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I think he's gay, at least psychologically, based on how jealous he gets when Sei mentions his text interactions with Hagiwara and his conversations with the guy at work (before Sei knew they were the same person).

lol You're a poseur.

lol Are you asexual? Part-sexual? Ninety-five-years old? Female? Human?

You're definitely not a young, physically healthy, average human male, as are the characters in this show; or you're lying. At that age, male humans think about sex almost non-stop (they have been doing so since puberty), and have semen running out of their ears. Hagiwara said as much in a refreshing remark in episode 2. He doesn't know just how normal his feelings are.

Female humans are, generally speaking, less horny than males but still not as "baffled" by sexual feelings as are you. Too bad. You'll miss out on all the fun.

I am good friends here with a member named Maggi64.
She and I have been accused twice of being the same person. lol It doesn't matter if you have a back-and-forth conversation-with yourself (or myself)-that only means you-or I-was skittling back and forth between accounts, enacting a diobolical plan to deceive the MDL masses. hahaha

I saw that remark above about you having two accounts but I thought they accused you of inadvertently repeating the entirety of a multiple-sentence or paragraph comment, not one two-word phrase. I also didn't know I was being accused of being your other account. :D

omg...you (I) have been expooooooooooooooooooosed!!! Here, let's give them more ammunition: I will write the word "weather." You repeat the word "weather" back to me in a comment so they'll know we're the same person again. :)

WEATHER

BRAVO. Yes, this is how psycho the children have gotten about what they call "sa," (They type only "sa" because they believe that seeing those words spelled out is yet another form of assault on their parchment-thin sensibilities). You can't make this shit up. It's beyond parody.

Ask someone for a blow job? You have just raped them. And don't try to deny it. :D

You actually consider a non-physical, verbal proposal for non-touching sexual activity to be a form of sexual assault? You actually believe that? You believe that hearing words is a form of assault? lol

Oh you poor dear, delicate flower. You tissue-thin, spineless worm; how will you ever make it through life without being in a constant state of anxiety and fear that someone is after your genitalia, even if they merely SUGGEST through words that you do something? Have you considered forming the words "no thank you, I'd rather not?" No, you'll be running off to the nearest police station to file sexual assault charges, where you would be mocked and laughed out of the building.

"Also stop liking your own comments. Nobody agrees with your sh*t opinions" hahaha

Yeah, yeah lil turd, still waiting for those time stamps to quotes that don't exist...

LOTS of MDLers lie and agree with lies every day in every thread. That's why you have 18 likes on your fake, made-up, lying liar comment above.
LOTS of MDLers are scared to death of sex and anything connected to sex; that's another reason for your 18 likes.

It's entertaining that you think 18 MDL likes is a big deal, a badge of legitimacy, a blue ribbon validating your worth. lol

You deliberately made up the quote, and put it in fake quotation marks, "but I can't give some sexual needs for you..." Quotation marks are used to repeat words that were actually spoken by a character or someone else, not to mislead readers into thinking someone said something they did not say.

Basically, you're a liar.

You're not insightful or thoughtful, and have some kind of sexual hangup that drives you to make excuses for Fujisawa's sadistic behavior, so I'll be trying not to waste more time on you.

Keen insight.

Thing is, even if he is asexual or phobic, the human male body has sexual functions/needs that would express themselves regardless of whether or not he's having actual sex with another person. At the very least, he would be having frequent wet dreams which are the means by which the male body relieves itself of pent-up/built-up semen. And given a phobia for neatness and order, Kazuaki would find a wet dream "messy" indeed. :)

She gets off on denying him sex. Maybe controlling him that way and knowing she's inflicting frustration makes her feel powerful. She's a sadist. I hope we learn WHY she is a sadist, but perhaps that quality is simply built in from birth.

Even in Japan, would someone in Kazuaki's position really go a year without sex without demanding to know what the hell is going on? As far as I'm concerned, her cruel, repeated refusals of physical intimacy are absolutely permission to go find gratification elsewhere. Not everything has to be put into words, especially in a society like Japan, where people are so reticent to discuss intimate matters.

She has made her position very clear. I see him as having every right to have a full-time affair on the side if he so chooses. Not out of revenge or spite, nor sought in haste, but someone dependable, thoughtful, concerned for his feelings, etc. Finding that person would likely lead to the dissolution of the Kazuaki/Kaori relationship, but that would be a good thing. OR...things could just go on like that for years if all three people concerned were fine with it, even if Kazuaki/Kaori never discuss it.

See a therapist.

This is horrendously bad. Can't believe it's a Strongberry product. Their shows are normally top-notch. Couldn't finish the first episode. Stupid dialogue/tropes/cliches/predictable everything, no extras on campus, and worst of all, every one of the pretty boys is wearing the same pink lip gloss.

This looks, sounds, and feels like one of those fluffy Turds Out Of Thailand (TOOT).

Dropped.

1/10

Why do you think it is that Kazuaki didn't explicitly say "I can't give you a sexual relationship, though I can give you everything else?" Because he never does say that. He keeps it vague, as in "the relationship you want," which could mean a lot of things. And yet he acts jealous when he sees that Sei is getting attention from elsewhere. At this point, it makes no sense, which is why I'm theorizing things like micropenises and missing testicles.

But even if he were asexual, even if he has no genitalia, he could still watch Sei jerk off as he proposed, which would be somewhat satisfying for Sei. But he won't even do that much. In fact, he acted panicked and disgusted. Something weird's up with that dude.

Strongberry heals me.
The excellence of the writing/acting/direction/cinematography in most of its films is first-rate.

Private Lessons is one of its best.
9/10

Only Strongberry could develop an off-beat concept like this and make it work. I laughed a lot. Love the deadpan deliveries and references to ancient and contemporary cultural markers. Even though no physical intimacy is shown on screen, not even a real kiss, the affection among these four immortals is palpable.

Bravo, SB!

9/10

Killjoy.

Anyone else suspect Kazuaki's problem is that he has a micro-penis and doesn't want anyone to see it? Teeny-tiny "micropenises" are a real medical condition (see below link). Or maybe he has no balls or something?

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17955-micropenis

There is an excellent Japanese feature film titled "Wandering," starring the always great Matsuzaka Tori, in which his character has a micropenis, which is the source of his fear of intimacy. Good film.

You're making stuff up. Kazuaki never specifically said their relationship would not include sex. Please provide the time stamp to where he said that. Thanks.

Fujisawa never said anything about sex being withheld. You are making stuff up. "I can't give some sexual needs for you..." is a totally made-up quote. He said something vague like "I can't give you the kind of relationship you want..." He was NOT specific about what that meant. Sei should have asked for clarification but didn't do so.

If you disagree, please provide the time stamp to where Fujisawa spoke your made up quote. If you can't do that, then please refrain from inventing dialogue to fit your preferred version of what's going on in this story.