Kiss Me Again: Pete-Kao (2018)

A Good Foundation

So... you want to get into Pete and Kao's story but don't know where to start? That was exactly my dilemma! A quick Google search told me that this three-part compilation by GMMTV was all you really needed in order to continue onto Dark Blue Kiss, the sequel series. I do think it accomplished what it meant to do, as most of the reviews on the full series (Kiss Me Again) claim to have just skipped to the Pete/Kao scenes anyway. But that doesn't mean it was smooth sailing.

The first half of this mini-series was rough for me to watch. It literally does what it claims to— it just shows the scenes with Pete and Kao. That's it. And with so much of the show and overall storyline cut out, there is really no tangible plot to follow. The animosity between the two of them, without any context, was boring at best and annoying at worst. Also— there were SO many fight scenes??? And it felt like they were one right after the other, so repetitive and boring, but that was mostly because this compilation doesn't show the scenes that happen in between. Still, it got to be a bit much.

I did end up enjoying the second half much more, especially once the jealousy and actual feelings emerged. I don't totally love the characters yet, but I'm looking forward to watching a full series about them!

Ultimately, this is probably the best way to give a viewer the background so they can jump into the next show, but I'm really hoping Dark Blue Kiss is miles better than this was.

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A little broken but who cares

Before I venture in to watching the series Dark Blue Kiss, I decided to get the backstory of our 2 main characters and that is what compelled me to watch this cut. It delivered what it promised and I got the basic understanding of how their relationship started. But looking at it objectively there are still a lot of questions unanswered but I am fine with it.

This cut of the series gives us a glimpse in to the story of Kao and Pete. They share a tumultuous relationship due to some misunderstanding or something…. I can’t tell you even if I tried as the series explains it just a few words. But what started as animosity slowly transforms in to love. We get scenes of Pete being jealous and Kao playing hard to get and you are rooting for both these characters. Pete is shown as flawed as he is quick to temper and doesn’t shy away from physical confrontations whereas the character of Kao is not well defined. All we get to know is that he is good natured, cares for his friends, and is good at photography and studies. While we understand Pete’s anger issues, Kao still remains a mystery to me.

But a series that in my opinion exists as a preamble to Dark Blue Kiss, I will not hold these flaws against it as I am hoping that all the questions around the animosity between Kao and Pete will be answered in the other series along with the character of Kao being more fleshed out.

In conclusion since this is a cut from the original series, there are some hard edits that suddenly pulls you out of the scenes and affects the pace, but all is forgiven thanks to the acting chops of our 2 main characters and this keeps me excited to watch the rest of their story.

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