Why R U? : The Series (2020)

its meh

Story [5.0/10] - There's really nothing special about Why R U's story tbh. I guess the whole "They live in a fanfic" plot for Zon and Saifah was alright but it wasn't enough and for Tutor and Fighter they had like the "Rich and broke" trope, I honestly love those kind of stories but just the way how they played everything out was just not that great.

Acting/Cast [8.0/10] - I really love Saint and Zee, they have such an amazing chemistry. Their acting was great but the story was just not that good but they still managed to make me cry :,D Next is Zon and Saifah hmmm I really did not like them that much, I skipped every scene they had together sorry.

Music [3.0/10] - bad

Re-watch value [3.0/10] - I can't re-watch this huhu

Overall [6.0/10] - Who R U is the first Thai BL I've watched, it wasn't the best honestly but SaintZee is the reason that made me watch Thai BLs

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2023 Rewatch

As a newbie to BL during the pandemic, this was one of the first I watched. Thought it was so-so at the time but have just completed a re-watch in anticipation of watching the Korean remake. I have to say that my opinions on a few things changed since the first watch. Firstly, having become a lot more familiar with the tropes, the ‘I’m living in a Yaoi novel’ premise was a lot funnier this time around. I loved Zon and Saifah and so it was really sad that half their story was originally missing but the later specials filled in some of those gaps.

I’m really sorry but I just couldn’t bear watching a lot of the scenes with Zee and Saint this time round. I felt like I was betraying Nunew ??? and their chemistry just didn’t compare with ZeeNunew. The NC scenes didn’t feel hot to me. Open mouthed but ‘dry’ kisses, run some kisses up and down neck and torso, flip over, repeat. Tommy and Jimmy delivered a couple of tears in their scene and made me cry and feel all the feels.

Great to see so many of the actors I now recognise so well but overall bar has been raised quite a lot since this was first aired. Eighth Sense and Only Friends being a couple of excellent examples!!

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Non saprei puntualizzare precisamente in cosa mi abbia lasciato effettivamente insoddisfatta, ma purtroppo il senso di insoddisfazione comunque c'è.
In principio mi sono trovata molto confusa da tutti i vari personaggi che facevo molta difficoltà a differenziare e quando questo accade e cominci a raccapezzarti fra i vari attori soltanto intorno a metà drama, la piacevolezza della visione sparisce un po'.
Non amo particolarmente neppure i personaggi troppo caricaturali, quale può essere Zon, per troppe, veramente troppe puntate.
Quella che invece ho trovato veramente fuori da ogni scala è la chimica tra Fight e Tutor: questi due insieme potrebbero incendiare un oceano e ci hanno regalato scene al calor bianco.
Per quanto possano essere di secondaria importanza ci sono stati inserimenti di canzoni abbastanza piacevoli.
La trama in sé potrebbe anche essere piacevole, però non so se a causa della presunta giovinezza dei ragazzi, dell'ambientazione scolastica, di situazioni non molto chiarite lasciate in sospeso, come quella finanziaria di Tutor per esempio, le vicende mi hanno lasciato un po' con un senso di incompiuto, di non finito, di non abbastanza accurato.
Sinceramente non mi è piaciuto molto neanche l'inserimento di una terza e addirittura di una quarta coppia non funzionali alla storia e francamente eccessive anche perché assolutamente non sviluppate, messe lì quasi per far numero.
D'accordo che il pretesto è una ragazzina scrittrice assatanata per le coppie BL, ma per la mia personale percezione le cose avrebbero potuto essere sviluppate in maniera migliore.
Un titolo che si lascia guardare, senza opporre troppa resistenza, ma che sicuramente non assurgerà nell'olimpo dei miei drama preferiti.

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Plot?

Why R U? is an ok drama if you keep in mind that the plot does not make sense at all.

The storyline is confusing, and I did understand it was due to what happened with COVID, but changing main roles mid-series was just a big no no.

Original main roles where Saifah and Zon. The story starts with Zon and his sister, and even if the plot was already confusing, it was nice and fun. But since they had fewer and fewer screen time, Tutor and Fighter became the main couple. It didn't make much sense to me because their story was not that main-role deserving. Just a lowkey "enemies" to lovers, tons of making out and bed scenes.

Even if the chemistry between Zee and Saint was amazing, and all of their scenes together were nice to watch, Jimmy and Tommy were just top tier. Specially their scenes towards the end of the series.

There's no doubt all of them are amazing actors, I just think this drama was a bit messy and confusing, but I enjoyed it anyways.

I recommend watching it just for the sake of SaifahZon's story because they're literally the sweetest. You can also watch the mini-series the made afterwards so you know more about them! :)

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Zee Saint so unrealistic

I know Zee to be a great actor and I liked Saint very much in his first series. But here the chemistry they both need to portray isn’t there … at all. To me it seems that there is a genuine dislike of Saint towards Zee and that’s a pitty cause this ruins the magic of the main couple in the drama.

Zee has already shown his acting skills is several other series which are top and I can’t wait to see new material of him.

Saint is a good actor as well as a talented businessman and I would love to see his new series.

But never put them together again in a BL drama

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I watched 5 episodes of this show and tbh it's not that good. The plot itself is pretty good but the execution of the show is disappointing. All the characters have such good chemistry but again the plot is not consistent. I understand why Fighter act the way he does but his feeling are not potrayed properly and he just seems very awkward and weird and the viewer just can't connect with him. And Zon just seems so opposed to the idea of him and Saifah being together but when the both them are together there are no such problems.

In my opinion, this show is just about boys kissing without a consistent plot.

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I have mixed feelings

Okay so I get the appeal with this show, I started quite interested and I didn't drop it because it was awful like I have with other BL's (aka History ) I dropped it because I didn't enjoy one of the couples and they share screen time 50/50.

So Zon and Saifah are... odd I found the acting especially from Saifah annoying and not that great so I didn't really vibe with his character. I was also SUPER confused whether they actually liked each other or it was because of the BL his sister wrote (you'll know what I mean if you have watched it) So for me this couple didn't catch my interest and I mostly skipped over their scenes by episode 5.

Fighter and Tutor, on the other hand, were a great BL couple, the chemistry is amazing and the acting isn't awkward. Frankly, I liked the characters a lot more, I happily would have watched the drama if it just about them.

The other down point is that the story is kinda weak, there's nothing excited happening so I didn't even want o stick around for the plot. I can watch an edit of Fighter and Tutor and be satisfied enough. I am sad that This drama didn't do it for me but I understand that other's would like it.

Leia Mais

Where to begin with this series? Well, let me just say it right out, whatever people might say, this show is not actually bad.

It has amazing production quality and some of the camera shots are Hollywood worthy. The main intro song fits the intro video really well (although I hated when they changed it later on because it didn't fit at all with any other song). And the premise of the story is interesting and fun too.

Now, why is it still so badly rated? Mainly because while the story started off well, it never closed. Over the duration of the series, probably around half point, the story got lost and while we do get a lot of fan service, we don't get much story development or even character development. The production was influenced by the worldwide crisis going on but the story had been lost even before that, so you can only fault the slightly rushed ending to the crisis.
As for the acting, it was okay. Some did better than others and overall there are some really amazing scenes and some awkwardness included.

Overall, WHY R U is a nice series to watch inbetween but you should not expect a fully fledged out story or Hollywood acting from it. The production gets the highest compliments though, the quality of the pictures and everything is just breathtaking.

Leia Mais

First, I want to say thank you to the production team and all the actors of this drama. You have made my life so much better despite all the bad news due to the pandemic virus. watching this drama helped me cope up with the on going crisis and made all the bad vibes lighter to bear.

This drama started so great and although parts of it went off grid because of the Corona pandemic, I still apreciate the efforts of its production to produce and finish what they have started. Too bad I think there is more to its story than what is shown but what can I say, sometimes shit happens.

Zee and Saint's chemistry is solid and unquestionable. I just feel bad for their team since for Saint he always encounter bad luck, first with the management of her partner and now pandemic. He is such a great actor. I also discovered how good Zee is, to think that he is just new. Zee and Saint is the classic definition of love.

Zon and Saifah is a breath of fresh air in this drama. They are the joy of the show and fun part. They portrayed their role excellently. Zon and Saifah is the modern definition of love.

I really enjoyed this show. I hope we get to have a different version (I think they can alter some part of it and correct the storyline since there is a comics plot introduced, you know maybe that this story was the comics of Zon and then we get to see the real story, with different path but same ending) or season 2 of this after the pandemic.

Hope to see them all again ?

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Such a shame that the show was affected by the current pandemic since not only affected the flow of the last episodes, but also one of the two main pairings storyline was sadly cut off. Still the show is good and the four main characters chemistry and acting are great. Especially Fighter and Tutor, their chemistry was amazing. The one thing that bothered me is how different in tone both pairings storylines are, so it feels like they're from different shows. Overall is really enjoyable show, but it must be kept in mind that it was affected by the current situations so the final episodes aren't as solid as the ones on the start.

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