Edit: I have completed this drama because I don't drop anything to maintain a clear graph and guess what? This is still trash.

The points made below still hold. There are also some dub-con scenes which I disliked. I wish I had never started on this.

There is no development, no change. It's s stagnant as a scum-covered eutrophic pool of water.

New rating: 2.0.

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If this drama were available on YouTube, it would be one of those which I watch at 2× speed and skip every ten seconds. If I'm looking for something mindless and puppy then I turn to university bl series like this, but I see several problems in “Nitiman”.

The basic story is that Bbomb, a law student, has been crushing on his senior, Jin, an engineering student who is supposedly the most handsome guy on campus. The drama revolves around them and their romantic debacles. I'll just list the basic reasons why I dislike this show:

1. RANDOM SHOTS OF WEED
First and foremost, this is something I specifically noticed in episode3, everytime there is a change of scene, the drama incorporated the most random shots of weeds. What were they trying to do? Was it supposed to be scenic? I just ugly laughed when it happened three times in a row on episode 3.

2. EVERY EPISODE HAS A BAR SCENE
No, like seriously. Every episode has a bar scene where Jin or Bbomb gets drunk and then they end up in Jin’s room. How convenient.

3. WHAT'S WITH THE TITLE?
The word 'Niti' means law in both Thai and my own language. Bbomb is a law student. Big brain moment. Is there any other significance to the title then do let me know and I'll readily remedy this.

4. THE BEGINNING JUNGLE BEATS
The intro to the show sounds like a badly done version of the Tarzan. Like seriously, it's jungle beats.

5. BADLY DONE HUMOR
I don't want to get into the nitty gritty of every badly done comedy in this show, I'll elaborate on a particular incident in episode 3. Seeing Jin in a curled up position while sleeping, Bbomb takes it upon himself to straighten his posture so he lifts him up while simultaneously making while scrunching his face. Jin’s brown plush toy is positioned at his groin to resemble his d***. Let's just say that I did not find it funny.

Also, comedy at the expense of a ladyboy or transgender character is something I have developed zero tolerance for.

6. DRUNKEN KISSING
Nope, not two drunk friends kissing each other in a moment of passion. This is Bbomb kissing a drink Jin (who is has at least not passed out). Not only was it drunken and sudden but it was HORRIBLY DONE? I was gagging behind the screen when Bbomb just pressed himself against Jin–like boy no, just no.

7. WHERE'S MY TURBO AND KAOWNAH AT?
I came to know about Turbo and Kaownah during Lovely Writer and I was excited to see their chemistry in this series. Well, their screentime won't even amount to 1% of it. Also they gave them a TinCan storyline with Jay (Turbo) saying that Song (Kaownah) is too dirty to be allowed into his house and then Song rubs his shirt on Jay. Needless to say I was disappointed.

Same for the other side characters. Unless Keam is a polysexual bi/pansexual, I have no idea who he is supposed to be dating. If he is then he's dating everybody here. The side characters don't have any agency or purpose except to serve as a foil to the mains. I suppose they'll be brought in during episode 9 to 10 when Jim and Bbomb are at a good point in their relationship and then yeeted out during episode 11 (when the curse of episode 11 will naturally make it's appearance).

8. DIALOGUE
There's a couple here, Ultra and U, and whenever they make an appearance the only dialogue they use is “Okay, we're leaving first.” Like seriously, that's the only dialogue they had to rehears up till now. Jim and Bbomb’s dialogue has transcended to a level of cringe I cannot tolerate.

9. THE FANS ARE GOING TO BUY IT ANYWAY
If this show is any slower...if I ever got my hands on the script and was made to read it I'm sure I'd get a headache. The script was hasty, direction was plain bad, the acting was subpar (even for a university bl) and everything looked like a collage work. This show reeks of “the fans are going to buy whatever we sell so just churn out 12 episodes”.

10. POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT CONSENT
Keam sending pictures of drunk Jin to Bbomb, Jack streaming their 'romantic' moments and crazy shipper fans—i am so done with this show.

11. LOVE PRISM
This is where the SOTUS rip off becomes a bit obvious, there are multiple threads of 'he likes her, but she likes him, but he likes him and he likes him too’ going on here.

12. ACTING
Behold, I am about to begin the rant on my favorite topic (apart from the weed thing), the acting was horrible. I can understand that Noh was probably asked to act like a cardboard pop up as Bbomb but sometimes when he's showing emotions it looks like he's really trying but he just can't. I saw people comparing him to other characters like Kao in UWMA but Kao has a way of communicating with his eyes. Bbomb’s character just fell flat.
As for Jom, he looks so uncomfortable as Jinake sometimes, or perhaps he was asked to act like that. It reminds me of the main couple from 2moons.

I wonder how the acting workshop went, sometimes I feel that these series don't even conduct proper workshops for the actors. A little bit of icebreaking can solve so much. There was a complete lack of chemistry, the actors were just throwing lines around and others like Kaownah who looked like they could pull it off, were sidelined.


Dropped. Trashed. But just to be fair, this is a review up till episode 4. Since this is a dropped title, I WILL NOT BE RATING IT. Of noteworthy mention (because I like ending things on a positive note), Jom has an exceptional talent. The way he bit off half of a whole ice cream like that—my sensitive ass teeth could never—