#boyben

so after a whole morning of scouring the internet, i have finally found one ads-filled thai grey streaming site that uploads the complete raw + bad retail english sub provided by monomax so i ripped it off of there, nixed the soft engsubs into the raw files and put them up for downloads HERE.

for ease of streaming purposes, i've also archived these on ok.ru HERE (subs are still processing for ep 1-3 so they might take some hours, feel free to check back at a later time).

note: the subs aren't the best because they come from monomax themselves and i don't think there's any fansubber team willing to take on the role of cleaning these subs up so this is all we got, you can consider it a show for thai listening practice ಥ_ಥ

This was a DAMN. GOOD. SHOW. One little teensy spoiler below! I almost blew my top when this happened.

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I yelled IRL! I wanted to cry and punch a damn wall. But the ending was far more satisfying than the feelings that this screenshot engendered.

I have barely watched anything new from Thailand this year, but even with my beloved Love in the Moonlight airing now, I will call Mandate my best show from Thailand of this year. Someone tell me/fight me if they disagree and if there was something from Thailand I should have watched instead (BL or not BL).

Well done to Monomax for offering us a critical, surgical dissection of politics and the utter idiocies of adult egos running amok. I think the original marketing of this show was slick: BL news outlets were hailing this show as an age-gap BL with the premiere of Boy Pakorn in a Y series, and the return of Ben Bunyapol, last from Step by Step.

HOWEVER: Mandate is not a traditional Thai BL. I repeat, Mandate is not a traditional BL. That it was originally marketed as a BL, but is instead a VERY politics-first drama, seems smartly sneaky as a means of allowing Monomax to stream a show that is HIGHLY critical of the Thai parliamentary process (I think if this content was broadcast on television during primetime slots, it would have been very, very censored, or not aired at all). It's bigly critical of politics and politicians. I know news outlets like GQ Thailand identify the show as a Series Y: I'd take issue with that, but I also wouldn't fight the production team that knows it would HAVE to call the series a Series Y in order to get it aired. I understand this reasoning.

If you need to understand what you're getting into with Mandate, read this primer by @clairedaring and familiarize yourself with her tag. She's got the goods.

I didnt notice the scribbled message 😭😭😭😭

How about you? Do you have a lover yet? How many? Ever slept with anyone? What style do you like? I'm the person asking the question here. Not the one answering. That's unfair. You're the only one getting to ask. Or is it because you're too scared to answer me.

Seriously, when you walked out of there, were you not relieved at all? You people really are all the same kind. Not same at all, I dare to say this. Even if I had to betray you for a hundred million, I wouldn't do it. Because you are worth more than that, doctor. And what we're going to do together... it can't be valued-