***Minor Spoilers***

In the beginning when Thailand started making BL, it was new and everything was perfect, those school uniforms, engineering faculties, and themes of straight guys turning suddenly gay, all was ok, until it became repetitive and over the years starting from 2015 there have been some really good series, even with same theme, but most of them are just cheesy forced love stories with poor production. Instead of exploring real issues, they solely focused on love part. Well I do not blame the creators as they will make what sells the most but I think, the time has come to dig deep into the stories, characters and real cinema work for such series as well.

I Told Sunset About You, as lyrical as its title, the story and camerawork are a real deal here. It felt like a proper series of an international standard. If you have seen Thailand BL series or in fact from other countries, you know what I mean when I say “proper series”. The cinematography of series is piercing my heart, it is giving me 70s and 80s vibes, yet the series is set in modern time. Written by a young writer, it does not reflect any immature plot in fact he did a pretty amazing job although the story might not be something unique or different, but it is scoring on people hearts.

Krit and Billkin, is doing pretty amazing job, both actors have worked previously in 2019 series My Ambulance, so their chemistry is top notch. I am already seeing so many hearts are going to break - Oh seems to like Bas or at least feel something special, the way he looked at Bas, when they were in car or the way Oh confides in Bas, is not an indication of normal friendship. On the other hand, Teh is like be my girlfriend to Tan and later he will suddenly be after Oh which will only be going to break Tan’s heart. I don’t know what drama is going to come up in this miniseries, but I hope things gets wrapped up pretty nice and quickly.

At this point I can feel the unspoken words of love between them, their silence speaks volumes of their affection to each other, while their sadness effect both deeply. For years both regretted being apart, but things have yet to calm down between each other in order for them to give name to their relationship. While watching first episode, I forgot if there were another characters because I was deeply invested into Oh and Teh, as the series is extremely short and I don’t want to miss any scene and I must say it, there screen time, never leaves you with unnecessary thoughts, it is about them, their story and their feelings. I hope Oh, come back to be his close friends, and that when ship will sail.

With 1 hour long, and total of 5 episodes, I know I will end up wanting more so I hope the conclusion is done beautifully in these episodes. Happy ending or sad, I am equally looking forward to both, as I know for sure, their love binds them together, and it is their love that has the strength to keep them apart even though their hearts belongs to each other, no matter what.

I Told Sunset About You is inarguably one of the best TV series in my archives, and just not BL, I don’t want to categories it. Having said this, I am also looking forward to The Tale of Thousand Stars and Manner of Death which also looks promising and different to what we have been seeing so far.