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“Checkered Shirt Season Two” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)

Frankly, this is a hard series to describe. Enjoying Season One for its creativeness and freshness, this took that original story to a whole new level. In my review of the initial narrative, I said that the box had been opened and wondered how it would be closed. Well, close it they did. But how they choreographed the closure is where the flaws surface. The story begins to fold onto itself prematurely. Subsequently, it did not flow very well throughout, mainly due to the way the series was edited. The story became too choppy and felt more like we were watching snippets or snapshots of scenes rather than a flow to a story. Simply put, it just did not connect well or consistently.

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“Hello Love!” Series Review (Ep.1 to 5)

There are not many BLs emanating from Cambodia and certainly recently only sporadically. And that is too bad. Much like Vietnam, they tend to tell comprehensive narratives of love from a perspective of a solid beginning, an intensively creative middle, and a romantic end. In addition to telling a chronology in a simply ordinary manner, for which the storytelling creates the feeling that anyone’s life can end up being a fairytale romance. They are stories about ordinary people meeting their love in unexpected everyday ways as well. These moments highlight the allure of chance encounters in love, quietly drawing us in and making us believe that everyone has the potential to be loved.

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“When Oranges Fall” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)

There’s nothing quite like the unpredictability of youth and the feeling of falling in love for the first time. Everything feels bigger when you’re young: friendships, heartbreak, embarrassment, joy. Even the smallest moments settle into your memory and stay there long after childhood fades away.

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“Love You Teacher” Series Review (Ep.3 to 10)

Trauma is a strange bedfellow that affects everyone differently. The human mind is an intricate thing, constantly trying to protect itself in ways that aren’t always easy to understand. And when grief, guilt, and depression become too heavy to carry alone, the ways people survive can look entirely unexpected.

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“Only Friends: Dream On” Series Review (Ep.3 to 12)

Relationships are messy. No matter how strong they seem, there are always hurdles waiting beneath the surface. Some relationships simply unravel in messier ways than others, something the Thai BL Only Friends: Dream On never shies away from.

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