KUMASHOCK
The first one that makes me crave for more episodes.
This is the most Japanese I've seen a Thai drama get. Do you wanna know why I knew it wasn't Japanese, though? Because the actors know how to act!
Now let me begin asking the real question. This was an "elephant in the room" kinda situation for me, but here we go anyway: Is it really a BL if Love is a girl the whole time despite the body change?
To be honest with you, it isn't to me. Why? Because there's no moment in the story were Love (male) tries to act like a man. The girl always shone through his character completely overshadowing his masculine self. But this is just my opinion; it's fine if you see it as a BL.
This is the most expensive looking Thai "BL" drama I've seen so far; I mean, the production value really went up with this one. From episode one we were submerged in this beautiful fantasy world that felt like it came out of a Japanese shoujo manga. It was marvelous. I enjoy a show that focuses on details: the school, the uniforms, the dorms, the environment, and even the students had an attractive appeal to them.
The writers and the director really missed a big opportunity to milk the story, though. Because the story had a focus on the daily lives of the students, the writers could have added at least ten extra episodes of filler between episodes and it would have been just as great. There were parts of the story and characters that deserved to be fleshed out more, so extra episodes focusing on their perspective of the plot would've made viewers connect more with them. Despite that, the 8 episodes available were very well written. Not even once I felt like the pacing was rushed or that it was poorly edited.
Someone PLEASE give James (male Love) an award!!! I finally found my favorite actor from a Thai BL and I could talk about his acting for hours, but let me summarize it for you. For a straight guy, no actor has been able to portray "female" as good as he did and it shows. I had problems seeing the connection between Shane and Rose because even though both are great actors by themselves, they never matched in terms of personality. However, that was not the case for Love (male and female actors). James got this role down to the teeth and it was a very natural performance from him. The cute feminine mannerisms, his speech, and his facial expressions made me question his sexuality for a second because it was exactly the acting that I expected for this type of character.
Ice was also a good actor. I enjoy those characters that give you a little bit of both, the good guy and also the antagonist, and he did not disappoint. Many people have trouble liking this type of character, but I really liked his performance as Vier.
Jaylerr became one of my favorite actors and I look forward to seeing more of him in dramas. Specially BL. He's got it going on to play these roles.
Overall this was an excellent drama and worthy of a rewatch. The story is captivating and the actors bring fresh personalities to enjoy. Honestly, we need a season two!
Now let me begin asking the real question. This was an "elephant in the room" kinda situation for me, but here we go anyway: Is it really a BL if Love is a girl the whole time despite the body change?
To be honest with you, it isn't to me. Why? Because there's no moment in the story were Love (male) tries to act like a man. The girl always shone through his character completely overshadowing his masculine self. But this is just my opinion; it's fine if you see it as a BL.
This is the most expensive looking Thai "BL" drama I've seen so far; I mean, the production value really went up with this one. From episode one we were submerged in this beautiful fantasy world that felt like it came out of a Japanese shoujo manga. It was marvelous. I enjoy a show that focuses on details: the school, the uniforms, the dorms, the environment, and even the students had an attractive appeal to them.
The writers and the director really missed a big opportunity to milk the story, though. Because the story had a focus on the daily lives of the students, the writers could have added at least ten extra episodes of filler between episodes and it would have been just as great. There were parts of the story and characters that deserved to be fleshed out more, so extra episodes focusing on their perspective of the plot would've made viewers connect more with them. Despite that, the 8 episodes available were very well written. Not even once I felt like the pacing was rushed or that it was poorly edited.
Someone PLEASE give James (male Love) an award!!! I finally found my favorite actor from a Thai BL and I could talk about his acting for hours, but let me summarize it for you. For a straight guy, no actor has been able to portray "female" as good as he did and it shows. I had problems seeing the connection between Shane and Rose because even though both are great actors by themselves, they never matched in terms of personality. However, that was not the case for Love (male and female actors). James got this role down to the teeth and it was a very natural performance from him. The cute feminine mannerisms, his speech, and his facial expressions made me question his sexuality for a second because it was exactly the acting that I expected for this type of character.
Ice was also a good actor. I enjoy those characters that give you a little bit of both, the good guy and also the antagonist, and he did not disappoint. Many people have trouble liking this type of character, but I really liked his performance as Vier.
Jaylerr became one of my favorite actors and I look forward to seeing more of him in dramas. Specially BL. He's got it going on to play these roles.
Overall this was an excellent drama and worthy of a rewatch. The story is captivating and the actors bring fresh personalities to enjoy. Honestly, we need a season two!
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