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BL Alert: REVIEWING Thai BL Series (5/8)

Together With Me (2017) targets a more matured audience. This is the follow up to Bad Romance (2016) about a young lady named Yihwa who wants to forget all the boys and about Knock, Korn and another guy named Cho.
 
Knock and Korn joined forces to tackle issues affecting their relationship in Together With Me.

While other BL watchers are going gaga over this series, I have mixed feelings. I know that some people love to watch conflict and amuse themselves with manipulative people – the sowing of intrigue and characters making trouble for each other.

However, I wanted this series to be all about Korn and Knock and not necessarily the people they live (or worked) with. Yihwa (Maengmum Pimnitchakun Bumrungkit) is fine. While the other woman, Plern (Aim Satida Pinsinchai) seemingly serves a single purpose – a plot device to hinder the relationship between Knock and Korn. Her character and duplicitous acts have so much screen time that the series almost becomes unpleasant to watch.

And the biggest question of them all – how can Knock be so stupid? How can he trust Plern when all things point to the opposite. Was he born without a brain? ….or is he just a conveniently ignorant character for purposes of plot? Plus there is this BL couple – a manipulative doctor who goads a young boy into a relationship. The man is old enough to be the boy’s father! I don’t know what sort of “social statement” they’re attempting to make here….

However, the scenes when Korn and Knock remember childhood memories are endearing and emotional. There are also plenty of superlatives to describe the first few episodes, but the entertainment value diminishes as Plern concocts her evil schemes.

The second biggest question – WHY does a pretty and successful woman push so hard to “possess” a gay guy when she really doesn’t even care?

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.

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