This story is a mess, but well acted.

There are definitely spoilers below.

These are my initial thoughts immediately after watching. I really wanted to like this, and by all rights I should have. The car and racing theme along with BL is right up my alley and an area of life I am familiar with. However for me it was one of those series you watch jut to finish, rather than keeping my undivided interest. It wasn't great, nor terrible, but something in-between. Normally if I like something, I can finish a series like this in 3-4 days. This series dragged on for a couple weeks, and I was even home sick for a couple of those days.

This story is a mess of themes, none of which seem to be explored in very much depth, nor are some of them explained how or why. There is BL, supernatural powers, action, child trafficking, racing, mystery, sex encounters, and more. The supernatural powers bit is quite odd, they only use or mention them a couple times throughout the series, but apparently those powers make Babe a winning racer? And Tony the child trafficker somehow finds and sells these special children somehow? And Tony never is suspected of selling all these adopted children? There isn't a child welfare system in Thailand to know where these kids are? Then there was some mention of experimental drugs or something helping these powers?

The actors were great, they brought this 3.0 story up to something watchable. This was the first major production for some of these actors, and you really couldn't tell. They must have had some good coaching and lots of practice, besides being good actors. I hope to see them in future series.

The characters, in my opinion, were all very one-dimensional or maybe said another way they didn't have much depth. Either way, some of the characters were just there more so then they added to the storyline. North and Sonic were a good example of this, they were apparently amateur racers, but they never raced even once. Dean was sort of the same, there but didn't add much to the story. His character could have been eliminated and the plot point done a different way.

There were weird things like Alan supposedly being so much older than Jeff, when they are only two years apart in real life. The "kid" and "uncle" thing was a bit cringe. You could tell that they were both about the same age. And how about Way having supernatural powers and nobody including his only and close friend Babe knew that fact for years upon years? Add that to the pile of odd things in this series. Also, I know this is BL series, but never in my life have I seen so many gay guys and gay couples in car racing and especially not on one team. Not trying to come across as bigoted here, quite the opposite, I am gay myself. I am not saying it couldn't happen, but it sure isn't realistic from my life experiences. Of course if that idea was deleted then we wouldn't have a BL series like this.

I am not sure what would have helped this series, but maybe cutting it down a couple characters would be a good start. Maybe shorten it by a couple episodes. There are so many series that need the extra time, but this feels like it drags. I think they also need to focus on a couple of main themes instead of throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks.

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This series was OK, not great or bad, just OK

I liked the premise of the story and the story itself was fine. It was a little bit different twist on the college story, there wasn't one engineer in the whole thing! All kidding aside, they explored how families can affect relationships, and how parents can unintentionally mess up their kids by stuff the parents say and do. The acting was good, and this was clean and something even your Grandma could watch.

I think part of the problem with this story it seems to drag in places, they could have edited this down to 8 episodes and had a much more cohesive story. For almost 12 hours of runtime, not a whole lot happens, at least not compared to something like A Tale of Thousand Stars, Not Me, or Manner of Death.

The other direction they could have gone is explored the side characters more. For example, Wave and Trin, they seemed to have some unresolved issues (possibly romantic?) even at the end of the series. Kot and Pat really didn't add much to the series, there were lots of ways those characters could have rounded out this series, possibly with those two dating each other, or showing more than a passing scene with them. Poor Nita barely got to speak during the whole show, and the story loosely revolves around her and the two leads. Then you throw in a stalker for a few minutes randomly.

I did enjoy this, but it wasn't the best thing I watched recently. It is worth watching, but don't think you are going to be watching a memorable or groundbreaking series.

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I really wanted to like this series...

The problem is that it is just dull, there isn't much of a plot and what is there doesn't make much sense. I don't mind a series that is all cute and full of fluff, but this isn't that type of series. This feels like a throwback to 2015 era Thai BL series in a way. It is just unpolished, and not well written or directed. The production values like sound, and at times even lighting and camera focus are lacking quality. I have seen low budget series and tiny production teams that do a much better job. This is something you watch but once it is done, it is highly forgettable.

The actors did an OK job with the poor script and I hope to see them again in a better series. Or maybe I just have a soft spot for the cute boys? That said, there wasn't any apparent chemistry between the main couple which again leads back to poor production or a bad director.

I watched this to the end mostly to complete the En of Love and Love Mechanics series. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend starting this or watching as a standalone show.

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This shouldn't have been a 2Moons series.

If this series would have been called something completely different, I think it would have been better received. Instead we have to relearn these actors that have the same names as characters in the other series. But they don't sound, look, or act like the old characters. So naturally people are going to compare all of the iterations of these series.

And if you are going to compare this to the other 2Moons series, this is definitely the worst. The Moons series seems to get worse with every version. The first was good (with Kimmon, Copter, Tae, Tee, Bas), the second version was also decent (Earth, Ben, Pavel, Dome). With this version, the story was pretty lame, and there wasn't much substance to anything. The guys were cute, but didn't seem to have great chemistry like some series seem to get from their actors. And the chemistry here certainly not what we saw in either of the other 2Moons series.

In my mind, this was simply a filler between other better BL series. You could just watch bits and pieces of it and still get the gist of the story without being too involved in it. It certainly isn't the worst BL I have ever watched, but it will be totally forgotten by next week. I am not unhappy that I watched it, but it didn't provoke any positive feelings either. I don't always get why the ratings for a certain show are bad, but in this case I think the ratings on MDL are pretty generous. Stick a fork in this series, it is done.

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A slice of life

Some may not have liked this, but I did. It is a more realistic view of life than a lot of dramas, and some of it is almost too realistic. This series takes the boys from young kids (grade school) to college age, then working adults. This isn't a pure romantic novel, but there are relationships and love throughout the series. Every one of the main characters has their own flaw, and their own weakness. It was neat to see (and remember) all the technology changes, the various apps, devices, and so on. I grew up in this era that they would have, so when they said stuff like Messenger, or Blackberry it was like a flashback to all the changes I have seen in my lifetime.

There was one odd thing I noticed. According to the cities they named, they appear to have grown up maybe 50 miles (80 km) from Bangkok, not too far from the BKK airport. Yet they never seem to visit home once they go to college. They act like it is thousands of miles (or km) away when it it should be maybe a couple hour drive at worst if you were to run into traffic. Maybe we are the odd ones here in my part of the USA, but we drive longer than that to work or to go grocery shopping in many cases. I know many people who have a summer cottage that is 3-4 hours away, and they drive there every weekend.

*Potential Spoilers Below* The characters like I mention above all had their issues. Just like everyday life.

Gun has a huge crush on Golf, and has since they were young. But he is afraid Golf won't like him for who he is. So he lies to Golf about his history and who he is. Later, after Golf is working full time Gun feels neglected. So that causes a bunch of drama. Meanwhile, Golf has also liked Gun since they were young, but has never officially met him. He is suspicious that Gun is his boyhood crush, but isn't sure of it due to what Gun told Golf when they do eventually meet in college. Golf does neglect Gun, however Golf has a reason to do so -but hasn't discussed it with Gun.

Name saw a traumatic event as a kid, and stopped talking to everyone. It wasn't until a second traumatic event happened that he had the courage to speak. It was hard on everyone around him, and even Name was so stressed out about not talking that he was thinking of doing the unthinkable. When Em was away at college, it was very stressful on Name, he didn't have any other friends. Name's Mom meant well, but did some things that weren't so nice. Name's friend Em didn't realize what he meant to Name. Eventually, they both resolve their feelings, and things are much more clear to both.

The playboy Nan falls in love with Chompu, but she has a secret. Nan thinks he is being helpful, but it is too much for Chompu, she thinks Nan is pitying her rather than loving her. Later they reconnect, and attempt to resolve their differences. It is a rough road to get to that point.

Poor Champ is so stressed out about everything. He worries about pleasing Grandpa, he worries about work, school, and everything in between. On top of the stress, he lets anger get the best of him. He won't even take time to visit family, friends, or have a lover because he is too busy and too angry to do so. Eventually he softens his views, but it takes him decades to do so. It seems he might be happier at the end of this series, but unless there is a follow up, we may never know.

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Not sure why all the hate.

I thought it was an OK series, nothing special, but not deserving of the outright hate I see on here. It was a bit messy, both in story and execution, it could have used a little bit better writing and/or editing. I do think there was excessive drinking, and the amount of slapping/hitting is over the top for this situation. So if you are sensitive to those, this might not be something you want to watch.

I do think it is worth watching, but it isn't a light and fluffy series if that is what you are looking for. I don't think I would rewatch this, but I rarely rewatch a series, so for me that isn't a good indication of quality. It certainly isn't the worst thing I have watched, but not a top-tier series by any means.

The characters were deeply flawed, and that is the cause of the relationship issues in this story. Fahlan is a playboy who sleeps around and never keeps a boyfriend for more than a night. Sherbet isn't really any different than Fah, but he also has trust issues from how he was raised. The two together form a somewhat toxic relationship. Throw in a bit of jealousy on everyone's part, and the fireworks fly.

The side characters are cute, I wish we could get more of Tap and Ping, who were not sure they were gay for each other, and couldn't express their feelings. I have a feeling they would in real life stick together forever. Prince and Gear are a little better in that they are more open about their feelings for each other. However, Prince is a bit too touchy-feely with Sherbet, he should have toned that down way back when he started dating Gear. So Fah and Gear both think Prince is going too far, maybe that should have been the clue that Prince was Maybe these couples can get their own series, and have Fah and Sher play a more minor role.

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Great series, I enjoyed it a lot

Definite spoilers in the second section below...

I liked this drama a lot, I binge watched this when I don't often do so. First off the actors did a great job. I think the casting was spot-on. I hope to see more of these actors in the future. I could *almost* believe they were 9th grade students. I liked that Seeiw could openly declare he was gay, that is an unusual event in a BL series. It was nice that Seeiw's friends accepted him that much, I think they were secretly shipping Seeiw and Cake.

I also think the story was great, up until the last two episodes. The last two episodes were totally unnecessary to the overall plot, and I don't think they added anything. I agree with the message of not smoking and use of alcohol, but it seemed to not fit in with the rest of the story. There are a few ads for iQIYI, they were not too obtrusive, but a bit of a LOL considering streaming services like this didn't exist back in this era.

Onto the spoiler-y part.



How can Cake be so clueless to his feelings or at the very least ignore them when they are so strong? He seemed to care deeply about Seeiw, was deeply jealous of Seeiw spending time with other guys (even back in grade 9) and even tried a couple times to say what was on his mind, but never followed through. Even after going to America, and being much older, he couldn't figure out he had feelings that were deeper than just "friends" with Seeiw? As shy as Seeiw was, I understand why he couldn't talk to Cake about his romantic feelings.

And how did nobody sit down with Cake and have a talk with him? Surely his mother, his friends, or someone would have said at some point "are you sure you are just friends with Seeiw?". Tah in particular had a couple deep talks with Cake in the later episodes (when Cake was having a meltdown after the play), and Tah could have said "hey buddy, it is pretty obvious you like Seeiw, and Seeiw is openly gay, maybe you two should have a honest talk". Same thing when Cake was having computer troubles, and saw Kung at the university. Kung sorta hinted about Seeiw liking Cake, but he could have said something more about how Seeiw only loved Cake, and if he was interested in who Seeiw was (or was not) dating, maybe the two friends *who slept in the same bed every night* should MAYBE talk to each other.

It was pretty inevitable that Cake was going to have a breakdown at some point over all his pent up feelings. You could see that coming a mile away, as did his friends and even Seeiw saw the change in Cake's behavior. Too bad it took being drunk for Cake to actually say the words, much of this could have been avoided if he would have just talked to his best friend at some point.

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A very serious and somber look into the life of an escort, Max.

This series not be for everyone. It isn't fast paced, it is almost all talking and very little else other than some appropriate background music. It surely isn't a typical BL series, nor is it fluffy or cute in any way, so if that is what you are looking for you should just skip this.

Instead this is a terrific docudrama with some great storytelling about a serious topic. This seems very different from most of Wayufilm's past projects. It is realistic enough feeling that it must be partially if not fully based upon a real story, or at least some inside knowledge.

How can Max have so much unhappiness' and tragedy in his life? He has a brother to support, apparently no education or training, and the only option he has is to be an escort. That brings strife to Max and his brother Min, who hates that Max is an escort. On top of everything Max has had to deal with, there is yet another tragedy in the ending of the series. The ending has a couple twists and turns, I would never have predicted Pan's confession or past. It was quite unexpected, and it explains a lot.

The acting, story. and the production was great. The message and moral of the story is priceless. Klong is going to be a great asset to Wayufilm, he did an outstanding job here. I hope to see him and Prince in some upcoming series.

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My overall thoughts are they just spent way too much time on nothing.

This contains some spoilers so look away now if you don't want to see them.

I didn't exactly hate this series, but on the other hand there wasn't much to like or remember. In a couple weeks I probably won't remember anything about this series. The technical aspects of it were very good, picture, sound translations. The guys were all attractive, and are good actors in my opinion. That being said, this series has major plot/story issues.

Mark-Kit being apart because of Kit possibly moving away drags ON and ON for way too long. That is their whole storyline, the end. I could see them taking maybe a couple weeks to do that experiment (at most!) but even then it is sorta dumb to stay away from each other to prepare to be apart. Wouldn't you want to maximize the time together before you were separated for a year or two? This silly plot left almost no time for them to be a couple. So we get lots of texts, video chat, and so on. And to do this game even during their friend's funeral and after discovering that you miss each other is just odd.

Thanu and Wayu suck up most of the screen time. OK, so maybe this series was supposed to be about mostly them? I don't think I can even recall most of what happened between them, because very little did happen. If this series was supposed to focus on this couple, why not make them do couple things or act like a couple. These 20-something year old college students can't even hold hands until the end of the series. I get Wayu being shy (I was at his age too), but Thanu should have taken the lead a LONG time ago and moved things forward, or at least tried to. But it seems Thanu couldn't do much more than be in the background. Maybe they weren't ready for a full on sexual relationship, fine. But at least they could, I don't know, cuddle or kiss or something. Again way too much time is spent on trivial things and not on them being a couple.

Jack-Koh or Koh-Jack should have got more screen time, they actually seem to have chemistry unlike the other couples. They added a lot to this otherwise blah series. But again after at least one semester passes, and even at the end 3 years of time elapsed, they still can't even acknowledge they like each other. Maybe they weren't ready to go public with their relationship at the beginning, but they can't do more than a peck on the cheek after 3 years? Like who were they fooling by pretending to hate each other? Everyone in the series was mocking them for their fake hate relationship, so just come out already!

Pha's storyline is just weird. He didn't want to hurt Wayu, so he disappeared. I get not knowing how to deal with this death sentence. But he had to know that everyone would find out about his illness. It didn't seem like he moved away to make it harder to find him, like he was there in the city the whole time. Did anyone knock on his apartment door and see if he was around? Nobody bumped into him in the supermarket or wherever? And his death scene was a bit, umm, fake. Like cartoonish fake. And that Halloween store styrofoam gravestone was both sad, and hilarious at the same time. They would have been better off with just a simple wooden cross than that abomination of a grave marker.

Pok and Tong need to learn how to communicate. Like the other couples, they can't even hold hands or kiss at age 23. And the stupid misunderstandings abound here just so the writer can inject drama. Again, weeks of not talking and not advancing the plot. And suddenly at the end, everything is all good!

Sandee was all Mr. Evil in the beginning, but then all the sudden it was like "oh it didn't hurt my grades anyway, no big deal". So why was it a big vengeful thing all that time then if he really wasn't affected by any of the Tong-Pok drama. Like couldn't he have ignored the whole grade switch thing? I mean, I might have made fun of Tong for being dumb enough to switch grades that are identical. If he thought someone needed punishment for cheating why not report Tong? None of his storyline makes sense. And did or did he not like Phai, we will never know. This possible relationship is another missed opportunity for this series, instead of the endless Mark-Kit or Thanu-Wayu scenes that dragged on and on and on this couple could have added something to the series.

This writer seems to have a thing about couples not being intimate. This same pattern about no physical contact or action repeats for every single couple. Not every series needs to be a porno, but I suspect that college guys (at least most of them) might want to do more than talk and maybe have a peck on the cheek. Being a gay guy that was once young, I can tell you that if I was any of these couples, I would be doing a lot more than talking or sniffing someone's cheek.

Couple other random thoughts. First being is Beanpaste a common name??? Could that be translated better (does it mean something nice in Thai), or is that just a weird nickname? And Padbok with his "I must fulfill my studio contract so I will make an appearance for 2 minutes" is yet another WTF. And there were like what seems like 50 other characters that didn't add to the story or anything except occupy screen time.

My overall thoughts are they just spent way too much time on nothing. The sheer amount of time they spend staring at each other, or not communicating is astonishing. There were so many poor writing choices made here, nothing was special, outstanding, or unique. I don't blame the actors, they seemed to do what they could with this crappy story. This series should have been 6 episodes instead of dragging out. There was 2 weeks of real life action spread into over 3 years time. The plot was so weak it was like a middle school student wrote it rather than a professional writer. And the director and producer let this happen...

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Lots of potential but was blemished by subtitle issues

I think most of the other reviews are pretty accurate. There is so much to like and dislike here.

For the good: The guys were cute, and the actors seemed to have done a decent job. There were a few hot scenes with some of the couples. There seemed to have been some care taken to make the story realistic, and to have many types of LGBT representation. Nothing was overacted or over the top, and no offensive stereotypes of LGBT people. There were very few of the tired tropes, nobody tripping and falling, no truck of death, and not even a breakup episode with a stupid misunderstanding in episode 11.

For the OK: The camera work was fine, and the picture quality was decent. The sound had a few issues here and there, but not bad overall. I have seen these same quality issues on occasion even with the major studios like GMM, so this wasn't all that different. The story was a bit confusing and slow at first, but got better about halfway through. I would say this is a mid-tier quality show, it isn't Tale of a Thousand Stars or SOTUS, but way better than Ghost Runner or even What the Duck. There were some themes we have seen before in other series, although not a rip-off of other series, some parts are vaguely familiar.

Now onto the problem: This story was almost completely ruined by the abysmal subtitles. Almost nothing made sense. In almost every episode, there were long periods where there were no captions. The grammar and pronouns were atrocious throughout, which of itself isn't always bad, but combined with other issues just exacerbated things. There was at least one episode the captions were completely out of time with the spoken word, and they ran the captions for the previous scene right through the introduction. It is like when you use Google to translate English to Thai back to English, it all just comes out a tiny bit wrong. This could have been a decent show if they would have properly captioned it. It is so disappointing that this otherwise OK series was wrecked by something that should have been easy to mitigate.

Also of note, why change the intro to the series for the last episode? That is a bit odd in my opinion. Also North's mother changing her mind about everything was a bit sudden to be believable. I get why she was angry (ex husband issues), but literally from one scene to the next she was all the sudden accepting of everything, a complete reversal of her previous hateful personality. She even seemed to encourage North and Ongsah at the end to have sex.

I would be interested to see if this production company can fix their technical issues, and improve things in their next series. I would love to see these actors again in a different setting. There is lots of potential there.

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I liked it and would like to see the series completed.

It feels a lot like a Youtube series than a studio production, not that there is anything wrong with that. If you don't compare this to large budget and major studio productions, it is fine. This is a low budget drama with beginning actors and actresses, or maybe more accurately the first professional acting job for for most of them. I thought the acting was actually pretty good for them not being seasoned actors and actresses.

I liked the basic idea of the two characters that were buddies all through school (college?), and how they sorta had a crush on each other, or just felt comfortable together. They even worked together and did everything as a couple. But they weren't a couple, and couldn't talk about it or express their true feelings. Then you throw into the mix a new guy co-worker who pursues one of the pair, and chaos ensues. It was an interesting story in general, but not much gets resolved in the end. (But might be in a sequel?) I think the story was a lot more realistic and relatable than the crap we get from Mame that is wildly popular for some reason.

There are definitely some issues with various parts of this series from the music being louder than the dialogue at times, to some aspects of the story being a bit confusing. That being said, I have occasionally seen as bad or worse from the major studios. Even GMM and the other large players have put out some pretty bad stuff, not everything is SOTUS or Tale of a Thousand Stars. I think many people are way too harsh on their ratings of this series. The same people who are disparaging this series also seem to be very critical of other series, like if it isn't perfect in every way they can't get over it. So maybe take some of these comments with a grain of salt.

This was pretty short and you don't have to invest a lot of time to watch it. It doesn't drag on for dozens of episodes which is a nice change. You can binge watch this in an afternoon, and maybe it is best done that way instead of spreading it across days or weeks. I liked it and would like to see the series completed. I also would like to see more from this studio to see if they can grow and fix the few things they got wrong.

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Good story, but a few baffling things later in the series.

Overall this was easy to watch, and not too serious nor too silly. I liked it, but it wasn't as good as other recent series like Tale of a Thousand Stars, Bad Buddy, or 55:15. It was closer to Golden Blood or Call it What You Want, and much better than What the Duck2 or Ghost Runner. The first few episodes are terrific, but later it is just good, not great. I think it is worth watching.

The good:

No engineers or college students, nobody dies (no truck of death), and there aren't many of the usual tropes. The acting is great in general. Yacht does a good job and this is opposite most (all?) his previous roles. Tae's facial expressions are everything, and not something I am used to seeing in Thai dramas. And when did Tae get to be so hot? Or maybe I just wasn't paying attention to him in his other roles? The supporting cast was great, I liked seeing Gun Korawit, C'game, Mild and Bruce. Gun played a role quite different than in his (annoying but cute) 2gether role of Green.

The bad:

The story was great for the first 3/4 or more. And then the episode 9-10 curse hit. There was a misunderstanding about Nueng that ballooned out of control, and caused hurt feelings for both couples. And it is baffling because they established way back in an early episode that Nueng was Maze's stepbrother. Maybe I am assuming something here as I don't speak Thai, but maybe the way they use brother with ('P or Nong) with different meanings (sibling vs polite title for others your age) caused this confusion? In any case, this drug on for way too long, and took away from other content that could have been more positive and fluffy.

In a related item, why couldn't Nueng come clean with his feelings for Tharn instead of waiting for Tharn to confess first? Obviously Tharn wasn't ready to instigate, and Nueng didn't seem to be shy in general. That whole thing was a bit bizarre.

The neutral:

I have mixed feelings about Singto in this role. He is a great actor, and I love almost everything he has been in. I just am not sure he was the angry executive type. I could believe him to be fastidious or to be very rigid in his daily routines, maybe they should have played that aspect up more. But when he starts ordering people around and being nasty, it isn't quite as believable. Singto seems to do better with emotional roles, or more shy roles, and that is because it is probably closer to his real life personality. The pairing with Tae is good, I think Singto needs a strong personality to counteract his softer, quieter one which Tae provides.

They could have spent more time in the last couple episodes about the couple's relationships instead of some of the side plots and other filler material. Not sure if that is an editing decision, or just a shortcoming of the story?

The side plot of Kuea and Elle relationship was mostly filler in my opinion. It didn't add or detract from the story, and maybe that is the problem. Why have that romance if they didn't add anything to the outcome? The actors did a good job, but it didn't help advance the main plot much if at all.

They also could have left out or changed the Pookky getting beat up storyline. If they would have rewritten that to expose her greed and evil in a different way, I think it would have come across better. Like have all her clients fire her, and show how she was extorting everyone. Or let her "dig her own grave" so to speak, let karma take hold where she accidentally shows everyone how bad she really is.

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Like a Soap Opera

This reminds me of an 80s American nighttime Soap Opera like Dallas, Melrose Place, or 90210. It is so trashy, but in a good way. Everyone is sleeping with each other, there is backstabbing, lies, secret gay relationships, murder, and more. I thought it was great, even though I don't usually watch this genre. The story was good with lots of plot twists.

The actors all did a terrific job, and I was surprised that some of these actors were cast in these roles. Chimon isn't known as the sexy and dangerous type, for example, but did a good job. Namtam was very evil, and she was completely believable. Kapook looked completely deranged and distraught throughout the series. I can't even begin to describe everyone and how great they did.

The ending was a tiny bit anticlimactic, and I would have loved to see beyond the arrest of Giwi, and how she and her Mother were charged and tried. Even a quick flash-forward at the end would have been enough to show she got what was coming to her. And it would be nice to have seen the other loose ends like Pitch parents tied up too.

Overall this is worth a watch. I think it was great series, probably in the top 10 of series I have watched in the past year.

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I loved it! Best series in a long while. Highly recommend watching.

No it isn't a BL story, but there are some elements of BL, or more specifically growing up gay and being comfortable being gay in general. The overall story is relatable to real life issues and how people deal with their problems, either current ones, or issues they have carried throughout their lifetimes. I am closer to the 55 group than the 15 group, and I can see a lot of elements of my past and present life in this story. The Songpol/Paul story especially had some very familiar themes to things I have experienced, but the other people's issues were also very recognizable to me.

Everything about this is great. The story, the acting, chemistry between characters, and more. I liked there were few if any of the tired tropes like the episode 11 argument/breakup, the white truck of death, the ever lame "I'm gay only for you", and the many others we have seen over and over again.

My only real criticism is they should have cut Jaya's song by about 30 seconds in each episode and put that few minutes of time toward a better ending for San and Prim. They overdo the singing in many episodes, and it gets a bit repetitive. I get she is a singer, and that is all she does, but to leave San and Prim with a much shorter block of time in the last episode is a bit of an odd decision.

The only part that wasn't completely believable was that the younger set of actors were 15, but I will forgive the casting director for that. I am sure it would be harder to cast, to get good actors, and with some of the themes they explored it might be better to have a bit older actors. I am glad they stuck with the 55:15 age theme, I can't imagine it would be as good with a 55:25 or 55:30 as the age difference. So just use your imagination they are really 15, and it will all be fine.

I really hope there is a sequel or special of some type, maybe a "one year later" follow-up to see if this second chance made any difference long term? I could even see a new set of characters with their own issues in a second season, but it sure will be hard to beat this cast and their wonderful chemistry.

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OK short filler series. Pretty basic.

To start out with, they aren't really brothers. They are brothers in the Thai Phi or P' meaning of the word. Said another way, they are friends. (P' Pun and P' Porsche) And there is plenty of bad to go around.

Like everyone says in the comments, the English Subs are not the best. I don't think these were official subtitles though. So you will have to deal with that a bit. Some things are literally lost in translation I think. I do appreciate someone taking the time to sub this as some series never get them.

The story was pretty basic, but straightforward. It was acted OK for young and presumably amateur or first-time actors. This story was all about falling in love, and love triangles, and broken hearts and not much beyond that. No filler in this series, it was right to the point. I thought it was funny that the boys were basically fighting over who was NOT going to date Fah. Maybe that wasn't the intent of the story, that is an alternative way at looking at things. There are a couple unexpected twists and turns, especially in the ending episode.

I liked it, but was glad it was only 5 episodes long, I don't think it would have been as good if it was stretched any longer than this. I would call this just average at best when comparing to more current series, but back in 2017 this probably was probably OK for its time. It isn't SOTUS which also came out that same year, but that was a pretty groundbreaking show in my opinion.

Like many of these minor short or low budget series, it is worth watching as a filler, or when you just want a quick distraction. You don't have 13 episodes that last an hour here. This is only a bit over a couple hours long if you skip the intros, so you aren't losing much if you don't enjoy it.

Watch out for the black car of death (they couldn't afford a white truck apparently) to make an appearance!

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