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Interminable is the only way to describe this awfully long and not terribly interesting first episode populated by too many vacuous characters. I had trouble staying awake while watching it. Giving it a 7/10 is being generous.

I think masterpiece is too strong a word for this rather hard to follow drama.

Thanks. Will amend. But Great didn't kill Dome (I think), so who did and why?

Thanks. Will amend.

I don't see how this can possibly have a happy ending with Great being shot in the elevator... by Tonkla to avenge the death of his younger brother Dome [thanks ST], and someone suggested Tyme will be shot in the next episode. It's all a bit much. So many dead bodies mostly resulting from brutal murders. It seems the sex is incidental to the main plot, whatever that is.

August's acting as Hero is outstanding and I'm even seeing a slight improvement in Mac as Pop. It's fascinating to see how they've adapted the outlines of the story as we know it in the original version to this one (in Ep. 4, the way Hero got Aunt Jeab into a shop and Pop's father into a government position). The abduction of Pop at the end is new, the kidnappers thinking of course they've got Hero but I'm glad Pop's father talked some sense into him, even if it led this unfortunate incident.

Boys Love Factory

Boys Love Factory

Isumi with his dishevelled bleach blond hair and Amasawa with his disarming smile and baby-face cuteness is almost too much to handle. The signals from Amasawa are too strong to ignore and give Isumi heart palpitations as he tries to control his feelings. Amasawa is keen to move things along as he's smitten with Isumi and his cooking - a winning combination. I love the way this is developing.

This sensitively drawn story of two 'lost' (in the broadest sense) boys who find each other and gradually fall in love until they feel they can't part from one another is one of the best BL series of the year and in a way I can't describe, they became more beautiful as the show progressed - the cuteness of Taishin, the radiant smile of Takara - they are indelible images that will always stay with me. The conclusion was just as it should be - loving but restrained. We will even be blessed with a spinoff, more frequently known as a special episode. Simply wonderful.

The Takumi-kun movies were the first Japanese BL videos I ever saw, way back in 2019 and I was entranced by the mood and setting which created a certain ambience that suited the story. It was told in a way that made sense. There was an organic growth in how the story developed along with the relationship of Takumi and Gii. This remake, on the other hand, was mostly boring, it lacked charm and the school itself, rather than looking like it was built and furnished in the 1930s, is now a more nondescript building from the 70s. Instead of Takumi being a new boy whose phobia was eventually revealed, and introduced Gii as a sort of godlike figure in the school who takes a shine to Takumi and falls in love with him, hereTakumi's phobia is known by everyone while Gii is a lesser figure who appears on the fringes of Takumi's existence until he faints in the hallway and later find themselves locked up in the abandoned Music Room where Gii confesses he likes Takumi and kisses him. At Gii's suggestion, he asks Takumi to play the piano and it is the sound of a Chopin waltz that alerts a friend to their whereabouts and releases them. It ends with Gii almost forcing a confession from Takumi back in their room to confirm that he likes him followed by a kiss that doesn't get there as it's cut short by the end credits. I think it was a mistake to remake this but it appears we may be in for more of them. A score of 6.5 from me.

Boys Love Factory.

That's all true but it doesn't disguise the fact that their relationship still hasn't moved past the friendship stage. I think it would just take Kohei to pursue Taichi as his boyfriend if he had the courage to do that but so far he hasn't and is settling for unrequited love. Having kissed him once with no bad consequences, he should do so again when the opportunity arises and then say, "I like you. I really like you. Will you be my boyfriend?"

Overall, I quite enjoyed this series. It was different though at times the supernatural parts jarred a little especially Lin's scene with the Lord at the lake which seemed too contrived but I'm still giving it an 8.5.

I can't stop thinking about this series and the unrequited love Kohei feels for Taichi to whom he much earlier confessed his feelings and then kissed but Taichi's response was underwhelming, to say the least, a boy who values his friendship with Kohei (and especially the delicious food for his transcribing services), however, he is I think emotionally shallow, unprepared to enter into a love match with Kohei (or anyone else for that matter). As much as I want Taichi to be more like the way Taishin feels for Takara, I don't really see that happening before the series ends next week. What would be marvellous is having a scene where having decided to be boyfriends, they appear hand in hand in front of Maya who subsequently seethes with jealousy and it would serve her right for being such a bitch. The comments section would explode with delight and the rating would increase. One can only hope.

It was clever of you to interconnect that Brian is a spider without mentioning it, but more to the point, it's extraordinary that it managed to get from Diew's drawing class to his room.

Ep. 3 felt like it was just a bridge to the next episode with nothing much happening except Hero and Pop are much closer, Hero broke up with his girlfriend and that night slept with Pop for whom he had a desire to kiss. I expect the next episode to be better.

The most touching and beautiful episode so far. In the tent, alone on the mountain, Taishin is unreservedly and unequivocally in love with Takara who has brought Taishin out of his shell and made his life happier and more fulfilling. In the process, this has cracked Takara's aloofness and seeming indifference to those around him and melted his heart so that for the first time he feels something special for another person allowing him to at last fall in love with this cute awkward boy who adores him so much that he can't help himself but kiss him. This is progress. They are good for each other. Behold, true love has blossomed between them.

I agree, it needed a little something to make it more 'special'. As much as I love these two - nobody pouts more agreeably than Rak and Mut is the sexiest and most loving of boyfriends - I couldn't give it any more than a 7.5 even with the picturesque setting.

I agree, it needed a little something to make it more 'special'. As much as I love these two - nobody pouts more agreeably than Rak and Mut is the sexiest and most loving of boyfriends - I couldn't give it any more than a 7.5 even with the picturesque setting.