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LoL. It was stated as suicide because someone made sure the police wrote it down like that. We see what really happenend, but if you have the money you can skew an autopsy result... or if they say from the beginning it's suicide there is no autopsy at all. It's also the police officer telling him he should not open old wounds aka his dads case.

haha :)
np!

Buddism: no, homosexuality isn't even mentioned.
Hinduism: depends on the sect, there is no central authority.
To say "every" is completely wrong.
And the old bible texts are a question of interpretation and may say it's not, because it was wrongly translated to force a narrative.
It's not that easy as you say it is.
And it's the western influence in asia which made it wrong and hated. See in Korea, a minority are the loudest opposers and demonstating even gay series/movies and now India is one of the most homophobe countries in the world. Thank you England.

The one thing has nothing to do with the other.
I critize the show of being "too nice" to gays in the context of the catholic church which was mostly never ever the case, has nothing to with faith or not.

Why do hetero girls/women watch men kissing and f*cking? It's a bit weird when you think about it... it gets even weired when such girl/women attack gay actors for being gay...

It does not matter what it wanted to tell when it clashes with the gist of time perceived by the viewer. There is no hope for people in the catholic church because the dogma will never change. So, it does not matter if it is based on a real story or not.

It would be so much better when we would not have freedom of religion but to be free of any religion.

At least they did it... and better than most of their other productions. At least Forth did great, I can't deny that.

Unrealistic in the gist of time. Does not mean there weren't outliers where it really happened that way, but times were different.
Still it feels like propaganda for the catholic church and I do not appreciate it...

People watching this would assume it was always like that and that's not true. In Europe and the USA were a lot of scandals about sexual abused boys by catholic priests at that time. And it is not over yet... Two days ago: "For hundreds of survivors, the San Francisco Archdiocese's $395 million settlement is not simply about money. It is about being heard after decades in which shame, fear, loyalty, disbelief, and institutional power often kept painful stories buried. The agreement, announced Monday, would resolve more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials and cover about 530 survivors. "
Last year: "The U.S. Catholic Church spent over $5 billion on victim compensation and attorneys’ fees in cases of clerical sex abuse of minors between 2004 and 2023, according to a new report by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. Released on January 15, the 106-page study records a total of 16,276 “credible allegations” of abuse of minors by priests, deacons, and religious brothers, which were reported by dioceses, eparchies, and men’s religious communities in the U.S. over the last two decades."

So, can you understand that?

It's typical GMMTV - just don't offend - and damn the consequences.
Better queer-baiting then doing a real gay story. It's just about money for them, they do not care about anything else.

Hmmm... I would be careful with such characterisation. As a gay man I would say NO, it is not. It's beautiful that all is so nice but it's so far away from the catholic church in the 90ties as it only could be. Not realistic at all. It's a fairy tale where we have priests supporting their gay pupil... and in this case not sexual abusing them as it was so common in that time and before. There is no critical dispute about the teaching of the catholic church either and of course no discourse if the original text was ever be meant homophobic as it is interpreted now by many. Don't forget all the gay/trans/lesbian hate came from the church originally, they did not only kill gays, they burned woman alife.

Yeah, that was a bummer... Can't say I understand actors who don't kiss. But on the other hand a dramatic hug is always better than a dead-fish-kiss.

then you did not understand the story. The romance was NOT the point, not the focus. And it was not a BL, so why did you expect romance? Your "view" is too narrow. They did all the small things, the little gestures, the little micro expressions, so you don't need a plain romance. In the context of japanese society it was perfectly done. Don't compare your cultural values with japanese values. That will never work. You need to understand the cultures first. Just consuming is not the way to go. That's why you may cling to thai shows because they do westernize their scripts which pisses me off immensely and what they did with "Love Upon a Time" - it was just british and then later US influence which produced the gay/trans hate... but it was never so extreme compared to India, where that part of indian culture was destroyed.

Fake Fact Lips was a BL. It was an anime done in live-action with all the sillyness you expect from an anime, but with the maturity and seriousness their relationship required. As I wrote in my review "As I have mentioned it the Fukami review, this actors did go the extra mile to embody their characters without any doubts about it. And of course they did not shy away from kissing and having tasteful NC-scenes."

Both shows are completely different the one is gay story, the second a traditional BL but in both shows the actors embodied their characters to 100% accuracy.

strongly disagree, the acting is great for all the shows I recommand.
Did you find the acting of "Life in Smokey Blue" lacking? Nope. They were great even with micro facial expressions.

Watch it and you will see that they can do it even more.

but: the whole shows consists of all episodes... it's not my fault they ruined it :)

That's what I meant with "no consequences because he is Mafia I suppose".
I have no clue how the novel handled it... I understand how they can keep it hidden, but I would have expected Suea to be traumatized, because he clearly did not like to do it. But as usual thai scriptwriters are the worst and no thought has been wasted on it.

The same I thought about At 25:00 in Akasaka and Cosmetic Playlover and we got them anyways :p

With all the AI slob out in the world, confirming something will get harder and harder because AI is learning from haluzinating other AIs. Big publishing houses is firing left and right and AI is writing stuff up which may be true or not. Nobody knows :)

I also don't use social media for anything, because it's just a cesspool of toxicity and a confirmations bubble for any bubble imaginable.

Tips: Domundi has only boy/girl pairings if you have not already noticed. There is no boy/boy pairing. The closest to a boy/boy pairing would be Max & Nat but they are always punished with very bad scripts. We will see if that changes with their new series. So to rant about it, will not help in the least :) But you can rant about the scriptwriters :D And the scripts are always hetero-normalized, which is quite sad for a "gay" company. Don't expect anything out of Thailand, most shows will be mediocre at best and awful at worst.

Explore the japanese realm which much more diversity in stories and characters. The only two Thai shows I recommand are "Shine (uncut aka Orchestral Version" and an oldy "180 Degrees Latitude Passes Through Us".

PS.: Double Helix is not the most toxic, that goes to "To My Shore" - which is not only toxic but the most manipulative and mentally abusive male lead you have ever seen and because of it, it's really painful to watch. It's not entertainment at all. But I like both of them because the acting is great, the productions is great and compared to other toxic series they do try to explain stuff and have an redemption arc.

I c.
And when have I ever lied in my reviews?
Nope, it don't say that to be mean.
I'm happy that at least one person reading my reviews, is doing the research all the fangirls ignore, because they never care about a story.

Did you get inspired by my review? :)

I think both would like it, because even for Itsuki it was his best time of his life...
Maybe a season 2 where they learn about each other?

You should skip most TBLs and skip only occacionally JBLs which would make you a saner person overall :) Khemjira was one of the best what Thailand produced in the last 3 years, but the script had a nosedive in the end... When JBLs focus on NC scenes, it's for a reason. In TBLs it's just fanservice. 2023 "My Personal Weatherman" shocked the viewers because it was very explicit from the start... I would also recommand watching this.