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"GO WATCH PORN!" It's so perfect that you and your little brain just wrote that. Just a few minutes ago I mentioned to another commenter that if you call out dead-fish kissing on MDL, someone is sure to shriek "If that's what you want, go watch porn!" at you.

And just minutes later, here you are to make my point and an ass of yourself, all at the same time.

Have you ever actually SEEN porn? They go, ummmm...just a tad further than dead-fishes. in fact, they go WAY further than ever real-ass kisses. Go watch some. Your head will explode.

No, I'm not here for porn, dear; I'm here for the storytelling you seem to think you are here for too. Did you know that BLs are, by their nature, stories of romance between human beings? Did you know that human beings involved in romances often KISS each other? No, really! It's true!

Did you know those kisses look NOTHING like what we've seen here? Now if we were to watch a live-action story which involved a sword fight, wouldn't it be kind of weird if the swords never touched, or if the swords came in contact with each other and then just stayed there, motionless?

Well, that's the equivalent of dead-fish kissing in a romance, dear. It's kind of alarming in regard to your mental state that you think kissing, whether IRL or on screen, qualifies as a "weird fetish." Kissing is one hundred percent normal. You are the freak here.

Guesses as to your demographics:
Female
Upper teens/low 20s in age
White
American

How'd I do?

YES. That guy is a great example of a character whose sex appeal arose almost entirely from his personality, charisma, demeanor, and attitude, plus the undefinable "IT" factor that some people have but most people don't. He got hotter to me with every episode, which is just as it should be, given the story line. That jaw line of his is beyond chiseled.

The very skinny, brunette co-lead in "End of the World With You" achieved the same effect with his body, charisma and acting skills.

Yes it is.

ooooh...you said "fetishization..." Did you come up with that all on your own? Did you know that real-ass kissing is something that healthy human beings do? Did you know that normal humans don't kiss like the people in this show? Well, maybe YOU do, but that would explain your difficulty in getting laid.

Why are you so afraid of kissing and sex? The only thing that reeks here is your Puritanical obsession with bad kissing, and your apparent feeling that being interested in sex and accurate portrayals of same is "disgusting."

That look shows up with alarming frequency in Japanese bls. The biggest problem is the bad dye job. It's what I call "dishwater blond." Almost no depth or highlights and it appears slightly greasy. The actor must be extremely underweight, considering how scrawny he looks on camera.

People freak out when I say this because "LOOKSISM!," but he is just n ot handsome, even in a mildly attractive way. Actually I prefer men who are attractive in ways that are not conventional. The K-Pop Idol look is so boring. But this guy looks, as you said, unclean and unhealthy.

Then, J costumers compound the effect with huge, baggy tops and pants that appear to have been stolen from the closet of some dude ten sizes bigger than the actor wearing them. Women in BLs are usually dressed in several layers of their mother-in-law's living room drapes.

That said, I've seen actors in films/dramas who have that same look but somehow exude charisma, sexual energy, and can ACT. It's true! This actor is not one of those people, however.

Bravo! But on MDL, if you expect any lip movement, like when people kiss in the real world, you will get replies such as "go watch porn if that's what you're after!" "You're a pervert," and the like.

MDL is crawling with Puritanical, sex-phobic, American Little Girls who are deathly afraid of human, physical passion.

It's the dead fish kisses that are "weird and gross..."

That first episode constitutes 10% of the show's running time and now, with the second episode, I've seen 20% of its run time. If a flick or drama can't spark your interest in 25-50 minutes, then the writers, director, and actors have done a shitty job.

What BS. If I "just want to complain," there are a zillion other more important things in the world I could meaninglessly whine about. Why would I come to the page of a low-quality, obscure BL drama to do that?

A 7/10 is equivalent to a C or average grade, which is more than this thing deserves.

"It's not..." what?

I would argue there are SOME good JBLs, but this is not one of them. Dropping during episode 2. Yuck.

I put together a quick list of JBLs I found successful:

My Beautiful Man
Jack O' Frost
The End of the World With You
Old Fashion Cupcake
More Than Words
Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai
A Man Who Defied the World of BL
My Love Mix-Up
Given
His: I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love
Mood Indigo
The Novelist

What struck me as I threw together this list is the large number of JBLs I started out liking a LOT in the first 2 or 3 episodes, but which fell apart and by show's end I disliked immensely. There are at least 20 of them.

I'd say now there are 21 of them, but I didn't like this show even in the first episode.

YES! This. I dropped it halfway through episode 2. Awful.

hmmm...a rare point of disagreement, JJ. I find the plot boring and predictable, the actors lame and untalented, and the thing as a whole lethargic and gray. Dropping out today.

Enjoy!

What do you love about it?

So, naturally, what should be a 4 or 5/10 show at best at this point is a 7.7/10 on MDL. lol God help us.

Precisely. I just got halfway through the second episode and thought "why am I forcing myself to watch this bore-fest when there's nothing worth my time going on?"

Also, I find it insulting and lame to watch all these people pretend that the washed-out, scrawny blond guy is hot when, ummm...he's not. The dark haired half of the MC is just dull.

This could potentially be an interesting, sexy story if it were rewritten, directed and cast with actors who possess some charisma. But oh well...that didn't happen.

Dropping. 1/10

Serious? lol

No, it was a really great idea for me, thanks.

Glad to be of help! Also glad to be your first friend request. What an honor! :D

When in the mood, it can be entertaining to simply keep pelting the ASJWPCLGs with questions as to WHY they feel the way they do. Eventually, their heads explode.

They're vicious people, if you dare to disagree with them. lol I've been denounced as a serial "cheater" more times than I can count, as well as a "pedophile" and "pervert," along with many other fun names. These lame-brains believe that if you enjoy the portrayal of a negative character who does bad things as part of a live-action story, then you must BE that type of person and do those things in real life.

Which makes millions of people murderers, as murder mysteries are probably the most popular film genre ever.

Good god.