The Eclipse (2022)

Started great, becomes annoying, no real curse/mystery

When I saw the trailer, I was hoping for something like the Netflix Thai series Stranded with paranormal phenomena involved. Well, that DID not happen, the curse is caused by human hand to manipulate people into following the strict rules of the school. That was the first big disappointment. The show should not have been misrepresented as paranormal in the trailer if it wasn't.

The chemistry between Akk and Aye that starts off as amazing impressed me and I was thinking this one as the best BL of the year. Than some things really ruined the moment for me.

1. The first kiss between them was presented as real originally and then we find out that Akk imagined it. Big turn off.

2. The second kiss was when Aye confesses his feelings to Akk who cannot say what he feels and the confession falls flat. Another big turn off.

I continue watching the series, but so far I am on episode 7 and there is no real development in their relationship, no real development in any other character besides a repetition of what they have already been doing with very minor changes and the only important information is what I mentioned first, that the curse has been fake.

There is clearly a problem with pacing, maybe they do it to feel up the episodes? I am not sure. In general, my biggest problem is with Akk, I have really come to dislike his character because he talks to him self wondering why does he like Ayan (so he IS aware of his feelings) yet keeps rejecting him like a prude or homophobe. It makes no sense, since Ayan never asked him to be openly gay and so far it has ruined all the romantic moments. I hate anxious avoidant characters.

I said that in another forum and people disagreed with me, but this review is just my opinion. Overall it's kinda claustrophobic (90% of things happens in the same building) and too slow and the main character needs to make up his damn mind, if this was real life Ayan would have written him off as a loser long ago.

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i love this series

sooooo yaaaaaa i rarely write a review for a series , and tbh it's my sec one . so where do I get started
from last 2 weeks i have been watching people drop this series bec of the story line.. i respect there views soo much... and from my pov it feels sooo real it's like a harsh reality ... Ayan is the most soft hearted person like the character .. and every part of the series make to much sense to me i don't know about other people
the way the story started from enemies to classmates , to friends and then fighting your own feelings , discovering your sexuality all just is perfect.
I have to much faith in gmm that they will not fuck up this series ? bec the last two eps were like the calm before the Strom and now it has finally arrived. and the best part is akk understands Ayan
Kan is open to thua now ...
after the nineth ep i don't think there is any curse involved it's the wicked ass principal.
and in this all hocus pocus somewhere teacher chadok has been manipulated and i don't think so he is a bad guy ... he would have something with teacher dika .. it's not possible that they were not close . the series really poteay teenagers living under pressure the best way possible and i will keep my hopes high to give them a Happy end *onlyyy* or i will break from inside ???? khao and first are the best for this role and the cast is actually perfect .. i just want one ost from louis like plzzz ome ost more ... ??

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My nr.4 th favorite movie

This movie is good but still it not as good as my favorite Unforgotten Nigtht , Love By Chance and Dont Say No . This movie is different because of the actors, young actors , location where action is happening as well everything that is happening. A boy school , a curse , rules , secrets , revenge .
I like this movie a lot. I will surely watch it again many times when it is completed.
The actors are young and daring. Each with a personality that i wish a real guy could have.
Akk and Ayan is a good couple. I really wish there will be a second movie regarding the curse .
I really hope there will be a happy ending , not a sad ending like the first episode of this movie , where the uncle of Ayan committed suicide because of a secret , a secret that could kill you.

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cette serie est vraiment le meilleur BL pour moi, les acteurs first et khao sont incroyable avec un magnifique jeu d'acteur, Neo et Louis sont parfait dans le serie eux aussi enfaite tous les acteurs sont geniaux , l'histoire est remplit d'emotions, on peut passer de pleurs au rire . akk ( first ) et ayan (khao ) on une alchimie de fou. vraiment cette serie est mon BL prefere. j'ai hate de voir la suite de leur histoire mais en meme temps je veux pas que cette serie s'arrete tellement je l'adore. j'ai attendue cette serie longtemps est vraiment pas decue de ce chef d'œuvre.

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C'était super, mais...

Je m'attendais pas à ce que ce drama devienne autant populaire, c'est top ! Y a pas à dire, les acteurs y sont pour beaucoup, il étaient excellents ! L'histoire est originale, même si on a toujours le même environnement et toujours ces scènes de bisous sous l'eau et de guitare, urgh c'est mignon mais j'en peux plus à force haha Je regrette que les intrigues aient été conclues en juste deux épisodes, c'était trop rapide. Heureuse d'avoir eu un happy ending pour tout le monde, mais quand même, la série aurait eu besoin d'au moins deux autres épisodes pour bien distiller toutes les infos, les plot twists et tout. Ca s'est enchaîné super vite, notamment la side story de Thua et Kan, et j'aurais aimé voir plus Namo et Wat pour mieux comprendre les personnages. Ca va quand même me manquer, c'était ma série du vendredi :')

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Forget the plot I was so immensed in the cast chemistry and acting I had to watch it
The acting of akk and ayan as an individual and as a pair was outstanding
Specially akk first kanaphan eyes acting got me hooked I had to watch it for the chemistry and acting
But the plot even tho it looked very mysteryous tho ir has some twist still it's quite easy to catch on so ueah......,.......,........try it whoever want........bro I cant write 500 characters aaaaaaaaàaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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literally such a beautiful show.

there were some elements of the story i didn’t like, but i think the phenomenal acting from firstkhao makes up for it.

the chemistry between akk and ayan is just incredible. akk just might become my favorite bl character ever. his character was, in my opinion, so beautifully written. and of course, first did him so much justice. i don’t think anyone could’ve portrayed akk as well as first did.

if i had to give a complaint about this show, it would be the side couple. they just didn’t interest me at all. i ended up skipping a lot of their scenes because i felt they were just boring and i would rather see akk & ayan scenes.

the way this explores the struggle queer teenagers face of accepting who they are was amazing, and im a huge sucker for hurt/comfort so i loved this even more.

please give this show a watch, firstkhaos acting is phenomenal, especially first. as i said, he portrayed akk so well and sometimes i felt goosebumps at the most emotional scenes.

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Loved it !

Having become disenchanted with recent BL offerings, I started looking back for older shows I hadn't watched.
I am so glad I tried this one as it was a very engaging story and the acting was gold standard.

The story did seem a bit vague as to its point, was it about the school being homophobic, or general bullying tactics? And the complete turn around, near the end, of one of the main characters made even less sense to me.

However, all that aside, the acting from all the actors was astonishingly good. From happy to sad, all the angst friendship and emotional journeys were beautifully done with great feeling.

Give it a try :)

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Il fallait y regarder à deux fois et encore...

J'ai regardé ce drama à la demande de ma sœur qui l'avait beaucoup aimé mais je n'étais clairement pas aussi emballée qu'elle. Je n'ai même pas lu de résumé ou regarder une bande-annonce donc on peut dire que je m'y suis lancée à l'aveugle. Et bien, malgré ce fait, j'ai été très agréablement surprise.

Je m'explique. Ce drama contient les fondamentaux de ce que j'aime : Une romance toute mignonne sans trop de prise de tête et non pas un mais deux mystères ! Du coup, c'est le moment de détailler ces deux faits :D

Alors, pour la romance toute mignonne, je parle majoritairement de celle du couple principal : Akk et Ayan. Je n'ai eu aucun mal à accrocher à Ayan, son caractère étant ce qu'il est, il m'a vraiment beaucoup plu. Pourtant, avec Akk ça a été un peu plus compliqué. Je ne me suis que moyennement attaché au personnage mais plutôt à ses interactions avec Ayan.

Pour remettre les choses dans leur contexte, Akk est le président du club des préfets (c'est-à-dire ceux qui sont les gardiens des règles de Suppalo), il est droit dans ses bottes et il tient énormément à son rôle dans l'école tandis qu'Ayan est un étudiant transféré qui vient justement de l'école rivale. Je vous laisse imaginer les tensions que ça crée dés le début entre nos deux protagonistes. Surtout qu'Ayan est venu dans cette école pour une raison précise.
Le début de leurs interactions part vraiment de ce fait : Découvrir pourquoi Ayan est venu dans cette école. Il n'a pas fallu longtemps à Akk pour avoir un coup de coeur pour Ayan. Ce dernier étant extrêmement provocateur et rebelle face à lui. Il va vraiment lutter contre cette attirance vu qu'il ne l'a initialement approché que pour découvrir pourquoi il était venu ici.

Les visionneurs savent d'emblée ou presque pourquoi Ayan est venu à Suppalo. Il cherche à comprendre comment Suppalo a poussé son oncle, le professeur Dika, au suicide. Ce mystère sera résolu tardivement (heureusement) car, pour moi, il constitue l'énigme principale du drama. J'y ai réfléchi, j'ai retourné toutes les infos que j'avais dans ma tête et je me suis approchée de la vérité sans la trouver complètement XD (Dommage, je n'étais pas loin :') ). C'est une des raisons qui m'a fait adorer cette histoire.

Bon, maintenant que je vous ai parlé de la romance principale (et, partiellement, d'un des deux mystères), il serait peut-être temps que je vous parle de la seconde : Kan et Thua. Malheureusement, je n'ai que très peu apprécié ce deuxième couple.
Kan est également membre du club des préfets. Alors... Comment dire... Ce n'est clairement pas le plus malin de la bande et il est assez impulsif. Thua, lui, est son ami d'enfance. C'est quelqu'un de calme, un peu réservé et qui, globalement, cherche à se fondre dans la masse. Il va un peu changer suite au temps qu'il passera avec Ayan, qui deviendra également son ami, jusqu'à ce qu'il montre un visage complètement différent (que je n'avais vraiment pas vu venir mais qui s'explique plus ou moins).

Kan protège pas mal Thua qui est quelque fois critiqué du fait d'être gay et délégué de classe. Il s'est éloigné de Thua quand il l'a découvert mais tente toujours de le protéger malgré tout. Il finira tout de même par arrêter de le tenir à distance vu que ses propres sentiments évolueront jusqu'à ce qu'ils se mettent ensemble.

Il est temps de parler du second mystère de ce drama : la Malédiction de Suppalo. Ça sonne extrêmement dramatique, n'est-ce pas? Alors, déjà, qu'est-ce que cette malédiction? Et bien, la Malédiction frappe les personnes qui ne respectent pas (de manière poussée) les règles de Suppalo. Ou plutôt devrais je dire elle frappe ceux qui essaie de faire changer ces règles qui sont, pour le moins, obsolètes.

Toutes sortes de choses négatives arrivent à ceux qui se font appeler "Le Monde se souvient". Il y a 3 personnes à la tête de ce groupe mais on peut voir qu'au fur et à mesure de l'histoire, ils gagnent en popularité. Il y a un vrai combat qui se joue avec nos protagonistes principaux. Akk étant le chef des préfets, il est de son devoir d'arrêter ce groupe qui menace la réputation de Suppalo.
Si, au départ, ça semblait simple, on va voir Akk évoluer et se retrouver pris en étau entre son devoir et ce qu'il ne souhaite plus faire. Cette évolution est dû à sa relation croissante avec Ayan qui va lui mettre certaines vérités sous les yeux.

Il y a un temps d'écart entre la découverte de ce qu'est la malédiction et la résolution de celle-ci. Les plus grosses incohérences y sont d'ailleurs liées. Comme pour le mystère du suicide de l'oncle d'Ayan, je me suis approchée de la vérité sans la trouver complètement.

Bref ! Encore une fois, j'ai bien étalé ma pensée. Je terminerais donc en vous conseillant ce drama très sympathique.

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Never Eclipsed My Heart

The Eclipse does not feature your standard school setting. No, instead, the school has a cult-like rule system the consequences of which dip into internalized homophobia and general dislike for people that are perceived as different. It is a social commentary twisting societal issues into a school setting with various gays we love--most prominently Akk and Ayan, with a side of Kan and Thua.
It's not that much of a light-hearted story--though it does have plenty of light-hearted and cute moments--but that's exactly why I loved The Eclipse so much.

Akk and Ayan are just perfect. Not that they don't have flaws--they do. I found Akk to be very intricately written with believable flaws and reasonings, despite how much I loved Ayan too. The writers weren't afraid to write actually opposite belief systems in characters that end up falling for each other, which I find doesn't happen often in BL or if it does, it is shallow.
I did wish Ayan had more involvement with the rebelling "The World Remembers", but it didn't otherwise detract too much from the story and romance.

On the topic of romance. I mean, with FirstKhao, chemistry is guaranteed, but watching these characters challenge each other and (unknowingly) grow closer was a real treat. They ended up so sweet and had plenty of kisses AND tension to share, as they evolved from outright hostility to playful bickering.

The side characters were also layered, though I cannot say that Kan/Thua really interested me in any way. FirstKhao definitely shone in the spotlight as they deserved, which meant that side characters, though important to the plot, simply couldn't reach AkkAyan's levels of interesting.

Rarely anyone ever mentions this in reviews as far as I've seen, so maybe I'm just an outlier, but the scenes where the school reinforces their rules--the cult-like scenes--made me so uncomfortable, all the while I pitied the students involved. Uncomfortable in the sense that it was creepy to witness! Brainwashing is scary! Every time I wished I could usher Akk away and lead him to a safe space instead.

But why the -0.5 star? Mainly because of Thua. He has a scene in one of the later episodes where he does something I despise and for which he doesn't deal with consequences I deem proper. I would've exiled him from my friends list for what he did. I won't go much into it for spoiler reasons, but yeah.
Another thing is also a spoiler-heavy plot twist/revelation regarding the villain character that I felt came out of nowhere and, though it did tie the mystery and plot together, felt a little underbuilt in the plot and lead-up.

Outside of the romance, FirstKhao are outstanding actors who can portray pain and hurt and tears and being conflicted believably. You'll at least understand their struggles and reasoning no matter what your instinctual gut reaction may be to some revelations.

If you're not into a slowly unravelling story that deals with various social issues in a cultish school, mainly internalized homophobia and restricting freedom of expression, then The Eclipse may be a sludge to get through. I personally loved the story and the characters and--well, almost everything--but I concur it's not for everyone.

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