3
Actually not that bad
The reviews here are like a rollercoaster going up and down.Playboyy is in essence a QL more than a BL (where most of the time one main convinced he's gay seduces his crush who's into girls). With BLs its the strong chemistry that makes it successful. Here all actors do a convincing job acting and making believe they're gay. Some BLs advocating gay acceptance (like teddybear) lack such passion.
The screenwriter (Den) is the same as from "only friends" , which is also a QL per that definition but with a well-known BL crew.
The prostitution aspect in the show is a probe not often used. The violence we saw in other mafia BLs and also the school flavour is in. There were some hot and steamy moments although "bed friend" from earlier in the year was more sensual and convincing like also "only friends" with the NC scenes.
For the couples, I thought that Nont looked a bit like Draco Malfoy's mom with the blond patches ;-) but found his acting quite good. The scene with Zouey dressed as a girl and Captain could have been more) and Zouye with Jason Lee scenes was also something to be developped. Zouey and Teena were maybe the weakest couple. Most genuine couple I was rooting for was Phop and Nuth, very convincing. Will see what season brings for them...
Hopefully these actors get some rewards and positive vibe and I wish them good luck. after their performance in a more daring series.
To bring the average score higher I gave it a high 9.5 as 6.2 is not what the ranking should be as it's not a boring BL.
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textbook romcom BL
In fact it starts out as a textbook romcom BL, does throw in a bit more dept.I was wondering how Kimmon would be without his Copter. The scenario for him was good and respectful with a transwoman, an honest kiss would have been the cherry on the cake, but didn’t show. Also good to see Flluqe in the manager role evolving a lot from her Gen Y presence. That makes 2 transpersons put at play gracefully.
Back to the mains, Job plays a villain in movies, would have been good if we got to see that in some clips, what we saw was more of a nice character when playing movies. 10 points for working out a nice chest like he’s showing. Porche is probably the sweetest actor in BL I’ve seen. He has most of the times good chemistry with Job. At first I found the kissing good, but looking further , it came down to a bit of “lip hopping”, no tongue involved (not expecting it in a vulgar way but gentle as Job says at the very end, but nope). Nevertheless their cute time was well spread around the 12+1 episodes.
The coming out from and artist and the consequences was well done and it’s only the second time this trope is used after Love Stage!! in 2022. I must admit, it was a bit more convincing then as here it seems to come across not to damage too much the straight image of the actors (hope this make sense). In a BL the “being gay” is always a tough one, but if played subtle by the right actors it can be convincing.
I say a maybe to a rewatch value or give the actors a chance to play in another BL.
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ep 8 min 20 is the best part
I think most of us agree how poor this has been.From the 2 mains , Camp was the most convincing both had some chemistry but NC's were not good wit a towel in the bad tub.
Two remote sides made no sense, both wanted to be an actor, was not linked tot he main story
Then bad kisser blondie turned out to be doing mom and son, OK we hadn't seen that one before
Best chemistry was between Petch and Bas, and ep 8 min 20 they gave it their best. I must say that in all the BLs I watched this steamy kiss was enjoyed by both boys so much, well done! Maybe both can have a storyline of their own in another BL
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