My School President (2022)

Would say this would be put on a list of classic high school BL Drama

If this is your first time watching BL drama I would recommend this one. Not only is it easy to follow along and understand, but there is enough love that you will not get bored while watching it. I will say there were times that I felt impatient and wanted more "action," but in the end, it was worth the wait. This drama would be put on a classic high school BL. The chemistry the main leads showed to one another was amazing you could feel the love through the screen. The way they looked at one another would make me get excited and happy. I read a few reviews before watching it and people said that it was not that good or a waste of time to watch but honestly just watch it for yourself and build up your own opinion because everyone doesn't like the same thing at the end of the day. But this is a solid 8/10!

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Gemini and fourth are the cutest

My school president isn't a masterpiece but it is definitely adorable. I felt times where I didn't care for the slower pace of the relationship but it didn't stop me from enjoying the show. It might have even made their little moments more special to see. Gemini and Fourth are so adorable I love their chemistry. Their voices are also charming in the soundtrack and were quickly added to my playlist. Overall it's an enjoyable watch if you're looking for a fluffy school love story. I give it a 9.5/10
EDIT: I've already rewatched MSP 3 times and I love it even more every watch lmao.

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Safe watch

This drama really tell story about high school student & romance. So for you who afraid to watch too vulgar drama, this is a safe watch, no mature content except kiss.

This drama tell story about "Tinn" Tinnaphob Jirawatthanakul who fall in love with his high school friend "Gun" Guntaphon Wongwitthaya. But the relationship no more than classmate for 2 years. And finally in the last year Tinn with the courage of his friend, "Thiu" Thiuson Sophonpatima, start to put more effort to approach Gun.

This drama also tell story about Gun's relationships with his band member. About their struggle with romance & school. About family relationships, of course Tinn & Gun family. About friendship, failure & fear. And finally about dream after high school...

Oh yeah the soundtrack is also one of tbe best song out there....

What lack of this drama:
- They never really explained to us the relationship of "Sound" Saran & Tinn before. It's like Sound have grudges against Tinn that we don't know what. Maybe we should watch the whole series to understand their relationship....

Overall this one complete package drama with nothing exaggerated more than it's portion.

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One of the Best Chemistry Couples from a Thai BL

For sure takes a place in my top 5 thai bls! I have so much to say about this show that I probably won't even get everything in.
First, the chemistry was off the charts!! All the TinnGun and WinSound moments would actually give me butterflies cause it didn't seem the slightest bit forced and they had insane chemistry. I couldn't complain about anything from those two pairs even if I wanted to.

I don't know if I'm the only one, but certain scenes actually reminded me of some of my other favorite bls. To name a few, the gym slow dance scene brought me flashbacks to the 'Gaya Sa Pelikula' dance, the pool scenes made me think of 'We Best Love', even the chemistry and progression like in 'Bad Buddy'. In short, I really enjoyed the acting and production of these scenes and fell more in love with the ships because of it.

It was nice to see that instead of a predetermined group with forced couples, Sound was slowly incorporated into their group and developed a special relationship with everyone. I absolutely loved the progression of Sound's relationship with Win and didn't see it coming right off the bat. I was suspicious when they argued the most but actually started to catch the relationship formation when Sound helped Win in the rap battle. They lowkey surprised me with how well they served the enemy to lover theme. I literally felt my heart fluttering with those two in some moments, namely the award blocked kiss and the couple establishment after Sound sung a love song. Unlike some other series though, the second couple didn't overshadow the main one.

TinnGun was an absolute treat. Needless to say, they had crazy chemistry and played their roles exceptionally. It was great to find out Tinn had the biggest crush on Gun the whole time (although I had a suspicion earlier on I wasn't sure) and wasn't just a rude person who fell in love later for no reason. The first few episodes I wondered how Gun was ever going to reciprocate feelings, but the slow progression proved to work out and the time came around. After they knew they had feelings for eachother it didn't just drag on until they dated, but their relationship progressed and there were romantic moments inbetween and there still remained the ultimate goal to achieve dating status.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!! I'm very proud of the character development of Tinn's mom. Her feelings were not only realistic, but valid and I'm sure it took a lot to change her views on their relationship and eventually support them while there was so much pressure from being the school principal.

OSTs were amazing?? All of the actors who also sang did an amazing job. I was getting the feels when Tinn sung his love song to Gun for inspiration. There were so many great talents in this cast. I was caught so off guard when Gun's mom suddenly turned the show into a musical but I didn't hate it. WE LOVE SUPPORTIVE MOM!!

This brings me to my last point: even the challenges they had to overcome was well thought out. Of course the band was bound to have arguements with so much pressure. Gun's mom getting a brain tumor wasn't sudden and rushed, but had a buildup and what Gun was willing to lose to look after his mom was realistic. I was borderline sobbing when Gun ran out of her hospital room to look for Tinn after Gun's mom explained all that he had been doing to support him (the music in this scene is what actually had me sobbing). I was so hurt seeing the quick shot of Gun's mom watching her son's live performance on the phone before turning her head to undergo brain surgery.

And yeah, I'm going to go rewatch my favorite scenes a million times. Great series!!

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My school president (not so) short review.

This show is really good. This is the show that got me into Thai BL a few months back and its been great since! This show is about a boy who has a secret crush on another boy and becomes the school president to help his crush.

The first thing is the casting, I felt like the casting was genuinely great and everyone played their characters perfectly there isn't anyone that I would switch out.

Next is probably the acting. The acting was super good and it really includes the viewers in the story.
When they are happy you are happy, when they are sad you are too! And I think that when your feeling is touching the viewers too you're doing a really good job.

Lastly the story. This story is incredibly unique. I haven't seen a story like this before it really touched me and I have rewatched it 10 times since. 10/10 definitely recommend it!!

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High school musical and love

I would recommend this show as one of the must-watch. The storyline was refreshing, and the cast members were cute and did justice to their respective characters. There were minor put falls which showed how much the characters have matured. I have no words to express my sincere gratitude to the cast and the entire crew members for this extraordinary show.

Favourite scenes:
Gun and Tinn's confessions scenes near the pool,
The Tilly Birds's "Just Being Friendly" MV,
The Hot wave performance,
Gun and Tinn's cute small moments,
Tinn's mom standing up for her son in front of Decha,
The beach scenes,
The band's final moments in a music club,
Prom scenes were incredibly shot, and emotions were relatable.

Plot:
This plot is more related to the high school musical, which is one of my favourites. Basically, the story is the journey of Gun and his band to overcome hurdles to win the Hot Wave competition to bring back the glory of their music club and pay tribute to their seniors who lost at the Hot Wave, and how Tinn secretly helps Gun to win the competition without will go against his mom/principal know about.

Band members:
The band comprises Gun, Win, Por, Yo, and Phat, with their newest member Sound.
The band is very laid back, loves to eat bbq Pork and get into trouble, and has a poor reputation due to their academic performance.
Everything changed once Tinn became School President.
They had to overcome their fear about the future and their skill to move towards the competition.

Gemini and Fourth were the perfect Tinn and Gun, and I cannot imagine anyone else playing their characters. Tinn and Gun started as enemies because Tinn's mom is their principal who does not like music club, but Tinn secretly has feelings towards Gun. Throughout the series, Tinn finds a way to initially secretly help Gun with a music club to get close to Gun. Tinn's love for Gun is pure and selfless, and he always supports Gun's dreams. Eventually, Gun also develops feelings for Tinn. Gun and Tinn were cute together, and their chemistry was off the charts. Tinn was heavily whipped for Gun. When Gun had difficulty writing lyrics, Tinn's song nourished the motivation Gun needed. Gun and Tinn's kiss scenes were hot AF. Tinn and Gun are each other safe zone, and they want to share everything first before anyone else. Angry Gun is scary, but Tinn doesn't leave his side, which shows how much Tinn loves and cares about Gun. They came a long way.

Sound's entry brought the drama element to this series. The MV brought an unexpected development between Sound and Win. Win and Sound are hot-headed, but everything changes once they begin to develop feeling for each other.

Out of all the people, I did not expect Yo to have an online girlfriend (who thought Tinn was Yo). I felt terrible for Yo and Nook, initially when bandmates were against it, but finally, when the band was okay with it, there was another unexpected twist with Yak's re-entry. Eventually, Yo-Nook became one.

Tiw (Mark) was the best friend and wingman for Gun and Tinn. Because of Tiw's brilliant idea, Gun and Tinn became much closer. Tiw was the best friend Tinn could ever have. Tiw and Por were very cute, and their relationship quickly developed. I didn't see that coming.

Yak is a kind, devil, manipulative, supportive senior; who brought the best performance out of the band members for the Hot Wave.

Jorn is an annoying character who hates the music club, but he has a change of heart and supports Tinn and Gun's relationship.

I didn't expect Decha (teacher) to bad-mouth Gun and Tinn; he got what he truly deserved.

Parents:
Gim (Gun's mom) is a pure soul; who supports her son's dreams and pushes him to excel. I felt terrible for her, but everything turned out fine. Gun's mom trust and likes Tinn. Tinn's mom is against the music club and music in general. When the truth came out, she changed her perspective. Tinn's mom and dad's insecurities were usual, and every parent has these doubts, but Tinn's dad brought some sense to Tinn's mom. Gim (Gun's mom), Tinn's father, and Photjanee (Tinn's mother) were supportive parents who cared about their children before thinking about society.

OSTs:
The OSTs were fantastic. The band's and Gun's performances were lovely.
The Tilly Birds's "Just Being Friendly" MV was extraordinary and lovely. All the other OSTs by Fourth, Gemini, Ford, Winny, Satang, and Lookwa were excellent and had a comforting voices.

Hot wave:
Though the band didn't win the Hot Wave, they won the audience's hearts. Poor babies, they are blaming themselves and each other for the loss.

Questions I need to answer:
What happened between Sound and Tinn in the past? Why he hated Tinn initially?
Why did Tinn's mom hate the music club?
Why did the principal change in the first episode?

A perfect ending:
Gun's lovely interaction with Tinn's father and mom and the final kiss scene made the ending wholesome.

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A cute and fun watch!

GMM finally lets gay people be happy? My School President was way better than I first expected it to be based on the plot synopsis. Tinn, the new school president (Gemini) who has been in love with Gun, the "rebel" (who isn't really a rebel) from the music club (Fourth) for years finally gets a chance to pursue him now that he's the president and in charge of all the school's clubs. Unfortunately, even once Gun likes Tinn back, it's revealed that one of the rules of the club is that the members can't date until after the big music competition, Hot Wave.

It's fun, it's cute, and there's way too much singing. Luckily, the songs are recorded and not the typical playing guitar and singing in a different key that BLs love to do for some reason. The relationship development was unfortunately slow, but it was still cute and fun to watch. While the vast majority of the show is light-hearted, the more intense moments help with the pacing of it and keep the characters real.

I will be watching anything else with GeminiFourth in it.

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Sweet Fluff That Lacks Substance

My School President is another BL from a long series of school feelgood BL fluffs to watch on a rainy day when you only want to sit down and watch something easy and teeth-rottingly fluffly.

One thing that makes this drama in particular a bit different (but still not completely different, because we have already HAD dramas centered around music/arts) is the OST of the drama, with each episode having one central song. The connection to music was done seamlessly and clearly the actors have gone through some musical bootcamp to look at least somewhat competent with their instruments. This gave way to an episodic nature of initial episodes which felt very fun, cute, goofy and enjoyable.

But of course, the main highlight of this drama are the two leads - Gemini and Forth had amazing chemistry and they managed to carry this drama to its end without any big accidents. Their charm is legendary and it is hard to believe that MSP is their acting debut as they both understood their assignment very well.

The rest of the drama feels like a carbon copy of any other well made (!) Thai BL of recent years. In particular, it seems like the director and scriptwriters have gone very carefully through Bad Buddy and hand picked many things that worked there and tried to get it into this drama. The main lead dynamics felt similar, the story felt similar, the comedy felt similar, the setting was similar, but yes in the end there ARE many differences that do set these two dramas apart. But at the same time, I looked up my commentary/review on Bad Buddy and if I didn't know any better, I could use that text to describe MSP, as it describes my feelings for MSP to the dot.
Just like BB, My School President peaked around episode 6 (what a great episode!) but compared to BB, it managed to hold some semblance of shape and form for a little longer. Last 3 episodes, despite containing the climax of the whole story (that is competition and the main couple going public with their relationship to their families) were so boring, it took me 9 months (!!!) to finish these 3 episodes (despite binging larger part of episodes 1-9). It just felt unimportant, all over the place and unfocused.

Overall, I had most of the time great time watching MSP. It is a well-made drama. I dare to even say one of the best in the "fluffy school BL" genre out there. It is just a shame that the amazing lead duo was not utilized to make something more substantial as this particular type of story has very little to offer to this over-saturated market.

As for the rating, I am on a fence. It is somewhere between 8/10 and 8.5/10. I will definitely keep an eye on Gemini and Forth in their future ventures (be it as an acting couple or solo)

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Charming and light, but realistic enough to stay grounded

Words cannot express how much I love this series, but I will try to explain nonetheless.

What I liked:

- The ACTING. I was miserable after watching Bad Buddy, because I couldn't find a series that could compare or even come close to it, and MSP came to save the day. GeminiFourth (TinnGun) are great actors, and more importantly, they have amazing chemistry - as a result, even the scenes that I would normally find cringe come off as endearing and fun. I mostly appreciate the heavier scenes, where their acting abilities truly come to light. If you want to see more of that, I would recommend Moonlight Chicken, as their story is more dark and grounded than the one in MSP.
- Dedicating a second bullet point to their chemistry because I just can't talk about it enough. Their banter is my favorite part of their dynamic, especially when they have already confessed and enjoy provoking one another. I also like that their love language seems to be physical touch (more specifically chin grabbing lol) and acts of service.
- The music! If you check my Bad Buddy review, I stated that musical scenes usually make me cringe so bad I tend to skip them altogether. However, MSP was a happy surprise - not only were the scenes great, but the soundtrack was catchy as well. Like, I could get through all the songs and didn't really mind listening to them over and over (and, believe me, this series LOVES to rehash its best songs lol).
- Tinn's best friend was amazing and supportive, I really liked him. I've also warmed up to the actor since I've seen him in like ten different BLs, so maybe I'm biased, but I digress.
- Secondary and (potential?) third couple? Idk, I loved seeing everyone fall for each other and related to that one friend that just got no b*tches at all lmao
- Everyone had their interests! Tinn wanted to be a doctor to help people, and he liked music, and Gun liked singing but he also wanted to be able to provide for his mum. They gave depth to their characters and it made the story so much better imo

What I would change/improve:

- I understand that the actors are very young (they're my age, but compared to other BLs, where everyone is in their 20s, they are remarkably young), and that they're not going to be filming KinnPorsche 2.0 any time soon, but the lack of kissing really started to piss me off by the end. Like, they've confessed their feelings, they act flirty and go on dates, but can't kiss? The final kiss was nice, it felt natural and it was cute, but it almost didn't make up for all the slowburn and half-kisses we'd got up to that point. I was almost buzzing in my seat watching them do random stuff and thinking we would get no kiss at all. We did, but was it worth it?
- Tinn was a little bit too over-the-top for my taste sometimes, especially in the beginning. I think he improved loads throughout the series, though.

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