Firelordsudden
Good Beginning, Meh ending
The fist few minutes of the show set them in University, before flashing back to 7 episodes of high school, which can be a little confusing to start. I feel like the high school episodes were much better to watch and get a feel for the characters. The evolution of Itt and Pai felt much more natural with slow burn feelings and stolen looks, as well as trying to figure out how they felt about each other. When they get to university, everything felt kind of forced. I felt like Pai didn't look at Itt the same way he did in high school. The tenderness wasn't there that had developed over the high school episodes and it lacked some of the emotional impact then. However, I very much enjoyed everything with Pai's parents and how they handled that. The show is clearly trying to push a few good messages/themes within it, which is nice. (Pure's "Safe sex" sub-plots, etc). I Just really wish the Uni episodes had had the same vibe as the high school episodes, or I would have given this a 10 rating.Was this review helpful to you?
Amazing story
I was surprised that this only had 8 episodes, but it fit well. I loved how this played out and the interconnectedness within the story. Thun's friends reacting to him "talking to himself" all the time is great, though, I feel like in real life he would have been committed ha. The soundtrack behind some of the "touching" moments got a little over used in my opinion, but the chemistry between Ohm and Singto was amazing. It is a little weird to think about a ghost and a human, as that kind of plot is not usually what I go for, but they worked it out very well in this.I only wish at the end it had followed up more with Khiew in the last episode! I know he's only a side character, but it would have been funny.
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Lets Pretend the last Episode Didn't Happen
I really did actually like this show. It's rare, but becoming more common, for one of the characters to already be out or know that he is gay. The sexual tension and the puns I felt were quite out there for some Thai dramas, I feel like its the first time seing "awkward boner" issues etc which made it fun to watch.Chonlatee's support from his mom and friend are wonderful, and Ai and Ni are hilarious side characters. Everyone has issues with Ton being homophobic/misogynistic, which he IS, but I think then people underplay his struggle of coming to terms with himself and the people around him later on. There are homophobic and misogynistic people in the world. For Ton, it was a learned behavior from his father. When he realized it affected the important people around him, he changed for the better, and I loved his clear crisis of conscious versus just "easily" switching from one side to the other.
I think the show had a real chance at showing that these kinds of changes aren't easy or clean. It brought up issues of consent, manipulation, and toxic relationships.
And then the last episode just killed it all, and was a huge disappointment, seeming to backtrack on so much of the potential.
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Nothing to look forward to
When first watching this it seems to have some potential. But any suspense or twists are quickly resolved or non-existent. The acting is only so-so in my mind; neither actors are very good at crying it seems, which is a huge part of this drama whenever they remember part of their past lives. I could appreciate Dean a little more than Pharm. I did not enjoy his actor much, and for all the times they were supposed to be growing closer, Pharm resisted far too much and either made Dean look pushy, or like Pharm wasn't into him. Maybe it was supposed to come off as cute, but it didn't work for me. Without much else going on in the plot, this drama is a lot of fluff between the two with what seems like no end-point, and I found it boring. I didn't finish this one.Was this review helpful to you?
