A little obsession that got too big

Thai

13 episodes

Tropes-

School, students, pining (how have i never put that as a trope before), female interference, multiple couples, public confession

Trigger warnings-

Blood, uhh sports injury? (to the knee), fainting, attempted drunken confession coercion (does that even make sense? I don’t think so)

Bloggers rating-

8.9/10

Summary-

Tine is being pursued by Green, who he’s really not very interested in. In order to let Green down softly, Tine comes up with a devious plan. Convince Green that Tine already has a boyfriend! And who better for the role than Sarawat, the cool and quiet lead guitarist of the most popular band at the university?

Bloggers opinion-

As you can probably tell by my rating, I enjoy this series quite a lot. It does have some flaws, but all in all, it’s pretty damn solid. The acting is good, the music is nice, and the main couple has a generally agreeable story, with the added bonus of having pretty solid chemistry. The parts of that I liked a little less were 1) that this series continues the trope of the feminine gay characters (ie Green) being used only for comedic relief/ as an obstacle, rather than as a real character. I will say that Green got more character development than I had expected, and was less 2D than some other characters I’ve seen, but he was still just treated as a nuisance for the first few episodes and I don’t appreciate that. 

That leads me into 2) Pam. She was just thrown in the series to create issues and like, I get that you need a plot but goddamn can you come up with one that doesn’t villainize women? Thanks. Speaking of villains 3) Mil. That guy was a creep and didn’t deserve a happy ending, there I said it. Finally, and worst of all 4) Inconsistent character writing. Sarawat just straight up became a different person when Pam showed up, and suddenly became super dismissive (?) of Tine and like ???? Sarawat’s gay y’all. He likes men. I get that Pam was an old friend of his and yada yada yada but like come on dude Sarawat just became a different person and that’s super sucky. I can forgive changes in Tine’s personality because he’s been a bit more of an awkward, shy character from the get-go but like.. Sarawat dropped the ball in the last couple of episodes, damn.

Final thoughts-

Fun side characters/ couples, cool music and a decent script. Definitely worth a watch! This had so much potential to be one of my absolute favourites, but the inconsistent character writing really irked me. Idk, it’s really not that bad, and I won’t deny that I think this is a good series regardless but yeah. There’s always room for improvement, I suppose. But yeah no, definitely worth checking out if you haven’t seen it already (lets face it, everyone already has, haven’t they?) 

Ending status below the cut-