It was a bit all over the place and waaay too many couples for only 6 episodes. I still got the gist of it without knowing anything about the original series or books and I enjoyed it UNTIL Gii basically assaulted Takumi?!
I know there's this trope of saying No, while the body says yes, but that can get icky really fast and especially with Takumi's trauma I thought it was fucked up.
I tried to like it, but I'm at ep 4 and I just can't. There's SO MUCH wrong with A-Tuos behaviour and it's never shown as it being wrong. Idk if it's supposed to be romantic, but in my opinion it's just fucked up.
All in all, Natsuo was nothing but a red flag. A red flag for his first love, A red flag for Hiro (Even though…
I felt the opposite. I thought it was refreshing how open he was to talk about past relationships/feelings. Because it's in the past and there are no lingering feelings, he didn't need to hide anything.
His high school self was a red flag, I agree. But being a gay kid in high school can be a nightmare in itself, so I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, that his behaviour on the roof top was not the core of who he is as a person. It could've been discussed a bit more in the end tho
Now if we can only get a BL to educate fujoshis about the fact that the top/bottom thing is not nearly as universal…
YES! All that top/bottom talk drives me insane, because it's only a small step away from "so, who's the woman in the relationship?" and it's so annoying that it's still such a big deal in BL.
I agree, it's probably because a lot of them are written by women. There's also a large audience of teenage girls/young women, who maybe don't know any better? But in my opinion it's just common sense to think that there's more possibilities than a trope-y top/bottom dynamic, in the bedroom AND in BL stories.
IMO the show has a lot of flaws, but I still enjoyed watching and Natsuo really did warm my heart. The NC scen was surprising tho, because there wasn't much build up beforehand. It was well done, but felt like a different show somehow.
It has it's flaws (and the number of players is only the tiniest one 😅), but I still had a lot of fun watching it. It was cute, funny and I especially loved the second couple.
I'm not particularly fond of any of these characters, but I thought it was an interesting topic with a lot of possibilities to explore human nature in that regard. Stories don't have to be black and white for me, I enjoy morally grey and flawed characters and for the most part, I think this show handled it well.
Hagiwara/Kaori's story felt real and human, their breakup scene was well executed although a tiny bit too "easy". Like, I imagine there would be a lot more hurt and heartbreak in that moment, even though both of them realise it's the right thing to break up. But I liked that she made him spell it out that it was over, even though both knew at that point.
Looking at Sei/Kazuaki... I don't know what the hell happened there, because their story sort of derailed. It just screamed Wattpad fiction and it was so far fetched, it almost ruined everything else for me. Such a shame, because most of the show seemed so realistic to me.
BUT up until that Sei/Kazuaki story dump in the last episode, I enjoyed the show. Especially the acting of Muto Jun and Matsumoto Hiroki stood out to me.
I won't rewatch, but I think I'll read more comments on here and keep thinking about it for a little while longer to dissect it more. But in my head, Sei/Kazuaki's backstory already got erased; it just doesn't make sense to me.
I'm not sure if this was intentional, but it was one of the biggest mistakes with expectations of my life. From…
Agreed! I can't believe this is tagged as a comedy movie on Netflix. It's a really good movie, but I started watching because I wanted something lighthearted and this was definitely not it 😅
it obviously wasn't rushed and it DID fit in, it was Haeron healing...did you expect him to not heal or something?
no need to get defensive lol
To me it felt rushed, because one minute Haoren shows up with a bloody knife after having stabbed someone and the next minute they're enjoying a fun day like it had no effect on them whatsoever. And with the time jump, we lost a lot of insight into Haorens life after parting ways with Chihiro. I'm not saying we needed to see the trial and his time in prison in detail or something... It just felt different compared to the slower pace of the previous episodes.
I had no expectations on whether Haoren would heal or not, because I didn't know if we'd get a happy ending. I'm happy he did and I'm happy with how everything turned out, I just think the last episode had a different vibe than the other episodes. Not because it was a more positive one, but just with HOW it was written and how the story was told.
OBVIOUSLY this is my personal opinion and you're welcome to disagree.
I love this show so much 😭❤️ tbh the last episode was a bit disappointing, because it felt rushed and somehow didn't really fit in with the rest of the episodes. However, this show still made the list of my all time favourite BLs
Edit to explain a bit more: I think in ep 7 and 8 we get more and bigger time jumps compared to previous episodes. We're missing bigger parts of what's happening, while the previous episodes felt more like watching everything that's going on, even the little things. It's not like we're missing important information to understand the plot, I just mean it feels like different storytelling compared to the rest of the show.
The english speaking is so cringe but funny to watch 😆
I sometimes have to mute it, because I can't bear to listen and then I feel guilty immediately 😭 English isn't my native language either and I probably don't sound any better, so why am I judging 🤣
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I know there's this trope of saying No, while the body says yes, but that can get icky really fast and especially with Takumi's trauma I thought it was fucked up.
His high school self was a red flag, I agree. But being a gay kid in high school can be a nightmare in itself, so I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, that his behaviour on the roof top was not the core of who he is as a person. It could've been discussed a bit more in the end tho
I agree, it's probably because a lot of them are written by women. There's also a large audience of teenage girls/young women, who maybe don't know any better? But in my opinion it's just common sense to think that there's more possibilities than a trope-y top/bottom dynamic, in the bedroom AND in BL stories.
IMO the show has a lot of flaws, but I still enjoyed watching and Natsuo really did warm my heart. The NC scen was surprising tho, because there wasn't much build up beforehand. It was well done, but felt like a different show somehow.
Hagiwara/Kaori's story felt real and human, their breakup scene was well executed although a tiny bit too "easy". Like, I imagine there would be a lot more hurt and heartbreak in that moment, even though both of them realise it's the right thing to break up. But I liked that she made him spell it out that it was over, even though both knew at that point.
Looking at Sei/Kazuaki... I don't know what the hell happened there, because their story sort of derailed. It just screamed Wattpad fiction and it was so far fetched, it almost ruined everything else for me. Such a shame, because most of the show seemed so realistic to me.
BUT up until that Sei/Kazuaki story dump in the last episode, I enjoyed the show. Especially the acting of Muto Jun and Matsumoto Hiroki stood out to me.
I won't rewatch, but I think I'll read more comments on here and keep thinking about it for a little while longer to dissect it more. But in my head, Sei/Kazuaki's backstory already got erased; it just doesn't make sense to me.
To me it felt rushed, because one minute Haoren shows up with a bloody knife after having stabbed someone and the next minute they're enjoying a fun day like it had no effect on them whatsoever. And with the time jump, we lost a lot of insight into Haorens life after parting ways with Chihiro. I'm not saying we needed to see the trial and his time in prison in detail or something... It just felt different compared to the slower pace of the previous episodes.
I had no expectations on whether Haoren would heal or not, because I didn't know if we'd get a happy ending. I'm happy he did and I'm happy with how everything turned out, I just think the last episode had a different vibe than the other episodes. Not because it was a more positive one, but just with HOW it was written and how the story was told.
OBVIOUSLY this is my personal opinion and you're welcome to disagree.
Edit to explain a bit more: I think in ep 7 and 8 we get more and bigger time jumps compared to previous episodes. We're missing bigger parts of what's happening, while the previous episodes felt more like watching everything that's going on, even the little things. It's not like we're missing important information to understand the plot, I just mean it feels like different storytelling compared to the rest of the show.