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Soul Mate (Japanese Series)

By Golu
Is this technically a gay show? Even after getting through the whole thing, that's still kind of tricky to answer. There's never any physical intimacy shown between the two leads, not even a single kiss. What it gives you instead is something that goes way deeper than that. It traces an emotional bond that spans a full decade between two guys who are both dealing with their own baggage, and what they share basically amounts to being soulmates. The story moves across Japan, South Korea, and Berlin. Honestly, whether people want to call what they have a romantic relationship or not doesn't really matter to me. A relationship doesn't need a label like boyfriends attached to it to actually mean something. And closeness doesn't need to be physical to feel genuine. What this show captures is something quieter but way more powerful, a bond rooted in understanding, respect, and just showing up for each other. Across eight episodes, each running 35 to 45 minutes, this is one...
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Suntiny (Thai Series)

By Golu
This series was sooo boring and bad, I can't even begin to explain. I really tried to give this a chance, but it just kept getting repetitive and there was absolutely nothing exciting about it. The storyline is painfully slow with constant body-switching and trust me it is not in an interesting way Thankfully the show as 10 episodes of 30-35 minutes each, but I can't believe how bad it was.

Sun (a teacher) and Nuea ( a flamboyant gay)  are in a relationship but their sex life is not going well since Sun can't get it up. After various doctors visits, Sun decides to go to a shaman. The guy gives him a soap to wash himself with on a full moon night but make sure he is alone when doing that. As Sun drops the soap into the bath and gets ready for shower Nuea appears and forces himself to join him (no explanation on why couldn't Sun tell him the truth). The lights start to flicker and when they wake up they realize they have switched bodies. After the initial screams and confusion they go to shaman to solve this problem, but he knows only half of the trick. He is still looking for remaining half of it, which essentially tells him that ‘they will switch back bodies when it is time’. All this literally happens in the the first two episodes and the following episodes are all about the couple's journey in each other's body (while still struggling to get physical intimacy). There was some side couple, and also some sort of villain which didn't make any sense to the overall story.

This has got to be one of the worst BL stories I have seen in recent times. Every single episode feels the same. There is no real story, no real drama points, nothing. The lead actors acting is bad and the plot makes no sense at all. They kept switching bodies/souls back and forth, which made the entire story messy and confusing. What was meant to be a light-hearted, meaningful series where two people learn about each other turned into a disaster. The sex scenes were poorly handled, the side couple was bland. This is a great example of bad story, bad direction and "why the hell was this series made" award. Really badly executed, repetitive and absolute cringe. (1/10)
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