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Ai Long Nhai thai drama review
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Ai Long Nhai
1 people found this review helpful
by 8392225
Mar 24, 2023
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 5.0
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
Okay, first: I didn't find this related to 'Tonhon Chonlatee' at all. Totally different story & cast. Secondly, someone called this "standard university Thai BL". I'd beg to differ. This time, both of the boys are far from virgins (despite the fact one of them is portrayed by actor who is 17, and therefore actually WOULD be credible as HIGH SCHOOL student). Also, they sleep together in episode 2 already.

One of the boys is totally confident in his sexual orientation, also it's love at 1st sight for him and he's fully committed to make it a steady relationship. The other boy thought his whole life that he liked girls. So, he needs to process things first, nevertheless it was him who initiated the first sex (though he was drunk) so I believed he just needed some time to realize whether he wants to be just friends, or boyfriends. What was a bit funny was that he suggested some kind of trial period, after which he'll decide if he's really open to dating a guy, if he likes the boy in question enough, and also - kind of surprisingly - if the committed boy would really be able to put up with him. Because he said that he had some traits he doesn't show even to his friends, and no one of his exes were able to put up with it. I found all this pretty far from "standard".

Also, this is Tagged "Airhead Male Lead", which probably refers to the confused boy. Well, his actor is 17. And his character is supposed to be a bit immature. So, I would not see the need to judge him very harshly. I was actually surprised by his reaction after the 1st one night stand. Him asking the committed boy - who is like ready to marry him since the 1st second - to give it a try first, because time will tell, was actually pretty reasonable and exactly the thing the two guys, after a single drunken encounter, needed to do.

Question is whether that offers enough entertaining drama for all the remaining episodes. Mostly it's just an eye candy watch, as viewers would definitely find at least one of the boys more than goodlooking, and/or very cute. Obviously none of the "annoying traits" and "bad habits" were enough to discourage the committed boy. He was totally in love and had all the time in the world (also apparently enough money) to be endlessly patient with the confused boy. After all, he was very young, so what if he was a bit silly. He was THIS good looking at 17 already! The committed boy knew he hit the jackpot. No, he won't let go of him;-)) I could clearly see he wanted to marry him since episode 1.

And it's not just the two main boys. Also all the friends are super cute. They usually make funny faces watching how the older of the boys keeps taking care of the younger one.

I had honestly enough way sooner than 12 episodes. 6 would be more than sufficient. I was mostly bored. But, there's good kissing despite the younger actor's tender age.

This show can be recommended to viewers who like watching attractive people talking about/hooking up. Not recommended to viewers who are not patient to watch fools.

Note: The youtube version has english captions, which offer only rough translation. You'll be alright if you already watch thai shows for a few years. iQIYI version (link offered here on MDL under "Where to Watch Ai Long Nhai") has proper subtitles, but it plays only like 6 minutes of the video, then asks you to pay for a membership if you want to watch it all.
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