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Why R U? thai drama review
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Why R U?
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by itsblue78
May 4, 2020
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
This review may contain spoilers
When this first aired, I really thought it was going to be one of my new favorite. It's so charming and funny. The fujoshi subplot kinda grossed me out at first, but Zol and Zon sibling relationship is so funny that I don't mind it (Zol's actress is amazing!) The main couples have great chemistry and a really entertaining enemies-to-friends-to-lovers arc! Tutor might be one of my favorite characters ever: he has such a fun duality between being polite and being sly and snarky. And I really liked how none of the characters got shoehorned into "top" or "bottom" roles (Tutor and Fighter said switch rights!). I always love BLs that go out of their way to establish characters connections outside their relationships (ex. Tutor and Hwahwas realtionship, Tutor and Zon's friendship, etc).

But I think it tried to tackle too much at once. The background couples were boring and at the end a lot of the more interesting plot threads ended up with no resolution (Zon's love of writing, Zol as a character, Zon and Zol's weird psychic abilities, etc). Also while I like Tutor/Fighter, it disappointed me that Saifah and Zon weren't the main focus. I know it was because of production issues bc of COVID19, so I don't blame them, but it bears saying.

As for episode 12... all of that drama with Fighter's dad was so unnecessary and pointless to begin with, but capping it off with a sexual assault scene out of nowhere was uncalled for and upsetting! It was poorly handled and honestly feels super out of character. If you're watching it, seriously just skip it, nothing important happens anyway. Seriously though, I would rate this higher, but that scene soured Tutor/Fighter's romance and the series for me.
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