Remember the really important people in your life while you can....

I started watching this short movie a bit uninterested. Though lately I discovered that I like these short movies a lot, since the have a very concentrated message and usually you have a lot to learn from them.

The story is really touching and warm and it has a very strong message on "Carpe diem"....and I think that in modern times and even more so now in COVID times we should really appreciate the people we love and show them that we love them.
The story is pretty simple: an orphan is emotionally "adopted" by a younger boy who supports him during childhood and adolescence....as they continue to grow, at some point they stat to drift apart due to the differences in their life, including sexual orientation.

Years after, Adam find out that KU is gone....and is filled with regrets for failing to keep his promise to always celebrate his birthday with him..especially after he realizes how much Ku has really loved him and what he meant for him.....too late though....

So beautiful...and sad!!! I liked everything about this movie: script, directing, acting, music!!! Remarkable short movie.....both actors were great and I totally liked KU...I do hope he will have more opportunities to act in the future. I noticed Adam Lin since Jump the boy series and I like him a lot too!!!

30 wonderful poetic minutes.....you definitely should watch....

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A lovely charming and warm love story

I have recently starting watching Japanese dramas and movies (before I was mostly reduced to Kurosawa and Hollywood movies about japan).I have to say that 1st of all this movie is purely and typical Japanese in approach.

A nice happy ending story about love and breaking the paradigms. I love that everybody in this movie is normal abut a BL, even though I tend to think that it is not very realistic

Also, me (a middle-aged hetero woman) watching LGBT movies is also very recent, so I have not watched a lot of them. All these things considered, I have to confess that this series has totally knocked me down.
1st of all the cast is absolutely brilliant…I am totally in love now equally with Eiji Akaso and with Keita Machida. They are both greatly shining and perfect in their acting skills. I was not a moment bored during the drama.

The script is nice and flows beautifully, acting is great..the chemistry between the main leads is absolute…I think overall the atmosphere is much more erotic at times than in normal couples movies.

Definitely a must watch, maybe also a re-watch even if only for the cuteness of the 2 main leads ?

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A nice, value driven Japanese modern story

Deep, profound and troubling, like any Japanese movie. Luckily it has a good ending, and that really satisfied me a lot.
The script is nice, a story that shows once again how little we really know about the people close to us, even the ones that we have lived with for some time.

Acting is good, as usual in such serious movies ( compared with dramas which are usually quite light).
Takahashi Issei is one actor that I really like, his acting is impeccable as always. I liked as well the main female lead, and of course Yoshida Kotaro, which always makes a great character.

Overall, I really loved the movie…it is a bless to alternate Japanese movie with Korean ( very melodramatic and making you cry), Chinese ( light and funny usually, leaving you with a good feeling) and taiwanese ( very light and sometimes a bit boring).

A really nice watch, I totally enjoyed it!!!

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Begins confusing and english subs are not great

When North suffers an accident in the pool after arguing with his mother, Director Wadi, his soul is permanently trapped there. Wan, his best friend, had warned him of the risk of over training and having a cramp while swimming. Now it is rumored that there is a ghost in the place, and Ongsah, a new student who practices swimming, will be able to know very well this being that roams the pool.
Wan does not forgive that Mai left without saying goodbye to him and North three years ago, as they were an inseparable trio. Now that he's back, Wan just doesn't want to be around Mai, until a night of fun and booze makes the couple reconcile, but this time they'll be more than just friends.
Jedi and Indy stopped sharing a room because they began to develop feelings that go beyond companionship. Although Indy is very clear about his feelings towards Jade, the latter is confused by what is happening, and sometimes he gets carried away by the situations and Indy's affection, but at other times he is suspicious of how close his ex-partner wants to be of room.
Arm and Ten are best friends, but when Arm's mother asks him to meet someone, Arm refuses and asks Ten to pretend to be her boyfriend in front of his mother. The relationship between these two boys has always gone beyond a good friendship, and although Ten refuses Arm's request, deep down he has more feelings for his friend than he wants to accept.
Phi is very much in love with her boyfriend Thun, but she can't help but question their relationship when she remembers that Thun has serious drug problems that make him disappear for weeks on end, so she must ask her friends for help to find the boy she loves, though sometimes you have to find it in a sorry state.
Oam and Paul are coaches of the academy volleyball team, but director Wadi wants to close it because there are boys with different sexual tastes, something that she does not accept. It is when the members of the club begin to fight so that this does not happen led by their coaches, causing Oam and Paul to have to work together and begin to feel that they are more than just colleagues.

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A warm, nice, short and to the point game-real life movie! In which Bo Ran is shinning brightly....

Really nice ..short and to the point...I have to confess its first time that I have seen Angela Baby and Jing Bo Ran and I was totally knocked off!!! I am in love with both of them...a nice watch.....and Bo Ran is suuuuuuccchhhh an EYE CANDY!!!!

The plot is typical, nothing spectacular: boy meets girl in a game, they meet in real life, they fall in love and live happily ever after. So no eye opener here, except that the balance between game and real life is good, the pace is great...short and to the point.

Some characters are boring and dont have too much significance for the plot, except the fact that they give the impression that the game is really popular.

Directing: is good, the acting looked real and with only few fractures in the rhythm of the movie. the characters looked credible and acted natural
Acting: Its my 1st time seeing AngelaBaby and Jing Bo Ran....I think both deserve their fame since they do seem to act credible...especially Bo ran for which I have definitely fall...he reminds me a bit of Seo Kang Joon ( except we miss the eyes and smile). I was very happy to see Angelababy acting natural-like, and not like Zheng Shuang who is totally false in her roles (because of her bad acting I was never able to finish Love O2O)...I will definitely search for more movies with these folks.

Seeing Li Xian and Seven Tan as a bonus, even if they act cameos :-).

So...if you need to feel optimistic, warm and happy you definitely need to watch such a movie...lovely, cheesy, ending well. The princess gets her prince on a white horse and live happily ever after!

The end!

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Below average

I have started to watch this drama just because of Bobby Dou, and I have to admit that visually it was worth it in the beginning.

However, the main word that would define the drama in my opinion is "below average". The script is pretty bad, the length is hard to bear ( I had to watch other dramas in parallel as I got bored around episode 30, but still wanted to get to the end of it). Most characters are very tern, and I have to admit that the storylines of second leads were more interesting than the main one. Also, I think that they did a bad service to Bobby, as seeing him such a cry baby and "un-manly" for an actor like him was really overboard...his continuous crying and sad attitude is not even justified by his story..I mean what the heck!!!!! even if adopted, he had a great life, and he was treated decently, has a lot of money...what so much to be unhappy about?

The main female lead is totally off key, all the movie she messes up an enormous range of situations, always looks for trouble and tries to act sweet, but she actually manages to look just stupid ( I am sorry, but really thats totally unrealistic to believe that at 20 something old you can still be so naïve and unaware of the environment).

All in all, unless you really have a hard affinity to one of the actors, I would not recommend anyone to lose so much time with a drama that does not even make you feel good, let alone trying to learn something from it.

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