Team is a talented swimmer who just entered university. However, when it comes to swim competitions, he’s never able to perform to the best of his abilities. When swim team upperclassman Win comes to know that the problem doesn’t lie in Team’s abilities or dedication, but rather his trauma and the sleeping difficulties it causes, he offers up his own room for Team to stay in. With the comfort of company, Team’s performance starts to improve and feelings start to grow between the two young men. But Team isn’t the only one with issues from his past preventing him from moving forward. Win struggles with how to handle receiving love and how to give special treatment to those closest to him. Occurring parallel to the events of “Until We Meet Again,” this story focuses on how Win and Team come to know and inspire growth in each other.

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• Starring: Boun Noppanut Guntachai | Prem Warut Chawalitrujiwong
• Episodes: 12 (53 min.)
• Aired: November 6, 2022 – January 29, 2023
• Network: GMM One, iQiyi
• Where to Watch: iQiyi, Youtube

First, let me preface this by saying I never finished Until We Meet Again. I’ll probably finish it at some point this year but I have a thing against characters who just cry or look like they are going to cry all the time. With that said, I knew going in this was going to be a parallel story of the side couple, Win and Team from that show. There are things I really enjoyed about it running in the same time frame as the origin show but others were a bit annoying. Honestly, that was my whole vibe throughout watching. My expectations were pretty high and maybe that was my fault because I know I should go in without any, so maybe it’s my own fault and not the show’s why after twelve weeks of edging, I was left without a real pay off.

Since Win and Team were a fan favorite from UWMA, I was expecting their story to be this different, fun but also angsty plot. What I think happened was because UWMA had this overall huge plot of reincarnated souls from past lives falling in love, BU fell in comparison because it had this trauma plot which is fine… but just felt underdeveloped. Team had this trauma of watching his cousin die, and Win had… something that I never really understood. Was he scared of commitment? Sure, okay. It felt like the writers were trying to build something that could match the intensity of the first show but also appease the fans.

Speaking of, the fanservice! Before the show even aired, there were these short little clips between the couple and they were so cute! I was hoping for more of that dynamic but instead, we got weeks of Win and Team, hooking up, not really communicating with each other, and playing this weird hard-to-get. When I said it felt like they were edging fans, I was serious. Not all shows need to be like KinnPorsche of Love in the Air, but for a couple who the fans LOVE, I would have liked to see them be… you know, a couple. Cuddles at night ain’t gonna cut it.

As for the things I liked. Just like everyone else, I loved the consent dialogue between everyone really. We don’t see it often and Win basically asking Team if he can wreck him? Sexy. I also liked how we got to see some of the side couples have a pretty decent storyline. This makes me think, this universe is great at giving the second and third couples amazing things but sucks at main couples. Bee and Prince’s story of a young actor falling in love was so cute. But I LIVED for Win’s best friend and brother being gamer friends and then boyfriends. THIS IS WHERE THE POTENTIAL IS AT.

I could go on and on about things but I won’t because then I would be as bad as the writers. I love Boun and Prem just like everyone else. I love their chemistry but because of the knee-jerky writing and direction of Between Us, none of that came across the screen clearly. It felt like they were trying to appease the fans with a bunch of fanservice and a weak ass plot. I think this would have been better if they would have done it as an AU in which they didn’t have to follow the confines of Until We Meet Again. GIVE THE BOYS WELL-WRITTEN SCRIPTS!

Acting: 5/10
Story: 7/10
Music: -/10
Comfort Score: 7/10
Overall: 7/10

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The country’s leading all-boys school, Suppalo, is strictly governed. Rumour has it that a curse will punish students who act out, a curse that grows stronger as the solar eclipse nears. But where there are rules, there will naturally be those who want to break them. A group of students calling themselves “The World Remembers” unite to challenge the school’s authority and demand their rights. Head student prefect Akk and his cohorts are tasked with dissuading the rebel group. Then Ayan, a mysterious new student, arrives. Akk is suspicious of Ayan, this boy whose behaviour is so odd and who regularly challenges the school’s norms. Ayan has enrolled in hopes of discovering the person who pushed his uncle Dika to suicide. His only evidence leading him to Suppalo School is in his uncle’s old notebook. Ayan’s method of dealing with Akk’s scrutiny is to toy with him.

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• Starring: First Kanaphan Puitrakul | Khaotung Thanawat Ratanakitpaisan
• Episodes: 12 (45 min.)
• Aired: August 12 – October 28, 2022
• Network: GMM 25
• Where to Watch: Youtube

Imagine having an amazing cast and throwing them in a half-developed show with a budget of $3.50. That is exactly what The Eclipse was. Now, I’m not saying it was a bad show because there were things I really enjoyed about it and the potential was there. But damn GMMTV gave no fucks about this one.

The idea of a school having a curse that affected the students who went against the rules was… different. I get what they were trying to do because it was all there. A story about students who were trying to go up against this authoritative administration for the sake of their individuality and sexuality. Also having characters struggling with their own discoveries and homophobia. All of it was there! Even sprinkling in dealing with grief in different forms, from family to lovers. Got it. BUT it was completely disjointed and the fact that this “mystery” loomed over the plot in such a weak way was annoying.

Honestly, the saving grace of this show was the cast. From our main couple of FirstKhao. Without them, I don’t think Akk and Ayan would be anything other than tropey and annoying. Their chemistry sold and I completely fell for Khao in this. Short king come through! The level of gay panic in Akk and confidence from Ayan, I was so in their cat-and-mouse relationship. LouisNeo was also a nice pairing as the secondary couple of Thua and Kahn. For a while, I was really focused on Khan’s journey of coming out of his own closet and admitting his feelings for Thua. I liked Thua a lot until they decided to make him a villain. How do they go from setting him up for being abused at home to now he is a villain without really addressing the first part? I was hella confused.

In the end, I feel like this show was really just about discovery. Discovering one’s true identity and how you are going to let that dictate your future. They had unnecessary plot twists, like come on, the big bad teacher was actually the closeted lover of Ayan’s uncle? COME ON! I would have been happy with a subplot of Wat, Akk’s friend, hooking up with the lady teacher. I mean, they were dropping crumbs, or was it just me?

Acting: 8/10
Story: 6/10
Music: 6/10
Comfort Score: 9/10
Overall: 8/10

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