Nooo why did you do that to yourself...I'm in the same boat. Started last Thursday and already at my 3rd re-watch…
You can kinda tell from the profile pictures how many rewatches have been done. If its a Cherry Magic profile picture just assume its in the higher numbers xD I myself dont count anymore but I know I've watched episode 7 seven times.
Reminder for everyone since the original comment of the user got a bit buried: "We are doing a Cherry Magic Marathon for Episode 1-7 on Wednesday, one day before the new episode drops. Time: Nov 25th; 8pm Japanese Standard Time Where: on Kosmi via a watch party -> enter room: https://app.kosmi.io/room/nj5njn Countdown, time zone converter and more: https://cherrymaho.carrd.co/ "
Like a meme I've just read: "We are dating for not even a day and you are already cheating on me" XD
I think Adachi will be the one to be doing the mindreading for Tsuge. He's shown to touch blond guy in the preview (to stop the fight). Adachi may be able to get some intel from that which will help with Tsuge getting a succesful friendship/relationship with blond guy.
Idk why I am laughing hard at that preview pic of Kurosawa's "surprised Pikachu face" when he sees Adachi and…
Worst thing is that Tsuge is likely gonna be touching Adachi (on the shoulder from what I saw on promo pictures) for that mindread thing. Thats probably when Kurosawa sees them and is like: ''???!!!!?''
I would like to answer if you don't mind!For your first point: It was on purpose we were not allowed to hear Kurosawa's…
Yes and I'd love to see that ace representation if it does ever happen. I doubt it will anytime soon though because I think a lot of BL fans do watch BL to fetishize gay people through fanservice.
That's why I can love romance-based stories like this because I don't have to be wondering if they are making out for the views or if its representation. Sexual content has two sides, it is closer to reality but it is also just plain content used for making fangirls feel happy. In most BLs I've seen I highly suspect the sexualized content is just for the fangirls to drool over, not proper LGBT representation. Where do you put that line between whats LGBT representation and just plain fanservice? What is your ideal case of LGBT representation? Pinoy BL such as ''Like in the movies'' or Western BL like SKAM? Yes they do things differently and might reflect the ideal LGBT image you have for BLs more but Japan isn't the West or the Philippines, it's a different culture with different views.
So what some people may perceive as a ''positive sexual representation of physical intimacy'' might just be a fanservice scene to get the fangirls happy. I agree that its important to show that both straight and gay couples can have sexual relations but not every drama has to do that. Again I have a list of dramas where Japanese gay couples do have intimate relations to varrying degrees if you want that.
In my opinion its important to respect those different cultures and try to judge a drama within the expectations that can be made for dramas airing within that country. This BL is very similar to what an average jdrama in Japan would show in terms of sexuality. They won't pull a MyDay or Tharntype for a drama because that just doesn't fit within the set image of Japanese BLs that Japanese people have.
They didn't make this drama for international people to see themselves represented, they made it for their own people to enjoy and feel represented. If this type of LGBT content doesn't feel like proper representation to you, it might feel like that much more to an actual Japanese person (the people it is intended for).
Because they are seeing a gay couple on tv and are likely thankful for it to not be regressed into pure fanservice or offensive jokes. YES those offensive jokes happened before and thats why its so important to know about a countries history with LGBT content before requiring them to adhere to Western/another cultures standards. If you wanna know more please check out Bibari to Rui. Realise that this was the level of LGBT representation on Japanese tv for a while and you'll likely understand why wholesome content is much more appreciated. This show is predatory behaviour of LGBT characters used as a joke on Japanese tv. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3drN4RkjaA Small edit: Changed the video to a music-accompanied one, the original one was a bit too triggering. I hope you can still see how this content is making fun of gay relationships.
So sexual depictions of LGBT doesn't have to be representation. It can also be used against LGBT people and its important to know the history of LGBT in a specific country before making them adhere to standards we may have in the West or other Asian countries.
I hope with this you understand my views of sexualization of LGBT content in Japan a lot better. As I warned before, it is a complicated matter and that involves multiple subjects regarding the type of genre (LGBT/yaoi/BL) and LGBT history of Japan. To judge a Japanese BLs content solely based on BLs from other Asian countries is a regressive view of the situation. You can do it if you want but I hope this explains why I cannot easily agree to that based on what I know about Japanese LGBT media.
Okay I was just visiting Weibo again for my Cherry Magic gifs and saw a post about the silk PJ-set that Kurosawa gives to Adachi in episode 2. It was about some theory which I quickly found to be untrue however....
The PJ-set that Adachi receives from Kurosawa is worth 37,500 yen/ 358,92 dollars/303,56 euros. Kurosawa has some expensive tastes. For anyone that wants to verify, you can google the Japanese product name: メンズシルクパジャマ長袖＆ロングパンツ/セット【メンズ/BOX付】
Well I've read over 200 Yaoi Mangas (i still have them and have a hard time getting rid of those books, some I've…
Yeah there've been at least 2 yaoi adaptations this year tho! So that with the amount of BL series does make me think theres a chance for more adaptations.
I completed the "Cherry Magic Timeline". It didn't take me long, it was fun to do and I felt productive after…
Thank you for doing the timeline! I'm really bad at keeping track of the days in dramas myself so I'm glad to see it explained like this. So it took Adachi a month to fall in love, good to know ^^
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"We are doing a Cherry Magic Marathon for Episode 1-7 on Wednesday, one day before the new episode drops.
Time: Nov 25th; 8pm Japanese Standard Time
Where: on Kosmi via a watch party -> enter room: https://app.kosmi.io/room/nj5njn
Countdown, time zone converter and more: https://cherrymaho.carrd.co/ "
https://mydramalist.com/discussions/30sai-made-doteida-to-mahotsukai-ni-narerurashi
Adachi and Kurosawa already confessed to each other so I'm sure even if Tsuge said that ''Is he your lover from work?'' it'd be fine xD
Tsuge and Kurosawa will likely have a rough first meeting but I think Kurosawa can learn to deal with Tsuge xD
That's why I can love romance-based stories like this because I don't have to be wondering if they are making out for the views or if its representation. Sexual content has two sides, it is closer to reality but it is also just plain content used for making fangirls feel happy. In most BLs I've seen I highly suspect the sexualized content is just for the fangirls to drool over, not proper LGBT representation. Where do you put that line between whats LGBT representation and just plain fanservice? What is your ideal case of LGBT representation? Pinoy BL such as ''Like in the movies'' or Western BL like SKAM? Yes they do things differently and might reflect the ideal LGBT image you have for BLs more but Japan isn't the West or the Philippines, it's a different culture with different views.
So what some people may perceive as a ''positive sexual representation of physical intimacy'' might just be a fanservice scene to get the fangirls happy. I agree that its important to show that both straight and gay couples can have sexual relations but not every drama has to do that. Again I have a list of dramas where Japanese gay couples do have intimate relations to varrying degrees if you want that.
In my opinion its important to respect those different cultures and try to judge a drama within the expectations that can be made for dramas airing within that country. This BL is very similar to what an average jdrama in Japan would show in terms of sexuality. They won't pull a MyDay or Tharntype for a drama because that just doesn't fit within the set image of Japanese BLs that Japanese people have.
They didn't make this drama for international people to see themselves represented, they made it for their own people to enjoy and feel represented. If this type of LGBT content doesn't feel like proper representation to you, it might feel like that much more to an actual Japanese person (the people it is intended for).
Because they are seeing a gay couple on tv and are likely thankful for it to not be regressed into pure fanservice or offensive jokes. YES those offensive jokes happened before and thats why its so important to know about a countries history with LGBT content before requiring them to adhere to Western/another cultures standards. If you wanna know more please check out Bibari to Rui. Realise that this was the level of LGBT representation on Japanese tv for a while and you'll likely understand why wholesome content is much more appreciated. This show is predatory behaviour of LGBT characters used as a joke on Japanese tv.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3drN4RkjaA
Small edit: Changed the video to a music-accompanied one, the original one was a bit too triggering. I hope you can still see how this content is making fun of gay relationships.
So sexual depictions of LGBT doesn't have to be representation. It can also be used against LGBT people and its important to know the history of LGBT in a specific country before making them adhere to standards we may have in the West or other Asian countries.
I hope with this you understand my views of sexualization of LGBT content in Japan a lot better. As I warned before, it is a complicated matter and that involves multiple subjects regarding the type of genre (LGBT/yaoi/BL) and LGBT history of Japan.
To judge a Japanese BLs content solely based on BLs from other Asian countries is a regressive view of the situation. You can do it if you want but I hope this explains why I cannot easily agree to that based on what I know about Japanese LGBT media.
The PJ-set that Adachi receives from Kurosawa is worth 37,500 yen/ 358,92 dollars/303,56 euros. Kurosawa has some expensive tastes. For anyone that wants to verify, you can google the Japanese product name:
メンズシルクパジャマ長袖＆ロングパンツ/セット【メンズ/BOX付】
So it took Adachi a month to fall in love, good to know ^^