MareAzurre

Aloha is his name

Were you watching the same series as the rest of us? Those bed scenes were raw and emotional, superior to most JBL. Deep kisses are not Japanese style except for their adult productions (18+). I suggest K dramas and Thai BLs if you are into kisses that much.

MDL ratings are so inaccurate. It is even worse in K Dramas because it is based on the popularity of the leads. If an actor has a huge fan based any rubbish is ridiculously high rated.

This BL deserves a much higher rating. It is one of the few that escape from the BL narrative to step a bit into the LGBTQ+ discourse, at least one of the boys here identifies overtly as gay hanging with gay friends. He wanted to experience his sexuality as a gay man and suffered the consequences for it, as he was only 15 (the age of consent in Japan is 16). In the manga, even the police were involved. So it was a serious plot. Yuki Sakurai and Aloha make a beautiful couple but while Yuki gives his best Aloha feels a bit uncomfortable at moments in his role. The bed scenes are nicely done but Aloha looks awkward in the kissing scenes. Some people were shocked about showing the kids' sex scene. It was a daring choice as even the young actors were only 14 at the time of filming.

This series is a 10 for me, however, we really need to make an effort to understand as an international audience why they separate. Their plan of elopement seems more a representation of their point of view: Senpai wanting to take the relationship to the extreme and his lover using the excuse of the photo to chicken out. This will happen as well as adults: Senpai wanting them to live together, telling the world he loves his partner and his partner not reciprocating. In the end, his partner steps forward tunes with his Senpai, finally showing up for him in this world. On another note, Senpai did not loss by being sent away. He lived a better life and became a great professional, this would not have happened if he had stayed with his young lover, on the other hand, this young lover developed his own personality, he became more lively and stronger as a person.

They not only did not explore the gay character but they also misrepresented the gay community. I would say that the "gay character" was central to the drama in as much as it would have not been a "wedding impossible" but as you say that element was scripted in a very cliché and superficial way.

No Christian references! it is about Cupid and is funny, very light hearted

This drama main worth is the amazing performance of Sang Min as Jihan (ML). He gives his all to this role. He makes his multilayer character endearing, likable, in fact, adorable. Watch it for him. Jong Seo as his CP is a great company their interactions are hilarious at moments. On the negative side, there is a gross representation of gay people in this drama. We know homophobia is endemic in Korea and for high-profile people is very difficult to come out, but they are not pariahs either. It is well documented that young gay men have partners during school and even in the military. There is a support LGBTQ+ community in Korea and also a gay scene. It is absurd that this gay character is only going to have one friend who happens to be a straight woman!? Such preposterous idea to start with and then is the fake marriage arrangement, the ex and the way they treat each other etc. It did not help that Kim Do Wan acting skills does not have the nuance to make the character believable in any account so it is very difficult to grasp where he is coming from apart from being a coward. What a shame. On other actor's hands, and despite the script, this character could have been redeemable.

Many thanks!!! I was confused because I also thought that Do han and Ji Han were half brothers, ok so they are full brother. Another thing that confused me was why Ji Han is blamed from everything while Do Han is kind of pitied.

I am in the 4 episode and still don't understand who was the mother and the father of those two brothers and who is the mother and the father of the older ones. confused.com here, could anybody explain please? thank you

Why are people saying they broke up? It is not what I understand. They want to take time off, take time to cool down and regroup. Obviously, they love each other dearly. Hence why they still referring as each other in the preview of next ep as "my lover" (I know we also watched Aloha character asking, but the guy is toxic, not as bad as Segata, the wine guy, that is proper evil). Another great performance by our leads! The subtle undertones in their performance that they manage to pull off are amazing.

episode 9 is VIP WeTV in Chinese, we just have to wait 10 more hours for the eng subs

Lucky you that watched it! When I use this link to the video appears an error message

Yay! in the preview we can see neck biting in bed 😂

Not better than the main CP!

So grateful for Hangyeom and his tall CP. They have saved this BL for me. A heartfelt performance by Hangyeom, particularly in that scene in the sports field when he is the receiver of homophobic remarks by his CP. Controversially, he has lots of chemistry with him. Jung Ha, the actor portraying his CP, has more acting quality than the main CP actors. Other people have commented on this in this forum. Jin Kwon is the actor who has disappointed me the most. He was alright as a PA in To My Star but his performance here is very pantomime-like (does not help the makeup either). Ho Geun (acting as his CP), has only displayed two facial movements in 8 episodes but I have not failed to notice that he would have been amazing with Sung Tae (from Happy Merry Ending, here the late brother). They really look good together and have lots of chemistry. So this is my "ghost ship" for this series :-)

This short episode series is so much fun to watch. I know glamorising alcohol is bad but here it is like an occupation to be able to drink without getting drank because of the line of business. The FL is great and lots of loving, sexy, flirty moments with his ML. Some behaviors/values portrayed here are wrong so this is a series to watch without taking it seriously.

Hangyeom has saved this BL and the chemistry with his tall CP is on point.

I don't want to be too shallow commenting on this but the FL is really unattractive but she can act while the ML is all the contrary, a handsome man but he needed to have some acting lessons first. The plot is ok but is a production done in the cheap as it is usual with this flash episodes series. I am finding it watchable, enough to feel the gap between episodes of better dramas.

I respect your opinion. My only reason to watch is Hangyeom and I am glad we are starting to know his character by the end of ep 3 and ep 4. I really hope they give him enough screen time. I think he is delivering an emotional performance so I am watching for him.