Well-balanced BL drama

This is one of numerous Thai BL I've watched during quarantine and is by far my most favorite from the genre. I wouldn't say this drama is perfect, in fact it has flaws in various aspects.

Story wise, TTTS brings out serious issue such as childhood trauma and mental health problems but 12 episodes was clearly not enough to peel them all through thus making the drama felt unsatisfactory for some. Another thing is that the drama has multiple nonconsensual acts which weren't addressed properly. Let's say people can brush off few 'fictional' issues, but at the very least a drama has to convey which behavior is deemed wrong or right to its audience. Even with the story's faults, I appreciate the neat pacing of each episode.

Acting wise, both main actors can portray their roles quite well despite not having that many experience under their belt. Some parts can be improved but more experience will hopefully do the job. The drama also has one of the best chemistry I've seen in Thai BL to the point where I can't be convinced watching other BL couples.

Lastly I wanna give kudos to newbie director Tee Sinta for making the story come to life, for casting suitable actors, for capturing beautiful shots even with limited budget and no sponsor. Once you see the drama, you'll understand how good his directing is.

TTTS is not perfect but well-balanced. The plot has depth, the acting is good, the humors are well-timed, music placement is wonderful, and the directing is superb. What more can you ask for?--

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First Chinese voice acting-centered variety show

The premise of the show is to battle 33 young male voice actors from various companies on stage via live dubbing. Before stage events, the voice actors have to go through blind audition judged by professional panelists. Once they get the role, they received training from senior voice actors (a la Produce 101). The stage event had voting system by live audience, then after that the top 5 rank will be awarded "SSV".

The cast consist mostly of moderately popular young voice actors (they aren't yet mainstream but not completely unknown/newbie either) so they had quite a number of works under their belt. The mood of the show is comedic and brotherly they actually help each other every challenge. No evil editing, but some members definitely have more screen time than others. Actor Lee Chengru as the panelist was often bashed by netizen for his critiques but strangely I often agrees with him. What they can improve if they're gonna make season 2 is, they should invite more freelance or small company voice actors to balance the power of the VAs from famous companies with existing company stans like 729, Bian Jiang, and Guanghe Jimu. The later episodes of this season feels a little too company-centric.

*Ngl the standouts, skill wise, imo, very subjectively, were Ma Zhengyang and Hu Liangwei who coincidentally belong to the same company. They were stably good even though they don't win. The bright guys from 729 plus Zhang Siwangzhi and Li Lanling were hilarious, definitely the spices needed for the show.

Overall it's a feel-good show and I'll definitely tune in if they decide make more.

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