A Cliche BL That Is Morally Stuck In 2016

Another BL that thinks you can cover up bad storylines and toxic relationships with smutty scenes.

If you're just a casual BL fan that is just here for nsfw scenes and doesn't particularly care whether the characters are terrible people that shouldn't actually be in any romantic relationship for that matter, this show is for you. But if you in fact have some critical thinking skills and want your characters to be emotionally mature, have healthy communication skills and generally have morals I advice you to skip this drama.

Story: I gave this a 4 instead of a 2 just for the touching Father-son storyline.

Acting: I gave a 6.5 mainly for the actor who played Ye Xing Si who had very natural and convincing facial expressions.

Music: I gave a 7.5 because I found it calming and never disruptive to the scenes like in so many other BL.

Rewatch Value: I will try to banish this show from my memory after writing this review.

Overall: I gave a 5 because even though the show was visually very well done the storyline was very lacking and unimaginative and straight up disturbing at times.

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A Well Paced Romance Drama With Solid Acting And A True Soul

I don't watch many full on romance dramas let alone finish all the 16 episodes, but When The Weather Is Fine managed to keep me invested in it's story line and characters from start to finish. The pacing of the love story felt very natural, never making me feel annoyed like many others do. The main story line often surprised me with its turns and never giving away too much about which direction its going.

But I would argue that half of the power of this drama actually lies in the side characters and their relationship with each other and the main characters. Instead of being there just for for comic relief or to create a love triangle, they felt real and important. Many of them having their own story and character arc. Their opinions, secrets and actions having serious influence on the lives of the main characters and the main story line.

I partially started this drama because I was curious to see how Seo Kang Joon would deliver in a more serious drama and I was not left disappointed. He manages to take his character, who on the outside seems like a happy perfect son, and hints at us through his subtle acting that there is much more to him. He creates little cracks in this carefully crafted mask and shows us the loneliness and trauma that hides beneath. In many ways Seo Kang Joon's character reminded me of Kim Soo Hyun's character in It's Okay Not To Be Okay. Both hiding away their pain and true self in fear of causing pain to their loved ones. After finishing this drama a few days ago I caught myself thinking about his character from time to time. I feel like he delivered a solid performance leaving me at the end with the feeling that I truly got to know his characters and all his weaknesses.

Its been years since I've seen Park Min Young in a drama and was surprised to realize she was the FL. Similarity to Seo Kang Joon, her character was a bit of a mystery to me in the start, never giving much away about her thoughts or feelings. It's only through the flashbacks to her youth that you start to understand the pain and betrayal she's has endured and that have created this emotionless mask she puts up. It was honestly hearth warming to see both characters shed their past and come back alive the more they developed their relationship. I felt Park Min Young was well cast for this role as she was able to play the emotionally distant version of the character convincingly but without feeling too cold or dead. And as the story progressed she also managed to pull at your heartstrings in the emotional or happy scenes with her convincing acting. The more I watched the more I cared for her and loved her.

In conclusion I found the drama very engaging through its realistic and captivating characters, convincing acting and good pacing. I think this is a perfect drama for people who are interested in slow moving realistic romance dramas that really focus on character development and acting.

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A Promising BL that Fails to Deliver

For a BL released in 2016 this was probably a fresh and exiting release, but as a recent viewer this show feels lackluster.
If you are a experienced BL viewer I would say skip this one. There is much better stuff out there.

At first this show peaked my interest because of the boxer, elephants camp, law student elements, for I had personally never seen this in a BL before. But fortunately most of these turn out to feature only in the background of the series,
The series itself very quickly falls into the same boring Thai BL traps such as ; collage roommates, sexual assault (which is poorly developed), jealousy, angry screaming parents and of course good-old kidnapping.

The production also leaves a lot of room for improvement. Like a lot of Thai BLs this show has bad audio/background music. Sometimes the music would change in the middle of scene, breaking any tension/momentum. Pacing is another major issue, many scenes go on for way too long, which consequentially makes the show feel awkward at times. And important dialogue scenes loose their climax and turn boring. Although the series was only 4 episodes long it felt like an eternity.

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