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Close Friend thai drama review
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Close Friend
3 people found this review helpful
by chiha
May 28, 2021
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 4.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
This review may contain spoilers
The problem wasn't in the stories or with the actors, the problem was the time constraint. Each of these actors delivered the best they could depending on the materials they were provided. Preference of episodes is 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (the reversal of airing order ;) the best ones were put at the very end)

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Pretend to love
• Fluke as Typhoon
• Ohm as Pierce, a music artist
SONG: To act like we are in love
RATING: 6.5/10
ALSO SEE THEM IN: Until we meet again
UPCOMING SERIES: Rumored upcoming series (I saw new pictures released about them so.. ;)

This story was pretty much surviving on OhmFluke. Both these actors have awesome chemistry and are wonderful in their roles and I suppose they were given a horrible story because they are the only ones who could act it and still get a mediocre score (instead of an abominably low one). The plot was practically non existent (basically Typhoon being jealous of how much time Pierce and Marc were spending together), the ending was abysmal with Typhoon asking Pierce to pretend to be in love with him and the characters were 2 dimensional. Sad endings aren't the problem here, the lack of development is.

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Just friend
• First as Mojoom, a cat
• Ja as Xin, the cat owner
SONG: Just be friend
RATING: 7.5/10
ALSO SEE THEM IN: Tharntype (sequel)
UPCOMING SERIES: Don't say no

There are two ways I look at this.
One way is that Moojoom was shown in a human form to portray the emotions of the cat. If so, First pretty much nailed the cute role.
Another is that the cat was actually a boy who was stuck in his feline form. Of so, the story's ending was unsatisfactory as there was no concrete evidence to support this idea.
Either way I was surprised how people were labelling this as bestiality because let's face it, Thai media regardless of how open it may or may not be l, is never going to tread into those murky waters. I thought this was a sweet story about a cat owner and his cat. The story could've been done way better though.

═ ∘♡༉∘ ═══════Ep. 3
Willing or not
• Nat as Mini, a freshman student
• Max as Titan, a senior student who is also a Judo champion
SONG: Accidental or intentional
RATING: 7.5/10
ALSO SEE THEM IN: Why RU? the series, Y-destiny (episodes 3,4)
UPCOMING SERIES: Cutie Pie the series

I've never liked Max and Nat as a pairing as much as others seemed to love them. I found it really awkward how Titan kept coercing Mini to participate in the competition but the story ended on a positive note with a signature post-injury piggyback ride.

═ ∘♡༉∘ ═══════Ep. 4
Just one life
• Lay as Xiaoping
• Yoon as Peam
SONG: Enough for one lifetime
RATING: 9.5/10
ALSO SEE THEM IN: YYY the series, YYY special, Y-destiny (probably episode 11, 12)
UPCOMING SERIES: –
If you've seen YYY and remember the 'English breakfast' scene then you'll get a pretty good idea about this story. Their shirts were the cutest thing ever, chemistry was on point, Lay was rocking his hair style as usual and Yoon was nailing his role as the clueless love interest.

═ ∘♡༉∘ ═══════Ep. 5
Dear my star
• Tommy as Mekhin/Mek, a student from rural Chiang Mai
• Jimmy as Night, a student from Bangkok
SONG: Your problem, my solution
RATING: 9.5/10
ALSO SEE THEM IN: Why RU? the series, Saifahzon story
UPCOMING SERIES: Middleman's love/Middle love, Peach of time

I may be biased but this story was the second best. The retro 90's theme with the cassettes, letter, payphones; the pen pals plot (a tale as old as time ٩(◕‿◕。)۶), and the chemistry between the actors–a wholesome and light story.

═ ∘♡༉∘ ═══════Ep. 6
Imagine you
• Copter as Ray, a barista who is Jedi's top fan
• Kimmon as Jedi, a famous idol
SONG: To think– Not to think
RATING: 10/10
ALSO SEE THEM IN: (1) Kit and Ming in 2moons, (2) Kit and Mark in Gen Y, (3) TV shows based on SBFIVE, (4) Hotel stars
UPCOMING SERIES: That's my candy, Gen Y2

This story is getting a full 10 from me. This plotline is something that I love reading about in science fiction books and I was so surprised by the uniqueness of it. The story had me all in my feels. To summarize, Ray wins a virtual reality headset as a prize for a trivia competition. The headset let's him interact with a programmed counterpart of his favourite actor. When he wishes that his idol could become real, the sentient program emerges from the headset. Just to be clear, it doesn't emerge from the headset but it's just a projection who feels real to Ray (I got confused about the touching parts but I attribute that to his lovestruck state).

Ray works as a cafe in a small obscure cafe, and one fine day Jedi visits the shop! He begins to frequent the shop because he loves Ray's coffee and feelings start to grow. The show ends on a positive note with them touching and Jedi says: “This is better than the headset isn't it?"

Like I need a full series out of this. It would be mind-blowing and awesome. Keeping my fingers crossed! The only recommendation I could come up with was “Love from outta space”, because both these stories have science fiction elements in them but the stories aren't similar at all.

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This felt like a combination of fanservice, advertisement of upcoming series and bringing recognition to the Boxx music artists. I did the math, and the overall rating comes to 8.5.

Should you watch the series? I'd say episodes 5 and 6 were really unique so at least give those a try (I am rewatching them too!). Yoonlay have undeniable chemistry so episode 4 was enjoyable. Episode 3 was okay. I personally thought episode 2 was cute but if you don't think so then just skip it. If you want to watch episode 1 because of ohmfluke then don't–they weren't treated with justice.
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