J U R I E L
Above the cherry blossoms.
S T O R Y
This story once again is cliche and the themes (e.g. Male Chases Female First/Slap Kiss) involved are common to other Thai lakorns. The main lead, Tit, was portrayed as stupid, naive and foolish. When he meets the "real" Gandaowasee, he continues to harass her and break her privacy because he strongly believes that she is Gandaomanee (evil twin sister who is pretending to be Gandaowasee).
The "real" Gandaowasee continues to deny his accusations but he doesn't listen. Instead of forcing his opinion on her, he should have reflected and tried to find out the truth by investigating Gandaowasee's family and past.
Later in the drama, Gandaomanee purposely appears and meets Tit with the intention of inheriting his family's fortunes. However, he doesn't question as to why Gandaomanee just showed up after a long time and why she used her twin sister's name. He doesn't hold a hint of suspicion at Gandaomanee at all and believes her lies.
A C T I N G / C A S T
The actors/actresses suited their roles and played their characters well. I'd have to praise particularly the main leads: Vill (Gandaowasee/Gandaomanee) and Toomtam (Tit) for their great acting and I really did feel the struggles in which their character's holds whether it'll be their hatred, pain and happiness. They had a cute chemistry between them! I think the characters got enough screen time.
M U S I C
I loved the OST of this drama, especially Bankk Ca$h - Yung Ruk Tur Meuan Derm. At first, I didn't know what this song means but I loved its melody. But when I did find out its meaning, it really made sense with the story and gives more feeling in the dramatic scenes.
R E W A T CH
I'd watch this drama again but maybe after a long time.
Was this review helpful to you?
-Story-
One of the features that made me interested into watching this drama was the uniqueness of the story in which captivated me to keep on watching episode per episode even until I finish the drama.
Although the story is complicated, I found it understandable and thought the story flows well and clear. Each characters had different personalities and stories so there is a variety of favorite characters to look forward to, whether it'll be the main leads or the support characters.
Another aspect that I liked was the main leads and support characters had enough screen time and that the support characters also had a fair share of their stories so that the drama itself does not solely focused on the main leads.
-Acting/Casting-
I think that everyone played their role beautifully and brought their character's stories and feelings to life. I ended up loving the love teams of both main characters (Yang Mi and Ye Hua) and support characters (Feng Jui and Dong Hua, Yan Zhi and Zi Lan).
I think that everyone shone in their own way and no one out-shined other characters because they all did well into portraying their characters. You could feel the sadness and the pain that Si Yin / Su Su / Bai Qian (same individuals but different lifetimes) encountered every time her loved ones passes away and how she's destined to experienced this fate.
Moreover, you'll also feel the happiness and excitement whenever Feng Jiu and Dong Hua scenes comes on.
As well as anger at Su Jin for bullying Su Su (mortal version of Si Yin/Bai Qian), which is nice in a good way because it means that she [Su Jin] played her character as a antagonist really well.
-Music-
I loved the OST of this drama, especially [Song: Disappointment]. Although, I watched this drama last year, the OST still lingers in my mind and I still listen to it every time I wash the dishes xD
I'll definitely watch this drama again!
Was this review helpful to you?
This review may contain spoilers
Personally, I didn't fully enjoy this drama because I found that there were too many unnecessary scenes so I had to skip a lot until the scenes between Lak and Massaya or the fight between Sajee (or her daughter) and Massaya comes on and the grandmother and Mae Prom have to get involved.However, it does have a nice story and moral lesson, which is "to not let anyone have an influence or power towards the decisions you'll make for yourself and in the future". In this case, Lak and Massaya shows this by rebelling against the social conformity and expectations placed by society and the people around them, particularly their super-dominant grandmother.
Although, they are labelled as "brother and sister" they are not actually related but it's that their grandmother and other relatives are worried that it will affect their family's good name and honorable reputation.
I liked how each characters had actual reasons as to why they act mean or feel triggered by others and this is clearly evident by their experiences. For example, I understand that Sajee's hatred is caused by the lack of affection and encouragement that her mother failed to express to her ever since she was young.
Her mother seems to always favor Lak's dad and therefore also favors Lak hence lacking on her other grandsons and granddaughters alongside. Grandmother always had favoritism towards certain people and Massaya entering the Rattanamahasarn household triggered Sajee's hatred to grow even more.
Sajee felt threatened by Massaya's presence and thinks that she might become further distant from her mother. She doesn't want her children to feel that they are not appreciated by their grandmother and be filled with hatred. So she tries to drive Massaya out of the Rattanamahasarn house.
In the end, Sajee is only acting on behalf of a desperate and insecure mother who is willing to do anything in order for her children to be loved and appreciated by the people around them.
The actors/actresses played their characters well and delivered the emotions and thoughts needed to allow the audience to understand the reasons towards their actions. Personally, I liked the two main leads: Lak and Massaya.
It makes me feel happy that majority of the female characters (e.g. Massaya) are strong-minded and that some of the women can be dominant towards the other male characters at times. This is because often Thai lakorns portrays weak-minded and frail female leads and it's nice that this drama doesn't follow that aspect.
In terms of music, I only remember that happy Massaya song (sorry I don't know the title of the song) playing in some of the cute scenes between Lak and Massaya but the rest of the other soundtracks I can't remember. Maybe because that soundtrack made more impact to me than the other soundtracks?
Overall, I can watch this drama again but maybe after a long time.
Was this review helpful to you?
