Secret Crush on You is one of those series, which at first I wasn’t sure about, but with every episode it got better and better and I just couldn’t help but fall in love with this beautiful show. I must admit it was hard to watch it at first, because it is so damn embarrassing and awkward and cringey and comical. But once you get used to it, this show shares a lot of very beautiful messages about being yourself, love and friendship. I definitely recommend this show to everyone. I have watched it once, but I will probably watch it again in the near future.

The story itself is actually quite simple and easy to follow. There is nothing new - nerdy guy is falling for the popular older guy. But what makes this show so good are the characters and the way they show love and crushing as something embarrassing, cringey, awkward and comical at times! Just like in reality! But don’t think there are only laughs. Through humor they actually touch on a lot of important and serious (LGBTQ+) topics and they will even make you cry, I definitely cried!

I am convinced that the best part about this show is the main friend group of Toh, Khao, Daisy/Day and Som. Besides the fact that all of them have amazing chemistry with each other, they represent a beautiful friendship that we all long for. Their group is very dynamically balanced. None of them is necessarily a leader or a follower. They are equal. One thing that you could see from the start is how they support and accept each other. They all know they are not perfect and their friends are neither. They are close enough to tell each other the hard truths and give real actual usable advice. I also love how they listen to each other and notice when one of them is not feeling good. And can we all take a pause to appreciate their motto! Honestly I could’ve watched the whole show just about their friendship.

But since it's a romantic comedy, let’s talk about love! During the course of the series all four of them (Toh, Khao, Daisy/Day, Som) find love, but we see four very different ways of acting, while having a crush and being in a relationship. I would say that we all can probably see pieces of ourselves in every one of them.

Toh represents the kind of crush that you watch from afar thinking that you will never be worthy of that person. I would even say that he has put Nuea up on a pedestal. He never expects anything to happen and is totally okay never knowing the real person Nuea might be. But once things evolve and they are together we can see that they communicate and are actually very nice together. I really like that Nuea doesn’t try to change Toh, but wants him to embrace who he is. Even though they use typical BL top/bottom trope, they actually included discussions about roles of top/bottom. It was definitely something fresh to see. But what is very realistic and nicely done, is that Toh’s insecurities and way of thinking/acting don’t miraculously disappear. I really love the ending of the show, because they touch on all the important points about their story and give us a beautiful closure.

As for the Khao and Sky story at first it was even hard to tell whether Khao likes Sky or not. I actually had trouble not getting mad at Sky for his very forceful advances towards Khao. We learn that Khao is the kind of person who is not good with intimacy and keeps most of his thoughts to himself. Quite soon in the series we learn about his body image issues and I really love how they touched this subject. I guess I could tell that Khao thinks he is not worthy of love and is scared to open himself up. But once he does, we can see him bloom. But we can again see that insecurities and ways of thinking/acting don’t miraculously disappear just because you meet someone.

Third couple is Daisy/Day and Intouch. Their love story is really about changing who you are just because you think the other person will like you more. Even though their story doesn't get as much screen time, I found their story one of the best. I love Daisy! She had so many beautiful scenes and Nutt did just amazing acting! Most scenes where I was crying were part of her story. Also Som and Daisy’s friendship is just gold.

I am really sad that we didn’t get to see as much of Som's story. But I must tell I actually felt the closest to her. She really represents a person who is very independent and strong willed and who thinks that they don’t need love. Yet we see her finding someone special to her in Tor. Their story could've been really interesting to see. Especially how Som navigates being in a relationship while also keeping her independence.

All in all we get to see four very different and interesting love stories and one amazing friend group. It really showed us that every single one of us is worthy of love, despite what other people may think. There were so many great topics that this show tried to talk about. Sometimes through humor and sometimes by making us all cry. I definitely love this show and it will be one of my top shows!

I want to praise the casting and acting of this show! It was so well done! All the actors were really good in my opinion and if you watch behind the scenes videos you can see that they were also very dedicated to this show. I would also applaud the people who made the cinematography - it was very enjoyable to watch it. The pacing was good and shots were very well done. And the soundtrack of this show really complemented the whole series.

If you read this all through - you are amazing! Hope you liked it and maybe it made you want to watch this beautiful show! I definitely recommend it! :)