The beginning was pretty great but it pretty much went downhill after that. They caused way too much trauma to e/o. And there was no development for the 2nd couple at all. They had a few issues before they got together and later they were just conveniently there whenever xiao chen was distressed, which was basically for most of the show. Their reconciliation was also too abrupt and the redemption arc was underdeveloped as well.
That being said, the acting was actually pretty great and the OST was amazing I'm just really mad at the half-baked storyline
I love Itsuki but the show did him no good, his character was so severely underdeveloped and then suddenly they give us a bunch of 'this is why he is the way he is bullcr@p' and it only made him look so shallow!
I had such a good laugh at the getting caught scene, like come on people, we already knew that they weren't headed anywhere good, let alone restarting their relationship especially considering Itsuki's disposition. The only thing I was mad about was that the person he slept (not cheated, since they already broke up🙄) with was the student, like whyyy? Also, if he were going to bring someone home then he should have informed Yamada UNLESS... He was tired of all the pretending and actually wanted to be caught. And the way he behaved with Shiho was unnecessarily rude, like dude if you didn't want to have a camera in your face then you should've said no from the beginning. While I also understand that Yamada had tried to convince him, if Itsuki had been adamant then nobody could've forced him. Idk why he feels like he was wronged. And although there's people like that, not everybody gets turned on while reading or watching bl, some people just prefer it because of the balance in the dynamics between the people involved and not everybody is interested in knowing who the top and bottom is!
This was unexpectedly good. The older brother jungkyu went missing 10 yrs ago and the mom lost her mind and neglected her younger son. The father hired/adopted people to pose as their lost son but all 10 of them left not long after. When the 11th person arrived, he was treated coldly by the younger brother. The younger brother doesn't have anyone to rely on at home and isn't able to open up to his boyfriend and eventually gets dumped. He is seen to seek physical affection as a means of comfort. The father doesn't seem to come home very often. He's essentially left them. The new 'sungkyu' is apathetic and doesn't put a lot of effort into mingling.
This is a perfectly dysfunctional family.
Sungkyu seems to harbour secrets regarding his life as ji hoon? (Sry, I don't remember names very well.) And when asked by his new 'father' if he wants to know what's going on with his friends, he declines.
When 'jungkyu' finally interacts with his 'mother', the younger brother sees them and leaves angrily. They hook up later on, which seems like more of a means to relieve their frustration or FEEL something. The new 'jungkyu' calls himself a nobody implying that the probably wants to forget about his previous life. When the younger brother kisses him on the mouth th next morning, he smiles but it vanishes leading one to believe that he wasn't really into it but doing it just to please the younger bro.
Essentially, the new jungkyu is just playing the role of the son. He does what pleases his new family so that he can fit into it better.
As much as I hate to say this, Kuji's character has been portrayed as somewhat cold in the live adaptation. Sure, he was quite aloof in the manga too but his actions more than made up for it. And as for their relationship, it's the best example of 'undefined'. They aren't exactly friends and they aren't dating either but they hook up and both seem to care about e/o. Azuma even clearly stated that he likes the "comfortable distance and comfortable relationship" which leads me to think that they actually prefer the slight detachment between them but then he also said that he wanted to be together with Kuji. Now considering the context of the latter statement, it could also be because he has been met with a harsh realisation after Tajimi-san's passing that the people around him might not be there for very long. He values Kuji as a companion and fears that someday he might lose him too.
As for Kuji, the manga gave me the impression that Kuji had been in love with/ had feelings for Azuma long before they met again (even before Kuji left his job) but his portrayal in the live adaptation has me confused.
That being said, the acting was actually pretty great and the OST was amazing I'm just really mad at the half-baked storyline
And the way he behaved with Shiho was unnecessarily rude, like dude if you didn't want to have a camera in your face then you should've said no from the beginning. While I also understand that Yamada had tried to convince him, if Itsuki had been adamant then nobody could've forced him. Idk why he feels like he was wronged.
And although there's people like that, not everybody gets turned on while reading or watching bl, some people just prefer it because of the balance in the dynamics between the people involved and not everybody is interested in knowing who the top and bottom is!
The younger brother doesn't have anyone to rely on at home and isn't able to open up to his boyfriend and eventually gets dumped. He is seen to seek physical affection as a means of comfort.
The father doesn't seem to come home very often. He's essentially left them.
The new 'sungkyu' is apathetic and doesn't put a lot of effort into mingling.
This is a perfectly dysfunctional family.
Sungkyu seems to harbour secrets regarding his life as ji hoon? (Sry, I don't remember names very well.) And when asked by his new 'father' if he wants to know what's going on with his friends, he declines.
When 'jungkyu' finally interacts with his 'mother', the younger brother sees them and leaves angrily. They hook up later on, which seems like more of a means to relieve their frustration or FEEL something. The new 'jungkyu' calls himself a nobody implying that the probably wants to forget about his previous life. When the younger brother kisses him on the mouth th next morning, he smiles but it vanishes leading one to believe that he wasn't really into it but doing it just to please the younger bro.
Essentially, the new jungkyu is just playing the role of the son. He does what pleases his new family so that he can fit into it better.
And as for their relationship, it's the best example of 'undefined'. They aren't exactly friends and they aren't dating either but they hook up and both seem to care about e/o. Azuma even clearly stated that he likes the "comfortable distance and comfortable relationship" which leads me to think that they actually prefer the slight detachment between them but then he also said that he wanted to be together with Kuji. Now considering the context of the latter statement, it could also be because he has been met with a harsh realisation after Tajimi-san's passing that the people around him might not be there for very long.
He values Kuji as a companion and fears that someday he might lose him too.
As for Kuji, the manga gave me the impression that Kuji had been in love with/ had feelings for Azuma long before they met again (even before Kuji left his job) but his portrayal in the live adaptation has me confused.