This historical costume BL drama is ravishing and a rare treat for this genre. The intricacies of the plot require careful concentration but overall it's a story about the love between Xiao Bao and Huai En which gets off to a difficult start due to the former thinking the latter is a woman only to discover she is a he and subsequently decides gender doesn't matter. (How modern of him!) Interspersed with this are moments of humour and lightness. With two episodes shown thus far, I look forward with anticipation to my weekly dose of this gorgeous Chinese concoction unrestrained from censorship considerations. May there be more of them in the future.
As far as I'm concerned, Gemini and Fourth portray their characters exactly as the script suggests and they're doing a great job. It takes great skill to bring off such a zany character as Atom and Fourth aces it. Yes, it's goofy, over-the-top and ridiculous at times with a surfeit of sound effects and a music score that underlies the action with precision moment by moment, but that's par for the course with these GMMTV productions, which is part of their charm and foreign to anything similar made in the West. They are a nice contrast to the straight couple who go through their love pains without all that nonsense. I especially like Half (appropriately named) as Atom's friend and in pursuit of Mudmee who is even more clueless than Atom is with Kongthap and has yet to indicate properly his romantic interest in her. Finally, I think it's pointless to compare it with the Japanese original as each production approaches the story with a different aesthetic and I'm fine with that.
All in all, I enjoyed this show immensely from start to finish. It had a strong storyline, romance, drama, action and many lighthearted moments, all put together with style and a sure touch.
The more I see of Mos as Sun, the more of a charmer he is, and indeed, he is very attractive. I also have to agree somewhat about Bank as Lin, he's fairly cute but I put his lacklustre performance more on the writers who have drawn him as this exceedingly polite and overly sensitive boy to whom everybody pays too much attention, his friends in particular who are beginning to become a little annoying.
We've been getting bits and pieces of their early family lives, but today's episode filled it out and brought it all together in a thoughtful and heartwarming way. The boys' relationships are important and equally so with their families.
The only cheering up part was YY's t-shirt: Why fall in love when you can fall asleep. 😁 and YeiCher sweet…
Yes, I couldn't help but notice that on his t-shirt. It's neither an aphorism nor an epigram; something in between to ponder on but it only works because of the word 'fall'. Is it a universal truth or more cynical? Depends on who says it and why, I suppose.
What are you guys watching this on? I can't seem to find it. I'm in the US if it makes a difference.
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The situation with Thanwa, Peak and Max is decidedly odd. I think Peak has serious feelings for Thanwa but by the time he says he likes him it is too late because Max is in the picture and doing his darndest to lure Thanwa away for himself and rekindle their relationship which I think will not last. Max is tall and fairly good-looking but there's something about him that is off and given his history he's sure to stuff things up with Thanwa eventually and in any case, Thanwa has unresolved feelings for Peak, so all this might see the return of Thanwa to the Knock Knock house sooner rather than later.
Hmm. Off to a good start. Both Ryu (Meen) and Zen (Ming) starred in Ai Long Nai which I liked but it came in for some criticism so that's where the love interest will eventually be centred. I'm surprised to see Frank as Atom here who is a main character in the current drama OMG! Vampire; I wonder how he'll fit into the plot plus he's muscular and athletic but I don't recall him playing basketball and whether he will or not here. Also of interest is the new basketball coach Ton (Chin), the most experienced actor of the bunch with many roles to his credit but this is his first role in a BL series. To finish off, this show also has two big name sponsors, Yamaha and Samsung. I'll watch Ep. 2 shortly.
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The link brings up all 5 episodes, not the compilation I saw which is on a pay-for-view website.