Utsukushii Kare English Novel and Utsukushii kare/ Nikurashii kare audio dramas/CDs

 Maggi64:

I only found 2 chapters of White Lotus's translation.  Is that what there's supposed to be? I really need to be patient with this, lol.   But once the new season started my interest in the story was generated all over again.    So thanks to the translators of this book.   

And thank you to Ximmich as well.  She started this group and has maintained it splendidly for over a year now.  Rock on Ximmich!

Yes. This is what it has been updated for now. 

We have to have patience for White Lotus to catch up with the translation from wattpad. 

It takes time to make it available via a new website and there is also the specific schedule and  other things related to being part of such a big group as Chrysanthemum garden. 

Maintaining this place is always a pleasure. 

 Maggi64:

Is the bonus clip not up yet?  I got a notification saying it's not there????

Are you referring to my entire  new comment that i posted, or only to the bonus clip from twitter by Lollipop. 

If you are referring to the bonus clip translated by lollipop, it should work, but if it`s not working for you, i will share the direct links. The links works for me. 

Part I- https://twitter.com/lollipopsub/status/1626361606551617536

Part II- https://twitter.com/lollipopsub/status/1626361610410262528

I am thinking that maybe you tried to   access them while i was editing them, because i edited them at some point. 

 Maggi64:

It says "this site cannot be reached."   It also said it might be "temporarily down." I checked it an hour ago and then again just now and it's been saying the same thing.

If you are referring to the bonus clip translated by lollipop, it should work, but if it`s not working for you, i will share the direct links. The links works for me. 

Part I- https://twitter.com/lollipopsub/status/1626361606551617536

Part II- https://twitter.com/lollipopsub/status/1626361610410262528

We are talking about those links right???. They still work for me. The only reason i can think that they won`t work for you is that twitter is restricted in your country or you are doing something wrong. 

But fortunately, i found the full clip translated in Lollipop tumblr account, so you can check and see if it works for you there. 

https://lollipopsub.tumblr.com/post/709456156040511488/utsukushii-kare-bonus-clip-tea-olive

I know it's been a while but do you still have the link to the second CD drama? I cant seem to find it anywhere ;-;

 Maggi64:

Ximmich, for  some reason Twitter is blocking me today. I have no idea why.  But you posted 2 twitter links for Twitter, and only 1 link for the Tumbler account .  Shouldn't there be 2 links????

So sorry to bug you like this, but I am clearly obsessed with this show! lol

It`s the same clip, both in the links for twitter and tumblr, is just that in twitter,  it has been separated in two parts. 

Don`t worry, it`s my pleasure to help people.

Girlfan, 

That's an excellent point about Kiyoi being too soft in that clip, because it would've revealed his softness too soon in Season One.  And the best thing about Season One was that it was such a surprise in ep 5 when Kiyoi's point of view revealed that he was soooo vulnerable.  Before that, I had thought he was such a little shit acting cool and haughty.   

In fact, when he kissed Hira on graduation day from Hira's p.o.v.  I had thought it was a mercy kiss just as Hira had thought.  I mean, Kiyoi pushed him to the ground afterward, so what else could it have been, right?   But then we see that same kiss for Kiyoi's p.o.v. and it turns out he was so soft inside that he could not even make it around the corner without stopping to breathe!  The poor baby, lol. 

 I was shocked to find he was so soft and gooey inside, and show's rarely surprise me so I was delighted.  In short, you are correct that this clip would've revealed some of that softness too soon and thus take away from that wonderful sense of surprise we all got in Ep 5.   

Yep, I also rewatched the whole series after episode 5 and saw all the clues. In some cases, I was as  bad as Hira when it came to missing them the first time around, lol. But one thing was so obvious that I did notice it.  That is, when Kiyoi met Hira and Koyama at the play and  Kiyoi gave Koyama a death stare.  I mean, that was one hell of a death stare!  

But the first time around, I thought Kiyoi was just jealous because he had always known that he owned Hira.  I still did not anticipate the softness he had inside.  I figured it was the jealousy of a haughty person who wants to be revered and that was why he was pissed off when Koyama touched Hira.  Then, when we get that same scene from Kiyoi's p.o.v. -- wow! -- it was soooo different.  We then see that Kiyoi was actually desperate for Hira to come to his after party.

I loved seeing those same things from Kiyoi's p.o.v. because when I went back to rewatch, suddenly, the signs became obvious. Consider how he defended Hira 3 times from the kids at school. First, when Yoshida spilled that bucket of water.  Second, when the kids teased Hira saying he had a crush on Kurata (glasses girl). Third, when he defended Hira after Shirato complained about Hira getting the wrong sandwhich.  

He also got the crowd to go to Hira's house over the summer so he could see Hira more.  When at the house, he went out of his way to go to Hira's bedroom to find Hira.  Then he went out on a bike to find Hira walking to get that ice cream.  After Hira defended him against Shirato, we see that Kiyio went to Hira's house all the time by himself.  But from Hira's p.o.v., he said the did not have a relationship so much as Hira being a monk serving his god.  Meaning, Hira STILL did not get  it.  Then Kyoi kisses him on graduation day, and Hira still does not get it.   

Then, after high school, we see that  Kiyoi not only gave Koyama that jealous death stare, but afterward he also  invited Hira to an after party.  Indeed, he invited Hira to an after-party  not once, but twice (when Hira was with Koyama, and then when Hira came alone in that hat and glasses disguise, lol).  But Hira still does not get it.  He also asked Hira why he changed his number -- meaning, duh, he had tried to call him. But, again, Hira does not get it. That same night he asked Hira whom he liked, him or Koyama.  But Hira still does not get it.  Then, for goodness sake, he flat out said, "Did you ever consider that I love you too?"  But Hira still -- still! -- does not get it.    Hira had pulled himself into a mental cocoon inside of which he lived a fantasy world and it was hard  to pull him out of that cocoon.  

The brilliance of the show was that Hira was so effective in building that cocoon to  protect his inner world, that the audience was also pulled into Hira's cocoon for the first 4 episodes.  That's why getting Kiyoi's p.o.v. was so startling. I mean, the set up before the revelation really worked. 

God, I could go on forever about this show. It's embarrassing how much I like it. Thank god I have you guys in this group, because anyone else would think I am crazy for being so into a show about 2 college kids.  I am  a 55 year old English Professor, so it doesn't exactly fit my profile. But secretly, I adore these Asian BL shows. Shush.... don't tell.  lol. 

Maggi