Category: Series Review
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The Three GentleBros Review: A Series Better Suited for the 90s
Review of Ep.1 The Three GentleBros has an interesting line of actors which includes Mook Worranit Thawornwong, Tay Tawan Vihokratana, Gun Atthaphan Phunsawat, and Luke Ishikawa Plowden. It’s very obvious from the trailer itself that this is the story of three brothers who have an overbearing mother. So, did the first episode live up to…
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Big Dragon First Take: An Impressive First Episode
Big Dragon is one of those series that you would like because the main protagonists are extremely flawed. It had a very impressive first episode. Both the characters here are extremely ferocious and cunning. They are also not likeable characters. This gives the series a very interesting arc because we do not often get to…
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Mismatched Season 2: Take On Trailer
Mismatched season 1 aired on Netflix in 2020. It is an Indian Rom-com coming-of-age drama based on Sandhya Menon’s Novel When Dimple met Rishi. Akarsh Khurana and Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari are the directors of the series. Now, the Mismatched season 2 trailer is out. Everyone who has watched season 1 would know that Rishi (Rohit…
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Fahlanruk Series First Take: An Average FWD Story
Fahlanruk is a typical BL series with a campus setting. It has got all kinds of BL tropes. A BL fandom, a shipper, campus idols and beautiful men. There is nothing innovative here and it is just another Friends with Benefits story. It stars Tonkhao Chayuth Nitichakorn and James Thanaboon Wisrungroj. Here, the relationship goes…
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Jdrama ‘Switched’ is a Gripping Mystery Thriller
Switched Review Jdrama Switched is about Ayumi Kohinata, a popular high school girl whose body gets swapped with her unpopular classmate Umine Zenko mysteriously. Switched is adapted from the manga “Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka” by Kawabata Shiki. The series is written by Okada Michitaka and directed by Matsuyama Hiroaki. Ayumi (Kiyohara Kaya) had a perfect…
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Love in the Air Ep.8 Review
Love Sky: Or Stalking Glorified as Love Love in the Air is adapted from Thailand’s most popular BL author, Mame’s, two novels; Love Storm and Love Sky. The story of Love Sky starts half way through the seventh episode. But episode eight can be considered the real beginning of their story. So, here are my…
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Ghost Host, Ghost House Review: A Promising Horror Comedy
Episode 1 Review Contrary to what one might expect when they see the title of the series, Ghost Host, Ghost House had a really promising first episode. I liked the premise of this horror comedy and I understand why a title like this is interesting. It is a horror comedy, and also a BL series.…
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Fishbowl Wives is About Love, Marriage and Infidelity
Jdrama Fishbowl Wives Review Netflix’s Japanese drama Fishbowl wives is the story of six wives who live in the same building and are trapped in their married lives like a fish in a bowl. The series is adapted from the popular adult manga of the same name by Kurosawa R. He along with Fumi Tsubota,…
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The Fabulous K-drama First Teaser: Glamour, Fashion and Love
Netflix has dropped the first teaser of new Korean series The Fabulous. It stars Chae Soo-bin and Choi Min-ho in lead roles. The makers of the series are Kim Jeong-hyeon, Kim Ji-hee and Im Jin-sun. Kim Jeong-hyeon is the director of the series and he is famous for acclaimed works like A Korean Odyssey. The…
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Young Royals Season 2: The First Four Minutes Hints at Revenge
Young Royals is probably one of the best love stories I have ever seen. While the back born of the series is the love story of Wilhelm and Simon, it was not the usual high school romance. It had extremely flawed yet relatable characters, and we saw a lot against the set standards of the…