, I liked all the episodes and some more than others because it was so intense and thrilling. I think, it was a great idea to include the actor Gun Attaphan to play as Run, the student of former Gen and I feel like it was complete with him.

I also want to mention, the senior actors (Masters and parents) did a really good job, their presence was a must to this serie, to have this balance between students and them.

I feel like, even though it wasn't that much dark, they managed to give some important messages for each episodes and I appreciate that. But I understand that, Home School is still a serie maybe for teenagers but at the same time, it could be complicated and it should be seen by older people, especially adults and parents. I could sense and not surprised when they give us this kind of direction.

It was an emotional ride and it's typically this kind of GMMTV serie that I love.

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A Strange School.

Home School is home to several mysteries, which leave the audience confused for more than half the series, wondering if they'll ever explain them.

But Home School is also home to several characters, and these are surely the driving force of the series. If an episode doesn't explain to you why Run is trying to run away in the very first scene of the show, you won't notice, because you'll already be busy trying to find a favourite amongst the thirteen rebel kids sent to this absolutely weird place.

Every episode in the first act is then set to enrage the audience, I assume, because the kids are everyday fighting their way against authority, always in exchange for a reward which, pedagogically, doesn't really make it the best kind of education. (And for a school, this really lacks variety of subjects anyway.)
The second act is - as usual - very tragic: the kids realise they are alone and they need to mourn that knowledge.
The third act is a very long conclusion to it all, which is for the most part very satisfactory.

The actors are superb! Both those who played the professors and the kids did their best work, some more subtly and some more outwardly.

Overall, I really enjoyed watching this series every week, and I got fond of its characters; but I was also particularly in awe of the way it was shot and directed: it felt like a movie, in a good way. I would recommend it to the person who is looking for a character-driven story, even though it's sold as a mystery: the home in Home School is about family after all.

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Jayita Sood
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love can heal all the monsters

NO words just this series is a artwork , like HOW TF every thing made sooo much sense when it does not every dialogue in this series haa a effect , the friendship , the family the betrayals the actorsss and the VILLIAN oomg soooooo good.
IDC if people think some things were annoying in this show i can really say that every character did it's justice.
my two most fav quotes were Because of adults it's us kids suffering and violence against VOILENCE will only make us the monster the other person is
how good it's executed.
the last ep was sooo good , everyone helped each other , they are just bunch of kids who were Traumatised by there families and home school really gave them a place to be a real family no matter what they went through thanks to maki tibet nai and white to make everyone stand together for EACH OTHER.
pleng phenung and biw were just soo essential to this series . pheng changing herself to become better because she really saw her only best friend leaving her , phenung being the most adorable person who helps everyone . and biw she is just pure at heart .
even jangji hugo jean mek mork and fuji's character deserved happiness the kids went through alot 😭 alot more then they should ever have
and lastly GUN ATP I had no doubts since day one about him playing this character I knew he will nail it and he did
I loved all the masters till the end especially perapon her sacrifice made a huge change
I hope she knows she saved the kids
and master prasath omg I think he is the best VILLAN OF GMMTV EVERRR .
AND THE END FUVKING HELL , KHAOTANG AS ZEROO , shit gmmtv once again did it
THE RANGE OF ACTING THIS BOY CAN SHOW JUST IN ONE SCENE OMGG i am absolutely SPEECHLESS..
AND run is sooo strong the relationship between his and amin really felt like a father son I am glad that when amin died he knew run will be able to keep moving forward and keep homeschool alive
thanks to amin's love for his girl that made sooo many kids found a home
home school is based on foundation of love bec in the end it's the love which heals the monster inside us .
and plzz it's the most recommended series ever watch it . plzzzzz . I am in love
and IF EVER GMM REALLY DESIDES A S2 I WANT EVERYONE BACK PLZZZZ

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EvilQueen82
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Aug 4, 2023
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

Well worth the wait

this is one of if not the best series to of come from GMMTV. Gun is amazing as always, hell the whole cast is. binge watched the whole thing in two day and was on the edge of my seat from episode 1 right to the end. AJ and JJ could of done with a bit more screen time but on the negatives that all I can think of.
I whole heartily recommend this series and since I hate writing reviews the fact I felt I needed to for this series goes to show how much I loved it. hope you enjoy it also, that hassle to be 500 characters by now please just let me submit.
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PenPalette
1 people found this review helpful
Dec 26, 2023
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 4.5
Rewatch Value 7.0

Plot is good. But story direction? Bad. Confusing and scattered

Home School" starts off pretty cool, with this mysterious boarding school vibe and a bunch of interesting characters. You get hooked trying to figure out what's up with Maki searching for her lost brother. The whole thing with the masters adds a good dose of suspense too.

But, gotta be real, the ending kind of drops the ball. It's like the writers lost their way or something. Leaves you feeling a bit unsatisfied, like they could've done better.

Still, it's not all bad. The characters keep things interesting, and you're always curious about what's gonna happen next. It's a bit of an emotional rollercoaster – some parts are good, some are meh. Overall, it's okay, but you might wish they wrapped it up better.

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