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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.

I've no idea why MosBank made a cameo appearance (naturally, so sweet together... and what a contrast) but regardless, you should definitely continue watching Sunset Vibes.

What a splendid and frankly tear-prompting movie-length finale to one of the best BL cooking shows I've ever seen with the most scrumptious food one could hope for served up for us as eye candy. It was character driven all the way making for a totally engrossing viewing experience.

I just want to highlight the delightful sequence before the opening titles. It's this sort of incomparable silliness that GMMTV does so well. Oh, and I like Jane's response to Ryan just before the end credits; so in character.

A quintessentially Asian movie in its conception, it is a mixture of drama, action, humour and pathos. Han Min is a police officer, very handsome and straight, Mao is cute, lovable and gay but dead. Due to Han Min picking up a red envelope, he is forced to marry his spirit, after which he is able to see and converse with him. This eventually leads to solving the mystery of who killed him and cracking a case involving criminals as they are interrelated. It's wonderfully done and most entertaining. Highly recommended. 8.5 from me.

First, the costume Lin should wear with that exotic necklace: certainly not casual clothing, it needs something more traditional with bare skin here and there. We don't see what Lin found on his phone but I bet it's stunning. Moving on, as soon as Lin decides to check the jewellery himself and not go with Sun, I knew instantly a disaster would follow and sure enough after he leaves with the necklace, a car with blinding headlights comes hurtling at him. Who's going to save him this time?

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Enemy stepbrothers to lovers. Okay. JT with his aloofness, stern looks and thin lips is the epitome of the straight dude. But what does he do: 1) suggests Truth or Dare and doesn't participate; 2) eavesdrops; 3) waits for WS to be picked, he chooses Dare which is to kiss the first person who approaches the group, then JT arises and walks towards them so WS has to kiss him for 10 seconds and allows him to without any resistance — Quelle surprise. At home later that night, WS goes to JT's room to apologise whereupon JT backs WS against a wall and kisses him — a bigger Quelle surprise. Frustratingly, mid-kiss the scene is cut and the episode ends. That's one way to get viewers invested to see how that plays out. It works too.