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Zero agency
I was honestly pretty excited about this show when I started it, though the story set up was a bit weird. Gay arranged marriage is a bit out there even for BL shows...I didn't mind it that much but also again with the age difference? and all the "growing up like brothers and then get married"?Besides all that, I thought it was fun at first but I'm at episode 6 now, and ...jeesch...how can you write characters with zero agency? Both Kuea and Diao can't do anything in this show. I get that the top-bottom-dynamics are common in BLs, and get exaggerate, but jeeesch can you please not write characters that don't have any say in their own lives? And I don't mean like parents telling them stuff, or someone deciding job stuff for them! But actually forbidding them to leave the house, go anywhere, do anything on their own, be themselves, like what they like.
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I was also really disappointed by the plot logic in episode 5 and 6 (*spoiler alert* there isn't any).
so the set up is: you like someone that doesn't like you back, and then when that person starts showing signs of liking you, you..don't want that ...although you still like them?? why?? pls someone explain!
The music is great though!!! 10/10
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La ame
Es uno de los mejores BL que he visto . Tiene muy buena historia excelente actuación, buena música la ame en todos los sentidos. Súper recomendable . La fotografía espectacular la escenografía bien hecha. Me gusto como adaptaron la novela. Todo excelente. Espero les guste, se que el BL no es para todos así que si no es de tu gusto quizá no la disfrutes mucho. Aunque no se yo ví BL por primera vez y me encantó de ahí he visto casi todos. Podrías darle una oportunidad capas y te enganchas como muchos de nosotros.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Loved this
Love this show. The only part of the story I didn’t like was the older hias being so controlling over where and when the younger ones were all the time. They seemed a little possessive. Other than that the cast had great chemistry. Nunew and Zee are just made for each other. I e watched the show twice now and loved it just as much the 2nd time aroundVond je deze recentie nuttig?
This was SO bad.. and also toxic.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw A LOT OF good reviews here.. cause I’ve never seen the show as bad as this one. The acting was bad the story was terrible the characters were all stupid unreasonable and annoying. The love scenes weren’t good AT ALL too. The only thing that peaked was fragrant miscommunication. I HATED EVERY CHARACTER. The decisions they made had no sense. This show felt like a fever dream. like a nightmare. Please DO NOT watch it.. save your brain cells and clarity of mind.P.S It couldn’t allow me to rate the show with 0,5s but this doesn’t deserve 1s 😭
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Not as bad as some reviews make you believe...
After two years I watched the series again to review my initial rating and it's better than I had in my recollection.First of all the master question: Are they all in a toxic relationship. The answer is no. It's not a toxic relationsship for both couples. In the beginning it's controlling and harsh but not toxic. You may feel that way, but they are not constantly fighting, there is no abuse besides some harsh words in the beginning. The big problem for them is communication and insecurity. All of them are insecure of themselves.
While they dragged the story out a bit and they resolve their issues close to the end, this story is better than most crap we get nowadays. The story has a logic to itself, it goes not out of bounds with silly things which would not fit, and even the ads are not that much in the face as nowadays. Yes they do a lot of fan-service but in a sensual way and not just for doing it, it fit's in the narrative. They also did not overdo the comedy bits, so the series has a good flow. I only feel sad, that the third couple did not get enough screen-time. Many say there was no character development, but I would disagree. The conclusion of the show is to be yourself, to not hide yourself from yourself or others and they just accomplished it. It's a very positive note for me.
The story itself is not stellar, but again compared what we get in 2024 especially from Thailand, the production quality is stellar, the music is great, Nunew's singing is exceptional. All in all an entertaining show, which does not try to give you only good vibes. I was surprised, that I find this show now much better compared when it released, but that's ok for me :)
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If you don't like it then don't watch it.
I enjoyed this drama. You have two characters who have been betrothed their entire childhood to each other. The older one Lian is more responsible and pragmatic in his thinking. Lian loves the little one Kuea whom he has known since he was a baby. Lian could have been a complete jerk and extremely possessive over Kuea. Instead, as they were nearing the time to be married Lian wanted to make sure of his own feelings as well as knowing if he was deserving of Kuea's love and admiration. Lian loved Kuea but did that love come around just because his family also pressured him to take care of Kuea due to their close family ties?Kuea has only ever had eyes for Lian but that kinda turned him into a doll aka Annabelle. A possessed doll of love who only acted a certain way around Lian because he thought he had to act a certain way due to Lian's position in life: family and business. Lian wanted the real Kuea to be with him forcing Kuea to "act out" and show his true self (Kirin). Lian liberated Kuea and Kuea liberated Lian in being able to freely love him for him and not what Kuea thought Lian wanted him to be.
The side couple were two of my favorite people Max and Nat aka Yi and Diao. Their story was interesting but they later go on to do Naughty Babe (which was a little confusing and way more dramatic than it should have been IMO).
Overall I thought this drama was cute and I've re-watched it several times. I found NuNew's acting really cute and adorable.
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My go-to comfort show
It is an absolute 10/10 for me so there are only likeable things for me:1. First of all, arrange marriage for BL? the ORIGINAL idea hooked me right away. It is like a breathe of fresh air from university and high school romances
2. I am head over heels for ZeeNuNew
3. I absolutely loved the main couples interactions-childishness of the younger one and teasing of the older one
4. The other couple was cute as well and I liked their slow development which is a rare for me
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One of the worst bl i have watched
Both the main leads and the second leads are the blandest characters in the series. Sure, they are "attractive" but they're not a bit charismatic, they don't have a personality outside the cliché. Kuea is supposed to be a "bad boy" that likes bikes and music, his worst fear is that Lian won't love him because he is "different", excuse me different how? literally, his personality doesn't change, he only has a few hobbies that are "not the norm".If he was similar to Payu from Love in the air I would have understood the point but he's like every other bottom out there except he likes bikes.The plot is what I dislike most about this series. In the first episode, Lian rejects Kuea saying he doesn't love him and doesn't want to marry him. First, when I watched this i was like, okay, he does love him but he has a secret, that will be revealed in the last episode, that is the reason he has to say that. But he doesn't really have a reason for rejecting him, Lian expends the rest of the series trying to get back together with Kuea, so what was the point in rejecting him?
He explains that he doesn't like him acting like a doll (which he does because Lian doesn't pay any attention to him), but you could just expend more time getting to know him. Not saying you don't want to marry him just to be chasing him, begging him to marry you just a couple of days later?
It was exasperating, like the whole point of the series is the PDA.
The second leads more or less have the same plot, like nothing really different here.
The only charismatic characters are the thirds leads, Syn and Nuer, but they have five minutes of screen time in the whole series.
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Missed Opportunity
I honestly don't know why I watched this show because it wasn't something that I would see myself watching. This was my first time watching a show from this company, so I didn't have any high expectation going into this.Storyline/Plot: The plot was very simple despite me having to re-watch the first-two episodes twice to get the jist of it. The beginning was very good in terms of pacing, I liked how they got to the point of the conflict. The arrange marriage aspect of the show was self-explanatory and even the main characters getting ''Married'' even though same sex marriage isn't legalized. Furthermore, I liked how they talked about some issues within the LGBTQ+ but I felt like they could have done more with it since it was just a couple of times throughout the drama. However, what I didn't like was that the Main Character Lian and Kuea they didn't feel like a couple but more like father and son. Which was unhealthy to me for their relationship since it felt like Lian was a bit too overbearing at times with Kuea. Moreover, I would have like them to be more character development with Kuea because he was just too far up Lian's behind. He felt like he just existed to be around Lian even though Lian had his own hobbies and skills of his own. Moreover, the kitchen scene was very out of place and triggering because Lian could have just comforted Kuea instead of making out with him in such a way that seemed out of nowhere. Especially since Lian does have a harsh way of being mean/cold towards Kuea when he doesn't do something correct as Lian comes off as a perfectionist. I also hated how most of the show was about the two couples Khon Diao/ Yi and Lian/Kuea having communication issues and they just kept on dragging the issue without solving it and could have just expanded the plot.
Acting/ Cast: This was my first time watching all the actors in the show. The actors were okay, there wasn't anything special about them as the plot just fell flat and was pretty simple. The actors could do more if the plot had substance to it.
Music: Most of the music came from Nunew, he is a great singer, but there was one episode where he was singing, and it just became annoying that they had him sing what felt like five songs back-to-back.
In conclusion, I would not rewatch this show again, the show isn't the most terrible thing to come out of a BL genre, but it was cute for what it was. This would be a drama that you just watch to past the time if you have nothing else to do and want to put on something on the TV.
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Jay's the best
Watched almost 10 episodes of this just because of ZeeNunew and NuerSyn but I got tired, this relationships just look so toxic, like Nuea doesn't even feel safe to tell his lover about his interests. And it also looks like these people can't kiss without having sex, like chill bro the world ain't ending. Anyways I've watched worse things so... Also I love Jay so much, he's the best character in all of this series.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Hi all thank you for this
Love you all.Great job all fo you i love this story 💖💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
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