Secret Seven: The Series (2017)

This is my very first LENG... Kidding! This is my first time to write a review, pardon my wordsmith hahaha!
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• S TO R Y: Original plot and has its own good-cliff hanging ending.
The story is about a girl who has a Philophobia—the fear of falling in love or emotional attachment. The risk is usually when a person has confronted any emotional turmoil relating to love but also can be chronic phobia—and got rejected several times with different situations. In her second year college, entering the Faculty of Psychology, they need to join a club in order to graduate in time. Padlom seems to dislike every club they have encountered and with the support of her partner-in-crime, Spoil, they formed a new club that listens to 90s music in respect to Padlom’s parents. Having the smallest count of members, they need to share their club’s room with the student-model, Alan, who made the non-human photo club with all-male members. The story will focus on how Padlom search for his secret admirer known as the “Lovesick Bear”.

• A C T I N G | A N D | C A S T: Everything is perfect starting from the cast itself, characteristics, different persona and how they portray each roles.
1. Punpun Sutatta as PADLOM —Punpun is very simple and you will see how natural she pulls every role. As Punpun portrays Padlom, there’s no changes but a paradigm shifting of the characteristic of the main role. The way of how she acts is very constant. Anything else beside from that, HANDS DOWN. No words for Punpun. PS: PUPUN SUAY, MARRY ME <3
2. Kang Vorakorn as POK —As we can see, Kang and Punpun became a loveteam before in U-Prince The Series: The Gentle Vet. Picking Kang as one of the male lead makes the viewers harder to guess if who the secret admirer of Padlom is. Kang pulled-off the role greatly that he is not obvious as one of the secret seven men. PS: You will put a high expectation from him as the story goes on!
3. Tay Tawan as ALAN —This is the first main role given for Tay and it is great that every nerd role suits him (pertaining to his past role of Dew in Lovey Dovey) but in here, he has this nerd + manly + hot combination that makes women around him swooning (lmao). They don’t have that much chemistry but for plot twists, he really suits for it.
4. Oab Nithi as GENT —After Oab’s fine and epic role as Puen in Project S The Series: SPIKE, all of us (who were watching and see his growth as an actor) were expecting a run-off of another portrayal... and there he is! He went through from an orphan of SPIKE to a rich-youngman here in Secret Seven. He is rich but you can see how he handle his life and not to the extent that he is gambling and always using his money for vices. They also have a good chemistry and there’s something between them when they both smile together. PS: He’s my chicken hahaha I root for him. I also remember Nana and Ai from I Hate You, I Love You.
5. Lee Thanat as PLAY —The flirt! He really pulled-off the role of Play because of his smile. I like the way how he manipulate girls hahaha throw an oscar for him. Great ending for his role and this is a real shift from Survey of U-Prince to Play of Secret Seven. PS: You’ll miss the nostalgic “Hon” hahaha.
6. Mek Jirakit as ID —I don’t know how will I react because I recently watched U-Prince The Series: The Foxy Pilot and Mek’s persona in that series is very far from this obnoxious personality of Id. He is a good plot twist character for this series because everybody are rooting for him including me since day but yeah, the only constant in this world is change lol. They have a good chemistry in such a way that I shouted in Episode 8 when I saw the wall art of Id using airspray with the portait of Padlom. PS: I’ll miss Big Tits and Tiny Dick :<
7. Gun Atthaphan as LIFTOIL —To be honest, I wasn’t expecting that Gun will portray a heterosexual role in this series. I thought that he will be the gay bestfriend of Padlom and will turn into a plot twist. I wasnkt expecting much from him but yeah, he was the clown and center of fun in this series. You’ll enjoy watching his goofy side and how he turn every depressing situation into romantic excitement.
8. Captain Chonlathorn as NEO —Another cute act from Captain. He is always the classic Kiryu of U-Prince, very hyper and childish. Sometimes, you’ll find him annoying because of some desperate actions but you’ll find Neo and Padlom as so-so too. The way he cries is freaking dramatic and contagious.
9. Ampere Suttatip as SPOIL —HANDSDOWN. SPEECHLESS. EXCELLENT SUPPORTING ROLE. PS: More works to come and excited to see you in Sotus S!

• M U S I C: 90s music + thai melodies + indie-aesthetic-vibes = LIFE
So many music to enjoy and hear from. Every music were used as the best as it is! Nothing to ask for more. PS: Who knows about the playlist of every song that came out? Help a friend-in-need :’(

• R E W A T C H | V A L U E: HIGH PRIORITY
This series has its own plot and each frame is important. It is fun to watch and after you find out who will be the man of Padlom will make you watch the series again (just like I did) because you want to watch how everything start and I suggest that in rewatching, observe on how Padlom and the leading man progress their sweet scenes. You’ll like it!

• O V E R A L L: 11/10.
I liked how the story progress and who Padlom end with. The cancellation of characters are wisely projected and how rejection should occur. You can’t just fire the agreement just because you share a good moment with someone, but you should know your heart and consider your feelings too. This lakorn has so many moral stories to learn from and it will show too many situations in one story.
PS: Khob khun krap for another good lakorn GMM.

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I really loved this drama. Recently I've been branching out of the BL Thai dramas into the 'straight' dramas and I think Thai dramas have a lot of potential, I can see that they work hard on them and I love them a lot more than K-dramas shockingly! Before I was more a fan of J-dramas but Thai dramas took the cake and this one was a main factor. I'm glad that I watched this, I mainly watched for Captain, Chonlathorn, but I loved the leading actress, actually, I loved everyone. I couldn't stop watching it, I actually forgot about my other dramas because of this. It was hard to find translated episodes, which made me take longer to finish but the 90s Thai music was a plus, I love Thai music and this really made me love it more. The suspense was great because every episode had you guessing and the ending didn't disappoint, well it did a little mainly because of my personal preference, in the guys. I loved the emotions and I actually felt like I was a member of room 305. I don't watch dramas more than once but if I recommend it to a friend and she/he was watching it, I'd watch it with them, yes it was just that great! I always love Thai drama's opening and ending songs like they always know what to choose and it's just so fitting! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS FOR ROMANTIC FANATICS! Even if you aren't this is filled with a lot of friendship and bonding plus it's comedic.

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first, i watch this drama cz lee thanat n jirakit i really love them.

For Story, its quite good cz i didnt expected about the "real" main role at the end..
every main role act has main story about padlom. the story make me laugh, sad, n smile
the story make me confuse so i want watch next episode, next episode, and next episode.
for acting : Padlom its good for acting but i like her acting at gentle vet.
                         P' Pok your very gentleman. ilike your act in this drama
                         P' Alan your perfect student. its suite for you :)
                          P' Gent your are so sweet ...
                          Play omg you play guitar, i melted
                         It your are good friend and michievous for Padlom, ilike realy like your act :D
                         Liftoil you always cute
                         Neo you are superstar update n online for your fans ..
you must watch this drama. cz have 7 Handsome guys and story you will didnt expected. :D
Enjoy this drama !!!

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S TO R Y: Original plot and has its own good-cliff hanging ending.
The story is about a girl who has a Philophobia—the fear of falling in love or emotional attachment. The risk is usually when a person has confronted any emotional turmoil relating to love but also can be chronic phobia—and got rejected several times with different situations. In her second year college, entering the Faculty of Psychology, they need to join a club in order to graduate in time. Padlom seems to dislike every club they have encountered and with the support of her partner-in-crime, Spoil, they formed a new club that listens to 90s music in respect to Padlom’s parents. Having the smallest count of members, they need to share their club’s room with the student-model, Alan, who made the non-human photo club with all-male members. The story will focus on how Padlom search for his secret admirer known as the “Lovesick Bear”.

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Really loved the series. The chemistry between the guys and Padlom was amazing! Every episode was a suspense and this made me hooked until the very end. At the end, when she found out the real person whos behind everything, she didnt want to be with them because she only thought of them as friends. But, all the guys showed their compassion and love for her and made sure she felt welcome. Really loved Captain's acting here as the crew made him look so cute and funny at the same time. Probably because hes a first-year student and the rest are all 3rd-4th year students. Overall, impressive series because of the chemistry and the funny scenes of Liftoil trying to win over Spoil's heart. But, the ending was the best ending I ever asked for, as I rooted for #teamGent, she ended up with Gent and that is awesome, because among the guys, he has all the expectations that a girl has of her ideal guy; lots of money, caring, good looks, etc. A series full of romance and laughter, my type of drama; Romantic comedy.

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Story-wise, it is simple. It's about a girl who wants to know who her secret admirer is among the 7 guys. In the end it was revealed that there were actually 2 current secret admirers and she decided to turn both of them down. In between are realizations about life, and cute moments between Spoil and... (spoiler alert!!! Litfoil... yes he likes her, not Padlom). So that's pretty much the 12 episodes.

It's good that they have integrated good music to this series, although i really can't relate because i'm not Thai.

Acting...it was fine. They got seasoned actors in this series so we can expect good acting. Special attention to Gun who was and always will be one of the best Thai actors i've seen.

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A Reverse-Harem?

Well, that's what one of the Tags says:-) What is this actually, though? The synopsis says: "Follow Padlom's passionate love story..." There's no way to do that, as 1) the series is light-toned and far from passionate intense story 2) Padlom herself does not know for more than half the series whom should she have her love story WITH (I won't say exactly when she's no longer in the dark so there are no spoilers, but I say anything that lasts more than halfway through the story is substantial). Do you find that romantic? If not, let's get back to the reverse-harem.

If any girl is entitled to have a reverse-harem it definitely is Sutatta, one of the hottest thai young actresses, totally beautiful skin... I'm not sure about her makeup in this, but never mind, anyone would look georgeous alongside Ampere, so no worries. The real question what is this kind of "harem" good for.

As this show does not keep a secret, we have 7 boys. Doesn't mean though, that all 7 boys are likeable. That all 7 are available, even. But there should be at least 1 boy who likes Padlom for sure. Because, that is the plot. But there was this point in the story where Padlom decided that she doesn't want to know who it is anonymously courting her: and agreed that I would not want to know, either. In the age of internet, there's enough virtual friends/boyfriends already. A boy should pursue girl all the way. Else it's not romantic. Even if assured it's one of the 7 boys: if they wanted to hide in the dark, then I would make them stay there. Nevertheless, the writers decided that the viewer is suppposed to be thrilled about this and keep looking for clues episode after episode. I busied myself with the 90's thai music, the club activities, side stories... all the entertainment this series had BUT romance. Which simply is not there... yet.

I've read some other reviews. They praise the "potential romance". Well, looks like I still prefer ACTUAL romance, LOL.

For romance, it's just a bit... crowded. I usually complain when there is a love-triangle, but here, as all 7 share the screentime pretty equally, so each of them has little, we don't get to know anyone enough. For me, I'm afraid sometimes I even mistook one for another. For example, if one of them sits on the bench with Sutatta and just talks to her, I can't tell for sure whether it's the one who's rich and buying things for everyone, or the one doing push-ups all the time... And now imagine he says that HE's the secret suitor? How do I even know? LOL. But I certainly won't re-watch whole series this boring just to sort my memory of all the guys in there!:-) So, if I could make 1 wish for any future romance Sutatta plays in, it's this: Please, no more harems.

See, I've been bitching about the series all while long...;-) But I must admit the 90's theme was a nice touch. The fictional "90's romantic music video" the characters made was shown in full. Funny!:-D And the romance... Scatterbrained viewer like me wasn't enjoying it (too many people:) till literally the last episode. Then finally we start asking the opposite question: not who likes Padlom, but is there someone Padlom likes?:-) So, maybe if I paid more attention from the beginning I would enjoy this better, but at least thanks to that last episode I give rating higher than average.

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