I dunno man.
5/10
I do not like sports dramas. The only way this could have been a more mind-numbing concept was for it to be set in Highschool instead of College, but I watched it all the way through anyway.
Let's just start off by saying, this had the potential to be a show I really enjoyed. It had all the components to be a show where I was like HELL yeah, this takes a boring cliche plot and turns it on its head.
It failed to.
I will do my best to explain why I hate this without spoiling the entire thing. Mon, the main character meets and starts hanging out with So. Their chemistry is awkward and I didn't like almost any of the romantic interactions they had, until the end. Where Mon became a giant cuddle monster out of nowhere and that was kind of adorable, however, it didn't make up for the fact that he and his best friend Saint just made so much more sense together. I was so mad throughout the entirety of this show because I KNEW Mon and Saint wouldn't end up together, and I felt like I was just wasting my own time.
For what the show was, it wasn't terrible. It just was not my cup of tea, and that's okay. It will likely be someone else's favorite to come out that year.
6/10
This show could be a million times better than I comprehend because the subtitles are so formal and weird that it pulled me out of the experience and I'm so upset because I think this story is probably one of the more beautifully told that I've seen to date.
The way it is filmed is gorgeous. I spent a lot of time watching it just really appreciating the small details of lighting and scene prep. I want to know who their set designer was because they need to be working on more shows.
I was impressed by the acting skills of both of them, and it may be because the entirety of this show had an air of student film that they both shocked me a bit. Though I've seen them both in other things, prior. They really impressed me, like... give Rossi a million more main roles, please?
I want to give this show a much higher score than I'm going to, and the only reason it's not getting a full 10/10 is because of the fact that I could not be emersed enough due to the subtitles, and that really makes me want to learn Thai so much more, because it doesn't seem fair to fault them for the fact that I can't understand well enough, but alas... it did make the experience less enjoyable.
8/10
The one thing this show has going for it is that this premise has never really been done before, or at least so rarely that it's slipped through my radar.
The main characters are all very likable. however, the way this show frames the villain's arch is a little much. She was groomed from a young age to be manipulative and vindictive by her mother, sure, but to jump to homicidal over a man? I don't see it. Nothing about her personality made that believable.
Beyond her, though, this show is a wholesome story about how an overly nice kid wins the heart of the most liked person in school through deserts. Okay, maybe that SOUNDS like Until We Meet Again but it's not. lmao.
6/10
It was a little difficult for me to follow this story and I really only stayed on board because I love Aom's smile and it was nice to see him playing an easygoing person like this.
The time travel / parallel universe aspect of this show made it a little hard to comprehend and not because the theory itself was too far out there, It was just the lack of explaining where in each timeline we were at the time and who was who that made it feel muddy.
This type of storytelling can be done really well, and I understand that they wanted a bit of that confusion so you had no idea who the murderer was, but I knew exactly who it was from episode one so maybe that was why the entire show confused me. Maybe if I watched it trying to guess who the killer was, I would have been less lost than trying to piece together how the fuck we get to the point where THAT person tries to kill THAT person, even if it was an alternate reality version of them... it made no sense. lmao.
Also, can I just say that whoever is currently managing Fluke needs to be fired? Whatever lip gloss brand deal he has needs to go, and whoever they have doing his hair needs to be fired. Because he looked like a very wet mannequin wearing a terrible wig and that's annoying AF when he's so damn cute.
7/10
This two episode short teeters between BL and Bromance. There isn't much content to review with it being as short as it is either.
It's a quick binge and it's fairly cute if you can stomach the bullying. I, personally, am instantly turned off from any show that has even the slightest amount of it.
4/10
I was really excited about this show when the trailer came out and it was not as good as I thought it would be. Mainly just because the story wasn't really anything new. Slow-burn romance isn't really my personal favorite. The side couples had no chemistry. The uncles annoyed the hell out of me. I honestly, could go on...
All that aside the show wasn't terrible and I really did like Mork and Tawan. I was rooting for them the entire time.
7/10
This is exactly what a retelling/companion story SHOULD be.
This is what "Check Out" was missing. It's what "LBC2" did completely wrong. When you have a show, and you're going to expound upon the story and add details from the other person's perspective, I totally understand that it's a challenge and filming things to be EXACT is hard. This show isn't filmed as seamlessly as "Between Us", but its story is absolutely perfect.
Every unanswered question from "En of Love: Love Mechanics" is answered here and instead of just being completely mad at Vee the entire time, you end up very empathetic. Though I still think he deserved everything that happened, the reasoning behind it wasn't "fuck you, Vee" it was "this is happening because you can't properly communicate with ANYONE and you just want to make everyone comfortable all the time. Speak up."
Mark is *chef's kiss*. He's kind, caring, and adorable until he gets fucked over and then he's just as perfectly cold and sassy as ever. I love him in every aspect of his being, and I need to find a little squish like him to spoil forever.
Anyways. I have no complaints about this show. This is not going to make it to my revised top 2022 list of BLs, but it has a special place in my heart.
9.5/10
