Monster Next Door (2024)

extremely adorable and sweet - the biggest green flag character

Overall: seems to have a balance of fluff and some angst, looking forward to the rest of the episodes. 12 episodes about 45 minutes each. Airing on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/4626/monster-next-door-2024-e01 and WeTV https://wetv.vip/en/album/y1ocjz3bjta0prm

What I Liked
- their dynamic is lovely, very considerate of each other
- sweet moments
- respecting boundaries
- good consent
- supportive friends
- supportive mom/grandfather
- characters are fairly intelligent
- funny moments
- the short flashback in ep 2 set up a character's reluctance well
- they have had some good communication but Diew is going to need to work on it a little more
- Almond & Latte cameo from Knock Knock Boys
- how Diew looked at the book Monster Next Door in the library

Room For Improvement
- bad voice over to set up a character
- plot felt a little drawn out in some places
- nonsense stuff: I'm sure those working in the library would notice students doing that and put a stop to it
- continuity error, complete daytime and then night in what was happening at the same time
- not a turtle expert but that cage looked pretty small for that turtle
- the Myers Briggs personality test is regarded by the scientific community to be pseudoscience but luckily they didn't continue showing peoples scores (I think the situation and who a person is with have a large contribution to how someone acts)
- a 3rd side couple has been teased but we haven't seen any scenes with them together which seems odd
- hope we see some character growth because there was a promise made in episode 6 and I'm nervous that a character will break that promise later

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The best actor in this is Khun Shy...who's a turtle

I have literally no idea why people like this show as much as they do.

It's the story of a Diew, a deeply odd looking, and let's be honest, selfish introvert (who bafflingly has decided to do the one thing that can make a Thai guy stand out which is dye his hair a bizarre blondy orange colour) beginning a relationship with God, the attractive but ultimately dull guy who lives next door who clearly cannot drum even though they've cast him as a drummer.

That's it.

The theme song was good the first few times I heard it, but as the series has gone on and it is the only song that has ever featured, it's become increasingly boring.

Diew's mum is a dick, his grandad is well meaning but does little to help, and his ex-boyfriend is a prick vet with no lips who apologises for what he did years ago, but fails to mention that he tried to sabotage Diew's new relationship literally the day before. God's friends are mostly annoying and it would be hard to care less about Beer and Wan's relationship after what I can only describe as one of the more woeful, awkward, and frankly terrible kisses I've ever seen in a BL.

The acting is terrible across the board, the script is cringey, and the MC's have zero chemistry. The one star I gave this show is for God without a shirt on, which was admittedly a very enjoyable experience, but the two or three times it happens do not make this series worth watching.

I dragged myself through ten episodes only to come to the realisation that I don't care. I don't care if the MC's stay together, I don't care if God's friends start dating, and I don't care if his grandad dies. I just hope that the turtle gets a better tank as he's been desperately trying to escape from his prison for 10 episodes. Which is a fitting metaphor for this show. I'm now breaking free, and I pray that Khun Shy manages the same.

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