Dare You To Death (Courtesy: World of BL)
MTRD.S is the pen name of a prominent Thai author known for writing Boys’ Love (BL) novels, particularly in the investigation, horror, and mystery genres. Some of her works include Goddess Bless You from death and Dare You To Death.
Dare You To Death: Summary
When Puifai dies after a night of partying with friends, new police inspector Kamin and Captain Jade, adversaries, compete to find out the truth behind her passing, even as their attraction grows. The case, however, proves not to be as simple as it first appears.
Dare You To Death is a Thai BL mystery series about the murder of a university student.
At a college party, the victim and her friends play truth or dare. Everyone gets drunk. By the end of the night, one of them is dead.
The protagonist learns that his brother is one of the suspects.
Further, To make matters worse, he can’t stand the police investigator assigned to the case. Despite their personality clash, they still have to work together to identify the killer.
It is a 10 episode drama, and it is available on Netflix and now in Youtube under the GMMTV official channel too!
The Main Mystery (Spoiler Alert!!)
The murder victim is Puifai, a senior university student. On orientation day, she attends a party with her friends. There are five guys in the group, including Jay, Time, Tar, Tor, and Champ. The three girls are Bell, Cherreen, and Puifai. All eight of them are engineering students who call themselves The Avengers. That night, they drink and take drugs. They play a game of truth or dare, where things get messy fast. After getting drunk and high together, they all pass out around the same time. When they wake up, panic sets in. Puifai is dead.
Jade and Kamin question the suspects one by one. Jade realizes that one of the party guests is Jay, his younger brother. Kamin immediately wonders if Jade should even be on this case, considering the conflict of interest. Jade pushes back. Additionally, he insists he can stay professional and treat Jay like any other suspect. During the interrogation, Jay can barely remember what happened. He says that everyone dozed off one by one. Jay was the last person to fall asleep. When he woke up, Puifai was already dead.
Finally, the police find three separate substances in Puifai’s blood, all injected in excessive amounts. In other words, Puifai didn’t die by accident. She was murdered.
Dare You To Death Review
The murder mystery had potential. The dynamic between Jade and Kamin is also interesting. Jade was completely head-over-heels from the start, and Kamin clearly enjoyed the attention even while pretending he didn’t. But the relationship started to become superficial when they throw in a sudden mutual kiss in episode three. It completely derails the cat and mouse tension they had been building so well.
As for the “whodunit” murder mystery, it ends up being incredibly anticlimactic. The reveal feels obvious and underwhelming. Puifai, as it turns out, is not dead after all!
“It feels like a really bad mashup of romantic comedy and thriller, and neither side works. The story has no weight to it at all. Things happen, people die, and yet nothing actually feels important. ” – A Reddit user complaints. (Click here to read the whole post)
“Even though I’m not the biggest JD fan, I usually think their chemistry is one of the strongest aspects of their shows. Here, something is missing. It’s like I’m eating a slice of cake and realize I somehow forgot to add the sugar. Everything works on a physical level, as it usually does with them, but emotionally there’s a disconnect that makes their relationship hard to invest in.” -Unpopularopinionbydemand in MyDramaList (Click here to read the whole review)
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