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Trigger warning: full-on incest and sexual abuse, drug use, violence, prositution, self harm.If these are things you are not comfortable with, do not watch it.
If you liked the first season for being cute and funny, then you might gonna be in for a surprise this season, because the tone shifts quite a lot and not towards comedy. The main characters are still cute, the acting is still so-so, but not terrible, the show is a lot more streamlined than in the first season being only 8 episodes long and kudos for tying up the storylines for most characters well, but boy does it go to some dark places! From the whole season what stood out was the incest storyline. It was quite a shock. I really did not expect it from this show. I am used to "fake" incest in asian dramas, where adopted siblings fall in love, but this is not that. They really went in and explored some very real subjects from siblings who are did not grow up together, and find each other later in life being attracted to each other, to extreme violence and self-harm.
It was different from what I expected based on the first season, but overall I still liked this season, even though I feel like the quality of writing and directing was lower, which is shame because the storylines had a lot of potential and were still interesting and most of the times engaging.
I do not want to spoil the ending, but let´s just say this is one of those series that where you look back at the first season after completing the second and start wondering, did they have this ending in mind all along...
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The title says it all. After I watch the ending, I legit just scream "WHAT THE FUCK?!". The season 1 is meh and here i thought the second season will make it up for all the lack in 1st season but boy am i wrong. The season 2 is much more worse. The ending is... very disappointing. I don't understand why Oat chose to become a monk to let Pop pursue his career as steward. Like dude, you could just let him be steward and support him. You guys can go see each other once he is back to Bangkok. I really don't understand like ??????? The ending for this pairing got me questioning this series with a lot of question mark.For the side pairing ( Pree & Rambo ) is damn disappointing. This Pree.. god.. he keep on insisting he couldn't get back with Rambo even when he is begging Pree. Like come on! This isn't how it suppose to happen! Plus, to be fair, Pree didn't take a good care of Rambo so maybe that's why he got into this wild sex slash gang bang slash idk lmao.
Conclusion, I don't even want to watch it for the second time because it's a waste of time.
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First of all, it was a real idea of introducing new characters in the second season. Their story was kinda messed up but I liked it though. The idea of {SPOILER} Oat becoming a monk at the end was not at all acceptable. It just didn't make sense to me whatsoever. I mean considering the events that happened prior to him going to do so, all of them could have been fixed. There have been other BL's in which much worse has happened but the storyline is molted in a way that the end is always amazing {some cases only}. WHAT HAPPENED to the relationship between Pree and Rambo. The writers left everything hanging even after the second season.
{BIG SPOLIER } In the end nobody is left as a happy couple. Oat became monk, Pop went and became a flight attendant, Pree, and Rambo probably went to no one's land hahaha. Nick and Mo's storyline was kinda interesting but they didn't focus on their part a lot. Even at the end, Mo was thinking about Pop -___- THE NEW COUPLE Mai and Ton kinda came onto me. I liked the "ROUGH" Love they had but they {BIG SPOILER} made it worse when in the end they came to know that they were the abandoned orphaned brothers. I liked the kissing and "OTHER" scenes but I won't say I'm going to watch again provided they're not "THOSE" scenes hahaha.
There were some points when I got really exasperated by the inane relentlessness of the characters but .........
I don't know what to say.
I would have to admit that the sensual scenes were actually really good.
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The acting was great. I can't fault it, or much else about the music, casting, or overall production. Part two was worth watching to see more of the characters and actors, but it wasn't as satisfying as the first one. I think it needs a part 3, but closer to the tone or plot of the first series.
The story was not as good as the first part as far as I am concerned. It seems like they had planned to do a longer season, but for some reason cut it short? It sure went in a dark direction a few times, I don't know why they had to go that way. There would have been different ways to accomplish the same thing. What was the point of the drugs? And the sexual assault stuff can't be permissible in Thailand any more than it would be in the USA? It is hard to believe that they intentionally wrote this second series as shown from the plot of the first series. Like someone else commented, it is like a whole new set of writers and a whole new storyline. Maybe it is poor editing decisions that got us here?
I liked the new couple that they introduced (both cute!), but they didn't even begin to tell that story. Wow, they could have done a whole series on that mess! I would have rather seen more of the main cast, and left out this side story, if it meant closing some of the loose ends of the main couples. I also would have rather seen more of the side characters from the first series and closed some of those loose ends. What about Beauty and that gang? Did that all blow over somehow? What about Man and that girl he was chasing?
As far as the ending, all I have to say is What the Duck was that? I kept thinking that Oat or Pop (or both) would back out at the last minute. What about the new couple? What did they have to say to each other? That would sure be an awkward conversation. What about Pree and Rambo and Pent? That whole story line seemed to just disappear. What about Rambo's forced marriage? What was the point of Pree and Rambo in either series, looking back it almost looks like the marriage plot was filler material.
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So Just an additional warning, this will contain some spoilersI already wrote a review on season 1, What The Duck. As mentioned in that review, most of my anger/ hatred is directed towards the ending of season 2, What The Duck Final Call. Let me just sum up all moral of the story... Just keep swimming and if you love something, set it free. I'm still waiting for the last part the quote, If it really loves you, it will find it's way back.
I honestly loved all of the actors and I want to see them all again but there are several issues I have with this series. Firstly there was a random couple thrown into this season that honestly, I would not mind seeing a story about them, just please don't have the same ending as Oat and Pop. Secondly there was less episodes than the first season and so it felt a little rushed. Lastly, the ending... It was super upsetting for me.
The whole reason I watch BL stories is because it is something I can relate to and enjoy happy endings but Oat and Pop ended whatever they had by leaving each other and the main message from the writers was essentially to just keep swimming. A lesson I already learned from Finding Nemo when I was a child. Oat became a monk in the orphanage he grew up in and Pop became a flight attendant like he originally wanted to be. They made the scenes so emotional that I low-key wish it had actually affected me but the whole time I was watching the ending scene, all I can think about was; Pop, you know where to find Oat, he is not leaving anywhere. Plus the most they did was kiss, they never established that they were boyfriends and they never had sex with each other. Look at all the other flight attendants like Mo and Pree. They are flight attendants and they both were connected to Pop, they kept flying away for the job and still came back to Pop who was still in Thailand. And if the writers wanted to, Oat can come out of his celibacy and have sex with Pop and get a new job. He's done it before. Honesty the whole ending was rushed, upsetting, and unnecessary.
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No Story line for Season 2
I feel they should have ended the series in season 1 itself. Season 2 wasn't necessary. The story of the 2 orphan boys was unnecessary. It doesn't connect to the main stroy except ' orphans'.Also, there are more flashbacks than running story.
I thought the story would move forward to '10 years later' and Oat and Pop dig up that box and they become real lover's (I guess that's another season).
The ceremony of Oat becoming a Monk and Pop and Oat praying to Oat's mother were beautiful.
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The synopsis depicts the first season, not this thing
Okay, second season... We have the two main guys... I don't even care about them that much, actually. But they seem happy together. Goody. Then we have some secondary guys... Whose "sex and stupid behavior" I care even less about, lol. Is this 8 episodes only? Goody.Oh! Now I know what's missing. The 'Lazy Subber' commentary. I know. They would definitely comment: "Is he crying AGAIN?" LOL. We have also some new guys. Watching them is maybe less tedious than the old ones... We have the girl who played the "unsuspecting girlfriend" of one of the "I'm not gay!" boys, and didn't get to finish her aspiring romance with the nice, handsome pilot. Shall she have her happy ending now?
I was more or less bored in episode 2 already... The main characters show so far no progress. Also, the previous creepy side-character seems to be main character, now... The background music seems completely random and not very fitting the scenes. I guess they just used whatever was at hand:) This "series" felt half-amateurish in the first season already, now it looks they've really given up on keeping appearances.
"Episode" 3... Okay this is unwatchable. I wouldn't call it a "series" at all and I can understand now why even 'Lazy Subber' renounced this and it got only subtitled by a site that specializes on subbing gay bed scenes (usually they don't bother to sub any episode in full).
The synopsis for this season is actually identical copy + paste of the season 1 synopsis. But maybe it's yet another sign. Better repeat watching the first season, than to watch this thing.
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Terrible
I have not say much .very terrible .sex scne can't aattracted the audiance at all. Need to quality story line. Unfortunately this story not satiafied. Whats the duck 1 series bit ok than season 2 . All character lack of acting .expression is 0 .the main character relationship doesnt end here as they hint at the time frame. But i don't think if realease another season will come out so it it uncomplete . the couple could have been so much more. it just feels so waste our time. if i could i would give it half of a star instead of a full one.Was this review helpful to you?
Acting/ cast: I would personally say I like d the acting in the last season more than this, but overall the cast is very CUTE,
Music: I can only say the music has improved
Rewatch value: I personally would rewatch it again only for the smutty scene and because I became to attached to the characters.
Overall: this show isn't that bad, but I have seen better yaoi/bl shows then this
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Disappointed
It’s January 27, 2021 and there’s still no Season 3.This was worse than season 1. I went through both seasons skipping most of the scenes with Oat and Pop, that´s how much I enjoyed the main couple LOL. Still I was super annoyed by them and Pop was a wimp till the end, other people have to take important life decisions for him. I do not get how Mo, Pree and Oat fell for him.
They hyped up the SM enthusiasts with the new couple but gave them nothing at the very end. We don`t even know if they are actual blood brothers or not and they got a half-assed ending like all the rest.
They could have added an episode to show what´s going on with Pree and Bo, did he got married or ended up as Pent's druggie boy toy? But he seemed fine at the ceremony.
At least Mo got a man she deserves.
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Continuing the Tradition of Sexually Ambiguous Bros
Here's a tip to aspiring BL writers: Men are rarely confused about their sexuality by the time they turn 18, although, they may not act on it, due to social prejudice and conditioning. So here we have another story of two sexually ambiguous bros, Oat and Pop. (There are many sub-plots with other characters, but I'm only going to talk about their storyline). We suffer through two seasons of "What the Duck" and our heroes barely have a bromance, never mind anything that gets sexual. There is a brief tease of male rape (a scene right out of "The Effect") but at least this one turns out to be a comical misunderstanding. The BL drama formula says that it's fun to watch two guys make out, but let's not let them actually be gay and have a happy ending together. So, this show concludes with Pop departing to become a flight attendant and Oat (after an incredible effort to befriend Pop) decides to ditch him to become ... are you ready for this? ... a Monk. Yes, really. That defies psychological physics. Pop has been pretty well established as straight (he has a girlfriend). It would be a stretch for him to switch teams at age 22. Oat has lots of sex with himself. He could be interested in Pop, but maybe he became a Monk because he knows Pop is a lost cause. (A gay man being attracted to a straight guy is a real life tragedy for many gay men). So there's really only one logical ending to this drama, in the presumed Season 3: Pop: "I really do love you, Oat, but I just can't get into the gay thing." Oat, putting his hand on Pop's shoulder: "Honestly, I don't care about that either, Pop. Just having you as a friend is enough for me." Oat starts to kiss Pop on the lips, but in the last second gives him a peck on the cheek. Amused at Oat's shyness, Pop smiles, stares into his eyes and gives him a bro kiss on the lips. Oat wipes his lips with the back of his hand, "Pop!" They laugh and walk off together. The End. Oreo Puwanai (Pop) and Strong Charoenchai (Oat) manage to create some chemistry together, despite the dysfunctional personalities their characters are given. It's fine to start out that way but by the end of the first season their character arcs should have evolved to be more friendly toward each other. Will there be a season 3? Will our boys get together? I'm not holding my breath. I'll leave them with my suggested ending.Was this review helpful to you?
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it's kinda disappointing. There's a lot of issues that needs to be addressed. Frankly speaking, I skipped most of the scenes and only focused on the main characters' (Pop & Oat) story. Though, I didn't see any chemistry on them, but deym, their acting is convincing especially "Pop." There's a lot of invisible onions in front of me especially the last Episode, again, between "Pop & Oat" 'cos I disregarded watching the others not unless it's related to their story. I had a good cry on their story. *One thing that's quite confusing here is they didn't know what they feel for each other, like, I mean, who the hell will kiss you if he/she doesn't have any interest. Why would you cry on someone if you don't have a feeling, etc. I was thinking at the first place, maybe "Oat" just need someone who would care for him because he never felt the love of a parents, and that he has seen that to "Pop."
*Puwanai Sangwan really did a good job here. He's so good in acting.
*My final thought, the story between "Pop & Oat" is superb. Definitely recommend this but better skip some scenes if you don't want to get disappointed. But anyways, if ever there's another episode for this, I hope they'll address some issues that didn't even finished and focus more on the main characters. The ending of this movie is hanging, I swear.
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