Batalha das Solteiras (2024)

Looks friendly but has secrets

I LOVED THIS SERIES!! I thought it would definitely be just a cheesy cute comedic reality type show, but I was wrong. The colors popped out, and the OSTs were very soothing to listen to. Not to mention that catchy intro?? Once I saw Son's story, I was sooo confused!
This series had me laughing and nervous for the characters sneaking around to find out the truth. I'm really hoping for a 2nd season, though I'm not sure how it would go since Son and Day have a kid, but I think it would be nice to continue their story. Thai shows tend to be overdramatic, so their acting was definitely on point knowing they were told to do that. I loved the cast, and everyone was likeable ♡

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Dystopian is Back

I watched this drama when it released and I forgot to write a review. Here is me finally writing my review several months later as the plot was unforgettable.

This is by far my favourite Thai drama. It is not a typical Thai drama, at least to me it is unlike any other Thai drama I've seen, and I haven't watched many because I am not a huge fan of Thai dramas. However, this drama felt like the Netflix drama it is, it seemed much more like a Western dystopian drama, that is what made me like it so much. If you are a fan of American/English (maybe even European) dystopian dramas/movies, then I'd highly recommend this drama to you.

I say dystopian is back because, first I think the genre is honestly back, and second because this drama gave me the same vibe as the dystopian movies that came out around 2010s.

It is set in a world where women are the majority of the population, and where men are seemingly rare making them a 'prize' in society. The drama focuses on on the 'prize' aspect of the men, in a competition where several women are doing everything to win the romantic interest of any one of the men so that they can have what we view a typical family (a husband, wife and children born the natural way). Men and women are segregated in society, however only the wealthy women have easy access to these men. Majority of the population is poor, living in poor conditions with access to minimal healthcare, including the FL. These are women that have never even seen a man in their lives and these women can only adopt or have children through artificial insemination. It is very rare for any of the women competing for a man to be from the poor part of society, in fact the FL was the only poor person who was actually able to compete in the actual competition.

The concept of this drama to me came off as like a very patriarchal society (which didn't seem very dystopian to me) because of the way the men are first seen. Though many of the women live in such poor condition, all the men were are first introduced to live very extravagant lives with lots of money and no concept of what it is like to go without food or medical care. However, when you delved deeper you realise these men are treated like caged animals. Though the women are competing for the men, the men don't really have a choice on who they can be with romantically, they have no choice on their lives. They are separated from their parents and grow up confined in this one place and their lives are fully controlled by the rich women, especially the MLs life.

Though this drama has only 6 episodes, the story was very well paced and the plot had a lot to unpack with a lot of really well written side characters (and side plots) alongside the main characters (and the main plot).

The season finale was also very good and leaves it open for a season 2. I really hope this drama gets a season 2. I don't understand why the overall raring for this drama isn't much higher and why this drama doesn't get much hype (or at least didn't get much hype when it released).

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