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Episode 1 is already available at GagaOOlala.

Ritsu made it totally public that he is sleeping around and proclaimed to Masumi that he was not about to enter into a relationship. He also said later that he thought Masumi understood and accepted this side of his. So he was basically honest. Yes, he did not hang a label into his neck that "I am a player, don't take me seriously" but he made it quite explicit. Nor was he considerate enough not to seduce innocent people or to sleep with other players exclusively, but let's be honest it is not just a little bit too much to expect from players. And once again, Masumi knew who he was, but he thought he was special enough to change Ritsu.

And I am still quite sure that Masumi probably is and has always been the only person Ritsu loved as much as he can process that feeling, but he is unable to strip his unapologetically uncaring personality. That sort of continuous balance as he tries to make up for Masumi while still maintaining his selfish being, as much as Masumi's dilemma between his resentment and the flame still flickering inside of his heart will be the driving force of the narrative from now on, I guess.

1. You'd better put it into spoiler in respect to those who have not yert watched it.
2. The ending scene in the bed foreshadowed that Masumi is going to give in, probably quite soon, so you all should take the chill pill and prepare yourself for that.

Ritsu told Masumi he loves him because he really loves him in his own way. (Daisuke da has a much more extensive meaning anyway, it could be translated as "I really like you" as well) and he thought Masumi accepts him for who he is. Masumi was aware of him being a player, he himself told in his inner monolgues he thought he could change him. And as we said, Ritsu explicitly told he was not into relationships. Ritsu is clearly not a good person and the series has no intention of showing him in a different light, but he is a much more complex character than that.

Not that I bother about MDL ratings much (generally absurd), but this one started above 8 and has been gradually dropping. I cannot help but think that once again the kiddos downscore it because they hate Ritsu's personality. Sandbox level.

They were explicit when compared to the general youth-themed Asian BL, not when compraed to the steamy LGBT shows and movies.

Finally someone. Yes, Ritsu is a selfish and uncaring person, but he was totally upfront about it from the beginning. He told Masumi straight away tha he did not wanna maintain a relationship, because that is too complicated for him. Masumi was even warned by his club mate that Ritsu was seducing one girl after another in his clubs. Yet Masumi went along with him because he thought he could change him. But Ritsu never promised him love or fidelity. Yes, filming the sex with him was a jerk move, but he had no intention to publish it and out Masumi, he only threatened Masumi with that because he was stalked by him. I would say Ritsu likes or probably even loves Masumi in his own way, but he is just not capable of giving monogamous and selflessly caring love to anybody. But at least he is honest about it.

I have double-chekcked the sub of episode 2 on Viki and the one on the illegal site (which posted episode 2 with subs last week), and they are exactly the same. So it menas the Viki sub has been leaked.

From the channel manager of Viki:

"I've got an answer from Viki : "We revised the rating up to R18 due to the sex scenes.". That was all, so I presume they won't cut the sex scenes. We shall see on Sunday night ! Have a nice week-end, everybody !"

Not always. I am a subber on Viki and I frequently compare theirs and Gaga’s. For Eternal Yesterday and My Tooth Your Love Gaga subs were quite often better. For the first season of Utsukushi Kare the Gaga subs were spectacularly and infamously bad though. I hope they have learnt from the criticism. Viki subs btw are never the final one at airing time.

Don't you confuse it with Eternal Yesterday?

Imho Given was the best adaptation of manga/anime to live action I have ever seen despite some plot simplifications. These attempts usually fail because the creators want to recreate the unique OTT style of those, but they never travel well to the screen and they don’t work with humans. Miki wisely chose not to do this.

I know that 98% of the MDL board is obsessed with the goddamned kisses up to the point that nothing else really matters, but I belong to the remaining 2%. When I said his trademark I meant his uniqe and original subject matters, his storytelling, his very characteristic camerawork, his use of angles and colours, lights and darkness, the highly emotional content and his slick way of bringing out powerhouse performances from his cast. He generalély comes up with trumps in all those aspects, so i don't give a feck about kisses. I like raunchy stuff when it comes but I am not watching BL as a substitute for porn.

There was no drama. Someone said it does not rank among his best and they might drop it. I said bye. Why they delete their comment is beyond me. Btw it is not surprising for me, I see his trademarks clearly.

I see they squeeze Koyama into this also.

It is coming to Viki:
https://www.viki.com/tv/39327c-my-beautiful-man-season-2?fbclid=IwAR2RzuZ5McraLvSIdUnOvGtYY7ju8Z31Td8G_Xd_wHNl7ofVIxAWn_qk3WM

It is coming to Viki as well:
https://www.viki.com/tv/39327c-my-beautiful-man-season-2?fbclid=IwAR2RzuZ5McraLvSIdUnOvGtYY7ju8Z31Td8G_Xd_wHNl7ofVIxAWn_qk3WM

Like I said Viki is getting the shows with English subtitles in the first place. We are translating it to a third foreign language from English. That is how Vikis shows are multisubbed.

Viki is airing its productions with English subtitles and everyone translates by that. We do not receive the subs in file format - although it is downloadable. Viki has an integrated subtitling system, and we are using that one.

Actually it is different in each case. I was subbing Eternal Yesterday on Viki, and I constantly compared the two subs, because sometimes Gaga was way better.