Ai no Kotodama (2007)

They're both feel-good BL movies!

This is the predecessor to the series. This one details how outsiders can perceieve and disrupt undeclared relationships.

Different story at all but If you're into boyxboy romance, this movie recommended for you

This is only related to Korn & Knock's relationship b/c they have been settled and living together but now it's coming out to other people. It's dealing w/ outsiders entering their relationship and breaking it up. Dealing with an established couples hang ups.

Has a similar feeling. It's kind of like if you combine the emotions and relationships for Pete/Ae and Tin/Can into one couple you'd get Ai No Kotodama

A change in the stakeout team throws Onoe, reporter for a weekly magazine, together with his contemporary, Kaburagi, a photographer. Onoe secretly considers Kaburagi his rival, and Kaburagi's haphazard way of doing things goes against Onoe's strong sense of ethics. There's nothing but conflict between them. But, in joint pursuit of a scandal, the two of them begin to care about each other...? ~~ Adapted from the manga "Ameiro Paradox" by Natsume Isaku

This was a slow burner, the romance was sweet and subtle . It's totally re-watchable . There is slight angst with relationship drama and misunderstandings .

Both of the BL movies come from the first decade of this millennium, so they evoke a sense of nostalgia, both are very realistic without the typical tiring BL tropes and they make you really relate to the characters. Both are criminally underrated on MDL.

This follows the story of illustrator Okusawa Ritsu and salesman Ikegami Fumiya. They met at an old coffee shop and eventually fell in love and lived happily together. However, a misunderstanding gradually arises between Ritsu, who lives freely, and Fumiya, who is swayed by it. After a fight one winter day, Ritsu leaves the house and is involved in an accident, and loses consciousness. Upon awakening, Ritsu had lost only the memory of Fumiya. Wanting to start their relationship over from scratch, Fumiya hides the fact that he was dating Ritsu and resumes their joint life. However, Ritsu asks him to take him to a familiar place in order to regain his memory. Fumiya is reluctant, but the two of them start a "journey" to follow the trajectory of their relationship. The coffee shop where they met for the first time, the riverside road they always strolled, the places they both traveled to before dating... Sweet memories and bittersweet memories, the time they spend together haunts Fumiya's mind. Ritsu, on the other hand, finds himself gradually becoming attracted to Fumiya while losing his memory.

When Kosuke was 14 years old, his mother died. As a young gay person, he spent his adolescence in a rural village and suppressed his feelings. Now, Kosuke is all grown up and he works as a fashion magazine editor in Tokyo. He meets Ryuta, who works as a personal trainer. Ryuta's mother raised him alone and he is close to his mother. Kosuke and Ryuta become attracted to each other and they sometimes spend time with Ryuta's mother. Kosuke is happy to share time with Ryuta and his mother, which makes him remember his late mother. Kosuke and Ryuta make an appointment to go for a drive together, but, on that day, Ryuta does not show up.