A cute and enjoyable ride!
Before I start talking about the series, I have to specify that I didn't pay much attention to the scenes about Maito, Shogun, and Green's storyline. I watched the first half of the show in its entirety, but even after five episodes I wasn't able to get interested in them at all, so I started fast-forwarding or even skipping their scenes. Needless to say, this review is based on everything else.
I was a little hesitant to start this one, because whenever I saw fangirls in any series they're always portrayed as obnoxious, invasive, inappropriate, and ready to deliver a huge load of second-hand embarrassment to the viewers. As I saw that one of the main characters was a fangirl, I braced myself and got ready to stop watching as soon as it would get too much for me to handle. Now that I watched until the end, I can say that this might be the healthiest portrayal of a shipper that I've ever seen in a Thai series so far. Namhwa is passionate about her ship and her "main" Maipai, she participates in the events and gives her best to support in any way she can, but she never violates boundaries and overall it's just cute, funny, and even wholesome.
The plot is simple and predictable, but this doesn't take away from its charm. As I kept watching I quickly grew fond of Namhwa, Kanoon, and the members of Evening Sunday (which is a real band, and the band members in the series are the actual members of the band!). The biggest quality of the series is the care it put in the bonds between friends, other than between the couples. They all felt sincere and close to each other, both thanks to the dialogues overall and thanks to their dynamics during all the episodes.
Gap and Namhwa stole the show for me. Gap gets close to Namhwa because of his ulterior motives, but he observes her closely from the get-go and never treats her as just a tool or someone unimportant. He actually cares about her well-being and comfort, about what she likes and what she cares about. Namhwa is the same: she never acts like supporting the band is an annoying chore and actually gives her best to promote them with all she can, instead of just letting her brother do all the work, and she also pays close attention to Gap while not just distancing herself from the fandom for no actual reason. These are all things that end up being neglected most of the time, especially when it comes to straight couples in media.
As I said above, unfortunately I couldn't bring myself to watch all the scenes with Green, Maito, and Shogun. I really don't like love triangles so that might have been part of the reason, but they didn't get my attention even when I was trying hard to focus on them. While the other characters were fleshed out immediately, they always seemed annoyingly plain.
As for Paul and Nice, they were definitely hilarious and adorable in their own way, but they had very little screentime and their subplot lacked substance to have much of an impact on their characters.
Last but not least, I appreciated the lack of fanservice. Not many scenes with the characters randomly stripping or being without a shirt (I actually only saw a couple) and no steamy kiss scenes, even within the couples. The focus was on the communication and the emotional bonding and I loved it.
If you're considering watching this series because of the BL couples, I can't say I recommend it. I want to recommend it because it's cute, fun, refreshing, and has one of the best straight relationships I've ever seen in a Thai series.
I was a little hesitant to start this one, because whenever I saw fangirls in any series they're always portrayed as obnoxious, invasive, inappropriate, and ready to deliver a huge load of second-hand embarrassment to the viewers. As I saw that one of the main characters was a fangirl, I braced myself and got ready to stop watching as soon as it would get too much for me to handle. Now that I watched until the end, I can say that this might be the healthiest portrayal of a shipper that I've ever seen in a Thai series so far. Namhwa is passionate about her ship and her "main" Maipai, she participates in the events and gives her best to support in any way she can, but she never violates boundaries and overall it's just cute, funny, and even wholesome.
The plot is simple and predictable, but this doesn't take away from its charm. As I kept watching I quickly grew fond of Namhwa, Kanoon, and the members of Evening Sunday (which is a real band, and the band members in the series are the actual members of the band!). The biggest quality of the series is the care it put in the bonds between friends, other than between the couples. They all felt sincere and close to each other, both thanks to the dialogues overall and thanks to their dynamics during all the episodes.
Gap and Namhwa stole the show for me. Gap gets close to Namhwa because of his ulterior motives, but he observes her closely from the get-go and never treats her as just a tool or someone unimportant. He actually cares about her well-being and comfort, about what she likes and what she cares about. Namhwa is the same: she never acts like supporting the band is an annoying chore and actually gives her best to promote them with all she can, instead of just letting her brother do all the work, and she also pays close attention to Gap while not just distancing herself from the fandom for no actual reason. These are all things that end up being neglected most of the time, especially when it comes to straight couples in media.
As I said above, unfortunately I couldn't bring myself to watch all the scenes with Green, Maito, and Shogun. I really don't like love triangles so that might have been part of the reason, but they didn't get my attention even when I was trying hard to focus on them. While the other characters were fleshed out immediately, they always seemed annoyingly plain.
As for Paul and Nice, they were definitely hilarious and adorable in their own way, but they had very little screentime and their subplot lacked substance to have much of an impact on their characters.
Last but not least, I appreciated the lack of fanservice. Not many scenes with the characters randomly stripping or being without a shirt (I actually only saw a couple) and no steamy kiss scenes, even within the couples. The focus was on the communication and the emotional bonding and I loved it.
If you're considering watching this series because of the BL couples, I can't say I recommend it. I want to recommend it because it's cute, fun, refreshing, and has one of the best straight relationships I've ever seen in a Thai series.
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