Meus Apenas 12% (2022)

Great series, I enjoyed it a lot

Definite spoilers in the second section below...

I liked this drama a lot, I binge watched this when I don't often do so. First off the actors did a great job. I think the casting was spot-on. I hope to see more of these actors in the future. I could *almost* believe they were 9th grade students. I liked that Seeiw could openly declare he was gay, that is an unusual event in a BL series. It was nice that Seeiw's friends accepted him that much, I think they were secretly shipping Seeiw and Cake.

I also think the story was great, up until the last two episodes. The last two episodes were totally unnecessary to the overall plot, and I don't think they added anything. I agree with the message of not smoking and use of alcohol, but it seemed to not fit in with the rest of the story. There are a few ads for iQIYI, they were not too obtrusive, but a bit of a LOL considering streaming services like this didn't exist back in this era.

Onto the spoiler-y part.



How can Cake be so clueless to his feelings or at the very least ignore them when they are so strong? He seemed to care deeply about Seeiw, was deeply jealous of Seeiw spending time with other guys (even back in grade 9) and even tried a couple times to say what was on his mind, but never followed through. Even after going to America, and being much older, he couldn't figure out he had feelings that were deeper than just "friends" with Seeiw? As shy as Seeiw was, I understand why he couldn't talk to Cake about his romantic feelings.

And how did nobody sit down with Cake and have a talk with him? Surely his mother, his friends, or someone would have said at some point "are you sure you are just friends with Seeiw?". Tah in particular had a couple deep talks with Cake in the later episodes (when Cake was having a meltdown after the play), and Tah could have said "hey buddy, it is pretty obvious you like Seeiw, and Seeiw is openly gay, maybe you two should have a honest talk". Same thing when Cake was having computer troubles, and saw Kung at the university. Kung sorta hinted about Seeiw liking Cake, but he could have said something more about how Seeiw only loved Cake, and if he was interested in who Seeiw was (or was not) dating, maybe the two friends *who slept in the same bed every night* should MAYBE talk to each other.

It was pretty inevitable that Cake was going to have a breakdown at some point over all his pent up feelings. You could see that coming a mile away, as did his friends and even Seeiw saw the change in Cake's behavior. Too bad it took being drunk for Cake to actually say the words, much of this could have been avoided if he would have just talked to his best friend at some point.

Leia Mais

Beautiful and heartfelt

I don’t really write reviews but I wanted to leave this here for anybody having doubts about watching this show, watch it you will not be disappointed. This is a beautiful love story. The connection that Cake and Eiw have is one that most people long for, it is a once in a lifetime kinda bond. Earth and Santa are amazing actors and the entire cast is wonderful. The shows progression is perfect and the cinematography is so pretty. Even though the focus is on the main leads all the characters are very well flesh out and the love they all have for each other is beautiful to see.
It is a show about friendships, love, family and growing up. One of my favorite BL of all times. My heart burst with love for this show.

Leia Mais

12% of what?

They mentioned it once in the beginning and then never again. So I don't even know what the 12 percent it out of bro. This is a decent show with a mid ending. I missed a good portion of some of the episodes because I was falling asleep. (Like eyes shut and mouth open, asleep bro.) Nothing happened at all. No progress at all; we had some character development but not enough for me to get emotionally attached to them. I finished this at 2:57 p.m., 3 minutes before I had to clock into work. It got an 8.75 out of 10 stars from me, but I rounded it down because I can.

I took a break from the show on episode 11 for like a week or two because it was really boring and they were falling apart, and I was sort of emotionally there, but not really. Enough that I had to stop watching it because Cake and Eiw were sort of falling apart. Okay, now I am going to go to my Instagram close friends and see what I was thinking while watching it, because I don't have enough good things to say about this show.

I started it 15 days ago and finished it 5 hours ago. June 18th, 5:50 p.m. The room was designed, and it felt like the character actually lived there, and I thought it was cute, because that makes characters more likeable and you get to know them better by the way the room is designed and what posters are on the wall and how the bed and desk are. I made a comment to myself in between us that Earth and Benz have really similar behaviors and the way they talk and act. and that really came through in this show. My eyes were shut, and I couldn't tell who was talking, bro. It was crazy. Both are good actors. Then Prem just showed up, and I was like, Bruh what? The Hia we weren't really ready for but didn't know we needed.

The actors were good; I give them that. The writing just seemed to not be good. Like it was a very slow burn. The first kiss on the 12th episode is hella slow burn. As a side note, there are 14 episodes. Santa was sweating bullets in almost every single scene, which I thought was unintentionally a good representation and very much needed. But please get my poor baby a fan, he needs it.

I really liked the characters dynamics. Like the best friends turned lovers trope, it wasn't presented that well with the writing, but it was still decent. The way Cake took care of Eiw was just so sweet, and it was like they were destined for each other. The cuddling was very cute; I liked it. Then Bro left for America, and whatever little stuff they had going on literally went down the drain so fast it wasn't even funny.

Then Cake gets back, and oh my god, I was going FERAL for that bleach blonde hair with the dark eyebrows. And his already very relaxed face and everything—my god, I was like Jesus—he is so sexy. You could tell he was mature but still the same old cake, and I think that was presented really well. So good on them, I guess. Eiw looked gorgeous as well. His hair, his nails, and the overall confidence he had gained was great as well. So character development, whatever the time skip was or whatever, was so amazing, and you could tell that they had grown out of their kid phase and really into that young adult phase, and I think that was really nice to see.

Then they were still cuddling and doing the same things they had always done, but this time you could tell there was more tension and more love that wasn't just best friends being kids. They were grown now and really starting to realize their feelings. Or, from Eiw's point of view, rekindle that love that he had never lost. That was really good. That's all of the stories I have.

A little summary: the show was mid, and there was some good plot development, and the character designs and everything in that aspect were good, but the plot was dog water, and I was falling asleep while watching this. It has a vibe and is not really hard to watch. If the plot was even a little better, this rating would have been better, but it wasn't, so it's not. The actors did a good job; the plot just did not do a good job. This one is skippable for sure. That's it. Okay, bye!

Leia Mais

Relatability

At first I was reluctant to watch this series but after the episodes 1 & 2, I was hooked to the series. I shed tears in so many ways because i could relate their story to mine, in a way. I liked it on how the series started with Eiw waking up Cake and made sure Cake was awake before school. I love to see that they treated each with kindness and love for each other all the time. Through life, there is always ups and downs; however, the ups are always outweigh the downs. Talking and seeing each other all the time are a good sign in a relationship. Openness means so much these days because the technology has taken over and face to face conversations are lacking in every aspect. I enjoyed the series so much because it has a beginning and ending to a story with not being rushed through all the time. I believe the series could have added another two or three episodes to further see the relationship between Earth (Eiw) & Santa (Cake). Nowadays, unrequited love is everywhere and hopefully, when other viewers see this series, they will realize that love is present all the time between two very close friends and genders should not matter these days at all. I hope there will be a continuation of this series in the future. My hat off for the director as well. New (the director) did a great job with this series. Thank you New and the writer for this series. Just an addition, I wish there were more love scenes; however, I am still very satisfied with the series. I will definitely recommend this series to others. Just a personal note, the kissing scenes within the series could have been more romantic and passionate than just a peck on the lips...hehehehehe ;o)

Leia Mais

It was a very enjoying watch

This series was, like my headline says, a very enjoying watch.the storyline was good and the actors that were cast for this series were good too.
There's one thing however that was less good in my eyes. That is the fact that the first nine episodes could've been done in less. It was very stretched out what made it quite repetetive. And yet, this is also one of the points I want to highlight. While these parts were so milked out, they weren't boring for me. You also got a very good feel for the characters because these parts were so stretched out. And the fact that you get such a good feel for the characters adds to the sadness you get to feel during the sad scenes, and the happyness you get to feel during the happy scenes. If they hadn't milked out those moments, my heart probably wouldn't have felt the same as it did during the series now. So I must applaude the creators for being able to give a function to the milking out of moments.
Because the scenes were so stretched out however, the rewatch value isn't that high for me. I might rewatch some scenes, but not the entire series again. Unless I have nothing else to watch.
The story was, like I wrote earlier stretched out, yet not boring to me. I felt like i went through the episodes on an alarming rate. This could also have to do with the fact that the episodes were kinda short, but still.
While I was watching I looked at Santa (Cake) and thought to myself "Hmm, he's obviously not highschool age.." So I looked up their ages and found out that they are not in fact highschool age. I do not however recommend searching up their ages during or before watching this series... It slightly ruined the feel I got during the series, which I do not wish for anyone else to happen.
The music was the same music usually used during Thai bls so no complaints there, as always.
The score I'd give this is still pretty high. The story itself was really good after all, even if it was milked out.
Hope this was helpful!
bye!

Leia Mais

Mixed feelings

Let me start off by saying this was a fantastic story and there were so many things I loved about it. But it really did drag on with a lot of repetition for a 14 episode series.

The main reason I'm torn is because I loved how there wasn't any unnecessary drama (love rivals, jealous ex's, homophobia, misunderstandings, etc). But when a show doesn't have any of those components, I can see how it could feel slow and uneventful. There were so many episodes where I felt like there was little to no progression in the storyline. The first half while they were in high school, it was basically Eiw pining for Cake while Cake was oblivious. Then the second half was Cake being jealous of anyone who comes near Eiw and Eiw being oblivious.

There were so many great moments during the "slow parts" though which had me feeling all the feels. Like, Eiw's realization of how he loves Cake more than a friend/brother and his struggle to accept himself, thinking he's abnormal. Then all the moments between the siblings were so heartwarming, especially in the last couple of episodes. I feel like all the relationships in the series, whether they were romantic, family or friends, were really well portrayed and developed, especially with the lack of "exciting drama."

Santa really blew me away in this series. I was surprised to find out how young he really is after watching this. He really conveyed every thought and emotion so well and it was hard to look at anyone else whenever he was on screen. I love Earth and have liked everything I've seen him in so far though I feel like he tends to play the same type of character every time. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing but I would just hate for him to get type-cast because I believe he's more capable than that.

Overall, this was an enjoyable watch and, while I may not keep it in the constant rotation, I could see watching it again at some point in the future and I'm glad I gave it a chance.

Leia Mais

A Solid and Well Acted Series

Undoubtedly, this is a solid and well acted series of a longitudinal love story. It is the screenplay that let this story fall apart a bit. Some of the finest 'parting' scenes from any BL is in this series. Also some of the most intense emotional scenes are in this series as well. But they got a bit over used, however. This was a good series but I wanted it to be great. It just never got there? Why? Well, for me it was the lack of maturity in the development of their relationship as well as the lack of a series intensity to it. These guys were soulmates; I wanted to feel that, sense that, and see that. It got close but never reached a pinnacle for me. However, it is still a very enjoyable series.
You can read my full review of this series at BLBliss.com.

Leia Mais

Enjoyable but still disappointing

I'm so confused!! I usually love a good slice of life and I did enjoy this drama but only from around like episode 7 or something. The first part for me was just so boring that I almost dropped the whole thing. The one thing that kept me going was the chemistry between the leads that I think was so good.
The first part was pretty much a compilation of silly little random moments. So much so I wondered if there was an actual plot. It felt like I was being shown things I didn't wanna see and not beeing shown the things I did wanna see. Kind of like the wrong offscreen or the wrong onscreen. Imo the editing was poorly done and instead of 14 long episodes a solid 8 or 10 episodes would've been better suited.
Also with all the unnecessary scenes from the first half It would've been nice seeing more of Cake's POV cause we only got to see Seeiw's which to me was a downside. For example the most basic question which is "When did Cake realize his feelings for Seeiw?" was left unanswered. I kept wandering till the end how Cake went from being heartbroken over his breakup to being in love with his childhood best friend. Would've been nice to know.
All in all I guess it's a pretty decent series although it didn't exactly deliver as promised. It wasn't the best but it was still enjoyable.

Leia Mais

IMPRESSIVE! BEWARE OF THE GRAMMAR HAHAH...

Okay so I am writing this review because there is a lot of Earth's hater out there been giving negative feedbacks to this masterpiece. Earth never disappoint me when it comes to his acting capabilities I'd love to see him participate in a comedy genre series or sitcom tho cause we've seen him a lot of time in any series that is a heavy drama that requires to cry a lot started off UWMA to My only 12 percent. But no one can deny that the way he cried will make you cry as well especially in this series I cried a bucket!!! Hands down to Santa as well the walking Green flag and him being protective to Eiw which is his boyfriend is completely normal I don't see any problem with that. For those whose looking for a heavy drama and school fiction this will be the best fit for you, do not expect see some scene where you can laugh your ass off because this one barely have that BUT it will fill you with the sweetness of friendship.

At first I didn't expect to keep watching the series til the end because of same bl friends to lover troupe however after finishing it this might be the BEST among the BEST friends to lover troupe in the BL industry for me from tens( if not hundreds) of BL I've watched.

Leia Mais

Beautiful and believable slice of life

Personally, I loved it, I cried, I laughed, I smiled, I felt pain, I felt sadness, I felt happy and I felt butterflies. Thank you to everyone involved in this production, a definite must see. I really enjoyed the dynamic between all the characters. The chemistry, the romance and the friendship was impeccable to watch.

Some of the things I did not like:
Similar to a lot of reviewers, I am ready for Earth to choose a role that won’t make him cry, I know it could be that such characters are his comfort zones, but a much happier and strong role would be appreciated. I felt the coming out story was handled with care but at the same time I questioned if the sister showed him the movie on purpose. I didn’t see the point of the cancer, and the ending felt rushed like they were trying to include too many stories in to one (the death, the father, all the new blossoming relationships, new work, etc.).

Leia Mais

It's not that bad

As I am writing this, I have watched this series for the 2nd time. Right from the start, My Only 12% gave off an I Told Sunset About You vibes, the only difference is this one is much lighter and fluffier than ITSAY. I like the cinematography, the acting esp. of Santa's knowing that he's like a newbie. He's very natural when it comes to teasing. Earth was also good. Basically, everyone did a good job with their roles.

What I don't like is Cake's character development. At first, he was the greenest flag of all while Eiw was the red-ish flag (not really but some). But after returning from America, Cake has totally transformed into the reddest flag. The goal for Eiw was achieved but not for Cake. Why did they do that to Cake's character? It was sad to see Cake turn out like that. Also, it could have been a different conflict at the end, why would they kill her mom and add more drama. In my opinion, it wasn't necessary to have someone die to reach enlightenment and what.

Additionally, the entire series pretty much have sleeping scenes. Almost, if not all, episodes have them sleeping in their room. It's tiring to see them sleeping and waking up. The first episodes, I get it as ut establishes the characters, the habit of cuddling, as their comfort and solace. But it was getting tiring to see the repetitive conflict for a 14-episode series. The music was not too bad, but it wasn't memorable.

Again, I am writing this and I have watched this for the 2nd time so , rewatch value is an 8.

Leia Mais