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Published: Oct. 18, 2020, 12:53 a.m.

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Why R U the Thai BL series and how though an endeavor to finish as it is  the type of series that gives BL drama a bad name with sound effects and over-inflated acting  but it did lead Onna on some interesting rants concerning these issues of sound effects, poor acting, questioning why we need to add in any fan girls and mature content?  Seriously.

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Onna gives the synopsis of how this this story features Si and Zon and Tutor and Fighter and how their relationships progress  from dislike to like.  Onna considers how how Si and Zon are doofballs and how this is not a bad word but perfectly legitimate word for a adult who grew up in the US in the 90's to say and that this couple's relationship is pretty smooth sailing.  But Tutor and Fighter spend most of their time fighting the fact that they like each other and that Tutor spends his time fighting his dislike of Fighter and tutoring ungrateful students, such as Fighter while Fighter says he is just bothering Tutor to bother Fighter until the 10th episode, when the two finally decide to be a couple.  

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The story progresses with Fighter's dad attempting to break up Tutor and Fighter's relationship by requesting Tutor not see Fighter, because Fighter truly wants a "normal" family---whatever that is.  Tutor agrees and breaks up with Fighter.  Onna considers how in a relationship with two people, both parties should have a say in decisions, such as breaking up, otherwise the one party feels powerless and somewhat victimized, as shown in the later episodes with Fighter's response to Tutor's behavior.   

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In episode 12 Fighter breaks down and admits to realizing that he has liked Tutor since the beginning but just realizes that that was the reason he was at Tutor's throat all those years, was because he liked Tutor all along and that fact is also why he wants to figure out why things aren't ok and what he possibly did to cause the breach.    This moment is one of the most intuitive and viscerally honest of the series, and shows in many ways why Tutor and Fighter and their relationship are key to the positive aspects of the show.  However, Tutor still decides to throw himself and he and Fighter's relationship under the bus and to give Fighter back a necklace that says "Fighter" because Tutor is the fighter, not Fighter.  

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Tutor then gets very sick and Fighter finds out via another student and finds Tutor collapsing in a hall and goes to assist him and realizes as Tutor is having a raging fever that Tutor has his walls down and asks Fighter to just stay with him for the afternoon and finds Zon messaged Tutor and and Fighter calls Zon to discover what is going on with Tutor as Zon is a good friend of Tutor's and though this is an invasion of privacy it also is a turning point in this story and Tutor and Fighter's relationship.  

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Tutor then goes to the beach with Si and Zon and Fighter meets them there and Tutor asks "WHY RU here, Fighter?"  Fighter then asks why Tutor did not discuss Fighter's dad problem and then calls his dad via video chat with his dad and Fighter's dad apologizes to Tutor for what he did to cause a breach in Tutor and Fighter's relationship.  Tutor and Fighter then agree they are going to be together and they are going to deal with problems together.  

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Onna concludes that as a whole, Tutor and Fighter made this series enjoyable and how though they made this show better, Onna would not re-watch this series as it really did have poor quality overall and why she gives it a 3 out of 10 because of sound effects, Si and Zon, fan girls, and silliness.  Onna finishes with a shout out to the good acting of Saint, Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana and Zee Pruk Panich who were realistic and authentic. It's all here.  It's all real.   

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