A light, entertaining BL drama
Bi-boy falls in love with straight-boy at first sight and pursues him until he wins his heart. That's pretty much it for this drama. No drama.Plus: EYE CANDY
It's a good cast with a thin story, but it moves so fast and there are hardly any surprises, so you'll enjoy it like a fast food meal.
Minus: I've noticed it more often lately in Thai-BL & don't quite understand it ... a gay character falls in love with a straight guy and seamlessly turns him into one! My opinion is that this approach is absurd and might send the wrong message to the masses.
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so so ...
the story is very light wherein you don't feel any tense at all . nothing special about the story . but its quite fun watching it...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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One of the boys is totally confident in his sexual orientation, also it's love at 1st sight for him and he's fully committed to make it a steady relationship. The other boy thought his whole life that he liked girls. So, he needs to process things first, nevertheless it was him who initiated the first sex (though he was drunk) so I believed he just needed some time to realize whether he wants to be just friends, or boyfriends. What was a bit funny was that he suggested some kind of trial period, after which he'll decide if he's really open to dating a guy, if he likes the boy in question enough, and also - kind of surprisingly - if the committed boy would really be able to put up with him. Because he said that he had some traits he doesn't show even to his friends, and no one of his exes were able to put up with it. I found all this pretty far from "standard".
Also, this is Tagged "Airhead Male Lead", which probably refers to the confused boy. Well, his actor is 17. And his character is supposed to be a bit immature. So, I would not see the need to judge him very harshly. I was actually surprised by his reaction after the 1st one night stand. Him asking the committed boy - who is like ready to marry him since the 1st second - to give it a try first, because time will tell, was actually pretty reasonable and exactly the thing the two guys, after a single drunken encounter, needed to do.
Question is whether that offers enough entertaining drama for all the remaining episodes. Mostly it's just an eye candy watch, as viewers would definitely find at least one of the boys more than goodlooking, and/or very cute. Obviously none of the "annoying traits" and "bad habits" were enough to discourage the committed boy. He was totally in love and had all the time in the world (also apparently enough money) to be endlessly patient with the confused boy. After all, he was very young, so what if he was a bit silly. He was THIS good looking at 17 already! The committed boy knew he hit the jackpot. No, he won't let go of him;-)) I could clearly see he wanted to marry him since episode 1.
And it's not just the two main boys. Also all the friends are super cute. They usually make funny faces watching how the older of the boys keeps taking care of the younger one.
I had honestly enough way sooner than 12 episodes. 6 would be more than sufficient. I was mostly bored. But, there's good kissing despite the younger actor's tender age.
This show can be recommended to viewers who like watching attractive people talking about/hooking up. Not recommended to viewers who are not patient to watch fools.
Note: The youtube version has english captions, which offer only rough translation. You'll be alright if you already watch thai shows for a few years. iQIYI version (link offered here on MDL under "Where to Watch Ai Long Nhai") has proper subtitles, but it plays only like 6 minutes of the video, then asks you to pay for a membership if you want to watch it all.
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So Much Potential
First let's discuss what was good about this series. 1) Meen. That's it, there is no number two. This series had a lot of potential and teased us with so many things it flat failed to deliver on. Don't go looking for a second couple unless you count Ai's dad's (played by real married couple Porsche and Arm). None of the other matches we were teased with went anywhere at all. The drama with Ai's birth mother also completely fizzled out. Ping, bless his heart, he tried. He's so cute, but where Meen proved he can easily kiss boys with passion in his role in LBC2, poor Ping just isn't there yet. The storyline was flat and moved in and out of relationship angst without ever actually giving a sense of resolve to any of the issues. If you are just looking for a series to throw on while you play games on your phone, I can recommend this one. At least you still get to see all the pretty boys. However, if you are looking for something to really pull you in, don't expect it to be this one.Cet avis était-il utile?
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No plot. Good kisses
First ep I was a little apprehensive, not sure where this was going. A typical college BL maybe? It's certainly a 'love at first sight' thing, at least for one of the main leads.Ep. 2 Story got a little clearer, I kinda cringed at the oops I had drunk sex with a guy thing, And what the hell was with these stuffed socks?? I felt relieved when Nhai confesses he actually liked it and that he was the one feeling guilty towards Ai. Ai is so in love he likes everything Nhai does but I think Nhai is not as great as he looks and might be chaotic af. Ai better brace himself. Curious to see where this goes.
Ep.3. I´m really not sure about this tbh. Although there are many things I like, there are at least as much things I dislike. Ai puts an unfair amount of pressure on Nhai, and although he has asked for time, Ai is trying to kiss him not 2 seconds later. Nhai is all over the place and says he is confused, but he seems anything but. I am really hoping for the dialogue to be more consistent and the subs being as bad as they are is not helping...
Ep 4-8 I am getting more and more worried about this drama and frustrated that the writing is not what it could be. Scenes and even full episodes seem to be made just for screenfilling and visual. There is no development. In fact, just exactly in the scene where you think something happens.... The episode is over. The next episode starts with that promising scene, but does not fulfill the promise. Characters remain flat, without any depth or real emotion. We see Nhai get jealous but who knows why. No motives, just nothing. All thats left is the fluff and the chemistry. But that falls totally flat when the rest is so severely lacking. This hurts and I do not see it getting better. Rating dropped to 6.
Ep. 9. Every time the end credits start running, I'm like: what? But nothing happened yet!. It is sooo boring! Ai's birth mother is the worst evil mom I've ever seen. She can't even get the expressions right. Also.. Usually with 'bad' bl's we can get at least some solace from the side couple. But there is none here! We are being robbed. The award for saving the ep. goes to Arm for doing the only good acting. Thank you Arm!
Ep. 10. Birth mom got slayed by Nhai. That was the best thing to watch. Rest of the ep was boring
Ep 11 and 12. Meeting the parents, being cute at night, going on a camping trip, bei g cute again, getting sick, getting orange peeling tips, getting better, being cute and promise forever. The end.
There was never any plot. Here and there are sparks of story but all of them bled out and died silently. This was Ai and Nhai being cute for 12 eps straight. Could have been half that. Got really boring in the end despite good kissing. There was no more tension, no real passion, no obstacles to overcome. No ingredients to make a good series.
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Watching this was lowkey a waste of time
First of all, why did we get barely anything with the side couples??? After ai and nhai got together I was really only watching it for the side couples.. just to end up with nothing. I was excited to see Nine and FM together but that didn’t happen, the most we got with them was FM telling Nine that he likes him?? Nhai was annoying me the whole time he just seemed so whiny and clueless. Ai and nhai were making me cringe A LOT with the pet names… AND WHY DID THEY GET FREAKY SO MUCH? a lot of the side characters were there for no reason like the girl that had interest in Ai was there for a few episodes then she was gone.. same with AI’s mom and sister. Honestly one of the only things I enjoyed was seeing In cause he’s so fine and funny 😇😇😇 anyways if you like cringe/freaky shows you should watch this (if you don’t, then don’t watch this) this is not a show to giggle and kick your feet to 😭Cet avis était-il utile?
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non c’è bisogno di guardare per forza TonhonChonlatee per vederla / carina, nulla di impegnativo
La prima volta che ne ho sentito parlare ho sentito fosse una serie collegata a TonhonChonlatee, serie che ho visto e mi è sembrata decente, però all’inizio non capivo perfettamente la cosa del cambio attori ecc.Adesso direi che la situazione cambio attori è stata una buona scelta, oltre al fatto che se non avessero cambiato attori non avrebbero potuto fare sta serie in quanto Mike e Toptap non lavorano più assieme (cosa che mi rende triste, li ho sempre amati), in ogni caso mi è piaciuto vedere nuovi attori e sopratutto come abbiano cambiato il personaggio di Tonhon, non omofobo e più sopportabile.
In generale posso dire che non c’è bisogno di guardare per forza TonhonChonlatee per vedere questa perché non c’è alcun collegamento particolare oltre ai personaggi Ai, Nhai, Ton e Chon, personaggi che a dire la verità li vedo pure differenti dall’altra serie, quindi andate tranquilli.
Questa serie è veramente carina.
La trama è semplice e carina, peccato che non l’abbiano sviluppata e allargata meglio, mi avrebbe fatto piacere vedere come andava a finire con la madre di Ai e bho anche più azione, è stato tutto molto tranquillo e nullo. Diciamo che è quel tipo di serie che puoi guardare senza farti problemi, infatti non si lasciano neanche.
Loro sono una bella coppia, sono carinissimi.
Il loro inizio per me è stato altamente incasinato e non capisco neanche come siano finiti insieme ma vabbè l’importante è che si amino.
È veramente incapibile come Ai faccia a sopportare Nhai nonostante sia così lamentoso ma allo stesso tempo è carino, capisco Ai ahahah
La cosa che mi ha fatto morire di più di Nhai è quando la madre di Ai gli ha detto che si sarebbe dovuto lasciare con lui ma Nhai ha rifiutato, lì ero preoccupata facesse come gli era stato detto dato che succede sempre nelle serie, invece mi ha colpito come fosse così sicuro, ho amato questa cosa.
Poi sinceramente una cosa che mi ha infastidito è l’ossessione di Ai per il sesso, ogni tre quarti voleva farlo, mi scassava sta cosa, mi pareva un pò maniaco aiuto.
Parlando di altro, mi dispiace come abbiano fatto finire la storia di quei due, quello che mandava continuamente regali segreti all’altro, poi si sono incontrati ma doveva partire per l’estero e quindi è finita lì; è stato triste, mi è dispiaciuto un botto perchè erano bellini.
In generale posso dire che veramente questa serie non è nulla di impegnativo ed è carina.
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Cute and light, if not a bit scattered
It was cute and sweet. The main couple were good together and overall there were no real angst or big dramatic misunderstandings that went on for long.....That said, it wasn't really an angst free situation, it's more like they were hinted at then immediately dropped? Like Nhai was shown to have nightmares a couple times. But we don't really see any of them but one later in their relationship. So, there is no real explanation as to why. I also feel like with Nhai, it's very clear he has issues. And like I understand why, it sounds like from his intro and what we see that girls see him and think he's cool and sort of get this idealized view of him and then pursue/date him and are immediately disappointed by how goofy, scatter-brained, and messy he really is and then leave him. So, he's afraid of Ai doing the same. But like...other than him having a few freak outs, it doesn't go too much into it or resolve it. And then the same happens with Ai's mom and sister and bio-dad situation. They come up...then fizzle out without any real resolution or closure. Like the sister seemed to like Ai and want to be family, but then had basically no reaction at all to her mom physically hurting and insulting his boyfriend right in front of her. Like she didn't even look upset or shocked? And then mom made all these threats only to just...leave and not come back. Also, got to say it got a little weird how often it came up that Ai was originally drawn to Nhai because Nhai looked like his step-dad.
I liked that the female character that was pursuing one of the leads didn't become a villain. She pretty quickly realized where his interests were and then basically decided to tease them and be friends instead.
I also liked the friend group. They felt realistic. Like the right mix of insults and supportiveness. Like you could imagine them driving for hours to track Nhai down when he got lost, but you also know the entire drive back is going to be them teasing him for it. Also I was laughing so hard when after he accidentally drank all that alcohol they were immediately like "okay, what was the best tasting thing here? We need to move it away from you so it doesn't end up in your bag". And they were right too.
And frankly, they're just as thick as Nhai. They literally heard Ai say, "are you mad I won't let you drink soda?...if I see you in pain in bed tonight, I'll ignore you". Like he really just admitted to both restricting his diet and sharing a bed and they were still like "nah. they're just friends :)".
Speaking of Nhai's ability to get lost, I think Nhai has ADHD. Because I relate very strongly and a lot of these could be symptoms. The getting lost, the easily distracted, food obsessions, misplacing items, special interest in travel, pocketing things that you might want later from the rubber band and shell to food (though never just loose in my bag like the sausages were, but he was drunk), etc.
The two things that I think were my biggest issues were the timing and the whole reluctant bottom/"straight" partner trope. It wasn't as much of an issue when I first watched as it was one of the first BL dramas I'd seen. But now it's just kind of...annoying having so much time when it could be developing their romance spent on internal debates about positions (as if switching wasn't a thing) and sexuality (often with a "I'm straight, my boyfriend is just an exception" conclusion). Also maybe it's just me, but I don't want to see a "romantic" scene where one person seems to be begrudgingly going along with it. I'd prefer two people in love actually seem like they're in love and want to be together.
For the timing, I couldn't quite pick up what the timeline was in terms of how much time was passing between scenes. Especially in the first few episodes. It almost seemed like official meeting, having lunch together, and hanging out at the dorms where Ai played guitar could have been the same day as Nhai seeing his crush had a boyfriend. It could also have been a month later, it's not super clear. The day after Nhai saw his crush with her boyfriend, Nhai got drunk at Ai's place and they slept together. The next day Nhai freaks out and tries to ghost Ai. And then, it's not clear if him ghosting him is all the same day before Ai tracks him down or if it's been days. Ai confronts Nhai and they decide to live together. The next day they go out on a date (and to get Nhai's bike). It seems like later that same day their friends are together and make a comment like "since Nhai got his heartbroken, he's spent all his time with Ai". Which suggests that he didn't ghost him for very long as they would have seen them apart, but also seems weird since it seems like it's been like less than 48 hours since he got his heartbroken. And then after when Nhai says he is going home for the weekend like he usually does, Ai is surprised and says he didn't know that he did that. But it's already established that he's been tracking his location since like that first day they had lunch as friends, so he likely would have known if the events had happened over more than a week or so. So like, the entirety of the events of the series seem like they could have happened in like a few weeks or the course of a full year.
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Yes, gay parents can raise a happy gay child
Occasionally charming, frequently irritating, almost always excruciating in its inept performances and writing, “AiLongNhai” is a potentially good idea that needed more care and thought to pull off.Can a pair of gay parents successfully raise a child, and can they model a happy relationship to that child, and especially if the child is gay? The point of “AiLongNhai” is to answer ‘yes’ to both questions. It also introduces us to two very different characters, one raised in comparative wealth and who has an assured manner about him in the world, and the other, a young man reluctant to grow up to adulthood (nicely metaphored as the yellow plastic duck found in bathtubs). There is potential here for something interesting, but it fails to do so and became for me one of the hardest series to finish watching.
Ai, played by Meen Nichakoon Khajornborirak as if trying his hardest to remember his lines, has been raised by his gay father and his partner; he falls for the perpetually childish Nhai, played with appropriate surface shallowness by Ping Krittanum Anunchananum. Run Kantheephop Sirorattanaphanit’s debut outing as a screenwriter shows a newbie’s poor scene structure and preference for episodic incident over character development. Even the more experienced Director, Nob Sathanapong Kim Wongthong, can’t save this series from being a continuing experience of under-delivery.
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I would definitely not watch again
Not gonna lie I wasn’t a big fan of this drama. It was a cute and sweet one, but I felt like it was messy instead of clean because each episode would be the same it would be Nhai getting mad at Ai for something and Ai would have to make Nhai like him again or not be mad at him anymore. I also didn’t really like the ending because by the 11th episode the show was basically completed in my opinion and the last episode was just Ai buying Nhai new shoes and them saying why they love each other on top of the roof. The only thing that I actually liked about this show was Tonhon and Chonlatee because at least in this show they weren’t toxic and they didnt do them dirty. Also I really love the guy who plays Chonlatee which is Save because he’s absolutely adorable and I also loved him in Why you Why me. Also can someone tell me when Fluke was in this show because they made it seem like he was in the show the whole time, but I never saw him. Also AI’s parents are so cute that I’m so glad they’re a couple in real life because they compliment each other so much. I didn’t really enjoy it too much, so I wouldn’t really recommend this, but if you want to then you should watch this.Cet avis était-il utile?
This was incredibly bad
The only reason I didn’t drop this after the first episode was cause I just needed something Thai to be playing while I study.This whole series pretty much didn’t have a story. Nothing happened. And the acting was absolutely horrendous for the most part. Really the only positive was Ai‘s actors face (he was also sort of ok acting).
I don’t recommend watching this. Although I don’t think most people would even last through the first few episodes anyways.
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Adorable Angst free High School Love Story
- Genre –School/Romance/Students/BL
- Brief Synopsis –
Protagonist A is expelled from his old school and transfers to a new school and becomes B’s schoolmate. From the first episode, he falls for B and is determined to date him even when B says he likes girls. In order to do so, he starts spending more time with B, who doesn’t seem at all repulsed by his flirting. Slowly they grow closer and start dating in secret. The story ends with them admitting to their friends that they are dating and B brings A to meet his parents.
- Plot and Storyline –
Very simple and predictable storyline with no plot twists or especially notable moments. Despite all that, the plot is very sweet and heartwarming as it focuses on the daily life of the main couple and the development of their relationship. Although it is slow paced and lacks angst, it is very enjoyable to watch. The intimate scenes are enjoyable to watch even if they are somewhat tame. I love how A takes care of B and B learns to rely more and more on A.
- Character Development –
N/A
- Acting -
The acting is really nice and the leads do a great job at displaying the love between the main characters. But outside of that, sometimes the acting feels a little awkward but not bad enough to make it unwatchable. The chemistry between the leads makes up for it.
- Production Quality -
Decent production quality with somewhat realistic sets and props.
- Writing and Dialogue -
Writing for the other characters can sometimes be a little cringey.
- Pacing -
Pacing is okay for a lighthearted love story.
- Themes and Message –
Themes for first love, bigotry, jealousy, compassion, friendship are explored.
- Audience Appeal -
Anyone who wants to watch a simple angst-free fluffy BL will like this show.
- Standout Moments -
N/A
- Criticisms -
x Nothing seem to happen in the show as the focus is the couple's everyday life. If the couple hadn't been so cute, this show would be extremely boring.
x The plot is extremely simple and predictable.
- Conclusion -
I might rewatch this series for the fluff if I didn't have other things to watch.
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