After watching TharnType season one, which I didn’t like at all, I was very hesitant to watch season two. So many negative reviews from other watchers didn’t help my decision either. But finally I decided to still give it a try and honestly I was very positively surprised! I genuinely liked it! Sure, it wasn’t perfect, but it was so much better than season one. Well, season one was so bad, that it is hard to do even worse. My expectations were also already quite low. After reading many reviews I tend to think that season two will be more likable to the older audience.

To me the season two storyline seems to be a little bit like a parallel to season one storyline. In the previous season we have Type and Tharn starting their relationship and fighting about it becoming official. In this season instead we get the marriage plot. Then in season one we get jealousy through Tharn’s exes and in this season we get the short plot with Nana. In the first season we get Lhong and in this season we get Fiat. In season one we got the picture incident with LGBTQ+ people and in this season we get the Type’s workplace storyline. So, you can see a lot of parallels with season one, but the setting around is changed. Also, the character's reactions towards these things are different.

Now, moving on to the characters, I was very happy to see that Type’s character had changed quite a lot during these seven years. First, we can already see in season one special Our Final Love, how he is working on his internalized homophobia and in this season we never see him having problems with any LGBTQ+ characters. Secondly, in season one a lot of people were saying how Type is selfish, arrogant and self-centered and in this season we can see him working in a hospital helping his patience. Thirdly, even though he can still be blunt and rash with his friends and Tharn, we can see that he endures quite a lot at the workplace. Fourthly, we can see him being not afraid to apologize or take responsibility for his actions. And fifthly, in this season I could actually see him wanting to communicate with Tharn in many cases - when they first had a fight about the marriage and about the kiss/cheating storyline. I could also see that he knows he has to calm down before talking to tharn. So, in my opinion Type has matured quite a lot compared to season one Type.

Tharn on the other hand seemed to me quite the same as in season one. He still thought that everything can be smoothed over with sex or some romance. We can’t see him communicate or even try to communicate with Type at all. He is sulking like a child during most of the season. He barely apologizes for anything he does. Also, his partner says that he doesn’t want to get married and yet he decides to start ring shopping? Still not respecting Type’s boundaries, I see? And what the hell was this plot with Techno about wanting to make Type jealous of Nana? This was so childish! And then the phone call with Type in the later episode, where he basically hung up on Type after the latter told him how much he misses him. Why be so cruel?

I know some people are saying that this show doesn’t show love and just shows miscommunication and bad relationships, well… in that case I guess the majority of people’s relationships are bad. In my opinion this show really shows an adult relationship, where such things as work, society and other people may cause troubles to your love life. I really liked Type’s workplace drama, because it is just so real! All people who work and live with other people know how much good or a bad workday can actually affect your relationship. How you can explode on people just because of work stress! And we actually saw him apologizing for it later. And that’s life! I am not a big fan of jealousy and possessiveness plots, but this too happens in real life. Especially when people don’t communicate and jump into conclusions without talking to one another. The difference between adult and teenage love is patience and will to do better. In season one we can see that in almost every fight the solution is break-up. But in this season we can see that they don’t want to break-up, but rather think things through and then talk with each other. So, I don’t think that this series showed unhealthy relationships, but rather realistic adult relationships.

As for other characters, I still liked Techno, but would have loved to get to know his boyfriend, too. Champ and Doc’s relationship was very cute and different from usual BL couples. I really enjoyed their story! I didn’t understand the need for Phu and Cir on this series, though. What was their point? We didn’t learn anything from their relationship and they just appeared out of thin air. They could’ve been easily left out from the show. Then also, why did they decide to bring back Khlui and Seo? They didn’t give anything to the plot either. And honestly Khlui’s snooping behavior was quite disturbing. Fiat and Leo were great additions to the story, but I felt that their story could’ve been done better. There was something missing for me. Also, my biggest no-no for this whole show was this whole kidnaping scene. That was so not okay!

Compared to season one, I would definitely recommend season two. It has its problems, but it actually shows a real adult relationship and what it means to be in a relationship with someone for such a long time. I genuinely liked it, even though I didn’t like season one at all. I would advise you to watch this show for yourself and then make up your own mind about it, because reviews are not very generous with this show.