Ai Long Nai (2022)

Eu já disse e repito que amo o gênero BL. É uma série fofinha, bem soft, com algumas cenas levemente "hot". Embora seja uma amor universitário, ele gira mais em torno da relação amigos/família e o relacionamento gay. Não chega a ser polêmico, mas gosto de valorizar todo conteúdo que abre espaço para diminuir a discrepância e o preconceito da sociedade em relação ao tema. O roteiro é interessante (embora tenha alguns furos como, por exemplo, deixar casais secundários sem finalização), e há muitos erros de continuidade. Ping e Meen são muito fofinhos, e o elenco tem muitos personagens lindos. Ainda não encontrei uma OST tailandesa que eu não tenha gostado (amo o sotaque deles...rsrs): sempre alto astral, harmônica, alegre...enfim, uma história para você passar o tem po sem grandes pretensões.

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Muito fofa

Após minha terceira maratona de Ai Long Nhai, vamos às considerações.

Sobre o roteiro: Uma coisa me interessou nessa série: a ausência de conflitos entre o casal! O único conflito existente foi a falta de comunicação inicial que fez com que cada um pensasse que o outro não estava interessado e tentasse fugir do sentimento, mas isso durou apenas 2 eps. A partir de então, o relacionamento foi única e exclusivamente de flores a amores, tanto entre o casal, as famílias, os amigos, e quem tentou fazer algum mal não chegou nem perto de conseguir. A série tem uma premissa bem soft, mas ao mesmo tempo tem uma pegada intensa entre os protas, isso pra mim foi uma surpresa, já que a sinopse falava apenas de um garoto bobo que perdia seu pato toda hora (e aliás, pq diabos alguém anda carregando um pato?).
Enfim, foi um prazer ver tanto amor, o casal Sib e Jaonan, que são casados na vida real estiveram perfeitos em seus papéis. Achei que faltou mais ênfase na história da mãe e da irmã de Ai, inclusive na primeira vez que a mãe apareceu eu nem percebi que era flash back, e não foi explicado o motivo dela ter voltado, já que deixou claro que não sentia amor por Ai. Também não me senti confortável sobre mentirem a respeito da paternidade de Ai, e até mesmo a irmã ficou num limbo onde não fazia sentido a presença dela. É muito bom quando uma série desenvolve bem o casal principal, mas nesse caso, os casais secundários foram literalmente esquecidos, não desenvolveram em nada. Outra coisa que achei que poderia ser melhor explicada foi a situação com a mãe de Nhai.

Atuação: Não acho que foi nota 10, mas os meninos fizeram um trabalho razoável.

Aspectos técnicos: A filmografia da série é boa, fotografia, continuidade, locações, ost, todos esses detalhes pra mim estão muito bem feitos.

Voltar a ver: Com certeza verei outras vezes, e ainda panfleto muito essa série. Se você quer uma série soft, fofa, sem crises, e com um final feliz, com certeza essa é uma ótima indicação.

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QUE HISTÓRIA GOSTOSA

Ai Long Nhai se tornou uma das minhas série de conforto favoritas de tão gostosinha que é.
Eu amo a leveza dela, não existem muitos conflitos e a gente acompanha majoritariamente a relação deles.
Os atores tem muita química e apesar do Nhai ser um pouquinho infantil não é nada que irrite, parece um traço de personalidade e o Ai faz o contraste perfeito com seu jeito mais protetor.
O grupo de amigos deles é divertido e eu adoro os pais do Ai, queria que eles tivessem mais tempo de tela.
Essa é uma ótima série pra você que quer assistir algo para relaxar e se divertir.

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É uma bosta

Atualmente estou no episódio 4 e ja vou dar meu veredito
Essa série e terrível, ela tem la seus pontos positivos mas em geral e péssima
A relação do casal principal e estranha e forçada com personagens mais estereótipados que negros nos filmes dos anos 2000
Personagens pouco cativantes e desconexos, interações forçadas e situações esquisitas. Mundo fechado e monótono e personagens superficiais
Além de cenário e cinematográfia de baixo orçamento (provavelmente gastaram toda a verba alugando o carro do ai)
Comédia infanto juvenil que não combina nada com o jeito que é retratado o relacionamento dos protagonistas (o cara cuida de um patinho de chaveiro a mando do pai e ao mesmo tempo transa bêbado na casa do amigo dele???? é muito incoerente) que é tão mal dessenvolvido que parece um relacionamento pedófilo
Os diálogos são forçados e parecem que so tao ali pra explicar o óbvio e fingir aproximação do casal (que não disfarça os furos de aproximação)
As vezes da pra dar umas risadinhas, mas o fato de uma série com um humor tão bobo fazer piadas com sexo explícito me deixa muito incomodado

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standard university Thai BL

Overall: this is a classic Thai university BL, it's not going to win awards but I was entertained. 12 episodes about 40 minutes each (I watched on double speed) on YouTube, Viki and iQIYI (dependent upon country).

Content Warnings: non con picture taking, manipulation, non con touching (asleep), see the comments with a spoiler about potentially something else, stalking, kick, dub/non con kiss (asleep), vomiting, domestic abuse/slap

What I Liked
- that Ai actually had a conversation about his love at first sight
- happy to see two queer actors Arm and Porsch (who are a real life couple) are in a BL
- several cute moments
- funny moments (but some were likely unintentionally funny)
- Nhai's dad
- I dislike the circumstances of that scene in episode 2 but this was the best handled out of all that I've seen with clear check ins, aftercare, etc.
- they communicate with one another/poor communication doesn't drag on (also they avoided the ep 11 curse)

Room For Improvement
- I liked the initial set up and thought we'd see Ai struggling with Nhai's flaws but instead Nhai became reluctant and petty with Ai head over heels in love for unknown reasons
- multiple side couples were tossed in but not developed
- cartoonish villain
- that finale was...a choice, open plot threads, kind of jumped from scene to scene (still had cute moments though)
- how the dads acted in that flashback was terrible (also not a clear flashback)
- nonsense things (Nhai is in aerospace engineering?, how they packed all that stuff camping, etc)
- subtitles on iQIYI had quite a few errors but I didn't take off points for it although I think it hurt the audience's understanding of the plot
- in ep 2 I wish they didn't have Nhai directly crying afterwards because it seemed like he didn't want to, however I actually don't think that's the case. It was a combo of reasons including Nhai worrying 1. he forced Ai, 2. he ruined their friendship and 3. he got in between Ai and Ai's crush (because Nhai hadn't figured it out yet lol)

Title Information - a wonderful person explained in the comments what Long in the title means: "Fall/drown in love in thai means "ttok long rak" , "long" is the short form of this so yea the title means the story of how Ai fall/drown in love with Nhai"

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I lost braincells watching this

I think my main issue with this series is that Nhai is so unrealistically brainless. His childishness has been an issue for me since EP1 and I feel like no character development occurred. The dialogue was ridiculous (though this could have been a subtitle issue because I felt that they got progressively worse).

Ai and Nhai are cute, don't get me wrong, and I like their little gang but really what was the point of this series? 12 episodes and barely anything happened. If I was more invested in the characters maybe I would have appreciated the constant fluff but they had no depth despite several plot points being presented yet not explored.

This would have been better as a short series with maybe half the amount of episodes... Don't waste your time.

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OK, so hear me out...

... but I kind of liked it. It's certainly not going on my Top Ten BL list, but it was a pleasant watch, and it probably didn't hurt that it was the only BL on Mondays.

The "plot" is rather thin. Ai has a big crush on his straight friend, who is less straight than he thought, but is also a high-maintenance nightmare.

They "get busy" at a party, and in the aftermath, Nhai doesn't believe it's possible for anyone to put up with him in a relationship (which appears to be an excellent assumption), so he agrees to a one-month trial relationship so that Ai can prove he can tolerate him as he is (useless and whiny). It's a good thing he's cute.

Anyway, they have a few scrapes with jealousy, because Nhai is insecure about his suitability as a partner, and because Ai is very possessive, and have many other minor conflicts and arguments.

This is a spin-off of Tonhon Chonlatee, and it's much better, although that's saying almost nothing, and it retcons a lot of the offensive elements of that series.

I'll start with the negatives:

- There's no plot outside of the above. They just spend the whole series doing normal things - shopping, camping, eating at home, talking, going to school, getting sick, etc. It would have been nice to see a theme or something to overcome - maybe Ai is NOT sure he can put up with Nhai, and maybe Nhai is acting up because he's pre-supposing Ai will leave him, and gradually they develop the confidence in each other to make it work. As it is, they seem compatible almost immediately, which is a bit dull.
- The dialog is dull and delivered with too many pauses, although that's a pan-Thai-drama problem.
- The acting is a bit wooden in the main pair. If Nhai is supposed to be difficult, it would have been nice to see some energy put into it. He's basically just lazy. But it's not bad acting.

Positives:

- They are respectful to each other and it's pleasant to watch them interact.
- It's cool that Ai has two gay dads.
- Meen (Ai) is hot. To be honest, that's a big factor in why I stuck with this. In their first love scene, I'm fairly sure you won't be ready for what's under Ai's loose university shirt. All his normal clothes are form-fitting and very flattering to all his assets.
- Speaking of their first love scene, it's early, and aggressively initiated by the uke (Nhai), who is the "straight" one, which is unusual. Afterwards, he feels overwhelmed and cries, but tells Ai he's not made at him but wants to be alone to process everything, which was also unusual and quite nice. And even better, it isn't drawn out. He finds really bad advice on the internet, wonders if he's trans, then sensibly goes to talk to a gay friend about it.
- It's unusual for a pair to enter a relationship in the second episode, and it's nice to see them interact as a couple.

I can recommend this if you like fluff. If you don't like fluff, it probably won't work for you. I found it pleasant to watch, sometimes dull, but sometimes you want some brainless eye candy.

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Im glad I don’t pay attention…

To negative comments, I watch for myself and decide. Many of you want to nitpick and tear a series apart just because you did not get material to fantasize about. This series did not have all the angst and negative behaviors that most of you feed off of, no abuse, no rape? How dare they! Rate a series on the music, really? Its cute light hearted and enjoyable series, I have already watched it twice. I for one, skipping many series because they are focusing on extreme behaviors with couples and we are suppose to ship them as a loving couple, yea, no!! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen in comments watchers are trying to rationalize all the negative behaviors. “It happens in real life” is one of my favorites. Come on! Im glad to see some writers/directors steer away from all the negative BS because they are realizing they are losing viewers. Ive a small circle of friends that got me into BLs and not one of us are regular viewers since KP. The average age of a viewer watching BLs are 14-early 20’s and they want us to fantasize about falling in love with an abuser? Smh. Give this series a try and have no worries that someone is going to get hurt in a menacing way. The only thing I have to mention is there were a lot of loose threads, but my gut tells me there is a reason. Maybe S2? I also wanted to see more of Porsche and Arm!! Next time? My last comment.. with all the haters this series still rates a close 8 out 10. Not bad, uh? Enjoy and have a few giggles.

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Complete garbage

This one had NO plot whatsoever but STILL managed to have massive plot holes.
You'd think certain characters show up to cause problems and create some kind of storyline but they end up disappearing without explanation. I had expectations and saying that they were not met is an understatement. Ai Long Nai was like a sleeping pill from beginning to end, I'm surprised I made it through the entire thing.

The acting was not good either. This is something that's noticable right off the bat. I'm I decided not to let that be a dealbreaker this time and kept watching in hopes of a good drama and sadly, as previously stated, I was disappointed.

When it comes to the music, I can't even remember it, which usually means it wasn't good but also not atrocious.

This is probably my worst watch of the year. Would not recommend, obviously.

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Bravo for making a spinoff worse than its predecessor

Kudos goes to those who decided to make this spinoff. You guys have achieved something that I never had expected- you made this series worse than it's predecessor 'Tonhon Chonlatee ' - and that's saying something!

Story-1/10
I don't know how I did it, but I sat down for 3 months and watched this series. And...the only thing that I got from this series was that Ai liked Nhai. They dated and ended up together in the end. That's it. Thier story could have bewn told in four episodes instead of twelve. Up to now I am still wandering what was the purpose of twelve episodes. I mean, all the 'baddies' that didn't want them together quickly fizzled out and really added nothing to the story.

The girls who showed interest in both Ai and Nhai were pointless. Ai's mom and sister was pointless. EVERYTHING was pointless. Also, it made no sense if you watched the sequel 'Tonhon Chonlatee ', because thier small storyline here does not in any form or fashion follow or is close to the storyline in there.

All this series had were make out scenes and NC scenes of the MC. Two of Nhai's friends were given 'love interest ', besides Tonhon. I put these in brackets becuase one ended before it began and the next one was a blink before you miss it situation. And the ending really didn't do anything for the story, leaving me dissapointed but not surprised due to watching this series.

Acting/Cast-1.5/10
I do try my best to give new actors a chance in series. But as of late, I feel like I just can't. The roles that they are taking, they are not able to portray these characters well. This is what I personally believe as some of the actors here this is thier very first role. And as such, I was initially going to give them 1. However, just beacuse poor Porsch and Arm starred in this monstrosity, I am giving them an extra .5. So my rating is 1.5.

Music-3/10
Some of the music was a bit passable, but not really that memorable. So, I will be giving a 3.

Rewatch Valu-1/10
No. Just no. Absolutely not. This series at time just became background noise, as I did not pay any slight attention to it. And since the lowest I can give is a 1, then I am giving it a 1.

Overall-1.5/10
Overall, I give this series a 1.5 out of 10. And I must say that my lesson has officially been learned. I told myself not to expect much as this director was the same one who did 'Hotel Stars', 'Gen Y ' seasons 1 and 2 and 'LA Cuisine '. All of which I may have issues with (I only gave 'Hotel Stars' a7.5 due to an actor who carried out his character well and I gave 'Gen Y ' a 7 due to my then desire for a season 2- which totally dissapointed me).

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Don’t worry, nothing happened.

I just finished watching episode 11 and so far I have found no plot and no point to this series. Basically, Ai meets Nhai and falls in love. Ai is a handsome, smart, rich boy. Nhai is an adorable boy with very little brain power. Honestly, I think they said he’s going to school for Aerospace Engineering, but I have doubts about this guy’s ability to tie his own shoes. Anyway, they get together. That’s pretty much the story, all told. There are other people introduced, other possible couples left hanging, a possible plot with Ai’s mother that seems lacking and isn’t driving the characters or the story. But nothing else.

It could be a cute, sweet little love story except for one fatal flaw: the dialogue is ridiculous. Either the person who did the English Subtitles is having a good laugh while he writes complete nonsense or the writers of the series couldn’t manage an entire conversation without asking their 3 year old nephew to help. Possibly both. The dialogue is that bad.

I made it to episode 11 and nothing has happened. I keep waiting for something, some vague reason behind the story, but no. Nothing. Nada. Zip. If the actors had a story, they might have been good but between the lack of actual story, no reasonable dialogue, and lackluster direction, it’s pretty much a no all around. If you don’t get around to watching it, don’t worry — nothing happened.

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