I'm not just saying this for the fact that I prefer the original, but for the fact that this in general is absolutely horrible and bored me out of my mind. I'll explain further below, but in all, I couldn't even finish it. I tried giving it a chance after seeing people say it was special in it's own way, but imo this remake is the worst BL I've ever seen besides My Boy.

Story: 5.5/10
The only reason it got this high is because I do love the original novel. Its a great story with great potential, but even for being a remake, this manages to skip literally everything important and dodge almost every special moment that made them bond before. There's so much left untold and left to just be assumed everyone knows.

Acting/Cast: 3.5
In all, I don't like this cast, not because I prefer the original alone. Almost no one really seemed to do thr characters justice or play them right, and the chemistry was dead. There was none. The only ones I liked were Forth (admittedly I like his actor for this one more than the original), Wayo (although not as good as the original, he did Wayo justice and played him well, he was absolutely precious), and Ming. Phana did not seem to be casted by the right guy at all, not saying he's a bar actor, but he just didn't fit Phana at all

Music: 7/10
Not bad but not wonderful, it was in general pretty nice though. Nothing here to complain about imo.

Rewatch Value: 1/10
I didn't even finish this and will never again try to watch it again, I doubt I'll even watch this new season that's supposedly coming out. Forget that. Not purely because I prefer the original, but because this was absolutely awful. Maybe I'll consider watching it, since it's all stuff that's never been acted out before, but I doubt the actors or chemistry will improve there either.