Fish Upon the Sky (2021)

Not My Usual Cup Of Tea

I stumbled upon this series only after watching the second trailer of "Never Let Me Go." As someone who isn't particularly fond of high school BLs, I never had this series on my radar. However, I can't believe I almost missed out on this delightful gem. Pond and Phuwin, whom I had no idea about before, have now become my favorite BL ship. It's quite bewildering because, by all accounts, I shouldn't have enjoyed this series with all its tropes, annoying sound effects, and intrusive shippers.

Surprisingly, this series is more of a gay drama disguised as a BL, as both boys are gay and aware of it. Pi's yearning for Nan and Mork's longing for Pi make both boys gay. For a first-time actor like Pond, he did an excellent job portraying Mork, while Phuwin's performance as Pi outshined his subsequent one as Nuengdiao.

Though I didn't particularly care for Duean and Meen's story, I must admit that Neo and Louise did a commendable job in their roles.

What amazed me most is how I found myself enjoying this fluffy series. It wasn't all magical rainbows and unicorns, even with Pi's makeover. His life remained messy as he pursued someone who wasn't interested in him. Mork's good looks and kindness didn't make it any easier for him to win Pi's heart. Even after they became a couple, their journey wasn't smooth; Bam came between them, causing their breakup. Throughout their trials and tribulations, Pi faced privacy invasion from creepy shippers and bullying after his "ugly duckling" story was exposed.

Yet, despite all the challenges, the ending wasn't filled with rainbows and unicorns, but rather colorful balloons. The series showed the realities of their relationship, with misunderstandings leading to a temporary breakup. But eventually, the misunderstandings were resolved, leading to a heartwarming conclusion.

Perhaps that's why I found myself loving this series, even though it falls under the high school BL category. It's the authenticity and relatability of their journey that captivated my heart and made this series truly special.

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From cute cringe to annoying cringe

The first half of the series was not terrible, but after that, it got repetitive and thus I lost interest. By the 9th episode, I would only watch the series to say that I've finished it. I felt as if the climax and overall plot were being dragged out. Even if the series was just 6 episodes it would have been more enjoyable and more bearable to watch. I found flaws with both main characters throughout the series, and although flaws are common to find in any character, these flaws made me question if their relationship was a good and healthy relationship causing me to not be a big fan of this relationship. I don't think I would rewatch the series as a whole but there are some parts that are cute and would brighten up my day if I watched them again. The side couple is also an enjoyable pair to watch and I like how the fourth wall was broken at times when they appeared on the screen :)

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I rewatched this because I was craving PondPhuwin content after watching We Are. I didn't realise that it was that long ago that I had watched Fish Upon The Sky, but I can tell over the years how much more comfortable Pond and Phuwin have gotten with each other, off-screen and on-screen. It was nice to revisit this, as the characters are similar to their characters in We Are, so far. I enjoyed the series the first time and I enjoyed it again, I initially didn't remember a lot of what happened so I didn't mind revisiting this. But Fish Upon The Sky is cute and an enemies-to-lovers series, but more one-sided, and it is nice to see know much Pond and Phuwin have grown over the years. PondPhuwin is one of my favorite pairings but this is from an unbiased perspective.

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Ridiculous serie

I think this must be THE most ridiculous BL serie I’ve ever watched … to the point even that it’s not even funny anymore.

After 2 parts of a episode I zapped every episode and watched only the scenes between Phuwin and Pond. Their chemistry is obvious (and that’s why “Never let me go” is a hitserie).

Concerning Neo … I saw him in Vice Versa where he overacted his part and portrayed it like an 8 year old boy. In this series it is even worse. And that’s a pitty because this young man has soo much potential. So, please next time cast this actor in a role that is better suited for him.

I can’t recommend this serie at all. It’s one for the “oubliettes” as we say in French.

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CAMP IN A VERY GOOD WAY

It's so camp, like really camp. The scenes are just so funny and omg I cried a lot from laughing like crazy.

The thing is: PondPhuwin are REALLY bad actors, Pond it's the worst of them, but Phuwin it's not very good either. Anyways, it works because as I said: IT'S CAMP!

It's funny and they are cute, but I have to say: NeoLouis as DueanMeen totally stole the scene, first OMG DUEAN WAS SO FUNNY SO SO FUNNY and Meen it's just SO CUTE, I wanted to hug him like a baby the whole time.

In resume: It's good because it's camp and they made very good use of being silly and ridiculous, I watched really fast because it's so easy to watch, it's really good for when you're not in mind to watch something more dark or with more issues, when you just want laugh and being silly a little hihi.

PS.: Louis OST it's so good..

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Podria haber sido mucho mejor...

Realmente comencé este bl por PondPhuwin. Empece a ver contenido de ellos fuera de camara como lives, proyectos y así. Además habian muchos fans que les gusto mucho sus proyectos así que decidi darle una oportunidad sin embargo, no pude conectar totalmente con la historia y eso que le tenia fé, en la sipnosis me encanto pero lastimosamente no termino siendo así. En realidad la historia tenia pontencial pero en la dirección y el guión no supieron como llevarlo y salio esto... A mi personalmente no me desagrado pero tampoco la ame. Es una historia muy simple con muchas escenas que no tiene ninguna logica, con un humor que ya no era coherente pero habian otras escenas que te hacian reir mucho y que a la vez eran lindos de ver, aquellas es la que te rescatan y te hacen seguir viendo. Me falto mucho más escenas romanticas y que a la vez fuera algo mucho más maduro. No digo que sea mala, solo que es un bl muy bajo pero igual puedes pasar un buen rato riendo.

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BLs and comedies....good try I guess!

Cute and cheesy university BL (where the leads aren't engineers?!). The overall plot was fairly uninteresting unfortunately, because the main characters spend so much time fighting over...nothing? PondPhuwin is a great pair though (and NeoLouis of course). I honestly only watched this because I'm still waiting for the new episodes of Never Let Me Go.

Pi has had a crush on Nan for a long time but has never had the courage to say anything since he knows Nan is way out of his league. But after a ~makeover~ he finally gains the confidence to approach him. However, Mork is always with Nan, giving Pi no room to be alone with him. Pi continuously gets annoyed at Mork, who always seems to be in his way, until he realizes it's actually Mork who he has feelings for.

Mork and Pi would have been great together if Pi didn't spend the entire series convincing himself he only liked Nan and didn't have feelings for Mork. It took them FOREVER to be into each other. Why must the "cheesy romance" BLs never have much of the actual cheesy romance, and instead be so much fighting and arguing over things that never further the plot? The scenes where they were flirting/actually together were so fun and cute, but there are so few of these that it makes watching this one less fun.

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I remember I watch this show every week until it's final episode. honestly speaking, this series was a light and fluffy one, a great series for you who like enemies-to-lovers troupe and want something light to watch. If we're talking about the acting, I think Phuwin's acting are better in here than in his new series. I feel like this kind of character suits him more. Still, I don't think his acting was that great, but i've seen worse, so...it was not good but not that bad. but I'm surprised by Pond's good acting, especially since this was his first main role. His character in his new series was very nice too. GMM did a great job to pick him as one of their talent. his suuuuper talented in acting.
I would recommend this for someone who's looking for something that's cute and sweet and for someone who wants to watch a BL series for the first time.

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Watch it once for the actors

There are many things I liked and the same amount of things that I didnt. I dont regret watching it because the chemistry between characters is really sweet, as to be expected, but the show tends to be pretty cheesy. I like that they break the fourth wall a lot but there a a few frustrating/cringe moments as a viewer. I will say the intimate moments are actually really cute/sexy even if they were brought about in pretty forced ways. Pond (Mork) is amazing as always. And of course i will watch anything with Pond and Phuwin together at least once. The relationship between Neo and Louis characters are also just as cute as the main characters. And any chance i get to see Mix in a series I'll take it, even if he isnt really a main character.

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I love the name of the drama "Fish upon sky"

Honestly, this drama pretty much reached my expectations except in the last few episodes when P's behaviour started to irritate me a little bit. He was an insecure character for sure that's why he would always say he didn't deserve to date Mork or someone like him should not date Mork at some extent it was understandable but afterwards it started to annoy me how seriously he started to take comments of people on social media like Mork was telling and consoling him that he loves him but he just shut him up and choose to listen to someone online, pretty much annoying to me but that makes him quite realistic cause shit like this is happening to this generation.
I hated both of the shippers like they were so creepy and I liked how Pi stood up for his privacy and that was probably the most sensible thing he ever did in the drama.
Overall there were some things that I didn't like about Pi but I think I must have to say that despite his little annoying traits, I found him pretty wholesome and adorable and in the end, we got his character development which was I think great.

And speaking about Mark I think he is a little complex to break down. We are not going to ignore the fact that he did invade Pi's privacy and even when he was not admitting his feelings for Mork he just kept insisting to him that he would make him fall which I think is somewhat toxic behaviour and just by reading other reviews I realised Mork was somewhere a stalker. Another thing that I think I didn't like about him is how writers tried to make him the perfect flawless character which turns out to be pretty unrealistic I quite liked his calming nature but his stalking this and trying to force Pi's feelings for him despite his denial just kinda ruin him for being "THE CHARACTER" for me, I hope that makes sense. And talking about his female friend she was a keeper, I quite adored her until she came up with her crush and shit like you can't convince me that it didn't look forced. Writers just write that thing down to create some tension before ending and in my opinion, it didn't work but what else we can expect from a cheesy bl.

Coming to the second lead I find their relationship more realistic than the first lead and I love how much we got Duean's character development there wasn't any unnecessary drama and misunderstanding which I love and their clear communication with each other made the relationship more healthy.

Lastly, I find Duean's friends pretty hilarious as they added the extra flavour to drama just by doing some random ass stuff but I think they were awesome and great.

Overall the drama was pretty entertaining and full of fluff even you cannot expect some mind-blowing storyline, plot or character complexity but for me, it was worth watching and I love the drama's sense of humour like definitely going to be one of the dramas with my favourite comedic elements.

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Love the onscreen chemistry but I hate the slow burn

I love this show! I took off a star because of that one scene with serious cultural appropriation. I took another 1/2 a star off because of the slow burn (like I was dying from anticipation) and the fact that they weren't "together" for as long as I would have wanted. id prefer if there was another episode where nothing bad happens and it was just sappy romance. I loved their (pi & mork) awkward tension they had before the relationship and during their relationship. My favorite part was like the last 20 minutes of episode 12 where everyone (all the people who have been crushing on each other) confessed to one another/finally accepted their true feeling for one another and kissed.

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