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ahhdra

Iowa City, IA, USA

ahhdra

Iowa City, IA, USA
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Precise Shot
14 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Mar 17, 2021
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
Even though the story is a little less plausible, however the chemistry between two main characters that was built slowly from the very first episode yielded maximum results until the end.

No matter what “they called”, bromance or what so ever, but the love story amongst of those two (Yi You and Yi Ling) were very clear especially when their eyes met. 👀

Sometimes we don't really have to label a series as a BL from kissing scenes let alone sex scenes, but with very good storytelling it can satisfy some viewers like I did.

Translate to Indonesian:
Meskipun cerita yang sedikit kurang masuk akal, namun chemistry antar dua karakter utama yang dibangun secara perlahan sejak episode pertama membuahkan hasil maksimal hingga akhir.

Mau mereka sebut ini hanya sekedar bromance, tapi kisah cinta keduanya sudah amat jelas terlihat dari kedua mata You and Liang saat bertemu.

Terkadang kita tidak harus mencap sebagai BL series dari adegan ciuman apalagi sex, dengan pengisahan yang sangat baik sudah dapat memuaskan penonton seperti saya.

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Color Rush
7 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Jan 28, 2021
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
The story is interesting, as a fantasy’s fan, this typical genre almost inevitable for me. My friend suggested this series after He knew that I finished Mr. Heart, but I apologize If I chose it rather than this one.

Even though I detest of the character (and his performance too), but this one still forgivable and didn’t ruin a whole show, at all.

I’ve keep wondering about their future actually. Especially when they go to college or even after that. hmm

Will there be any sequel?
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I Will Knock You
5 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Apr 23, 2023
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
If you debated with Thai BL fans about how frustrating this series was, I bet you wouldn’t have any slight chance. lol

It took me 7 episodes to finally realized that this show wasn’t that bad. This is the first time I had this very big patience. I usually stop after 4-5 episodes when the stories became unreliable. But the reason I stayed stupidly because I really had a huge amount of curiosity about the rating.

Some reviewers says the series went well after episode 8, yes they were true but not entirely. I agree there were some developments about their chemistry and also Noey’s character. However, Thi’s character got stuck from the very start. I hate his personality, every time Him being awkward and dull at the sametime I really want to press skip to next minute.

The conflict between Noey and Bas, Noey and Phayu, Noey and Thiwa are pointless. If they tried to give some conflicts amongs those characters, they supposed to give the solution too. But the facts that they just like giving Thi and Noey an inevitable hard time, is definitively trifling.

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Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart
5 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Jul 22, 2022
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
I Must say Dao's brother love story is slightly better than his own. I didn't say it was good, because there are a lot of series that are currently airing this month have better quality than Sky in your heart. But at least this series treats my longing for Mek's performance which I have been following since his early appearance. Honestly, I was a bit surprised knowing that GMM offered him this "kind" of role in BL series. lol

The story between teacher and doctor isn't a new taste, plus its simple packaging makes this series easily to forget in a short time. But the chemistry between Mek-Mark was amazing, and even much stronger than Joong-Dunk, is actually the one and only attraction of this series.

In Indonesian:
Harus kuakui bahwa kisah cinta Kakaknya Dao sedikit lebih baik dari kisah cintanya sendiri. Kalo dibilang bagus, masih banyak series yang sedang tayang bulan ini yang memiliki kualitas jauh diatas Sky in your heart. Tapi setidaknya series ini mengobati kerinduan saya terhadap penampilan Mek yang sejak awal kemunculannya sudah saya ikuti. Jujur saja saya agak kaget mengetahui GMM menggandeng dia untuk bermain dalam BL series dan menjadi tokoh utama dalam percintaan "seperti ini".

Percintaan antara guru dan dokter bukanlah cerita yang baru, ditambah pengemasannya yang sederhana membuat series ini gampang sekali untuk dilupakan dalam waktu singkat. Namun chemistry antara Mek-Mark yang kuat, dan bahkan jauh lebih kuat dari Joong-Dunk, menjadi daya tarik utama series ini.

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Bad Buddy
5 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Jan 23, 2022
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
I couldn’t asked for more of this series, I really satisfied how they put Ohm & Nanon together. Seeing them in one scene is like my (wet) dream since a looooong time ago.

Both of them are really great actors. I don’t want to discuss to anyone about their performance, for me Ohm & Nanon are beyod than any other Thai actor (at their age).

Honestly, I was ready to put this series as my top 2021 list but the last two episodes were the deal breaker. I didn’t say I dont like it, I just expected something bigger for the ending. Don’t get me wrong, I love the ending. I love everything about Ohm & Nanon. It just…. I don’t know what to say :))))

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Ghost Lab
5 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
May 30, 2021
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
Tor is one of my favorite Thai actors since he played as Phai in Hormones the Series (back in 2013). Seeing Tor and Ice acting in a film is one of many “featuring” that I've been waiting for. Especially seeing them with no longer wearing school or campus attributes. lol

With a different genre, this film immediately entered my watchlist since the teaser appeared a few months ago. So my expectations are also quite high for this film.

Even though in reality this film did not meet the expectations that I put at the beginning, still this film treats my longing for Thai horror.

In Indonesian:
Tor adalah salah satu aktor thailand favoritku semenjak ia berperan sebagai Phai dalam Hormones the Series. Melihat Tor dan Ice beradu akting dalam sebuah film adalah satu dari sekian banyak perpaduan aktor yang gw tunggu-tunggu. Terlebih melihat keduanya tidak lagi memakai atribut sekolah maupun kampus.

Dengan genre yang berbeda, film ini langsung masuk ke watchlistku sejak teasernya muncul beberapa bulan silam. Jadinya ekspektasi saya juga lumayan tinggi terhadap film ini.

Walaupun pada kenyataannya film ini tidak menemui ekspektasi yang saya taruh, akan tetapi film ini tetap mengobati rasa rinduku terhadap horror thailand.

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Apr 4, 2021
1 of 1 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
I thought this series would be the same as Why R U, but it turns out that the quality of this series is much much much better.

The concept that offered by this series is quite unique to me, even though the plot is quite awkward and honestly I can read how this series will end eventually lol

However, the director seems to want us having a wider imagination about the ending of this series, They presented a bunch of characters that we thought would last till the end but turned out they just passing by for 1 or 2 episodes. 🤣

I really hope there will be 2nd season of this series!

In Indonesian:
Saya kira series ini akan sama seperti Why R U, namun ternyata kualitas series ini jauh lebih baik dari series tersebut.

Konsep yang ditawarkan dari series ini cukup unik buat saya, walaupun secara plot memang cukup awkward dan dapat terbaca bagaimana serial ini akan berakhir.

Akan tetapi sang sutradara sepertinya ingin kita berimajinasi lebih luas terhadap ending serial ini, kita disuguhkan beberapa karakter yang kita duga akan bertahan lama namun ternyata hanya sekedar numpang lewat saja.

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To My Star: Making Film
5 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Feb 16, 2021
1 of 1 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
After watching 4 korean bl (series), this is the best so far. The story wasn’t anything new in korean drama, but for bl I think this is my first time seeing this kind of theme.

I couldn’t say that their acting are bad, hence I love the chemistry that their created thorough the series.

Korean seems getting better, serious and absolutely braver about producing this typical genre. I just wondering if they released more bl series like Thailand or Philippines, I think we have more options about our watchlist.

Thank you for anyone who recommended this series 😘

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Enchanté
4 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Apr 1, 2022
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
I got the hype at the beginning and slowly faded on the way through the end. I even accelerated the playback speed into 1.5 times (in youtube) in order to save my money for another series that worthy my times more, the main reason this series looks flat was the lack of meaningful conflicts and it affected how you feel in every episode.

On the bright side that I can still watch until the end is Akk's characters who is so memorable. Another thing is the conflict that they brought up about Theo's family was quite different than any other Thai BL series. But the lack of ways to resolve it, makes this series even more disoriented.

At least, I can finish this series till the end. I remember how tiring I was when I was watching Bite Me. This feels different, a little bit.

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Kieta Hatsukoi
4 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Dec 26, 2021
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
I really want to scream and tell everyone that this is my most favorite series of 2021 so far!!! I added the word ‘so far’ because I still have several “currently watching” series on my watchlist.

I don’t know where to start, but this series succeeded pulling my self out for any other series that I’ve been following at that time. I fell in love from the pilot till the season finale.

I really don’t mind about how stupid they are as a teenagers who fall in love at their very first time, weren’t we all? the naivety of all characters made this series easily to be fond of precisely lol

Well, let’s count the days till all of my series ended. Will it still be on my first spot?

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My Sweet Dear
4 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Dec 26, 2021
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
As simple as Tasty Florida was, I didn't expect this series to be so much simpler, I can even say it's pretty raw for (we called) a series.

The absence of chemistry between the main characters and the emptiness of the story makes this series difficult to be fond of. The lack of explanation of everything made a lot of question marks in my brain until this series ended.

When it comes to acting, there can be no doubt that Jesoo is the great actor.. From the first time I fell in love with hime since last year, his acting has never been the least bit doubtful for me. But unfortunately, his character in the series does not process his performance to be perfect like his other series.

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The Best Story
4 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Jul 24, 2021
3 of 3 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
I was happy enough to see Yin and War together in another series, even though I was upset watching them through another torment :(

From the story itself, it wasn’t something new. There were more series that have this kind of theme, I mean like a lot. But both of their performances still remarkable for me.

The music that appeared in every moments sounds beautifully, especially the one that played in every sad scenes. :(

Not the best of this year, but this series successfully took my heart ❤️
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Cutie Pie
6 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
May 19, 2022
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 7.0
This show is another level of Thai BL!

After we get used to know about teenage romance in school, college, or even an office world, this time we are introduced to a new level of BL, engagement!! I couldn't even understand how the idea of ​​a story like this could come up, I don't think this is possible in many countries in every part of the world. But Thailand once again proves that "No matter what gender you are, love is always beautiful".

Besides the same-sex engagement theme, this series is also filled with talented actors, some of them are know in the BL series previously, especially Zee. Honestly, this is Zee's best series so far, his performance seems to have an improvement compared to his two previous series (which I followed).

Another positive side brought up by this series is the friendship between Kuea and Diao. The combination of their acting by highlighting the strong side of their friendship, is deserves a thumbs up. Although the love story of Diao and Yi is full of mystery and seems forced, is one of the weaknesses of this series.

One thing that really bothers me is, Has Thailand really become this "open" over time? remembering the scene in episode 15 which I thought could be a big new conflict that happened, but in fact nothing happened in that event. Just curious tho.

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Minato Shouji Coin Laundry
4 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Sep 15, 2022
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
Completing 2 series that have similar background (This one & Old fashion cupcake) in the same week, which tells about a love story with ages difference, give me a positive value in comparing the quality between the two.

Old Fashion Cupcake (hereinafter will be shortened by OFC) tells about (almost) 40s guys with (almost) 30s guy, and this one tells about men (almost) 30s with school-age teenagers. But unfortunately with a very short episode OFC is more able to make me crazy in love than Minato. It's not that I don't like this series, but I don't quite understand about Akira's character who wandering around the place. Honestly, It made me feel bored at one time. Even I had to pause watching this series for a whole month. I know loving a teenager is quite challenging, but as an adult I assumed that Akira should be better in making some difficult decision for himself or (might be) for Shin.

For me, the heroes of this series is actually Shin's character who is really firm in his stance ( I even think that he is too firm for a teenager), and of course Akira's adorable character who made me smile every time he appears.

But the good side of this series that OFC doesn't have is its original soundtrack. Their song are much more interesting than OFC and it succeed to convince me to put some songs into my playlist on several streaming platforms. lol

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A Tale of Thousand Stars
4 people found this review helpful
by ahhdra
Apr 3, 2021
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 7.0
First of all I want to apologize to all the Earth’s fans, because I didn't really fond of his acting since the first time lol 😂

I have to admit that the idea of ​​this series was extraordinary, plus the story about the northern thailand culture that are presented are even more appetizing to follow this series till the end.

However... I felt like in the middle of the journey, this series seems like lost its way then tried display several scenes that were predictable and seem exaggerated.

Fortunately, the hum of the soundtrack was really distinctive and shows that this series is not forgettable. Yet, if someone asked me to watch it again I might think twice and said thank you 😂. Because for me the duration of this series were way too long for each episode.

In Indonesian:
Pertama-tama saya minta maaf buat para fansnya Earth, karena saya sejak dulu tidak terlalu suka dengan aktingnya beliau lol.

Harus kuakui ide cerita serial ini luar biasa, ditambah bumbu-bumbu tentang budaya yang disuguhkan semakin menggugah selera untuk mengikutinya.

Hanya saja, ditengah perjalanan serial ini seperti kehilangan arah hingga menampilkan beberapa adegan yang mudah sekali terbaca dan terkesan berlebihan.

Namun, dengungan alunan soundtrack yang begitu khas membuat serial ini tidak mudah dilupakan begitu saja. Akan tetapi, kalo diminta untuk menontonnya kembali saya rasa harus bilang terima kasih. Karena buat saya durasi serial ini terlalu panjang tiap episodenya.

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