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Oxygen thai drama review
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Oxygen
4 people found this review helpful
by KUMASHOCK
Jul 21, 2021
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 3.0
Story 4.5
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 2.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

After careful consideration I've decided that... no.

I feel like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel here.

Long story short, this was questionably good. But the line that divides good from bad is extremely thin with this one, almost invisible.

~Story:
Boring. If I could describe it using food, it would be a soda cracker... because it's bland and tasteless. There's literally nothing here that I could find entertaining in the slightest. The episodes were slow paced, there were plenty of plot holes that left me confused, unanswered questions, and lack of organization.
First time in my gay life that I see a BL were everybody else had to carry the story because the mains were completely irrelevant. Like, what were they even doing here? And even though I see potential, I still think that even if you fixed it, it would still be boring.

~Cast:
Ugh. I mean UUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH with these leads!

- Solo/Gui: They were so dry I felt like I was in the desert. The biggest problem here was whoever the hell was playing Solo. Extremely monotone and forced. His character was socially awkward, but he took it to the next level. Now, there were some moments were he was genuinely funny and relatable but, unfortunately, I can only count those with one hand. Gui's actor was better, but there was so much disconnection between both characters. It's like two strangers suddenly met and began a relationship without knowing anything about the other... wait... that's EXACTLY what happened here. There's no flavor in this relationship.

- Kao/Pu: *insert angel chorus* the saviors! If it weren't for them I wouldn't have stayed until the end. They were a very basic couple with predictable reactions to predictable moments, but holy crap how much light the brought into this drama. They had a nice story going on and, luckily, both actors actually did a great job. If you guys think about it, they were a mirrored image of the main couple, but done right. If there's ever a season two (which I hope not, to be honest), they should bring them as the leads and completely remove the mains.

- Kim/Petch: Love them! Definitely on the same page as Kao/Pu. If it weren't for their funny, complicated, and crazy relationship, this drama wouldn't have survived in my eyes. Funny how a heterosexual relationship had better screen time than the supposed mains of a BL.

- Perth: Honorable mention because he is so my type of guy. He was a good actor too, although I am not a big fan of how his story ended. It's like the writers tried too force something that didn't even look good. Like I said, baseless plot holes that are unnecessary.

~Editing:
First of all, can we talk about the opening sequence? Mama all the budget went there. It was such a high quality edition that I couldn't bring myself to skip it because whoever edited it deserved the attention. Good job, sis! The rest of the drama was... in lack of better words... messy. There were things here and there that could have been changed or just completely removed. The lack of a coherent story made the editing go all over the place sometimes.

Girl, this show has everything: questionable leads, questionable relationship, questionable story line, manipulative relationships, and relationships that deserved the main roles. Honestly, I do not recommend it, but it isn't too bad to not give it a try. I mean, it's not Tossara levels of bad that I can't even think about it. It's so so.
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