naki_Mushi

Since I have written so much, I might as well add on this.
The S&T on their bracelet, is that a legit brand?
My first thought was that is their initials because Cha is Tea, Hai is Sea lol
along with the fact that the camera decided to have a whole 0.5 second focus on that engraving.

Just an addition, but I won't put this under the spoiler tag as is just my thoughts. But the underlying concept is probably based on the cultural belief that the "lovers"' fate/destiny spans 3 lifetimes. The belief is actually more intricate and have more nuance, but I can see it possibly being used abstractly here for the romance factor.
Also because the message at the very last episode just mentioned 3 lifetimes anyway. ~
>Yin Yuan San Shi< if anyone wants to google

I think there are a few Chinese stories that uses this as the premise, whereby despite deaths and reincarnations, 2 destined lovers will always find each other. And the story lines finally end at the 3rd life ?

If you can't see the 3rd life time of a character in this show, is just the show, they didn't point it out well enough.

Basically, the plot includes reincarnation (not explicitly expressed) concept, and destined lovers. So is not that an old man has a thing for a young man. But that due to their destiny, through deaths and reincarnation, and different gender, the 2 lovers will still find their way to each other eventually. Is a destiny of the soul, not restricted by the physical elements of body, age, appearance.
If there's mystical element in a show, I think as audience we shouldn't be judging/rating the show base on current societal standards and the world as we know it?

Also, for those, saying Xia Cha is straight or hetero.... I am not sure when the show expressed that?
Is bisexual not a thing? To not understand the plot because of this is quite a pity... Not to mention, there's a ton of BL content (live action, manga, anime) that has the concept "I have never liked any guys except for you". The creators just do not want to put the love that they want to portray in their work under a label that society has, especially one that has supernatural plot.

Maybe the execution is the issue... the mystical elements are not explicitly shown, instead, we just see the characters behaving like normal, regular people in a normal regular world most of the time. The show did not emphasize their underlying concepts strong enough( Is good enough for me).

Not sure if is intended, but I do like the show portraying dual POVs in certain instances.
For example, at the beginning, we know that Zefang likes Haiyuan, and that Zefang is more of a feminine character. Then he goes on to quarrel with Xia Cha about sex reassignment, so he is a transgender? or at least he is not comfortable with his physical body then. And after the soul swap happens, there's a monologue/dialogue on ~"How do I get used to a body that's not mine?" ~ Just seem like a callback to how Zefang feels in his man body that started the quarrel.
And near the ending.... After Zefang decided to let go of his body to his grandpa. Xia Cha told Haiyuan that he thought those who left first is happier , and relief first, but now for Haiyuan he will strive to continue living and be the last to leave [Inserting my thoughts as I have had this thought all 12 episodes, that Xia Cha having to go through the lost of so many people have to be really strong, and the grief he carries must be heavy, so unsure why he did not feel even more devasted by his grandson early demise, but I did not live his life so...] . Then we go to the next scene where RiQing gets to see Zefang 1 last time. The final goodbye from Zefang drives home the realization that he lost Zefang to death for good, and regrets hit him hard. Because like what grandpa Cha said, the ones left behind are left with regret. We are all just living the same lives, with different events.
Reminds me of the Taiwanese song "Jia Hou"/"Gei Ao"(?) . You will end up hoping the ones you love passed before you so they won't have to experience life without you ( won't have to grieve for you).

Didn't want to leave a comment on this show because I thought it was just decent. But saw a bunch of reviews that seem to not have watch the episodes properly and just interpret the plot all wrong?

Premise is definitely iffy though (as with some of the comments mentioned lol), if you have watched High School Return of a Gangster, is the same soul swapping-conceding concept. But the characters here have more connections (spiritually and blood relations), which makes it a little hard to digest.
There should be more grief involved in the death. but there isn't which makes the whole character of xia cha a little difficult to comprehend for me.

But overall is a pretty decent show if you can follow the subtle hints and not so subtle hints that may or may not integrate well into the plot lol. Just don't make presumptions and have preconceived ideas of the characters.

Will post a "spoiler" comment on the show plot

The plot has potential, but it felt like a lot of details were just "skipped" to make this a 7 episodes series. Instead, they rather show redundant scenes that add no value to the plot. Personally would have like it better if they elaborate the main couple storylines more. Also adding random flashbacks of events happening a couple hours or a day ago doesn't help build up emotion or story. But the somewhat fast-forwarded story-telling style isn't that big of an issue to me.
The bigger issue is how this story starts by disrespecting Fifa as an individual? Fresh out of highschool, and your family member blackmails you to not pursue your dream? Not to mention he is talented in the arts too (as shown throughout all 7 episodes)
Again, it could be attributed to how the show isn't elaborating on anything or anyone's rationale for any storyline . But Fifa seems like the kindest kid being uprooted for no good reason, and trying to keep the peace for his family? Who put an 18 yo in that position?

Story started off a little too wonky, but the slow-burned romance was sweet, can tell that the 2 characters are developing and growing despite the lack of details (Not even enough scenes to show their budding romance for me). Would like a season 2, because Fifa is such a kind and respectful boy and I want to see him achieve both his dreams and get his romantic life sorted.

That one episode where they went for a volunteer camp and Phum hurt his finger while hammering...
How is it that his older brother and Peem got so protective that they stop him from all "heavy duty" work?
I get that love makes people go blind, but he is an engineering student. I am not sure what is the curriculum like in Thailand, because all the Thai BLs seem to show Engineering students only in lectures and then in pubs/clubs, but surely they do have workshops where they go to for their hands-on projects too? He can't be that fragile or have not gotten hurt doing any engineering projects lol
That scene was hilarious.
I hope I was treated half as precious as a Thai Engineering student in a BL series when I was a student.

I like this a lot~ Rated this as high as some of those shows with deep messages and multiple subplots, hahaha.
Fluffy, no drama romance show has always been the easiest to get into my favourites (Probably because there's too much drama in real life heh.)
But I did rate this a notch higher due to the main characters'/ couple's maturity. I had avoided this show for a long time due to the university premise, and many of the university shows I watched portray characters with extreme naivety or childishness. I don't mind playfulness or ignorance/childishness that will have character development (but many shows really do not have that).
Even though is not a deep show, is a show that brings me a lot of awws and smiles hahha.
Basically a Slice of Life genre type. Following a group of friends navigating love life and school life.

hahaha yea, the hallucination afterthought was definitely unserious. Is fine to disagree on that, I am not fully onboard on that as well~
I don't dislike Nut. But I guess people might dislike him if they have to interact with him personally since they won't know his story like how we would know his story as an audience.
He is a well written flawed character that throughout the whole series is being constantly developed and growing as per the context of the show's premise.
I like it when writers are able to write characters so troubled by real life issues that it makes them behaves undesirably . And these actions that the characters did tick so many people off just shows that the writing/ series is good enough to get them that invested in the show ~ lol

As for the time jump after Tofu's "death" , I am not sure if is true that is left out, or that an explicit portrayal of the time jump actually matters. I mean, recovering from a 2-3 (can't remember exactly how long ) months coma, then buying up the house right beside and redecorating it definitely took up some time. I think the director probably thought the timeline can be implied through those little details. Also, as far as feelings go, it seems that it is mutual on both Tofu and Nut to "move on". Tofu seemed very accepting to witness the rekindled romance.
But I would prefer at least 1 more episode to have the lens on Nut going through the process of grieving Tofu properly and making peace/patching up with his past (Tarn). I am sure Nut was there for Tarn during his recovery which probably reignited old feelings. Would like to see on how Nut heals and move on without Tofu direct involvement, but rather with Tofu's memories(? not sure how to put it lol). But for such a troubled soul to experience a traumatic lost an then tied it up in a happy ending all within 1 episode is kinda rushed~

I appreciate you pasting your review of why you like Nut, I have actually read your comment below prior.
Is a great write up on the character and what he went through that made who he is.

Lastly, I am sorry about your older brother. Life is tough and can be unkind to us, so do treat yourself a little kinder. I hope you are doing better now~

Plot kinda ruined itself (for me) from ep 9/10 onwards...
Too many Fantasy/supernatural drama (especially BLs) I watched really fail so much in their world building that I actively avoid them. I started this without realizing it was fantasy, and thought I would just go with it since I couldn't find any other shows to watch.
Everything was okay, story was on the fluffy side, rules of the world were clear, until ep 9 and 10, and every rule was just nullified, and nothing makes sense.

But I have got to say, I am low key impressed with the character writing for Tai and Phat. Especially Tai. Ep 10 made me want to smack Tai hard, and Ep 11/12 made me impressed with the character writing, but still wanna give Tai a little smack lol.

Boston is a work of art... Titled Wreckage
lol

I knew I would be walking into a toxic waste from the synopsis alone. But I had run out of BLs to watch, and eventually just decided to watch this.
This is eye opening level of toxicity~ The story concept alone is fine, is just regular college kids having crushes. But the characters. Whoever wrote them definitely decided to gather all the red flags in the world and stuffed them all in this show .
Khai- treats his "best friend" like crap, like slave, took him for granted and just never realizes it until said friend began putting real distance between them. Then expect said best friend to be able to accept his courtship because he truly felt in his heart that he love him???? That level of entitlement is bewildering. Maybe, be a decent human first, before trying to be someone's boyfriend? (Correcting the 7 things I hate about Khai, is not enough to be a decent human)
Third- why? Just why... Why would anyone subject themselves to this much heartbreak and humiliation... There's a difference between selfless love and blindly loving. Are you not tired? I do love all his internal monologues, they are extremely funny.
Paan and her soon to be husband - What even is this??? Why is it okay to get married after the man cheated but then he chose to marry you instead of his affair partner? lol? Were you in an open r/s where you guys could go around and date people before deciding you really want to settle for each other for life? No? Then the issue remains that he broke your trust. It should not be that everything is alright because he chose you in the end? Is this shopping for shoes or something? Also Paan's actions while engaged is also questionable. Why is she being intimate with a barista late at night? And after knowing that he is her student, and then finding out about being cheated on by her boyfriend, she went drinking with him? and even threw a tantrum when he tried to leave her after he took her home? Is that how an adult acts?

I could barely understand the behaviours of these characters. But we all live different lives. People like that may actually exist They are who they are due to how they have lived (or are written by the writers lol) , and now I have to find fluffy BL show to detox...

The only normal thing I like from this show is Two-Un , the whole flirting phase was cute. Two especially was such a supportive friend too.
At the end of it all, I didn't rate the show too badly. I thought the acting was really good. But the story concept was too simple for that much toxicity. It was difficult to redeem Khai's character with such a simple story. Also it was hard to understand the depth of love Third has for Khai when it seems is only from love at first sight (because nothing about Khai's action was desirable, unless he likes toxic behaviour). The characters are too complicated for the story. But it was funny, and I really like the OST too lol. Also , Two-Un storyline is rather cute~

Ranting because I had higher expectations due to the rating.

Diao's personality is extremely childish, not cute or innocent or child like, just outright immature. He acts like a pampered, sheltered, rich boy who always get what he wants and has never been taught manners. I would actually accept (hesitantly) this personality if he indeed is a pampered, sheltered, RICH boy. But he isn't. If both him and his sister were from a very well to do family that could raise kids to be this pampered, they wouldn't have to worry about mortgage and rent the whole 15 episodes of this show.
I am not sure how Diao got to this age being so ill mannered.
Always trying to "get back" at Rak for the smallest inconvenient he experienced at work. Does he expect Rak to have 0 opinions on his work designs/proposals? Is that what he expects from a perfect work environment? That's some next level delusion.
Meetings are there for discussion, discussions are there to exchange opinions, and opinions do actually differ from people who have different experiences. Is like he has never work in a group setting before.
He never makes sense when he argues back trying to defend his work against Rak's opinion, because his defenses are always "you are trying to get back at me right?" . At least make your argument professional if you are adamant that the other party is the one mixing work and personal life.
Then the worse of it all, invasion of privacy. The most blatant one being the phone incident. That definitely made him a non redeemable character to me. In what world, would a 22 Year old working adult thinks is okay to steal his boss's phone and attempt to unlock it with his colleague for some gossip material? Even if it was some underlining jealousy at play, it still meant that he doesn't respect Rak as a boss, and his privacy, as much as he cares more about his own desire to find out about that one person who phones Rak.
Just an extremely selfish person.

Then came the ending.... I think last 3-4 episodes? is where the Romance of the BL actually really started to take off. They might as well not take off. The ending wasn't as much rushed as it was incomplete.
There were so many plot points they planted that never really got addressed. And the show ended with Rak confessing and Diao just happy that is reciprocated?
Wasn't the initial issue for Diao when he first found out he had feelings for Rak about his family acceptance? He was literally trying to suppressed his feelings for Rak since he don't think his family will accept a same sex r/s as it won't bear grandchildren, and I thought this was an okay storyline since is a commonly used one in BL shows (the acceptance/ coming out obstacle that they have to overcome) . But nothing happened.... this concern just died with the ending. Diao not mentioning that Rak ticks all the boxes as his destined one as per the fortune teller's words also felt like a waste of that whole storyline. And Diao's sister non-stop matchmaking. Was Diao never going to address this as a grown adult that is capable of making his own choice? Also was the show just never going to expose that Rak made those packed rice for his team members the first time they OT with Diao? It felt like there was a lot of missed opportunity to make the romance story actually romantic. They just went for misunderstandings and worries and misunderstandings then suddenly some last minute confession and The End.

Also Diao's voice is so loud and annoying. Is like he speaks in exclamation (!!) or something. His friends are worse... They just shout their dialogues....
At some point, I actually began liking the BL that the High school girl was writing more than the show I was actually watching...

Came across this several months back and put off watching because BL romance in the form of sitcom isn't my thing. But I wanted a non-school setting , light hearted BL romance show (There's too many School setting BL), thought I would give this a go, maybe I would like the comedy element.
At most I would just really dislike the sitcom style.
But nope, what I really dislike was Diao's character. Extremely immature. Is like a 12 YO in a 22 YO body.
The slapstick comedy was a close second. Overused and repetitive. Especially the ones that are used by Diao's friends at work. Everytime they appear on screen, they perform the same exact sequence of comedy with just variation in dialogues.

This is just super cute. I would have love this a lot more if the characters were a few years older.
From the random musical break outs to the 3 very different relationships to the friendship dynamics, everything was funny and sweet and cheesy and charming at the same time.
And then there was the struggle of same sex r/s acceptance by family (and in general in a country side environment), which was also portrayed pretty well.
Just felt like these elements of the show and how the show portray them would fit better with an older set of characters, not high schoolers(?). I mean, I don't even see them attending classes(so college/ university setting would work) .... and why would 16-20 YOs be hosting/going to parties of that scale too (Is studying not a thing? Adult supervision? lol). Also the violence that pops up here and there.... The lifestyle of these characters are too frivolous to be of a regular high schooler.
Well putting aside the age alignment preference. I do like the characters themselves. Thought they are pretty interesting. Not exactly well written, but not bad. I did especially like that the main couple pairing was non-typical, they are both quite the assertive type in the r/s (won't describe it as masculine/feminine, many main couples don't actually have a feminine counterpart too, but rather a less assertive person). Their r/s dynamic was fun to watch, though the way they deal with obstacles are annoying, but that's part of the drama I guess.
And goalkeeper Kui is the only friend friend lol. He is the only supportive one, and doesn't cause any trouble, and he protects. All the other friends are just there for comic relief lol.

Though I really liked that the show is portraying the very real issues of mental health, LGBTQA+ stigma, domestic violence, unresolved trauma, and generation gap . Nut is such a poor soul. He couldn't have been more traumatized and victimized by everything that he has no control over. In the last episode when he said he felt like he was cursed, I truly also thought that.
It seemed like at the end the show mentioned Nut went for therapy for his "outburst" or something. I think he should go therapy for more than just that.
Either way, Nut is such a well written character. He is so broken and flawed due to everything that happened to him. But with a good friend like Gen, and then the mystery appearance of Tofu, he was able to get the support he needed to face his mistakes and his past.
Small thought: I would prefer the show gave more focus(explicitly) on the physical domestic violence that Mrs Na had to endure than showing so many scenes of the jealous Satjaree just seething lol. It would have more impact on the murder of the dad when it was revealed. The psychological abuse and all was apparent, but they could have really frame the dad more appropriately with all his deeds properly aired out, instead of hinting it.

P.S: At some point at the end of the show, I was pondering the idea if Tofu was just a schizophrenic hallucination that a poor boy imagined to cope with the stress he has been feeling from work and from his mum's mental health. Making all the instances where Tofu had interacted with people outside of Nut and his Mum, to be a part of the hallucination. Mrs Na herself was diagnose with schizophrenia afterall. Tofu last message to the audience was also that he hope Nut is happy in the real world (Not sure if there's any translation error here), but these little things does get me thinking of the possibility that Nut wasn't really living in the "real" world when Tofu was around.
But is really just an unserious thought/ theory since is 16 episodes and I would have to look back at all 16 episodes to see if this makes sense, and I am too tired now lol~

Whether or not there was a hidden mental health subplot, the show portrayed their main topics/ issues really well. And I am still impressed by it.

Unexpectedly, a really good show. More about LGBTQA+ than it is about BL Romance, and also touches on several other difficult topics.
Was really hesitant to watch this as none of the fantasy/supernatural BL related shows I have watched thus far were good with their world building. The rules were never consistent or they were established half heartedly.
But this is a show that is much deeper than it seems, using the fantasy element(Tofu) to stitch the different topics together.

Not sure if I am just stressed or what...
But this special is really well done?
Is not a sequel series, so I am not expecting a whole story plot.
But in the short 35 minutes special, the whole episode was about Fueang being more of a green flag and the couple just being fluffy and no nonsense/ toxic dynamic. And probably a sprinkle of fan service lol.
I just really love the goofy, comedic stuff they threw in for the side characters to carry. And they carry it so well.
Even the whole main series was more of a Slice of life, Romance trope than drama, romance. This special didn't deviate from the Slice of Life style, showing their morning routine too lol.
Actually rate this special higher than the whole series itself~

@reefpicker Oh yes yes! That too! Mhok definitely seemed like he was healing through his relationship with Day. We can see how Mhok was able to be a better person and gained even new skills (cooking) through the time spent with Day despite what he went through. Is a pity the show didn't want to give us a perspective from Mhok's end on how he is coping with grief or even the discrimination of his criminal record/past and how being with Day, a person that he connects and care for deeply, actually helps him move forward. All we get is just some flashbacks and some mentions of things happening to Mhok... Like a side character.

Honestly, the vision returning for Day was pretty redundant to me, I didn't see how it added to the story, but I didn't felt much for this, at that point I was already feeling lukewarm to the show. But after going through the comments, I could see why you and some others actually felt quite strongly about it.
I agree with the comments below that it did seem to reduce the meaningfulness of the show using a main character who's main characteristic is being visually impaired, and 90 percent of the story is about coping with the disability, caring for it, and accepting it.
Now , when I think of what goes on at the end of this show, I felt like the writers just decided to let it go and have "fun".

The whole conversation to resolve Rak's dad's issue with Rak's r/s doesn't really sit right with me, and I am unsure if is due to possible gaps in translation....
Wasn't the initial outburst coming from a place of homophobia or assumed difficulty in society due to the stigma on homosexuality? The whole conversation to resolve the dad's stance somehow shifted the focus to not trusting Fah (making it an issue about the individual and not about homophobia in general)? Doesn't seem to make much sense how they were trying to convince the dad that is okay because Fah is a nice guy like he didn't knew Fah beforehand...
Then the mom chimed in to say she was ALSO disappointed... lol that was definitely a little disappointing to hear... Grandpa seems to be the least disappointed adult in the whole family about same sex couple existing in his family.
But I supposed some people need time to unlearn what society have imprint on them as the one true way of living.

Even though the whole conversation didn't really sound logical to me in context of the plot of the show, I am actually happy about the fact that the eventual burden/hurdle of talking things out and "educating" the dad about happiness and love of his child is more important than his ideals falls on the other 2 adults of the family, and not on Rak. The child shouldn't have to bear the responsibility of advocating to his own parent for his right to love, or educating his parents about LGBTQA+ (Though in reality, this is not the case for many), I know he was ready to, but he shouldn't have to.

About the only thing I like about that whole last minute drama in this show is the adults doing their "adults stuff" on their own lol~

Watched a 10 minutes MV, but spent 30 minutes trying to find the song on Spotify to no avail T.T