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Don't miss our marathon watchparties on Wednesday and Thursday! Check the Watch Parties post in the Discussions section above for details. This time the time slots will be more suitable for people in Europe and Asia than the Americas. Joining is easy: Just click the link for Udon's Chamber, and then Click to Launch. No registration required. You can jump in and leave at any time.

Yeah, the psychopath (ex) girlfriend is another of those really weird and tiring tropes in BL, and yeah, two-timing is crappy behaviour. It is somewhat counterbalanced in TWM by Fah and Yihwa, who are two of the best girls in BL.

I don't mind the beginning though -- I've certainly ended up in bed with someone because it seemed like a great idea when I was drunk, and then woke up hung over and with a completely different feeling about the whole thing. I then proceeded to panic and treat that person like crap. It doesn't mean that it was non-consensual, just that I hadn't yet learned to be cautious with my decisions while drunk, and that I was emotionally immature when it came to handling the aftermath. (This was in my misspent youth a few centuries ago.)

I feel the same about Forth and Beam, and to a certain extent Tee and Fuse, except that Tee was a lot more sober than Fuse and should have known better -- but they were also like 15-16 years old, and really, who makes good decisions at that age who isn't named Greta Thunberg?

Kengkla can go hang, though. EWWWW.

While I also tote ITSAY, CM and GSP as the holy trinity of 2020 BL, they are very different from each other. Especially CM and ITSAY are so different that it seems strange to put them in the same genre - and in fact they are only in the same genre if we call BL a genre (and not, say, a label). ITSAY is a very ambitious emotional rollercoaster of an LGBT coming-of-age story from an original script, and CM is a very lighthearted, cute romantic comedy based on a manga. Neither of them are typical of the BL genre/label as a whole. GSP is more typical, just with much higher production values than we are used to seeing, with a stronger effort to be inclusive and representative of the LGBTQ+ community than what we've seen in most Thai BL.

What I'm trying to say is that it's not strange if all three are not to everyone's liking. I know people who love one of those but can't stand either of the others. In this particular comment section, you are going to find more people who think that CM is superior to ITSAY and GSP than the other way around, but that's why they are here, after all. We like what we like. But it's just as valid to not like something.

Quality-wise, this is extremely good compared to BL as a whole. And Kurodachi is my happy pill :)

Yep! Fujisaki canon Ace Queen!

I laughed when he said that the way he's similar to Kurosawa is that he's also careless with his bags! XD

Right, so I'll do 1-7 on Wednesday 30th at 12 noon UTC, and you'll do 8-14 on Thursday 31st at the same time?

Okay, so maybe I'll do eps 1-7 on the 30th . Time is too short to organise it for the 29th, I think. What time slot were you thinking of? You live in a very different time zone from me, right?

Yes, I think you put the finger on it. They don't have much sexual tension, but they do have chemistry. Those are two different things in my book, though sometimes they intersect. I think this is why so many people on the ace spectrum love Cherry Magic, because it manages to have lots of chemistry without sexual tension. It has a very pure and innocent feel to it because of that. And of course it's a romantic comedy, which also plays into it.

There are two special episodes that aired on Christmas Eve.

I think a lot of people here can relate :)

Officially on WeTV, but if you can't access that you will have to look on YouTube or Dailymotion. We're hoping for subs from our favourite fansubbers (Irozukusubs or Ichihachisubs), but neither of them have committed to doing it yet.

We could also start at something like 1 pm and go until 7 pm ,of course. But I still think we need a break in the middle.

Janosch was going to do it on the 29th, which is tomorrow already. So I'm thinking that there are three options:
~ we do it in one go and start early evening (like 6pm at the latest, since it will take 6 h),
~ we split it in half but do it on the same day, with perhaps an hour or two in between the sessions for dinner or whatever people may need to do,
~ we do eps 1-7 tomorrow and eps 8-12 +specials on the next day (or another day).

About the next watchparty: Janosch won't be able to host the marathon as planned, so I'm thinking of stepping in. I'm wondering if we can do it like last time - split it in two sessions, so it will be easier to host? What do you guys think? I'm in the CET time zone, so if I'm hosting it will be at a time when I'm awake and at leisure.

I think you will love ITSAY! The cinematography, the directing, the acting, the blocking, the script, the music, everything is top-notch and fits together utterly seamlessly. It doesn't look low-budget, either; it's very apparent that everyone involved were utterly committed to making this the best they could, and they were skilled and talented enough to pull it off. Do keep tissues handy while you watch, though, because it will break you (in the best of ways)!
I started watching it on Dramacool, but ended up paying for the official release on Vimeo -- sadly only a rental, so they've expired for me now. But it was worth every penny.

Yeah, it's no wonder we all love it to bits!

I certainly hope they won't just use the WeTV subs for the DVD. That would suck so much. (They should just pay Mich for use of their subs -- they are already done, after all!)

Not sure I understand what you mean... do you mean that Kurosawa is purposefully attracting all the ladies in the office just to keep them from noticing Adachi?

Neither of our favourite fansubbers has taken them on (yet?) but there are subbed versions out on YouTube and Dailymotion if you look for them. (If you, like me, cannot access CM on WeTV.)