Unreliable narrator?

OH WOW! Luckily for me I found this show right as it finished airing so I got the opportunity to binge it and finished it in only 24 hours.. I didn't really know what I got myself into, but the synopsis sounded very interesting to me. I was bored of romantic dramas and I wanted some kind of break from that.

This won't be a review without me complimenting the kid actors. They did such an AMAZING JOB?!... I can't really imagine any other people playing their characters because they're just perfect for the roles. Together with them, the scenery & music made this show so good.
I'm one of those people that really admire when a show use a lot of metaphors with the help of cinematography and this show did just that! Through out the episodes you have this perception of how Chao Yang is, but later on in the last episodes you start to realize this entire show has been from his perspective. You can always make yourself look better from your perspective and that's when you start to realize that the main character is an unreliable narrator. It makes you start to question what was ever real and what wasn't. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE that this show did this. I found it so incredible how your opinion of a character can change so brutally just through that once scene when we found out that Chao Yang actually pushed his younger sister through the window.

While we are talking about the last episode I also just want to talk about how incredible Pupu and Yan Liang wrapped the story up. I know this is mostly just speculation, but the fact that Pupu and Yan Liang are probably not alive (most likely never have been because I believe they are imaginary friends made up of Chao Yang simply because he wished for friends, but he didn't have any, so he made them up himself) is so INTERESTING TO ME.. The theories of this drama is absolutely insane and I really suggest checking some of them out after finishing the drama!

Something I also really enjoyed was the fact that they actually made Yan Liang and Pupu look like they had no money. You could see how they reused the clothes they had had from the beginning to change their outfits. I LOVE THAT! but that might just be me since I'm a sucker for details.

The last thing I have to talk about is how amazing the music is. Music can do so much for a drama if you use the right music, thankfully this show has an amazing soundtrack. I actually just yesterday checked out the entire soundtrack and most of the songs are very creepy, but in a VERY good way. I absolutely adore when a show create their own background music that will fit the scenes perfectly. It really helps the whole show set its mood.

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More than meets the eye

I have never really written a review of a drama before, I didn't even have an account on this website but created one only just so I could leave a review of this incredible drama.

In the beginning I didn't have too high expectations. I never watched "My Ambulance", but I heard so much buzz about BKPP and it made me interested.
To start off, the whole drama is so aesthetically pleasing! It has this very gorgeous yellow filter throughout the episodes and it makes it feel so much more dreamier. I'm a big fan of cinematography and I ended up LOVING the cinematography in this specific drama. Another thing that made me adore this drama was that it uses a lot of symbolism/metaphors and I really like knowing things can have a deeper meaning that just what meets the eye.

The storylines were so well-thought and executed in such a gorgeous way. I also watched the documentary to this drama and you can see how talented Billkin and PP are in terms of shooting emotional scenes. This is honestly the first Thai BL that I've been so in love with when it comes to the script and production. I also love the fact that this show was recorded in Phuket. FINALLY A CHANGE OF SCENERY!

In the drama they portray Teh as someone who might be a bit selfish when it comes to love, but through out the drama you start to notice Teh's storyline is more complex than that. They don't use dialogue when they portray these type of struggles, they usually use metaphors, facial expressions or the cinematography as a way to show how the characters are feeling. For example, I know someone pointed out that Teh was wearing a blue shirt throughout a bunch of scenes, and that was solely because he was feeling sad. Blue represents sadness.

I like that in this drama they didn't try to make it that simple as you can see in most Thai BLs. Not that is has to be hard, but they actually portrayed the emotions in such a powerful way and I personally think other Thai BLs miss out on this.

I have so much more to say about this drama, but I don't want to spoil it all too much for people that have yet to watch it. I really recommend this drama if you're into metaphors, cinematography, a beautiful storyline and if you like to get emotional almost every episode.
I'm excited for part 2 next year!

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