#itsayrewatch

[tehohaews]

• 男主角 • What if there are two “Nan Zhu Jue”, will that be alright? 

I TOLD SUNSET ABOUT YOU (2020) directed by Narubet Kuno

↳ One year of I told sunset about you

[liyazaki]

ITSAY Rewatch: Cry Laughing Through the Pain of Ep. 4

Bonus: The Kiss (i.e. when the episode actually ended)

[sunsetandthemoon]

“Even if no one could promise that everything would work out perfectly, right here and now, in this exact moment, it was perfect.” – SOPHIE GONZALES, ONLY MOSTLY DEVASTATED

[narutomlinson]

I Told Sunset About You (2020) OST

[seatawinan]

ITSAY characters as Pokémon Trainers

[baek1nho]

itsay rewatch: teh smelling oh aew’s hair

[suniteh]

ITSAY: Teh and Oh-Aew character design study [July 2021]

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[elnotwoods]

Itsay memes 3/ ?

[watchinglikeafangirl]

I told sunset about you rewatch - Episode 1

What new did you discover?

The first thing we discover about Teh is not his face, it's him being the winner of some chinese opera contest and more importantly his reason why he's pursuing this exact career. I quote "wish to be a main character to show my friend that I can do it." This can be understood as either meant for his best and closest friend or some nostalgia. The second the jury says "what would you say to him right now" Teh's face changes and his gaze is filled with regret. It's amazing how they establish the backstory of Teh and some friend he had a fallout with so quickly. It's basically the first thing we know about him because Oh defines him.

Later when Teh calls his mother and sees Oh-aew walk to the exit of the same building, we as the audience don't know who he is. I didn't even know who to focus on because there are many people in one frame. But still, the idea of an ex best friend is more concrete now.

I noticed the OST played various times in the beginning because this chinese show is the reason for Teh to become an actor. He sings in the costume of the main character of that show and when he leaves to home, he listens to it again. The soundtrack reappears when the flashbacks start. The show influences Teh not just today but also back then and it's what brought him and Oh together, and it's what parts them.

Oh-aew doesn't talk most of the time. We don't hear his voice until they hang out in this restaurant. Their rivalry but sadness over the past is cleary seen through their facial expressions and behaviour when they're around each other. The others are just tense and walk on tip toes around them whilst Oh is annoyed by Teh staring at him all the time. I guess Teh just wants to figure out if Oh feels as aweful as he does. Because of the flashbacks we know their ways parted in a fight and it's really symbolic that the first time they talk and the first time they "hang out" together, they fight again. They need a second try which then ends in an apology but all that stuff that's been unsaid for so many years needs to be said. Since they didn't talk because they didn't have a reason to, it fits that the first time they talk, it's a mess and it shows the audience how deeply they hurt each other by ending their friendship thus we get to hear Oh-aew talk for the first time when he's shouting at Teh. It shows the pain.

What still surprises you?

I'm still very amazed by the technique to start with the audition but keeping the end as a secret until the end of this episode because only then we can totally understand why Teh said what he said. "How is your exam going. We haven't talked in a while. If I could choose, I wouldn't want it to be this way. I hope you get in. Good luck." Tears stream down his face and he's filled with regret. Just like the scene when Oh-aew discovers he didn't get in. Oh is devastated and disappointed and Teh is there. But Oh runs away, shouts at him in tears and it makes Teh cry as well because he doesn't want them to be so distant. There's a distance between them and Teh caused it all those years ago. It's regret.

That's why the scene at the beach still has so much meaning. Bringing Oh-aew's bags back seems like a peace offering and when Teh starts crying and apologizes, Oh gets what he's apologizing for. It's regret all over the place and the acting is still incredible.

The coconut scent and taste are established as well. Teh has to drink it because it brings luck but he hates it, makes a face because of it. We all know, later he will love it but I didn't know it was already mentioned in the first episode. Everything is mentioned and comes naturally, so amazing.

It's no secret "I told sunset about you" works a lot with colours an their meaning. But one scene explicitly shows how detailed this show is. After Teh insulted Oh, Oh storms outside, is sad and angry and Bas tells him to calm down. It might be just me but I believe it's on purpose but the trafic light reflecting on Oh-aew's face changes its color and it mirrors him calming down. First, it's red and Oh is angry. Red symbolizes anger, as we all know. Then, it switches to green. Green isn't necessarily a warm color but still, he's much more close to earth now. I think it has meaning.

I'm still surprised by the way Teh and Oh are presented as one and the same person. "We even did the same when we were bored." I think it's because Teh wants them to be alike, a unity. Best friends aren't the same but it seems like it here. They have the same dream and hobbies and just share everything. It's established pretty quickly that Teh thinks they are the same but later he learns they are not. It's all stated in the first half of this episode. The audience can easily follow because they know so soon what the main conflict will be.

5 acts of a drama - first part: the introduction and inciting incient

"I told sunset about you" has five episodes and I think they mirror this model of Freytag. This first episode would be the introduction. We are introduced to Teh looking like an ambitious theatre kid because he showed in this costume. We are introduced to a probably lost friendship. Then the flashbacks start, explaining and showing the beginning and end of Teh and Oh-aew's epic friendship. It's the whole backstory that takes up various scenes and a big part in this episode to let them take their time, for us to get their vibe to then understand why their fight was so fatal. Then they see each other again, but are tense. It's an introduction to their conflict. The story goes on with an inciting incident: the scene at the beach. It marks the real beginning of this show. Then their friendship starts again. The whole flashback is no cloud between them any longer and the action can start.

[tehohaews]

• 可以嗎  • 可以 •  Ke yi ma? Ke yi

I told sunset about you : Episode one

[liyazaki]

ITSAY Rewatch: Phuket Homecoming

[sunsetandthemoon]

ITSAY REWATCH EPISODE 1

 oh-aew being extremely relatable

[itsayrewatch]

Two days left until the ITSAY 1st Anniversary Rewatch begins!

[bellarkeandclintashaandsuch]

I finally made it back to present day in episode 1 of ITSAY, so my rewatch is going really well. These are more of my random thoughts. Be warned, it’s mostly just crying emojis.

- Teh’s mom is like, oh, great! A friend for my kid! You’ll be together forever! Little did she know!

- This kid is doing a pretty good Teh face.

- I love the one friend always having blonde hair.

- Does MoRaoYuLok mean something? Did I miss that again?

- “Except HIM, who loved eating ride vermicelli in Hokkien Mee.” Oh, sweetie. You were always whipped.

- And Oh in his little red sweatshirt

- When you become a protagonist, let me know. I’ll be waiting to see. 😭😭😭

- First of all, supportive little Oh seeking out Teh when he’s sad! 😭🥺

- Second of all, Teh tried to let him know when he was going to become a protagonist, but Oh wouldn’t talk to him or read his messages because they’d just broken up! 😭😭😭😭 but he still watched the show 😭😭😭😭 my poor babies! 😭😭😭😭

- When I start doing something, I get bored easily.

- I didn’t realize Oh said that about himself. I always thought Teh said it first. But all this time he’s just been repeating back something Oh said about himself, that Teh just accepted as true. No wonder he was afraid of Oh leaving him.

- He and I became best friends 😭

- We did the same thing when we got bored 😭

- Babies floating in the water! 😭

- I think Teh is still the only one who knows about his nose twitch when his back is itchy 😭😭

- Sword over the Moon isn’t a real show, right?

- I wonder why the teacher picked Oh for Yongjian, and why she put him on the spot like that.

- I never noticed they put PP’s freckles/moles on the young actor! That’s a nice touch.

- Little Oh looking so nervous and trying to say no because he knows Teh is upset.

- But Teh telling him silently that it’s okay.

- These kid actors are pretty good at getting Oh and Teh’s mannerisms. I didn’t notice the first time because I didn’t know Oh and Teh, yet.

- I never noticed that their kid uniforms have blue dots over the red text.

- Teh racing Oh-aew to the play :)

- Oh, Yongjian

- The first “Ke Yi Ma? Ke Yi!” 🥲

- So supportive of each other 😭

- Why are there always fire crackers going off? Everyone’s always scared.

- Teh with the cue cards.

- Haha his friends sighing with relief in the first row.

- Teh’s love language really is acts of service. He just wants to be able to help Oh.

- He really is so happy for Oh-aew and proud of him

- Ah, the beginning of the end (but really also still the beginning). Oh-aew telling the teacher he wants to be in future plays.

- He started to like acting since he played with Teh at the shrine 😭

- Did the applause feel good, Oh? Or was it Teh’s attention? 🤔

- He expects Teh to be happy to hear he also wants to be an actor 😭

- Once he was certain, he told you 😭

- So in Baby Teh’s brain, Oh-aew decided he wanted to be an actor, which means that he wanted to take Teh’s favorite role from him. Oh refutes this, so Teh thinks that Oh thinks he wasn’t chosen to be Yongjian because he’s not good enough.

- This leads to Teh working hard the entire time they’re apart to prove to Oh that he is good enough. And Oh working hard the entire time they’re apart to prove to Teh that he’s serious about this.

- If the teacher picked you, and I said I wanted to play Yongjian, would you have let me? *crickets* reminds me of, would you stop loving me? Maybe 😭😭😭 why do I hurt myself like this?

- Ahhh. Someone like you would quit eventually. 😭 and it hurts Oh! 😭 but now I know it was Oh who said that about himself first, but Teh took it to heart. And so he thinks Oh won’t be serious about this.

- TEH THOUGHT THEY’D BE ALRIGHT THE NEXT DAY! 😭

- Love his voiceover with that line and then the firecracker goes off and goes up in smoke, just like their friendship

- I don’t know why but I find it funny when Teh says they ghosted each other. It’s just such a current term that it’s funny. I know these two rely heavily on Instagram and it’s a modern story, but it just has this timeless feel, so that term feels out of place.

[anotherblblog]

Last Twilight in Phuket Rewatch

Well, I've been afraid of changin' 'Cause I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm getting older too

there’s art and then there is Last Twilight in Phuket

like this story and these characters are so damn good

this 13 minute transition story is so fucking poignant 

years and years later I remember my last summer before college and LTIP nails that feeling

Oh’s hesitancy and Teh’s optimism 

seeing your world change around you while feeling like it’s leaving you behind

the framing on the beach hug is so fucking good isolating them on the now crowded beach

the domestic snuggles and lived-in-ness of their relationship

and especially because this is a rewatch, knowing the trouble ahead I both hate and love but mostly love Teh’s growing public displays of affection

this boy, he just loves hard and recklessly and it’s so charming 

Last Twilight in Phuket Final Thoughts:

like there is no reasonable way I could have stumbled into ITSAY first before Gameboys but if I could have and I saw this first ITSAY could very well be my number 1

it’s just so fucking good

[tachineko]

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