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My first GL

Oboom asks her twin sister Aioon to breakup with her other partner so she can go on her honeymoon with her new husband (she owes her a favour), she refuses but since Oboom gets into a coma she decides to do it. Her other partner turns out to be a rich blind woman.

I love the representation of blindness I feel like the actress did a very good job. This series was really try not to feel bad for everyone challenge. Like no one is a villian, I have sympathy for all of them. Unemployed main lead with bad jobs that constantly thinks they’re bad at everything and wants to be a writer… wait is she me? These characters are so complex it’s crazy.

I feel like the runtime is too long. The pacing is weird asf it’s too long and then some parts I want more of but never get.

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Us is worth all the fuss

10/10 'Us' is worth all the fuss
I've yet to find a Thai GL that disappoints me, and 'Us' is certainly no exception. Emi and Bonnie are both very talented actresses with clear chemistry, their connection comes across so naturally. I'll continue to support each of them in future projects for sure.
Following this further, the production team clearly works hard and the cinematography is as good as any big budgeted American film, but with better writing! Mim also deserves recognition for her role as the antagonist, and I'm really looking forward to learning the reasoning behind her ambitions; it's hard to root against her given that Rak's father needs to get Luigi'd, and I give Pam props for not going that route as I'd much rather see the two of them get their happy ending in Ratchaburi where nobody can come between them. In conclusion, 'Us' is an A-plus you absolutely won't want to miss.

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10/10 'Us' is worth all the fuss

10/10 'Us' is worth all the fuss
I've yet to find a Thai GL that disappoints me, and 'Us' is certainly no exception. Emi and Bonnie are both very talented actresses with clear chemistry, their connection comes across so naturally. I'll continue to support each of them in future projects for sure.
Following this further, the production team clearly works hard and the cinematography is as good as any big budgeted American film, but with better writing! Mim also deserves recognition for her role as the antagonist, and I'm really looking forward to learning the reasoning behind her ambitions; it's hard to root against her given that Rak's father needs to get Luigi'd, and I give Pam props for not going that route as I'd much rather see the two of them get their happy ending in Ratchaburi where nobody can come between them. In conclusion, 'Us' is an A-plus you absolutely won't want to miss.

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Started watching Our Happy Days mainly because I always liked Uhm Hyun Kyung in long dramas, and honestly I have no complaints about the acting. Both male and female leads did well and their characters were enjoyable enough to follow.

But what really disappointed me was the older couple in the drama. The grandfather and grandmother treated their own son and daughter-in-law like complete outsiders. Not just privately, but openly in front of employees too. It honestly felt weird and cruel. Even the old man’s secretary behaves rudely toward the company’s own CEO simply because his father doesn’t support him properly. The drama tries to present the grandparents like innocent elders protecting the family, but many times they just came across as biased and emotionally toxic.

What made it worse is how obvious their favoritism was. They only truly cared about one grandson while the others felt neglected. Then the drama acts surprised when tension and resentment happen in the family.

Another thing I didn’t enjoy was the second lead couple writing.

The second male lead had almost no self-respect. He kept chasing a girl who clearly loved his younger brother. After being rejected so many times, it stopped feeling romantic and started feeling pathetic. Same with the second female lead. She gets rejected and humiliated repeatedly, but instead of moving on, she keeps emotionally hanging around the leads. Her dramatic “take care of oppa” scene felt more like emotional guilt-tripping than heartbreaking.

I really wish the drama gave the second leads proper growth and self-worth instead of making them suffer endlessly for melodrama.

Still, the acting overall was solid, especially Uhm Hyun Kyung. She carried emotional scenes really naturally and made frustrating moments easier to sit through.

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Wish it had no minuses

Its really sweet and cute drama with one of my favourite couples ever with tropes I love like friends to lovers, falling for someone you think is straight, office romance, high school romance it has everything that I love. They’re chemistry is insane, they actually feel like friends and when they start dating I was ready to make this my favourite BL. But them it ruins everything built up in episode 10 just to extend the show with stupid ass plot points. The side couple also isn’t engaging at all, I don’t know why I have such a disconnect with them. Would’ve been a solid 10/10 if not for the mess that are episodes 10-11 but instead it’s a weak 9/10. (SADLY)

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Not perfect, just decent

So we have Hiro that’s being abused at work and his childhood friend Kai comes to live with him and says they are married. Boring premise I know but was it done well… well um no.

It’s very short with 6 episodes which isn’t enough to tell a coherent story and doesn’t actually show their relationship. Kai is anything but interesting and their love story is so dry, boring and predatory. Its predatory because it has a sexual assault scene that heals him, as someone who experienced sexual assault I immediately hated this drama. I can just tell it’s trying to be a slow burn romance and instead it comes off as boring.

The supporting cast barely gets any screentime so no one is developed, the flashbacks do nothing to improve their lacking chemistry.
Do they kiss? I can’t remember and don’t care enough.

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Does he know…?

(spoilers)
A designer gets a new job to work on a dating sim and sees his old best friend from high school. The twist is that he used to have a crush on him.

Whole time I was like do they remember each other? Does he know him? Does the designer know his best friend actually likes him back? The flashbacks to their high school days are so sweet I love them and I also love the office romance they have. I feel so bad for him like you confessed and kissed him abut ran away for 7 years out of embarrassment and whole time this man likes you too. Even if it’s short it works, it’s perfect.

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Where’s the rest?

Nozue an overworked man and Togawa a younger subordinate end up visiting a dessert shops together filled with girls as an anti aging « treatment ».

It’s a cute drama that feels natural. The age gap between the characters doesn’t feel weird or predatory and was handled well. Nozue even if you’re old you can have interests and try new things. Togawa is a serious but sweet and also a little freak, thank god. I was taken aback by THAT line. I love the scenes of them eating « girly » food, food is also my love language.

It’s problem is that it’s short, 5 episodes is a short movie (less than 2 hours total), we don’t see them actually together. At least they kiss but I seriously sound like a broken record and that special pissed me off it was like 5 minutes.

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Gave me my first panic attack

Black and White are twins separated during their parents divorce and they have a twin thing. Black gets badly beat and White decides to take his place in the gang and disguises himself to find and get revenge on the people that beat Black.

I love a character with a secret. The plot is really strong, isn’t cliche and not that much about romance so doesn’t feel like a typical BL, romance isn’t the main focus. It’s about corruption and oppression by the upper class and government and talks about class disparity. Which makes the product placement when talking about these topics feel out of place…. Its one of the few bl that passes the bechdal test LOL. I watched 4 episodes and had a nocturnal panic attack…. 10/10

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When you got one sided beef

Enemies to lovers at school with GeminiFourth oh I was seated. This show deals more with complicated dynamics of these kids and fleshes the other characters a lot. But the other couples are still underdeveloped which is so disappointing, why is this a trend in Thai BLs. It’s actually really funny i found myself laughing and I don’t typically laugh at BLs. I love the chemistry the tension the flirting and genuinely how supportive they are. This show focuses heavily on music with is its biggest flaw. We get so much music that it feels like a musical and it’s not done well. When the mother and friends start to sing and the other characters can’t hear then it’s so out of place. Why not make actual live music instead of overprocessed with no real instruments especially when the whole series is based around LIVE music!!!

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It exists

As a remake I was excited to see how they would adapt it. But it just made me crave more from the Japanese version which is a bad thing. The longer episode lengths do nothing but add filler and boring moments instead of adapting more of the manga. I don’t recommend this if you’ve seen the Japanese version or only watch Episodes 8-12 (these actually have new story which is nice to see). I was so excited but it was disappointing with music that plays constantly and cringy sound effects every second. GeminiFourth deserve better than this show. At its core it’s still an alright show but the editing and pacing make it an awful show.

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For someone that doesn't really like "friends to lovers", I was quite sceptical about watching this at first but something about the acting, the story and just that overall vibe of 2010s kdramas really made me hooked. I'm pretty sure I binged most of the drama in one go (exams came up in the middle) and the ending was amazing as well.
I don't normally watch too many "old" dramas like this one so maybe it's just something relatively new to me but I really liked the fact that all of the characters feel like regular people just getting through life and I understand that's the whole premise of the show but I think they really hit the nail on the head with this one. Lots of dramas nowadays have at least one main character that's super rich, lives in a huge mansion or really expensive penthouse apartment but seeing all the characters in 'Fight For My Way' living in normal-looking apartments felt quite fresh to me.
The acting felt really raw as well to me, in the emotional scenes, it really did feel like Kim Ji Won and Park Seo Jun were friends for 20 years and just talking about their own feelings.
Normally I really like the second couples, just as much as the main couple or sometimes even more, but these ones were fine, I like that the girl was able to become more independent but I don't know, something about their resolution didn't feel complete. To me however, that part was so insignificant that this drama is close to perfect for me.

I loved it, all of you should watch it as well! :)

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Sweet, Funny… Until the Final Episode Stumbles

I loved Sold Out on You right from ep 1. The drama was funny, cute, emotional, and gave me that comforting K-drama feeling I had been missing for a while. There were moments where I laughed, cried, giggled, cringed, and just genuinely enjoyed watching every episode. Some scenes didn't make sense but honestly I wasn't expecting logic from this one. so I didn't mind much.

Episode 1-11:
this drama was honestly a solid 9/10 for me. The chemistry between the leads was okayish, but the overall sweetness of the show carried it. The sleepwalking and trauma-related scenes were emotional, and the comedy worked really well. One thing that irritated me though was Ye Jin’s behavior toward her father. After everything he did for her, she kept acting cold instead of trusting him, even though his actions clearly came from love and care.

Episode 12:
is where the drama lost me for a bit. The first half of the finale felt messy and some scenes were genuinely nonsensical like the fight at mushroom farm. Chango’s suicide attempt scene was supposed to be emotional, but it mostly just frustrated me. The drama went from feeling like a 10/10 to a 7/10.

Thankfully, the second half of the finale got back on track. Ye Jin reuniting with her mother wasn’t emotional for me because I was still annoyed that she only understood her father after hearing the truth from the mother, instead of trusting the father who had always been kind to her.

But the final scene completely saved the ending for me. When Mechoori quoted, “Modern science still hasn’t discovered a better stabilizer than kind words,” and they started showing every character saying kind words while credits appeared in the subtitles… it was genuinely such a sweet and touching moment. That scene alone raised the drama back up to an 8.5/10 for me.

Overall, except for the messy first half of the final episode, I really enjoyed this drama a lot.

p.s. if not for that quote and scenes after that I would've rated it 7.5/10

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