attending festivals, cooking meals, or living together as if they were already engaged. it's clear that kota (kai)…
Wow, you are wildly projecting your fantasies onto this show. Hiro stood up Kai at the festival, he rarely makes it home to eat Kai's wonderful cooking, they sleep separately, and haven't even really kissed. Yet, you see all this as the relationship of an "already engaged" couple? Maybe one headed for a really bad marriage.
They both seem to have such soft lips and it looked like such a nice, tender, good, sweet kiss, and I don't mean…
They barely moved their lips. It wasn't a "dead" fish kiss, but I'd say "near-death" fish kiss. There was barely detectable movement, but it was there. It's so stupid that Japanese BL directors keep doing this. Dead fish kisses completely ruin everything the scene has built up to to that point. The characters move in for the big kiss, and then it's two mannequins leaning against each other. It's artificial and downright weird. Homophobic, too. If you're too self-conscious as an actor or director to realistically portray a passionate, human kiss, then stop doing BLs.
After episode 5: Meh. Another Japanese BL that's OK, but nothing to rave about. This drama is much more about Japan's insane, high-pressure, long-hours, salary-man work culture than it is about a romance between Hiro and Kai. Sure, Kai's going to help nudge Hiro toward quitting his job and finding something he loves to do, but the developing romance feels secondary to that. What's up with a hand job in the first episode, and four episodes later they're still sleeping separately? Unrealistic. IRL, they'd be banging away daily.
I'd describe this show as pleasantly bland. I'm thinking 7/10 as a final rating.
So, I went to read the manga version out of frustration...and now, I just can't wrap my head around how much they…
Don't ever expect a live-action adaptation of ANYTHING to be an exact copy of the source material. There is no reason it has to be, and adaptations OFTEN change things around, eliminate characters, change motivations, all kinds of shit. As for why this director/writers did what they did, maybe google it.
Episode 7: I feel badly for actor Kan Hideyoshi as Sakae, having to force/fake an attraction to Nishiyama Jun as Soga. There is simply no chemistry between the two. Add to that Hideyoshi's hotness and Nishiyama' lukewarm nerdiness, and there's just nothing going on when they interact. It's embarrassing.
The show is badly written, of course, which doesn't help. lol A fever and porridge? REALLY? How original and innovative! Also, it was dumb the way Sakae allowed Mizuki to speak for him and lead him around by the hand...Sakae wouldn't reasonably do such a thing. Mizuki still comes off as a tad smarmy, but his chemistry with Sakae makes me want to see them together.
So, this is bad, but I'm going to finish it out because Hideyoshi is so easy on the eyes. That's it. That's the only reason. I'll probably give this a 6/10, the equivalent of a D school grade.
So...why didn't Dong Wook simply make that full confession and apology when he first showed up again? Because then we wouldn't have had a series. This was OK, not great, not terrible. Two leads are appealing. I don't buy that Do Hyun would fall for DW's arrogant, smirky campaign of reconnection, given what happened the last time they saw each other. That was ice-cold, man.
This was my second watch. I gave it a 7.5/10 rating last time, which to me is a C+. That seems about right.
you should try and give it a chance you cant judge a show based on the first episode, i cant force you to like…
It turns out I have watched "A Breeze of Love" when it was airing and enjoyed it. I rated it a 7.5/10, which for me is a C+. I don't remember what prevented it from being a B or A. :)
I think I'll rewatch ABOL. Maybe I'll like it more the second time around.
"thailand makes 17 of those every week" NO???? leave 16 just name one thai series thats similar to this?i get…
hahaha....thanks for the entertainment. You are hilariously stupid. Every comment is more of a laugh-riot than the one before.
I'm not arguing with a "retarted" (actually, it's "retarded," not "retarted") person such as yourself. But if you want to leave more drooling comments for me to laugh at, please go ahead.
btw, I need me, and that's all that matters. Love you.
"thailand makes 17 of those every week" NO???? leave 16 just name one thai series thats similar to this?i get…
Still yapping like a dog, I see. lol
I think you might be intellectually disabled. In my very first comment, I stated that I was dropping the series. Dropping a series, to help you understand, means that I am not watching the series, voluntarily. I don't recall writing that anyone was "forcing" me to watch it.
If you think I'm going to argue with you about some "topic," or explain myself to you further, you're wasting your time. Nothing good comes from arguing with mental midgets or the mentally ill.
Kuroki Haru has all the screen presence and charisma of a toadstool. Add that to the fact she's portraying a character with the charisma of a toadstool, and you have an unwatchable bore-fest.
I like both MLs, but this isn't going to be worth hanging around for.
It probably doesn't help that just last night I watched an excellent Korean film, with deeply engaging characters of both sexes and a riveting plot. In Japanese movies, the women are so often unbearably simpering, mincing about with that affected, faux-delicate, whispery-voiced spinelessness that was considered alluring 80 years ago, but is now just f**king annoying. I get that this very Japanese, and twisted, idea of feminine charms was beaten into women as they grew up back then, but what's the excuse now? Horrible.
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It's so stupid that Japanese BL directors keep doing this. Dead fish kisses completely ruin everything the scene has built up to to that point. The characters move in for the big kiss, and then it's two mannequins leaning against each other. It's artificial and downright weird. Homophobic, too.
If you're too self-conscious as an actor or director to realistically portray a passionate, human kiss, then stop doing BLs.
Meh. Another Japanese BL that's OK, but nothing to rave about.
This drama is much more about Japan's insane, high-pressure, long-hours, salary-man work culture than it is about a romance between Hiro and Kai.
Sure, Kai's going to help nudge Hiro toward quitting his job and finding something he loves to do, but the developing romance feels secondary to that.
What's up with a hand job in the first episode, and four episodes later they're still sleeping separately? Unrealistic. IRL, they'd be banging away daily.
I'd describe this show as pleasantly bland. I'm thinking 7/10 as a final rating.
I feel badly for actor Kan Hideyoshi as Sakae, having to force/fake an attraction to Nishiyama Jun as Soga. There is simply no chemistry between the two. Add to that Hideyoshi's hotness and Nishiyama' lukewarm nerdiness, and there's just nothing going on when they interact. It's embarrassing.
The show is badly written, of course, which doesn't help. lol A fever and porridge? REALLY? How original and innovative! Also, it was dumb the way Sakae allowed Mizuki to speak for him and lead him around by the hand...Sakae wouldn't reasonably do such a thing. Mizuki still comes off as a tad smarmy, but his chemistry with Sakae makes me want to see them together.
So, this is bad, but I'm going to finish it out because Hideyoshi is so easy on the eyes. That's it. That's the only reason. I'll probably give this a 6/10, the equivalent of a D school grade.
Because then we wouldn't have had a series.
This was OK, not great, not terrible.
Two leads are appealing.
I don't buy that Do Hyun would fall for DW's arrogant, smirky campaign of reconnection, given what happened the last time they saw each other. That was ice-cold, man.
This was my second watch. I gave it a 7.5/10 rating last time, which to me is a C+. That seems about right.
I think I'll rewatch ABOL. Maybe I'll like it more the second time around.
I'm not arguing with a "retarted" (actually, it's "retarded," not "retarted") person such as yourself. But if you want to leave more drooling comments for me to laugh at, please go ahead.
btw, I need me, and that's all that matters. Love you.
I think you might be intellectually disabled.
In my very first comment, I stated that I was dropping the series.
Dropping a series, to help you understand, means that I am not watching the series, voluntarily.
I don't recall writing that anyone was "forcing" me to watch it.
If you think I'm going to argue with you about some "topic," or explain myself to you further, you're wasting your time. Nothing good comes from arguing with mental midgets or the mentally ill.
Kuroki Haru has all the screen presence and charisma of a toadstool. Add that to the fact she's portraying a character with the charisma of a toadstool, and you have an unwatchable bore-fest.
I like both MLs, but this isn't going to be worth hanging around for.
It probably doesn't help that just last night I watched an excellent Korean film, with deeply engaging characters of both sexes and a riveting plot. In Japanese movies, the women are so often unbearably simpering, mincing about with that affected, faux-delicate, whispery-voiced spinelessness that was considered alluring 80 years ago, but is now just f**king annoying. I get that this very Japanese, and twisted, idea of feminine charms was beaten into women as they grew up back then, but what's the excuse now? Horrible.
Dropped.
1/10