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ummm...you know she didn't REALLY kill a cat, right?

Who killed her and why? Am I stupid or did this not make sense?

Oh well. She was too old for him anyway.

A few plot holes and blatant implausibles, but overall an exciting watch with good acting, amazing fight scenes, and a hot, talented ML. Korea has somehow made me a fan of well-done, violent Yakuza/crime/thriller-type flicks. I used to avoid them out of Hollywood until I stumbled across Asian cinema.

8.5/10

Once this started, I remembered I had watched it once before a year or so ago. After ten more minutes I also remembered why I dropped it. There have already been a few odd directorial choices, but the decision to cast a female actor as the "transvestite" hooker was a major blunder. NO man dressed as a woman looks that convincing. This supposed transvestite also speaks with a perfectly natural FEMALE voice and, ooh, he sings like a woman too! lol That choice of casting eliminates all the potential dramatic tension in the storyline because this actress is totally UNconvincing as a man in women's clothes, which is what the character is supposed to be.

So unfortunately, because I like the ML Takahashi Kazuya and would have liked to see him in an early-career role in a good movie which this is not, I am dropping this odd duck with its obviously female-playing-a-man-who-dresses-as-a-woman mistake at dead center of the film.

1/10

oops! OK, it's infecting Japan AND Korea.

Some cheesy acting, both over and under but not bad enough to make me stop watching.
5/10

I agree with all you said, but Jinwoo's other big problem is Hyun Min's big mouth. He had no business sharing that info without consulting with Jinwoo first. Good riddance.

Excellent film. Yes, it's slow-moving. It's supposed to be. But the superb acting/direction/writing establishes a remarkable sense of place as we come to know the characters. There is a LOT going on among the people in this film. Just because no one is running around or screaming half the time does not mean nothing is happening. There is a rich story told by this film for those who are able to sit and let it be told. I was never bored, not in the slightest.

Hyun Min really is a POS for what he did before coming to the farm. And his follow-up to that is the definition of cowardice. So while I hurt for our ML, he's better off in the long run.

Wonderful.
9/10

lol

Mahiro is a psycho mute who expects a sexually confused dude who is trying to figure things out to read his freaking mind about everything. This is really too bad. I find the actor playing Souta to be very appealing. Hope he gets future projects.

Unfortunately, that's the plot to most Thai series. Now it's infecting Korea.

I find Souta to be a very hot versatile dude. F**k this uke/seme bs.
Kondo Shori is the only reason I've continued to watch this show. He has a powerful, very sexual onscreen charisma that obviously escapes you, but it sure doesn't escape me.

Totally agree. I'm bummed. I like Kondo Shori very much though and hope to see him in future projects.

I am really enjoying this series, the first Thai BL since Moonlight Chicken that I didn't drop during the first episode. At first, I found Krist's character annoying, but he's somehow grown on me to the point I'm getting a nice kick out of watching him be a goofball nerd mess.

And Fluke is perfect in this part. He's hot and knows it, even jokes about how everyone's after him, but he manages to show us Pisaeng's inner kindness, genuineness, and good-heartedness. I especially admire his desire to stop pretending to be friends with people he doesn't like, and with good reason.

So thanks, GMMTV, for surprising me with this one, which is far above your usual level, and also for Pisaeng's tight black pants. :D

"get your shit right."

oooh, I guess you were "triggered," sweetie.

TANE FOREVER!

As for the rest of this series, this final episode was beautiful, dealing with an extremely emotional and delicate issue: The power of fear to overwhelm a lot of people's desire for meaningful human relationships. This is a real thing. I know by experience and with good reason. Watching Yukata make a conscious CHOICE to ACCEPT the fact that pain will come as a fair price to pay for life-long joy in having loved and shared life with others. This was made ever more lovely by Minoru's dad's loving, assertive intervention on behalf of Yukata and his son's obvious affection for each other, putting aside prejudices he was undoubtedly raised with to enable their happiness. His action on their behalf moved me deeply.

To me, there were lots of problems with the rest of the story/plotting/writing leading up to this but I cared enough about the characters directly involved, and TANE!, to hang in there. This final episode made everything square for me.

Well done.
8/10

I like profanity. It bears a useful earthiness. And if you consider "ass" a profanity, I suggest you stay indoors more. If you don't, you're likely to hear much worse.
As far as the overused "ad-hominem" thing, to me what a person writes, says or does reveals a great deal about them as a person. I'm guessing that must be why you referred to me as having a "feeble, bitter brain" which after all, sounds a lot like an ad-hominem.
Perhaps work on self-awareness while you write.

You write well. Too bad the great writing is in service of a huge boatload of ass-backward assumptions about what I meant by "pretending." Had you considered the very specific context surrounding my use of the word, you might not have just made as much of an ass of yourself as you just did with your crusading comment. Are you ready to get off your verbose high-horse and read as I clarify my use of the word, or would you rather remain up there so you can continue to feel offended and self-righteous?

I used the word "pretend" in the same sentence in which I referred to the emerging use of "idols" as actors in KBLs and what that means for the K-Pop audience who production companies hope will follow their idols to watch the BLs they are featured in. Those little girls don't want to see convincing, realistic, deeply-felt portrayals of gay or bi characters discovering/experiencing the first or second or third pangs of love. The actors aren't fully committed to BEING the characters they're assigned, they're play-acting and it shows. The girls don't want to suspend disbelief or make any of the other usual psychological adjustments required to successfully absorb a BL story as "real." They want to get off on watching mostly marginal acting from idols as they "pretend" (badly) to be gay for each other for a bit so they can squeal and touch themselves in response. The appeal is in their belief they are watching one or two of their beloved straight (not) idols pretend to be gay for each other for 20 minutes a week, not in immersing themselves in a gay love story.

Had you bothered to read other comments of mine above you'd know I have a lot of stage acting experience, decades worth. So don't presume to lecture me on theatre theory 101. "Pretending" was a reference to the bad acting and the assumption by the K-pop audience that they're watching straight boys pretending to be gay. The truth is, of course, that in most cases they are watching gay idols pretending to be gay boys in love. Get it? If not, save your response. You're likely too tightly wrapped around your precious presumptions and full of yourself to absorb my meaning anyway.

Your comment is a great example of how often talented, practiced writing is used in service of willfully-ignorant presumptions and wildly off-base conclusions. lol Though there is a masturbatory element to your writing too...as you write you're also busy getting off on your own powers of the keyboard. And since that vibe clearly shows itself, I guess you're writing isn't all that good after all.

Good for him! :)

Noooooo...I could SWEAR I've seen the shorter one before but he's not the actor I thought he was so perhaps he just resembles him. I found them to both be excellent. Thanks for the answer though.