The Miracle of Teddy Bear (2022)

It's completely different from usual BL Thai drama

I have seen a lot of BL drama, and to be honest most of Thai BL drama are teen oriented so the stories are cute, lovely which is great....but when I first heard about this i wasn't even planning to watch it, i thought it is so typical...a fantasy teddy come alive....
Then suddenly i don't know why when episode 2 was released it first came to my suggestion list in Netflix...and i was very skeptical but i was like why not I'll stop watching if not good.......and my journey started and it ended with the story it self with their last episode....
I loved everything about it....it can't fall under one or two genre.....it started with fantasy then mystery continued with comedy, drama, family trauma, sociological issue, phycological effect, romance, thriller, heartbreak....everything I might not even cover......I loved the whole journey...…I cried my eyes out in the end....and i am still angry with the ending....even though i understand where they where coming from Tofu is a fantasy that can't be part of reality.....but i just can't accept it.....the whole journey ended with no one knowing who he was and what he did and suffered and how much he sacrificed......even in the ending when he was drinking poison he was understanding...and was thinking......that was what had to happen......Tofu deserved happy ending..........
The only reason for me to give the Rewatch Value 8.5 is even though i would love to watch it again i won't be able to relive with the ending as my eyes are already swollen from crying

Leia Mais

it's a waste if you won't watch the ending ?

it is a good series to watch but it's ending was so unexpected and such a lovely twist for all of the characters were so well played and until the ending i loved it , but the fact that he is going to marry his first love got me heartbroken it is my personal thinking because tofu himself wants him to not stuck in the past let him move on. it's okay ( Gwenchana Gwenchana) ?? overall it's a worth watching. the creativity of the writers to make things lively was the best part, ❤️❤️❤️ I'm jealous of Judo( Tatarn ) he was a support role but he got nut in the end ??? since his presence was the for the origin of tofu I'll let him slide

Leia Mais

Heartbreak feels good in a series like this.

The Miracle of Teddy Bear is a bit intense for a Thai BL drama. For instance, an hour and a half per episode? Are you kidding me! But. BUT! It did perfectly fine with such a long run time per episode. It didn’t have a lot of nonsense void fillers that would have been riddled with ads (Looking at you, Love Sick 2).

So the series, being an hour and a half per episode, really had me in a choke hold. I was so invested per episode probably because of the long run time, and the fact that it didn’t really use any of its run time with unnecessary scenes. As a result, I really got to feel the emotional gravity of each character, from Nut’s mom’s mental illness, to that annoying girl Phrippri who for some reason after pining over boys who happen to be gay ends up, or is heavily implied, with a girl! So, going back to my point, the long run time of each episode and the mix of a sort of complicated story was just an amazing experience. Again, I have to reiterate, such a unique experience coming from a Thai BL.

The story was quite… special? Out Tofu is a beloved teddy bear of our dear Nut that somehow turns into a human. Just like magic, I know! But that random and loose end of that meteor passing by in episode 1 was such a strange and wasted storyline. They could have literally just removed it, because it had no relation to the whole story. But I’ll digress. The story had a lot of facets to it. From abusive parents, mental illness, Thai politics all the way to a woman fetishizing gay men, it was such a rollercoaster of a story.

The ending, even if it was still an hour and a half, a bit of a mess? Right off the bat, hot pink for a poisoned drink? I LOVED IT! AND! Can you frame a last goodbye any better? At that point, we all knew our bb Tofu was going to die! Though, I find it a bit curious that Tofu says that the miracle is actually his impending death. So sad!
Also, I’ll never get over the amount of emotional trauma Nut has gone through all his life culminating in Tofu’s death! He deserves that happily ever after. Lastly! Tarn’s art studio is the place for Tofu got poisoned? No one’s gonna talk about that? He literally was dying on the floor of the scene in the studio. Amazing.

At the end of it all, the highlight for me was the not so subtle commentary on Thai politics. Also, as a gay person, I just really want to say, straight people are the worst. Oh, my God, it all stemmed from them. But at least it ended all gay. GAY RIGHTS!

Some humans can be the worst of us, but somehow a teddy bear was more human than most of us.

Heartbreak feels good in a series like this.

Leia Mais

Different, deep but HEARTBREAKING

I'll try to express my thoughts as best as I can consider english is not my main language but its easier for me to use it in this context.

At the very start I thought I might not have like this show this much because of the fantasy in it, I'm more of a reality based stories's girl and I did not like to much the idea of a teddy bear becoming human, but as time passed I've literally fallen in love with the character of Tofu. I did not know Inpitar (the actor behing Tofu) before this show and I found out he's an amazing actor, I loved his acting and I loved the goodness of Tofu.

At the start Nut was not my favorite character since he came out on screen very rude and most times also way too bad to his mother. The way he treats her sometimes went way over what's acceptable in my opinion and if that was reality and not a show I'm not sure I'd accepted to forgive his attitude. I mean, the story explains to us why Nut is like that to his mother and the relationship between them, but still... you can leave her and the house, you do not need to be so violent. Though in the end if we can pass over that initial part you'll learn to empathize with him and be sorry for what he had to go trough while growin up. No kids should ever grown up in such an enviroment.

I'm not a fan of flashbacks in books or movies and this series had a bit too many for me. Though would have been impossible to undertsand the story without them so you sort of deal with this director decision. I still must admit there were way too many and especially with Tarn.. they showed soo much of his past relationship which was not needed to undertsand it and Nut's past.

I think the story was written to show a lot of Nut and Tarn past to make the viewers more attached to Tarn which you'll need to be to not hate the end too much. If you start felling bad for Tarn and Nut and for the fact they loved each other and couldn't be together you'll sort of start feeling sad for them and accept Tarn character a bit more.

When you find out that Tarn is in a coma and the only way for him to ever wake up is for Tofu to disappear, you start knowing that probably a bad end will come soon. You start thinking that the logical end (uluckily) its the one where Tarn (Nut's hige first love) lives and wakes up while Tofu goes back to be a teddy bear (since in real life teddy bears cant be human, the circle of his MIRACLE needs to end). You start thinking of the title, the word miracle and you understand the miracle will have an end and the miracle is that Tarn's LOVE brought Tofu to life. So could they really let him die? When Tofu existence as a human was connected to Tarn's love for Nut...???

Deep inside, you still have hope though that they'll let you have your happy ending in the very end, but NO. NO WAY.
In the last episode they not only decide to make Tofu go back to being a teddy bear, NO. They decided ti KILL him and make him going thorugh the huge PAIN of being poisoned (which we all know its not for sure a painless death). We see his life slowly leave him and we see his heart stop forever and then, we CRY. We do not have any alteratives than crying so bad, so much til the end of the show.

Because not just only he dies, but then he go back being a teddy bear and Nut go back marrying Tarn. We see Tofu having to spend the rest of his life looking at Tarn and Nut together (which in my opinion was a weird choice). They made it look like Tofu was so happy that they are back together and he's so happy he brought them back to each other and also he's so happy to be able to be by Nut's side forever just as 'simple' teddy bear... but wait a minute.. really?? Tofu LOVED Nut so much and he was so jealous as well of Tarn.. so how come that at the end he was just this happy theddy bear to accept stay there forever seeing the other two so in love??? Plus.. they give you SENTENCES and moments between Tofu the bear and Nut the last 10 minutes of thw show in which it looks like that Nut surely knows that Tofu the bear is the same as Tofu the human and he still loves him... cuddle him... and says he'll love him forever (which is a bit weird as a vibe. He gave me the vibe of one with two love at the same time).

At the end the show talked about very important matters for LGBTQ+ community and for parents influence in kids future, it was a great cast and acting. The story was beaituful and I enjoyed it overall but I did not like that end. I cried way too much and Tofu's death was something at today, almost a week after the last ep, I still can't accept. I feel sad if I think about it and I keep thinking Nut and Tofu deserved to be happy together forever. You can tell me the end was logical, that it must have been that way but NO... In my heart the right end will always be Nut and Tofu married and happy for the rest of their life.

BYE

Leia Mais

A BL fantasy worth watching.

I've reached episode 10, so my ratings may change later after the series are completed, and may add a few more things to this review later.

I must say there are some episodes which seem to drag too long, and become somewhat boring (especially episode 8) but I'm still watching it. I've never seen the acting of the two main leads before, and they're really good. Job Tuchapon Koowongbundit was great acting as the temperamental, somewhat abusive and unlikeable, adult Nut, but wow what a change when he becomes the shy, insecure, teenage schoolboy Nut. In Sarin Ronnakiat played his role well as cute, sweet, curious Tofu, but then suddenly has a different body language when he becomes the cool, popular, (assumingly) straight basket ball athlete, Nueng.
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Ok, now I've completed watching this series and whew, it is both tiring and exciting for me. Watching a 16 x 90 minutes show was too long, but I somehow did not give up. When at first they said there were only 15 episodes, I was a bit surprised when I watched Episode 15, how come it did not seem to end? There were still mysteries that had to be answered, and yet it was made into a forced happy ending with the two main leads spending a holiday in a beach resort. But wait, how come they still have previews for the next episode? Surprise, surprise, it did turn out to be a 16-episode series like many others.

Now episode 15 for me was overwhelming. Too many twists and too many mysteries were unfold at the same time, and yet there were more that were not yet answered. The biggest question I had each time I saw each episode was: when is Tofu going to reveal that he IS Tofu the Teddy Bear? Tofu may have many questions in mind, but at least one thing he knows is that he was Nut's Teddy Bear. He could have told Nut earlier, but then maybe there wouldn't be much of a story if he did.

This was certainly a different kind of BL compared to the ones I've seen before. Yes, there were always family matters, but this one was more complex with issues of sibling rivalry, jealousy, having an abusive father and a weak mother with mental health problems, The story line also included workplace interactions, political activism, capitalism vs enviromentalism, and (attempted) murder. Yet all these matters were perfectly seamed into the story, without us have to think this is heavy stuff.

I loved both Job and In Sarin's acting. Job in particular, did a great job playing the role of an abusive, introverted guy with many traumatic experiences in the past. I give my thumbs up to both of them! The other supporting actors/actresses also played their roles really well. The ending was sad, very sad, but I knew that it would have to be that way, but final scenes made the ending also sweet at the same time. Love this series, but may have to wait a few months before I rewatch it.

Leia Mais

Depressing

Sad, sad, sad. Wasted 22.5 hours watching a depressing show. Nut used and abused Tofu. Tofu gave Nut true and beautiful love, support, and understanding when he needed it the most, and for what? I guess that life sometimes is not fair.
I won’t even bother watching the ending. I like to watch bl’s vs regular shows because they are uplifting and they bring happiness to a few minutes of my life. I guess no this time.
I would love for them to release the books ahead of time, so we would know what we are getting into before starting to watch something that we wont enjoy.
I guess depressing show for depressing times we live in.

Leia Mais

SI TIENES BUENA SALUD MENTAL VELA

Es una historia llena de mucho amor, dolor y estigmas sociales, que te lleva en cada episodio a querer saber más y creer en el amor siempre es fuerte e incondicional, pero si quieres mantener tu buena salud mental es mejor no verla porque rompe el corazón y la poca estabilidad mental, ya que no alecciona nada, solo perpetúa el clásico sacrificio sin sentido de las personas que en la realidad cae en algo enfermizo.

La historia debe ser tomada con pinzas porque no alecciona solo lastima, una lastima que tengamos aun en 2022 este tipo de historias que no reconfortan ni dejan creer en nada.

Leia Mais

Sweet but conflicted series with a mixed ending

This series has a genre fusion that is not very common, quite rare actually. This type of mystery story with a simple and sweet main lead tends to take the story in 2 different directions which makes the audience a bit confused.

From the start of the series, it felt as if the series won't have a proper happy ending as the non-existing love triangle was too complicated and it will be very difficult for the writers to solve it to have a proper happy ending.

Even with a complicated story, one thing I love about the series is how some of the things are presented, tofu's character definitely being one of them. Beautifully crafted.

Story & Direction:
I find the seed story to be too unrealistic. Even for something scifi, you need to give proper explanations of how it came into existence, till the final episode there were still so many questions unanswered, which was a bit too late. Teddy ability to talk to things in the house is unrealistic again, especially since he turned into a human.
When it comes to direction & editing, I think there are just too many flashbacks and many of them weren't timed properly.
Another thing is Nut's character, it always felt like Nut's character played 2 roles that were not merged properly. His angry role was a bit extreme, making him look like an a**hole in many scenes. However in some other scene when the character is supposed to be angry, he was presented in a comparatively calm manner making the angry extreme a bit illogical.
I really like that it's not based on university but more on the work environment.
Also, it felt as if Ken's character would have looked better without glasses.


What I liked:
* Non-University BL
* Beautifully Crafted character
* multiple episodes released per week
* not just focused on BL
* even though it's not a proper happy ending, I liked it

What I disliked
* only homosexual couples (at the end, another homosexual couple was added)
* dual nature of nut's character
* unrealistic scenes
* too many flashbacks

Leia Mais

Its hurts but it hurts for good

OMG tofu is so cute. I need a tofu in my life, actually we all need him. He is such a baby.
When i watched the 1st episode, i thought why this series has 1.5 hr running time and 16 episodes... How can a simple story be this much long.. but after watching some of the ep i can say that this series is too much complicated and so many stories to unlock. And if you guys love to watch mysterious series then its for you. After all i really hooked up to this series from the start because it was a different experience to me.
Firstly it was a fantasy drama plus it air thrice every week
plus it have 85-90 min running time.
Apart from that it portrait the real story of us.. how do we react to a situation and what we need from others, attention, care, and some family problems everything clearly portrayed here
These are the reasons why i was interested into this series (and now also)
This series is a rollercoaster ride through out from the start till the end. I loved the story but it's a little bit complex to understand at 1st
And especially all the songs are nice.
Acting of both the actors is marvellous mainly nat( not just them everyone nailed their character ). When nat gets angry even i get scared. Tofu is sweet as icecream.. loved him sooo much. Don't try to binge-watch, it is much better to watch ongoing. And the best part is its airing on Netflix.
Don't think abt the finale its the ri8 end to the series and little heartbroken but all the pieces are fixed at the end. And all of u who came here to watch a cute comedy series then its not for u . It will brok ur heart, tear ur soul and mainly you'll b happy and sad in every ep. This series is a master piece guys watch it

Leia Mais

DONT WATCH THIS SERIES ???

Now here’s the thing, the only good thing about this show was the damn dog and tofu. That’s it. Everything else was just a whole lot of wtf is going on and can we move on alr. Confusion after confusion just to give us the ending that would most likely cause everyone to lower their ratings. Personally, I would only recommend this show if you wanna get stop at ep 14 without checking any spoilers on the ending and just leaving it be. If not this is one can be skipped. Just watch YouTube snippets of the couples if you want the cute moments.
I hope there isn’t a season 2 or even a spin-off cause of the way things were left, season 2 would just create more confusion.
All in all this show has probably given us all the worst night ever. Hopefully, people read these reviews and stay well clear of this show.

Leia Mais

Understanding Nut's Character

Not All BL are about kissing, sex, and being Sweet all the time. Nut's attitude won't be able to understand by people who never experienced nor understand what he experienced as a child. I swear, I understand how you feel, but try to put yourself on his shoes. Believe me, there's a lot of gay men like Nut who suffered or even currently suffering from their parents' belief towards gay people. Understand the flow of the story and the characters the actors portray. I have a gay brother who is rebellious until today. My parents and him aren't talking for years now. I am the only one who understand him and able to talk to him. This BL really widens my understanding towards my brother. This BL gives us a product of wrong parenting, which is Nut. No doubt the production team decided to air this in Channel 3 where local people in Thailand can watch it, despite knowing they might receive negative feedbacks from older generation. For me the story teaches us the lesson, esp our parents, that what we think is right, is not always the best thing for our kids. BTW, there's a lot of gay couples out there who are having toxic relationships worst than Nut and Tofu. There's a lot of reason, and one of which is the same as Nut's. FYI.

Leia Mais