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I'm agreed with what you said and bout the bj scene, tbh it's not greatly executed lol but i guess it's because no intimate coordinator in the team

Agreed!

when the series first aired 2 episodes, many people in this comment section were mad about the car scene in ep 1, said that the series romanticizing that specific scene but in reality this series depicts the real bts of yakuza and in no way does the series try to romanticise it in any shape or form. And I also kind of confused bout why people are only mad about the first scene but not mad about the part about murder, or violence, and again this is a yakuza theme so we have to understand and be aware about what we're bout to watch. So yes, many people were blowing up about it at first in this comment section, calling it romanticizing, etc during it first air, but now i see people starting to understand the series better.

it's not low tho but it should be higher tbh. I have seen some bl from other countries that are so mediocre or with not a great plot but get very high ratings. jbl on the other hand, even the most masterpiece jbl Our Youth who got only 8,5 (should be at least 8,9) always somehow got lower ratings and this where most people don't really trust MDL ratings on jbl because some jbl (even jdrama) with the most amazing storyline/plot just only got like 7+ sometimes even 6. never understand why tho...

hi welcome to jbl, most of jbl series are airing weekly <3

I found the comment who have theories to explain the scene. The scene meaning is probably it's kataoka way to say goodbye or it's kind of metaphor that the boss is actually like men too. Either way, i have read the manga and when this scene appear. I still don't get it lol

the moment when odajima fell for kataoka is quite subtle tbh so it's difficult to tell the exact moment of when and how. but i would say that these few moments are when i think odajima fell for kataoka:

1. eps 2 when kataoka hang out with 2 strangers, we get little glimpse of odajima expression, i think at that moment, odajima kind of see kataoka goodness of heart through that conversation with these 2 people.
2. same eps 2, when these two talk about consent. odajima are again able to see the inside of kataoka as a person. with this moment, he was (i think) taking a kind of like of kataoka and hence he gave his consent.
3. eps 3, we see these two starting to get to know each other (especially about odajima), and in this moment odajima felt like he was being listened to as a human being for the first time by anyone (apart from asahi), because before everyone treat him as a tool not human.
4. that let's get married scene, yup to me that's the moment odajima fall on kataoka in my opinion.
5. eps 4 those holding hands scene, yup there you go again with odajima just realized he's already fallen too far now lol. this is where he was confused about going for his duty or resume his feelings because when he was about to choke kataoka, he had a panic attack and remember about all those moments with kataoka, and then decides to just ignore his duty.

u can also watch happy of the end, they kind of have similar darkness yet are so realistic

Hi i hope my answer is helping. 1st q: his mother/sister probably was tired and def want to die as well after what she just went through and with odajima with rage as an teenager, he just grant that request to stop her suffering and def regret it as adult later. 2nd q: this is probably hypothetical but pretty clean answer actually, his sister is actually IS HIS OWN BIO MOTHER which means odajima father r*pe and impregnated his own daughter (odajima sister) and at first odajima thought she's his sister but then during his last moment after came home from school and before he snaps out, when his father assaulted his sister, he realised that his sister is actually his mother or the person who giving birth of him and he's the result of inc*st, hence why odajima said that he's actually not meant to be born at eps 3 and understandably why his sister wants to just die at this moment because nothing to go forward in life after what she went through

Love how you explain this beautifully! I conclude that this story is about a people who have good heart but was born and raise in the very wrong crowd (kataoka raised as yakuza since childhood and odajima who live his life through abuse and was born from potential inc*st), yet they may seem like a bad person with dark past but deep down they're actually good people. In the middle of criminal surroundings where good things are super rare, these good people (kataoka) found another good people (odajima) and understandably fall in love.

Love sometimes can be unexpected, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel <3

And yet, i still don't understand the lipstick scene was meant about, watched it repeatedly and still don't understand lol

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Darling, they literally cuddling lovey dovey in the SAME bed lol 😂 the series may not be focused on romances but more of slice of life

I must add that there are trigger warnings in this series, it's very dark (it's yakuza themed so no surprise it's dark, considering these people are criminals with dark past) but it's still romance. So please be aware 😉

Brava!! 👏👏 you explain perfectly about the power of cinema. This is why i love films and cinema, it explores themes that we don't want to experience but we want to see the perspectives and history. That's the most beautiful part of cinemas and a dear reason of me following dream of acting

Best explanation brava 👏

Nope babe. Based on the manga, just 2 people with twist

Agreed! One thing i love about jdrama is the characters have diverse appearances <3

Babe no one normalizing SA in this series, they depicts what happen behind close door of yakuza/mafia organizations irl (and we have to remind ourselves that these people are criminals, people who against law). You have to really read and understand the synopsis before watching it because it's clear that this is not fluffy stuff, it's dark stuff (similar to series "happy of the end")

Agreed! I was confused why they keep talking bout consent and stuff because girl... this is yakuza, criminal people, they know what they did is criminal and that's their life. People gotta know and read what they're watching/plan to watch tbh

I suspect people don't really like/enjoy reality-based series, but rather liking dramas that are 'very drama only on screen' drama, not 'realistically-life' drama. I'm still waiting for s2 tbh, so sad they don't have the budget because i was so invested