It's very, very hard for me to overstate how much I appreciated this drama. First of all, the leads are just beautiful. The story was beautifully told. It gets angsty at some points, but not to the point of making you feel too sad for too long and even it managed to make me laugh out loud at multiple points. The camera angles, the passion, the music, everything. I loved this. I don't know what else to say.
Getting Kiyoi's backstory in ep 5 is making me lose my mind and I'm gushing at all of these flashbacks. Never mind 2021, this may end up as one of my favorite BLs of all time.
Because a village is small and would have 50 families/homes at max, basically a neighborhood in a rural area
Even if there were that few people, that doesn't quite explain why they'd always be in the same place at the same time? It's not like they were on their way to school/work most of the time either. It just seemed a little too coincidental for me.
If I could go back in time and not watch this, I would do it. Of all the stories written, I'm at a loss to explain…
I just watched some clips from the South Korean adaptation and I think I'm gonna actually go back and watch it. Yes, it's dated, but the humor still seems to be there, plus the guys are handsome and it's only a movie, not a series, so I won't have wasted too much time.
Agreed about the cartoonishly evil murderers. Also, who knocks someone out, ties them up, and leaves their purse right next to them? I've never seen anything like this in any show or movie in my life. lol
While I enjoyed the interaction between the four baker boys (their chemistry's good) and they made me laugh at least 3 or 4 times each episode, I can't say that I'd recommend this. Whatever appeal this is supposed to have be it 'BL adjacent' stuff, murder mystery, or relationship/character development, it's kind of a letdown on all sides. It wasn't torture and, as loveinfernal72 said below, it's better than Bite Me, but it just didn't live up to what it could have been.
Were it not for the murder (not the kidnapping, but the straight up murder) aspect of this plot and the extra unnecessariness of Pooh's daughter subplot, I would have been able to properly enjoy this. Kidnapping is heavy enough, but murder is too heavy to be juxtaposed with everything else in this show and murder of children, no less. Also, everything within this aspect is probably the worst-delivered, least realistic side of the show. Everything from the boys running into the boy's dead body at the park and having a very muted reaction to the four of them being up against one old lady with a knife, but still managing to get stabbed. lol And the sad music playing when Mone tries to get Punn to "understand" the murderer. No. I didn't mind Weir's ex as subplot as much as I minded *when* it actually happened. There's already so much else going on, but at least it tied in well with it having to do directly with Weir and the existence of the bakery itself.
I was scrolling through my 'completed' series list and came across this title, had forgotten what it was, clicked on it and relived disappointment all over again.
Thanks can anybody recommend a good bl drama I just finished until we meet again.
Cherry Magic Utsukushii Kare Kieta Hatsukoi We Best Love (seasons 1 and 2) He's Coming To Me (kind of a UMWA vibe, but less crying lol) Not Me (currently airing) Where Your Eyes Linger Color Rush You Make Me Dance To My Star
This is so incompetently written that it's difficult to believe anyone would sink any money into this disaster.…
I won't pretend. I almost always find your opinions about the shows we're both watching **begrudgingly** sobering, but this time, I just flat out agree (again: begrudgingly). However, I still love KimCop and the dynamic they add to the show. For me, at their silliest, they're Pepe Le Pew and the paint-soaked cat. At their best, they're Gomez and Morticia (a very cold Morticia). They can't be boring for me. Full disclaimer: I've been a die-hard KimCop fan since like episode 2 of 2 Moons season 1.
For anyone wondering, the character Yok has tattooed on his ribs means 'mother' in Mandarin
I noticed it too and laughed. In Chinese gay culture, that character refers to a gay man who's naturally very effeminate, sensitive, and, at times of course, a bit maternal. It's often a part of the combination 大母0 (da mu ling/big "mother" bottom).
If this were any other kind of show, I would think of it as just another "hanzi tattoo foreigners get without full context" since in Chinese, this word/character isn't used when affectionally referring to one's mother anymore. It's very formal. It'd also always be accompanied by the charcter 亲 （母亲 mu qin). However, since this *is* a BL show, my bf and I were giggling NON-STOP at this. lol
After I stopped giggling and the episode ended, it crossed my mind that it could also conceivably be Japanese kanji. After googling, I see that this character of course also means mother in Japanese, but means mother in a special way that it doesn't in Chinese. This character, pronounced 'haha' used to refer to your own mother when you're talking to a third party outside, while 'okaasan' (which anyone who's seen Japanese shows has surely heard often) is used out of respect when talking to your own mother directly.
After learning that, I think Japanese context of this character makes better sense as a tattoo than the Mandarin context. Still though, it would be pronounced 'HAHA' which I have to admit is also a little funny. lol
I think that might be it too, but there’s a lot of testosterone and passion in this show, so I can’t imagine this show will be without a few passionate kisses at some point. Maybe viewership will pick up then, but still, that’s kind of a really shallow reason. lol
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Agreed about the cartoonishly evil murderers. Also, who knocks someone out, ties them up, and leaves their purse right next to them? I've never seen anything like this in any show or movie in my life. lol
I didn't mind Weir's ex as subplot as much as I minded *when* it actually happened. There's already so much else going on, but at least it tied in well with it having to do directly with Weir and the existence of the bakery itself.
Utsukushii Kare
Kieta Hatsukoi
We Best Love (seasons 1 and 2)
He's Coming To Me (kind of a UMWA vibe, but less crying lol)
Not Me (currently airing)
Where Your Eyes Linger
Color Rush
You Make Me Dance
To My Star
White: Why? What are you going to do to me?
*intense music plays and Sean stands up*
The tease of it all! 😩
If this were any other kind of show, I would think of it as just another "hanzi tattoo foreigners get without full context" since in Chinese, this word/character isn't used when affectionally referring to one's mother anymore. It's very formal. It'd also always be accompanied by the charcter 亲 （母亲 mu qin).
However, since this *is* a BL show, my bf and I were giggling NON-STOP at this. lol
After I stopped giggling and the episode ended, it crossed my mind that it could also conceivably be Japanese kanji. After googling, I see that this character of course also means mother in Japanese, but means mother in a special way that it doesn't in Chinese. This character, pronounced 'haha' used to refer to your own mother when you're talking to a third party outside, while 'okaasan' (which anyone who's seen Japanese shows has surely heard often) is used out of respect when talking to your own mother directly.
After learning that, I think Japanese context of this character makes better sense as a tattoo than the Mandarin context. Still though, it would be pronounced 'HAHA' which I have to admit is also a little funny. lol