Episode 9: Fukami is being a real dumbass at this point. I wish they'd have come up with a better conflict than the old "I'm hurting you by existing, so I'm going to hurt both of us even more by dumping you" routine.
Oh well, I love the show anyway, even if it is painfully short. It's amusing that the leads act out all these sex positions, but they're still doing the Japanese mannequin kiss thing. :)
"it's not a confessio... it's a report." yeah sure. of course it's a report with the none existing response…
THIS. Kuji has been an emotional sadist to Azuma during the entire series. It amazes me that commenters here think they have a great relationship. Of course, now that the show is about to end, Kuji magically gets a heart, like the Tin Man in Wizard of Oz. Except in Kuji's case, there was no Wizard. His heart simply appeared because he talked to Azuma's nephew or something. :)
Unlike you, though, I don't like their relationship at all. I was hoping Azuma would dump Kuji in this episode. IRL, someone like Kuji will soon enough return to their sulking, repressed ways. People don't change that drastically at the snap of the fingers.
I can't deal. This show is too good. When Kuji just put his arm around him in the last scene and pulled him in...…
"Kuji is so attentive and caring."
What show are you watching? Kuji has been emotionally unavailable and cold for nine episodes, the opposite of attentive and caring. Then, suddenly, just before the conclusion, he gets a magical soul implant.
Whenever I watch a Japanese romance drama, I'm always reminded about what a truly repressive society Japan has…
Lord, I know exactly what you mean, and thank you for saying it so well.
At least in BL dramas, JP people are constantly apologizing to each other for breathing, and then the one who is apologized to says, "oh, no, it is I who should apologize for noticing that you are breathing," and then they both apologize to each other for having been born, just to top things off. To someone from America, all this apologizing, silence, and repression is agony to watch.
Not that everyone here is upfront and ready to talk about their most intimate secrets, and there is plenty of discomfort/reluctance to talk about deep matters, depending on who you are and where you were raised here, but it's nothing compared to the JP culture of self-repression.
Something that really threw me in this episode was Kuji's housekeeper asking him not to visit her in the nursing home because she wants him to remember her as she was, for god's sake. How sad is that? Even sadder and more appalling is that Kuji accepted that and was glad not to feel obligated to go see her. So, apparently, she's going there to just wait to die and will cut off everyone who knew her before the nursing home. Wow.
Btw, what the hell is that woman doing going into a nursing home, anyway? She seems to be in good health, mentally and physically, so what's the problem? Maybe she figures since she's over 50, it's time to give up and croak. Did I miss something?
A Christmas miracle! In the 9th episode of a 10-episode show, Kuji is suddenly revealed to have had a soul implant!
In truth, I was hoping that Azuma would dump his sulking, repressed ass and find someone with a functioning heart. Kuji's 11th-hour soul implant is dubious, but at least something is finally happening.
Azuma's nephew Morimoto has the most beautiful, big eyes. What a cutie.
I mean it's subjective indeed haha, but I suppose you rate the men throught tv-shows, so actors and I'm dying…
Any man, or woman, who has had plastic surgery, nose jobs being the most common, whether in Korea or elsewhere, is automatically off my list. And believe me, I'm good at spotting who's gone under the knife. :) It's like everyone in Korea goes to the same surgeon and comes out with the same nose. Also, there are plenty of Korean actors who have not had plastic surgery.
Finally, I very much do NOT rate men through TV dramas, because I watch very few of them. I watch films 95% of the time.
im not against depicting insecure people, or depressed people or both. but its insulting when you only depict…
Yes, each of us comes with a background of lived experiences that is unique to all others. I should mention that I've watched this film four times as of last night. I believe that with each subsequent watch, we pick up on lots of things we missed before with any film. Plus, I love watching the character of Togawa. He's one of my all-time fave BL characters, and the actor does a phenomenal job.
im not against depicting insecure people, or depressed people or both. but its insulting when you only depict…
There is a lot more to Shima than a depressed "nothing burger." Togawa sees qualities in Shima that you don't, and it's clear he's not a stupid person. There's also the important fact that Togawa knows the backstory of what happened to Shima at his last job, and thus why he's so down on himself.
Anyway, either you see that, or you don't, and you've every right not to like the flick. It's one of my favorites, mainly for the character of Togawa, who is a sloppy, smoky, smart, funny, big-hearted, generous goofball. Sexy too.
Back for watch #4. It really does get better every time. I love the simplicity of the story, combined with great acting. Togawa is one of my all-time favorite BL characters. Unique, sexy, funny, butch but not arrogant, a bit sloppy but somehow also hot...above all, a big-hearted man, which is the sexiest thing of all, and played to perfection by Taniguchi Masashi.
Bumping it up a half-point to 9.5/10. Maybe next time it will become a flawless 10/10 for me. :)
Yes, PJH was very good here, but the emotional core of the story was the village chief, played spectacularly by…
In case you didn't notice, in the same sentence in which I said PJH gets kudos here because he's pretty, I also said he is a "great actor and will only get better..." That doesn't seem very "shady" to me.
Are you always so stern and serious? :)
I meant what I wrote about YHJ being the star of this movie, but the PJH thing was mostly tongue-in-cheek. I tend to say things that are meant tongue-in-cheek, and am frequently hated for it here.
Yes, PJH was very good here, but the emotional core of the story was the village chief, played spectacularly by…
PJH is far prettier than YHJ. YHJ would readily agree with me.
You're the only person here who thinks there is "shade" involved in mentioning that obvious fact. Or are you pretending not to notice that PJH is far prettier than YHJ?
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Fukami is being a real dumbass at this point.
I wish they'd have come up with a better conflict than the old "I'm hurting you by existing, so I'm going to hurt both of us even more by dumping you" routine.
Oh well, I love the show anyway, even if it is painfully short.
It's amusing that the leads act out all these sex positions, but they're still doing the Japanese mannequin kiss thing. :)
Also, you labeled their relationship as "love," but then implied their relationship has no label.
That is the reason for the title. :)
The original title was "Lung Cancer in Smokey Blue," but was changed by wise people in marketing.
Kuji has been an emotional sadist to Azuma during the entire series.
It amazes me that commenters here think they have a great relationship.
Of course, now that the show is about to end, Kuji magically gets a heart, like the Tin Man in Wizard of Oz.
Except in Kuji's case, there was no Wizard. His heart simply appeared because he talked to Azuma's nephew or something. :)
Unlike you, though, I don't like their relationship at all.
I was hoping Azuma would dump Kuji in this episode.
IRL, someone like Kuji will soon enough return to their sulking, repressed ways. People don't change that drastically at the snap of the fingers.
What show are you watching?
Kuji has been emotionally unavailable and cold for nine episodes, the opposite of attentive and caring. Then, suddenly, just before the conclusion, he gets a magical soul implant.
Please.
At least in BL dramas, JP people are constantly apologizing to each other for breathing, and then the one who is apologized to says, "oh, no, it is I who should apologize for noticing that you are breathing," and then they both apologize to each other for having been born, just to top things off. To someone from America, all this apologizing, silence, and repression is agony to watch.
Not that everyone here is upfront and ready to talk about their most intimate secrets, and there is plenty of discomfort/reluctance to talk about deep matters, depending on who you are and where you were raised here, but it's nothing compared to the JP culture of self-repression.
Something that really threw me in this episode was Kuji's housekeeper asking him not to visit her in the nursing home because she wants him to remember her as she was, for god's sake. How sad is that? Even sadder and more appalling is that Kuji accepted that and was glad not to feel obligated to go see her. So, apparently, she's going there to just wait to die and will cut off everyone who knew her before the nursing home. Wow.
Btw, what the hell is that woman doing going into a nursing home, anyway? She seems to be in good health, mentally and physically, so what's the problem? Maybe she figures since she's over 50, it's time to give up and croak. Did I miss something?
Thank you.
A Christmas miracle!
In the 9th episode of a 10-episode show, Kuji is suddenly revealed to have had a soul implant!
In truth, I was hoping that Azuma would dump his sulking, repressed ass and find someone with a functioning heart. Kuji's 11th-hour soul implant is dubious, but at least something is finally happening.
Azuma's nephew Morimoto has the most beautiful, big eyes. What a cutie.
And believe me, I'm good at spotting who's gone under the knife. :)
It's like everyone in Korea goes to the same surgeon and comes out with the same nose.
Also, there are plenty of Korean actors who have not had plastic surgery.
Finally, I very much do NOT rate men through TV dramas, because I watch very few of them. I watch films 95% of the time.
I should mention that I've watched this film four times as of last night. I believe that with each subsequent watch, we pick up on lots of things we missed before with any film.
Plus, I love watching the character of Togawa. He's one of my all-time fave BL characters, and the actor does a phenomenal job.
Forget you ever saw my comment.
Thanks, but I'll say what I want how I want.
Togawa sees qualities in Shima that you don't, and it's clear he's not a stupid person.
There's also the important fact that Togawa knows the backstory of what happened to Shima at his last job, and thus why he's so down on himself.
Anyway, either you see that, or you don't, and you've every right not to like the flick.
It's one of my favorites, mainly for the character of Togawa, who is a sloppy, smoky, smart, funny, big-hearted, generous goofball. Sexy too.
It really does get better every time.
I love the simplicity of the story, combined with great acting.
Togawa is one of my all-time favorite BL characters.
Unique, sexy, funny, butch but not arrogant, a bit sloppy but somehow also hot...above all, a big-hearted man, which is the sexiest thing of all, and played to perfection by Taniguchi Masashi.
Bumping it up a half-point to 9.5/10.
Maybe next time it will become a flawless 10/10 for me. :)
Are you always so stern and serious? :)
I meant what I wrote about YHJ being the star of this movie, but the PJH thing was mostly tongue-in-cheek. I tend to say things that are meant tongue-in-cheek, and am frequently hated for it here.
Oh well...
YHJ would readily agree with me.
You're the only person here who thinks there is "shade" involved in mentioning that obvious fact. Or are you pretending not to notice that PJH is far prettier than YHJ?
Either way, stop meddling in my comments.
PJH is far prettier than YHJ.
Both of those things are true.
Deal with it.
Also, who tf do you think you are, "meddling in" my comments?
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Sick, twisted, and evil...I like it!