TRIGGER WARNING: Unpopular opinion

The title is a legitimate question considering the utter unlikability of the character of Kawi! I was genuinely puzzled throughout the series, trying to figure out the reasons for Piseang to like Kawi. I could not find any! And when questioned, Pisaeng would reply: "Because you're cute!". No, not possible because Kawi is anything but cute! But, more about that later: first things first!

Having run out of interesting bls to watch, I pulled this highly recommended thai series off of my not interested list. Mistake! Huge mistake! This is the second time in as many months I find myself watching a bl drama where one of the leads, here Gawin, carries the total weight of the show on his shoulders. If it were not for him, this would have gone back to my not interested list. (The other drama is Step By Step.)

This is is story of Kawi, a loser toiling through life and wishing what if.... Until one day a stranger offers to fix his music box crystal ball. When repaired that music box turns to be magical taking Kawi back to the past in order to fix his mistakes. He fails miserably, over and over again until he realizes that his soulmate is not Pear, a kind girl from the university but Pisaeng a cheeky and gruff fellow student with a longterm crush on Kawi. Once he realizes that, everything kind of falls into place and Kawi is happy and satisfied with his life. Episode 11 is mostly pure fluff! Until it isn't anymore!

Time travel and groundhog day tropes are one of my favourites so I stuck with this series. And those tropes were well executed, there were no plot holes and everything went smoothly there. All the support characters were excellent. Behind the time travel there is a romance : who do you love, how do you recognize your soulmate, how to gain acceptance. The series is lightly sprinkled throughout with rainbows and american progressive ideas (pride, islamophobia) I guess speaking to millennials. I am not one of them nor I am the target audience for this series so I found those scenes grating! I do not like ideology shoved into my face: I bit of delicacy please! (Why do you think I do not watch c dramas? Reset was more than enough!). Sorry I am drifting away from the subject in question!

The biggest problem here is Krist who was so tragically miscast as Kawi. I ilke Krist a lot but here... He is too old, his acting is wooden and he is not cute. I did not find him convincing but rather oddly repulsive as a 19yr old student: he was grimacing all the time, because Kawi felt ill at ease, but those facial expression belong mostly in a japanese manga and not here. He did better playing a 30 yr old even though he often fell into the "kawai" trap and spoke with a childish voice. Awful!

Gawin, on the other hand was perfection: he was at ease in his role, everything felt natural and normal around him. Only one thing was missing: the chemistry between them was touch and go! No matter how much Gawin emoted, having Pisaeng express his love in many ways, nothing seemed to bounce off of Kawi or Krist as Kawi. Fortunately, Mike did not take this role otherwise this would have turned into a disaster show; Gawin saved this single handedly!

There were a few scenes that have become obligatory in thai bls: rooftop/terrace night confession, which made me think of Bad Buddy, and a beach at sunset with couples being all lovey dovey! Find other sets, directors, please! I loved the final sunset scene: it lasted a long time but the sun did not moved an inch. How did you manage to film it, I wonder?

DISCLAIMER Even though I am convinced that I am free to give my opinion of a drama, to say what I did or did not like, I know that my opinion will not please some so I would like to say it loud and clear: This is my opinion of the drama I watched. No emotional harm intended to anyone!