What are we doing here?

Tbh I can't recall ever being this bored watching the first episode of any drama. This episode was supposed to draw us in and make us excited for the rest of the show. This review doesn't contain any spoilers, but honestly, there's nothing to spoil because nothing happened. This was so incredibly boring I cannot express it enough. I try to give everything a fair first shot. I never change a new song before I've gotten through the first minute and I usually never fast-forward through a drama on the first episode. I think I got to 13 mins before I put it on 2x speed. The drama only has 6 episodes! There is no reason for the plot to be moving this slowly. This was such a buzz kill. And again this has nothing to do with the Taiwanese BL Kiseki Dear to Me, but I wished so bad that any of the quality of that show rubbed off on this similarly titled show. I won't drop it because I'm a masochist. I already made it through the first episode, however, I will probably not continue to watch it in real-time and wait to binge it at the end.

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Yikes

TRIGGER WARNING.
Not every manga, webtoon, or novel needs to be adapted for tv. This is so cringe. Before getting into the plot just objectively this is not a good show. Without having read the synopsis for the book I first just found everything lacking in the show. No offense to Frank but I expected more. To his credit, Itt seems like a truly very difficult character to play given how incredibly annoying he is. Neither Frank nor Long is a rookie, but really I've been following Frank's career from the beginning so I know he can do better. The characters just seem to lack depth. The production is not good. A lot of the editing decisions were iffy. Chunks of dialogue don't have subs and even when they do sometimes they're so confusing.
Day is so cruel and abusive. All the spicy clips from the show in context are actually giving sexual assault. The preview was giving toxic but it wasn’t until I got to ep 5 that I was like this is incredibly cringey and deeply disturbing. I understood why after reading the synopsis of the book. A lot of people have commented on the first 2 books not having screen adaptations, but truly if this show was done well all of our understanding wouldn't be hinging on having exposure to the other 2 books. And clearly, this is the most palatable (yikes) of the books. I had higher expectations because I wanted redemption after being disappointed by unforgotten night, since they exist in the same universe, but I’m really having a hard time deciding to finish this. Rape is one of my most hated tropes in BL. This show unsettles me.

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My New Obsession

Wow, I haven't been this enamored with a BL since UWMA. What do I even put here. The show delivers on every level. Sam and Yu are so cute together and they have sweet sweet chemistry. I think I have watched every FMV on youtube I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF HOW CUTE THEY ARE!! I think Yu did an amazing job acting outside of his native language. I am quite frankly obsessed with him. While my heart is screaming we only get 6 episodes!! My other commitments are grateful that the rewatch doesn't take days haha. Seemingly all the "only gay for you" characters in BLs are always angry and uncomfortable when they realize their feelings. I am so happy we got precious Gao Shi De and Zhou Shu Yi interactions and that Yi seemed completely comfortable to be with De. The confession scene honestly had my heart busting so many uwus I thought I would die from the cuteness. I have rewatched that episode no less than 6x. I also don't know what it is but I'm a sucker for a pool kiss. Please go watch this RIGHT NOW!! Thank the heavens season 2 comes out next month!!

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The sequel that should not have been.

Wow.. *insert crying emoji* I am so sad and like most of the other reviewers so so disappointed. I’ve only watched the first episode so far and I’m really staring at the ceiling like “what did i just watch?” I AM CONFUSION!! The way this series opens feels like a continuation of season one... and then they drove it straight off of a cliff. What seems like a continuation from the first season in the locker room scene with Tin/Can i guess is actually a flash toward from whatever timeline they invented for this season?! At first, I thought they were going to re-create scenes as a means of a sort of flashback with just Tin/Can (since obviously Saint could not be a part of this season) but i guess they’re going to... redo their whole relationship development??? The only way to watch this and maybe enjoy it is to think of this as a completely different universe and not even just a different timeline. It will be hard because LBC is a CLASSIC and fan favorite. I really can’t recommend this to anyone who’s watched S1. This is painful. I will continue to watch after it’s finished airing because curious and nostalgia, but I have very very low expectations.

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This was GOOD! I'm so happy they made this special. I always thought Bright and Win had good chemistry and it really shined through in this special. The special really outshines the entirety of season 1. There were a lot of complaints that the chemistry fizzled out towards the end of season one, which is true, but I just want to say that shows and movies are not shot in chronological order so the awkwardness that seemed out of place for the storyline may actually have stemmed from them shooting those scenes earlier on before they were completely comfortable with each other. Granted they are actors, but still newbies. I digress.

Mil with the redemption! I really disliked Drake's character in season 1 and I'm so glad that they redeemed him. And I must say WOW Drake looked fantastic. Obviously Frank and Drake have history so their chemistry was on point. I really liked all the couples and it's amazing that they had better scene distribution in these 5 episodes than the entire first season. I really enjoyed the progression of the special and the lack of literally everything that I disliked about the first season. I honestly want to recommend skipping the first season and just watching the special lol.

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I absolutely love Ohm, so I was looking forward to this show ever since the trailer was released. I have a lot of mixed feelings about the show. It's not a BL, as I would categorize it, it is an inclusive show that includes BL characters. I feel like I was not in the intended audience for this show. It came across as extremely juvenile to me. I really don't like the body switch theme in the realm of BL or BL adjacent shows. It makes me cringe so much. I also don't understand the obsession with towing the incest line.

As I have already said, I love Ohm (I mean I really love Ohm). He has not had any role that I did not enjoy him in and let's face it he's gorgeous. I thought he did an amazing job cementing the acting in a cast full of newbies. I also always enjoy seeing Jennie. I thought all the actors did a good job. Nothing stood out as glaringly bad. I feel like the writers wrote Pan as Kim to be over the top to really differentiate the two of them, but I thought it was too much in the beginning.

The production was good. I just felt like they made everything so over the top cute. Everything was super bright and pink and just gave off cutesy/childish vibes. Even the OST is super cutesy. Honestly, the last 2 episodes saved the entire show for me. I mean they didn't have to make it THAT sad, but I was craving an injection of some seriousness. THE LAST TWO EPISODES!!! I wish I could insert a meme here. Even though you can see the plot twist coming from a mile away, oh my heart *grips chest*. Really the ending bumped my rating up much higher than it originally was based on episodes 1-10. If you're looking for a BL this isn't it, but overall I would say give it a try.

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I've only ever felt compelled to write a review on an ongoing series one other time (UWMA). This is going to be one of my favorite series of 2020 I can already tell. So far it is incredibly cute and I really applaud the social commentary. I'm so glad they didn't cancel the series after they had issues with unofficial channels leaking several episodes.

I think that the overall plot is cute. Some worried that this and EN of Love would be essentially the same series, but EN of Love has nothing on My Engineer. They're not even remotely similar outside of the engineer/doctor coupling. EN of Love wishes it was My Engineer. But I digress... It's interesting the way they spun the secret crush trope with Duen bringing Bohn flowers as a "punishment". I didn't expect Bohn to confess to Duen as early on in the series as he did, but I liked that they didn't draw that plot point out for too long.

I've liked Cooper since My Bromance. So far I think he's done an awesome job although some of the things Bohn does really irritate me and are very reminiscent of Golf from My Bromance. It is not cute nor healthy to be that possessive over someone and it's shocking (I mean not really but you know) that Duen continually forgives Bohn for that behavior. Cooper/Poy have very cute chemistry and very believable first time love type interactions. I usually am not one of those people that prefer the secondary couple to the main couple but OMG I LOVE Ram/King!! I think they are so adorable together and King was persistent in a not creepy way. I really enjoy watching Ram slowly open up to King. Perth and Lay did an incredible job. Also Perth's English *heart eye emoji* was better than his Mom's (I know they just say foreign they don't say where she's from and there's no reason to assume English is her first language). I actually enjoy the 3 main couples and feel like their stories are well developed. I like Thara/Frong, but I feel like 3 couples is A LOT and is seldomly done well so adding a 4th couple is just doing a lot. Their couple is cute, but i don't know if it will be fully realized by the end of the season (not surprising that it wasn’t). Look I thought I was crazy at first but they really did dub the voice for Mek's character and I honestly am scratching my head. I know why they did it, but I felt like there were so many other options they could have done. It's a bit distracting to be honest. Poor Ryan because they also gave him contacts in the beginning and I just thought that they neither A. Fit his character or B. Looked natural. But overall the acting is very well done.

I was honestly put off at first by episode 9 because of their heavy fixation on who would be the seme/uke and what attributes make an uke vs a seme. BLs are notoriously problematic in this area and just when I was ready to fast forward they took the high road! IT DOESN'T MATTER. And whatever works for an individual couple is that couple's business. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOLKS. Well Done.

Will update this after the series is over but so far 10/10 would recommend.

**Updates

It was cute through and through. The ending wasn’t anything super spectacular but i enjoyed it. I kind of figured they were going for a season 2 because the way the plot was being laid out didn’t leave room for a satisfactory resolution in that time frame. Best kiss Ram and King <3. I really love their couple. We already see the setup for the misunderstanding between Thara/Frong in season 2. It’s still at the top of my list for 2020 BL dramas. I hope season 2 goes more smoothly for the studio. I’ll be waiting.

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What can I say, as GMMTV's first BL offering of 2020 I enjoyed the show. The plot while not at all unique had a few nice twists. I overall enjoyed all aspects of the show from production, acting, to the OST.

I want to avoid a complete recap of the plot, so i will just say that it was your standard secret crush meets "fake" relationship. Initially I wasn't sure how I felt about Green because he is essentially a foil character for the plot, but I'm glad that they treated his character respectfully rather than for pure comic relief (although he provided some). BLs are notorious for including more couples than it is even possible to provide screen time for, but I thought all 3 couples had cute and fairly (look nothing is perfect when we get past 2 couples) well developed plot lines. Really at the end of the day it's the writers/directors that I take exception with. The show is good, and yet it also falls into most of the BL tropes: insanely possessive partner, needless drama that stems from a lack of communication, some accident or fight that requires one person tending to the other as some sort of romantic gesture, stalking/extreme over interest presented as romantic, continually overstepping boundaries... that's just to name a few. And the ending I mean honestly yikes for the last 2 episodes especially.

I enjoyed the acting and production the most (yea I know the editing in some places, but honestly watching this side by side with WHY R U? I honestly overlooked most of it). Bright/Win have great chemistry (well at least in the beginning) and I felt it was evident that Bright had done his homework and read the novel while preparing for his role. I applaud Win especially for the stairwell crying scene, i thought it was one of the most believable. It was nice to see Drake/Frank again and see how much their acting has improved although I did not particularly like Mil and Phukong's character was just poorly written (unfortunate for Frank). Mil continuously overstepped his boundary and was so possessive of Tine which I'm not saying would be ok even if they were together but it's especially inappropriate as he has not Ties to Tine. Oh Gunsmile, always a bridesmaid never a bride, I prefer his roles as the comic relief so I enjoyed him in this series. I thought Toptap/Mike were cute although this was not my favorite role for Toptap.

I thought it was really cool how the series revolved around Scrubb and that they were actually able to participate in the series. I'd never heard of Scrubb before, but I can imagine that it was nostalgic for a lot of viewers.

I overall enjoyed the series. I thought it was cute and it held my attention well. I felt the drama in the last 2 episodes was so contrived, but it only negatively effected my opinion slightly.

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Sigh, this is the first time I've been disappointed with something that has come out of Studio WabiSabi. It's really difficult to do a short series well and I commend them for better execution on Love Mechanics vs TOSSARA. I can appreciate what they were trying to do, however, it didn't completely deliver.

I thought the acting was overall good. Vee and Mark have better chemistry than Gun and Bar. I give Yin slightly higher marks than War, but they both did well for their first roles. Everything overall was better than TOSSARA. The production was good, but I've seen better from this studio. I really don't like this storyline. They want to make Ploy out to be the bad guy (which I mean she is) but her cheating doesn't absolve Vee from *checks notes* THE CHEATING. Come on now! I'm soooooo tired of this plot. The music is fine but not really memorable.

It's only 4 episodes and it's not terrible

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Ugh, I have so many mixed feelings about this show. Where it really excelled in some arenas it royally dropped the ball in others. Honestly, I wish this were a parody then I could laugh and give it a 10/10. I'll start with the things that I enjoyed.

I have been a fan of Saint's since LBC and truly he has grown as an actor. I really enjoyed his portrayal of Tutor I'd give him a 8.5/10. I liked Fighter a lot, more than I thought I would based on episode 1. Zee is really a very talented actor. I thought their chemistry was incredible and overall enjoyed them as a couple although I hated how hot and cold Fighter was in the beginning. Tommy did a great job as Zon although I thought from a writing standpoint that his character was so so. I think all the actors did a great job with what they were given. I also really loved Japan, but felt that it was such a terrible waste to include him in the show. The production was out of this world. It was so good that it makes me more than a little upset that the rest of the show did not live up. I had to chuckle because someone said the show seemed like an advert for Thai tourism, and while I needed no persuasion to visit Thai beaches, I can see how it comes across that way. I personally enjoyed the scenery because it's more than I can say about the plot.

Which leads me to where is the plot? Really, look at the show past it's shiny exterior of attractive actors, production, and scenery... the plot does not exist. Rather what we have is a premise (Zol writes a BL that comes to life) and no delivery of any plot. I think Zol only appears once after episode 4 and they only make vague references to being in a BL novel after like episode 6. The writing and direction is where all the problems lie in this series. From episode 1 we are led to believe that Zon will be the main character (so subsequently his pair will be the main pair) but Saifah and Zon's storyline take a HUGE back seat to Tor/Fight. It's hard to have two main couples and give them equal screen time so I really for the life of me cannot understand why they felt the need to have SO MANY tertiary and quatenary couples. At times it didn't even feel like Tor/Fight and Zon/Saifah existed in the same universe. They really felt like 2 completely separate storylines. As I said I thought Tommy did a great job, but Zon's character was poorly written in my opinion. The complete 180 in Zon's character from episode 2 to 3 still has me scratching my head. The enemies to lovers trope is so old and I have never seen it so poorly executed. I feel bad any time I have to bring up the quality of subtitles in shows, it makes me feel ungrateful, but the subtitles in episodes 1-5 were a special kind of terrible. Not to mention that there were entire exchanges without subs at all. I was really dumbfounded I couldn't believe that with a seemingly decent sized budget that was the best they could do for inter fans. I also felt like the directors tried too hard to make this show compete with Tharn/Type. The bed scenes were INTENSE. A little too much for me personally. I'm sad for the way the show was impacted by COVID-19, however, I'm not persuaded that the last 3 episodes would've flowed any better or that the show would have had a better ending otherwise.

There's a lot more I could say, but I don't like my reviews to be crazy long. I'm not saying don't watch it, because it definitely has it's moments, but it really was an underwhelming show in my opinion.

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This show had so many good moments to unfortunately end up cemented in mediocrity. I liked the premise and the setting gave me Lovesick vibes in this current market saturated with college set BLs. The story really could have gone somewhere great and just never delivered on any level. This could’ve been a great coming of age story with self discovery and coming into one’s sexuality and navigating the already confusing realm of first relationships coupled with a less than accepting society. It’s sadly easier to list the things i liked rather than the things i didn’t like about this BL, but I’ll do both.

I mostly enjoyed the acting. I thought Mork and Tee made a good couple and though it’s apparent that Frank and Drake are newbies their chemistry was cute and roles mostly well delivered. I really appreciated that outside of one daughter-in-law joke by Tee, they mostly avoided the one of us is the guy and one of us is the girl stereotype. The show tried to tackle some pretty heavy topics like suicidal thoughts, serious health concerns, repercussions of living in a bigoted society, and underdelivered on every single one. But i mean they tried lol. Gourd and Morn were my favorites. I really felt for Gourd and his secret crush and didn’t feel a lack of cuteness b/c of constraints surrounding the age of their characters. I also appreciated that Mork’s friends were so supportive and the fact that the secondary love interest Au was 1. Not a girl and 2. Not a lunatic.

Ok, now dig in, here’s where they went wrong. First, Tee’s mom sucked! What a hypocrite, but i mean the acting yikes. The plot holes are numerous and the plot progression had me like the kombucha girl meme, confused and unsure then pleasantly intrigued backed to confused. They never develop or rather reveal Tee and Mork’s background story very well and Ton’s character especially felt underutilized. I’m still wondering if Tee suffers from some mental illness (depression or other) and they never explain why he faints all the time and what condition Mork has (I’m guessing something related to what his mom had, but again they never get into that either). I’m surprised by the poor production especially coming from a studio as large as GMMTV. The sound quality in multiple scenes was horrible which was annoying to me, but didn’t hinder my understanding as an inter fan reading subtitles, so i can only imagine how poorly it comes across when you’re listening for comprehension. WHEN GOURD MOVED HIS DESK THE CAMERA SHOOK. I was cackling haha.

Look it’s cute. Drake and Frank have a fan base and are appearing together in GMMTVs currently airing (2020) series 2gether (as background characters don’t get your hopes up lol). The series didn’t make it into the “waste of time” category, so if you’re a BL fan and you have the time I’d say watch it, but I will not be rewatching it.

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If I were writing this review after watching the first 2 episodes this would be a completely different review. Thanks to tenacity (or obsession haha) I never drop shows and in this instance I'm so glad. This turned out to be such a cute show and honestly made me laugh out loud at parts. The plot is so very very cliche, fake romance turns into real romance. I have a love/hate relationship with tsundere type leads and was honestly put off by Ye Shuwei in the beginning. It was actually the mom in ep 3 that shifted the mood of the drama for me. I really liked Bei Erduo and enjoyed the blossoming chemistry between her and Shuwei. I thought Erduo and Liza's friendship was so sincere and genuinely presented to the audience. I actually enjoyed the side story between Liza and Yu Sheng especially because they didn't get the stereotypical ending, although I did not like how Liza's individual story ended. I'm kind of tired of the entitled rich socialite being obsessed with the ML and doing everything in her power to sabotage the FL. Although cliche, this drama has everything that makes a great drama: chemistry between the leads, quality music, quality acting, and quality production. The first 2 episodes are meh to be quite honest but hang i there! It's worth it.

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Wow they wasted no time getting into the "action" lol. This movie was interesting to say the least. I definitely enjoyed it and had the feeling of anticipation trying to figure out what was going to happen next. Wine is definitely mentally ill and I still have some questions about the reality of it all. As this is a BL movie I was ready for a tragic ending, but this plot twist has something else in store. I like a good supernatural theme here-and-there and it felt well done. The music set the tone well, although for me not overly memorable.

I LOVE LOVE Fluke (and really that's an understatement). I first watched him in Until We Meet Again (his most recent work) so going back and watching his earlier works has been honestly a thrill. He really did a good job in this movie and his acting has only improved. It's no wonder that he can play such an emotional role so well since he's had plenty of practice over the years. And honestly he's just so cute, which I won't lie makes some of the sex scenes unsettling because he seems so innocent. Fuhrer did an amazing role as Night. I felt he portrayed all the emotions very well and I definitely felt the sense of loss/confusion.

Look, I'm not going to get too much into continuity errors (anyone with a high school level background in science would know that blood would coagulate in those bottles but I digress lol) and anything can happen in these cinematic universe's especially when you're dabbling in the supernatural. Overall I would recommend this movie especially if you love BL and/or Fluke as much as I do.

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I am still crying as i type this review haha. It was short, sweet, and emotional. MIR goes down as a Thai BL classic for me and it was amazing to see Tee and Fuse together again. Also great to see Fuse no longer being wishy washy. You could see so much improvement in Boom and Peak’s acting in MIR 2 and they have just continued to improve. I was ugly crying right along with Fuse in the last episode. They really scarred me i thought they were about to drive the ship off the cliff but it ended the only way that is acceptable. I just wish that Book and Frame got a cameo as a couple. If you’re looking for a quick fix see Why R U? Ep2 for a Tee/Fuse cameo. I love Boom and Peak and hope that somewhere down the line they’ll get to reprise these roles again with the whole MIR crew. Worth the watch and short enough to rewatch at least once if not a few times lol.

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