Brilliant article - agreed with pretty much all you said. A tip here, one InK fan to another - DON'T watch the Taiwanese reboot. Seriously it's not a PATCH on the first one and is WORSE than the Korean one. The last 2 episodes are the only ones that don't make you wish for death.
Looking forward to your movies one - you've made me decide to go and rewatch some of my faves here.
Oh and Full House and Kiss Me - Mike and Aom......THAT icecream scene in Full House.....*swoon*
I liked these dramas but I would say this - it's difficult to review dramas you dropped. I speak as someone who stuck through to the bitter, BITTER end with Miss in Kiss even though it made me want to rip my eyeballs out and repeatedly stab my brain. However, I wanted to review it, am a huge InK fan and also stupidly prayed it'd get better - obviously God was on another call because, whilst the last two episodes didn't make me hiss and scream in agony, they weren't great.
At least when I reviewed it I could honestly say don't bother or - watch until your brain hurts (probably half way through eppy 1 for most people and eppy 3 for even hardened InK fans like me) and then skip to the last 2 because I've sat through it all and wouldn't inflict that suffering on my worst enemy let alone a complete stranger.
Heard the same and nothing to say they have. Which would be nice if true. ♥ But I'm such a hopeless old romantic!…
Yeah, I say we keep digging - we're bound to find out.
I mean I know someone who is a superfan of the Takumi series and goes to all the meet and greets that Watanabe Daisuke does and she says that she's under no doubt by the things that have been said when he did them with Hamao Kyousuke and then on his own now - there's just too much that gives it away they're a couple.
SO, I think if we keep digging we can find out if these two are just keeping on the down low because of Chinese censors..... *wink, wink*
Heard the same and nothing to say they have. Which would be nice if true. ♥ But I'm such a hopeless old romantic!…
well close friends or dating - still better than strangers as far as I'm concerned. It's nice that the couples from a lot of these dramas remain in touch (except in Addicted because apparently they were banned).
That said I still live in hope that one day Hamao Kyousuke (Hayama Takumi) and Watanabe Daisuke (Saki Giichi) will say they're together. I have to say that the Takumi movies were my first BL manga and films so they have a special place in my heart. ❤️
I pretty much completely agree with you! but. .also .. I have seen the whole series, though only up to ep.13 with…
Thanks IaAKU - your comments have helped me decide to watch it. I don't need consummated BL to enjoy the more romantic side of the relationship portrayed, but I was worried - given others comments - that it had ALL been removed and they were instead just being portrayed as close friends.
However, now I have more hope that the love side of the relationship has been kept.
If you're looking for something gay, don't look at Chinese dramas that have been made for this year. It's…
If China censors gay because it doesn't like it and makes it difficult for actors who appear in such dramas anyway then, whilst I don't hate China, I certainly don't have to like it as it's self inflicted.
There's more than 'suggested bromance' as one reviewer put it, this is basically BL. So I would say that whilst I loved it, as I do most if not all BL, if Boys Love is not your cuppa then steer clear. Admittedly it's not as obvious here as in the book - the book was BRILLIANT and I think it's translated on Wattpad I'm sure that's where I read it - but it's still BL and NOT'bromance'. I'd give a solid 8/10 because it changed the obvious BL to guess the BL because China doesn't accept Gay........their loss.
I gave it 9.5 because of the sad ending; they could've given it a positive one with no detriment to the story. That said the main leads were excellent and really had you investing in them and their relationship. The other actor who was very good was Wakaba Ryuya who played Daiki, the autistic brother.
I'm level 5 - I'm 52 so most of my fangirling is actors my own age (with a few I could be accused of 'cougaring' as they're in their late 30s- mid to late 40s); the rest I just worry if they're warm enough and eating well (same with my liking of BTS; they all look too thin to me). However, my daughter, aged 20, is definitely a Level 4 with aspirations to become a Level 1 (so long as she can bypass the crazy levels). But ONLY with Namjoon (rapmon) from BTS. XD XD
I watched the anime and read the manga. He's straight and he's in love with her.
Thanks so much for that heads up. I will definitely go and watch the anime and probably read the manga too, now I know it's a romance right to the end. :D
Looking forward to your movies one - you've made me decide to go and rewatch some of my faves here.
Oh and Full House and Kiss Me - Mike and Aom......THAT icecream scene in Full House.....*swoon*
At least when I reviewed it I could honestly say don't bother or - watch until your brain hurts (probably half way through eppy 1 for most people and eppy 3 for even hardened InK fans like me) and then skip to the last 2 because I've sat through it all and wouldn't inflict that suffering on my worst enemy let alone a complete stranger.
I mean I know someone who is a superfan of the Takumi series and goes to all the meet and greets that Watanabe Daisuke does and she says that she's under no doubt by the things that have been said when he did them with Hamao Kyousuke and then on his own now - there's just too much that gives it away they're a couple.
SO, I think if we keep digging we can find out if these two are just keeping on the down low because of Chinese censors..... *wink, wink*
That said I still live in hope that one day Hamao Kyousuke (Hayama Takumi) and Watanabe Daisuke (Saki Giichi) will say they're together. I have to say that the Takumi movies were my first BL manga and films so they have a special place in my heart. ❤️
However, now I have more hope that the love side of the relationship has been kept.