Genre: Animals, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Native Title: รักกันพัลวัน
Episodes: 14
Website To Watch: Neko Meow Meow ~ Rak Kan Panlawan
Main Cast:
Ice Preechaya as Tulyana (Toon)
Nine Naphat as Methakawin (Matt)
Deaw Suriyont as Suphanut (Nat)
Namcha Sheranut as Sarochinee (Rose)
Big Thongpoom as Sean
Gap Raksanaves as Pimmy
Synopsis:
Tulyana is a tomboy who got dumped by her girlfriend
three times, so she decides to fall in love with a man instead. Her senior, who
works in the salvation army, is the one who awakes the girly in her, so she
decides to flirt with him. It's not easy when he thinks of her as a sister, but
she won't easily give up. Methakawin is a new executive of the aquarium
and Tulyana's new boss. They both have a problem with each other; she stole his
girlfriend in the past. They both got jealous with each other while seeing with
other people. Love triangle with 4 people starts to become complicated at the
aquarium. Will Methakawin accept her as a tomboy and fall in love with her?
(Review) My Thoughts:
I was looking for a new Thai lakorn to watch and the fan-made video of the lead pairing in this drama seemed pretty nice and slightly too photogenic for my eyes so I have to take a look. It started off pretty simple with both leads diving in the first episode but in the first episode I have a bit of an awkward state looking at the girl-girl relationship at the start which seems weird for me. I guess I'm just not used to it. But that was just for the background of the character and so the drama started.
I read another review and I agreed with what the person said while I looked back at the whole drama series. This drama certainly had a different take on the undercover girl thing. The girl acts like a man but everyone pretty much knows she's a girl but that she was into girls. So, there you have it, a tomboy who everyone knows is a girl. But, after a certain heartbreak, she decides to become a 'girl' instead but then everyone pretty much pegged her for being into girls so she goes through lots of misunderstandings to go for the guy she likes. Normal girl and girl interactions looks like flirting when it's her so most troubles started like that for her that sometimes I pity her. She was just being sisters with other girls.... And then there was the male lead who has a score to settle with her, whom did I mention, was the one who created those troubles for her.
One thing to note about this drama is that it's set up in a zoo, I mean most things take place in a zoo. So, for animal lovers or frequent zoo-goers, there is a lot of zoo action here, I mean there are lots of animal being displayed in this drama. Tigers being fed, dolphins being trained and many more. The romance and drama is one thing to look forward to but seeing so many animals here is a feast for the eyes especially they are showing as much of the zoo-keepers job as they could.
The love triangle with 4 people is certainly something to watch. I enjoyed how everyone is seemingly entangled with each other. With the female lead being misunderstood as a bisexual after deciding to be straight, it certainly leads to many funny situations. The love triangle really moves in many different ways. When the female lead and another female suddenly is in an awkward situation, the male lead then gets angry (jealous). When the female lead is with another guy, the male lead also gets angry (jealous). It is like the male lead never has a peaceful day. By the way, I truly ship the two leads together once she lets her hair grow. They look so beautiful in their scenes together. I really patiently waited for their ship to start sailing despite some troubles along the way because of other misunderstandings. Seriously this drama is full of misunderstandings! But, still everyone's character is just too cute. On the other side, I was a bit disappointed with the SeanXPimmy pairing, I thought that Pimmy would make Sean realize that all work and no play makes him a dull boy. But, in the end, they both became the seriously into work couple which I didn't expect at all.
So, I finished this drama in a marathon to see my pairing's ship sailing. It was a beautifully written drama. The emotions were all over the place and made the drama vibrant with colours. The anguish over the separation and sexual tension when together is well portrayed and I absolutely love it. Do check it out!
