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Claymore is indeed very violent as well! I've read worse violent ones (Berserk) too though so Ragna Crimson wasn't that shocking. Its just different for Ragna Crimson since I associate it with Adachi and Kurosawa now xD

That's (man up) what Adachi was told in the episode 7 flashback when he didn't wanna drink wine too T__T I hope your sister becomes more understanding towards the characters!

Just wanna say again how much I appreciate Fujisakis character in the drama. She's the perfect example of just a good female character in a BL. She has her own troubles which make her character feel real but she's also extremely selfless and just generally kind. I also really appreciated how she represented women who don't want relationships for themselves. She doesn't need dialogue to express herself as even in episode 7 its pretty clear what she's thinking when seeing Adachi.

She doesn't openly tease them, doesn't fantasize about them (praise the drama writers), doesn't talk behind their backs and isn't chasing one of them for love just so there's more drama in the show. Its such a great character.
I'm really looking forward to seeing more of her character in future episodes. She's actually my favorite female character in all of the BLs I've seen.

Welcome to BL dramas! ^^

1. Kurosawa got jealous of Adachi and Tsuge. He took Adachi with him to a room alone, they talked and eventually Kurosawa kisses Adachi. Yeah I would love for the drama to have Adachi initiate it too but I do trust the drama to portray it better than the manga.
2. Adachi still keeps a lot of thoughts to himself in the manga. So some things aren't that well discusses between them. Again I think the drama will portray it better. We do need 1 more conflict thought and it might result from Adachi keeping his objections silent? I'm not sure since the ending isn't out yet. They haven't gotten beyond just kissing though.

Well the entire episode 7 was their characters thinking it through

Yeah he must be watching with interest too to see how far things go in the drama. Since he knows both of them.

No problem, I was curious too xD

Well I've read the manga Ragna Crimson now (The English translated version). So regarding the episode 2 of Cherry magic.... Crimson is indeed badass I guess but more of a maniac (sees no value in human life).
Anyway I was curious but now I know, the story is indeed engaging though. For the average fan who likes the wholesomeness of the drama I wouldn't recommend checking it out unless you don't mind a lot of violence.

I know some users haven't read the manga but are interested in the comparisons between the drama and the manga. This video shows the difference between the episode 7 flashback scene in the manga and in the drama:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnACY9oBHu8

Yes same Adachi is very relatable to me too ^^

I'm glad you agree :D

Definitely! We'll both be celebrating if it happens one day ^^

Ace representation in the comment section! Nice!

Ah no its okay! I did originally have the interpretation you wanted that for Kurosawas imagination scenes but you cleared it up very quickly!

The whole discussion actually led me to think a lot about ace representation in BLs so I'm glad about that!

''I'm just sensitive to queer sexuality being depicted with more limitations than heteronormative.''
A valid concern to have about queer content. I do think Cherry Magic has been handling things quite well but that's just my opinion. Again I judge Japanese content based on whether they fall into the category of yaoi or BL. BL being more romanticised and yaoi focusing a lot more on the sexual aspect. So for me this drama has been doing very well.

By the way I can give recommendations of Japanese gay dramas/movies with realistic physical intimacy scenes (sex) if you want. I know about quite a bunch of them that don't desexualize anything.

I've actually never seen an openly identifying ace person in a BL drama before. I know Fujisaki as a side-character is likely aro/aco but to actually see a main BL couple with an ace character?
Anyway If I just missed out on that all this time then I would love to see recommendations if someone does know an example.

Regardless of the original discussion. I actually just don't even expect any representation at all in BLs, so after seeing this discussion and your replies I realised that's kinda unfortunate.

I've been to the Tonhon Chonlatee comment section. Sometimes I still look at the place to see how bad things have gotten there.

Ohh you're gonna love the rest of this show then xD cause it just gets more cute

Yeah regarding physical sexual representation in BLs. I don't watch Japanese BLs for that since Japan has a distinction between BL and yaoi. Showing of sexscenes often falling into the category of yaoi and BL being more focused on the romantic side.
Perfect examples are Mood Indigo (Pornographer) which is a yaoi and Life Senjou no Bokura which is a BL. For representation of sex you just can't depend on BLs, its just not what the genre is focused on.

Japan doesn't shy away from sex as long as you choose the right genre which is LGBT media or yaoi. Anyway I know you don't necessarily wanna see sex scenes but I'm just telling from my experience what you can expect from a Japanese BL which is at most a kiss in 2020.

Ohhh okay I'm sorry I got the impression you wanted more intense sexual fantasies from Kurosawa when I read the text! Since I was thinking with the mole scene, PJ-scene and the bedfall-scene in mind which do make that impression of physical attraction for me. I thought you meant those weren't enough to indicate it. Now I understand that you didn't though!

I think the story will transition into more physical attraction themes besides just the emotional ones, mayby not yet next episode but definitely there will be an episode in the future that will show it more. I'm personally an emotions-person though since I'm asexual (so episode 7 was perfect to me) but I get that some people wanna see both the romantic and physical attraction in a relationship for more realism.