Not all stories have to be hyper sexual/ melodramatic/ hold a strong message. This is a great example of a slice…
By its avoidance of portraying actual emotional or physical connection between two young men in favor of a sterile gay-boys-as-Teddy-Bears approach. You see, genuine affection and romantic physicality between boys is so gross that we're going to avoid it altogether in favor of a saccharine, sex-free vibe that exists nowhere outside of BL World.
Not all stories have to be hyper sexual/ melodramatic/ hold a strong message. This is a great example of a slice…
Who said "all stories have to be HYPER sexual, blah blah blah?" Not me. Slice of WHAT life? The life of two ace gay Teddy Bears? Apparently so. Who's mad? I'm not mad. Why, are YOU mad?
ummm...there were multiple misunderstandings.There was constant lack of communication and understanding, resulting…
There was constant miscommunication, as I already pointed out, sometimes multiple instances within one episode, especially toward the end. You are the one who wrote "communication, wow!" You are the one who wrote "wow, so mature." The leads "circled the emotional block" multiple times, over and over again, throughout the series, right up to the end, at which time Hioki is STILL amazed they're holding hands. As they walk away, he's STILL wondering how long it will last. lol
You stirred drama by writing a passionately favorable mini-review, from which you immediately backtracked but are pretending you haven't backtracked. What's that about? Never mind, don't answer.
After reading comments, it's clear this series is another one in which the Western Little Girl faction of the BL audience saw and heard, not what was on the screen, but what they wanted to be on the screen.
What a ride. This series was pure sunshine, warm, comforting, and genuinely joyful from start to finish. I went…
ummm...there were multiple misunderstandings. There was constant lack of communication and understanding, resulting in long periods of dialogue consisting, of "...eh? what...? ummm...? but...? Yeah...? did you..." wait...no...?"
"Adults" lol "Mature?" Good god, these two are the opposite of mature, communicative adults. What show did you watch?
Aggressively homophobic. Excellent example of BL for the Puritanical Homophobic Fluff-Munching Western Little Girl crowd.
But, also the first BL for the Neurotic-Ace community. Not that all ace people are neurotic, just that this show is for that subset of those who live in the ace-place. :)
Plot summary:
Be my friend! Be OUR friend! Ok, now we're friends, but are well reeeeeeeally "friends?" Apparently, we're friends, but he's only humoring me. Well, he hugged me, but did he really, like, HUG me? OK, yeah, he hugged me and got a boner, but was it a full or a semi? Oh wait...we're ace, so the boner was purely organic and meant nothing. But, do aces get boners? OK, I admit, he kissed me on the cheek, but surely that was an accident...? Well, now, it's true, he said he wants to be by my side, but what, really, does that mean, after all? Oh, he meant for life, but...a human life, an elephant life, or a housefly life? I'm not sure, and oh so conflicted...someone help me. Oh my gosh, he fucking confessed, and I adore him, but maybe I'm not ready...should I hold off? Yes, I'll hold off. Holy shit, he made it clear that he loves me, but...does he TOTALLY love me, or just in the way that, you know, regular straight dudes love each other? OK, f**k, he said he wants to actually f**k me...but f**k me hard like buddies or soft like lovers? Wait...we're ace...? I'm so unsurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre...! Lord, now he said he likes me again, and I held his hands and said I like him too, but....do we really, actually, completely like each other? Oh, I see, we need to confess...AGAIN. OK, we both confessed, but...are we DATING? Or just going out, or neither? I'm not sure...let's skip ahead three months, during which time nothing will have happened...that's the best choice. And, of course, we like, love, and dig each other, but we're still not dating OR going out, whatever that means. I'll ask him. Oops, now he's mad that I asked him because he's the top and I'm the bottom, which means he should have asked, even though we're ace, so I'm out of line. Will he beat me? Oh! Looks like we're boyfriends now! So...one mannequin kiss, then one semi-realistic kiss, and...we're off! Hey, now we ARE dating, we ARE boyfriends, we DO like and love each other, but...how long will it last? Will it last?! Oh well, who cares? Let's walk away from the camera holding hands while the Homophobic, Western Little Girl Fluff Munchers ooh and aah and touch themselves in ecstasy.
If you like series with one and a half episodes of promise and 8 1/2 episodes of wheels spinning in place, dig in. If you're uncomfortable with gay romance and sex, this is yet another on the long list of JBLs just for you. Enjoy.
For actual BL lovers, please avoid at all costs. I watched so you don't have to.
4/10 All four points given in appreciation of Hioki's lips.
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You must be a girl.
Not me.
Slice of WHAT life?
The life of two ace gay Teddy Bears?
Apparently so.
Who's mad?
I'm not mad.
Why, are YOU mad?
If so, I'm sorry you're mad.
You are the one who wrote "communication, wow!"
You are the one who wrote "wow, so mature."
The leads "circled the emotional block" multiple times, over and over again, throughout the series, right up to the end, at which time Hioki is STILL amazed they're holding hands.
As they walk away, he's STILL wondering how long it will last.
lol
You stirred drama by writing a passionately favorable mini-review, from which you immediately backtracked but are pretending you haven't backtracked.
What's that about?
Never mind, don't answer.
A fascinating phenomenon.
There was constant lack of communication and understanding, resulting in long periods of dialogue consisting, of "...eh? what...? ummm...? but...? Yeah...? did you..." wait...no...?"
"Adults" lol "Mature?" Good god, these two are the opposite of mature, communicative adults.
What show did you watch?
Excellent example of BL for the Puritanical Homophobic Fluff-Munching Western Little Girl crowd.
But, also the first BL for the Neurotic-Ace community. Not that all ace people are neurotic, just that this show is for that subset of those who live in the ace-place. :)
Plot summary:
Be my friend! Be OUR friend!
Ok, now we're friends, but are well reeeeeeeally "friends?"
Apparently, we're friends, but he's only humoring me.
Well, he hugged me, but did he really, like, HUG me?
OK, yeah, he hugged me and got a boner, but was it a full or a semi?
Oh wait...we're ace, so the boner was purely organic and meant nothing.
But, do aces get boners?
OK, I admit, he kissed me on the cheek, but surely that was an accident...?
Well, now, it's true, he said he wants to be by my side, but what, really, does that mean, after all?
Oh, he meant for life, but...a human life, an elephant life, or a housefly life?
I'm not sure, and oh so conflicted...someone help me.
Oh my gosh, he fucking confessed, and I adore him, but maybe I'm not ready...should I hold off?
Yes, I'll hold off.
Holy shit, he made it clear that he loves me, but...does he TOTALLY love me, or just in the way that, you know, regular straight dudes love each other?
OK, f**k, he said he wants to actually f**k me...but f**k me hard like buddies or soft like lovers?
Wait...we're ace...?
I'm so unsurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre...!
Lord, now he said he likes me again, and I held his hands and said I like him too, but....do we really, actually, completely like each other?
Oh, I see, we need to confess...AGAIN.
OK, we both confessed, but...are we DATING? Or just going out, or neither?
I'm not sure...let's skip ahead three months, during which time nothing will have happened...that's the best choice.
And, of course, we like, love, and dig each other, but we're still not dating OR going out, whatever that means.
I'll ask him.
Oops, now he's mad that I asked him because he's the top and I'm the bottom, which means he should have asked, even though we're ace, so I'm out of line.
Will he beat me?
Oh! Looks like we're boyfriends now!
So...one mannequin kiss, then one semi-realistic kiss, and...we're off!
Hey, now we ARE dating, we ARE boyfriends, we DO like and love each other, but...how long will it last?
Will it last?!
Oh well, who cares?
Let's walk away from the camera holding hands while the Homophobic, Western Little Girl Fluff Munchers ooh and aah and touch themselves in ecstasy.
If you like series with one and a half episodes of promise and 8 1/2 episodes of wheels spinning in place, dig in.
If you're uncomfortable with gay romance and sex, this is yet another on the long list of JBLs just for you. Enjoy.
For actual BL lovers, please avoid at all costs.
I watched so you don't have to.
4/10
All four points given in appreciation of Hioki's lips.
Dropped
2/10
Check it out.
I don't recall what your referencing, I guess. :)
Thanks for responding.