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If you were into the quiet, aching tension that gnawed in their hearts between Jia-han and Birdy, you might like Soulmate. It follows two girls who've known each other since childhood, they grow up really close together, but then start drifting apart as they get older as life pulls them in opposite directions. The movie isn't mainly classified as an queer movie, but its essence captures a deeply intimate, tragic bond between two souls who refuse to acknowledge the deeper layers of their connection—but then lose each other on the way.
Soulmate would be YNEH if it was Yuri, Korean, and if the director was homophobic—not in a "kill the gays" type of way, but more like the director had internalized homophobia and had to project that hatred onto a minority (NO HATE). For me, the ending of Soulmate was tragically beautiful. You won't get the same type of closure as in YNEH, but it's enough to move on from the movie.
If you were into the quiet, aching tension that gnawed in their hearts between Jia-han and Birdy, you might like Soulmate. It follows two girls who've known each other since childhood, they grow up really close together, but then start drifting apart as they get older as life pulls them in opposite directions. The movie isn't mainly classified as an queer movie, but its essence captures a deeply intimate, tragic bond between two souls who refuse to acknowledge the deeper layers of their connection—but then lose each other on the way.
Soulmate would be YNEH if it was Yuri, Korean, and if the director was homophobic—not in a "kill the gays" type of way, but more like the director had internalized homophobia and had to project that hatred onto a minority (NO HATE). For me, the ending of Soulmate was tragically beautiful. You won't get the same type of closure as in YNEH, but it's enough to move on from the movie.
A change in the stakeout team throws Onoe, reporter for a weekly magazine, together with his contemporary, Kaburagi, a photographer. Onoe secretly considers Kaburagi his rival, and Kaburagi's haphazard way of doing things goes against Onoe's strong sense of ethics. There's nothing but conflict between them. But, in joint pursuit of a scandal, the two of them begin to care about each other...? ~~ Adapted from the manga "Ameiro Paradox" by Natsume Isaku
