This series tried so hard to be MSP 2.0 that it didn't feel like an adaptation at all. Instead, it felt like they were using every tactic possible that worked in MSP (My School President) and decided to give this a different title but it's still basically the same series. In my eyes, My Love Mix Up the Thai version was not taken seriously as a new adaption of the Japanese manga/series like it should've been.

Let's Dive In.

Had I been discussing the first 8 episodes of this series, I would've told you it was an amazing, jaw-dropping, brilliant series. Except, they went on for 4 more episodes and it completely plummeted on its face after that. What could've been a really neat and tidy 8 episode series was stretched to fill that usual GMMTV 12-ep series, but in reality, it should've just stayed 8 episodes. Once they get together, it's nothing but weird added-on tension, some stuff from the side couple, and a couple of kisses. That's it. I hated when I could tell that I was falling out of love with this series, but once episode 9 hit, I was done. I heavily debated dropping this, but the only thing that kept me going was Half and Mudmee.

Let's actually talk about those two for a second. I LOVED Half and Mudmee, so much so to the point where I could give two flying fucks about Atom and Kong. Half and Mudmee stole the show for me, I loved them to pieces, they were just so first-love-coded and I adored their dynamic. The only time they start to decline for me is closer to the end when we get a fake kiss from them. Oh gosh, why why why? It will never not draw me out of a series when you can obviously tell they're fake kissing. Why not just... kiss? Pahn (Mudmee) did an incredible job in her role, Chokun (Half) was pretty mediocre and a times just downright bad, but it's not so bad to where you can't watch, sometimes it's just a bit cringe.

Moving onto Atom and Kong, again LOVED them in the beginning, not so much a fan of them by the end. They were the slow burn that I yearned for, but the series dragged their story for far too long. After a certain point, I just don't care anymore. Kong's birthday, them going to visit college, etc, all of it, for some reason, was such a snooze-fest for me. I just needed to see them be happy and in love. The end. and then on top of that, they exude so much of Gun and Tin from MSP that it's hard to differentiate their characters from there and here. I think it's good at the beginning, but the more you watch, the more their personalities are similar. Maybe not Gemini's characters so much, but Fourth felt like he was playing the same person. I think getting them out of high school roles will help better push them away from those similarities, but it's hard not to see them. Also, let's discuss those kissing scenes, because they were actually horrendous, all of them. We've seen them do a great job in MSP, so I'm not sure why it was so stale and dead-fish like here. I'm going to assume it has something to do with the director, but holy hell, those were hard to sit through. And then on top of that, their chemistry was just not chemistry-ing like it usually does. Maybe there were too many long stares, or some weird aspect that made it feel kinda awkward, but something didn't click here. Overall, I wasn't as satisfied with these two as I'd like to be, but oh well?

Moving onto production, this was caked and marinated in product placements, so much so that it starts not even feeling like a genuine series, which is why this adaptation doesn't feel like an adaption at all. Same with the MSP band coming to play, same with Atom and Kong busting out in song. This series is too much garnered towards G4 than the actual series itself that it just feels like they played in our faces. I'm so disappointed with the series as a whole, and from now on, if GMMTV is going to adapt something, they need to stray away from making it feel so advertisement-heavy and more so for the actual storytelling.

Ratings:

Story: 6/10 - It's so good in the beginning and then it falls straight on its face. Quite literally you can stop watching at episode 8 and get the gist of the story. After that, they start playing in our faces.

Acting: 8.5/10 - I think both Gemini and Fourth did as best as they could with the direction and script they were given. Pahn did a good job and so did Chokun, although he was for sure their weakest link.

Music: 5/10 - them busting out in song took me away from the story cause they're no fucking singing in the manga/series (correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure there's not).

Recommendation Value: 7/10 - at the end of the day, this series is pretty light-hearted and fluffy, so I'd definitely recommend in the, "take your brain to ease-town" way. Also, if you're a fan of G4 then of course, this is for you.