The Miracle of Teddy Bear (2022)

Heavy on the Drama, Light on the BL

Where to start? I have a love - hate relationship with this show. It was very heavy on the drama side with issues such as mental illness, guilt, plots of attempted murder, and more.

On the BL side it was heavy on the disapproval of parents to the point of violence and lots of sadness.

The 2 main male leads had a deep connection and love, but there were so many "almost" kisses that I felt a bit deflated at times.

The story was exceptional in that it held my interest throughout, and despite some of the things I didn't like, there was more that I did like.

Lot's of complaints in the reviews about the ending - which I agreed with those complaints. Not a high rewatch value for me.

Leia Mais

This BL is extremely heart warning!

To be honest I watched it bc of the good reviews..and since it’s nowadays rare to find a worthy watch BL I gave it a try. Until the last episode I freaking enjoyed it.

By my opinion the story could have been a little shorter, there were completely unnecessary scenes.

Also I understand it’s hard to act out a gay character, but it really could have more love full scenes.

Otherwise the acting was on point, they casted talented actors. I hope I’ll see them in other BL series too.

Anyways be aware you probably gonna cry your eyes out at the end. Tissues are welcomed, also your time shouldn’t be budgeted. It will take long, but it is worth to watch.

Leia Mais

Loved and Expected

I enjoyed the series from start to finish. It gave me reasons to cry as well as laugh. I loved and expected the ending once I realized how Tofu was linked to Tarn. I understand that some people may be disappointed with the ending, but I don't believe it could have gone any other way. When the Teddy Bear was running through the streets and hiding from the dog in the final episode, it was a bit comedic. I kept thinking "Didn't anyone see that?" I gave it a 9.5 instead of a 10 because Jan just seems to vanish and Tarn takes over her house. You don't know if she was punished or what happened to her. I'm relieved that everyone ended up happy and that I wasn't left crying at the end. Even Phrippri found her own Tofu.

Leia Mais

Too much drama

I dont know how to write a review this is my first drama to write a review
Its my opinion on this series :
I dont know what writer was thinking, i really hate nut character no matter how many times taohu approch nut he throws away him like used tissue.
That was the first thing i really hated and second thing is bad ending for someone it would be a good end because of first love taohu was the one who cleared all the difficulties from everyone in this series but in the end he died. First i thought it was not a good one and after that i realize nut doesn't deserve taohu's love because in the end when taohu died next minute he(nut) started to date tarn but in past when taohu appeared nut tortures taohu becuase of his first love and his family so i think this is the good end for a dumb character(nut) in this whole series nut is the worst character not even less than jan.

Leia Mais

Not other like "light typical BL series"

Im not typical who watch BL, I only watch several, and watch it just for seeing the actor lol but I can see the different from each stories. MOTB is different. They bravely showing some social issues despite this series is a fiction typical. They also rising some family issues, which is so good i think. All the actors (for the lead especially) they incredibly portrayed the role so well. Sometimes it has lot of fun scenes, other time you gonna be so hurt seeing painful scenes. Its worth rewatch only for the cute scenes imo hahaha but over all it indeed have a good message.

Leia Mais

I am in tears TnT

I would recommend watching this if you are okay with major angst. This seems to be light at first but turns dark soon. But I still love the concept and the cast. I wanna protect Tofu with all my heart❤❤❤

Really this was so different from all the light BL genres. This was wholesome and had its fair share if angst. This highlighted the trouble of lgbtq members and also how gender roles are casted by the society. It dealt with so many serious topics and executed them flawlessly.

The acting was so good that it made me love some actors by all my heart and hate some as well. This magical comedy angst story would literally be one of the best bls I have watched. The concept may not be realistic but the message it portrays is so true.

The ost and the intro never fails to make my heart flutter. Overall I wouldn't wanna rewatch it as it would make me cry for hours lol but yeah I will always come back for those cute scenes between Nut and Tofu.

Leia Mais

Beware of the ending ( Spoiler!!!!)

I loved the drama for all the reasons you read in other reviews. So I won't write about the things I liked. I will make a review based on the last episode.
We get to know the characters, we get to love them especially the two main characters so WHY?? i found this ending awful, sad heartbreaking!! the character Tofu we like just dies and comes back as a teddy bear: the worst end ever, for several reasons: Tofu was happy to become a human to be able to help others, to interact with them. He got to really love Nut ,and after all the good things tofu has done, he is "sentenced" to watch his lover and his rival " together! I would rather he was dead! really.
Other things as well, in the last episode as well: Nut tells tarn " in my heart i married you a long time ago" What? Has Tofu ever been there??
moreover is Tarn's place his aunt's house in which Tofu died?? How come they can come to that place???
a bit angry with the end, it's like everything from the beginning has been erased..
However, the first 15 episodes are very good. Stop there if you don't want to be disappointed.

Leia Mais

The tragedy of a Teddy Bear, that's what the series should have been called.

To be honest, I was actually expecting a fluffy romance judging from the title and sypnosis but no its actually more than that. This series, dive in more into the story, real life hardships, mental diseases, society and peer pressure. It was a really wonderful series. The story was really good, the way it handle the story telling, characters, and romance was wonderful. The suspense and the mystery was good. When you thought that, this might be the answer its actually not. It made 1 and 30 mins fell like 20 mins. That's how good it is. The cast, was just *chef kiss*. No cringy acting, all did their characters justice. The way we could distinguish who was who when twin came into the story was good. You can know just how the way they act. The music was ok to me. The reason that my rewatch value is low because of the ending. The way they made the ending just left a bad taste in mouth. I have no issue with bad ending if its done right but this was just not it. Tofu was how I feared was just an object or plot device to fix Nut. They made it clearly in the story that he was just made for Tarn's love and Nut's memories. So is he not his own person? cause they made it clear by the way Nut told Tofu that is own person. So why did Tofu had to go when everything else is fixed. Like in the last episode, he died. I was sad but I would have come into terms with it. But no, they pulled the most obnoxious thing ever. They Tofu into a bear again....I don't how he didn't get cremated and escaped without any burned marks when the coffin was shut tight and I don't think he could break it with his teddy bear arms but that aside, it was just bad. They gave me false hope that Tofu might go back to being a human again. and the end like omg the end, Nut was back with Tarn again. And I don't know the time cause they didn't specify but its still too fast. This just means that Nut was never over for his love for Tarn. Sure having him as a good memory is a good thing but actually still loving him you got to be kidding me. I would have been more happy if Nut was with someone else. But not tarn, no matter how good he was, having him as endgame was just fucking stupid. and now they are also getting married and if the knife was still not deep enough to hurt my heart, they took it out, stab me again, took a fencing sword too and a thousand knife, stab me in the heart again, took my heart out and throw it in the floor and danced on it. They fucking made Tofu still alive to see this, but now he can't do anything. He just has to sit there and watch Nut being happy with his life without him and the fucking audacity they shoved us down our throat that Tofu was fine with. Bitch how would he or anyone be fine with this. It would have been better if Tofu disappeared, why did they have to do this? To be honest, this could have been a 10/10 series for me, if it was not for the last episode. Cause everything else is just perfect.

Leia Mais

Can't believe I cried because of a Teddy Bear

I’m writing this right after finishing the last episode. It’s a very bittersweet sensation to be “happy” that the couple you’ve been following for 15 episodes of 90 minutes doesn’t end up together, even though they are perfect for each other.

Once we had the confirmation of the connection between Tofu and Tarn, I knew this would not be a happy ending. As much as I loved Tofu, I was 100% sure the show would not let Tarn stay in a coma or die. This was never about the love story between Tofu and Nut. They never really had a chance. And that’s how I’m choosing to take this finale. I don’t have Tarn nor do I think him and Nut are a bad fit. I truly believe they are great for each other. I just don’t care much about him. We barely got to know the real Tarn, since we mostly know about him from Nut’s memories and point of view. So, he’s kinda of the perfect flawless guy. Nut always saw him as being perfect, being the polar opposite to Nut’s home life. I know, it’s true that Tofu was also kinda the perfect guy too, right until the end.

I thought Jan trying to poison Tofu would be a huge red flag. It was so obvious once the scene started. I was very surprised by that actually being how he dies. I knew he’d die in the episode, just as he did, but I expected that he’d die literally protecting someone from a bullet or a car trying to run someone over. He actually had a very, very sad death. And to make matters worse, we did not see that he got any justice. Sure, Saen was arrested, but we don’t know what happened to him. We also can’t forget that Jan was actually the killer. It looks like her punishment was losing Saen and Tarn waking up. The TRD lady got even less, the only think was that her project was stopped for good.

I’m happy that teddy bear Tofu came back in the end. I also love his scenes as a teddy bear running from the dog and reuniting with Nut. Them being together is the true happy ending of the show. Tofu will get the hugs and will be able to stay close to Nut. Gen and Song have their happy ending too, with both families both on board. BTW, Gen’s parents definitely earned a spot in the best parents in BLs. Nut’s mom does not, but he also missed the selection for worst moms [that actress being the mom of a BL protagonist is always a bed sign…]. If you really think about it, Na was responsible for everything bad that happened. At least, she was nice to Tofu.

I think 90 minute episodes was a bold choice. Airing three consecutive days also meant that a lot of people probably dropped the show because you don’t have time to catch up between airings. I know a lot of people that only restarted watching after the show was done, so they could do it at their own pace. Most episodes had a good flow. But, the amount of flashbacks annoyed me a bit, specially the ones centered around Na, Saen, Jan and Sib. I feel like we got flashback after flashback of the same things happening with them. The flashbacks centered around Saen at school were better.

Overall, The Miracle of Teddy Bear was a good show. I do think 16 episode of 90 minutes are a bit heavy, but that might be a bit selling point for people that like korean dramas. That aspect, plus the way this show is structured, makes this series more closely related to a kdrama than a regular thai BL. The cast is amazing and the chemistry is great. The acting highlight is obviously the dog. I’m glad he got his happy ending too.

PS: I find it really weird that not a single person thinks it’s weird for Tarn to open a studio right in the same living room where Tofu was murdered recently.

Leia Mais

How to create a Greek tragedy in 16 steps OR JK! We're still homophobes.

Everything about this show is almost flawless.
The photography is fantastic, the storytelling progresses well.
Editing and styling wise this is a beautiful show.

But, and this is a massive issue with the show, they try to downplay some very dark themes of as cute.
Anyone that has had some serious trauma in their life should stay far from this show. It will mess you up.

The show needs so many trigger warnings! It checks all the boxes. We have assault, homophobia, murder, familial violence and finally the big one. Suicide.

The marketing for this show was done wrong.
Even the poster implies a different ending. There is no Tarn in sight.
This should never have been a gay romance, instead it should just have been a statement on Thai society, period.
The love story between Tofu and Nut should never have been explored.

Tofu is in my opinion the only main character, anyone else is secondary.
We get to know each character as Tofu breaks the fourth wall and tells their stories.
We cry with him, sympathize with him. Get our hearts broken with him.

But then this show does the unthinkable, it leaves the main Character with no choice but to commit suicide.

It does not give him room to move, it does not give the viewer any respite from the fact that this character needs to die.

Although a lot of people does not see his actions as suicide, the fact the he KNOWINGLY does something with the intend to die is the definition of suicide.

None of the previous fifteen episodes with all its violence and dark themes prepares you for the writer's need to change the lovable teddy bear into a martyr.

We then have the show glorify this character's death as heroic, and it has the audacity to think that the character we grow to love is nothing but an inanimate object anyway so what's the problem?

We are treated to social commentary and themes of recovery but this all gets nullified by the choice the writer forces on the character.

According to the director, Tofu is 'other' and 'lesser'. The director's even goes so far as to say he should not exist, and this is why he cannot be with Nut, Tarn is the end goal because he is human.

This is a contradiction to the series theme and message.

It is the way LGBT people are seen and made to feel, and to have Tofu actually die out of a sense of guilt is not what the show is trying to tell for 15 episodes.

Be warned, this is a dark show. It is not fluffy, it pretends to be, but it spirals into darkness in the last few episodes and though it tries to get away with a cute ending, it cannot get away from the fact that none of it's characters will ever recover from the trauma dealt to them.

You cannot get away with Nut's character going through so much trauma in his life, that he will eventually recover.
He cannot, he is left with the knowledge that Tofu was signaling him that he was going to die.
The show doubles down on this when they bring Tofu back as a sentient Teddy Bear again.

And ye gads! They actually include a scene that is more at home in a horror movie, and try to play it of as cute.

Leia Mais

Good series over all.

I loved this series and felt like the ending was very mature and realistic to the plot. The series was well acted and the story was amazing. The idea was super unique and refreshing. The plot on the character were amazing too and explored to their full potential. It wasn't just characters with no backstory.

Every character had a mature act around situations which made it bareable to watch. The ending was very mature like I said, and was something I think had to be done to make a more realistic ending to things, As Tofu was mare but a teddy bear.

10/10 would recommend.

Leia Mais