elenare77

hahaha, let's sign them up for anatomy remedial classes! 😆

I think it was for the advantages the status was providing her. She said that thanks to being married to him she was able to consolidate her position in the company

Many have you have already written What I had come here to say, so I won’t repeat it. But I still need to vent: I really, really despise the younger brother. Not an ounce of compassion from me.

I came here to say exactly this, you did it for me

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OK, everyone, I’ve got a question for all those of you who are shocked by the change in tone in the NC scenes.
Choose the answer you think is most plausible:
1- The production team were completely drunk whilst filming the first part of the episodes, and then suddenly after 6 episodes they came to their senses; they started filming the NC scenes properly but kept the badly shot ones because they couldn’t be bothered to reshoot them;
2- The first episodes were filmed by a bunch of amateurs who had no idea what they were doing, but since they were working for free, nobody batted an eyelid. The actors adapted to the low filming standards and did a rubbish job. Suddenly the professionals returned (perhaps they’d been on strike—as we all know it happens often in Japan) to take charge of the situation; they raised the standard but left the old footage in to keep the amateurs happy;
3- It was a deliberate stylistic choice. From the very beginning, the sex scenes were choreographed in an amateurish and almost ridiculous - grotesque if you like - manner, as a deliberate narrative choice, so that the moment of the switch between the two protagonists would be clear to the viewer. The moment when sex was no longer just gymnastics aimed at satisfying a whim, in which the other person was merely a means to an end, (especially for Kaji, whose point of view is the one that usually accompanies those scenes) but the sharing of all-encompassing feelings.

Now take your pick, I'm curious.

I certainly hope not, and that the reference will Just end there! 😅. But who knows, perhaps they’re leaving us breadcrumbs along the way… now I’m wondering if they left other references that I’ve missed

I appreciated the Romeo and juliet quote at the beginning of the episode, as a parallel to the fact that nakhun is a Shakespeare student in present time.

Fr, he was really gorgeous. Maybe different make-up and hair style?

Ok.

Yes, what I meant is that the nc scenes before were purposefully weird and cold, almost comical I'd say. A plot device. They were meant to be that way to show the difference between hedonistic sex only made for personal pleasure in which the other person is just a mean to an end, and loving sex where you take pleasure from the other person's pleasure and is amplified by love and longing.

Because it’s the first time feelings are involved. It was scripted to be that way from the beginning.

Can't argue with that 😂

Why don't they just talk?!!! You sit down, talk it out, explain what happened and your emotional reaction to it. It's not hard at all!! Then again, if couples just talked their misunderstandings out, we wouldn't have 90% of bl series.

That’s what I said. People who only look for explicit, over the top romance will be disappointed.I get that it might not be everyone’s cup of tea but it is What it is, they will enjoy other types of shows. Was it advertised as a great and grand love story? Perhaps the bl label was wrong as there are no no boys here

Every word you said. I think people don't really get that before going on with your life and building a new future, you first have got to let go of your past. This series requires watchers to tune in with the symbolism it depicts. That banana bread means so many things in its simplicity. But you need to pay attention to the deep meaning of things. And may I add, to be aquainted with Japanese adult productions and their top notch ability to show, not tell. Of course if you're only in for the romance you'll be sorely disappointed.

I blame it on the fact that I too recently lost a parent and with my sibling have to make choices and decisions about a lot of things, family house included. It made me so involved with the feeling of "letting go". Leaving that house, worse, knowing that that house will be demolished with all its memories past is harsh. It's like cutting the last ties to your life past, to the people ho inhabited your everyday life. The scene where Kuji mistakes for a moment Sakutaro for his late mom working in the kitchen was heartbreaking. The banana bread shared with the brother in the family house veranda for the last time while reminiscing days and people long past, in a bittersweet whirlwind of memories that are strictly tied with the place, and knowing none of that will ever happen again is so melancholic. All the what ifs and could have been, all the people who, for better or worse, impacted with your life, your childhood, all gone. Letting go is the hardest (and healthiest) thing I've ever done in my life.

I admit I had to google her as the name didn't ring any bell, but of course I remembered her as soon as I saw the picture. I watched the show when I was a child and I must say your comparison is spot on! :)

Yes, it's exactly the same but lighter! Since the manhwa is still ongoing, I guess the drama will take its own separate path at some point. So I'll keep watching.

I'm totally with you about the prudish streak. I don't know why so many young people are so scared of the portrayal of physical intimacy, be it between lovers or just for fun. Not to mention the absurd accusations of SA everywhere and the even more absurd rage against age gap. As if there were only one right way to live life and if a character (mind you, a fictious character!) doesn't abide to that standard then it's rubbish. Sorry, I got carried out of topic. 😅