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Phayu x Rain already ended. So you can safely watch them.

Yes. By Mame.
I just found out that this story is actually in the same universe as TharnType and LBC. It was very fun to actually discover something like this.

I watched this every week when it was released, and the first episode almost got me stopped watching. It was too draggy and they wasted so much screen time for the storyline that didn't really make sense. They only introduce the last male lead (Amber) at the end of episode 1. By that point, my energy was zapped because of draggy storyline. But I do come back to watch episode 2 next week because it would be a waste of my subscription.

Everything started make sense around episode 4. The scene where Amber eat the orange cake, that was the most powerful. I cried at that point. After that, it's just the same suspense every week. We were baited on guessing whether Amber was Wenwen, like 99% of the people who watched the drama didn't realize that.

It was quite frustrating but I wouldn't say it's bad. It could be boring for people who couldn't sit through the draggy storyline.

I think what makes this drama works more about how they told the story. It's the story about youth falling in love, and that's all. There's no birth secret, no love triangle, nothing. It's about youth, their life, and also their obstacles in life. It's something that could be totally relatable. And that's why people loving it.

When watching this drama, it put a smile on my face all the time. I didn't stop smiling after watching the episode. By that standard, I give it quite the high rating because I am just so so so happy while watching the series. At the end of the series, I feel that it's so worth it to watch the series because I feel so happy.

If we are talking technical, sure, this drama will not live up to any of the standard. But the fact that everyone felt happy while watching it, and I also smiled the whole time watching this series, proved that this series did something right. They make the youth story that is about youth. This is the aspect that I love the most. No crazy plotline, no crazy love triangle, it's just youth falling in love with some obstacles along the way.

If this drama able to put a smile on your face, I think that rating is worth it.

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So far, they follow it to the T haha. As long as the couple works, it will work :)

Looking at the success of Love Storm - Love Sky, it could be possible though. Though looking at the synopsis I am not entirely sure I wanted to actually read them. At least Love Storm - Love Sky has good couples. There are some toxic characters, like Sky's ex, but not the main couple.

Sadly there is no English version. I only find them out because it was mentioned in Love Storm and Love Sky novel I read :)

Honestly I dunno. I can't find any place to read the novel. But it's about Pakin and Graf. Seems like they met before in the past

He is the protagonist in different book. I think it's called Try Me. So it's in the same universe as Love Storm and Love Sky

I was just a passer-by until I see this comment. Is the one who replied to you Asian? Because I can tell you as 100% Chinese-blood person with a lot of restrictions on culture, nothing was ever said about having bike hobbies considered as bad. UNLESS you are part of bike gang, or do something bad with your bikes, and so on.

Our Asian culture put more weight into the attitude, behaviour, the way we speak, and how we talk to elders. You ride bikes for hobby? You like engineering? That's totally okay! And I'm sure Thailand also has the same culture as most Asian people, so my comment is valid

This is another example of a drama that started okay and has potential, but it ended up in a mess due to the bad writing and also inconsistent story telling. It really has the potential, but the story teller wasted it by throwing too many dog blood plot, which is just utter nonsense. I was so in love with the food and I thought we will just get cute story about two people falling in love while eating food, but apparently not.

I still rated it 6/10 because I do like the beginning of the story, and I like the supporting characters, especially the pink-haired girl. She is really lovely.

I watch dramas as a way for me to de-stress myself after work, so I can totally understand you :)

My life is all about work, so I tried to find different hobby so I don't get stressed due to pressure from work.

I'll DM you!

I can understand that. My friends are all like that too. That's why they don't really like me watching dramas or movies with them, because in the end I'll say something that spoils the mood ^^;

When I rate novels, I usually rate it based on the plot progress (like is it logical? because there are many times when you think it's progressing to A, but suddenly it went Z without warning), the characterisations (there are many characters who are made into the "Mary Sue" type, whether in BG or BL novels, which will make you cringe), how they treat side characters, the conflict, and so on. For short novels though, I will be more lenient since the short chapters mean it will have lesser progression. Though there are short novels that are done well. But when long novels (more than 50 chapters) got draggy, that's when it will get bad ratings for me lol There are many long novels that still maintain its flow, but there are many long novels that are there just for the sake of being... long (ahem, Joy of Life). There are many times I rate the novels under the same author differently, because one novel is really good, while the other one is just not good. I can show you my list in NU if you want :)

K-dramas are my mom's fave, though she now watch Chinese dramas more. Nowadays, K-dramas are kinda lackluster. I'm watching for the sake of watching, usually the dramas that my mom watch.

Then you will love Nirvana in Fire! (I hope). I think so far it's the best court politic drama ever made in Chinese history. Even in the Chinese community, it's still the standard for good court politic drama. Each character has their own meaning, their own role, even the character that you think don't even matter. That's why the plot progress is so satisfying to watch.

Actually, it's the same for me too. Whenever I watch any character that I like, I will squeal like a crazy fangirl, and be happy watching them. But no matter how much I like some characters, when rating a drama, I tend to be logical lol

It's actually the same with my novel rating. Even though I enjoy some parts, but if the overall story and plot itself didn't make sense, I will not give it high rating. I only give high rating (S-tier, equivalent to 4.5/5.0 rating) only to the story that has good balance of everything. That's why my friends called me cold-blooded ^^;

Thanks for liking it haha. I watch different type of genre. I also watch k-drama, though the number went down greatly since 2018, but from 1998 to 2017, I watch a lot of Korean dramas.

Glad you are inspired to watch Nirvana in Fire! It was such an awesome show, though the bad thing is that it has a lot of discussion. And I mean, A LOT. It's all about politics more than fighting/action. I do like it because all the characters are so clever, calculating, calm, and also very evil (in bad and good way). I hope you do like it!

Me too. I'm so desperate for Sky to be good, or at least decent enough with little plot hole. Is the scriptwriter the same as Star? If yes, then I don't have any hope towards that drama.
The car crash was... well, I dunno what to say to that. It gives me a vibe of bad drama, but I hope I'm wrong.

I have to say all the actors are not in their best performance. Or maybe that's just me, since many said that the acting is great. Each to their own I guess.

I see your point. I think that's also valid. I just think that somehow, as a drama watcher, I should be honest when sharing my thoughts about the drama. And as you said, I will give a rating in an objective way. Like, I don't really put my emotions when I'm rating the drama. There are many times when my friends said that I'm too cold-blooded, but to me, good is good, bad is bad, decent is decent. That's why I never look at the list of artist or director or scriptwriter involved in a drama. I always go to the drama with fresh eyes, and then evaluate the drama itself through the performance of the whole package.

While I'm open to the idea of sex and don't really see the error in talking about it, but I don't get the feeling if you get together then you need to have sex immediately. That's why I don't really feel anything about the lack of sex action, or even sex talk. If there's one, I'll be happy. If there's not, it's okay too. Not a big problem.

Thank you for this info! I'm glad to know the series is loved by many, as this series deserved it. It brought me so many laughs and happiness throughout 14 episodes. Totally a gem!