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Seeing Kurosawa do the Princess Carry to Adachi, was so sexy. Machida's arms, phew.

Confident Adachi is everything! I love his awkward and clumsy side, but god when he needs to, he can take those confident steps and I turn into a jelly. I was surprised by Rokkaku's intuition, props to him and I like how nice he is to Adachi (one new friend in the list haha).

But what really made my heart go doki-doki is Adachi realizing that Kurosawa's genuine and considerate feelings of love are indeed touching him and that creates a change withing him, a positive change! Yes, without the mind-reading power it might have been impossible for Adachi to develop further as a person but as much as this power can help him support those around him, someone's love and care can turn around your world. Kurosawa's feelings are reaching him and Adachi is responding back. At the end of the episode he starts realizing what is that feeling inside him but he needs a final push to confirm and accept it.

The funny moments with Tsuge and Adachi's "nightmare" were great. Next episode, Kurosawa is literally living his dream but also reaches a "breaking-point" in his feelings.

I borrowed the volumes from a "friend".

I recently read the manga of this and it's pretty good. I am sure they will cut down the heavy BL parts, which are not really NSFW in the manga but very suggestive, so I hope they at least keep their relationship the same (and tbh I would rather have this as a series than a movie but oh well).

Also, excited to see Tachi as an actress; I have been a fan of hers since she was in Keyakizaka46 so I hope everything goes well.

I have a lot:
- Adachi hearing Kurosawa's romantic thoughts about him on the elevator
- The scarf scene; Kurosawa's noticing all those details about Adachi and Adachi almost crying and apologizing
- When they were talking Ragna Crimson; they have things in common that they are passionate about outside their work
- The ending of episode 2; from Kurosawa's thoughts about being fine just being a colleague to Adachi running and opening those elevator doors
- The forehead kiss scene; Kurosawa so sincere with his apology because he doesn't want to force Adachi and I love forehead kisses uwu
- The rooftop scene; LEGENDARY
- When Kurosawa said "Are you finished with your call?" and had the confidence to step up again and continue, HOLY SH*T
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- All the scenes with Fujisaki; she is so sweet and considerate, I love what the writers did with her character. Very relatable.
- Kurosawa saving Adachi; the knight in suit and tie saving Adachi but it was that moment we first saw why Adachi is so scared. His low self confidence and insecurities make him feel lower than Kurosawa, who he perceives as perfect.
- The whole ending of episode 3; from Kurosawa attending to Adachi's wound to Adachi finally having some confidence to step up and save his man!

The only one I could find so far. Guess the others deleted the pics per request https://twitter.com/Swt_Ploy/status/1323683228629172224?s=20

It's of Kurosawa and Adachi in Adachi's apartment. One pic is of them smiling at each other wearing PJs and the other is Kurosawa is feeding Adachi while having the biggest smile we have seen so far uwu

No, these are super new ones. Someone posted them on weibo and it's from a weekly magazine. But yes, Japan is super strict about copyright. And Japanese fans of their media also follow their rules very close.

Edit: OP deleted the images but you can still find them on twitter or weibo. They are from episode 5. There is a Japanese fan asking for the pics to be taken down due to copyright from the magazine. I understand their concern but I watch it illegaly already so... not to mention me seeing the pics won't take away from their profits but that's a big discussion.

Thank you!

Yes, I think the main flaw is the streaming platform as you said. Thai, Filipino and Taiwan BL series can post their episodes on youtube with ENG subtitles. What an easy, accessible and free-of-charge way to enjoy your series regardless of where you live (most of the time ahemChinaahem)

Ahh, thank you! Tbh I would be interested to write one, since I am still fresh from my MA thesis, but sadly the rules here forbid BL/Yaoi topics to be written. I called them out on it in the thread about article topics, since I wanted to write about the second couple "syndrome" in BL stories, but none has replied back yet.

Yup! I visit the tag on twitter and some fans who know Japanese do tweet about their interviews, photoshoots, live-chats, etc.. Of course the promo for the series is minimal compared to what Thai BLs do for example, but as I said, I prefer this kind of thing over too much stuff.

And yes, it is very fascinating to see their marketing approach. If I was a marketing/ent. business major, I would love to do a research on the topic.

It depends on the execution of the story and chemistry between the actors.

I get both sides: the first one is that, the story is wholesome, cute and generally has a nice feeling to it. Sometimes, you don't require even a kiss, because the writing, direction and chemistry of the actors can make up for the kiss or any skinship.

At the same time, I go into romance stories expecting something, usually a physical evidence of their feelings. I wouldn't be mad if we do not get a kiss, but at the same time with all the tension between them, it would be a shame to not at least have a hug.

And maybe this is going off topic, but showing healthy, physical intimacy of gay people is important. A lot of homophobes say "I don't mind them as long as I don't see it" and having series portraying gay people but not touching at all, makes me question a lot of stuff.

So, I wouldn't be mad if we don't get a kiss. Maybe a bit disappointed but that's it. I have seen BLs in which the actors have to kiss and look like they wanna die instead or the chemistry is more of friendship/bromance which made me lose interest. You don't get to play in a LGBTQ+ role and think of it as "testing your acting limits because you have to kiss a guy". Go out there and make me believe you are in love with that man!

It seems that my reply in regards to the promotion of the series raised a conversation a few comments below, so since some of you replied, I decided to make a post here to not confuse the conversation.

So, first of all, thank you to @umasou007, @Kino san, @Hikari no Naka and @TangYang for your answers. I had an idea of the overall differences between Japan/Thailand/China promotions, but that was very limited since I am not familiar with the Japanese way of doing things. It seems that Thai and China do crazy promotions for their series, in many cases too much, while Japan tends to keep a low profile face in most cases - unless the actors are nationally well known.

And second, and this is a personal view of mine, I don't mind that the series doesn't have a lot of promotion. I was in Kpop fandoms before and the amount of promo was so big, that I kept losing track and feel overwhelmed. Thai BL actors are the same and lots of time when I see videos of the fanmeetings, I feel like some of them don't really like all the fanservice and skinship they are required to do and in return, I don't like it either. Of course I get there is a marketing strategy behind it but it comes off as too much for me, but that's a personal thing. I am sure fans of the BL couples love that.

Although I would like to see some photoshoot of our main couple or both couples from the series, I don't really mind either way. As long as they do their job well and I like the series, that's enough for me.

Do Japanese actors promote the series the same way Thais do, at least regarding BL? I am not familiar with JPN entertainment industry, so I thought interviews and photoshoots are the classics move, maybe with an insta-live here or there. On the other hand, Thai BL actors can do some extreme fanservice as promotion.

Ehh?!??! Ore??

Spoil me please! I have only read up to the translated chapters in an illegal website (lol) so I have no idea what's up with the girl and the princess carry. My inbox is open, in case it's too risky to post them here.

Tbh, I liked EP1 more than EP2. Nothing wrong with the new episode, but the first one was so raw and made me cry twice so I hold it in a high regard haha Nevertheless, we saw progress in their relationship, mostly with Teh confronting his feelings about Oh-aew and I really liked how he got to talk them out and establish a connection rather than hide them and boil inside. I suspect the big drama will happen in EP4.

I hope none expected them to get together in the last episode because that would have been horrible. You can drag a love plot that much when the characters stay in phrase 1 of flirting and courting. I was suspecting that by episode 9 or 10 they would get together, so Machida saying episode 7 & 8 are the climax makes sense.

Also, didn't 2gether got criticized because of a mix between forced drama and no chemistry between the lead actors (bromance instead of romance)? Most of BL series I have watched have the main couple at least get together around those episodes and leave it open for the secondary ones. The amount of episodes also play a role. And really give me all the fluff, I will never be tired (but that's just me).

I really liked the pacing of this episode. It was more down-to-earth than the previous 3, with barely any funny scenes, but instead it gave us a direction needed for Adachi: realizing that all people around him have to deal with their own insecurities and none is as how they seem.

For someone like Adachi, with low self confidence, he tends to compare himself a lot with others, or at least put the rest in a higher place than himself. For better or worse, most people have a social mask which they use to get through society and face problems. Both Fujisaki and Kurosawa seem like the perfect person: good at their work, beautiful and kind. Life must be perfect for them, right? Well, it's not... even if they make it seem like it. Of course without mind-reading powers, we can't know what goes through people's heads unless they say it, but everyone can be a pretty good actor, especially in their workplace when you need a certain level of professionalism.

I believe Fujisaki represents a lot of women in today's society. The social and family pressure to get married and have kids is always there for women, and I believe for those of Asian background even more harsh. Sadly, we can't change people's minds so the best we can do is be true to ourselves and move forward. Adachi was right when he said that everyday life can be fun and happy even without romance and love, that resonated a lot with me and I believe to many people as well.

Ok, this got super long so lastly I want to say that I am glad Adachi got to see that Kurosawa and Fujisaki are not as perfect as he thinks of them. Adachi being so determined at the end and going to help Kurosawa is a big step towards his character and I hope we get to see this side of him more often.

Princess carry next week, I can't wait!