TharnType: A série (2019)

Im usually a lurker on here using it as a means to organize my BL dramas but I felt so compelled to write my first ever review for this show. TharnType has easily made it's way to the top of my BL favorites. This show is packed with tons of cute soft moments from our main couple and I just die every single time. So if you're looking for some good BL content this is the one for you. There is a good amount of angst and fluff from the couple to keep things balanced. Speaking of the couple, I love them to bits! Now I'm not saying they're perfect (for reason's I'll get to in a moment) but the acting from Mew and Gulf really shines and I need them to do more projects together because the chemistry my lordt it was great!

For the story, while I will admit that I didn't watch from the very beginning (actually came in around ep 4/5) I like how the couple ends up and they feel real compared to other BL couples I've experienced. I like how they actually take the time to talk out some of their problems (such as Type being a selfish jerk at times and not taking Tharn's feelings into consideration) and actually working through them like adults, unlike some BL couples who take minor issues and BLOW them way out of proportion. Type's character develop is DEFINITELY my favorite thing in the show. If I'm not wrong I believe I saw that this was Gulf's first BL role and again knocked it out the park. You can never go wrong with having a cold heart Tsundere type falling in love and becoming so naturally soft. It was an interesting to see the homophobe turn into....well a homo lol. My only thing with the show was how they handled to more heavy topic of sexual assault. Now for me BL content isn't meant to be taken that seriously (especially when you have anime like Dakaichi) but, if we're gonna bring up something so sensitive, highlight it, and make it a key component of a character, then I want it to be handled with care. I don't wanna go too far into the subject but all I'll say is Tharn is lucky that Type didn't out right kill him in the beginning for for advances considering how Type is both a victim of assault from a gay man plus he was very homophobic. I love Tharn and I love Type but the first couple of episodes were a bit cringe and made Tharn come off a bit creepy. That's the only reason I couldn't give the story a 10/10...now the acting that's different.

Like I just said, for this to be Gulf's first BL acting gig he did good. He did so well bringing the character to life even down to the little expressions. Even during that argument I mentioned above, when Tharn calls Type out on his behavior, you can see Type's face go wtf for a second as if he's thinking "damn and I really like that? I guess I can be a bit much". That sparks change in him and he tries to be a bit more considerate and genuinely starts to change for Tharn. You can literally see Type's shift in his personality from those minor details. He starts to smile more, he becomes a bit more vulnerable and open to expressing his love, and overall he becomes happier. Easily one of my new fav BL actors. Speaking of the acting, did I mention how great the chemistry is between Mew and Gulf. This pair is seriously a match made in heaven. Too many times there is this awkwardness between couples that makes any intimate interaction feel cringe and forced but NONE of that here. Mew and Gulf took the time to get super comfortable outside the set I'm sure and I would assumed they practiced practiced practiced because that kiss scene (you know the one), best kiss scene from a BL hands down, fight me about it. If they ever get paired together again as leads, it's gonna be an instant watch for me because I just can't get enough of MewGulf.

Sorry if it was a bit wordy. Overall, I seriously enjoyed this show and I love how the universe of TharnType is tied into other shows I've seen and now makes me want to go back and rewatch my other fav series Love By Chance. I didn't realize until about half way through that TharnType are characters I've met before just played by different characters. I believe this is a cute show for both casual viewers and huge fans for the genre. Good fluff, a perfect amount of angst, good chemistry, good storyline, good character development...outside of that one thing I have no complaints. Would definitely recommend this series!

Leia Mais

An enigma

This review is quite difficult to write, mainly because the story has some "flaws" that only westerners would consider flaws.

For example, they are violent, there is rape and there are convoluted plots, some of which are only moved on by rape. Additionally, both leads are grade-A assholes to each other - or at least that's how WE, westerners, perceive it.

Thailand has very different social norms, comparatively. It isn't at all unheard of to joke about rape, give blunt (sometimes uncaring sounding) answers, and to be selfish like the characters can appear. But that's not a slight on the characters, but more the issue with Thailand as a whole, and with the "rape/internalised homophobia" that could very well be a situation in Thailand with how that culture is. Not to mention the stigma of all BL novels or manga in any asian culture that rape and exes and jealousy are sure to bring.

The story is better than the first half gives it credit.
Wait until they leave the dorms before you decide to drop this series. The actors are phenomenal, and I have never seen better chemistry on screen except for "Addicted" which was on par. Some characters I barely recognised when they played such brilliant emotions, and that really is the crux of why I gave it a 10. You can really FEEL the characters emotions, and many times, I felt myself reminiscing back to my past love life and feeling connections to the characters on screen.

I also have to quickly mention that I appreciate how the actors had a lot of kinship, kissed multiple times, had "sex" multiple times and had the discussion about who was on top or bottom of the dynamic.

I think this would be a brilliant show to rewatch, purely because you can ignore the angst on a rewatch and enjoy the fluff.

Finally, this doesn't have to be watched in order. I started with this series, and haven't watched anything else to do with Love by chance etc. But I still understood it well, and appreciate the story.

Leia Mais

Story is the key. That's it. A beautiful story with great acting from actors. Some may say this series has some abuse or violence but I felt it's completely ok according to the story. Acting is fantastic. I always feel a bit lacking with actors in most of the series but here both leads r competing with each other in acting which resulted in great outcome. OST is another plus point. It shows us the leads emotions. Supporting actors done a very gd job especially Techno. Lhong is an innocent villain who had done everything but we don't know by looking at his face. Overall this series is 100+. Must watch.

Leia Mais

honestly, i liked it.

might contain spoilers

i honestly really liked this series. i get the some-what abusive(ish)
behavior coming from type as he hits, kicks, and strikes tharn a
lot.
im not too sure why everyone doesnt like this series too much.
the huge plot twist with lhong really got me. i wasnt expecting
that. i knew from the start what lhong had some sort of liking
towards tharn that wasnt just as bestfriends. i really do feel bad for
lhong though i really do like tharn and type together, lhong just
kinda got thrown to the side a little. ( like type says ) the acting in
this was really good, actually. i felt the feelings that the actors felt
during this. the break up really got to me. overall, great series.
will definitely be watching again in the future.

Leia Mais

Not worth the watch

Just like everyone else I started watching this series because of how catchy ep 1 & 2 was. I was wrong for keeping watching this series, as I completely missed out the wrongs and bads.


1. STORY/ACTING

I'm gonna honest and say that this series is romanticizing sexual assualt, which is 1000% wrong to do so. Already in the first episodes we had Tharn who thought it was a good idea to kiss and leave hickeys on Type, without conset, and on top of that,, he was cleary drunk? You really gotta be smart to be that dumb. This is straight upborderline sexual assault, a serious topic that never were discussed.

2. NOT HANDLING MENTAL ILLNESS WELL

In of the episodes, we see Type opening up to Tharn, where he talk about him being raped as a 11 year old. The way Tharn behaved toward Type was very problematic, and clearly he didn't respect Type boundaries. As someone opening up his traumas/PTSD, the first thing YOU SHOULDN'T DO is hug that person. There must be other ways to help him out
Type was already struggling as it is, and he didn't need anything to top up the trauma he went through. A very bad way to portrait a gay character.

3. ROMANTICIZING TOXIC BEHAVIOURS

As Tharn and Types characters developed, I honestly thought we would see some progression in their relationship. I thought that, now that they've become a couple, they would open up to each other and solve their problems between them. But oh well, I was wrong. And not to mention Type hitting Tharn, not once but twice, when he confessed in front of Tharns childhood "friend". And then they proceed to move over to the "steamy scenes"?
It was very confusing to watch, and I was very confused - I was thinking to myself, should I like this couple or not?
Tharn pushes the next boundary without conset and then gets mad when Type is upset? (Was that supposed to be innocent acting or..?)
After Type admits that they are something more than friends, Tharn convinces him to go out into public and drink, then within the next minute he kisses him IN PUBLIC without asking, something Type wasn't ready for.
The same goes for Type. He was a complete asshole and really was way too impulsive and had close to zero redeeming qualities. I failed to see why I should cheer for him and his happiness when I simply did not like him as a human being.

4. WHAT I LIKED

I must admit, I found the fluffy cute scenes between them cute. But the rest, I literally skipped it all and cringed very bad. The writing and the scripting WAS HORRIBLE. The director must be new to all this, and I am hoping he did a better job now that Tharntype 2 is coming out this week.
Surpringsly, I lived for the OST. Till this day it's a BOP.

5. OVERALL

Not worth the watch at all. Would I consider rewatching it? Absolutely not! Let's hope season 2 is something I can watch lol

Leia Mais

Major spoiler alert

How the fuck is Lhong not in jail?!
I don't care if his parents didn't love him enough, he paid people to rape a kid, for fuck sake.
I can't believe how everyone is scared to talk about Love By Chance because that's problematic, but they're all fine with all this crap happening and then the characters making it about Tharn who sufferd cause he's got broken up with. A kid got raped, filmed and blackmailed and the asshole who did it didn't even pay for it and I should pity Tharn?
And I swear I don't search for politically correctness in dramas, I don't care if a relationship isn't the healthiest in fiction, I have thick skin for this kind of stuff, but this made me so mad.
Lhong is a dangerous psycopath, just go to the fucking police, idiots

Leia Mais

Tharntype The Series has definitely become one of top favorite BLs. If I hadn't watch this show wouldn't had know Gulf was such an amazing actor he will definitely have a bright future ahead. And Mew improved so much as well as the show progresses. It opened my eyes into seeing different way Bl is taking into prospective its not the typical hate then love situation. It's more of understanding the character and understanding why the person is like the way he is. And how that character could love that person and how that person can change to be better. At first I was really trigged by Type cause he was so hot tempered but after a while I understood why he was the way he is and he's doing it out of love for the person he cares about the most. Tharn I understand why now you would love a person like Type cause in the end he really cares about you even though his personality is something not everyone likes u are the only person who understands him the most. For all the anti’s out there I hope they give this show a second chance I know a couple people who follow me are against the show cause of the plot and the first couple of episodes. But as the show continues you understand the character and why they are the way they are.

Leia Mais

When I first saw the trailer for this I was hooked. I don't know if its the fact that they both are very handsome or my deep love for Bl. Maybe both I don't know.

STORY- 9.5/10
The story was amaazing except for the last episode. Type hating gays (we all know he was gonna ask for the d sooner or later) only to find himself falling inlove with Tharn. The openly gay (fine as f***) guy on campus. The episodes were great (especially that shower scene and the ice scene) I felt stuff I didn't feel before. Why am I crying? MOVING ON

ACTING CAST- 10/10
Bless these fine young men

MUSIC- 10/10
I have the ost's on my phone. Literally embarrassing myself trying to sing them( in public may I add) which never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

REWATCH VALUE_- HELL TO THE FUDGING YES
This is on my rewatch list after I finish my exams in June cause I can binge watch the whole thing and be able to cry myself to sleep without thinking about next week's episode.

Leia Mais

Well, well, I see that the reviews are polarising a lot in this case. I will try not to be influenced by any of those I have read.

First of all: Wow! I did absolutely not see this stunning finale coming. At the beginning I had my reservations and the finale did not manage to cover all of the initial flaws of the series, but it's still above average and definitely a good watch (first series I binge-watched, btw, beginning from ep. 8).

The flaws cannot be overlooked and must be pointed out:
- Of the two main characters, I did not feel like Tharn was completely convincing. He seemed very unstable, went from very confident and heavy line-crossing (in a bad way) to extremely insecure and easily manipulable.
- Related to this first point: it is undeniable that within the first couple of episodes there were definitely non-consensual things happening. It's not made completely clear how far Tharn went, but it definitely was too far.
- Also related: the overall "tone" in the first four or so episodes was off. Comedic elements and erotic parts all did not mix well with the very serious child abuse trauma Type had suffered and his violent homophobia as a result of that. I was really frustrated with the directors at some point.
- Something seemed to be wrong with the editing in this series, especially in the first half, leaving unexplainable gaps between scenes. Could have been intentional, but then it's definitely a style of editing I do not like; it seemed to be based on airtime and budget requirements. Later on it sometimes made sense, when they were playing with the viewers' knowledge of things vs. the characters' knowledge.
- There were several inconsistencies between episodes that drove me mad, but in the end didn't matter much for the story. By that I mean little things the characters were telling each other in one episode and then had apparently completely forgotten in the next one.
- The "Three years later" part with Love by Chance crossover was unnecessary imo, especially because the different actors make it a bit difficult to make the connections between the two series. Should have just kept them apart.
- I was sad that they forgot to bring up Khom, Type's gay childhood friend, again. At least an explaining phone call by Type would have been enough. But I guess they already had too many characters to keep an eye on.

Except for my second point above, none of the "flaws" I listed could eventually stop me from giving this 9*.
- Type's character development (or maybe his non-development) was great, I could sympathise with him even with all of his flaws.
- The plot twists towards the end were extremely unexpected and led to an incredible mindgame of manipulations. I thought the drama in this series would be all like the very conventional part with P'San, but oh, I was so wrong. First I was shocked when it looked like Tar was going completely crazy; then of course Lhong made me completely speechless; and in the end I was very surprised again (now positively) when Type proved to be much cleverer than one might have thought.
- I can't say anything bad about any of the supporting cast, great job!
- The romance and the sexual moments both felt very real.
- Even with such an incredibly messed-up villain, none of the characters was completely unlikable in the end. Great job, again!

I will definitely not easily forget this series. A big thank you to everyone involved!

Leia Mais

You have to watch it until the end!

This is one of those dramas that you have to watch until the end or you’ll hate it. I was very hesitant about watching this due to the homophobia coming from the main character but I enjoyed this more than I thought I would! This drama honestly isn’t for everyone but it’s definitely worth a watch.

They took a more mature route for this drama and I loved it. The chemistry between mew and gulf was ridiculous. Mew looked at Gulf like he was the only one in the world and I adored it. The kissing scenes were more than enough. They definitely didn’t lack any of that.

I went through about 50 different emotions watching this it seems. Usually when there’s so much drama going on in the next to last episode, the last episode is pure trash, but that wasn’t the case for this! I’ve never cried, been felt with rage and gushed over a main couple as much as I have in this drama. It will make you smile and also pull at your heart strings. You’ll be coo’ing over tharn & type one minute and crying the next.

The music was good, nothing special. I adored the theme song. Everything was perfect. The only thing I didn’t like was how Type looked at homosexuals as if they have a disease but luckily he changed. This drama was amazing and I’d definitely rewatch it on like a rainy, inside kind of day or just for fun.

If you don’t like homophobia I do not recommend this to you because you’ll get pissed off especially if you absolutely despise it. But I definitely recommend this to anyone who likes actual chemistry between the main couple and wants to watch something good!

Leia Mais