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Category Archives: Reviews
“Us The Series” Series Review (Ep.4 to 12)
“Us The Series” had a lot of missed potential.
“Love Casting” Series Review (Ep.1 to 12)
A weird amalgamation of a dating show which was used for casting purposes or was it the other way around?
“My Stubborn” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
Have you ever watched a show and thought “This is bad in all good ways, and yet I don’t know where it is headed to?”
“Boys in Love” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
“First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity”- George Bernard Shaw
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“Secrets Happen On The Litchi Island” Series Review (Ep.1 to 7+ Extras)
“Why did you bring me here to watch the sunrise? Because beautiful things are worth sharing.” – Quote from Secrets Happen On The Litchi Island
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“Heesu in Class 2” Series Review (Ep.3 to 10)
Love is a vast universe of moments — some that shatter us, some that heal us, all of them helping us grow.
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“Weak Hero Class 2” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
When we last left Weak Hero, love had lost the battle but not the war.
Su Ho lay broken in a hospital bed, Si Eun shattered beyond recognition.
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“Fight for Love” Series Review (Ep.1 to 7)
This is yet again another winning BL from Vietnam. It is so definitive in its outcome and perhaps you can see it ending in the same way I did. Satisfying. The whole story unfolds right before you in a magnificent panoramic sweep. Funny. Sad. Poignant. Ordinary. But always entertaining. Always. And so relatable. Almost everything in this story, one can relate to or perhaps have even experienced in some form or another. They can take the ordinariness of living and make it seem extraordinary. Making the issues we face on a daily basis and seeing the traumas we have experienced come to life helps us get the picture of how that impacted our own persona. Perhaps we may not seem important, but our issues certainly are, and we get to see that through them. They visualize our experiences to make them real, impactful, and powerful. At the very least truncate the sum total to see how it does affect us. That has always been the beauty of Vietname BLs. It makes the ordinary seem prominent. And they validate our feelings, failings, and foibles along the way. In a sense, we find we are pretty much the same as everyone else.
“Perfect 10 Liners” Series Review (Ep.1 to 24)
Let’s be honest—Perfect 10 Liners isn’t reinventing the wheel. At its core, it’s another university-set BL with pretty faces, peer mentoring hijinks, and the usual GMMTV formula. But here’s the thing: Perfect 10 Liners makes up for its predictable structure with something far more valuable—charisma. Thanks to a talented ensemble cast, this 24-episode ride manages to be entertaining, even when the story itself feels stretched thin.
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