What the Duck: The Series (2018)

This drama is nothing groundbreaking. The story itself is very basic, but sometimes has enjoyable funny bits. I liked Oreo(Pop), because he was cute and had the biggest amount of those enjoyable funny bits. Also I was glad that Aim (Mo) redemeed herself as a girlfriend after watching her in Together with me. Because Plern Pleng really is it's own term in BL community.
On the other hand what was my biggest pet peeve and actually almost made me drop the drama was the character of Strong (Oat). Not only he was getting on my nerves by being annoying, my eye was twitching every time he was on screen and I really didn't get why he's doing the things he do most of the time, I also didn't like his acting. I think this is the only series where I hated one of the mains this much. I don't even exactly know why to this degree, but I just did.

Rambo/Pree couple was really hyped, but I think I didn't get it. Rambo made my blood boil even more than Oat and Pree would be better off with Pop (just like Pop would be better off with Pree and Rambo and Oat then can get together and copliment each others stupidity ). Frankly I didn't really know why everyone praised Mew (Pree) so much, but after watching TharnType I got it and I'm also on board (even tho I like Gulf even more).

I'm not really sure what more is there to say. The story is kinda enjoyable the moment you're watching it, but after you're done, you quickly forget it. If you skip it, you don't really miss too much, but it's okay as time killer when you're bored.

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I'm just gonna say this real quick: this show got me into the BL hole that I shoved myself into.

I don't tend to write reviews, but I think this show both deserves and needs one. Firstly, hats off to whoever casted these actors, especially Oreo. They're all incredibly talented, and the couples all had the right type of chemistry. Oreo, specifically, deserves an award for his role. He successfully pulled off the "girly dude who says some dumb shit out of denial" type, and I am living for it. (He automatically became one of my favorite actors because of Pop).

For the storyline... It gets lost. Like, a lot. It's supposed to be simple, easy to understand, well thought out, but honestly, it just confused me. I feel like it had potential, but everything was just,,, slow, and Pree and Rambo tossed over this entire show. The main couple was supposed to be Oat and Pop, but that ship was underwhelming. The real plotline that's used in most websites doesn't even happen until the last episodes (being Pop's breakup). The rest of it seemed like a compilation of Oat and Pop's daily life, Pop;s girlfriend questioning his sexuality, and Rambo and Pree's long ass compilation of anger, lies, cheating, and tears. I couldn't write out a plot without having read one based on the actual episodes.

Oreo and Strong's chemistry really stood out, though, so I guess that's a plus?

The side couples always annoyed tf out of me though. Mo's relationship with Nick was so underdeveloped (no seriously, they got like 4 minutes of staring at each other and that's basically it). Pree and Rambo's story, let's just say, made me stressed. I hated them because Rambo made things way much harder than it was needed, and Pree acted like a broken stereo ("I don't love you anymore", "let's break up", "I'm tired of your behavior", that kind of thing). Also, even if it's a different scenario, it always starts and ends predictably: "let's get back together." "no." [insert extreme crying scenes here]. Kinda like they ran out of ideas.

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Idk this wasn't it

Story
The story could have been cute and that is the only reason there is any points. Otherwise the story is kind of messed up. Like it was horrible and I actually hated the story line. The only good part of the story and the relationship was the food honestly.

Acting/Cast
The acting from the leads.......I know that it was probably their first but still it wasn't there. Only points for Mew and Art. (Controversial). The acting overall wasn't it.

Music
I like the title card music but the full OST ain't it. I don't know maybe i am weird but I wasn't feeling it.

Overall
Really thought it would be great but no. Watch it for Mew or just so you can say you have otherwise I don't like it. I haven't rewatched ever.

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Honestly, I didn't initially wanna watch What The Duck because of its repulsive title. Thing is, upon watching the first episode, I got really excited because finally we got WORKING ADULTS for the story. The story itself, however, is poorly written, missing tons of opportunities to redeem its promising subplots. Instead, it relied on distractions to make a buzz.

All characters are flat, except perhaps Pree and Mo who somehow are as nearly three-dimensional as a human irl. Only the two of them actually bothered to become a human irl. Pop's character is the most disappointing, since he's got his character written initially as the most interesting. Oat is totally unneeded, if not unheathy, for the story. A heads up: he's there basically as a Male Lead, that's all. For a lengthy series for a BL, What the Duck failed to develop Oat's character that he just came off as annoying and a ridiculous third party you cannot even bother to sympathize. Rambo, while I initially thought he might just be there as a prop for making Pree a relatable character, he himself is an interesting character. Maybe a good thing what to unfold between him and Pree and season two, but don't hold your breath.

No qualms on acting tho, since most are good. Some actors need to be cut off to since their characters are useless to the story.

The music is okay, but not really since there's no real impact.

If you're a fan of lots of nonsense "aw they're so sweet" scenes, you'll love this. If you're a fan of a well-written story, skip this one.

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