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The posthumous child did not get ressurected here, exactly...
Well, I've mentioned in my 'SOTUS' review already how much my excitement dropped, after the actual SOTUS theme in the series got more or less discarded.
There is practically no hazing here, someone might now be a head hazer, someone might have inherited the same number student to watch over, but it's all kinda mellow, and again has hardly any drama. So, the SOTUS is now only present in the show's title. Never mind, though.
Because, the main couple remains. The drama can be about the relationship. We care about this relationship a lot, don't we? I'm still thrilled for them, thrilled with ANY interaction of those two I can get, and yet it was a stretch to watch 13 episodes of 'SOTUS S'. To watch Arthit sitting crammed in a tiny office, doing desk job now (he used to be at production but now he's transferred) is about as entertaining as watching your real colleagues in your real office. If you do have - or had ever - an office job, you KNOW what I mean. So, action is something this series is NOT.
We can also see some kind of "dreamy bits", i.e. little fragments of couple intimacy developments (that probably come from other timeline than this series is in), but each time ONLY after each episode ends. It kinda painfully emphasises what is missing in the actual series.
The most promising drama arch comes when the relationship is revealed (through some sneak pictures) to all the company's employees. For it to be really dramatical (because you might say to yourself: so what? some little company?) the company actually belongs to Kongpob's father. At that precise moment, I felt so strongly for Kongpob (he's the one I identify with more), as he was the one pursuing Arthit from the start (which I loved) and now he somehow, by destiny, was like put into a position of the someone who reduces Arthit (as a work person) from someone valued for his work, to someone known just as "the faggot from the pictures". That's surely not something he wanted to bring to Arthit's life. I understood Kongpob's fear, somehow tangible troughout the series, of losing the person he loves, perhaps thinking: how long is he gonna stay with someone who can't give him kids, makes him undervalued even at his work, unconfortable and not at ease? And now the real bomb striked, him coming from a wealtlhy family (which he purposedly concealed from Arthit) would make him look like he's sucking up to the company owner's son? But somehow it's all kinda mellow again, the colleagues all show understanding to Arthit, no one condemns him (we live in modern age, after all) and - what's more surprising - the father issue is not dealt with, at all. So, drama gone. Even at 'Our Skyy' the theme of Kongpob's parents remained unadressed, so there you have a comparison with the 'Bad Romance/Together with Me' couple, which - despite looking like juvenile buffoons in compare to SOTUS couple - actually delivered more. They really dealt with the issues like the parents, the infidelity, etc. 'SOTUS' has not delivered.
Oh, I almost forgot one thing. But one of the fellow reviews here reminded me, thankfully. The whole 'SOTUS S'/season 2 is not consistent with the time jump at the end of 'SOTUS'/season 1. While that timejump in Kongpob & Arthit's relationship was only a few minutes long, I actually liked it better than this whole series. So in the end, this is my solution. For myself, I decided to happily ignore the whole 'SOTUS S'.
So, how to rate this? I must still rate considerably high. Even if the series did not deliver, the main couple is inspirational enough for fans watching to make better stories in their minds. I did not hate the 'SOTUS S', just that drama was all maybe too much kept under the surface. It's understandable as the thai society is not that open - not in reality apart the TV/movies. So I get that. But as the entertainment if failed, I'm sorry.
There is practically no hazing here, someone might now be a head hazer, someone might have inherited the same number student to watch over, but it's all kinda mellow, and again has hardly any drama. So, the SOTUS is now only present in the show's title. Never mind, though.
Because, the main couple remains. The drama can be about the relationship. We care about this relationship a lot, don't we? I'm still thrilled for them, thrilled with ANY interaction of those two I can get, and yet it was a stretch to watch 13 episodes of 'SOTUS S'. To watch Arthit sitting crammed in a tiny office, doing desk job now (he used to be at production but now he's transferred) is about as entertaining as watching your real colleagues in your real office. If you do have - or had ever - an office job, you KNOW what I mean. So, action is something this series is NOT.
We can also see some kind of "dreamy bits", i.e. little fragments of couple intimacy developments (that probably come from other timeline than this series is in), but each time ONLY after each episode ends. It kinda painfully emphasises what is missing in the actual series.
The most promising drama arch comes when the relationship is revealed (through some sneak pictures) to all the company's employees. For it to be really dramatical (because you might say to yourself: so what? some little company?) the company actually belongs to Kongpob's father. At that precise moment, I felt so strongly for Kongpob (he's the one I identify with more), as he was the one pursuing Arthit from the start (which I loved) and now he somehow, by destiny, was like put into a position of the someone who reduces Arthit (as a work person) from someone valued for his work, to someone known just as "the faggot from the pictures". That's surely not something he wanted to bring to Arthit's life. I understood Kongpob's fear, somehow tangible troughout the series, of losing the person he loves, perhaps thinking: how long is he gonna stay with someone who can't give him kids, makes him undervalued even at his work, unconfortable and not at ease? And now the real bomb striked, him coming from a wealtlhy family (which he purposedly concealed from Arthit) would make him look like he's sucking up to the company owner's son? But somehow it's all kinda mellow again, the colleagues all show understanding to Arthit, no one condemns him (we live in modern age, after all) and - what's more surprising - the father issue is not dealt with, at all. So, drama gone. Even at 'Our Skyy' the theme of Kongpob's parents remained unadressed, so there you have a comparison with the 'Bad Romance/Together with Me' couple, which - despite looking like juvenile buffoons in compare to SOTUS couple - actually delivered more. They really dealt with the issues like the parents, the infidelity, etc. 'SOTUS' has not delivered.
Oh, I almost forgot one thing. But one of the fellow reviews here reminded me, thankfully. The whole 'SOTUS S'/season 2 is not consistent with the time jump at the end of 'SOTUS'/season 1. While that timejump in Kongpob & Arthit's relationship was only a few minutes long, I actually liked it better than this whole series. So in the end, this is my solution. For myself, I decided to happily ignore the whole 'SOTUS S'.
So, how to rate this? I must still rate considerably high. Even if the series did not deliver, the main couple is inspirational enough for fans watching to make better stories in their minds. I did not hate the 'SOTUS S', just that drama was all maybe too much kept under the surface. It's understandable as the thai society is not that open - not in reality apart the TV/movies. So I get that. But as the entertainment if failed, I'm sorry.
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