tomopiiro

Please see my previous reply. Unless there's an exception (like with Cooking Crush,) the uncut version should be available on YouTube.

I thought they always upload the uncut version to YouTube? When they say uncut version is only on iQIYI, they're referring to their Thai audience. Is there an exception this time around?

I personally know of two problematic Proms, and this Prom is definitely one of them.

Yeah... She has that effect on people.

Also, please do keep in mind that this is a MAME story after all lol

Okay, so it's been a hot minute since I watched the Thai version, but IIRC, Tongrak takes Mahasamut shopping on a whim because someone was looking weird at them. Ai vaguely references this is the Japanese version. Tongrak/Ai is also very tsundere-coded which explains his hot and cold behavior, and he's also trying (and failing) to emotionally distance himself from everything.
Also, I don't understand where you're getting the idea that Fumi bought the clothes for herself. There's a post-credits scene where she and Himeka are talking about how she even has to get Kaishin underwear.

Any BL that has the top calling the bottom "wife" and similar names against the bottom's wishes, really. One that sticks out in my head at the moment (but is faaaar from the only one) is TharnType.

The side couple in Shine are vers! Also about Pit Babe, I actually didn't really have an issue with the Mama/Papa stuff, because to me that was an obvious kink for both the characters. I DO however have an issue when it's portrayed as the top forcing "feminine roles" (stereotypically speaking) onto the bottom when he is clearly not comfortable with it, and I really feel like Charlie and Babe's dynamics differ there because they're both clearly into it, and you notice it from the very first time Charlie calls Babe "Mama". Is it still cringe? Definitely. But I think most kinks feel cringy when they're not your kinks.

Well, no. That was not their initial point. It changed into that when I started asking what exactly they meant by "Bcs in manga he top. And he look like top...in manga". After that it changed to "This is my way of emphasizing how poorly the actors were chosen." They originally said nothing about the actors, just that the character "look like top" in the manga. That part of their comment is redundant when they already said he was the top in the manga.

To pivot a tiny bit, this is exactly why I personally avoid checking out the original medium before watching the live action adaptation (where possible) because it creates biases and it sets certain expectations and I feel I won't be able to enjoy the live action fully. I much prefer going back and checking out the original version afterwards and "comparing" (for the lack of a better word) how the original creator's vision differs from the live action director's. Obviously not everyone likes doing it in that order, but for me, it makes me interact with the media in a different and more objective way and I find it more rewarding. Maybe there is a plot relevant reason why Hiro looks like a stereotypical top in the manga, and maybe my opinion will change whenever I do decide to read it, but based on previous experience, I do not find the latter point very likely. Of course we all like whenever the casting feels like the original character stepping out of the original work, but I don't think there's anything wrong with switching it up every now and again—especially when it (in my opinion) makes for a more interesting dynamic that we don't really get to see very often in BL.

Those stereotypes exist because of misogyny in the first place. People look at a gay couple and try to apply heteronormative stereotypes for some reason. Stepping away from that is a good thing, in my opinion. Maybe it wasn't executed that well in this case, but I still feel like showing someone who would stereotypically be the bottom actually be the top this time, is pretty refreshing for a media that often further perpetuates those stereotypes.

You might have to wait a while for that...

And it's a big deal that they casted someone with different looks to the character in the manga because...? Was there any particular reason why he had to look like a stereotypical top? Or does this, along with all the other stupid top/bottom discourse, just trace back to misogyny?

Isn't it a good thing that they're seemingly attempting to move more away from stereotypes like that? That's at least the way I see it.

How does he "look like a top" in the manga and not in the live action when you yourself admit anyone can be top?

What the hell does that even mean?

You said "he looked like the top in the manga". That is the only thing I have an issue with. I do not care whether he looks like his manga counterpart or not. That is irrelevant to this argument.

Again, how does one look like a top? That's just not how that works. Anyone can top, it just comes down to preference, it has nothing to do with "vibes".

Twinks can top too, though.

... How exactly do you "look like top"?

Having the subtitles say "You slay, bro!" surely was a choice...

I never said it wasn't repetitive, just that there is a reason why they constantly make the same kind of series over and over. If that's not your thing, just wait for the other series that are more unique. There are currently two GMMTV BLs airing that do not take place in either school nor university and the one before that didn't either. Unfortunately, familiar settings (I.E. school, university and office work) are what has the biggest appeal for a mainstream audience. There is a reason why all over the world, you see a lot of the same kind of stories told over and over again. It's simply what most people can recognize themselves in and therefore what sells the most. It's a shame, but it is the truth.