O Smoking (2022)

Disappointed but no surprised

First of all, I'm writing this review based on the first three episodes (that in my opinion are more than enough). AND SPOILERS!!!!! ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I was eagerly waiting for this one bc of the concept but eh, I should've seen this coming.
I will start with the good things:
-as i said, the concept. Specifically, the tailor concept which we've never seen in a bl before. Other than that everything wasn't original.
-the set decorations are so beautiful and aestheticly pleasing. However, there are no scenes out of the two sets (the main characters' houses) Probably bc they're on a tight budget and don't want to spend more on an outside one.
(Mind that even the only two good things were handled poorly).
-the reason behind refusing to make nawee's (the ceo's son, played by chap) suit is surprisingly understandable to an extent. I thought they'd come up with a lame excuse but it seems they thought about this for more than 10 seconds, thank goodness.
Now the serious talk. Honestly, i don't know where to begin from.
The first thing that didn't click right to me is how violent nawee (the ceo's son,played by chap) is from the first second we met him. (I was like sir wtf?) I really don't understand why they LOVE to make a character so toxic when they could make them normal, a little arrogant is fine. but NO they won't be able to sleep at night.
Yes that could be due to his mental illness (which is a whole other thing idk what to say about bc it wasn't discussed enough in the series till now) but that doesn't justify the horrible treatment towards everybody.
And Aiaoon(the tailor, played by green), the way he saw how violent nawee is at first hand and continued to make him the suit doesn't sit right to me. Boy what???
I really don't like how lightly they're taking the violence. No, it can't be humorous and it can't be taking in any other way than seriously. And even if they fall in love in the future(and idk how could a person fall in love with a walking red flag), I still can't accept it unless they solve this issue. I can't see it other than a toxic relationship I'm sorry.
I also don't like the way the assistant is guilt tripping Aiaoon to make the tuxedo. And going as far as lying and making false excuses.
And what about him having more screen time than the two main roles altogether? I'm starting to question if they're actually main roles and not supporting characters in the assistant's work adventures book.
- Aiaoon's brother and the adopted one story is still vague. But if they're hinting on making it romantic then here's a big ass NO NO NO. don't even think about it. Make them besties, that's all i could say.
That's all for now, which is a lot from three episodes only. I don't know if this could be fixed with 5 episodes but we'll see how it's gonna go. Again, I'm really disappointed. This could've been a really good series but this is how most of thai bls work. Half-assed job is their trade mark. So yeah...

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