Ai Long Nai (2022)

Sweet and fun

I really enjoyed this series. The characters were cute. I especially like Nhai’s character because he seems like a lovable airhead. I did feel it started to lose focus in the later episodes and things are left hanging a little bit. It seemed more like it was intending to have another season. However, I still liked it and have already watched a second time.
I am wondering what other series are in this same universe now that I realize Tonhon Chonlatee is about Ton and his neighbor. They seem to indicate Nan and Sib had their own dramatic story and leave the plot with Nine and his interest open, so I am curious what other series have these same characters.
All-in-all, it’s a lighthearted series and I love the casual touching and hugging that the main characters do a great job of showing. One of the things that some BL series lack is the intimacy when NOT in a sexual situation. It kind of kills it if the actors seem standoffish unless in a bed scene and this one is not like that.

Lire davantage

-Te quiero, mi patito amarillo, -Yo también te quiero, dueño del pato

Es una serie muy bonita pero si lo que estas buscando es drama creo que no es para ti, digamos que al menos para mi es una serie muy lineal, muy del tipo de ver el día a día de los personajes, un romance universitario con este cliché de amor a primera vista bien logrado, que si bien tuvo una que otra cosa que podríamos catalogar como drama siento que el mayor problema de esta serie es que no lo termina abordando por completo y se queda a medias y no nomas pasa con el drama sino también con otras cosillas pero eso no quita que aun asi sea disfrutable.

Ai y Nhai, es una pareja muy bonita, algo que me gusto mucho es que Ai nunca tuvo duda de lo que sentía por Nhai y siempre trababa de explicarle cualquier cosa cuando a Nhai le surgían dudas, maybe al principio si es un poco intensito pero bueno, algo chistoso es ver como Nhai pasa de no estar seguro de lo que siente, a sentir celos y luego ya darse su oportunidad con Ai, siento que si tuvieron pleitos fueron muy de pareja y también me gusto que no separaran a los protagonistas de que por un problema y que se dejaran de hablar en los últimos caps, como suelen hacer varias series, siento que esta pareja es mas como del aprendizaje de como llevar una relación y para mi lo tienen muy logrado.

Hay bastantito personaje secundario tenemos a los amigos de Ai y Nhai:
Tonhon, Nine y Intha que los tres me cayeron bastante bien, son cómicos y se nota que todos se conocen bien entre ellos, no por nada le cuestionan a Ai sobre que intenciones tiene con Nhai pq estaban preocupados por Nhai.
Ahora algo que me causo digamos poquito conflicto es que en algun momento nos "presentan" a sus posibles parejas de Ton esta Chon su amigo de la infancia, de Nine esta FM que le dijo que le gustaba y le pidió que le enseñara y de Intha esta Songkhwan que en teoría ellos ya se gustaban entre si pero no se dio nada pq Song se fue a el extranjero a estudiar un doctorado, bueno de estas tres posibles "parejas" ninguna termina siendo y no entiendo pq, siento que cualquiera de las tres hubiera estado bien como pareja secundaria pq no tenemos en si, las tres terminaron a medias sin explorarse ni nada.
Están los papás de Ai:
Sippakorn y Jaonan que la vd quedo muy claro que son un amor de persona, que quieren/aman demasiado a Ai, maybe me hubiera gustado ver un poco mas de ellos o de su relación con Ai.
Esta el papá de Nhai:
Tambien me cayo muy bien, se vio que es muy comprensible y que siempre puedes contar con el tmb me falto verlo un poco mas.
Y esta la mamá y hermanastra de Ai:
Rajin y Jom que mi mayor conflicto es que nunca supe realmente pq la mamá quería reconectar con Ai, supongo que Jom quería pq la mama le dijo y tmb pq le salvo la vida?, pero lit después de lo que pasa con Nhai en el vestíbulo no vuelven a salir y lit ahi quedo todo y no me hace nada de sentido pq al principio si era todo muy insistente por parte de la mamá y la hermana y me dices que después de eso ya no volvieron a aparecer o contactar a Ai umm idk siento que mejor nos hubieran dado el trasfondo de lo que paso hace 5 años y ahí lo hubieran dejado pq al final esto termino dándome igual.

Al final como digo termino siendo una serie muy bonita, muy tranquilita que maybe le falto explorar varias cosas pero que en otras cumple muy bien y termina siendo muy disfrutable:)
La frase del titulo es del cap 12.

Lire davantage

Can't complain!

This show was simple. It was cute, fun, and lighthearted. No conflict lasted long and the relationship was a fairly happy one.

I can't complain much about this show. Nhai didn't think he liked men, but when Ai and him become close, he starts to question himself. To see if it's true, he decides to move in with Ai as a trial run.

Nothing too special happened in this one. Gay people got to be happy and that makes me happy. There's no question of whether or not you'll be accepted for being gay when you've got two dads, so homophobia was never really an issue. The plotline between Ai and his mom was a little bit odd, but it didn't make a huge dent in the show anyways. Overall an enjoyable and easy watch.

Lire davantage

Don't waste your time

I have a simple request from the screenwriter, Run... Could you please stop experiencing secreenwriting? I'm terribly sorry, but this is not what we expect from a BL drama. Seriously, I feel like I wasted my time. I've been watching BL dramas for more than two years, but I never felt I wasted my time. I like you as an actor, please get back to acting and making us smile. I don't want to be mean for anyone, and I do excuse if my comment would hurt anyone. However, there is no point in watching a wifey who has no idea what falling in love is. The wifey is so selfish that our poor hubby tries his best to please him. I won't even mention his dowdiness besides his uncleanliness. He never manages to love sincerely although his hubby is crazy about him. I am absolutely sure hubby would be happier if he met someone else. Last but not least, what we want to see in the dramas is the real love with all sorts of sacrificies available. Please do not waste all these handsome boys with amazing acting abilities with simple or absurd drama stories.

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Really.......What was the point?

I've watched many BL series and up to now, sadly, this is the worst.....so disappointed as I was really looking forward to this but it was all just hype!
Such a shame as I loved the characters as in Ai, Nhai, and their friends and family but the story or lack thereof was a serious issue.
Boy meets boy, fall in love, end of!
Nhai was too childish and spoiled by everyone so I could not take him seriously....Side love interests were far too short, virtually nonexistent and in fact, should not really have been included....
The bad guys needn't have been in it all for the impact they had, a couple of sentences, and they are gone.....
The NC scenes were laughable hardly a proper kiss among the many scenes.....
I can't believe I sat through 8 hours of this drivel that imo, could have been 1 x 2hr episode....
I could carry on venting but again "Really .....what's the point? "

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SLOW BURN AND SLOWLY KILLING ME

Hm… i have watched MeenPring series which is MDGO before and it was alright and I thought this series could do them justice but MY GOD!!! This series is boring. I am sorry but the series have good actors but plain and bland plot. No heartthrobbing scenes much and sex scenes are okay not the best but it was alright. This series could end within 8 episodes but I dont know what is going on with the unecessary lovey dovey scene without purposes???

The conflict between Ai and his mother is not resolved too. Just hanging on a thread without any closure. Boring. I dont know why but MeenPring always got the most boring series. The pattern of their series are the same. It was good but not good enough for 12 episodes long. Could have just shorten it to 8 episodes. Cause after episode 8, i started to yawn and its getting boring.


In a nutshell? Good actor, boring plot, no character development, no plot development, unecessary lovey dovey scenes, side pairing development sucks and no closure plot.

Lire davantage

confusing

im genuinly so confused on what was going on for the main story of this BL, there was alot of choppy parts and the stupidity or nhai was just... anyways i couldnt wrap my head around anything that was happening in the entire show, the random part where ai gave his bone marrow to his sister or something was so random?? and the fact he fell inlove with someone who looked JUST like his stepdad in his eyes was a bit creepy, i get that maybe he idolised his stepdad but still it kinda freaked me out a little bit. its cute dont get me wrong and its quite lovey dovey in some bits but i feel like they tried to add some sad scenes into it and it just did not work out whatsoever.

nhais character aswell is extremely childish and stupid which can make the show unbearable to watch in my opinion but again that is most likely just a preference T_T

Lire davantage

Not the worst, but just so bland

By the time I reached episode 5, I was seriously starting to wonder what I was even staying for.  At episode 7, I was like, yep okay that’s it. I’m out. Life is too short to waste on BLs that don’t excite.

The storyline lacks depth and novelty, especially in 2022, when the BL industry has matured beyond simple college plots. It’s getting increasingly difficult for a college BL to stand out, so either unique storylines and/or exceptional chemistry between the leads would have to do all the heavy lifting.

Ai Long Nhai would have probably done a lot better if it existed some years back. In 2022, it simply couldn't keep up.

There are some serious B-grade BLs out there filled with downright laughable moments, but ALN isn’t one of them. It’s not that the show is terrible – I can’t find anything that’s exceptionally terrible about the series, but maybe that was it. It was just so remarkably bland. 

The characters are predictable and boring, and the storyline couldn't keep me hooked either.

My review here: https://asianblreviews.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/ai-long-nhai-2022-bl-review/

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Eu já disse e repito que amo o gênero BL. É uma série fofinha, bem soft, com algumas cenas levemente "hot". Embora seja uma amor universitário, ele gira mais em torno da relação amigos/família e o relacionamento gay. Não chega a ser polêmico, mas gosto de valorizar todo conteúdo que abre espaço para diminuir a discrepância e o preconceito da sociedade em relação ao tema. O roteiro é interessante (embora tenha alguns furos como, por exemplo, deixar casais secundários sem finalização), e há muitos erros de continuidade. Ping e Meen são muito fofinhos, e o elenco tem muitos personagens lindos. Ainda não encontrei uma OST tailandesa que eu não tenha gostado (amo o sotaque deles...rsrs): sempre alto astral, harmônica, alegre...enfim, uma história para você passar o tem po sem grandes pretensões.

Lire davantage

Muito fofa

Após minha terceira maratona de Ai Long Nhai, vamos às considerações.

Sobre o roteiro: Uma coisa me interessou nessa série: a ausência de conflitos entre o casal! O único conflito existente foi a falta de comunicação inicial que fez com que cada um pensasse que o outro não estava interessado e tentasse fugir do sentimento, mas isso durou apenas 2 eps. A partir de então, o relacionamento foi única e exclusivamente de flores a amores, tanto entre o casal, as famílias, os amigos, e quem tentou fazer algum mal não chegou nem perto de conseguir. A série tem uma premissa bem soft, mas ao mesmo tempo tem uma pegada intensa entre os protas, isso pra mim foi uma surpresa, já que a sinopse falava apenas de um garoto bobo que perdia seu pato toda hora (e aliás, pq diabos alguém anda carregando um pato?).
Enfim, foi um prazer ver tanto amor, o casal Sib e Jaonan, que são casados na vida real estiveram perfeitos em seus papéis. Achei que faltou mais ênfase na história da mãe e da irmã de Ai, inclusive na primeira vez que a mãe apareceu eu nem percebi que era flash back, e não foi explicado o motivo dela ter voltado, já que deixou claro que não sentia amor por Ai. Também não me senti confortável sobre mentirem a respeito da paternidade de Ai, e até mesmo a irmã ficou num limbo onde não fazia sentido a presença dela. É muito bom quando uma série desenvolve bem o casal principal, mas nesse caso, os casais secundários foram literalmente esquecidos, não desenvolveram em nada. Outra coisa que achei que poderia ser melhor explicada foi a situação com a mãe de Nhai.

Atuação: Não acho que foi nota 10, mas os meninos fizeram um trabalho razoável.

Aspectos técnicos: A filmografia da série é boa, fotografia, continuidade, locações, ost, todos esses detalhes pra mim estão muito bem feitos.

Voltar a ver: Com certeza verei outras vezes, e ainda panfleto muito essa série. Se você quer uma série soft, fofa, sem crises, e com um final feliz, com certeza essa é uma ótima indicação.

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