Till We Meet Again in Italian

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Story 9.0

Acting/Cast 8.5

Music 8.0

Rewatch Value 10

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BL that manages to be more than BL in some ways

In a nutshell:

The story is interesting though some may bewail the way the series doesn't seem to have a major conflict or point of tension for quite a few episodes. However, the series never feels slow or boring to me. There is a lot to love about this serial because it doesn't always tell the story in an in-your-confront manner. But this could well be its weakness too. For example, if it had emphasized how one of the master characters' (Pharm) incomplete recollection of his previous life early could pose a problem to their relationship, the tension and suspense built could have maintained the interest of more viewers.

In a coconut beat out:

The series starts with the tragic double suicide of Korn/In, certainly not the lighthearted schoolboys-fall-in-dearest stuff that is then common in BL (though the characters are students). The double suicide is the result of parental objections to their relationship because of their sexual orientation, a rather serious consequence compared to pop BL series that care for the topic of objecting parents less seriously (e.g. Together with Me: The Next Chapter in which the parents change their minds, and Nighttime Blue Kiss in which the parents are surprisingly open-minded). The seriousness in tone, though not all that persistent, makes it different from a lot of BL that focus on the couples' relationship without such a strong regard for the society in which the story is set). Where the Dean/Pharm story is concerned, the use of common BL tropes (similar a "straight" guy falling in beloved with another guy) is rather sparing. This may be a good thing, merely the side couple (WinTeam) may appeal to BL fans more and may be more than conventionally BL.

In the parts of the story that use common BL tropes, the serial does go more than like BL and somewhat less realistic. The inclusion of a BL fangirl of sorts (Manaow) and the way Dean's swimming team do not seem to bat an eyelid when their captain brings his boyfriend with him on a team outing are where BL fans find themselves in familiar terrain, though we tin guess how oft that happens in real life in Thailand. Interestingly, these elements seem to be used to dissimilarity past and present, making a point about how increased openness towards homosexuality in society makes a huge deviation for same-sex couples and fifty-fifty the ii fathers who live in regret later their sons' deaths. The society in the Dean/Pharm parts of the story feels much less oppressive that the atmosphere in the Korn/In story. We can run into this from the small-scale characters' behaviours: whereas Pharm'southward friends accept and encourage his human relationship with Dean, In's good friend simply quietly feels happy for him when he sees In together with Korn. Such subtle touches make the story rather interesting and worth re-watching.

At that place doesn't seem to exist a rush to bring the plot to new heights of tension. There is neither an excessive preoccupation with kissing and sexual practice scenes nor an aversion to them. Although a number of viewers seem to detect UWMA to be rather slow-moving or that it's not articulate where the story is going, I have a different opinion. In fact, the story is adequately well-paced, with the flashbacks seldom being unnatural as they bear witness the parallels between the previous lives and the nowadays lives. I suppose ane thing that frustrates some viewers is the mode the Dean/Pharm storyline doesn't seem to have any obvious conflict for a large part of the series, which may requite the impression that it is going nowhere. Nonetheless, I like the mode events are foreshadowed and how the characters slowly recollect and come to terms with their past lives. As I watched each episode on a YouTube playlist, I get to the concluding part before I know information technology (it's quite a different feel when it comes to series like I Am Your King Season 2).

Some other aspect of the series that I similar is how Dean and Pharm accept different personalities from their past lives. The differences are more subtle in Dean, who seems calmer only too more than determined to make his relationship piece of work out than Korn. Every bit for Pharm, while he'due south clearly attracted to and in love with Dean, he does not blitz into the human relationship. As a really good melt, Pharm is fix apart from In who cannot cook to save his life. This difference isn't merely superficial for the patience and skill with which he cooks indicates a different personality. Both Dean and Pharm seem to have "learnt" something from their previous lives. The dynamics of their human relationship are somewhat different too. While we run across more passion between Korn and In, nosotros see more than tenderness between Dean and Pharm. The interplay between the parallels and differences indirectly creates suspense: will the couple finally take a happy catastrophe, or will history repeat itself? Most of the time, the story seems geared towards a happy ending but there is foreshadowing of a problem to come, especially in a scene where a monk reminds the couple of the importance of forgiveness. In the terminate, we run into that Dean/Pharm must reconcile with the people in their by lives and settle their unfinished business organization before moving on as themselves in their nowadays lives. It seems paradoxical in the end, but it makes sense: Dean and Pharm take acquired new identities and cannot be living in the shadows of Korn and In forever, so while accepting that they are reincarnations of Korn and In, they must still exist able detach themselves from their past lives. (An interesting scene in the last episode with Dean and Pharm dreaming of Korn and In as third parties and non as themselves for once shows that they have finally managed to move on as Dean and Pharm, not reincarnations of Korn and In.)

I as well love WinTeam in this series although it ofttimes looks like the WinTeam scenes are a teaser/test for a possible Season 2 which will focus on them. I would love to lookout a Season 2 with WinTeam every bit the focus though even with the aforementioned production team, I believe a Season 2 with WinTeam volition be enjoyable in a rather dissimilar way. If this serial doesn't entreatment to you, you could still give Season 2 a chance if information technology is fabricated.

Edit: After considering why I've been feeling that something is a petty lacking in this serial despite my honey for information technology, I realize that there isn't that much on how the characters fall in love. For Dean and Pharm, each immediately feels like the other is the one on starting time sight because of their past lives, and then we tin can but look to Korn and In. But while we can come across the depth of Korn and In's dearest, nosotros don't see enough of what makes their love so strong. Our involvement in their story would be stronger if there had been a bit more than showing Korn and In's dearest for each other.

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