Thank goodness that I gave them a chance
I am going to be honest, the pilot episode was a meh for me. My thought back then was that GMMTV kept on using violence and arrogance as the plot of their story. This pertains to Mhok’s introduction in his thug era. I was in the middle of letting go of the drama but I’m glad that I stayed. I always believed in Sea Tawinan and Mark Pakin’s character range which were the reasons for me hanging on with the show. Yet, I am surprised by the acting growth of Jimmy, he surely evolved and explicit a way better portrayal than his previous main character role. Namtan also nailed this one as well, as expected from our dramatic girl.Well written story with the right actors. I have a soft spot for a series that tackles one’s disability to see things around them. The progression and narration of Day’s daily life struggle are heart-rending. Another thing that I got invested in the story is the reconciliation of the two brothers, Night and Day. As the one who hugely suffered in the car accident, Day’s resentful actions towards Night are reasonable. Objectively speaking, Night is not the one to be blamed for the incident. But Day’s coping mechanism at that time is to put a finger on someone which causes his eyesight to vanish.
It is always beautiful how the title aligns with their story. The majestic and tear-jerker Last Twilight scene is phenomenal. I cried and felt the pain of the main couple. That time when Day completely loses his vision but remains calm in accepting his reality that he will continue to live on for the rest of his life. EP11 was indeed my favorite episode from the series.
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I really loved how well this show was written, and I would have given it a 10 honestly if it wasn't for the ending. It was a nice happy ending, but many things were pretty underwhelming. Firstly, I expected the moment Day saw Mhok's face for the first time to be such a beautiful and dramatic moment, but it was just... nothing special. Secondly, I think the fact that Day managed to get the surgery made the show's message pointless. I would have preferred an ending that showed that even with a disability you can be successful and happy.
Regardless of these two issues, I enjoyed watching this and think the acting was incredible.
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Was the best BL of 2023 until the end...
This was my most anticipated BL of 2023, and I love that they featured it around a blind man, and showed the visible struggles that the visually impaired have to deal with daily. I find it super important to raise awareness about this subject! They pulled that part off fantastically. The acting was amazing as well!This show was a 10/10 for me, but after the ending, I'm quite annoyed... they should have ended it before the breakup, or at ep 12, part 3/4. I feel like Day getting his eyesight back didn't add anything of value... and just did it to make it a fairytale ending that isn't needed! Such a shame, I was so excited for a good and authentic representation of a disability in BL, but they had to "fix" him. Now I'd probably rate it an 8.5/10. Wish I didn't continue after ep 9 :( Also feel like Mhok wasn't fully understood. He still has trauma from the passing of his sister, but Day completely overlooked that. Sure, what he did was wrong, but you can't blame him for his past.
Aaaa I'm so frustrated with the ending :( Please wipe away my memory from the last 3 eps
I recommend stopping at ep 9, or at ep 12, part 3/4
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Boa introdução ao mundo BL.
Last twilight foi meu segundo BL, vindo de uma série de GLs e logo depois do icônico Bad Buddy.A história e personagens são bem cativantes, a atuação dos JimmySea realmente proporciona uma experiência emocionante e imersiva, trilha sonora agradável e adequada aos momentos, menção honrosa aos MarkNamtan que entregaram MUITO como NightPorjai.
Dito isso, apesar da qualidade do roteiro, os últimos dois episódios deixaram um pouco a desejar, não sei se vi necessidade no término, além da irresponsabilidade emocional da parte do Day quanto ao Mhok, jogando a culpa toda no coitado. Além do plot súbito da visão retornada, gostei da representatividade e repentinamente o Day volta a enxergar, depois de todo o processo de auto aceitação, nada mal, PORÉM, não veria problema em seguirem outra rota.
Definitivamente uma boa série, bem equilibrada (você ri, chora, se irrita), bem reassistivel.
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A really good series in the romantic drama genre!
In addition to sweet romance, the series also tackles serious topics such as parental acceptance of partners, disabilities and friendship. Very good performance by all the actors who fit their roles incredibly well. Prepare to cry a little every now and then too. Definitely worth watching! I'll probably rewatch it some rainy weekend.Was this review helpful to you?
As a whole, I was really impressed with how the show handled Day's blindness. There never was a moment where it felt like they forgot about it, and they included so many little details that showed that they really did their research for this show. I thought they did such a good job, and I loved how the arc of the show was largely about Day learning how to take care of himself and function as a blind man. It was empowering, really.
I didn't love the ending of the show (particularly the final episode and how it was set up), but on the whole this was such a wonderful show to watch.
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One of the best BLs out there
This one really surprised me.The way the characters were developed, how the atmosphere was good and how the story was solid until the end are highlights and are also the things I expect when I watch a BL, like the development of the brothers' relationship, it was one of the things I wanted to see , and it was very well done.
There are some irregularities, but that doesn't take the charm away.
The last two episodes took some turns that I wasn't expecting and kinda took me out of the experience, but it didn't ruin the entire BL for me because some of the magic we saw throghout the other episodes kinda started to happen again in the last episode.
Plus, everything here is so cute (the cast and the story).
Really good.
(The Little Prince is my favorite book ever)
(might be my favorite BL)
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Overall well- made but not without issues
I personally am of the opinion that Day shouldn’t have regained his eyesight bc, as some people have already pointed out, it not only doesn’t add anything to the story but actively takes away from it.I was actually positively surprised when Day didn’t regain his sight when he received the first eye donation. It brought more weight and depth to the story bc before the surgery, even when he slowly started to get used to the situation with Morks help, Day still lived with the hope that one day he will become “normal” and will be able to see again.
The fact that the surgery didn’t work was an important story point and a huge milestone for Day’s character development. After that, Day needed to come to terms with the fact that his blindness will (most likely) remain permanent and that forced him to let go of the hope of regaining his previous way of living and forced him to accept a new one.
An end of something is simultaneously a beginning of something else and the story made a wonderful example of it. After the unsuccessful surgery Day slowly started actively dealing with the situation and ultimately embracing his new way of living. He started seeing himself as part of the society, albeit a bit different from most people, and he still wanted to participate in life as actively as other people do. This was a huge deal for his character development and he managed to do all that by the end of the series so why was it necessary for him to regain his sight? It wasn’t. It didn’t bring anything new to the table and actively undermined the message of the story, which I find quite sad tbh.
When it comes to the romance, I liked it overall but I wish they gave the characters a bit more time before Mork confessed. The whole relationship build-up felt a bit awkward bc at first it seemed like the both of them started to slowly like each other around the same time (kind of). We see Mork starting to become more aware of Day and the same could be said about Day ( the “goodnight” moment etc) but the show suddenly decided to blindside it’s audience with Days confession towards August. Still, till then I was still on board with it, even after Day told Mork that the latter wasn’t his type, but then they got together pretty quickly after that and it felt slightly off. The show should’ve given them about one or two more episodes to develop Days feelings more before he accepted Morks confession.
The break up felt quite forced too. It makes sense that Rungs death would weight heavily on Mork but if that was supposed to be a big deal and part of the break- up reason the story should’ve incorporated the plot point way sooner and not quite so randomly. The worst part of it all is that we don’t even get to see Mork getting to terms with the situation.
There is a 3 year time skip and suddenly we are supposed to believe that he has dealt with it now and therefore is super happy and heathy and ready for a new start. It doesn’t work like that though.
These issues need to be explained and dealt with properly - by actively showing the audience how a character gets over it. You can’t just invoke a time skip and announce that everything is in the past. It’s called “Show, don’t tell” and not the other way around for a reason. Overall the last two episodes were ridiculous but the rest was good and the topic was unique and important so I’m giving it a high rating.
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BORING
This series is the most boring series I've watched in a while but i have a few things to get off my chest :1) Day's character is the most selfish spoiled brat character I've seen , he's a a master at gaslighting ( gaslighted Night about him going blind because he drove night home but didn't even look at the road while driving , blames Mohk because he didn't want to go to hawai or wherever the f , broke up with him and blocked him not acknowledging ANY GOOD THING Mohk did for him and even told his mom "should i forgive him after what he did" ? b- what ?! Making it sound like Mohk was beating him everyday, little brat and even when he asked for a second chance he said " i decided to give ME a second chance " not us but it's logical since his character is all about ME ME ME all the time
2) The finale was atrocious , same boring copy paste time skip finale , director did it in 1000 stars where tian left for the US 2 years , did it in Bad buddy where Nannon left for 2 years in Singapore now Mohk leaves 2 years in Thaiti ...... Like can't you be creative ?
3) they made Day regain sight therefore defeating the whole point of this series about being happy and adapting NOOOOPE the message was if you're blind and want a happy ending you'll need to be RICH and have 1 or more TRANSPLANTS oh and to SEE ? what a waste of time this series was ?️ they did the whole cringy "leaving wedding and running to the airport romcom scene" because Day doesn't care about Night anyway his love life is more important than his brother's wedding ( he made his brother leave his wedding and run after the guy he JUST REJECTED ) eeeh god i hope the director never gets another series again ( if he does , expect a 2 year time skip at the finale )
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Just watch this
I caved and watched the series, I was unsure if I wanted to watch it ONLY because one of my biggest fears is going blind, and shows that have this topic, make me anxious because my eyes are already bad but I was in the right headspace so I decided to give it a go. I was not disappointed and thankfully I was able to finish because it lives up to the hype on TikTok.Jimmy and Sea have perfect chemistry, no one can take that away from each other and I hope they continue to work together for a long time because I truly think they were made for each other.
It's so refreshing to see Mok be a perfect character, he never cheated on Day or anything that you see in other series, All Mok wanted to do was care for Day and make sure he was taken care of, as well as worry about him but not letting Day know that. We need more characters like him.
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The cast did an amazing job.
Acting is crazy.
It became my favorite bl and it’s not even finished yet. It doesn’t matter if they give us a happy or unhappy ending because the story itself is so beautiful. The way they portray the feelings, it’s like you can feel what they fell.
Absolutely every one of the cast actors/actresses do an amazing job.
You watch it and know that what they do they do it from heart.
Jimmysea are unbelievably amazing actors.
Hopefully this series and actors will get the hype and recognition they deserve. ❤️
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This series changed the trajectory of my life!!!!
This series really took me on a roller-coaster of emotions that i was unknown to, from start to finish it was just getting better and better with every episode. I've never cried so much during any series and it really wrecked the sh*t out of me but in a good way . And boy when i tell you ep 9 is my roman empire i really mean it!!! I just loved everything about this show specially the casting was so good like jimmysea were really made to play the character of mhokday, they nailed every second of their screen time. The direction was so good as well, the sceneries and cinematography really shined through, it was really something i have never experienced in other series ( and mind you, I've been watching bl series from. Past 5 years) . I can’t get enough of jimmysea, they are really talented and hardworking and i hope they get to work in more amazing series like this.Was this review helpful to you?
