Sotus The Series (Thai Drama) ~BL~

Genre: Comedy, Friendship, Romance, School, Youth, Boys Love

Episodes: Season 1 (15 episodes)

                 Season 2 (13 episodes)

Main Cast:

Ruangroj Prachaya (Singto) as Kongpob

Sangpotirat Perawat (Krist) as Arthit

Thitipoom Techaapaikhun (New) as Aim

Suwanamas Neen as May

Synopsis:

There's a university system called SOTUS (an acronym which stands for Seniority, Order, Tradition, Unity and Spirit - a tradition in which upper classmen sometimes exploit and even abuse freshmen and others seeking acceptance). Junior level students are required to mentor those freshmen and be respected in return. Enter a rather assertive and vocal freshy at the Engineering faculty named Kongpob who gets to be under the mentorship of Arthit, a strict Junior who happens to be the boss of his year.

(Review) My Thoughts:

My God, you won't imagine how much of a year I had when this series was released. Each coming episode, I was enormously entertained and undoubtedly hooked with this couple. I seriously can't wait for each single episode to come and got excited when the episode is released and subbed by my current favourite Thai BL subber of all time, Miss Delightful. This was the first piece I saw of her and surely not the last. She is always entertaining in her subs and explains some customs and terms very throughly. Also, you won't be able to describe the joy of reading her side comments on any particular scene. I had to actually pause a scene to make sure I clearly read her comments. It's like having another person watching the episode at the same time as you do. If you all decide to start watching this series, please watch those subbed by her because she is simply amazing. Well, done with complimenting the subber now on to the story but before that, Miss Delightful is really great at her job. Alright, done for now. You'll see me talking about her again soon!

Sotus is simply one of the best dramas I have ever watched, the talent in these actors is just too much to handle, not to mention the awesome chemistry between the couples. Everything started as a simple teasing game by Kongpob which ended into something much more as time goes by and Kongpob started falling for Arthit. The story is simply great and full of heart. It completely deviates from the normal path of other Thai dramas and became a unique existence of its own. No wonder it became a sensation. 

Kongpob and Arthit is just too much for my little heart to handle. The developing romance between these two is really not for the faint of heart. And I'm serious. There are times when I'm heavily strucked by Cupid's arrow of love. I had to pause the video at times and regain my composure and then continue and endure the blows. The story was just perfect, how it continues the interaction between the two from being senior and junior to a much more comfortable relationship and then to a higher level. How Kongpob chases after Arthit is just entertaining to watch and how he is touched by some gestures by Arthit is just cute to say the least. I would say the boy fell seriously hard for Arthit. What I admire the most in the story is how they portrayed LGBT acceptance. Arthit at first had some troubles accepting his feelings for Kongpob and then after talking with a friend and then a senior, he finally got rid of his inhibitions and the journey to there was just a spectacle. And what more the journey after that. But I will leave finding out about that to you yourself. How he fought with his conflicting feelings and then, their relationship became official.

And I have to say I was ultimately super duper surprised at some developments in their relationship. I honestly did not expect it to happen and then so smoothly. The story is just pure joy to watch. The thing I liked here is that there is no love triangle or whatever, it is just them there and the highest challenge in their relationship for this series was them accepting their feelings for each other. Seriously, you all, those who haven't watch it, if the genre does not bother you, by all means, do give this series, a try, I am certain that you would not be disappointed. FYI, the sequel is out now called SOTUS S THE SERIES, and I'm watching it with pure excitement because Arthit x Kongpob is one of the strongest OTP I have ever rooted for. Be sure not to miss this show!