Rudravarman

Sorry to ask this. But does ep. 3 play BEFORE or AFTER Koichi died?

I could literally hear you shouting out, when the wiping scenes showed :D

Currently 6.4, that is still above average. The rate reflects the mixed views on this series.

I can only speak of my opinion:
1. The story does not rock me. In fact, I do not even understand what the story is. Two guys competing, who do not want to compete.
2. I have seen so many enemy-to-friend stories that I am just bored of this, especially in a university environment.
3. The superficiality. Endlos dialogues and/or monologues of who is handsome, the most handsome, who is not handsome, more handsome, less handsome... I mean, let alone rethink the fact that the MOST handsome of a faculty should represent it. I come from a country in which the best of a faculty (in terms of studying) would represent a uni/faculty. If s/he is photographic, that would be a bonus.

But also in terms of filming/acting...It is sometimes slow, sometimes too wooden, not to mention of the director's choice of cutting, lighting...

I totally feel you. I developed lately a love-hate of Thai BL. It is not only the recurring scenes, but the stories/plots in general. I am 46yo, you are 55. I think we often forget that most of these series do not only depict teens and twens, but are also written by them. Not sure how old most of the writers/ screen writers are. My Vietnamese friends writing VN BL series are mostly around 20-25ish. They might all have a big imagination, but not much life experience. And since they are often same-age, they live in the same generation with the same issues, which then impact what we see on screen.

Oh, come on. Every BL is just a puzzle of mixed tropes. And the let's wipe him-trope is actually fun. It gives sometimes a free view on something nice, since they often have to take off the shirt. Okay, that failed here, twice. Not only the "he has fever" wiping, but also the "oh, I have a drop of sweat" wiping.

But, talking about silly tropes: The "we are strangers but must sleep in one bed" trope is hurting me even more. They actually managed doing it here better than in other series, where those super-rich kids pay for an apartment, which even would impress the Thai king, but do not have two beds...

I am only watching this, because it is over next week and I think there cannot be more harm done here. I am optimist, though.

We live in the 21st century. Why not a triple relationship. Not weirder than other stuff I have seen in BL...

I'll give this series 30/10 for having Pluem jumping around without t-shirt. I don't care the rest...

Reminds me of those historic movies, with maskerades in France or Italy. I am always like wtf, you clearly can see who this is. I assume people pretend not to know...

I had to look up the word. I never heard it used in this way, so I thought it must be some kind of slang.

I think I'll leave this for later, when it's finished and binge then all 32 episodes directly. Is probably less than half an hour. So far, the episodes did not really follow. I think ep 1 and 2 were neatly connected, the rest looked quite independent from the previous ones. The filming is annoying. It might be okay to have this format in TikTok and Co. but Youtube does not really help for non-landscape movies.

Right. I was also thinking where I have seen him before. He looks familiar, but on his list is only one drama and it is this one. But I am 100% sure I have seen him before. I would definitly remember if I had seen him on the street in Bangkok, so it can only be on the screen.

Just to mention, because it might not be obvious: Half of the actors in this series are already near-30 or even over 30 (the actor of Yu is 28, the one of Zo is 31...). I find that amazing. I actually like series with mature actors, though they still look so young that they play university students, haha.

I wonder if those who translated the subtitles did eventually at least check their outcome once?

The only flaw in this series were Guang's parents. Their change came to sudden. I mean, from "Kneel!" to "Have we done something wrong"...That was too fast and was more like, sh##t, we do not have more time to develop this change. They should have started with that 1-2 episodes before. But this is just a minor flaw.

I declare this my personal BL of the Year 2022. This had everything I look for in a BL series. Only a small flaw (see my spoiler reply). But despite that personal flaw this was near perfection...

You wrote out exactly my thoughts. Maybe I have just seen too many Thai BL series and am tired of them. The same stories, same tropes and jokes all over again.

Pleng finds out where Yi's parents are and drives there to talk with Yi. He stands in front of the house and rings the bell. Pleng is thinking of what to say. How to say...The door opens. It is not Yi. Who is that, thinks Pleng. What a handsome guy!

Hi, who are you, asks the boy?
i am Pleng. i need to talk with Yi. Is he here?
Yup, he is torturing the epiano with Beethoven's Ode of Dullness. Wait, I get him for you. The boy turns around...
No, wait! It is okay. Forget it. It is not that important. Hey, wanna have a coffee with me? By the way, What's your name? I am Pleng. i am single... Pleng smiles to the boy.

Why get fucked up with Yi's total dullness and weirdness if I can hang out with this super hot hunk here. Maybe I am even becoming a bott for him.

This is how ep 7 should have developed...

Hopefully only ten.

So much in Love, my all-time fav, is a masterpiece compared to this.

I get it that a bunch of people here are totally into Nine. Yeah, his body is nice. And I also get it that the director knows that. That's why Nine drops his clothes every now and then. But, sorry, for me there is no acting. Although the same can be said to all other characters here.

I wonder why the made this series in the first place? Was it just to fill some scenes in between the endless advertisements for local brands?

Rumour has it that some companies even let the brands dictate the scripts, so the plot fits well with the ads. Read something about that on a GMM series.

In horror I realized that this has 12 episodes. It already takes me 3-4 days to watch one episode. I cannot watch them at once. I have to take breaks, meditate, visit my psychotherapist and also consult my Anonymous Bad-Thai-BL-Admirer-Group.

Unfortunately, I am not the type to drop things. I rather sit in horror and get traumatized. Su Su...it is over in 3 weeks!!!

Well, I am not going into prison, haha. I will be back :)