![]() He's much younger and friendlier in Love Sick and playing smartarse brass band leader P'Film. But the most surprising pleasure for me was seeing my favourite BL actor Chanagan "Gun" Apornsutinan who played the hazer Prem in 'Sotus'. Per has a reputation for being a ladies man but he has secrets that lead him to vent angrily, or even violently - as actually happens in one tremendously thrilling scene. Noh's best friend Om is a silly vulgar clown he acts tough but he's just a marshmallow. Once back at school, there's a distinct effort to give the boys in the music club more of a chance to stand out as individuals. ![]() There's a scene in a swimming pool with Noh and Yuri talking about their relationship that's really touching. It goes to show what can happen when writers get the chance to focus on just their main characters, giving them room to breathe and develop in a narrative full of some pretty decent drama, humour and romance. There's a number of episodes at a seaside resort with only Phun, Noh, Aim and Yuri on holiday that are some of the best scenes in the entire series. This made watching the second series far more interesting and entertaining for me. cryptic, there are hopefully some better playlists or edits out there). When I watched the second season, I found a youtube playlist by Lindsay Patten that mercifully edits out all the worthless subplots that don't have an impact on the central Noh/Phun plot (though the subtitles can be. It's such a bad choice that it ruined my enjoyment of the first series completely. I can only imagine that they thought they would widen their audience and their appeal by doing so. Why the writers thought anyone would have any interest in her - as a lead character in the series! - is beyond me. The absolute worst offender is the plot relating to Jeed, a new girl at the convent who soon morphs into a psychopathic horror of a human being. ![]() These all fail - uniformly and abysmally - to add anything to the series except irritation. The writers also make an atrocious choice to create sub plots around some of the other girls at the convent. Only the central group of characters around Noh and Phun are given some personality: Aim and Yuri first and foremost, followed by Noh's friend-turned-suitor Earn, and then the some of other students in the music club. They operate mainly as functions of the plot or padding, but contribute very little else. It's incredible that such a long series dedicates zero time to giving its characters any depth, even when we are introduced to nearly all of them (there must be at least 40 of them with speaking parts, it's ridiculous). It creates another very serious problem that nearly renders the show unwatchable: almost none of the characters gets any development. But the choice of creating an enormous number of characters around the boys scatters all that focus and chops up the narrative beyond recovery. You'd think it would have a focus to justify the length, and it ostensibly does by following the flowering relationship of Noh and Phun. Love Sick is a very, very long series - even longer than 2 Moons and (what seemed like an eternity) Advance Bravely. They consider how best to live their honest affections and at the same time not hurt their girlfriends. ![]() Noh and Phun soon find themselves unexpectedly attracted to each other. Noh agrees to the plan once Phun offers to get him quick funds from the student council for his music club, but Noh immediately regrets his decision when the charade starts to get out of hand. Desperate, Phun comes up with a plan to deceive his BL-loving sister Pang into believing he and Noh are boyfriends, in the hope that she will dissuade their father from his awful plan. ![]() Phun's father tells his son that he must get rid of Aim and date a friend's daughter for political benefit. Both boys have girlfriends who attend an obviously expensive girls' convent school - the beautiful elegant Aim is Phun's long-term girlfriend, and cute Yuri is trying as hard as she can to be Noh's official girlfriend. Quiet and intelligent Phun is very popular and handsome, and one of the leaders of the student council. Noh, blithe and sarcastic, is the president of the music club. Summary: Noh and Phun attend a prestigious Thai boys high school, oddly nicknamed Friday. It's also THE benchmark for Thai BL, and has had an enormous influence on all BL ever since it first screened. This show ran for two seasons over 20 and remains immensely popular. Time to take a look at the Thai BL drama, Love Sick: The Series. ![]()
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