Slow, steady, but confusing

All the reviews rate this drama between 9-10 and I feel bad being the first one giving it a low rating in comparison, however it's how I honestly feel about it.


The main story is nice, I really enjoyed watching how the leads became close despite of being polar opposites. But it didn't make me feel anything at all. It already happened the same to me with "Where Your Eyes Linger", and right before writing this review I realized that both dramas have the same director (since that's a common denominator, I guess the problem here is the director). I don't remember much of WYEL because it didn't leave a memorable impression, so I would have to rewatch it in order to remember why I didn't enjoy it.
In the case of "To My Star", the problem that I have is that they tried to include many sub-plots with not enough time... which ended up leaving more questions than answers.

What exactly happened to Ji Woo's family? How did he end up running a restaurant with Hyung Ki? How did they ended up being friends/drinking buddies with Yoon Seoul? Why Seo Jun hyperventilates when hearing something break? What exactly happened at the bar that night? How did Yoon Seoul obtain that video of the fight? Where did that english speaking reporter come from? What's her relationship with Hyung Ki? How did she ended up at Ji Woo and Seo Jun's home? What was the place where Ji Woo went after leaving his house? Why did the intern leave and come back? What's the awkward "I studied abroad" sub-plot about?

And I could keep going on and on. They tried to include so many things without giving a proper explanation, that they ended up messing up a drama with great potential. So as I've said, the only thing enjoyable was the main story (aka how the leads meet and fall in love). The rest... a waste of time.

The actors did a good job though. I liked the chemistry between the leads, and the rest of the cast was okay.

So if you are wondering about watching this drama or not... give it a try. My recommendation is that you must focus only on the leads' love story and ignore everything else. Just focus on how they meet and their time together, and just ignore the other stuff.

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Pleasant BL Thriller

Are you tired of Thai dramas where the bad ones never get punished or they end up being redeemed?
Well, that doesn't happen in this one.

If you are looking for another typical Thai BL, then you should think it twice.
UWMA is an example of an original plot inside the BL world, however it's filled with BL content.
In the case of MOD it also is an original plot for a BL but the BL content is not that strong. I would say it's 75% thriller and 25% BL. The feelings are there all the time, but romantic/steamy interactions aren't shown that often. If you are into BLs mainly for the skinship, then maybe you should skip this one.
With that being said, let's continue with the review.



STORY
This is a BL Thriller, being the thriller the main part of the story. It gives you a premise, a murder, and from there the story starts to develop with new information given in every episode.
I won't explain the plot since the basics is given in the MDL details of the drama, but what's explained in there is just the first few episodes and then it completely changes. The plot is way more complicated than that, with many layers.
At the middle of the series I was worried about how it will go. All the plot twist given until then were pretty obvious from almost the beginning, so although they intended to show them as a twist they actually weren't. Maybe for someone completely new to thrillers, but if you have watched a couple of them... pretty obvious. I wanted a big turn of events. Something unexpected. And oh man, the last 3 or 4 episodes were unexpected plot twist after another unexpected plot twist.
I'm absolutely happy with the way the series have developed towards the end. When everything seemed to make sense, and when all the questions seemed to be answered... BAM! A fresh plot twist delivery.
The plot was well explained and the questions raised through the episodes were answered. As always happens, because there's nothing perfect, the story has a couple plot-holes but nothing important. I think the plot-holes are there in order to be able to progress organically and to have all the secrets out, because the story could have perfectly ended after 7 episodes yet there would still be a couple things in the dark that needed to be exposed. So in some way these plot-holes were necessary and that's why I'm okay with them.


INCOMING SPOILERS (more like my thoughts about the final plot twists)

The fact that Rung did what she did was definitely a shock. I wasn't surprised to know that she was involved with the culprits since I've suspected that she was no good since the beginning, but I didn't even imagine how much she did.
I believe in "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth", that's why I support death penalty to those who have killed someone with a purpose. I don't think that someone able to kill another human being, and continues with his/her life as normal, deserves to live in this world. So it's a pity that the congressman got away, but I loved to see Rung's ending. Gun, another one that I've suspected from the beginning, also got his well deserved finale. And the other two... well, I hope they got a strong punishment.
My favorite plot twist is Inspector M and Dr. Oat, and I actually believed that he wouldn't be able to walk again so when I saw him coming to the rescue I freaked out.
I wish they would have shown us more of Tat and Sorn, they were adorable.
The proposal... what the f was that?! Tan didn't fool me a bit, I knew that everything was his plan but I quite kept a little hope that they were actually being ambushed. I don't know if I would accept that type of proposal in the same situation. The poor Dr. Bun has experienced enough already.

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CAST
Max and Tul still look comfortable with each other as they always did. They got to play characters that fit with their appearance and I believe that's something that helped with how they delivered Tan and Dr. Bun.
Great as Inspector M ended up being the second male lead without being the second male lead. He was able to win the audience's love although at first it was portrayed as an enemy, so congrats to him.
The rest of the cast did a nice job too. None of them excels in my book, but I enjoyed their acting.


MUSIC
As I always say on my reviews, I give all my attention to the dialogues and the plot. Unless a song catches my attention, I don't even notice when there is one playing. And that's what happened once again. I don't remember a single song from this drama, were there even songs on it besides background music during some scenes? Hence why my rating on this area is low compared to the rest.


REWATCH VALUE
Although I enjoyed the drama, I have a problem with thrillers. Once they are over I don't feel like rewatching them in the future. Maybe because I already know what happens so the excitement to find out what's next has disappeared. But maybe in a couple years I will check it out again. Right now I have no intention to do so but as I've said it's not because I didn't like it, it's just that thrillers are hard to rewatch without that first time emotion.

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They delivered what has been promised.

I've read both novels (Oxygen and Nitrogen) way before the series so I was pretty excited to watch it. I hate to wait for an episode, so I deliberately waited until it was over. But meanwhile I've been reading some comments and reviews that worried me... stupid thing to do. There is absolutely nothing to worry about.
Taking into account that they merged both novels in one drama, all the staff did a good job. Obviously you can't have all and every scene from the novel, but they gave us more than enough.
Long review but I wanted it to be detailed so people who haven't read the novel can decide whether to give it a try or not.


STORY:
All what needed to be shown, has been shown. Some scene suffered minor changes, I believe due to the fact that it includes part of Nitrogen as well, but it was well delivered.
This drama tells the story of two people with their own baggage that find a supportive shoulder in each other. The romance is fast and there are no roller-coasters in their relationship. I will be more specific with the leads Solo and Gui, since it seems to be what people complain the most and I don't understand the reasons to be honest.

Solo and Gui are as inexpressive and calm as in the novel. Their relationship develops fast and doesn't have big changes. They added more drama in the series but that was something that I've expected already. Anyway the "new drama" is nothing big, so makes no difference for me.
The Solo in the drama also has his poker face, his need of attention, his possessiveness, and his hatred towards Jay and his father.
The Gui in the drama also has a kind-hearted soul, a will to help everyone, a need to take care of others, and a tendency to keep it all for himself.
People complained about how boring, dull, and inexpressive are the leads but you have to understand that SoloGui are exactly like that in the novel. That's why I recommend people to read the story before watching the drama to avoid their expectations being ruined. This is not your typical "Together With Me" or "TharnType" kind of plot. Forget about the girls causing trouble for the couple, the misunderstandings, the fights, and yada, yada, yada. I must admit that their relationship is somehow toxic too (since Solo is super possessive and Gui says yes to whatever Solo asks), but the character development that happens in the end (in both the series and the novel) makes it less worrisome. It's a calm, almost boring, romance. Expect tenderness, sweetness, and understanding (and some jealousy from Solo here and there, but that's how he is). Don't expect break ups and fights, that's nowhere to be seen.

Phu and Kao have the same owner-rabbit relationship as in the novel, and I loved every second of it. I honestly prefer Nitrogen over Oxygen, and it happened the same with the series. I like SoloGui, but PhuKao definitely stole the show for me (some "My Engineer" feelings. I liked the leads but RamKing was the best of it).
I expect a second season, this time with Nitrogen as the title and PhuKao as the leads. They clearly left their story with no closure, and the important things from Nitrogen weren't added in Oxygen. So it's quite obvious that they are planning to do a second season if everything goes well with the first one. Hopefully we will have it soon!

I don't have much to add about the third couple. The doctors, Khim, and Khem's story ISN'T part of the novel. Not sure why they added that, maybe to fill the drama with some scenes in order to not show all PhuKao's story, but you can skip their parts if you want to. The third couple has NO effect to the real story.

Then they added a couple other things that aren't part of the novel. There is a scene where Solo is drugged and almost raped. As always, thai dramas seem to forget that this type of things are a crime and the perpetrator should be punished. In the novel the problem is way less serious, but a drama needs drama.
In the series Solo has a fiancee while in the novel is introduced as the fiancee of Solo's father. Once again they needed to add some drama since SoloGui's story is basically drama-free in the novel. I would have preferred the original plot of Linda but it didn't bother me that much anyway.


ACTING:
Good job from all the cast that played a character from the novel. For some of them, Oxygen is their first official work but they did good. I'm happy with both the cast election and the execution. I felt it was a copy-paste. There were obviously some things that could have been better, but still they were able to bring to life their novel characters. I remember Houzini (the girl who translated the novels with Chesshire's permission) leaving her cute comments at the end of the chapters about how fit the actors were for the roles. They all are new faces to me so I didn't know if she was right or not back then, but now I have to agree with her. Solo, Gui, Kao and Phu were portrayed in a loyal way by the actors and that just makes the drama better.

I also loved how they didn't change the appearance of Solo's fahter. Solo was born when his father was 16/18, so he isn't even 40 yet. He is a young actor that looks young, but his father is indeed young. He also did a good job portraying his character. I'm a little disappointed with Jay. Not for the actor's job, but the fact that his appearance is completely different. Where is the blonde foreigner? The actor was clearly thai and brunette hahaha! But once again that doesn't affect the story so who cares.


MUSIC:
I liked how they added the musical parts of the novel in the drama. The chorus of the main theme gets stuck in my head every episode, and the background music that they use for the different scenes convey the vibe of it.


OVERALL & REWATCH:
If you have read the novels, then I believe you will like it. It's exactly as it's written. Some scenes missing, some details that aren't fully explained, but in a general way everything is covered. The cast did a good job something that always helps.
I would definitely rewatch it before the release of Nitrogen. Hoping for the announcement of the second season to be as soon as possible!

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This was a big surprise for me. I don't remember the reasons, but I do remember that whenever I've encountered this drama I didn't want to give it a try. But due to the fact that a lot of dramas that I want to watch aren't over yet, I finally decided to watch "Lost Romance" while waiting and oh boy. That was a good decision.


This drama has references to multiple kdramas (if you are a fan then you will appreciate those easter eggs), and to me the story is a mix of two dramas I've watched: the kdrama "W: Two Worlds" and the cdrama "The Romance Of Tiger And Rose". If you have watched and liked those dramas, you will enjoy "Lost Romance" for sure.
I've seen people mentioning other dramas too, but in my opinion they are nowhere close in comparison with the dramas I've mentioned above.
Long review ahead, but I always feel that MDL's plot summaries lack a lot and sometimes fail to catch people's attention although maybe the drama is really interesting. It happened to me multiple times.


STORY (extended explanation of the plot with no spoilers):

As I've mentioned, the story is like a mix of "W: Two Worlds" and "The Romance Of Tiger And Rose". It obviously has its own details and that's the reason why despite the similarities, "Lost Romance" is good and unique in its own.

The FL works in an editorial that publishes romance novels and she is a sucker for CEO stories. This obsession causes that alongside with her bff, during their breaks and with the help of a drone the girls spy on a handsome CEO (the ML) that works nearby. But one day the FL witnesses how the ML is pushed from the rooftop of a skyscraper and, scared about reporting it to the police with no evidence, she decides to remain silent. However a couple days after the incident she gets a high fever and ends up unconscious. From that moment, the FL is transported to the fictional world of the romance novel that she was working on.
The ML of the novel is an overbearing CEO who, for her surprise, looks like the ML from the real world. But she soon finds out that her character in the novel is not the female lead, but a secondary character with no happy ending. She decides to change her fate and become the female lead to be able to finally experience a romance with an overbearing CEO, and not just any CEO but one that looks exactly like the man she has been admiring for a long time. The problem comes when she ends up confusing both men and doubting who is the one she really likes.
Meanwhile in the real world the FL is unconscious and the doctors don't know the reason of why she doesn't wake up. The ML is unconscious as well, although his reason is quite obvious since he was pushed from a skyscraper. And as a cliche that happens in every drama involving a CEO (or a historical drama with a prince that is the equivalent of a modern world CEO), the family of the ML fights for the power with tricky ways and really evil ways in the case of this drama.

You hate some characters initially, then the hate downgrades little by little (it doesn't disappear though), and some characters that you liked at first end up being a disappointment. Some things were quite obvious but there were a couple plot twists too. I've laughed out loud a few times which is always a plus to me. It has a nice level of comedy and enjoyable support characters. The FL isn't the typical pushover but a woman that stands up for herself, and about the ML... I have to choose the one from the fictional world, but maybe that's because almost all the episodes are in the novel world and not the real world.
Beware of the SL syndrome. It hardly happens to me, but I have been really close on this one. He is a sweetheart that deserves a happy ending.
There are 2 SFL, one in the real world and another in the ficitional world. The one in the real world has no romantic interest on the ML, basically because she is his half-sister. The one in the fictional world is, indeed, the female lead of the novel world and the one that has all your typical cliches (super kind, innocent, bullied at work, accidental falls, getting the attention of the boss, etc).

PS: If you are interested on whether it has PDA or not, I have to give them a 9 out of 10. Yes, you have the typical fish kisses but that sex scene... omg! It was quite obvious that this is a taiwanese drama and not a chinese one. Taiwan produces BL dramas and therefore censorship isn't a big deal in there, not like in China. So they don't mind showing skinship as a normal grown up couple would do.


ACTING/CAST
Good chemistry, really good chemistry. Marcus Chang and Vivian Sung did a great job portraying their characters. Simon Lian as the SML did a good job too, a part of you really ends up rooting for him even if the ending is quite obvious. Overall the whole cast was good, nothing bad to note. Maybe on some of the support characters but since they are not key characters for the plot, it's not a big deal.


MUSIC
I am a person who focuses mainly on the visuals and the dialogue, so I don't pay attention to the music unless a song really catches my attention. That's hard to accomplish and in this drama none of the songs were able to do it.


REWATCH VALUE
Oh yes. Yes, yes, yes. Not immediately but if I find myself again with nothing to watch while waiting for ongoing dramas, I think I will rewatch "Lost Romance". It's true that the main reason for not giving it a 10 is that towards the end there were some plot holes and confusing moments (and I would have liked to see more of the leads together in the real world), but it's not annoying so you end up with good sensations.

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A cute love story with no angst and full of cuteness

If you are looking for a drama with romance, some comedy, nice characters, no stupid misunderstandings, and nice love rivals... This is the one!


Story
Wen Shiaoqing and Cong Rong met when they were kids. He was obese and other kids made fun of him, but she was always there to defend him from the bullies and to keep him company. Both kids liked each other but before being able to confess, and even before Cong Rong knew Wen Shiaoqing's name, she had to move to another city. Wen Shiaoqing never forgot the girl and he kept going to the place where they promised to meet. Destiny makes the pair to reunite years later, although at first none of them had idea of their identities despite of remembering each other from their childhood. The drama tells how their reunion brings back the old memories and they are finally able to be together.
Not only their love story, but the drama also shows a little bit of Wen Shiaoqing's life as a doctor and Cong Rong's life as a lawyer. Plus the second couple's story, one of the most cute and adorable second couples I've seen.

One of the best things is the lack of misunderstandings. There is only one at a certain point, but it's resolved pretty quick. And also the love rivals (which in here are basically side characters) are obviously shown as what they are, love rivals, but both of them know their place and understand that the person they like already has someone in his/her heart.

There are quite a lot of kisses, nothing steamy but at least they show some normal interactions between a couple. And the ending credits of the last episode is one of the cutest things I've seen in a drama even if none of the actors appear, you will understand why once you watch it.


Acting
Not bad at all, better than expected. It's actually my first time seeing all these actors so I don't know if they have improved or not, but they did a nice job.


Music
I'm not a person that pays attention to the OST of dramas unless a song really catches my interest. But this one made it possible, that's why my rating is high (it's usually around 7 when no song got my attention).


Rewatch Value
Yes, probably once I have nothing new to watch or if I'm waiting for an ongoing drama to finish. I don't think I will rewatch it soon, but I'm sure I'll eventually experience this cute story again.

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I've watched the first season of this drama a while ago and despite of not remembering all the details, I can say that the only thing in common between both dramas is the commet. The story in the second season is completely different, starting from the actors, going through the plot, and obviously the ending.
I actually liked the ending of the first season because it made sense. For example that ending in this second season wouldn't make sense at all.


In the first season due to a commet, the ML travels to a parallel world. BUT he already exists in there. So the two ML are suddenly living in the same timeline, something that obviously doesn't make any sense (in a balanced world) and therefore the ending of the first season was logic and predictable.

In this second season the ML only travels back in time. It's the same world, he has the memories of what happened before the commet, yet he just goes back to a point of the past which is months before the commet incident. There are not two ML in the same timeline, and the ML only tries to avoid the same ending and he wants to find out the conspiracy that ends up with his death (and time travel).


As I've mentioned before, I don't remember the details of the first season since it's been quite a long time. I remember the general story and the impression that it gave me. I liked the first season and I was okay with the ending, because it was the logic thing. However I feel that the chemistry and acting of the cast from this second season is better than the first one. And, at the same time, I prefer a time travel concept instead of a parallel world.
I would obviously change some things, I think they didn't pay attention to a couple details that would have been really interesting. And they also overlooked some stuff, without giving you a background at all. But I still enjoyed it.

*Extra note: A lot of kisses. A LOT. That was a great surprise to me because I wasn't expecting it at all. And nope, not those awkward kisses often displayed in asian dramas.


I am a person that focuses on the visuals and the script, not the music. Therefore I never pay attention to the OSTs. However sometimes there are songs that really get my attention, that I really like, and that I end up looking for on YouTube to put them on my playlist. In this case none of the songs left a great impression on me, so I can't say much about it.


I think I would rewatch it again in the future. Maybe in a year or so, whenever I don't know what else to watch.

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An Enjoyable Watch

I put this one on hold for quite a while after reading all the bad comments and reviews, and now I can say that I regret it.
I don't understand why people are complaining so much. Although "Love By Chance" is definitely better, "A Chance To Love" is good too.

I'm not sure why P'New decided to treat the second season just like "2 Moons", but it wasn't bad. If you have watched "2 Moons 2", you know that the first episodes is a recap of the first season and then it develops to what the viewers haven't seen. They did it because the whole cast changed. In this case, I guess P'New decided to do the same since Saint wasn't part of the cast but idk. However it wasn't bad because all what happened between TinCan in the first season is shown in the first 6 episodes of the second season. And to be fair, TinCan didn't have enough screen time in the first season, so their story was able to fit in those episodes and we even got a little more details.
The series starts with a cut that shows the continuation of the ending of the first season, and then they go back 3 months where they show you TinCan's story again. Their story is the only one that is having a recap, the others continue from the ending point of the first season. It can be a little confusing since they mixed the timelines, but you just have to imagine that you have never seen "LBC" and then all is good.

TinCan isn't a couple with a lot of troubles. The main problem was Tin not being able to trust people because of what his brother did, but that's it. Once he got over it, everything is set to go smooth and that's exactly what happened. We had enough of TinCan in my opinion, and I'm happy with it.

So basically you have to watch this second season as if everything is new. It's better if you forget about the first season, about the storylines, and everything in between while watching it. You don't really need to watch the first season in order to enjoy the second one, since they give you enough background information to know what happened with AePete and KlaTechno. The only confusing couple would be TumTar which, to be fair, I'm surprised of how the things ended up between them. This couple is the only one that has no background information and, if you don't know their story, you will probably feel lost. For the rest, you don't need to know anything beforehand.

P.S: Best kiss scene goes to TulHin. I wish they showed more about them.


Obviously I'm not able to praise the whole thing, because there is some stuff that I didn't like and that's why I consider "LBC" still better than "LBC2". So once I'm done with the praise, let's look at the complains.

DOWNSIDES:
- Ae's screen time is too much. His story was told in the first season, he should be a side character in this one. Yes, we know that he misses Pete but we don't need to see him sad for the whole thing. I would have preferred if they used half of Ae's screen time to get deeper into Tul and Hin's story. How did they meet, how did they fall in love, who confessed first, etc.
- The product placement is over the top. All Thai BLs have product placements, yes, but they don't spend 2 or 3 minutes talking about it and praising the "benefits". It's like you are watching a commercial instead of a series, so I ended up skipping the product placement parts.
- The fact that the actor portraying Tul is taller than Mean doesn't make him older. In fact, the actor who plays Tul has such a baby face that Tin looks like the older brother (and in real life, the actor is a year younger than Mean). I understand that they needed a young actor since he has his own love story and this is targeted to a young audience, but they could have picked someone who doesn't have such a baby face. Not complaining about his acting though, just the looks.
- I missed seeing Pond and ChaAim. Although her name is mentioned once letting us know that they are still dating, I would have loved to see a few scenes of them together.
- Can used to be an adorable, innocent, childish, and naive character. In this season he is more mature and smarter. He is still cute, but that adorableness from the first season is barely shown. I don't know if it was Plan's own decision or it was P'New, but that lovely charm that Can used to have is hard to find in this one. But I still liked his character, so it's not really complaining just... a little bit disappointed.
- They toned down KlaTechno's story A LOT. I don't care how they pretended to treat that incident, it was RAPE. And the way they addressed the whole thing + the development... ugh! It's a big no for me.
- Not sure what happened with TumTar. I'm still confused. As someone who has watched their story in "LBC" and "TharnType", I would have never expected that ending. I'm quite disappointed to be honest. And besides that, they only have like 5 minutes of screen time together in 13 episodes.


As you can see it has quite a lot of downsides, but I still think is not fair the amount of complains people are giving to it. It's not the staff's fault if you were expecting something different, it's your fault for setting those expectations. We all wanted to see the development of TinCan, and they gave us exactly what we wanted. If you think 7 episodes aren't enough, then maybe you don't really understand those characters. They never had ex-girlfriends, toxic parents, confused sexual orientation, nor all those other problems from other BLs. Their characters are simple, so they don't need many episodes to showcase their love story.


The acting was okay just like in the first season. None of them excelled but it wasn't bad. A couple actors were honestly horrible, but the rest did a decent job.

I loved to hear part of the OST from the first season and the new version of the theme song. It brings back memories.
I don't know if I will rewatch it again, but it's a possibility. I thought I wouldn't like TulHin's story since we all know what Tul did to Tin, yet I ended up wanting more about them. It's not gonna happen but I would love to see a spin-off of their story.

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The same story once again... nothing new to see

I don't think this second season was as bad as people seem to say, but it's true that they didn't give us anything new. It's like they did a copy-paste of the first season, and they just added some new characters. The plot is exactly the same. So it feels more like they did this as a fan-service instead of honestly wanting to continue their story.

For me the best part of this second season is the comedy. Techno is as hilarious as ever, and I'm so glad that Khlui is still the same as in college. I lost it when they added a note saying "don't imitate this at home" while Khlui was trying to hear through the wall.


STORY

You will think that after 7 years this couple has changed, and that the fragile trust in each other disappeared. Ha! They should take notes of Cir and Phugun's relationship. They said that these two have been dating for less years than Tharn and Type (and they both are younger), yet they showed a level of maturity and trust in their relationship that it's nowhere to be found in Tharn and Type's.

In the first season Type was the jealous one in the relationship. As soon as someone approached Tharn, he would misunderstand and accuse Tharn of cheating on him showing how he doesn't trust his boyfriend.
In this second season Tharn is the one jumping into conclusions and accusing Type of cheating stating that he can't trust him.
And in both, there is someone behind doing some "tricky" things.
In the first season it was Lhong, because he was obsessed with Tharn.
In the second season it's Fiat, because he is obsessed with Type.
Both of them have a pretty similar background that explains their behavior (but it doesn't mean that they get excused for it) and although Fiat didn't do bad things compared to Lhong, I felt like Lhong's character was way more needed in the story than Fiat's.

Tharn's family is as lovely and supportive as always.
Type's family... his mom is a sweetheart who is always siding with her son. And his dad isn't that bad. Yes, he is constantly saying how he doesn't like the fact that his son is gay and how he wants Type to break up with Tharn and get married with a woman. However if you pay attention all what he does is talk. He never threatens Type, nor does something to mess up their relationship. Maybe he isn't happy about his son's decision regarding his love life, but he doesn't try to ruin his son's happiness. He just annoys him but he never takes action, so for me Type's dad is a pass (and his scenes are pretty funny).

There are 3 support couples but they don't have a lot of screen time. I feel disappointed over the fact that in the first season they made it look like Khlui and Seo would get together in the future, yet Seo's character only appeared twice and obviously there was no development. I also feel disappointed that we didn't have any Tum and Tar plot. They didn't develop their story in LBC2 and they didn't even mention them on TharnType 2.

As a side note, I would love to see a spin off about Phugun and Cir. I want to know how they met, how did they fall in love, and how these two different types of human beings ended up together. While Cir looks grown, serious, and mature, Phugun has a childish taste, seems innocent, and he is very naive. I didn't have enough of them tbh.


CAST

Once again the acting was good. I feel like none of the actors from the first season improved. They did a nice job in the first one and they repeated this nice job in the second one. Could it have been better? Of course. Everyone is able to improve on anything. But their acting was acceptable.
The new cast didn't do a bad job neither, but I still prefer Kaownah as the villain. Lhong is one of my favorite TharnType characters, and that's probably because his acting job was really good.


MUSIC

The music is like the plot, a copy-paste. They added 1 or 2 new songs but that's it. And I have to say that in several scenes there was a background music that reminded me to one of BTS' songs, to the point that I'm not sure if they got some "inspiration" from it.


REWATCH

I've rewatched the first season a few times but I don't know if I will ever rewatch this second one. At the end of the day it's basically the same story and, as I've mentioned above, I prefer to see Lhong as the villain.

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