I have already watched the Thai version of Love In The Air and I like it a lot, just to put all my cards up front.

I went into this with no expectations. As I was watching, I was trying to respect it as it's own work, but that's hard when it's predecessor feels bounds more polished.

I'm not gonna say that this was horrible, because it was not. I enjoyed watching it and it had it's good moments. My biggest issue was the pacing of it.

I'm usually not a fan of slower paced series, but I think this would have benefited from using a full 10 episodes, at the same length, instead of 8 regular and 2 special episodes. Some of it felt rushed, especially the development of Fuma and Kai's relationship. While they captured all the important core details of the story, we get to spend way less time getting to know the characters and watching their dynamics develop. That's what made this a little lackluster for me.

Lastly, I wanna say I really enjoyed Nagatsuma Reo's performance in this. I think he did the original character justice with this performance considering the material he had to work with.