En of Love: This Is Love Story – Series Review

Nuea is an outgoing engineering student known for his flirtatious behaviour. He used to have a crush on his friend Mark. At school, Nuea is in a close circle of friends with Bar, Vee, Kla, Yiwaa, and Pond. They all study at the engineering faculty together.

One night, Nuea attends a house party with his friends. He sees Praram and feels entranced by his beaming smile. Nuea declares it must be love at first sight. He decides to pursue Praram, laying on the charm until his target becomes his boyfriend.

Nuea introduces himself to Praram at school. He is incredibly friendly and charming around him. Praram accepts his kindness, but doesn't understand why this stranger is so interested in him. Nonetheless, they spend time together and develop a bond.

However, Praram is actually the younger brother of Gun, who's currently dating Nuea's friend Bar. Gun is protective of his brother and remains skeptical whether a lothario like Nuea would be the right fit. Nuea wants to prove to Gun and his friends that he can tame his playboy ways.

En of Love: This Is Love Story suffers from being the last installment in a long, tedious trilogy. After putting up with Tossara and Love Mechanics, I felt fatigued from the En of Love franchise. I was tired of the story, annoyed with the characters, and uninspired by the cliches. Sadly, This Is Love Story repeats the same mistakes as its predecessors, offering nothing new to the narrative. It's another underachieving BL drama that doesn't enthuse me at all.

This Is Love Story has a pitifully paper-thin plot, even for the low standards of BL dramas. The main character sees a random guy at a party and falls in love with him. Nuea doesn't know what his personality is like, shares no history with him, and they haven't even interacted once. Yet, he proceeds with this relationship based on nothing more than a gut feeling. The concept feels like a half-baked first draft that barely received a second thought. I'm sorry, but this quality is not good enough. Go back to the drawing board and try harder to come up with your ideas.

The lack of imagination in this BL drama is astounding. This Is Love Story slogs through its barebones plot with shallow characters and boring interactions. So many scenes take place via online messages, but the dialogue isn't witty or meaningful. Not that the in-person exchanges are an improvement. Every relationship moment is terribly mundane, playing out with little surprise or excitement. It doesn't help that Praram's character has the personality of a blank paper. He's a generic love interest with no nuance or development.

This Is Love Story fails to convey a captivating love story. The series is over two hours long, a decent amount of time to introduce the characters, build a bond, and highlight their attraction. However, I don't feel a solid connection between Nuea & Praram. They hardly know each other, haven't interacted that much, and don't feel like a couple in love. The only positive is this inoffensive relationship feels less aggravating than its counterparts in Tossara and Love Mechanics. Those couples infuriate me, whereas This Is Love Story evokes complete apathy.

The acting is okay, I guess. Nuea's actor (Prom) is bubbly and tries his best to maintain lively energy. However, he's working with insipid material that doesn't demonstrate his abilities. It's tough to act well when your scenes consist of reading messages from a laptop screen. His partner (Benz) is forgettable, although I like how the same actor portrays both twin characters. Meanwhile, the bloated supporting cast does nothing as usual, sitting idly throughout all eleven En of Love episodes. They're only there to talk nonsense and take up space.

En of Love: This Is Love Story concludes on an unmemorable note, paralyzing me with its mediocrity. What a bland and uneventful BL drama, as if they didn't care to try. The story is too low-key, the characters are oversimplified, and the romance lacks passion. As a whole, the En of Love franchise has been one disappointment after another. Although the plots are dressed up differently, each series remains dull, superficial, and problematic. I still think Tossara is the worst installment out of the three, but This Is Love Story comes close to claiming the notorious title.

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