Watched 200+ shows from diff countries and this is my top 10

I rarely watch Thai shows but I watched this cus couple drama analysis channels I watch are praising it, and it got 9.5 rating on rating platform (kinda like IMDB) in China which is suuuuuper high (Crash Landing on You got 8.2. It’s OK to Not be OK got 8.6. Some Day or One Day got 9.1). It won #1 international show for Weibo Award (Weibo’s huge influence is like all the social media you know + news stations).

It’s more like a “coming of age” show that most people can resonate with. It’s less about realizing why you like someone of same sex but more about when encountering love, how to start loving and give what that person truly needs, while fighting for your dream/career.

The camera work and filming techniques make the show fill with subtle hints that showcase love. It’s also like BEAUTIFUL artistic MOVIE. Screenshot at any time can make a wallpaper.

People internationally are praising it as the CEILING of BL shows and IN FACT it’s UNLIKE typical BL shows which give artificial sweetness and interactions that don’t seem genuine.

Please don’t look at it using “colored lenses” and just think it’s a tacky Thai show without nutrition. IMO it’s the best international show this year. Not only kdrama, western shows, Japanese dramas, etc. all can’t compare with the quality and resonance it present to the audience.

In fact, you can pretty much put any kind of relationship (even like large age gap, dating someone of different ethnicity, etc.) or just normal heterosexual relationship into the show and learn lesson from it.

Not just romantic love, it also showcase friendship and family love well. And also showcase how growing up in a conservative family (such as with Chinese ancestry) impact one’s view about education, dream, and love.

If you were ever confused about love, like The Untamed, want to learn Chinese, or knows a bit Chinese culture, I think you will really enjoy “I Told Sunset About You” （以你的心诠释我的爱). They have interesting ways of learning Chinese.

The chemistry is off charts. In fact, the main leads were close friends since high school (similar to the drama) before they debuted. They were side characters in another drama (My Ambulance) which was really popular in Thailand but due to censorship in China, the cut version that was released in China was not as good. Regardless, fans internationally loved the chemistry of these side characters so much that they petitioned for another series where they (BK and PP) can be the main lead. Now, wish came true!

Part 2 will be out in March 2021. Part 2 is probably going to be similar to part 1 in that it’s less about the cliche topic of “why I started loving someone of same sex”, but rather more on a spiritual level, whether two people are complimentary soulmates, whether they understand each other, whether they can defeat obstacles and outside forces, and walk into the future together.

Loving someone is never about gender and sexuality. It’s just that this feeling is too special, making adolescent unable to handle it. So the panic, confusion, recklessness presented is a genuine heart.

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