Nitiman (2021)

What Nitiman did right (among all the flaws it has).

Is not a secret that Nitiman is not the series of the year, I can see it getting between 6.5 to 7 through the time when more viewers without the hype of the weekly came to see it.

Buut, I don't want to talk about its flaws, a lot of people have already stated them. I want to highlight some of the greatest things I see in this series that make me feel really satisfied with it.

1. Keam's confusion.
I really enjoyed how Nitiman showed a character that wasn't meant to be bad but was just confused with his feelings towards his girlfriend, his first love, his friend, and -overall- himself. A lot of people complained about him not decided who he really loves, and how he ghosted his girlfriend... actually, I think that the lack of background setting of his storyline makes this character hard to understand, but when it comes to his weird feelings I got related. I mean, feelings ain't easy, a lot of people think that love someone when, actually, they are in love with someone else. Me, myself, got through something like that with one of my ex-girlfriends, it was hard, I thought that I loved her but also came to the picture one past love, and things got worst... so, presenting a character that is that confused and that apparently is into three persons without touching the polyamorous thing, was a great representation of a lot of people struggles in relationships in real life. So, great doing here.

2. How they don't make Aim the villain.
I think that the way they worked Aim's character was well done. Some people theorized that she was a villain in the making, but in the end, she was the mastermind behind the group bringing BomJin together.
SIDENOTE: I know that I wasn't gonna talk about the flaws, but I really hate the feeling that Jin was manipulated to fell for Bom, I mean, it looked like it wasn't his choice, everyone was behind the plan to make them a couple, I just think that Jin was really naive there and end up with Bom because of his friend's actions. If they were not creating a lot of situations and saying a lot of things to make him fell for Bom I don't think it will be that easy for them to be a couple, #JusticeForJin

3. Jay and Ball.
Weird, huh?
Actually, I think that these characters were the most intriguing and interesting in the whole series. There was no character development for them, but somehow it feels like it was. I would love to see a season two focused on the couples of KeamBall and SongJay (Love Stage doesn't count, they are totally different characters hahahaha)

4. Bom's mom.
I love supportive fathers -of course- and I do enjoy non-supportive ones too because life is full of both of them. But I have never seen in any drama so far a father that speaks so clearly about how there is an expectation about what we want for our children and that when these things don't go the way we want it's gonna be disappointing but it doesn't mean that we are gonna hate or make things difficult for our children, in the end, we want them to be happy too.. and I do love that they embody that with Bom's mom. She was so straightforward about it and I stan.
Sidenote #2: I could be the kind of father that would play my son's boyfriend (if it is the case) that kind of joke just for the sake of the joke... so, 2 points more for her hahahaha

5. Their quotidianity.
I have read in a lot of forums and subreddits how people complain about how series don't show them studying or eating properly as normal persons. Here they do!!! Even tho, now people argue that it was too much, so crap you people, stop complaining about everything. (Pardon my french).

6. The length of the series.
I do believe that I would have ended hating the series if it would have had one more episode, so I think that they did right there.


I think Nitiman is an ok series at best and it deserves a chance for newcomers to see it, so hoping someone can enjoy it.

See ya!

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Absolutely underrated

Just a quick review to add my 2 cents because I don't understand why people rate this drama so low

First: the music. I am rarely swayed by the music in a drama, but I absolutely loved the music in this one. I also love the fact that the singers in the band, both lead and backup, could actually sing. So many times, the directors (or producers or whoever) put someone up to singing a song when they really shouldn't. Not everyone is a born singer.

Second: I loved the characters.....pretty much all of them, especially by the end of the drama. Props to the side characters for carrying the leads to where they needed to be.

Third: I thought the storyline itself was unique. If one is looking for something really dramatic, this isn't it. But it was sweet and held my attention, and in the end you find out everyone's motives.

Please excuse the lower "rewatch" rating. I don't like to rewatch most dramas, It would have to be on the level of "Goblin" for me to want to rewatch. Not much measures up to that, at least in my opinion.

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Things I like about the drama
-Leads are cute
-Acting is good
-friends/ family are supportive
- bomb didn't force jin
Things I didn't like about the drama
- manupulative friends (didn't let nature takes its own course)what if jin didn't like him, they didn't have to drug Bomb.

I liked Jin's character development. At first it's normal to be confused for someone who hasn't dated guys but once he realised his feelings he was upfront about it and before that he didn't give any false hope.
As for B'bomb I liked that he was patient and didn't force his feelings on Jin and he was consistent about his feelings for him. He could have trusted Jin a little more but not everything is perfect especially in a relationship so it's acceptable.

I wanted more story development on Keam and Ball. Keam was one of the most confusing characters in the whole series and it was also him being confused about his feelings for Jin and his girlfriend and Ball but I guess in the end he figured it out. But he is a good friend.

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Unexpectedly Brilliant

I really and unexpectedly liked this series… yes, there are a lot of cliché moments as well as some plot holes, but in its entirety it was good. The actors did a great job and you can notice a lot of effort went into making this.
There will be many criticisms as well, and I totally understand that as well, but if you really look beyond all the small details to criticize, you will find a kind of bl romance that many of us wishes we could have had. I actually hope for another season as there are many side couples which really could make their own story into a few episodes. But I’ll leave that to the creators. Hopefully they see that there are stories to explore which viewers will be keen to see…. Anyway… that’s my 2 cents…

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Watching this was like eating a donut, something was missing in the middle but I still enjoyed it. :(

I was hoping that this series could be one of my favorite series of this year (at least my top 15), but it seems it has failed miserably after watching the last episode.

Not because of the bad acting from all of actors, nor the empty chemistry between the main characters, but the poor script with (almost) none developed supporting stories makes this series easily forgotten.

But this series makes me hate my self for not hating this series that much. :(

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Cute Main Couple, should look for new friends

Absolutely loved Bbomb and Jin's relationship! And I understand without the intereference of their friends, the story would have been half as long, but my God! This friend group was annoying! Instead of being so nosy I would have liked to see some relationship development for them, as many couples were teased. Some things the friend group did were really unacceptable. During the happy end in the last episode I thought they shouldn't be celebrating, this relationship worked out despite their friends interference and not because of it.
But alas, if you enjoy enemies to friends to lovers trope and some slow paced, fluffy romance, I would recommend you watch this.

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Kind of ok?

The first thing I have to say is that it was a little difficult to rate this series. It screamed filler back and forth. We have an unoriginal script, what makes the situation worse is the fact we have similar scenes in every episode. Still it has some cute moments and a camaraderie relationship that is good to watch.


It felt like we were following the university student routine, but for no reason. The plot is basically a boy who falls in love with another boy. The big problem itself is the lack of conflict. Is it possible to tell a story without conflict that is good? Not entirely, it's possible to make a story with little conflict to be good, but it takes a narrative refinement for such a task. The only thing shown with the develop of the episodes is Bbomb jealous of someone. There was a moment when I even wanted Jin to betray him just for something different to happen.


As with all BLs, something that is not necessarily a problem with those produced by Thailand repeats itself here: useless characters. To know if a character is needed you need to think about the story. "What would happen to the story if this character didn't exist?" If the answer is nothing, then this character should be removed. Nitiman makes this mistake, but oddly enough, it doesn't do it as bad as in shows like 2moons, 2moons2 (that angel gang could be boiled down to 2, maybe even 1 character, in both 2moons), LBC and the worst case of such an error in En of Love, that you can't even remember their names and more than half could be removed. Here, as much as many of them are unnecessary, at least they still have a slightly distinct personality.


The acting is not good for any of the main characters. At times it felt like a competition between Jin and Bbomb's actors to see which of them was most uncomfortable in the role. Jack and Keam actors were better, but I still wouldn't rate them as good. Some characters appeared so little that you can't even evaluate. I still don't understand why Fourwheels' name appeared in the credits in front of the other characters, if the sum of his scenes wouldn’t even be ten minutes.


I touched only in the negative points, so why does this show still gets a 6,5? Honestly? I have not enven the slight clue. I disliked many things, but even so was an easy show to watch. It didn’t deliver much, because never proposed itself to be more. It is an ok show, could be better, but definetly was not the worst thing I watched.

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What can I say? I got disappointed with this series

Nitiman the Series has come and gone. And it has left me slightly disappointed. Why? Cause it got me excited and then left me high and dry.

Story-6/10
I feel like I am being really generous here as I felt that ALL of the characters were not developed in this series. and yes! even the Mc's. I would originally give it a five, cause while I felt there was no character development, it still had something in it that made me keep coming back every week. But I settle with 6 for half a point for Ball and Keam and the other half for Bbomb's cool mom.

Acting-6/10
I can say that I am not a fan of their acting. However, every time that I saw Ball and Keam together (though it was extremely limited for my part), I adored it. so, again, because of Bal and Keam I will give them a six.

Music-8/10
No doubt about it but the music slapped. I actually enjoyed the music wholeheartedly. Like, for me personally, the music was the only really good thing about this series.

Rewatch Valu-1/10
Unfortunately, I do not see myself rewatching this series again. Like at all! I don't like Bbomb and Jin's friends, the characters were not properly developed and although I love Ball and Keam with all of my heart...just no!

Overall-5.5/10
After finishing this series I realized that maybe I need to stay away from series that this director has directed. He directed Oxygen, which started off good and then ended like meh. Like this series as well. Personally, I won't recommend this series to anyone. I would recommend the songs for them to listen to. But to watch the series...no.

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There's So Many Cliffhangers You'll Be Left Unsatisfied

Just another BL to kill time.

Nitiman has your typical BL plot that could have been the next Love By Chance, but there were so many issues that killed it's chance. Even the ending leaves you unsatisfied.

STORY:

Jin is the hottest guy on campus. He breaks up with his girlfriend Aim, after assuming she is cheating on him with BBomb. However, BBomb is actually her cousin and has had a crush on him since freshman year. When Jin goes to get his gear from Aim, he meets BBomb. At first he wants to tear BBomb apart, but he soon learns that his circle of friends actually are friends with BBomb and his circle of friends. On top of that he learns that BBomb is Aim's cousin. He can't really trust BBomb, but he tries to be civil. Meanwhile BBomb starts to step his game up in courting Jin since his cousin is no longer dating him.

Jin & BBomb

Jin and BBomb literally had everything set up to be the next Love By Chance, but they miraculously flopped. Why? On top of having no chemistry their storyline was too slow, too annoying, and too bipolar. Jin and BBomb didn't even interact until Jin and Aim broke up, yet right after Jin nearly picks a fight with BBomb for hitting on Aim, BBomb instantly starts hitting on him. The way BBomb hits on Jin isn't even cute. It boarders on annoying and creepy. I don't see why Jin likes BBomb. I got Stockholm Syndrom vibes even though Bbomb didn't kidnap Jin. Jin literally just started allowing BBomb to hang around him without putting up a fight. BBomb forcefully invites himself to events and follows him around a lot. Also the way BBomb stares at Jin when he's sleeping is creepy. Lastly, when Jin starts accepting BBomb into his heart he takes his so long to accept BBomb even though he tells BBomb that he has feeling for him, he doesn't know if they should date. Then when they start dating they can't even trust each other to hang out with other people. It's just an overall toxic relationship. I see them breaking up in a year or two.

Jin & BBomb & Aim

Now let's talk about Aim's relationship with them. She's set up to be a nice person trying to get them together, but I don't see why she would date Jin if she knew BBomb liked him. She's his cousin so she should know! In fact, she's shown knowing that BBomb likes him, so why would she date him! Also she gets upset that Jin breaks up with her and cuts the string on his Engineer Gear, yet later she's seen trying to set BBomb and Jin up. Again, what is she trying to do? I'm so confused. I'm also confused as to what her exact role is when getting Jin and BBomb together. She gathers all of their friends together and seems to be the ringleader in the team to get them to date, but my questions are one, why is she doing this? And two, what is this sudden team up? And three, was she manipulating everything from the beginning. And four, I'm just so confused with her. Aim is just another huge plot hole.

Song & Jay

The best couple with the best chemistry with every little screen time. Song and Jay had a minor plot where Jay seemed to be in love with Song, but we get no conclusion from them as the series ends with no build up or anything. We literally end on a clifhanger for them. Jay is in love with Song, writing love songs about him, yet we can't tell if Song feels the same way about Jay. We also don't know why Jay acts so mean and distant from Song despite having feelings for him. I'm just so confused about this couple since I enjoyed this couple the most in this series, yet they got nothing.

Keam & Ball (& Keam's girlfriend)

Keam's character and storyline is so confusing. I can't tell if Keam is in love with Jin, Ball, Singh, BBomb, his girlfriend or everything. His character is the big brother type of character, but it seems like he has a secret crush on everyone. I'm so confused. Also, they would he date his girlfriend if he has a crush on Ball? At least it seems like he has a crush on Ball. Ball literally has nothing to do with the story and interacts with no other character other than Keam. Even so, there Keam's storyline indicates he has a crush on Ball and that's how it ends. Ball has maybe 10 minutes of screentime with only Keam, so why bring him in as a character? He should have been cut along with this storyline because it just left another big plot hole to the story. Also Keam seems to have a girlfriend throughout all of this, yet she's barely mentioned and she brings nothing to the story as well. She's shown for a split second then seems to disappear. Another random character that creates another plot hole.

Jin's Engineer Friends (Singh & Jack)

I liked Jack's character. Jack is one of Jin's friends that actually has a role to play other than Keam. Singh on the other hand just has girlfriend issues that he brings to the table that does nothing to enhance the storyline. It just makes me wonder why he is introduced as a character in the first place. We don't even get to find out the conclusion to his girlfriend issues too!

BBomb's Law Friends (U & Ultra)

What is the point of U and Ultra? The only role they have to play are to literally piss BBomb off. U is such a terrible friend. He's criticizing BBomb's crush/ friendship with Jin to the point I thought he was jealous and in love with BBomb, but that didn't seem to be the case. Ultra on the other hand, seems to be U's mother, always chastising him for criticizing BBomb. Bomb's friends honestly aren't that interesting. BBomb should have just had Song and Jay as friends and but out U and Ultra. They aren't a couple and don't bring anything to the table. BBomb and Jin don't fight over anything that U says, so there is no point in his character. Lot's of screen time is wasted on U and Ultra fighting about BBomb and Jin's relationship for nothing. U and Ultra aren't even a couple! I would understand if Ultra was jealous that U was thinking so much about BBomb and his relationship that's why he always scolded U about it, but there isn't even a hint of that. Ultra is literally just a good friend to BBomb, but in the context of the storyline we don't need that kind of extra drama if it doesn't do anything to BBomb and Jin's relationship.


ACTING:

The acting here isn't terrible, but it's not the best. Jin and BBomb's actors lacked chemistry together and BBomb's actor was too stoic. It was obvious that this was their first acting gig. A lot of the side characters like Song, Jay, Keam, and Jack had great acting, but because they are side character they can't really save the show. I think if Jin and BBomb's actors had more chemistry they could have saved the show and made it a decent watch despite the flawed storyline. Quite frankly I don't understand why the producers would go ahead on cast inexperienced actors as the leads when they had quite a few actors who have some acting credits to their name. They really did Kaownah dirty by putting him as a support character with Turbo, yet gave them a terrible storyline with little screen time. He's probably the most experienced and famous actor in the series. It's very sad.


OVERALL:

I know I wrote down quite a few things about the series that makes it seem like a terrible series to watch, but honestly if you can get past the plot holes it's not too bad. I'd watch this series as a filler series while waiting for a new series, or just watch it if you're bored.

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Love!!

I don't know why this show wasn't on my radar sooner!! I thoroughly enjoyed the hell out of it! The chemistry between the leads was so organic and unstrained. To be honest, the chemistry was more palpable than their acting abilities. What a fantastic casting and direction. I loved how their relationship was best experienced through just how they looked at each other and the subtle touches. The moments that Jin would sleep in Bbomb's arms were so lovely and sweet and powerful.
And adding to all that, is the great friend chemistry between the friend groups. I loved watching the friend scenes. Simple, nothing too over the top, just damn good cast chemistry to go with the direction. Rewatch value is definitely a 10 though I don't rewatch hardly anything. And also, I'm the type who really enjoys NC scenes and this didn't have nary a one and it didn't matter at all. They seriously didn't need anything more to make the audience feel the loveliness of this couple. Who, btw, from episode 2 gave off long term relationship energy easily! So hard to do that and these actors nailed it. I soooo wish that there was a season 2!

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A lilttle cringe

This is a good series to binge-watch to kill time or watch well you're occupying yourself with something else. The storyline isn't anything extraordinary but it's easy to understand and still very enjoyable. The acting is good but the romantic scenes can very cringe and I have had to skip a bit of the story because of second-hand embarrassment, the romance between the main couple also seems a little forced. The side characters aren’t anything special and some of them come off as a little annoying like the two that keep posting the main character's love life online. I have enjoyed Nitiman so far and plan on continuing watching the series. If you are bored and looking for something to watch Nitiman’s worth watching.

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