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And the "Itsumen" of course is a ironic word play and allude to "Ikkemen" (hot guys)! I laughed so hard at the scene!

Not only will I be sad when the series is over, but also that I won't be able to enjoy your weekly post! 😭😭😭
Your posts are like the cherry on the top of a sweet cake! 💖💖💖

Such a lovely episode again, full of emotion and confession in the end! Not only the main leads, but the wingmen are such lovable charakters! 😭😭😭Only two epidodes left ... it will be hard for me to move on to other series!

If you need subs, you need to wait still a few hours ... but if you are able to see it raw, then here:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9v6854

One of the best BLs of 2025, next to "School Trip". This series unifies so many different genres in a good way, I like Kataoka's self-irony and Odajimas reserved attitude. I can feel the development of the connection between the two!
Maybe my only complaint, I'd wished that the series had had more episodes, the interaction between them was fabulous and heartwarming!

I had high hopes for this series, but unlike others, I wasn't too fond it. It was okay, a good watch, but something was lacking. While others were complaing that it is strange that Chiaki didn't recognize his own idol, for me it wasn't such a big issue, it is fiction afterall. BUT: my main problem is: For me personally there wasn't a real connection between the main leads, I didn't feel it. The premise of this show was there, but there was no true development.
So all in all, an okay show, but for me no real reason to rewatch.

I would recommend to wait ... or else to wait a WHOLE week for the last episodes will be torture! 😂😅 😂😅 --- No serious, watch it! SO good and heartwarming!

I am re-reading it myself. Here:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/403211882-school-trip-joined-a-group-i%27m-not-close-to?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=scissorsistaah

We are obsessed with the series like Watari is with Hioki! 😂😂😂

This series has so many layers and subtle indications, scenes that you only understand later when the episodes progress.
The very first scene of ep 1 - one can only understand when watching ep 7. It is the crucial scene where Watari borrows his pen to this girl - and moments later for the first time Hioki's and Watarai's eyes meet. At this moment Hioki gets aware of Watarai's kindness. It all starts at THIS moment. Hioki tells his friends his impression and by chance Watari overhears this.
And in the first episodes one believes that Hioki is rather the one having no friends and being lonely whereas it is actually Watari who feels so.
And there are so many other subtle things that I adore about this series.
So many cliches, and yet full of depth and at the same time warm-heartening.

Same! I watch all kinds of Japanese series, but love BL the most! What I am doing right now while waiting for Sunday is rewatching all 7 eps! 😂😂😂 Like I have rewatched them in the last weeks countless times!😂😂😂

I feel the same and I am normally NOT this kind of person! Usually I move on to the next series, but I will truly miss this one. My hope is: that there will be a second season!

Absolutely beautiful what you observed concerning the gossip scene! So true! And that's what i like about this series ... step by step, moments that we have seen in earlier episodes make now so much more sense. And I absolutely agree that Watari was actually the more lonesome person, not Hioki who is much more sociable and doesn't bother too much about what others say.
Such a wonderful series with all the little pearls ... !

If you are looking for wholesome BLs I can recommend you "My love mix-up", "Dining Table", "Minato's Laundromat"! These are my faves BL, now along with "School trip"! But there are many more Japanese BLs that are beautiful!

Same here! Read the novel also and I love how close the series is to it. The story itself is nothing groundbreaking, but the way it was written and directed is simply beautiful. It has so much rewatch value (what often other series doesn't have). This show will be among my faves next to my most loved BL series as "Dining table".

I am usually the same, I don't like flashbacks at all, but I LOVED this one here! All the ties get together, we get to know Wataris perspective and his shy side which I adore. Usually flashbacks are ONLY flashbacks, but the structure here that they choose is wonderful as they filled the flashbacks with new scenes that we didn''t know yet. For me it makes sense and because of the flashbacks, the warmth of this series increased.

I am too! 😭

I rewatch it several times until the next ep is out! 🤣So many little gestures, glances that I love about it!

All the series you mentioned are ones that I truly love, especially "Our dining table" (such a lovely flair) and "Minato"! I am also looking forward to "C. Playlover"!

Loved how this episode gave us the answers how these four got together as a group and friends and how Watari became interested in Hioki. Because of this, I started to love this storyline even more! It was adorable how Nakazaki kind of built this frienship between the four! Such a shiny and friendly figure!
So actually Hioki's small gesture about Watarai's kindness started this story, then he fell harder than anyone could even imagine.
Gosh, only three more eps left ... since there is a second part of the novel where Hioki and Watarai date, I simply hope that there will be a second season. LOVE these 5 guys!