Why You… Y Me? (Thai Series)

I can totally see a lot of people loving this show. Told from a fangirl's perspective, this is an interesting genre of storytelling to add. The protagonist is obsessed with yaoi and likes to ship imaginary couples in real life. Having said that, sadly the genre just doesn't work for me. And just like my friends here warned me that bringing the teenage girl inside me, out is not gonna be easy for me (they know my tastes well by now), they were right. I just could not get myself to enjoy this show at all. And trust me, I tried, I really tried. The show has 10 episodes of about 45 minutes each.

Namwah is a university student, who along with her friend is obsessed with shipping imaginary couples. Then we meet Gap, a lead singer of a boy band, who are struggling to promote their band, because truth be told, they are not really the best. After an accidental meeting for the fangirls, Gap stands in midst of cheering crowd and announces himself as a fanboy. Namwah and Gap become friends, because Namwah wants to use him to ship one of her favorite couples and Gap can use her to use her brother's song studio for practice. Her brother is a famous and rich music producer. When she meets all the band members, Namwah observes several suggestive interactions between the guys and starts mentally shipping a few of them together. The friendship between Gap and Namwah slowly starts taking an interesting turn with their feelings for one another, while a whole lot of time is also spent showing us various couple combinations within the band and with Namwah's brother. However, Gap feels guilty about deceiving Namwah, especially since he isn't a real BL fan. To be honest, at this point there were so many characters and so many couples being shipped; that I completely lost interest in the series and didn't care much for the characters.

Despite the show being high on production values, very cheerful and upbeat, I just couldn't get myself into it. The series felt silly, and I understand the target audience are the teenage girls, yaoi crazy fans, who are all about BL world. I secretly think myself of that world too, but a lack of coherent actual BL story; just didn't get me invested in this show. It came across as slightly frivolous, unable to transition from a childish comedy into a mature drama. The show maybe tried to show the thin line between being fans and crossing the line to obsession, but it doesn't do that very well. Stalking celebrities and invading their privacy is the wrong thing to do, but it never takes itself seriously. The fact that our lead girl would literally shove her camera on just anyone's private moments is just not cool. Also the so called straight guy Gap pretending to be gay, appropriating himself in a genre that he really doesn't understand also did not sit well with me. His and Namwah's relationship is built on deceit and opportunism. The side actual BL stories felt shallow and as I said, I had completely lost interest in the characters by then. I can see how and why there are and will be many many fans of the show.  It has a zany story, goofy characters, and good closure for the ending. But the BL drama is too casual and lightweight. I'm left with tepid feelings.Its one of the genres, which I categorize as guilty pleasure, and I have normally found myself like such teen shows, but somehow this time, its just too much even for me. (3/10)