Love Sea (2024)

"To your uncle, 8 isn't a number. it's infinity."

I've watched this series every week since the day episode one came out. I originally started it because I enjoyed the actors, but I quickly fell in love with the plot. Throughout the story, you get to see how generational trauma can have a strong hold on people. Even down to the last episode, Tongrak suffered due to his past. I found this feature incredibly realistic. many shows like this show characters "coping" with trauma and getting over it in just a few episodes, and it can often feel like a mockery to real trauma. this story did a wonderful job. 10/10. (8/10 for Tongrak)

Lire davantage

A Rather Deep Series

This series is exceptional, surprisingly. I was not expecting it to affect me as deeply as it did, but one had to frankly get through a lot of cacophony to get to the story. But once you did, and evaluated that, it was much deeper than most viewers, I think, realized. It honestly left me emotionally drained. This series, I felt. What brought this series down and unfortunately way down was the awful peripheral (I guess) GL portion. I am not sure the reason to throw that into the mix as it added nothing to the story. If I were doing this story, I would have begun with the last episode as the first and then told the story of how they got there. Only them, with then the essential figures influencing the story. We could undoubtedly have understood what made both ‘tick’. These two are fascinating individuals and I wanted to know who they were. All we saw were glimpses and shadows of who they were. I did not want to find that out only in the end. The two of them fascinated me as a couple.
You can read my full review of this rather well done series (minus the GL portion) at BLBliss.com

Lire davantage

THEY GOT US AT FIRST TWO EPISODES ONLY

I am sorry , I have decided to drop this one, only the first 2 episodes were promising, and the next episode were ridiculous, I didn't understood why the leads had sex on first episodes and then on the later episodes , Tongrak seems shy again like nothing happened between them when Mahasamut started flirting with him, Tongrak acted as if Mahasamut has not touched him yet.
The taking Mahasamut to Bangkok was I thought exciting but It was not, its like almost is never enough feeling like I did not know what hindered the momentum, I was irritated with the assistant girl with her worried face and expression, she is pretty but , the way she acted and always washing her face with that expression was so annoying, and she is so annoying over all from the very start and the contract with Mahasamut it was overused ! like have they even thought of a different plot? and it was all over acting , like Tongrak have taken Mahasamut to Bangkok and then suddenly There was a contract ?? Mahasamut is a dumb ,
I cannot go on any longer with this drama , I felt bad I wanted to see more of Fortpeat , maybe I'll check later if they are gonna have a new drama together , I hope for a better story. This is only my opinion pls don't hate me, if the drama doesn't suit on my taste , well maybe suited with others , it's okay , if you think you can waste you time with this, its fine go for it , but me? naaa

Lire davantage

It’s an entertaining show

As expected from Thai series , especially from MAME, the first episode so far is just about the chemistry of Lead actors and their acting skills… After reading the book, the story has solid plot. But just waiting to see how it transpires in the series.
The lead characters are Tongrak and Mahasamut. Mahasamut is playful, happy go lucky but playfully annoying to Tongrak. While Tongrak is fragile but arrogant kitten type. They both had their own traumas from past.
From 1st episode I can say, their chemistry on screen is so good. Tongrak/Peat is so beautiful while Mut is handsome. They carried the emotional scene so well.
It’s a good entertainer so far.

Lire davantage

afe vey

mano eu pensei qele ia ser bem melhor (eu nao aprendo a nao colocar tanta expectativa em drama afe) pq tipo em 2022 assisti love in the air I FIQUEI APAIXONADA NELES e assisti esse ja com a expectativa qia ser magnifico mas nao foi afe. a historia é rasa, as cenas deles transando eu fico mujto timida kawai af, tem cenas mukto vergonhosas qda vontade de se mata, e sem contat que o casal principal fico la naquele fogo d qo moh la nao qria fala eu te amo mas sendo qeles tavam vivendo uma vida d casado desde o dia em qeles se conheceram basicamente. mas eu ainda amo mukto o casal i o casal secundario ( Q NA MIA OPINIAO DEVIA TER TIDO MAIS DESENVOLVIMENTO AFE achei muito pouco quero mais delas) enfim foj isso af talvez eu so tenha colocado mta expectativa mesmo aferrr

Lire davantage

MAME's Bed Friend

Those who had seen Bed Friend, will have a terrible feeling of déjà vu while watching this one since the plot set up seems to be practically the same.: a no nonsense guy gets into a contract binding sex relationship with a fairy like writer saddled with some serious family trauma. I know that in fiction the topics (tropes: enemies to lovers "Pride & Prejudice", revenge "Monte Cristo" etc...) have been invented a long time ago and that it is just the writer's role to make it stand out with the way they deal with it. So MAME going with the plot similar to Bed Friend did not bother me very much. So much so, that this became the first Mame's drama I actually finished since Tharn Type. I really enjoyed the spin on the friends with benefits trope! Moreover, the actors reminded me very much of James and Net, same type of actor for the same type of roles!

Rak suffering from writer's block goes to an island to rest where he is taken care of by Mut, the local man of all trades. While Rak piles on injuries on Mut, he just laughs them off, playing along. Until, a few days into the stay, they find that they cannot keep their hands off each other. After the two week honeymoon period, Rak offers Mut to pay him if he accompanies him back to Bangkok.

I loved the character of Mut: he is honest to the core, does not gossip and respect other people's privacy, he has a solid moral backbone, a very unusual trait in dramas! He is of course a cliché seme: strong, masculine, often wearing dark colours and definitely a domineering presence in spite of being a younger character. He does not change much throughout the drama.
On the other hand, Rak is on the surface smooth, elegant, strong and rich man. But lightly scratch that surface and out come all the traumas and insecurities from his childhood. His character develops backwards somehow: when we first see him he is a mature, strong, smart, confident and cocky adult all dressed in black but as the drama progresses he changes for the worse becoming, insecure, weak borderline child, pouting and hiding. The ending sees him all dressed in white and talking in baby voice! How about that for development? From the onset of their relationship it was perfectly obvious that Mut is the more mature person there. The relationship dynamic is very much a classical BL trope.

I did not mind the pay to love theme of the drama because it was not the important part. Mut has seen that Ruk has many insecurities hidden and that he tries to hide behind the money so he accepts to be bought in order to try to break down Ruk's walls behind which he has been hiding. The payment he accepts is just means to an end!

I wish they had delved deeper into the trauma part, it was very superficial and the very person who could have and should have dealt with that trauma and its causes (Ruk's mother!) is nowhere to be seen. Why? She stays in the beckground and acepts not to see her children in years? There is so much story there that they should have explored more. Or really explained the reasons behind Prim's (Ruk's cousin) extreme jealousy: that whole subplot was badly developped!

The music is the usual thai bl music: funky and forgettable with the obligatory a cappella beginning of the song in emotionally charged scenes (kissing etc.). I wish they would at least try to be original and stop giving us a copy paste original soundtrack.

And yet, in spite of all these flaws, I enjoyed this drama very much: the chemistry was solid, the bickering relationship fun to watch, the best friend Vie and the part of the second couple GL was perfect (for once there was no second BL couple but only one GL) and the GL story was cute even though the actress playing Mook grimaced too much!

I liked this drama more than I thought I would!

Lire davantage

I have no words....

So far through out the story the relationship between peat and fort was cute until peat just completely got on my nerves!
The first episode was cute and exiting because I was able to watch another drama that included both fort and peat as the main roles. The acting was great I received a lot of emotions from Fort but Peats acting felt like he didn't even want to be there :/
If I was to compare Peats acting from love in the air and sea series his plot is always the same and he didn't even try this time. I hate it when bottoms always have to make up excuses just for their relationship to get shit, like I'm sorry if you don't believe in love then don't go round paying other to make out with.

Honestly I loved the chemistry between Fort and Peat but the only problem between them wasn't their past lives but Peat. All the I don't love you and shit you can shuv up your bum because it got annoying to the point I wanted to go to Thailand myself, find Peat and punch him.

With the GL part of the drama I didn't like the way Muk was all lovely dovely, at first I was fine with it until it kept on going on to the point it was cringy and fake. I honestly don't blame the actress I blame the director and script because wtf.....
Im so sorry but I feel like they should completely redo the whole special episode because the whole entire series not even the special episode at this point, we wasn't told or shown how tf Mut and Vie even got together.......

I don't hate Love Sea The Series but I believe if Peat was more into his character and that there wasn't any excuses being told from the characters past life just to find conflict between the relationship and also that we were told how Mut and Vie got together I don't think people would have a problem with the series, but also one more thing is that I hated the fact when Peat called the Island his home knowing damn well his home was in the city :/

I also hated the fact that Peats dad didn't even dare to harm a little bug which made his appearance week and small like a little girl but the one thing I wont stop calling Peats dad is a white pedo.

IM NOT TRYING TO HATE ON ANYONE OR ANYTHING ITS JUST WHAT BUGED ME THE MOST.

Lire davantage

this may contain spoilers

This is a very good movie. the plot was okay and the actors were really good except peat. I think he needs to improve his crying scenes to be more realistic, personally I have a hard time watching him cry it doesn't feel that much real compared to when Fort cries. I really like the ending where Peat comes for Fort at the island to say sorry, however it feels as if the scenes were just added on top, like an added scene which was not originally there bcz personally for me, it was kinda rushed and all that.

however, the writer, the director, the actors and the crew team worked really hard. Nailed it.... looking forward to another series between Fort and Peat...

Lire davantage

Photography and actors got me...

First of it I'm biased, as I know the actors for previous series and I like them a lot. I was also drawn to the photography and the editing and wanted to see more work if that team.
As a photographer, the photography in this series doesn't dissapoint, we start in the island so we had beautiful landscapes really well captured. The editing is really good on the eyes, beautifully done. The music helps to create the mood and the effects for the comedy parts are funny.
The actors really did a great job getting ready for this series, they learned scuba diving and also free diving. They had a crew for the diving scenes for security and help.
One of the actors also learned the suthern dialec of the area.
The range of both of them portraying motions are really good.
We had another characters that are developing another story, and had their fun moments as well, I'm looking forward to see them more.
So far we are 4 episodes in:
1, Meet the characters. And little bit of their dinamic. episode
2, Know more deeply one of our main characters, we already know both had hard moments in life. episode
3 The relationship between the main couple starts to develope and we know more of both of them
[SPOILER ALERT]
4 A transition where they go to Bangkok and we see how Rak change in his environment.
[END OF SPOILER]

Can't wait to see more!!

Lire davantage

Great Chemistry; Weak Story

The show offers a predictable and clichéd plot that doesn’t stand out, relying heavily on the strong chemistry between the main couple, Fort and Peat, to keep viewers engaged. Their natural and genuine connection, especially in the NC scenes, is the highlight of the series, elevating it above its otherwise unremarkable narrative. While the secondary GL couple adds a sweet dynamic, the show’s dialogue and music are forgettable, contributing little to the overall experience. Rewatch value is limited to the NC scenes, making the show worth watching mainly for fans of the FortPeat pairing, despite its shortcomings in story and originality.

1. Story: The plot of the show is nothing to write home about—it's predictable, cliched, and doesn't offer any surprising twists or deep narrative developments. If it weren't for the actors' strong performances, particularly the main couple, the show would likely fall flat. The chemistry between the leads is the saving grace, transforming what could have been a dull experience into something enjoyable. Because the story is so basic, there's not much to dissect or discuss. The dialogue is serviceable—neither cringeworthy nor particularly memorable—and the characters are likable enough to keep viewers engaged, albeit with low expectations.

The highlight of the show, however, isn't the story but the NC (sexually explicit) scenes. This says a lot about the overall quality of the plot, as these scenes outshine the rest of the narrative. If you don't mind a story that's heavily reliant on tropes and predictability, you might find it perfectly watchable. Fans of similar shows, like Love in the Air (particularly the Prepai and Sky parts), might find some enjoyment here, as the tone and structure are quite similar. The story revolves around character A, who is emotionally scarred due to a past experience (in this case, related to his mother instead of a former lover) and has lost faith in love. Character B enters his life and slowly convinces him that love is real. The inevitable breakup occurs because A is scared of getting hurt again and pushes B away, claiming he no longer loves him. B leaves temporarily, only to return later, leading to a heartfelt reunion where A confesses his true feelings. The story sticks to a well-worn formula, lacking any substantial elements that could set it apart—such as a sexual assault subplot, which is notably absent here.

2. Acting/Cast: The chemistry between Fort and Peat is what truly elevates this show. Their on-screen connection is so natural and palpable that it becomes the focal point of the entire series. Without them, the show would likely crumble under the weight of its unoriginal plot. The affection and intimacy they share seem to leap off the screen, making their performances feel genuine and deeply engaging. There's nothing awkward or forced about their interactions, and their acting perfectly captures the essence of their characters.

What really sets their performances apart are the NC scenes. Unlike other shows where such scenes can feel staged or uncomfortable, Fort and Peat bring a level of realism and intensity that makes these moments incredibly sensual and believable. It's not just about what the audience sees but how convincingly they portray their characters' desire and passion for one another. The fact that the show is over is disappointing, not because of the plot, but because it means we won't get to see more of Fort and Peat together. Thankfully, their other videos are still available online for fans to enjoy. Additionally, the secondary GL (Girl's Love) couple adds a charming dynamic to the show, with their sweet and adorable relationship providing a nice contrast to the main couple's more intense connection.

3. Music: The soundtrack is entirely forgettable. There's nothing in the musical score that stands out or adds any significant emotional depth to the scenes. It's serviceable at best but doesn't contribute anything noteworthy to the viewing experience.

4. Rewatch Value: The only scenes worth revisiting are the NC scenes, which stand out for their raw chemistry and intensity. The rest of the show, however, lacks the substance or excitement needed to make it worth a second viewing. For those who enjoyed Love in the Air more, it's likely that they'd prefer to rewatch that series instead. Despite the show's blandness, there's still an element of enjoyment, but that can largely be attributed to a bias towards the FortPeat pairing.

All in all, the series is relatively light and fluffy. Although there's a breakup, it's resolved quickly, within a single episode, so for viewers who aren't fans of dramatic tension, the last episode could easily be skipped. Overall, the show is worth a watch primarily for the incredible chemistry between the leads, making it a decent recommendation despite its shortcomings.

Lire davantage