I watched this lakhorn about a year ago almost immediately after watching the Korean adaptation Playful Kiss. At the time, I mostly skipped through the episodes. I was new to the world of Asian Dramas, and honestly, I was more into Korean dramas. I didn't take the opportunity to really appreciate this amazing work of art.
After watching the Korean, Thai and Taiwanese adaptations, I can safely say that this was one of the best adaptation I have come across. In this adaptation, Tenten shows that he actually cares for Taliw. We would see the struggle he went through in his decisions, whether to ignore, date or breakup with Taliw. In the other adaptations, the feelings of the male lead weren't really expressed. They were very stifled. I just assumed that the ML and the FL lead would end up together because that's how it's supposed to happen. From as early as episode1, we could see that Tenten had feelings for Taliw.
And let's not forget the chemistry between these two. It was on FIRE!!!!! The way tenten looked at Taliw, it was absolutely mesmerising.
In the other adaptations, especially the Korean adaptation, the FL would chase after the ML until it was embarrassing to watch. In the female lead's eyes, the ML could do no wrong. No matter how crappily he treated her, she'd always have a smile on her face... arms wide open, ready to accept him as soon as he changed his mind. The ML would take her feelings for granted. It was almost like he felt that no matter what her did, the FL would only and always come back to him. What I loved about this adaptation, was that the FL was not a complete dimwit and she stood up for herself when the ML would treat her badly. In the end, she has the common sense to say no when he came around again with some sorry excuse of an apology. She made him work for her forgiveness.
I really fell in love with Taliw's second love interest. He treated her like she was the air that he breathed. He loved her unconditionally. He was sensible and not a complete basket case. He cared about the female lead's feelings and respected her decisions. Unfortunately, in this adaptation, out of the many couples, only the main couples ended up with a happy ever after. For the Korean adaptation, we saw where the FL and ML got married and a brief glimpse of their life as a married couple, whereas with the Thai adaptation, the ending seemed a little rushed and they only got engaged. I loved this adaptation, and will certainly watch this again in a couple years or so.