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My least favorite of the series.

This drama is basically about Fai being manipulated by her aunt, turned adopted mother, into turning on Kaphrao, who her father adopts. While Fai is poisoned to see her as the enemy (and her father does nothing to help), she also is genuinely jealous of the bond between her father and Kaphrao. And with her aunt continously whispering harmful rumors in her ear nonstop, Fai is in a state of emotional turmoil, as her natural personality is the complete opposite of the act she feels to must portray in defense of her aunt and her feelings of jealousy. At first this struggle between how she clearly wants to act vs how she feels like she has to act is interesting, but quickly becomes repetitive and boring. Kaphrao, however, is a refreshing character, who wants a family and is quick to forgive, and always remembers the kindness Fai showed her even when masked under the pretense of hatred.
Aunt Nee really needed to have been given some mental health treatment way before the point she tried to kill herself and it was upsetting to see someone obviously spiraling, being given no support other than Fai who grew up with Aunt Nee being this way so doesn't know better.
Some positives:
1. Phrao has the forgiveness and patience of a saint. What a beautiful person.
2. Aunt Nee having a redemption arc after proper treatment and medication. Nice mental health representation.
3. Both Aunt Nee and the father admit to being terrible parents to Fai.
4. Fai and Kaphrao are actually a good couple with open, honest communication. You only see this in the last two episodes though.
Honestly this is the weakest drama of the 4 Elements series imo.

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Almost Good

While I was watching this, I kept wondering why it was rated so low as it had a pretty decent story and the acting was fine. While I didn’t find the humor funny, it also wasn't insufferable. Then I got to episode 9 and I completely understood.

Episode 9 and 10 are the start of the amnesia plot line that doesn't add anything to the story. No character development or important scenes happen. In fact, I believe it actually changes Bamee's character for the worst.

Episode 11 is when Bamee remembers everything but hides it, I believe as a way to make it easier for Kiao to return to the past. They also add a pointless jealous plot line between Frong and Kiao that is ridiculous in the fact Kiao knows Bamee is pretending to still have amnesia so he know Bamee couldn't possibly believe Frong and him would ever have anything, but still somehow works. Truly the height of bad writing.

Overall, this drama would have been a pretty good drama if it had cut the amnesia plot line and made the drama 10 episodes. And while I don’t care for the age difference romance that was the ending, they did make it seem creepy honestly.

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Skip

This drama was soooo boring. But worse, it was rage inducing at times. Phat's whole family just gaslighting him like it's no big deal makes me want to punch someone. What's worse is this is never really addressed either.
And for the main couple, these is really nothing here. It's a cute romance, but honestly Hill's character is what makes the entire show worse than it otherwise could have been. I'm just tired of writers making a character overly brain dead and expect the audience to find it endearing. It's not! What is endearing about his character is his forgiving and sweet nature that is rarely showcased, or when it is, its not utilized to its full potential. For example, when Hill took Junji on the date, it was for the task, but him making the festival for Junji was just Hill wanting to make someone he cared about happy and there should have been a clearer divide between these two things to emphasize why Junji couldn't help falling in love with Hill. I think I'm more pissed off because the plot is fun and the elements where there, and we get this.

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Must Watch

This 7 episode drama has really blown me away. It has a very interest style (which is why I was hesitant to watch) and this is a drama you have to be ready to pay attention to because a lot of plot development happens through visuals of their phone screens.

This is also the first time a campus drama has made me think, who the hell are we as a society because of the heavy use of mobile phones. Never have I felt I need to unplug more than when I was watching this drama. If it wasn't 2am I would take a walk outside 😅

And the romantic entanglements are so strong. I haven't cried in a while but Baabin's confession after the Black Pink concert had me in tears.

Bua struggles with needed online and in real life attention and acceptance was heartbreaking as well.

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