Hikari no Naka

Anyone planning to watch Machida Keita here, he will appear in Ep 13. This taiga is filled with so many ikemen, I might watch this for that lol, since I don't think I have patience to watch 45 eps-long drama that lasts for one year...

I watched half of the subbed Ep 1 on dramacool and the sub looks pretty decent. Not sure if that's the one subbed by the subber that you refer to?

According to Thai fans, the number of online event ticket sold from Thai ticket site has reached almost 6000 in one week. This is from Thai and overseas fans only, not including Japanese side which should comprise the majority bulk. Imagine how profitable it is, each ticket costs around USD 44, assuming little cost since it is an online event, just do the math. Hopefully now Japan begins to realize the huge potential of overseas market.

Ep 1 is seriously weird lol.

Wow, Mich is super fast!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XajX_Ko9SdU
Pilgrimage to Nishiboshi Sacred Sites video. The bar is a real bar in Shinjuku Tokyo, another must-go place when in Tokyo.
The video is made by the same fan who made Cherry Magic's sacred sites video. CM fans really follow Machida and Akaso everywhere they go :)

Ep 2 is also fun, I would watch this for Kiriyama only. His comical expressions are worth laughing XD As for Yuutaro, sure he's cute and an eye candy, but his acting is... mediocre. I also feel the same way with him in Cherry Magic (I'm sorry Yuutaro-kun >_<)

Yeah, canned food usually doesn't have very good reputation. But I guess in Japan it's different. If you check Rakuten, the variety of canned foods are endless and they all look really appetizing. They usually are used for disaster emergency foods as well, so they try to make it as tasty as possible.

I cracked up so hard XD it's really rare to find a 26-yo guy, an actor on top of that. to be that innocent (I don't even know the suitable English word for that), we must protect him >.<

LOL. He is very unique indeed. No wonder the staffs were confused. And the proud look on his face, I can't XD

https://weibo.com/5658712656/K2FhIAaOD?type=comment&ssl_rnd=1613730894.2163
Another treasure video of Akaso-kun, this is an interview with Weibo Japan during Weibo Account Festival. At 2:04, he was asked if there is any sentence in Mandarin that he remembers? He answered confidently "Yes, there is!" and then he said something in Mandarin. He looked very proud of it, while the staff was confused about what he said XDD

Note: Anyone who understand Mandarin, I think he said "Is your dad coming?" (??)
ADD: Chii has subbed the full video
https://twitter.com/motivateanger/status/1362721884484239361

I REALLY like ep 2!! Amamiya is really cute and sweet, I think Machida has started to shed off Kurosawa's vibes and gotten further into Amamiya's role. Without spoiling to much, I think this episode will resonate with a lot women and the classic problem most women will face. It's really good that they bring up issues that most modern people usually face, it makes the story more relatable.
I also like the chemistry between the three guys, it's really fun to watch them XD

Checking this out after the news was trending in Japanese Twitter. After reading first few chapters of the manga, I'm not sure what to expect from this. It seems like the main character is the narrator of this BL world or something? Let's see how this turn out in the live adaptation.

I've never heard either, especially for Japanese drama, that's why I'm impressed. The event description only says talks and games, so I'm not sure either if they will have other performances. But I hope they will have gura yura dance together *pray*
I also hope they are not being forced to do excessive fan services like Thai BLs fan meeting, I just want them to be natural and comfortable.

Better late than never! Yeah, I think fans have successfully conveyed their love and support through the overwhelming votes for the award. It's much more meaningful than the journalist or critics votes imo.

Yes, that grumpy photo of him is so funny. Now I think he has gotten to like it a bit XD Fans even starting to make up all sort of awards such as The Most Hardship Award goes to Kurosawa's bag. LOL. This fandom is so fun.

Fans have been waiting for Akaso's post regarding the award and he finally tweeted:
The Television 106th Drama Academy Award Best Drama and Best Supporting Actor, thank you very much. Thank you also to everyone!!
Ps: Director Yuasa, is it OK to give the Best Supporting Animal Award to merry-go-round's hippo?
Here he refer to earlier tweet from director Yuasa that the Best Animal Award should go to Udon-chan. LOOOLLL. I'm always looking forward to Akaso's tweet, it's always so entertaining XDD

So happy for them too ^^ it is an award that is well-deserved. Congrats for Machida-kun as well, his performance is truly amazing and he finally got the attention he deserved after 10 years. It is indeed a happy day for CM fandom :)

Don't worry, 2nd place is very amazing, since the winner is Kubota Masataka, a very talented actor who has won many awards. So this is something worth of celebrating :)

I checked the 2019 awards and surprise, Kinou nani Tabeta also won the Best Drama and Uchino Seiyo won the Best Actor. Interesting thing is that they won due to journalist and critics' votes, so maybe it's just unlucky that this year's critics are rather homophobic or biased against BL genre. I can say that since NONE of their list include CM or its actors, it's really too obvious :((