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EXACTLY, especially your last sentence.
They compete to see who's first to leave an outraged comment about "inappropriate" this or that. I read an article a while back that went into depth about why this younger generation is so pearl-clutchy about anything having to do with sex or relationships. I wish I could recall the writer's theory.

My favorite type of Church Lady Little Girl here on MDL are the ones who encounter a six-year age gap in a show and come in here shrieking "PEDOPHILE!" They don't bother to educate themselves as to what pedophilia actually IS.

aaaaah....yes, that's a good one. The elderly actress is great too. I'm glad you liked the film.

Episode 1:
This is silly, stupid, and fun. :) I like it!

The overlapping, double, internal monologues are hilarious.
The leads are great. Good acting.
The fujoshi/director is a scream.
Over the top at times but not too much so...just right for the tone.
And the all-important C H E M I S T R Y is there.

Well done so far.

What and where is "heavenly," please. :)

Stalking me for a year...I'm flattered. :)

You might be surprised if I shared the number of MDL friends I have built up over time. Nearly every time I throw down with a Church Lady I will get two or three or more friend requests. lol Turns out there are a LOT of lurkers here who don't comment because the prudes and know-nothings swarm them when they do, thus they feel intimidated and stop commenting. And many of those lurkers like a lot of what I say. So...there ya go!

Take care.

Wow, thanks for sharing that, yai. As your only self-added MDL friend I feel special. :D I write comments and reviews mostly for my own purposes. Doing so helps me think thru the show I've seen and often realize things about it I would not have, had I not written.

And I do enjoy a good, old-fashioned throw-down with the MDL Church Lady Prudes too! I've gotten a lot better than I used to be about off-loading when a debate becomes tiresome. Life really is too short.

Don't apologize! Enjoy what you enjoy and like what you like. :D

First things first: The machine subtitles are horrendous and confusing. I look forward to watching this again with proper subs if they ever show up. I have a feeling a great deal of my confusion will be eliminated by decent subtitles.

That said, this movie is far better than it should be, given its low budget. The acting of the MLs is remarkable. I felt I was watching real people and eavesdropping on their conversation through a hole in the wall. I deeply admire their one hundred percent commitment to the roles; their willingness to overcome fear with courage and go all out, without reservation. In this regard, this flick is the polar opposite of almost all BLs. The FL is OK, but her bad fake smoking is distracting af. Either learn to properly smoke, inhale-exhale and all, or make the character a nonsmoker please.

I am thrilled to see a gay-themed flick deal with the issue of versatility in sex between men, and the power trips and foolishness surrounding rigid top/bottom roles, which is pretty much all we see in BL-Land. Not that this is a classic BL by any means, To say the least. :P When that surprise flip took place I cheered, as did weary bottoms the world over. And what was that? Actual BJs? We NEVER see BJs in BL, though they are more common than schtuping in the real world.

These are among the most convincing sex scenes I have beheld in a film, assuming the sex is simulated here, something of which I'm NOT convinced. :) And if the sex is for real well, good for them. :) Either way, the rawness of the physical aspect so central to the story, is refreshing. Almost nothing is as annoying and, occasionally, as amusing as badly acted sex in an otherwise well-acted film. I've seen actors supposedly going at it but posed in such a way that their naughty bits could not possibly be anywhere in the vicinity of each other. Nevertheless, they huff and moan as if pounding away for real. Lame.

Note to makeup crew: In a flick showing this much skin in closeup, please at least conceal the larger pimples, especially near the butt crack. While it was refreshing and, I assume intended, that these actors appear more naturalistic than the buff, zero-body-fat dudes we usually see in BL, I can think of little else more distracting and gross in a film than zoom shots of ass zits. This is especially true because the lighting is often natural and harsh. Even the blonde, female fashion model had a greenish/purple bruise on the front of her shin; on an otherwise flawless body during a fashion shoot, no less.

I'll be checking back here occasionally, to see if anyone has found good subtitles for my second watch.

In the meantime:
8/10

If this were porn, there would be full-on shots of genitalia, penetration, blowjobs, and ejaculations. Did you see something I didn't?

Well put. The commenters complaining about the sex scenes who nevertheless watched the entire movie, are amusing. There is an incredible amount of shame and guilt on MDL threads below any sexual movie...it's sad how hung up and repressed so many presumably young people here are.

Some commenters say how much they liked it but won't watch again because of the sex. lol wtf?

Sounds like a fun plot.

What are "positive" talks?
Are there "negative" talks to star in Kdramas too?

Korea is the worst offender. :)

"Are you still talking to me?" says the person still talking to ME. Lame.

I agree that Muto Jun and the actor playing Fuji are doing outstanding work for a BL. It's hard to determine with the Sei actor because he's portraying Sei as very shut down and repressed in his feelings, so he doesn't have many chances to show a range of emotions.

I didn't mean to imply the overall presentation of an "assault" was "unbearable," lol, just that it was lame and could have been done much more effectively. I'm guessing the director toned it way down from the novel and that was a mistake. It was a "fish kiss" version of sexual assault: unconvincing.

Certainly. Go right ahead.

hmmm...I think that's only happened to me once. It's in DMs that I've had that problem on occasion.

Oh. I edited that comment immediately after originally posting it. I didn't feel it was worth risking someone like you running to the mods over. But if you'd like to kiss my bum, go right ahead.

Indeed I do. That's why it's funny to me too. :D