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Yes. I will continue visiting this page too, and i will post the translation of the first novel in the Discussion thread for the novel that i made, when the novel is made public. The translator who i talked too ( not Straylations) has told me she will finish the first novel next month and hope she will made the novel public then. She told me she plans to translate the other two novels too. The complete novel has three parts yes, but is basically separated in three novels/volumes, each novel with a different name, from what i found

No. The manga has a happy ending. I have read it myself.
From what i read, the production team of the drama has decided to end the story more earlier than in the manga, to make it more realistic most likely.
In the manga, when Kyoichi has gone to meet his fiancee to break up with her, Imagase has remained in KyoichI apartment ( he hasn`t left in the morning like in the movie). But because Imagase gets impatient, his insecurity kicks in, and Kyoichi takes a little more time to return, Imagase decide to leave Imagase apartment, but he don`t go far, he only goes to the near bus stop and he can`t bear to leave more far away.
Kyoichi returns to his apartment, don`t find Imagase, but he can see Imagase at the bus stop from inside his apartment and he goes after him.
At the bus stop, they have a serious conversation, in which Kyoichi tells him he has really break up with his fiancee, he reassures Imagase to not do stupid things like leaving from now on, and they decide to live together and commit to a longtime serious relationship. END.

Yes. This drama kind of took over my life.
I will be sad when is over, but i want it to be over you know. To move on with my life.
I think it was more than a year since i had such strong feelings and attachment towards characters from a BL drama.
It`s also that i only watch BL japanese dramas, and sometime from Korea, so when i watch something i like, is like i can`t think at anything else but the characters from the story.

Hahahaha.
And yes, i noticed too that Kiyoi looks really tiny in Hira clothes

There is also available the CD of the second novel ( in japanese, that was released this year) to be listened too. Someone shared where the second audio drama can be listened too, i can send you the link to listen to it. It can be listened in a chinese website tough, so is a censored version.
I listened to the second CD. It seems they removed the sex scenes, but it has some kissing scenes and anything else that happens.
From what i understood from the second CD, these things are what happens:
- Hira and Kiyoi are living together, with Kiyoi taking various jobs from modelling, acting etc, and Hira is starting to look jor a job.
- Hira founds a job he likes, using some recommendations, and starts from doing little things to actually working as a photographer, but i am not 100% sure about this ( this is what it looked to me)
- In their personal life, things are going well for the first part of the CD, but as Hira is working more and more and rarely comes home, Kiyoi feels that Hira don`t pay enough attention to him and after a fight ( which is not even that serious) they separate for a bit. It was Hira fault in this more lol, he shouldn`t have simply listened to Kiyoi, because he was just frustrated and angry for a moment.
- Anyway, in this period they are separed, which don`t takes long, something happens to Kiyoi ( i know what happens, but i guess is best to not give you unecessary spoilers), Hira comes to save the day, gets hurt, and this makes Kiyoi really break down, like OMG. God, this scene is painful to listen too. After Hira gets better, Kiyoi decides to have another serious conversation with Hira and he really reassures him to not do things like leaving when he is angry, when he tell him he wants to break up and things like this anymore. And that as long as Hira would stay by his side not matter what he says, they will be able to be together forever. Tears, i got so emotional in this scene. So i will stop here. Hira was so moved too, he wanted to do it with Kiyoi right away, hahahah.

Hira gets a lot more confidence in himself in the second CD, especially in his profesisonal life, but in his relationship with Kiyoi too.
Hira really develops a lot over the course of the second audio drama, it almost feels like a different character than the one we encountered at the beginning of the first audio drama.

I don`t know what happens in the third novel, but i heard that is as good and moving as the second novel.

Nagira Yuu

Ohh. This is such good news, i will take 30 minutes too.

😊😊🙈🙈🙈 You're amazing.
I will take what the director has said seriously, very seriously.

As a response of what both you and Nana writed, based on what i know about the novel/CD, while their relationship don`t start as the most healthiest one and is not as easily to understand for people who don`t know that much about the source material, the love they have is there ( and is for the right reasons, they just need to understand each other better and have a well needed conversation where they are honest with each other) for a long time and is growing all the time ( this is why Hira has said that "he can`t go back to the way it was anymore", he has said those words in the novel too), to the point where at the end of the novel both of them are unable to help themselves, but give in and gave each other a serious chance to what they have.
They also love each other like two men who are in love, is just that is not that obvious until know, but it will be really obvious the next episode.
There are some really touching romantic moments between the characters, but it happens at the very end of the first novel, and the key to understand how much those two unusual characters like each other is by reading/listening to them actually becoming more close to each other and be intimate. This is why is really important for this drama to have some kissing scenes and at least a vague implying of them being really intimate.
In ep 5, things didn`t happened exactly how people who read the novel hoped it would happen, this is why we are really worried if they have time to show all the important concluding scenes who even through they are few ( maybe they will change things a bit, but they can`t change too much, just at most be rewritten a bit) they`re so memorable, it can change a lot of people perception of their love and relationship. 30 minutes helps a lot too, i am looking forward to watch the next ep even more now.
I haven`t encountered anyone who didn`t changed their mind about the characters relationship after reading the novel or listening to the CD, and i discussed about this drama with so many people, both of them are just too well done.
I am not kidding, it was a long time that i encountered a novel that has a content that is so well writed, and where i feel everything make sense even through the characters are so unusual and different from each other in everything, being their love for each other, personalities and everything really. No wonder the novel is so popular in Japan, is not easy to write a novel that has characters that are totally opposite individually, but fit so well together.

She really, really said that??? 🙉
I mean you're serious, or you're kidding and getting my hopes up for nothing.

I don`t know what kind of changes did you think of, because they aren`t many other reasons that can explain why Kiyoi is behaving this way towards Hira, than him wanting for them to become closer and interact more, so at some point he can ask Hira to be his boyfriend.
And i don`t they will touch/change this, since is really important in the novel, like crucial level.

Hi Bye is right. From what happened until now in the drama, without taking into consideration the source material, from the moment Kiyoi has come in Hira`s life again, he wanted Hira to be his boyfriend. This is why he was so interested in finding out if Hira and Koyama are already dating.
Kiyoi is already sure of his feelings and what he wants to from the moment he decide to make everything possible to see Hira again. He knows he likes Hira for a long time, this is not the issue.
Kiyoi is the kind of person that wants to be in a proper relationship with someone and to date the person he likes . He has also been rejecting people who wants him as a lover before and after meeting Hira again.
Is just that Kiyoi is not the kind to ask someone to be his boyfriend directly, at least not if he has another choice.
It`s also that what he wants to do and what he is actually doing and saying don`t go hand in hand when it comes to him, at least in this period because his fear of being vulnerable and hurt gets in the way of him expressing and showing what he really wants.

I think they did a good job in showing Kiyoi POV, is just that some people can`t see it because they most likely already made up their mind about the characters or they have to see the next episode and see more of Hira and Kiyoi interaction for them to make their mind about Kiyoi.
We have to remember this drama only has 6 eps of 24 minutes, and even through the content is organized and showed well, they don`t have that much time to show more, i am sure they have chosen the most important scenes.
I was talking with someone who read the novel and has said to me that she is amazed that they plan and managed to show Kiyoi pov in only two eps, because in the novel, Kiyoi POV is described in almost half of the novel.
I could see where they could have done better, but overall i really enjoyed ep 5.
I mean Kiyoi has said that he likes Hira several times in ep 5, and is obvious Kiyoi really likes Hira, he is starting to directly initiate things, he had actively made their reunion happening, he was jealous several times through the episode ( if even jealousy don`t count as a sign of genuinely liking someone, i don`t know what it counts. Like a person who only expect someone to worship him/like him only as a fan isn`t jealous of him possible being with someone else and don`t care about what the person who worship him does)

Yes, exactly hahaha.

Kiyoi don`t have the same height as Hira, Hira is more taller than Kiyoi, is just that Kiyoi looks more bigger than Hira because of his physical constitution. It`s obviously Yagi Yusei is working our regularly.
Anyway, i gave up trying to understand people who make comments like this, because i can`t understand why those things matters and should be discussed. At the end of the day there are just excuses used by people to dislike the character.
But you`re right, when the bottom or the character that is rude or is doing impulsive things like how Kiyoi has done, has a smaller build, a thing that happens especially in Thai BL dramas, almost nobody is complaining. The hipocrisy is easy to spot, like i said is useless talking with these kind of people, but i also have my moments when i get so angry, that i have to comment just how absurd they sound.

The funny thing is that it works too almost every time, because even when Kiyoi has his most vulnerable and weak moments, Hira still sees Kiyoi as cool, even in the other two novels.
Well, Kiyoi also manages to say or do cool things in any situation not matter how embarrasing might be, but still Hira is so blinded by his love for Kiyoi, that he only sees his cool and beautiful side.
The impression that Kiyoi has given to Hira was so strong when he first meets Kiyoi in high school, that he isn`t able to see him in any other light.

HAHAHA. I think that the actors and the production team would be happy knowing that there are people who actually care so much about these tiny little details to the point they want to know other people opinions on them.

Yes. Like Rahab75 has writed, Kiyoi is frustrated that he can't manage to say the words i love you using the right or the most fitting emotion.Like he can say the words i love you, but he is not using the right emotion, like when actors feels that there aren't able to do a good job as they want to when they act. But a bit more later he manages to say i love you in a satisfactory way, in the scene when he is praised by Koyama brother.This is the most obvious answer, i always find it funny how do you manage to think of everything else but not the most obvious answer.
I really find it funny, don`t think i mean anything else by me saying this.

Let`s hope they have managed to choose the best way to show all the important scenes in the best way possible.
Even through ep 5 didn`t have a lot of content i hoped to see, it has some really important moments, including the dicussion Hira had with Koyama, so i think they will adress all the important things that should be shown.
I mean they have shown Hira being decissive with Koyama, and we have been shown that Hira is sure of his feelings, so all they have to show is some more interactions between Hira and Kiyoi and the two main conflicts ( Kiyoi getting indirectly rejected because Hira can`t perceive Kiyoi might like him and the final conflict in which they are solving their misunderstandings).
Honestly, i hope those two conflicts are not changed almost at all and are able to be adapted as similar as possible to the way they are writed in the novel/CD, because only by showing things this way, all that happens in the drama will make sense and it will give depth to the relationship between Hira and Kiyoi.

Ep 5 has the highest rewatch value from all episodes released until now, i have the need to rewatch some scenes repetitively.
The main reason is that is fun seeing the same scenes that we have seen before from Kiyoi eyes, it makes me observe details that i have not noticed before, and his inner toughts make the scenes more funny.
I will mention some scenes i found really funny, without going into details ( so only people who have seen the ep would be able to understand what i am talking about):
- the scene where Kiyoi is looking at Hira when he is "acting like a crazy fan"; is much more funny from Kiyoi POV, if it was not for his toughts, it will not be as impressive, And you guys noticed that Kiyoi is amused at the scene too?, Like he has a moment when he is almost smiling.
- the scene after Kiyoi finally get it right and Koyama brother is "lecturing" about what love is,and Kiyoi expression is GOLD here. Kiyoi expression and him saying "that word" in his mind really shows a glimpse of his personality ( like i understand him in this scene).
-the scene when Hira responds to Koyama that Kiyoi has said to him "that word"before. Hira expression in this scene is really funny to me, one of the best scenes in this episode. Hira expression is really interesting and addicting in this scene- he looks like he is remembering something that he is fond of and at the same time he looks like someone who is used to being called like that and he cherish the word, and i can also see a bit of resignation in the tone ( but in the positivite way kind of resignation). I don`t know if is just me, but i found this scene really endearing to look at.
I really liked the conversation between Hira and Koyama, i think it was needed and it offers a better understanding of Hira, of how he is when is having a serious conversation with someone, we also see that he knows why he likes Kiyoi and that he is sure about his feelings,. We also see he has a healthy amount of awareness about how others see him, because he knows Koyama is hurting himself, and can`t let him go, so he takes the first step for him to be able to move on.