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Worth The Watch: January’s TV features criminal hijinks and flower boys

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Another Boys Over Flowers? Yes, the famed Japanese manga of the same name has spawned at least five live-action adaptations – Taiwanese, Japanese, South Korean and two Chinese series. Now, it is Thailand’s turn.

The story is well-known. A poor, headstrong girl butts heads with the handsome, wealthy and powerful clique F4, who rule her high school. Before long, she catches the eye of the quartet’s leader and the two fall for each other.

The Thai version reunites the hugely popular duo of Bright Vachirawit Chivaaree (above) and Win Metawin Opasiamkajorn from boys’ love drama 2gether: The Series (2020). They respectively play Thyme, the leader of F4, and Kavin, the Thai version of the manga’s elegant playboy Sojiro Nishikado.

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