Just a low stakes fantasy BL

Sometimes, it's not that deep!
This was a funky BL that tried to do a little bit more than they could, and that's ok. They can try again later!
So this drama is not that bad as some people say, but it is also definitely not as good as people say.
A lot of things were left unresolved (wtf are tess and tun doing in puen and talay's world???) and the world building was so-so, but it was fun enough and pretty low stakes for me. I watched this after Last Twilight, so this series already had a better ending than that...
Anyway, I liked the cinematography and the jimmyxsea had quite a few moments that made me smile at my screen.
If you're looking for a fun, kind of fantasy BL, this is for you!

Leia Mais

a nice dessert after BBS and ATOTS!

If you can't get enough of bad buddy and ATOTS, you should definitely watch this! It was so much fun revisiting these familiar characters and settings with all the fun callbacks and inside jokes !
At times that did make the story repetitive, but it also brought back a bunch of nostalgia.
Although these 2 stories are so different, the director and screenwriters did an excellent job of connecting them together.
The chemistry between patxpran and tianxphupha was off the charts as usual, although the unexpected pairing of pranxtian and patxphupha was also very lovely! All the dynamics were a very fun playground and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I do wish we got to see more of pranxpat outside of graduation because they deserve to be open with their relationship instead of hiding it, but them as the campus messy exes was also great and amused me!

Leia Mais

Hilarious, witty and sweet!

Goodness the amount of times I've laughed because of this series, it's uncountable!!! I can't believe that this didn't get on my path earlier!
The maincharacter is hilariously and painfully aware of himself and I love this so much! I also love the beautiful and talented ensemble cast and I especially love that yk, the MC isn't even homophobic, he just doesn't want to become one of those cheesy main characters in a BL manga, which is fair.
I also love the opening credits: the dance and the song are so addictive!!!
If you're a BL fan you'll certainly recognise the many tropes that are present in this series that are being put upside down and be able to laugh at the absurdity of it all.
So, go watch it! (I found it on daily motion ;) )

Leia Mais

fun but a little different and confusing

I adored season 1 because of the silly and call outs of the truthfully ridiculous and unrealistic common tropes that we often encounter in BL - the jealous and possesive lovers, the picking up a random passed out drunk man like he's a stray puppy, the group blind dating only to leave with a guy etc etc
Season 2 was notably different in tone and story as it tried to focus more on the worldbuilding of the manga, which I liked and thought was interesting, but I also found it confusing and wished we had more elaboration on it by having more episodes.
Especially the mobu x kikuchi storyline that continued from s1 was a bit rushed (i mena it's a BL manga w story traps so i get the irony of me saying that it was rushed as all the scenarios that happen in the series are 'rushed'/instantaneous) and i wouldn't have minded to see more of them interacting and mobu going absolutely out of his way to avoid more story traps with kikuchi by friendzoning him very hard.
Anyways, i loved the acting again and i also loved the ost with their weird little 80s motor cycle gang fashion XD
If you liked s1 you'll like s2 too :)

Leia Mais

weird but still fluffy and fun

This was the first BL i watched from strongberry and it was a lot of fun!
Sure the premise of the story is strange at first, but it's also very funny and i liked the acting the most! the chemistry was great, and i think for such a short run time for each episode, the series did great in trying to convey the main message and develop its characters!
i loved uncle and milk's story but also jung woo and choco were adorable! i think if the company was able to produce longer videos, the series would have been even better but i'm still very satisfied with this watch.

it's heart fluttering and super cute so go watch it if you have some short time to spare!

Leia Mais

a breathtaking ride

What a treat this show was!
I had not expected this series to make me so nostalgic and emotional tbh and yet it did. The story of Futaba and Kou was so beautiful, I loved seeing both of the characters grow and take this journey. And not just the main characters, but all the side characters too! It was beautiful to see and I really recognised and related to their struggles. All the things they went through might seem like not that big of a deal from an adult perspective but remember what that time was like for yourself, and how it made you feel! I remember how sometimes it felt like the world was ending when I was in high school...Now i know better of course, but the younger me didn't know that! I'm glad i made it :)

I do have a big problem with the student x teacher relationship especially how it ended which freaked me out, but in general I was happy with how this storyline played out. It was so so so cute and I cant get over the beautiful scenery and camerawork! Bravo!
If you're wondering if you should watch this series: the answer is yes!

Leia Mais

half-baked pie!

There was a plot I think? It was mainly a demonstration of how not to communicate with your partner.
The most enjoyable parts were the music by Nunew and the side couple Nuer & Syn and the comedic reliefs. I remember that I was skipping through some episodes to watch the scenes between Nuer & Syn because it was just more interesting to me and the main couples were just so stagnant in their stories with no development or chemistry whatsoever.
I hated max and nat's storyline wtf was up with that??? and tbh. nat's acting really needs to improve bc no.
I did think Zee and Nunew had some moments of good chemistry and good acting together but these were kind of scarce for a 12 episodes series.
The cinematography was good especially the lighting in the clubs that kuea worked in.
But it did not take away from the fact that the story line was so weird and the characters were messed up. It was a bit boring and repetitive at the end with kuea being like 'oh i'm not good enough for you because i'm a rockstar :(((' which like. we did this before.
also, why does it feel like i don't know anything about lian even though he's supposed to have been dating kuea for like +10 years.
in short, the series fell flat because of the flat characters, repetitive plotpoints and bad processing of an ok-ish premise.

Leia Mais

A treat for the eye (not just the Male leads ;)

This BL series felt like a breath of fresh air for me after watching too many college BL series. As a fan of Downton abbey I am a huge fan of period dramas but I'm always kind of sad that it's mostly white people who get to live in that time period it seems. Enter IFYLITA. My goodness what a beautiful series! The beautiful traditional clothing + locations, cinematography and the etiquette was so interesting to uncover and was a beautiful backdrop for the story. I almost felt like I could smell the plumeria/frangi pangi myself :)

The chemistry between the two couples was great and I lovedddd the GL couple a lot! At least they kind of had the common sense to hide their relationship better hahaha. T he ensemble cast and the comedy was also great.
Jom and Yai were also very sweet and cute and the actors did a spectacular job at portraying the longing and tenderness between these two people.


The rating for the story would've been higher if the ending wasn't so weird? There were also a lot of plotlines that were left unanswered imo and perhaps theyre doing it because they want to do a season 2, but it felt a little bit meh & rushed because
WTF DO U MEAN OUR YAI ENDS UP ALONE BC THE YAI IN THE PRESENT IS NOT THE SAME YAI THAT WE KNOW??? WHO IS THIS??? AND HOW??? WHERE DID HE SUDDENLY COME FROM???

All in all it was a good series but i think the characters and the fans deserve a season 2 so plsssss make one producers!!!

Leia Mais

THE SIGNS OF A GOOD BL?

What makes a BL 'good'? This is subjective of course. I can't tell you how to live your life. But I can tell you that you need to watch this series! And why.

1. The story is so unique for the BL world (and that makes me very happy). We are so past the high school/college universtiy student phase! We need something new and substantial with actual plot, depth and relevancy! The story is a mix of mythological reincarnated lovers and thriller with Phaya and Tharn working as detectives of a special unit (theyre cops lol) and i think this adds to the tension because phaya and tharn often are in dangerous situations.
however they do have a lot of unresolved conflicts left that deserve some more explanation.
THE SIGN is unlike any other BL series i've watched and i predict it will become one of those staple BLs in a few years.


[i will admit that though i was ecstatic when watching the finale, it is a fact that it is very rushed and SPOILER!!!

spoiler:
tharn should not just have returned Just Like That with no nothing stakes or consequences of him carrying a Naga soul in a human body.]



2. the acting is just superb! I can't believe that this is one of babe's first series (i think i read somewhere that this is his debut but i'm not sure about that). he did so well as tharn! the ensemble cast was also great, and also had everybody's favourite 2 grandmas ;)
i am kind of sad that the GL storyline was kind of unresolved at the end, but the post credit scene for the finale makes me hopeful that we're getting a season 2 (please please please)
3. the cinematography and production was also great! the cgi, for a tv-series was pretty good and impressed me.
i love when they use different colour lighting :)

all in all, it was a very enjoyable series and im waiting for a season 2

Leia Mais

Offgun: WE'RE SO BACK

when i first saw the trailer i didn't think very highly of this series. i was expecting it to be a flop like Fish upon the sky. I WAS WRONG!!!
And i'm so glad i was wrong!
the cast was phenomenal and i liked that we were introduced to some new actors.
though mark was supposed to play dynamite, i'm glad we got to see another actor play together with neo. what a wonderful experience that was. both fire and dynamite's actors were expressive, loud and silly but also sensitive and sweet. it was a cute character arc. of course offgun was wonderful too, showcasing that sweet beginning of young and new love but also displaying levels of maturity and levelheadedness that we haven't seen before in their characters. it was very sweet and tender.
the story of cooking crush was hilarious: basically it's a cooking scam. iykyk. i did not feel cringe or corny at all during this low stakes romantic comedy. instead i felt connected and protective if the echaracters and found myself roting for each and every single one of them on thier journey: however silly that journey was.
i also loveddd the grandma of gun. she was great.
also something that i loved was the cooking segments in general: it was lovely to see the food getting prepared.
the plot was refreshing and original and also did not use episode 11 drama so that's a win for me !
if you haven't watched it yet: what are you waiting for?

Leia Mais

can we skip to the good part?

this bl series had a very intereesting premise and important plotpoints. however i fear tha tthey had taken up too much on their plate resulting in a medicore execution of the ideas also paired with the short runtime of the show.
the idea of someone being colour blind until they meet the 'one' sounds very cool and is another tiwst on the soumates trope which i adore so i was immediately intrigued. my curiousity was further piqued when it was revealed that mono's and probes meeting wasn't always a good thing and that the mom had disappeared...why did she leave and where is she now?
and of course the most important thing: the love between the two leads

because of these things i expected a lot of this series and was surprised to find out there were only 8 episodes. i wondered how they were going to fit everything in and resolve all the plotpoints. welp, they didn't which was really disappointing and left me feelin unsatisfied and wanting more but not in a good way because it felt rushed and unfinished (there is a season 2 but one of the main leads is missing in the s2 so i havent watched it yet).
the first half of the series is pretty good tho and gave me butterflies from the fluffiness :)
it's not bad, it just hasn't fulfilled its potential which is rather sad for a story with such an interesting world.

Leia Mais

if it's wrong why does it feel so right to rewatch it 4 times?

This series has absolutely become my comfort series.
I have watched the series twice and the movie (which is just the series pasted together) also twice and then i watched some of the anime episodes.
Why? Maybe that's a little bit part of the tism but iin all seriousness: why is it so addictive?
Semantic error shouldn't be addictive tbh: it uses the almost all the age-old BL drama tropes such as enemies-to-lovers, colege romance, grumpy x sunshine, straight guy falling in love with a guy etc. etc.
And yet! Though it uses these tropes - which isn't necessarily a bad thing, it manages to captivate the audience (me). I think that's due to the script: the script is really good in terms of drama and comedy. there wasn't a single moment where i felt like the dialogue was bad/cringey/lacking/out of character. The script made sense! Which is something that is often lacking in college romance enemies to lovers BL (2gether, fish upon the sky for example) And i think that's what made it so refreshing and addictive.
On top of that, the cinematography was really pretty and the acting and chemistry between the two leads was also very good.
All in all, this is a very fun watch and definitely needs to be on your list if you like romcom series with the grumpy x sunshine trope!

Leia Mais

puts the drama in BL drama! a classic

This series was a rollercoaster of a series! I think this was my second ever BL series that I watched from Thai production. I did not know what the story was about - except for guessing that it was about some reincarnated lovers from the title. So I was quite shocked when the first 10 minutes had the two maincharacters literally offing themselves with a gun.
I think this deserved a trigger warning for that!
Other than that: the story was intriguing and fun though I wish we'd gotten more screentime for Korn/In also as separate characters living their lives with their friends and family (I especially loved korn's younger brothers) and cut back on some of the side couples (especially manaow and her love interest - i wasn't feeling the chemistry tbh)
Anyways, I think this is also one of those BL drama's that you NEED to have watched, it's such a classic and for it's time period quite impressive and well-thought out. There's also a lot of segments on Thai cuisine and culture which I always adore.
I am of the opinion though that this is one of those series that you can only watch once because of the plot: it won't feel the same after i think and it's also not really a comfort series

Leia Mais