Good but could be better
I am not going to go into a lot of details but there are things that i liked about this drama and also things that i disliked.In terms of plot, I think that it was interesting. The drama doesn't evolve only on the murder but also to other things that are linked to it. Each episode is refreshing where there is new discovery of clues and target. This type of drama really fascinate me so it was interesting to know whether i could guess who the actual murderer is and i was right. So this really made me drawn to the drama.
However, I can't say the same about the acting in the drama. I know MaxTul are great actors and it can clearly be seen in the series, together with me. However, I can't say that i enjoyed it in this drama. I know they have a good chemistry with each other but it couldn't be shown here. In MoD, it felt like the actors were awkward with each other. They seemed distant. Even when they became a couple, it didn't help to lessen the e awkwardness. It felt like they were strangers. In together with me, they have amazing scenes including the kissing scenes but in this drama their cuddling and kissing moments are mostly during odd scenes. Therefore, it makes me think whether it was really necessary to have these scenes in the drama. It would've been much better if they were friends rather than couples.
On the other hand, i really liked the SMLs as they were very cute together. The contrasting character between a gangster and innocent boy was cute.
Like i said the plot was good, that is why i watched the drama till the end but i don't think i would watch it again. I hope i see both ML in a drama where their acting and character do them justice.
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Unlimited
First, I NEED UNLIMITED SEASONS!!! You can't go wrong with the powerhouse couple known as MaxTul, and they continued their God Tier amazingness here. Anytime MaxTul are together, it's perfection. I believe they've always had flawless chemistry and it shines just as bright in every scene they're in! The plot itself may seem a bit slow paced but it's well worth it(especially in the end). There's a lot to focus on once it gets started so I don't think you'll get bored lol I'd highly recommend if you enjoy suspense, deception, a not so common story and/or even if you're new to the BL world. There's a bit of something for everyone here.Enjoy...
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Must see for any fan of BL wanting genuineness, vibes, and an interesting story!
This is such a beautiful show and it really changes your mood regarding work life, personal life, and the more serious parts of life in general. Its a well told detective story and the killers identified and their motives are explained which leaves you feeling satisfied. Max and Tul are Amazing as always I really loved their natural chemistry and sense of humor portrayed in a more mature setting in one of the most beautiful towns I have ever seen in a show. It was like Untamed in how beautiful it was at times. There are some really dark elements to the show and I wish they spent more time discussing trauma related to human trafficking and sexual abuse experienced they sort of brushed over the humanity of helping people After these experiences and I wish they paid more attention in portraying the emotions some of the victims would feel after going through these awful events especially Nam. The show focuses on Justice and starts off kinda slow but it really picks up speed and its a nice world to get lost in. Definitely a binge worthy show. ((Also Max is really good in this show its hard not to fall for him))Was this review helpful to you?
YAS QWEN SKINNY LEGEND BOOTS THE HOUSE DOWN OKUR HUNTY MAMA AND I OOP SIS WORK MY PUSSY OUT BITCH!
Long story short: This thing was G O O D and you H A V E to give it a try.First of all: WHERE THE HELL IS THE LOCATION OF THIS TOWN!? I have never seen scenery in Thailand more beautiful than this one. Sometimes I would forget about what's happening in the episode just because I was distracted by the beautiful visuals of the area. Really, I would move there if I weren't a starving man living in a third world country.
~Story:
I couldn't ask for anything more fascinating. I mean, it's a cop show, what could go wrong with it? Well, a lot, but that's not necessarily the case here. This is a very simple and obvious story, though, so you are probably going to guess how the plot will play out way before you watch the final episode. All the characters and settings are cliched references to the cop show genre to the point that it is very easy to point out who are the bad guys and their role in the story.
Still, this was a pretty decent show to watch. To be honest, it is not nearly at the level of, let's say, CSI, but it is still quite enjoyable.
The main reason why I began watching was because it was a BL but, honestly, I wish we could have gotten rid of that part. Or at least add it in a way that didn't feel "on the way." There were plenty of occasions I felt some scenes where out of place and, you guessed right, it just so happens to be the ones focusing on their romantic relationship. A good example of this, for those who already saw the series, is the laptop scene. In such serious and exciting moment in the story, them motherfuckers just had to start getting romantic right in the middle of it. I swear, it doesn't matter how fantastic those smooches were, it wasn't called for at such a moment!
What I meant to say is: I wish their relationship was a little more subtle since it feels like the romance drama and the cop drama were trying to fight each other for the spotlight.
~Cast:
Decent. There were flaws here and there a little too often, but nothing that bothered me enough to hate it. This is a drama that required very specific reactions in the right moments and many of those were missed, so I do wish we could have had better acting. But like I previously said: it was decent.
~Tan: He was quite good although I felt that the actor was *a little* restrained of his full potential. Like I was expecting a full reaction, but he only gave me half of it. He's still one of my favorites, though, because I stan a bad guy look. He was wearing black on almost all episodes, which is such a turn on for me aw yis.
~Bun: This doctor was such a man. I can't describe it any other way, he's just a man. A fucking idiot but in the adorable way. I like how they made this fully grown adult have the innocence of a child, but I just wish the actor was a little better at acting. The problem with him was the lack of emotion and ability to take it to the next level. I wasn't too impressed.
~Inspector M: M of "my goodness that cop outfit was so tight I was having impure thoughts." I didn't really get this character. It just felt like he was having multiple personality disorder because he was a different person when he changed from the cop to the civilian outfits and vice versa. I preferred the cop personality because I think it fits the actor much better. I actually don't have complaints about him -- he was the best one of the three.
Can I just add something, jush? I am so happy to finally have found a BL in which I can drool over the actors because they are either my age or similar age. I'm always embarrassed of being attracted to an actor in all the other BLs I've seen because I don't wanna look like a pedophile since most of those actor barely look like they went through puberty. Not my vibe, dude.
~Pacing, editing, and direction:
The pacing and editing were good. Again, this was one of the things were the cliched cop drama references took part of. For a good reason. If you're a fan of the cop genre you'll like how the story was put together. In my case, I liked everything until the romance began kicking in because of the reasons I stated above.
The direction is the thing that disappointed me the most. This show is not at the level I wish it could be. It's not CSI, you know? But I fervently wish it were. The vision wasn't fully realized and a lot potential was missed.
Sis, this show has literally EVERYTHING: Drama, suspense, action, roMANce, mystery, male titties, cops, backstabbing, puzzles, tight police outfits, corruption, blood, guts and chocolate cake. I mean, what else would you want? I totally recommend this drama. Definitely worthy of a rewatch and, hopefully, a season 2. Like, seriously, give me a season 2!
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Good storyline but at some point failed to execute
MaxTul is one of the icon of early BL's so I'm anticipating this series since the announcement. MOD gives a new and fresh Thai BL genre which talks about crime.Likes in the drama:
• A fine drama portrayal of the negative side of politics or those who have the power to commit sins.
• Brave storytelling, it was dark and controversial
• Tackles real life issues
• Inspector M rules the show. He's fit and tight uniform serves the meal hahaha he's the hottest here. Plus he's good on acting so I was really captivated by his presence. Great Sapol did his job very well.
• Tat and Sorawat is the cutest! I do smile a lot watching their scenes together, it was so lovely
• The last ep also gives us Inspector M and Dr. Oat surprised chemistry. Hey, but we want more.
• Such a beautiful scenery in the ending
Dislikes in the drama: (Although I give this a 8/10 rating, I am still hesitant if this really a good rating for them cause the drama has too many flaws)
• Tul acting isn't really that convincing
• Romance from the main couple didn't actually work.
• Predictable plot, I guess it is not deserving to be called as a plot. I, as a viewer loosens the excitement everytime I predicted the next scenes in the story. I've seen a lot of it from other dramas.
• Since EP1, I already know that Rung is the one who killed Jane. Maybe because I have a good instinct or maybe there's only a limited character presented in the story.
• It went downhill after the earlier episodes
• Most gun related scenes are too unrealistic, how come they always survived it
• I often feel bored
If only they can manage to pull off the intense-action scenes with no plot hole and unconvincing scenarios, maybe my ratings will be higher than this. But overall it was a good drama.
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It was all about Tul and Max chemistry
Let me start by saying that; I love Tul and Max. They are probably the only straight actors that everyone knows and don’t mind if they are just because their chemistry is so strong! I have seeing all their BL’s and they never disappoint. Saying that, the story line took some time to develop. Now, I understand that it takes time to get all the chess pieces in order. But this took too long.I did enjoy the twist and turns of the plot that it took you but again, it took almost ½ of the show until it really started to pick up.
The ending was unexpected but at the same time, it felt that they had to make it official with Tul and Max. Why I say that? Well, we are talking about these two guys after all. So the entire show was depending on their chemistry.
To be the 1st murder mystery, it did good, not excellent, but good. There are so many different murder mystery novels that they could have pick a better one. Honestly, I think they decided to use this story because it was a short novel and it will cost less.
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The reveal of the killer and the callousness of that person really surprised me, that was a great twist. But overall, it wasn’t all that suspenseful a mystery, wasn’t it? And sometimes, I felt like petting our heroes and telling them, “You cute but you stupid, ain’t you?”Luckily, where the show was really strong was the chemistry between the actors playing the various pairs, Bun and Tan, Tat and Sorn and even M and Oat, as little as we saw of them together - but that we even did get to see them together, that they gave us this hint of them possibly becoming more, that we witnessed them laughing together, I really appreciated that, that was surprising and not at all unwelcome, thumbs up. And I honestly hope that we get to see these actors playing couples again (as it sometimes happens in Thai dramas), that would be awesome!
I think my greatest happy surprise and discovery here was Great Sapol who played Inspector M. What a good looking man and a great actor! I’ll have to check and see if his other dramas are available with subs because, gosh... what a man!
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Best bl drama I've watched yet I LOVE IT
This is my first ever review but I just had to do it. I'm quite new to the bl genre, my watchtime is above one day so I might be not experienced enough but THIS was the best bl drama I have ever watched yet. I would say it's great even for people that are not into this genre. Talking about important matters, well made, great story with so many plot twists. Unpredictable, which is something that I love! The scenery is also really beautiful. The acting was pretty good, of course our two favourite boys nailed it, but everyone did great. Many likeable characters. I cried many times and I will cry again because I will most likely watch it again with my friends in the future. One time was definitely not enough time to fully enjoy every aspect of this series.And gooosh a relationship where they both seem to really like and care about each other and noone is pushing the other one to pursue a relationship, everything goes at it's own pace and nothing is forced, I love it! Even though the romance wasn't the main focus of the story I just felt like my heart was instantly melting every time I saw Bun and Tan together on the screen.
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when the BL-Genre meets a Crime Drama
So here it is, the first serious crossover of aThai- BL with another Genre. And it works surprisingly well on the whole, but has also some major Issues.I think the Crime-Drama Part is far much better, than the BL Part. Sometimes the BL-Scenes doesn’t fit for me at all and some of them are seeming unnecessary and just made for fan service.
But actually the Crime Plot doesn't need that at all, because it is very pleasuring with some unexepected turns and a high tension, especially in the end.
When it comes to acting, Max and Tul are doing pretty solid. Especially Max as „Homme Fatale“ gives some new notes to the Crime genre.
But I was never a huge fan of MaxTul and think their Chemistryis solid but not that „magical“ or breathtaking.
Therefore my favourite is definitely Meiko as Jane, even as her screentime is limited, she gives an great performance.
So all in all this is a recommended Crime Drama, but when i want to watch a BL, i wanna have Tears in my eyes, Butterflies in my stomach and desire in my heart.
And these Feelings didn’t give Manner of Death to me.
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I need season 2 pleaseee
This was the best drama I have ever seen, I couldn't stop watching. I really loved the story, every five minutes happened something shocking and it changed the whole story. I really love the main couple, they have really good chemistry and I love to see them together in another drama.This drama also gave me trust issues.. the characters I thought were innocent, were the bad guys in the end.
After all, it was really great, I watched the whole drama in two days and I miss it.. We need season 2! There are still so many questions.. I need answers.
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Y'ALL BEEN SLEEPING ON THIS
I've watched Max and Tul in Together with Me and already am a fan of this couple. Their chemistry is no joke. So, saying that I was pretty excited for this drama, would be understatement.Manner of Death is such a unique take on a BL drama. This is not your typical BL, but, it's so much more and sooo good.
Right from the start, it keeps you engaged, which is very rare. The Storyline, the production, the acting, just everything, is excellent, in my opinion.
I might sound over the top with excitement in this review, but, it's only because this is such a unique story. I keep mentioning that this is not your regular BL story and yes, it's because, I am in my mid 20's (out of the uni, working) and while I do enjoy the college romance dramas, with stereotypical storylines; I was excited when I heard of this BL drama.
Something that is non-college related and in between mature (grown-up) people. This caught my eye. This drama really gave all the mature vibes with a realistic and super addicting storyline.
Manner of Death is a masterpiece in my opinion and tbh, it has been on my top 5 ever since I've watched it.
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