RandomUsagi

This has been a very good show.

Yeah the ban from 2016 (due to Addicted) was worsened in 2021. We may not see any more bromance or BL for many many years even though there's many shows awaiting release.

Alright, so I specifically mean:
Less-important-to-overall-storyline-related-episodes

And yeah you can enjoy that, same as I can also not enjoy that. Opinions on show are for a large part subjective anyway

I really enjoyed it, such an epic story. Sure there was filler ect.. but it was an adventure overall

same

Well, first check for whether a movie is a traditional gay pink film is:
1. Is the movie ~60 minutes long?

Sure some modern post-2010 pinks who attempt to continue the legacy of gay pinks are 10 minutes longer but they won't be that much longer. So this movie has a runtime thats quite a bit more than that.

2. Then next is how its marketed.
I checked and the movie is mentioned as a BL in Japanese information about the movie.

Combining both the marketing being BL and the runtime being way longer than 1 hour, it's not a gay pink film. Just a wilder BL

First Japanese movie with gay(-coded) characters according to sources I've found.

Finally finished this after years, it was alright.

I guess male lead is getting there with all his research, even though he has pretty bad luck.

When I watch it with that old eras stuff in mind, I have a better framework for how to think about the male lead and how big that change towards more empathy really is. Even when the character has good intent, there's a lot to overcome. I hope he succeeds tho

Also please don't let Chief Kurosawa die T-T
I get it'd kinda make another ending-mark for OL as a franchise in Japan since he has been such a key-character but I will be so sad.

Congratulations to finally the official ceremony after so many years!!!! Haruta & Maki

It's aside from a crime-movie also like a story of a man dealing with his past trauma. The acting was varied but the story was solid.

Kim Gyun-Ah/김균아 is featured on Coffee Breaks company-intro pdf-file. It's, to say the least, very difficult to verify these but if Coffee Break uses it then I assume it's legit. Even though I've found zero other sources but ok.
This is likely her big break, show-names are within the <> part.

- 2022웹드라마 <왜 하필> 연출
- 2021tvN D 웹예능 <장사의 신동>
- 2021웹예능 <모두의 오디션>
- 2019JTBC<너를 싫어 하는 방법>

Source-site where I got the info: nwork.kr

Note for the Korean text of her past work: Even when it says she directed; there could be multiple directors involved.

Search for BL-accounts like @BLUPDATE2022, they will promote only these sorts of dramas from all countries.

His sudden change is because he's a tsundere-type character. Meaning he will put on a front of being quite cold but once you break through that fake-persona barrier he turns out to be very loving. In reality he was always loving but he was just hiding that side of him out of fear of being hurt. So once he confirmed for himself it was safe, he dropped the tsundere-act and just went full soft-love.

As for timelines; That's not the important part of the story. You basically need to see the story as 2 worlds. The ''real'' world and the ''game'' world. Flashes of the ''real'' world appear in the ''game'' world as memories, nothing more.

Or you just don't give enough context for people to understand your intent, leading to posting comments with opposing statements because you don't bother to clarify.

But you praised this show for being straight literally a few comments down. So I would assume that it being BL would have been your main problem with the show.

Thats a long title for a BL for sure.

Its cute, I like the drama a lot as well ^^

Please remove this drama from your list, its been confirmed to be censored and got all BL-elements removed.
https://mydramalist.com/749903-i-a-gangster-became-a-high-schooler