Anaa

I think it's because they air live action BL on national tv broadcast, BL back in the day used to be only for limited access but now you can watch it for free on tv in japan. I mean imagine you watch a tv with ur grandma and suddenly The Shortest Distant is airing on national tv, not a great position lol. But i would say, their ability to broadcast in national tv is what made jbl nowadays not as wild as it used to be (there are still prob but usually are just AV/adult anime, and people don't really interest on those mostly, people love genuine romance jbl with good & balanced measure of intimate scenes i guess). But at the same time, jbl become more popular and it brings light to the lgbtq community in japan which is a win, not to mention a lot of actors able to arise to fame because acted in bl where they able to show their potential

This is very late respond, but basically He (kouhei) is in love with I (takuya), and He would do anything for I to reach his dream as a writer (including food, accomodation, etc) to the point He becomes sex worker to fulfill I's whatever needs and so that I never left He sides. Tho I thought at first that He just a regular bar worker and thankful for He's helps, but it turns out I found out that He in love with I, and i think I just feel weirded out and possibly experiencing internal homophobic, so I left He and never saw He again and ended up marrying She (prob to tame out his internal homophobia). By present, for his whole life after I left He, he always wondering 'what-if' scenario, what if he accepts He's love? What if I just don't afraid to step forward with He? All that stuff. Yet the ending, we never know what will happen, but certainly my suspicion that I become that guy from Brokeback Mountain, where he never present instead just wondering What-if all the time, even the wife She knows about the love between He and I. This is my interpretation, hope this helps

You're not the only one, i also enjoy this series too, it's funny, cute, sexy, sweet. It's such a fun to watch. I think it depends on the intention of why watching it, if we watching it fully for the comedy romance and for fun & entertainment, it will not disappoint but if we watching it purely because of the intimate scenes (understandable considering the original source the manga is purposely 21+), it will be disappointing

I sometimes think they're just intentionally make the intimate scenes just like the way it is because this series at the end of the day is comedy series, kind of making the intimate scenes as funny as possible because this is not AV series after all (different from the anime, it's purposely 21+). But i don't mind because this series is funny yet also cute. The actor who played the nerd guy, same like you, i almost thought he's the voice actor from the original anime because how he convey the character voice just insanely accurate (idk why he still haven't had mdl profile)

Nevertheless, still going to watch it. I think if we watching it fully for the comedy romance, it will not disappoint but if we watching it purely because of the intimate scenes, it will be disappointing. It depends on the intention of why watching it

This!!! Everytime they randomly open up their business, i was like 'bro that's enough, stop talking, you don't need to tell that' lol

My interpretation is kanata is going to ask akira whatever he's still a virgin or not because talking about that stuff with adult means that akira wants to know/already experienced about that stuff which naturally triggers kanata curiousity. But i think kanata knows that those questions are intrusive and private so decided to back out because it's akira's business if he lose his v card or not

They're 17 (in the manga) but it's quite clear they're prob just in that 17-18 age rage

I think it's because these characters are just a children, and those kisses are inexperienced awkward kisses where they're just kids who just realized that they fall in love with someone else for the first time in their life

Can someone tell me the intro music? The guitar rhyming just can't get off my brain how good it's

girl you're not alone lol, clicking this on for shoma. But ngl, the leads acting is good (i would say they're improving compare to Lita), but the directing and writing that just didn't do justice for the leads potential, the leads need more genuine story for them without the senior-junior cringe lol

I agree with shoma part, i notice this man acting has a very big potential even with limited experiences and screen time. I think he just need to be surrounded by good director who can recognise his talent and potential in acting

agreed with you! One of the things why i love jbl (even jdrama) are how they capture ordinary human life realistically to a beautiful meaningful stories, these characters have flaws and not perfect at all, their stories sometimes goes long and can be dragging but hey that's life. I do really hope japan can properly market these beautiful jbl cause they're hidden gem. Once you found them, you never look back

I suggest if you want to watch this, better to wait it until every eps air instead of waiting per week. It's very slowburn, can be boring and dragging as well as wholesome, comfy, cozy, and warm but hey that's daily life

It's very shocking indeed but it's part of the manga. Since i read the manga first so i don't really shock but still it's crazy. One thing about teenager is that they can be unexpectedly crazy. Does this series worth it? By the manga, i will say it's worth it. It's about finding love and navigating ourselves, especially the characters are high schooler who's still confused and terrified to fall in love

Agreed! This drama is just simple and lovely. Nothing dramatic going on, just adult finding love

Hi, would you mind sending me the file? Thank you 😊

I would say it could be Sara just stuck in the loop, if he got happy ending then he goes back to that room (with that black clothes Sara clone) and have to start from the beginning again somewhere in other universes. or he's indeed a universe traveller (kind of like doctor strange type), where whatever he was in his world, he still unconsciously able to travel universe, unlike Fuu. Fuu is able to see other universes as sideway (not as Fuu himself), but Sara able to see other universes as his ownself. To me, this point out that there are differences between Fuu and Sara universe travel skills. I think Fuu is definitely never be able to travel but still can see other universes through dreams as sideway, probably not often and usually just a coincidence dream. But Sara was able to travel as himself as a whole unconsciously.

I'll say this shows have interesting concepts about discussion of the exist of paralel world, and how some people have the ability of travel it. This theme has my interest of the concept of physics. But obviously there's no physics involved lol but the concept surely interesting in the world of BL. Definitely season 2 otw

Okay that last scene from special eps, made me realize that Sara is not yet free from the room of universe travel. Bro just had his happy life and settled then boom it's like "you think you got happy life? Sike not yet, your demon is still here and not forgot". It seems to me that Sara is stuck in a loop. Every time he achieves happiness, he is pulled back to the universe bridge room. Hopefully some good old season 2 will be nice

Thank u for the explanation 🩷 wow sara do actually traveling a lot of universes lol, is there a reason why he's always easily switch between sara to other version of Sara?

Can y'all tell me how sara scar on the forehead when missing at the hospital and then appeared again at the street lamp? I get the whole parallel world plot but the scar and a few days of amnesia are still a question in my mind