La Pluie (2023)

Spoilers are at the end of the review.

I often hesitate to start a show, if people disliked it much. But I try to get less influenced and built my own opinion. So far; I don't think this show is that bad. But the ending is the problem here.. I am really sad right now, lmao.

What I liked:
+ PingPong, Lomfon and Thian. While I didn't care much about them in the beginning, I started to really like them and in the end, they are my favorite characters in the show!
+ The humour is funny and most of the time I liked the editing - even though there were a bunch of mistakes, like things changing their position.
+ The OST is beautiful. I started to watch BLs this year and after watching some shows with OSTs from Boy Sompob, I definitely get why so many people are in love with him. I am too.
+ I could understand Lomfon, Thian, Tai and Phat. Even if their behaviour was not productive or unlogically for some people, I could totally understand all of them, everytime.
+ This show has for real one of the hottest kissscenes. I wonder why not more people talk about them! They shots are pretty, the kissing is great, the chemistry is kinda hot, so...yeah, I don't know why it's not mentioned more often. :D

Room for Improvement:
- around episode 7 I started to dislike Phat. I don't even know why, but somehow I lost my interest in their lovestory.
- the end was way too dragged.
- not every character was as easy to understand as Lomfon, Thian, Tai and Phat. x)
- i would like to sue the cinematographer for the shitty shots we've got from LomfonThian in the last episode. They did so well with the first couple, so what was this?! We were robbed!!! T_T

Overall the show started strong, but the last two episodes were too dragged. I still like the show, but I really have to fight my bad feelings, especially about the very very last scene.

From here, I will mention spoilers:


- Excuse me, what the f*ck was this ending, please?! I swear to god, LomfonThian are adorable, don't you dare to separate them!!! T____T
- The GL couple in the end was cute, but unnecessary. The same goes for the other couples that suddenly popped up.
- The lies were so much nonsense, wow.
- I also don't get why the parents weren't just honest. It was really not that big of a deal, lol. I thought they also found out that one of them has two soulmates, or they lost their connection, lul.

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Good if it had half the episodes - Saengthian is the reason I'm giving it a 7

I won't waste much time doing a lengthy review, I'm just here sharing my 2 cents.

Saengthian and the brothers relationship is the only thing that made me unable to give it lower than a 7/10 (actually a 6.8 but oh well). Saengthian turned out to be my favorite character in this series, even if I found him a bit childish in the beginning.

Good start but what happened in the last few episodes??? characters changing personality completely, tons of stuff left unexplained, bad choice of narrative - what directing was that?

I actually really liked it at the beginning and questioned the rating in here but I get it now. So much potential lost!? There were some beautiful shots along the way but overall I could blame the directing for most of my issues with this show. The random cuts here and there, the amount of plot holes/missing scenes, the weirdest camera angles at times, the instructions given to the actors during certain scenes (episode 10 I'm looking at you), etc.

Oh and don't even get me started on the writing. What the hell was this universe? Setting rules and set truths just to break them with no explanation? I started watching this show because it has the same screenwriters as My Ride The Series - which is a very beloved series of mine, especially when it comes to character likeability. However, I feel disappointed.

Also, the Saengtai in the show synopsis, "the man who dislikes strangers and talking to people unnecessarily" is advertised at the beginning but never makes an appearance. If he dislikes strangers and talking to people unnecessarily so much, how come everyone and their mother becomes his friend? How come he immediately gets along with Lomfon or Nara? With Nara, they even comment on it, as if that didn't happen with every single one of the other characters. If you're going to try and create an introverted character with leftover trauma and rarely goes out - then make it believable. Saengtai, who dislikes strangers, doesn't like working at the office but spends his day in a bustling coffee shop instead? He, who dislikes going out, is rarely seen at home during the day? Come on T-T

When finishing episode 6 I was wondering what they would do to fill up 12 episodes - for me the series could've ended with 6 or 7. If the show ended without the amount of things happening starting from ep 7, I would've given it a higher rating.
I'm sorry, but I can't make myself forgive the mess the last 5 episodes were. 6.8 is already too high for this show if I were to focus on those - but I'm focusing on the good moments this series actually has - like Saengtai and Saengthian's brotherhood, Dream's friendship, Nara's maturity, Bow's concern, etc. I'm not gonna lie, though reluctant to keep watching in between ep 8 and 9, then after ep 10, I still kept coming back and I was hooked every single time.

Overall, if you don't know what to watch to pass time, you can watch this one. But if you have a ton of better things to watch, I would not make this a priority.

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Just Stop At Episode 9

This was kinda cheesy, kinda cute up through episode 9. I wouldve recommended it up through episode 9. I liked most of the characters through episode 9. Except Saengtia, but we'll get there.

Episode 10 ruined what could of been a solid, good BL series. Patt was my absolute favorite character and the side couple was excitingly cute with good chemistry. Saengtia was there, but let's get back to positives. The music was great, I actually tracked down quite a few of the songs and playlisted them. The chemistry was *chefs kiss*, you vibe? And then Saengtia decides to start lying for literally no reason. And I do mean no fucking reason.

I hate lying plotlines because, for me, a character can rarely come back from it. I already had trouble liking Saengtia, once he started lying (and to P'Patt ffs. Why??? Patt was an angel) I went from mild dislike to outright vitriol. I dont want to watch people I don't like fall in love. Lomfon was also part of the stupid fucking storyline that wrecked this show, so despite how much I'd liked his character, episode 10 - 12 was spent just fast forwarding or straight up skipping Saengtia and Lomfon scenes.

Saengtia irks me so, so, so much. He lies, gets mad at P'Patt for being mad at him for lying, stonewalls him when he asks Saengtia to be clear about who he wants, tells Patt he doesn't like his tone to shut him up like he didnt just spend a full day frolicking about with someone EVERYONE has said likes him, kisses that same guy (fucking over his own brother in the process), gets pissed at Patt for being pissed considering he just found his boyfriend cheating, stonewalls Patt AGAIN..... such a repulsive character, I was f u m i n g throughout the last three episodes. Even before episode 10, I had no sympathy for Saengtia. A grown ass adult throwing the worlds largest tantrum because his parents divorced. Amicably. All the blame on his mom with no knowledge of anything that happened. A. Grown. Ass. Adult. And then to be so overinvolved in overthinking about his parents divorce that he ignores his soulmate for TWO YEARS????? yeah, he never deserved Patt and Patt has my sympathy for apparently deserving Saengtia. I hope he has better karma next life.
Frankly, rip Saengtia out of the story (not replace, remove. Patt can kiss the air or something) and the rating would immediately go up to an 8.

I dont even want to get into the jenkiness of the trope. Wouldve been fine and dandy, but the writers were salivating to have Saengtia fuck everything up so bad they did it themselves. If you cant follow (or at least define, damn) the rules of your trope, skip the trope. You yell a bit and get real sad and now you can hear in the rain??? Youre nearby and stressed and now youre the third wheel soul mate???? S p a r e. M e.

I loved this series so much, which is really a shame, because I hate this series. Again, stop watching after episode 9, or dont watch at all, if only for your blood pressure.

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Women? In my BL? It's more likely than you think

The family dynamics are the making of this. Tai and Thian being so attached and facing similar personal issues gave us really lovely contrasts in their characters and growth. Tai's parents demonstrating their way of being soulmates, and how being both forever linked by fate but also deserving of a life that isn't solely tied to that aspect of their lives, was so beautiful and important.

The friendship dynamics are properly considered as well, which is a much better way to make space for character growth. Each lead had meaningful connections with other people and love in their life that wasn't just romantic love. Including women! I'd love a Nara and Dream spinoff.

And, possibly controversially, I really liked Lomfon. He was young, and lonely, and had no idea what to do with big feelings and philosophical questions, which is kind of what your early 20s are about. So hoping for a second season to follow Lom and Thian.

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Just had high hopes

Just an FYI I had been watching this with a friend as it released and we both said no its not worth the last 4 episodes after what they just pulled.

So like I had been looking forward to this show ever since I had initially heard of it when I was getting back into bls in late 2022 early 2023 and I thought the whole soulmates that can only hear each other in the rain was a really cute concept and like just inherently unique to my knowledge.

Then when the show was releasing I had found it strange that the supporting characters (side couple) were getting so much screen time which I get that like they need development and everything but most shows would only do around 15-20 minutes screentime per episode for them. Unfortunately this show did not end up doing that and it was pretty 50/50 with the distribution which I was unsure about for a good while and then ultimately hated because of how the characters were written. But hey I get it I love a good enemies to lovers kind of thing but like I hated that Lomfon was so dead set on ruining Saengtais relationship with his soulmate just because he had feelings for him. They just made Lomfon such an unlikeable character and then introduced the worst piece of writing I could think of as a viewer with the whole Lomfon can now hear Saengtai and Phat in the rain when Saengtai and Phat are soulmates and I bet they ended up giving a reason for it and all but I literally dropped the show the second I had seen that happen because you had a perfectly good plot and beautiful story for soulmates and then ruined it all just because you wanted to have side character relevance when they are literally side characters and no hate to the actors or anything but this is something I would never recommend to someone to watch just because of how poorly it ends up being written down the line .

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This could be a 10 but..

This is the first BL series that is almost my first 10/10 BL series ever. I watched more than 150 BL series so far and I still couldn't find my 10/10. I met La Pluie when it came out and I felt my connection to it. It's consistently a 10/10 from every episode until it reached the episode where the hearing loss of the main leads was suddenly cured without proper explanation. All stories have been closed and entered a new beginning at the final episode except that one plot hole. How the hell was the hearing loss cured? Was it because of the third-party? Was it because they were close to each other when it was raining?

Other than that, I love most of the things they gave to us. I love their solid characters. I like Tien's character the most. I like Tien-Lomfon relationship. I love how Tai realized his actions were the same as what her mother did when she and his ex-husband divorced. I really appreciate the detailed characters. There are no wasted characters. The OST is so good. Every time it was played as background music during an emotional scene, I got teary eyes. Well, the whole Episode 12 did make me cry.

Thank you to all who made this happen.

THIS IS MY TOP BL SO FAR. We may have different tastes but for me, this is the series that I would love to recommend to everyone.

I LOVE THIS!

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One of my favorites!

This has got to be in my top list. The story was so interesting and full of suspense and mystery. It kept me watching episodes back to back. The idea of sudden hearing loss when it rains is fascinating. And to be able to only hear your soulmate.

I thought all the actors did a fantastic job. Of course, I loved both leads but Tien stole my heart. What a cute guy. I just loved his acting… his facial expressions and his playfulness were so well done.

Warning: I was not prepared for the huge twist at the end of episode 8. Wow.

I will definitely watch this again.

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The rainverse

The best thing about this show that i felt was really that everyone felt like a main character to me , pat tai lom and tian all owned the story equally , no body felt a little left out anywhere and the most imp thing about how they interpreted the way love works regardless of the unrealistic storyline , basically they made us beilve that soulmate is a person who is there for u in any case senario even if u don't have a hearing lose , it's simply a person who is your safe zone I loved how every up and down of there life were connected And it's you who makes love looks difficult it can be easy too indeed .
One more lesson learnt of communication don't fuck up things in anger THE MOST IMP
IF U FUVK THINGS UP THEN UNFUCK IT I will really miss these characters i am not even kidding, i can talk about them soo much

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Surprisingly really good!

I didn't quite expect it (mostly because of the 7.4 rating that is not THAT good when we consider that a lot of shitty shows are overrating on this website) but I found myself really liking this series.

The story is quite original - losing the hearing when it rains - and, even though, I wasn't really convinced of the you-can-only-hear-and-talk-to-your-soulmate-when-it-rains thing when it first appeared, I quickly forgot about how weird that was and went on with the show.

I also really loved the maturity of the characters. Although the actors are young, they managed to make me believe they were qualified to work in their field (especially the vets). I was especially surprised at Pee's performance. I have to admit that I wasn't very convinced with him when I saw the trailer for this series - I mean... his previous roles were in sh*tty shows like YYY and Y-Destiny in which he had the crazy/funny-type character, if I remember correctly - but he plays a complete different role in La Pluie and he is shining in it! He looks really mature which makes him ten times more handsome than in the two series that I mentioned and he really delivers. I was convinced by his performance. As for Title, I already knew he was a good actor as I watched Remember Me before.

My only complaint would be that the end was rushed. I think they had enough materials to make another episode. Especially because they wasted about 10 minutes on Tai looking for Patts in Chiangmai... They even gave us a flashback of characters that were just introduced and that we didn't care about! And that cliffhanger...! Does it mean there's going to be a second season?

Anyway, as a whole, it was a great series.

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Soulmates can either trap you in the concept of love or make you deeply fall in love

A Thai BL that caters to a unique concept that builds a strong foundation for the show. Few people who experienced a rare hearing-loss condition whenever it rains bring excitement to me as a viewer during the first few episodes. These people can only hear one or two people with the same phenomenal situation which they referred to as soulmates—giving the drama a high score with the concept alone.

Yet, the consistency isn’t there. During the last half episodes of the show, I get tired and felt bored watching. The plot twist is just so-so. The repetitive flashback from each episode to the next one is just too overly done. I just wished that they just give us a 20-30 mins duration time if they can only show us too many scenes that are already been used before.

Nevertheless, the cast is a total eye candy and somehow saves the show. Jessada is such a cutie and I hope I can see more of him in other future projects. They are so white and clean that made me realize how locals and celebrities from Thailand have such a big gap in skin color. The acting is merely average and that’s fine. I like Lomfon's character the best. He is on the edge of confusing his own feelings and I am happy that in the end, he got to find what his heart truly feels like. The production may be planning for a second season since the last scene speculates a possible third party to the second couple as Saengthian suddenly experienced hearing loss as well.

What I love about this show is how they emphasize that the term called “soulmates” are just a word that romanticizes people’s idea of love. It can also be turned into a concept of getting trapped in a relationship with someone who you don’t sincerely love and choose to stay just because of being attached to the fantasized idea of a soulmate.

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Tien carried this

I went into this blind as I tend to do, and I really loved the concept! It's super cool and I'm a sucker for soulmate AUs. Also, I'll just get it out of the way and say I LOVED the music in this show. Lovely instrumentals and mostly used at really appropriate times. I have very mixed feelings, but I definitely don't regret watching it and there was a lot to love.

(major spoilers from here on!)

Initially, I couldn't stand Tai because of how much he whined about his parents getting divorced (it sucks, sure, but calm down PLEASE) and this immature behavior was a recurring theme. Sort of. I don't fully understand how the characters in this are so incredibly emotionally mature and yet so immature at the same time. In every conflict I couldn't pin a bad guy because while one person did something wrong, the other person overreacted so neither was fully wrong and neither was fully right. Episode 11 was hard, because it was just 3 grown adults throwing tantrums and screaming; Tien was the only one with a reasonable reaction, everyone else blew it SO out of proportion but he reacted appropriately (I'm definitely not biased)
They kind of dropped the ball multiple times and fumbled around with it for a bit, but typically recovered. I won't lie, I skipped/fast forwarded a decent amount of the show which made it way more enjoyable cause it definitely drags at times/characters are being annoying but since I didn't fully see all the negative stuff I can have a very positive feeling towards this show.
Patts is weird. At times, he's very loveable and trustworthy, and at other times I feel wary of him. He's really nice, but sometimes nice isn't honest and it stressed me out a little when he was being super nice. He ended up being fine, but idk I just think he was hard to read and his aggressive reaction in EP 11 was too much where it really put me off.
By the end, I didn't really care for the main couple because I was so thoroughly invested in the side couples. Tien and Lomfon are great, I'm obsessed with sun and moon/cat and dog couples and these two are SO cute. I honestly wish we'd had more from them, their little moments were so sweet and I'm not exaggerating when I say Tien means the world to me. He's absolutely on my list of sweet darling boys who I would die for. I also love Dream and Nara so so much, the crumbs we got of them were spectacular.

Overall, the show is incredibly polarizing for me because on one hand it's lovely, sweet, beautiful, and fun. On the other hand it's a bit boring and the characters can be really annoying. I love a good flawed character, but it felt like they made them perfect too early on. A lot of their maturity got thrown away and then magically found again which was weird.
Also, the soulmates thing kinda got lost? Lomfon is just casually the soulmate of both Patts and Tai? In the fight, Lomfon and Patts are yelling at each other. Patts even goes as far as to scream at Lomfon to shut his mouth which clearly shows that he can hear him, right? But they never address that which is whatever.

I almost teared up at Lomfon's apology/confession scene. It was so sweet and I care so much for both him and Tien. The kiss! It was great! I think the rewatch value is solely in regards to these two and I would gladly watch a cut version where it's just them. I didn't hate the main couple, in fact I really loved them at times. But damn they got frustrating.

It took me a long time to watch, but it was worth it! I think it's a really good show with some unfortunate decisions that got left in. I'll once again say that Tien is the most well written character. He was the most believably consistent and likeable. He was dramatic at times, but it seemed like he's just a dramatic person and not some chill/cool/calm person who just out of nowhere flips out.
I liked the dad, he was great. And Tien and Tai's older brother. The side characters were great. Oh, and there are a lot of other quirky, fun side characters which really made the show enjoyable (even if Bow was sometimes way too annoying, still love her). The vet that ALWAYS wears stupid hats? Love him. Pingpong ???? Omg I'm obsessed with them, they're amazing.

Anyways thanks for joining me on my train of thought and getting through how often it got derailed :)

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"Now, I just need to live in reality"

I don't know what kind of unrealistic fairy tale someone expects but watch this one to, literally, entertain yourself.
If you watch the series as purely romantic, you will rightfully be bored.
If you watch the series as romantic fiction you will rightfully be confused.
If you see the series as an allegory of how humans love, you might find something very interesting to watch alongside a very good BL theme.
Rain as the microcosm bubble created by mutual or one-sided feelings towards someone. In this personal space - world you only listen (rightfully and humanely) to the person you care about and the most selfish (in a good or bad sense) part of you. Otherwise "it so lonely when it rains"
And yes, in this little personal world nothing is certain, solid, completely innocent or evil.
No one is perfectly good or bad but everyone tries their best (at least to understand).
"When hard times come, love is not enough" - The biggest enemy is ourselves.
With this perspective the series achieves a lot and at the same time, let's recognize this part, it keeps the classic BL aspects to everyone's delight.
See it with an open eye, mind and heart... and you will gain something or at the very least you will have a very good time.
Pros: Good acting, solid story, interesting characters, good chemistry, good managing of diversity, equity and inclusion
Improve: Clearer target for the message, clarifying the multiple levels of each role, better structure of the fiction world
PS. On the contrary to others opinion, the second half was even better!

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