Stalker (2022)

It's VERY cringeworthy, but fun all the same

This psycho, embarrassing, overdramatic, weird, cringe-worthy show somehow became one of my favorites 🤣🤣🤣

The secondhand embarrassment from this show is STROOOOONG in literally every episode. Both the main leads are CRAZY, one being a over-obsessive stalker and the other being a horny manipulative narcissist and somehow it works

It's funny. It's cute. It has you going through literally all your emotions at some point in the show and I love it. Both the expected and unexpected happen and sometimes, somehow, simultaneously. It's beautifully written despite it being very toxic 🤣

Plus. Jao is literally adorable. I love the SkyJao relationship so much

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Watch and make your own judgement!!!

I’ve decided to write a review for the first time because I want to point out some things I’ve read in some bad reviews.

Before anything Toh is not a stalker, I repeat TOH IS NOT STALKER!!!
PS: Nobody is saying that stalking behaviour is cute and I’m definitely not romanticising it.
BUT TOH IS NOT A STALKER!!!
A stalker is a person who persecutes or harasses somebody with unwanted and obsessive attention.
Toh never did that to Nuea. He has always kept his distance. Toh is a collector and the fact that he has photos of Nuea on his walls is not weird, unless we are now all agreeing that fans who have photos of their favourite idol all over their walls are weird, because that is who Toh is, a fan who adores his favourite idol. Toh has a crush and sees Nuea as somebody he can never reach, like a fan sees his/her idol.

Yes him collecting food may be weird to some people (to me it was not and also I just saw it as an exaggeration of his habit since we are in a comedy type of series) but I still don’t think is weird enough to say he should seek a therapist or he should go to a psychiatric hospital. I mean people are literally depicting Toh as if he was a freaking criminal, like come on! How does him collecting things make him a criminal? (I truly want to know)

And to the person who wrote that Toh’s friends encourage his habit: that sentence lets me know you didn’t watch the series unless we didn’t watch the same series.
Toh’s friends call him out multiple time on his behaviour, and even find a way later to help him get rid of it. But that doesn’t mean they are going to reject him, that doesn’t mean they are going to blame and judge him every chance they get. I mean they are his FRIENDS, even though they call him out they are still going to be by his side and support him, that’s how true friendship works, didn’t you know?


Now, I’ve read a lot of people who said Nuea loving Toh is not realistic, « why would a man like Nuea love a man like Toh? » they ask. my question to the people who ask that stupid question is WHY NOT?
Guys I know we live in a very superficial world. But wether you like it or not wether you believe it or not there are people like Toh (considered by society as weird, outcast, awkward, etc) who date people like Nuea (considered as hot, popular, etc). Yes it may not be the norm/majority but IT DOES EXIST!!!
And is funny how the series just depicted what those people usually go through. I mean people literally are MAD when the hot guy goes for the un polar and weird. And that’s exactly what I saw in those bad reviews.
Nuea dating and loving Toh is totally realistic. Just because you can’t date somebody seen as socially « weird, awkward » that doesn’t mean nobody on this planet earth can. There are people who can see BEYOND the superficiality. Again it may not be the norm but it does exist, so get over yourself!
Another thing I want to point out is a review I read that said something like feminine gays are a stereotype. Now I don’t know in what type of world does that person lives in but I’m pretty sure feminine gays exist and they are not a stereotype they are just who they are.
what I understood from that review is that Toh and his friends shouldn’t have been put at the center. Because yes those type of characters are usually on the side and are used as comedic relief. But now that they are the centre, for some people that’s shouldn’t have happened, they shouldn’t have been the lead and let alone be the main interest of people like Nuea because again « not very realistic » (🙄, please get out of your superficially bubble)


Anyway I have so many things to say, I wish I could take my time and dissect each and every points made in those bad reviews but I’ll just end with this:
WATCH AND MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT!!
This series is not for everyone I get that, but don’t watch it thinking just a certain type of people deserve love.
Yes you may feel the cringe, yes you may feel the embarrassment but again this is a comedy and that is how it is supposed to be. The embarrassment is part of the series.
My overall rating for this series is definitely 10/10. I can even give it 100/10, that’s how good it is to me.
Everything is perfect, the acting, the producing, the writing, the directing, the storyline, the kiss scenes, the sad scenes, the hilarious scenes, etc. EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT!!!
This is by far my favourite series from all the bl series I’ve ever watched. I've already watched it 7 times and I’m planing to watch it again and again and again
I’ll admit is also because I love to see Billy and Seng act 💕💕

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IT GETS BETTER

at first this show was very difficult to watch. The stalking was horrible and weird. I didn’t understand Toh at all and found myself not liking him at all. Slowly the relationship between him and Nuea started and I started to like Toh again. Still even when they were in a relationship he did the weirdest stuff…. So I ended up skipping a lot of scenes with Nuea and Toh because I couldn’t care less. Sky and jao. My beloveds. I loved them so much their story definitely made up for everything else in the show. I love jao so much and I loved how even though sky liked jao so much!!!! He definitely overstepped a boundary and always was so respectful with him. DAISYINTOUCH. I adore their relationship we were so robbed they deserved more screen time it’s fine. Anyways this show was so fun to watch and it definitely talked about a lot of issues today which I liked. Give it a try everyone! <333

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Good BUT!!!

This drama was really good, the only MAJOR PROBELM I had with this was Toh (Urgh) I hated his character he was super annoying and times so freaking childish that I think a 2 year old does not carry on that way!!!

The rest of the drama was super cute and even the second couple was really good, I mean even Khajao did not act or behave in such a manner as Toh did!!! The one episode that really got so worked up, was when they were going to watch a movie and toh literally sat on the floor and threw a mini tantrum WHF!!! how on earth did Nuea find that character appealing or cute is beyond my understanding!!! I Would probably give this drama a 10 if I could just get pass the fact the Toh character was way to childish, and the things collected were a little over the top, we have all had crushes once in a lifetime but I certainly don't think I would be picking things up from the rubbish bin!!!

On a more good side of this drama, if you over look the baby, this drama was really cute, and it flowed along really nicely, the music was okay, not something I could add to my PL but its bearable, there were also some funny moments in this drama.

Overall : If you have the patience to deal with an overgrown baby (Tho) then yes go for it. Honestly, I would not re watch it. At least not everything from the start to end. I might re watch certain parts I really like.

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You'll wish you weren't single

*happy ending for both couples*
*supportive parents on both sides*

There's a lot to love and little to hate in this series. One of it is the reason I would not rewatch it as much as the other series because of the second-hand embarrassment. (edit: I stand corrected. I just rewatched it again and it did not disappoint. I noticed more details after rewatching it. And I think I will keep rewatching this.) When I watched this, there is no moment that I didn't scream, giggle or hit a pillow. I dont think it will have the same kind of effect on me when I rewatch it again. (edit: <-- the second hand embarrassment is more little when rewatching it, but the giggles and the butterflies that I felt are the same or even more because I noticed more details upon rewatching)

Now onto the things I love:
- first the friendships in this series is top tier. The support, the love, the encouragement is sooo top tier! They even cry for each other.
- the actors are very good. Not only are they cute and handsome. Especially Billy ❤️ but their superb acting makes you feel like you are a third party in their relationship. The actors' intimate scenes will not make you feel even a slight feeling of awkwardness that some male bl actors have. It feeels sooo real and sweet. (edit: upon getting to know more of the actors and rewatching it, I realized that seng (toh) is so versatile in his acting. He is a very good actor. Billy as well. Both of them. The casting is really on point and I love it. Also, BillySeng have the greatest chemistry on and off screen!)

I suggest you watch this series because it gets better every episode. Very comedic and sweet!

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CRINGE BUT ADORABLE

Actually, I was about to drop this series as I feel Seng's acting is a little bit cringe but when I read other's review, they said to give this series a chance and don't judge by the 1st episode. So I proceed to watch and thank god, I did not drop cause this series has it all. Comedy, chaotic, romance and fluff. It is absolutely beautiful. Let's talk about each pairing.

1. Nuea x Toh
Mr Popular X Stalker. The theme of the pairing is slight disturbing but adorable. A great way how Seng portrays Toh's character to be this nerd adorable stalker but I feel like the storyline is a little bit too much at the end. Yes, we know they are the main pairing but sometimes, some of the scene is not necessary but to offer more screen time of this pairing, they adds the unnecessary scene. But the main plot is great! It didn't run from the storyline and it doesn't feel rush as well. The acting on the other hand is on the borderline of cringe. Toh's character is great but sometimes, I don't think it's important for him to smile at every fucking reason which sometimes annoys me. Billy's acting is flawless and can I just say he looks like Daniel Wannaone. Lol. I don't have much problem with this pairing's acting except that Toh keep on smiling like a nutcase.

2. Sky x Jao
Oh good god. I understand that the bottom is suppose to be the cute one but boy, i am so fucking pissed with Jao. His ego is up high and he keep on overthink about everything! It took them almost half of the series to even be together and when they got together, I feel like Sky is the one who really likes Jao. It feels like Jao is not sincerely in love with Sky but anyway, I don't like Surprise. He is trying hard to look cute and ugh honestly, cringe. Their storyline seems short and doesn't really expand beautifully. They are literally my least favorite pairing. Sorry.

3. Touch x Daisy
GURLLLLLLLLL. I AM IN LOVE. IT IS SUCH A WASTE! That their love line get short screen time and the fact that Touch just started to make a move on Daisy at the end of the series makes me feel like they need to have their own series. I like how Daisy is so loud and so chaotic when he is around his friends but when Touch makes a move on him, he just went quiet and unsure what to say. SO ADORABLE!!! And okay, I did some stalking on Nutt and can I just say I am amazed at how he manage to play Daisy's role so well even though he is leaning towards manly man off camera. OH MY GOD!!! The duality! It's a shame how Nutt and Opp doesn't have much screen time in this series cause I really want to watch them.

4. Thor x Som & Fon x Kongkwan
The series did them dirty. They are so adorable but their screen time sucks! Fon x Kongkwan only shows up if there are gathering or party and they kiss on the cheek but that's it. Right now, we just need to wait for 'GAP' series to come out so it could do them justice. Anyway, Som x Thor. A great couple but I really wish they could lead more than that! Thor is a great man that act like ice and Som is hot-headed and loud girl, so imagine if they both could have slight love line plot! They didn't even have any confession scene and suddenly, they got together. UGHHH. On other note, I really love Som's character cause she been doing the most. She is the glue that sticks the group together even when Daisy wants to change into Day, she is stern but still supports him which I found to be adorable.

Overall, I love this series but I don't think I will be watching them since the Toh's character is too cringe. Anyway, I still give 9/10 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ since the series is pretty good. Could have been more but meh.

P/S: Please watch the uncut version on youtube. You will not regret it. THE STEAMY SCENE THOUGH ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

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EASY TO LOVE AND FREE

When I begin watching this i did not realized I was already at episode 4 !
The free-ness vibe of this drama make us all easily fall in love with it ! New faces, free ,funny puppy love catches all our attention!
The development of the love stories was great, It all began in just being easy going and exploring attitudes of the characters, but all of them fell on their own traps and became crazy cryingly fell in love! How I wish that I also had a beautiful School love story like that during my school days.
What I love about this drama is that falling in love with same sex seems really a normal thing to them tough being bashed a little, but everyone easily accepted whether they were a boy or girl, which I really wished will happen, just how a girl falls in love with a boy and either ways so also boy to boy and girl to girl, and the thing is that this drama shows that Gays can find a True love ! and that love is also true for them !
But one thing I want to say , what I only dislike here is nothing really happened than going to party and at the camp ! I wish life iss that easy too ! Well even though I dislike it, it is still good because it seems to show that " hey ! We are young lets fall in love have fun and drink and nobody cares ! "
I never thought that the main leads here will drive my emotions this way, I mean they are so great ! They did a good job here they made me fall in love, laugh and cry and brought back to my good old high school days , well I was not loved back of my crush back then though, still it was nice it's like we are brought back of being youth, well' I'm still youth anyways ! What am I saying ?!
The side couples are so cute specially Sky and Jao ! I freaking love them ! And I am a bit looking forward to Daisy and Touch along the way but their story wasn't shown too much here.
I love Daisy ! I can really relate to her I've been trying to change myself because I am paranoid and scared and hurt of what people are going to say about myself, my true self so I cried with her here, I was really glad when she finally realized that she doesn't need to change herself and be manly because she is who she is ! And it's beautiful !
I finished this drama in just one week ! I just had a good feeling watching this ! I'm definitely gonna miss this !

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So… this is gonna be a lot, but…

I LOVED this show. Even though the first couple of episodes were VERY hard to watch because of the second hand embarrassment from Toh. However, I’m glad that I stuck with it, because Nuea and Toh did not disappoint! For the most part, they were just the right mix of sweetness, jealousy, and spice. Although, it is pretty weird how calm Nuea was about the stalking(and that’s putting it nicely at this point🫣) I mean, he even made it into a makeshift museum…🤔 Nevertheless, good for them and their.. quirkiness?
On another note, one of my FAVORITE things about this show(aside from the fact their friend group is the most chaotic and absolute best thing ever!) was the relationship between SkyJao. The way that Sky was allele to recognize everything that Jao needed from every step of the relationship. The way Sky took it just fast enough that Jao noticed his feelings, but not so fast that Jao gets insecure or scared of it them. And the way he encourages Jao to be himself, whatever it is, and makes him feel nothing but validation in how Sky feels for him or his looks. But at the same time, once Jao confirmed his feelings were not only matching, but also that Jao was ready to handle more, Sky definitely didn’t treat him like he had no experience..🤭 Honestly, they really surprised me with how kinky they are! Like I thought NueaToh was bad, but SkyJao are better! What with the (very excessive) biting, the choking(WHAT? little Jao is into choking?🫠) and even the way they are always kissing and acting cute(which is a total shift for Jao). They are such a cute, unproblematic couple, and I LOVE IT!

I’ll be honest, though, this show could have easily been a favorite had they handled things better with Touch and Daisy! For one, the lack of screen time they got was very disappointing! Especially because they were easily the cutest couple in the whole show(IMO). I mean, come on, did y’all see how Touch looks at her?🥹 But the fact they kinda just skip over the whole thing with Daisy/Day having her identity crisis, and the fact they mention it is because of her wanting to make him comfortable, but didn’t show us anything about how he felt, Sucked! Especially since, the following episode we see both Toh and Jao tackling their issues from that episode. And a couple episodes later, we see Touch and Daisy together, and flirting, but hadn’t addressed the situation at all. And then in the last episode, not only do we only get a resolution to the issue in 2 little sentences, but we only got a total of about 1 minute worth of them being together after that. And it wasn’t even consecutive, just in the background.
I was also pretty disappointed that Saint only got a couple of scenes, I was really excited to see him in something else. But seeing as he was the director, I understand he was busy😅.

Overall, this show is AMAZING though, I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to watch BLs. And I would absolutely watch it again. The acting was great, and the overall story was good too. It was definitely different than what I’m used to, which is another plus. The main soundtrack is mostly just the one theme song used repeatedly, but I kinda liked it that way. I think the casting was done really well, everyone has great chemistry, and they did a great job on their characters.

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REALLY???

For the first few eps I actually thought this was a comedy spoof of a BL series lol! The majority of the cast are waaaaaay too old for their character. Clearly all the location budget was spent on the ‘away’ episodes as the rest were very boring and basic. Costuming and styling were very good though. I didn’t understand Saints’ occasional appearances as some sort of messiah figure, I know he was executive producer but it was very random indeed and beneath his acting chops. All this said, it’s an amusing enough fluff series if you want to binge something that’s not going to tax your brain too much 🖤

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More daisy and in touch

I loved the story!! I love how the show emphasizes on the importance of friendship and also communication and romantic relationships. The only thing that really bothers me is that one of the side couples they didn’t get a lot of screen time compared to the other couples. I just wished I could see me more of the daisy and intouch couple. Maybe they could get a separate series. Their relationship was just so different compared to everybody else’s. The character seem to have such good chemistry. It just makes me really sad that I couldn’t see them together more often in the show.

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Its a great series, but a bit much with over the top dramatics.

Let me start with why this series is so great, one thing is it touches on so many issues that kids, teens, and adults deal with in their life, from weight issues to feeling like an ugly duckling, bullying, and even self-identity. This a truly inspirational series. It has lots of love, laughs, and a great group of friends and support. I love most of the cast and colors and clothes. My favorite couple is Sky and Jao, so great together wish they had more screen time. The actors are great at acting. I really enjoyed all the different personalities and having a lesbian couple, a nonbinary character, and lots of gay and bi guys as some would say straight guys who open their hearts to love instead of gender was so great to see. Absolutely the best couple is Sky and Jao ❤️.
Now for the bad, sadly I am not a fan of the main character of Toh, I found him to be creepy and hate that he is obsessive and stalker, especially with collecting everything that Nuea touches, a bit gross and scary at times, and not in a good way. It's not ok to be that stalker and obsessive over someone, it's not healthy and it's not a positive thing. Its clear Toh has mental issues and this story gave me gross vibe not at all health. He is super naive and immature to be in a relationship. He lacks development and caused me to even skip a few parts that he was in as I found him lacking in showing that he is growing, not a fan of him at all the writers should have done a way better job since the actor is good but the character is horrible. There were a few unfinished stories that made no sense to make and not finish like who was "T" that had a crush on Jao? What happened with Kong ? What happened when Jao met Sky's family? Overall I wish they did a better job of the Toh character as he is horrible finished the other stories.
In the end, the series is very good at hitting a lot of issues in life, and great to see that and the support system they had and friends and couples coming together. I Don't know how people are giving this series 10, there is no way its a 10 but a 5 yes, I gave it a 5 because of the good friendship and 2nd couple Sky and Jao that were great. .

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Secretly Crushing On This One

You know the saying, "Don't judge a book by it's cover"? That definitely applies to this drama. I don't think I've ever watched a drama that gave me such conflicting emotions. It is by far the cringiest the drama I have ever watched, the drama that made me talk to my screen the most, and made me suffer the most second hand embarrassment ever. I think I legitimately spent a good half of this drama just hiding my face because I couldn't watch that level of embarrassment unfold in front of me. That being said, this drama also had me in stitches, literally laughing out loud, it made me cry, and underneath all the cringe and embarrassment, is a really beautiful story. In the end, despite my initial uncertainty, I found this drama and its characters have a lot of heart.

The first few episodes were the hardest to get through and where I teetered on whether to keep watching or just drop it. At that point, you haven't really gotten to know the characters yet, so while most of them seem pretty innocuous, Toh comes across as a lot. I understand having a secret crush, I can even kind of understand keeping things associated with your crush though not nearly to the extent he does and definitely not the food items, that was just gross, but his crush went a bit beyond the bounds of comfort me into obsession. I wouldn't call him a stalker as technically the definition of a stalker is someone who harasses another person with unwanted or obsessive attention. In Toh's case, yes, I would say his behavior was obsessive, but he never harassed Nuea or in any way harmed him and Nuea never indicated that the attention was unwanted. Anyway, once I got past those couple of episodes and relationships started developing between Toh and Nuea and Jao and Sky, I became invested.

My absolute favorite thing about this drama though was the way that it broke down society's expectations. Neither Toh or Jao fit society's standards for attractiveness while both Nuea and Sky do. With that in mind, society would not expect them to get together, in fact, as is seen multiple times, society balks at them being together, saying its wrong. Society looks at the surface; beauty and beauty should go together. Nuea and Sky, however, looked under the surface. They saw Toh and Jao for who they were as individuals, not for their looks, and that's what they fell in love with. As someone who doesn't fit society's standards of beauty, I found that powerful. It gives me hope that I can find someone like that someday who will love me exactly as I am. I also loved how neither of them got tired of reminding Toh and Jao that they loved them just as they were. They didn't need to change themselves, they were perfect as is. I also felt like both relationships were good examples of healthy relationships. Nuea and Toh especially had overall good communication. They talked things out like adults for the most part and worked to get past any issues they had. With Sky and Jao, as much as Sky really liked Jao, I appreciated his patience and going at a pace that Jao was comfortable with. To me it showed that he respected his boundaries, especially that scene where they do finally kiss. Sky wanted to kiss him, but he could tell Jao was hesitant and he tells him he can wait. It's not until Jao consents that he kisses him. There's a mutual respect in both relationships that's pretty clear and I just really liked seeing how well it was portrayed.

And that also translated over to characters like Daisy who tried to change himself to be more masculine because he thought that's what Intouch wanted when in fact, Intouch just wanted him to be his badass, feminine self. It also highlighted that changing yourself into someone you're not isn't going to make you happy. Be yourself, there's nothing more beautiful than being confident in your own skin.

The friendship between Toh, Jao, Daisy and Som was a central part of this drama and I loved it. I honestly wish I had friends like that. Their bond is amazing and their unwavering love and support for each other is definitely one of the highlights of this drama. No matter what happens, they are there for each other. I also really liked Nuea and Sky's group of friends. They didn't have quite the same charisma, but they were obviously good people and it was always entertaining when both groups got together.

I absolutely recommend giving this drama a shot. Don't let the cringe and second hand embarrassment factors turn you off. Look past that and focus on the friendships, on the actual story, the characters, it's absolutely worth sticking it out.

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