Love Sea is a yaoi fangirl’s fever dream.

There’s the arrogant and petulant Tongrak, a ridiculously wealthy writer with a penchant for using money to get his way. He leads a comfortable and sheltered life (but of course it’s also fraught with trauma), and then he meets Mahasamut – who is the complete opposite.

Mahasamut exists worlds apart from Tongrak’s universe of privilege. The level of explicitness (watch with headphones, guys) is similar to Love In The Air, so if you enjoyed the spiciness then, you’ll probably appreciate the spiciness now.

I found some spicy scenes to be unnecessary – shower scene I’m looking at you. There are nuances to be unpacked in terms of their dynamic. Is it a sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship? Or are they lovers, except that one person in the relationship has disproportionate access to wealth and resources and often uses this to control the other party? The show glosses over this right until the very end.

A key antagonist in the series is Tongrak’s father. The series spent quite a bit of time building up Tongrak’s traumas, hinting at a climax (and eventual resolution) involving his daddy issues.

It’s difficult to undo years of destruction. In the end, the resolution seemed a little too easy and unsatisfying.

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