The Moment It Clicked

I love this story, from the Manga to the Japanese show until this adaptation. I had been very perplexed by some of the choices made in this adaptation until I saw this episode and realized what was going on. The Manga is very "bare bones" in that it has the characters sketched out and insinuations of some themes, and adaptors can either pick up those threads or not.The thing that the Thai adaptations does better than any other versions is the romance. TayNew sell it well, even if I don't always fully believe their characters 100% of the time, their charisma as a partnership covers up the cracks. It's very well done and they generate enough good-will to keep me tuning in.Everything else? Mess. The secondary couple are sorely miscast. I know they're popular but they just can't pull off a 8-10 year age gap successfully and so you have these two sweet guys wearing silly costumes to try to age them up or down, and it's just not good.Then there is the third couple. I have spent every episode until now trying to figure out why there is a third couple because it doesn't exist in any other adaptation, and forcing Pai into a relationship really diminishes here character arc and the themes that she represents. Rock's character is irredeemable in the Thai version and has been oddly separated from any traits, motivations or actions that made him empathetic in the first place. In every other adaptation, he's annoying, but Achi learns that he's fiercely loyal and cares deeply for his friends and their success. Here he has no depth and as I was thinking about this and wishing someone would toss his ass out of the cab into oncoming traffic so we wouldn't have to deal with him any longe, I realized that that's the point.The Thai version has no interest in exploring any of the themes, like self-satisfaction, self-actualization, self-confidence or the way self-confidence is necessary to have a healthy relationship, that are present in the source material or expanded in other adaptations. It just wants to show you thinly-sketched characters fall in love in the midst of product promotion. And that's fine.The Japanese live series is like a classic Renaissance painting, there are details in every corner and every character and setting and emotion is perfectly in focus.The Thai version is like a song that's a duet with too many background singers.I'll keep watching because I quite enjoy TayNew's performances and the choices they've made so far. Theirs is the strongest partnership of all the adaptations, and I'll watch the second couple just to see what they do with that, but every time Rock's face shows up, I'm fast-forwarding cuz f*ck that guy.

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Feeling a little bit conflicted

On the one hand, it's cute that Karan was doing all those little things to help make Achi's day better - that's perfectly respectful of his boundaries, and it shows that his love language might be acts of service. Which is adorable. -- On the other hand, I don't know if I believe Achi's feelings for him are romantic. Up until now, he's only seemed grateful for Karan's feelings and his help. He himself says that he doesn't know what being in love is like, so I'm afraid he might be confusing gratitude with love? Idk, it just didn't look that organic that he *suddenly* likes Karan romantically. The realisation that Karan had been helping him all along should have been more gradual, in my opinion. --- The chasing at the airport was so funny lol, it's such an overused trope but it works I guess. At least they're on the same page now.

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taking care of a person who takes care of the whole office

in this ep after Karan confessed his feeling to Achi after being jealous the whole day, he went back to his home, and he started thinking of the day Achi helped him when he got scolded by his boss for rejecting a client. Though what Achi said did not make sense Karan felt better.Karan starts to remember all the things he did to take care of Achi like holding the elevator for him so he does not bump into it, closing the curtains for him at the time the sun would Achi's face, boil the water for Achi to coffee. And on valentine's day he wanted to ask Achi to go to a concert together but did not. In the end Karan decides to go to Chaing Mai for work. The next day Achi bumps into the elevator, the sun d hits his face, the water being not boiled he cound not make coffee. So in the end Achi realizes what Karan was doing and concludes that he also has feeling for Karan . Achi ruches to meet Karan before he goes to Chaing Mai and meets him and conveys his feeling .Karan hugs Achi and this time Achi could not here Karan's inner voice. In the end i need to wait a week more for more cuteness

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