Love Mechanics (2022)

Emotional, satisfying and beautifully written

Wow! What a ride this series was from start to finish. This is how angst is done. When I first heard that the original miniseries was gonna get a full series: I was skeptical. To be honest I wasn't much of a fan of the original so I wasn't expecting much. To say I was pleasently surprised is an understatement. Although the story/plot can be considered the normal cliched one: Love Mechanics was more than that. I enjoyed how fleshed out everything was. The characters weren't cardboard cutouts, they were layered and multifaceted. That's what made them real. Vee could be frustrating at times but at the same time the audience could see and understand his inner struggle. Like wise with Mark sometimes he made people want to hit him, when he didn't stand up for himself but like with Vee it was understandable why he put up with Vee's bs. That's the makings of good writing. Not to mention how well War and Yin portrayed their characters. I wasn't a fan of their acting in the miniseries but I loved them here. Both grew so much as actors and were able to transmit everything and make the audience feel with the characters were. They are in my top actors list now. The rest of the cast was good too.
The ending was incredibly satisfying in the end everything leading up to it made sense. I also loved how the boys father's were layered. All the characters felt real on Love Mechanics. So much so that it's hard to say goodbye. And for that reason and how good the writing is it's going in my top of the year. The series may not be perfect to everyone but it was to me.
That's why OVERALL I give it a 10. Definitely going in my rewatch list too.

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Geez it was good but...

During the airing of this series I posted a few times stating I did not like Marks charcter and Even with his flaws I liked and admired Vee more. To me Mark's passive agressiveness and lack of uncoditional love was not presented in a psoitive manor. His crying because of the compliacations surrounding his feeling for a guy who has a grilfriend was sophmopric at best. What did he expect? Vee was passionate and actually had good charcteristics that the weries tryied to show as an issue. For example when he went to break up with ploy and got beat up and wound up in the hsopital. Mark saw then kssing and ran away and cried. To me defending an exgrilfriend who was being abused is a good quality. Someone who runs away and refusing to talk to someone who defended an ex-GF who got beat up and went to the hspital is not a good person. Seems like they were trying to get the audience to feel sorry for Mark but I fgelt sorry for Vee. why didn;t mark go up to Vee and say I heard you got beat up and were in the hospital, you seem ok...and why are you kissing her you when yuo know she was ceating on you. Anyway, I shouldn't rewrtie the script. Secondary charcters were in and out too much and they should have been develoed more.
If it wasn't for Vee I would have dropped this series. Yin is a good actor. In my opinion Vee was way more likeable than Mark. There is apost thalks about how the weries deviated away from the Novel and confused some story lines. It shows.

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"Couldn't change the past, but is going to make present the best"

This was dope, I thought I enjoyed the 4 episodes version but this one was even better.
I love Mark, I'm 98% sure is an ISFP ahahaha and I love that, he was always my favourite character and continues to be, he's a baby that must be protected at all costs ahahha
Vee, I really hated him in the 4 episodes version but in this series, where we can finally see something else from Vee, he slays... he was awful at the beginning, he cheated his girlfriend, he sort of took advantage of Mark when he was drunk and made him feel miserable a lot of times but Vee also suffered, not trying to avoid the red flags that he has, but he has a heart too and this version show us this.
Their chemistry as a couple is f*cking amazing, Anan acting is awesome but War's something really is something, especially in sad scenes.
It's been a while since I felt butterflies watching a make out scene but hey they did it, and the "neck grabbing" thing is really hot.
Ah and I almost forgot about our (BL fans) bestie.... the freaking unlocked door ahahah after so long she came back kkkk... talking about bestie Neua is the man of my life, I'm gonna pray that sometime in the future I can have someone half as good as Neua <3

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I LOVED everything about this

The way it started, the drama, the eb and flow of trying to go forward, the ending. It was perfection! One that you don't want to end but you can't stop yourself from binging through.

I loved the characters, I loved the dark way Vee and Mark ended up in that situation. The misunderstandings were understandable for once. Although of course a good talk it out would have done wonders, we understood why the trust issues would be a huge red flag. Both characters had SO much personality and both were run on emotions which made for a wild ride. I hope they continue this series and expand another story from the mini series, but this couple was amazing.

Mark/War did an amazing job on his facial expressions, and I was obsessed with them.
Vee's hopeless romantic ridiculousness was EVERYTHING.

Loved: Love to hate, messed up first encounter, drama, the ending. The cast of characters! This was based in a college and I LOVED all of their friends and how homey their friendship felt. They felt like real people.

Didn't Like: That dang girlfriend hahahahaha, and how long it took for a certain relationship to end

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Sweet, romantic, tension-filled amazing BL!

I honestly did not expect much from this BL because I thought it was another university BL with engineering students, friend groups, school clubs, and the usual. While Love Mechanics does a lot of what is done in Thai BL before, the main couple are amazing actors and really bring the story to life. What I loved most about this BL was that the main couple have the majority of the airtime. Usually in BLs, each friend group has a love interest and everyone is given time for character development. This is something i tend to not like because it blurs the focus of the main couple and adds too much nonsense in the story. In Love Mechanics, we are introduced to another couple, but it ties with the story. Besides this the minor characters have minor appearances.

Mark, a young boy is in love with a senior of his. This senior has a boyfriend but is being followed by Mark. To stop this, the senior's friend Vee steps in and keeps an eye on Vee. Slowly but surely they start to become closer. However, Vee has a girlfriend. This makes for a bit of a sticky situation. Does Vee choose his girlfriend of 3 years, or a fresh new boy who is causing his heart to feel things he never has before?

I really enjoyed every bit of this BL. There is useless conflict, but the series is long enough to show the chemistry and love of the couple while not dragging anything on. This is helped by the fact that basically all conflicts are resolved in the very same episode! Who would have thought we would ever see this. Because of this, I am more likely to rewatch this BL than other BLs. I highly recommend any BL lover to watch this. It is easily one of the best Thai BL released this year.

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Mark could slap me and I would thank him

First thing first :
Obviously there is a rapey scene in the first ep, and I decided to ignore it bc the drama was so good.
I know it's hypocrite but tbh if I didn't ignore problematic scenarios, I wouldn't be watching a lot of dramas... (wink wink "secret crush on you" was bad even without the stalker part)

So know let's talk about my biological sons, who I carried for 9 months and gave birth to.
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
The chemistry was off the charts. They played their roles like their lives depended on it.


I would've given it 10/10 without the rapey scene.

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É uma série que tem um dos plots que mais odeio e eu gostei dela (?)

Eu estava enrolando para ver porque sabia que tinha plot de traição e eu DETESTO, mas eu gostei demais.
As atuações estavam boas, o roteiro foi bem escrito (doloroso, mas bem escrito) e a fotografia boa também.
Quando a série consegue me fazer ficar confusa sobre gostar ou não e me faz ter um misto de sentimentos ganha meu coração (porra me deu uma raiva do caralho, dois segundos depois eu amava e voltava pro ódio, logo após crises de pena e choro).
Na minha opinião Vee não gostava mais da Ploy, só sentia um grande carinho e confusão por eles terem ficado três anos juntos e ela ser sua primeira namorada, assim como Mark não gostava do Bar, pra mim aquilo era mais uma fixação (o cara seguia ele pra todo lado mesmo sabendo que ele não gostava dele).
Porém Mark e Vee tiveram tempo para se conhecer e se apoiar um no outro e descobrir um sentimento, e aí tiveram um grande conflito por não saberem lidar com suas emoções.

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Imperfect and cute

What a rollercoaster of emotions this show was! First I was sceptical of their relationship because of how it all started. I also didn't like the fact that it wasn't really addressed as much as I wanted it to be.

Then again if I put that aside, there were so many things I did like about the show. For example the chemistry between Vee and Mark was spot on. I hope they make a lot of shows in the future.

I liked the side characters as well and I really hope they redo their shows as they did with Love Mechanics. I haven't seen the ones that were made before but lots of people on here said that this is definitely an upgrade. So watch this one!

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Not for me but great acting

I don’t regret watching it and it’s about what I expected from a drama about infidelity. Honestly, I can handle angst but I do get frustrated with angst when it’s due to miscommunication. Like y’all, stop moping about and playing games and just TALK. It would save so much time.

Was pretty intrigued until about midway through when the same drama just began to repeat over and over.
That being said, I actually did think the main characters were well written. Especially Vee, if I’m looking at it objectively. He’s a really complicated individual, in that, he’s not really a bad person but he’s also not a good person. You can see good qualities in him, which I feel is what Mark chose see in him, but he’s also selfish and immature.

Really great acting from the leads in this, especially Mark. I never watched the original En Of Love series but I instantly remembered people talking about how one of the actor’s was the break out actor of the original series, and I could tell instantly tell it was him.

Anyway, I did finish it, which means at the very least it wasn’t boring. Probably wouldn’t recommend it to a friend unless they were specifically looking for angst.

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A realistic example of enemies to lovers relationship

This series is a great model of what a professional boyslove drama is.
Actually, there are a lot of interesting points in this series which make it kinda special among the other bl dramas you can watch..
The fact that each character is important because they make each other ones evolve in their own life is pretty accurate and that’s why this series is so realistic.
On my first time watching this show, I didn’t really like the character of Nuea because I felt like he was too involved in the life of Mark and it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.. But after rewatching it, I think he is one of my favourite characters because of that actually.. His character shows a side of people in love’s personality that is obviously relatable in real life.. Moreover, I assume that is way of thinking is the healthiest among all of the other character’s mindset.
The other character that I wanted to talk about is Mark.. I despite the fact that he eventually forgave Vee, but in the other hand I understand his choice because of his personality.. The actor War who played his role is so talented in every aspects, and is able all along the story to make the audience feels his character’s emotions and troubles..
Finally, I wanted to highlight an honorable mention to the actress who played Vee’s ex girlfriend, because she made me appreciate her, then pity her, then hate her and eventually forgive her.. Her acting was so good and I think everyone can tell.
Concerning the story, I think it portrays quite well how a toxic (at least in the beginning) but deep love relationship can occur and even if there’s some lack in the plot (like the fact that some side characters aren’t enough developed or else), the story is still great and not unreasonable.
In my opinion, the chosen ost were really useful and absolutely not meaningless, especially during the lovely and unhappy scenes..
In a nutshell, this BL series is a must to watch if you want to have some experience in the field, and it wouldn’t seem ludicrous if you want to watch it as a first BL to lay the foundations of your new trip in the world of the boysloves :)

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YinWar makes this good

Honestly, the reason I love it so much is because of War. This man takes you on a journey with his acting. Yin improved quite a bit from the first rendition, but War exceeded what I expected from him. I love how he’s able to act with his eyes. The expressions he makes to convey marks feelings in every scene. How he was able to make you cry and laugh with him. I could honestly go on for hours talking about this man’s talent.

The story line is frustrating as heck. And can feel a little drawn out at points. But getting to see the full spectrum of mark and vees feelings/moments, it’s worth it. You see them as enemies, you see the shyness and flirting, the anger and jealousy, the pain and suffering, the seduction and spicy scenes lol. Finally the loving and caring moments.

This series is in my top 10 for sure! I’ve already rewatched it twice( considering how many Bl series are airing rn that I’m keeping up with, twice is pretty good 😂)

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