Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!

I WANT MY OWN KUROSAWA YUICHI !!

A REVIEW or a COMMENT or an Opinion is not needed, just Watch it, it's that Lovely n heart warming :)

IT'S JUST WOW!! :)

I WANT MY OWN KUROSAWA YUICHI !! 💕🤤

Keita Machida is the BEST as Kurosawa!
Everything about him in this is just wow. He just brought life to the character!

My all time fav, 10/10 for Live action drama..

Don't miss the Anime and Thai version too.
Whatever this has not covered from KuroAda's magical story, above two adaptations covered.

Currently reading the Ongoing Manga, found that this JD live action drama, Anime and Thai version TOGETHER covered everything from the manga.

*******
My fav scene in the drama:

Tsuge at Adachi's doorstep.

Kurosawa sees Tsuge holding Adachi n the immediate jealous n anxious reaction of his: "Ehhh?"

Thn Adachi sees Kurosawa: "Ehhh?"

Tsuge: "Ehhh?"

Adachi realises that Kurosawa misunderstood them: "Ehhh?", "Ehhh?", "Ehhh?"

Pure comedy! Sweet jealousy of Kurosawa :)
I love this iconic "Ehhh?", "Ehhh?" Scene , haha

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The Wizards Entertained Me

This show was just plain charming. It does fall into the "overly sanitized" category of Japanese shows, but the romantic chemistry between the leads was so palpable and they expressed their affection for each other so often and so genuinely that I even started to have a little bit of fun with how much the show was teasing the audience with almost showing the two kiss but then stopping short at the last second. Sure it was frustrating (as, personally, I am someone who doesn't place too much stock in more explicit scenes, but does value realistic physical affection between characters who love each other, be it romantic love, or platonic, or any other sort) but by the end it felt almost tongue-in-cheek and some of those moments (looking at you, closing-elevator-doors-scene) honestly made me chuckle.

Some personal highlights (aka Things I Loved):
- The entire concept. It's silly, it's goofy, it's weirdly romantic, it shouldn't work but it really really does.
- Tsuge and his friendship with Adachi. Tsuge is a strange little man who feels too much, too often, all at once and it only seems to make him more determined to figure out what he wants out of life and how to be there for the people he cares about. I find him delightful and his relationship with Minato, while fairly uneventful, is quite sweet.
- Fujisaki Nozomi and everything she represents. While the word "asexual" is never explicitly used to describe Nozomi, she did set off my spidey-senses, my ace-detector if you will, and by the end I was convinced, yes this is an asexual woman not just existing but thriving and I adore her to pieces. Her storyline touches on the importance of self-love and directly counters the idea that romantic love is what makes life fulfilling. Not only is this an important and meaningful topic to address, it also serves to balance out the fairly romance focused main plot and lends depth and complexity to several other characters' arcs that may otherwise have been lacking.

In conclusion: This is a charming and easy-to-watch rom-com with some unexpected yet very welcome depth to it. It's fun, it's wholesome, go watch it with your friends, your family, hell, watch it with your grandparents, it's so clean and inoffensive they might just love it.

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Best BL drama I’ve watched! Go watch it!!

I have watched this series at the very least 6x probably more, it is soooo good. Kurosawa is the greenest of green flag characters and Adachi is the cute, innocent type.
Without giving it all away here I can tell you it’s just so lovely. The story from beginning to end just has you beaming.
Even the side characters made me laugh and root for them although I will be honest after the first two times I now skip their parts (sorry)
The movie was the perfect ending to it. I still wanted more lol but the movie completed it when the series felt like it just needed that little bit extra.
Ah if you haven’t already please go watch it you will absolutely love it. These two are my absolute favourites. 🥰

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this will shatter your expectations

title alone, i came into it expecting... not much. but i came out of it with declarations of this being my favorite BL of all time.

what a silly, funny concept. the mind reading brings such an interesting aspect to the characters' dynamics. and these dynamics do not disappoint! at all! individually, they also shine - notably, kurosawa is the greenest green flag to ever be green in the world of BL, and every time i thought he was about to play into a typical drama trope, he turns around and... actually acts normal and healthily??? insane.

if the premise doesn't lure you in or weirds you out or it makes you think this is a big joke of a drama, think again!!! you're in for a lot of fluff, tension, and a surprisingly good amount of moral dilemmas. cherry magic, i can only wish of watching you again for the first time.

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Adachi's "WHAT"

that guy said what every 5 seconds but it was fun. after watching i feel like i should stay virgin till 30 just to get this power and then never let this magic go away. anyways back to the series. this is the first Japanese bl series i have watched and it did not disappoint me at all actually it was much better than i expected it to be. this series didn't have a single kiss scene but it still stole my heart. usually i don't like series which do not have kiss scenes because they are childish and immature but this one was just perfect. the actors where also grate overall i really hope you watch it because it's worth it all..

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My fav romance series ever!!!

Definetly my favourite confort drama!!! I love everything about this serie, is everything so clean, so calm, so confortable, also the story is so cutely romantic, the definition of heart-warming! I wish I can have my gentle and charming Kurosawa one day >< haha
About the drama itself, it is in the right point. You can feel all the emotions that the characters are feeling, especially Adachi.
This piece is about a romance between two men in a middle-age timing, and as expected, is not an easy journey for both of them, since they´re grown men "discovering'' their sexuality. However, there´s no playing games here, everything happens in the most natural and healthy way, wich makes it a lot more easy to watch.

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Ded from the cute

Thailand dropped the official trailer for their version of Cherry Magic and it was very cute so I decided to watch the original and OMG I was not expecting to love this as much as I did.

This show is SO EFFING CUTE. It's like a basket of puppies wrapped in rainbows, unicorns and sparkle hearts. It's so soft and innocent and yet somehow keeps you on the edge of your seat every single episode. I was literally watching this in bed kicking my feet and squealing.

One of the most impressive things to me is that Adachi and Kurosawa are both fundamentally kind and decent people and that there are no villains or rivals in the story. It's hard to make a story like this dramatically interesting but this production pulled it off.

The casting of the leads is perfect. Akaso Eiji is gifted at physical comedy and I laughed out loud every time Adachi jumped or flailed or just looked panicked when he read Kurosawa's romantic thoughts. But he was also able to pull my heartstrings in the scenes that were sadder and more poignant. Machida Keita was seriously impressive at showing us a man with a perfect facade but who is a pure romantic inside. His performance in the scene where he confesses to Adachi and then covers up his emotions with a pasted on smile was incredible.

The leads had incredible chemistry. I have no idea how two men simply holding hands or sharing a meal made me shriek like a teenager at a concert but they had a chokehold on me.

The writing is excellent and I loved the themes of learning to love yourself, behave authentically and connect with other human beings. The hook of a virgin with mind reading powers could have gone creepy and gross but instead Adachi's pure nature and sincere desire to help other people made it touching and heartwarming.

Fujisaki deserves a special shoutout for being such a lovely and complex character who is secure in herself, doesn't need a relationship and sincerely desires to support her friends. The show briefly teased us with a possible love triangle and then turned it around to something that added a lot of warmth to the story.

I also really enjoyed Rokkaku for being hilariously clueless and I loved his eager puppy energy.

The only thing I disliked was the second couple, who were poorly cast. Tsuge's actor looked older than 30 while Minato's actor looked about 17 years old even though he's in his 20s. They had no chemistry and Tsuge's actor went way way way over the top. It's very interesting to compare his performance with Akaso Eiji who also brought a manga vibe to some of his scenes but for some reason knew exactly how far to go to make you laugh without being off putting.

I was also seriously disappointed we didn't get a kiss between the leads since the second leads got one. I saw a behind the scenes with the actors and they seemed really comfortable with each other so who knows why they opted not to do it. I have to say though that they were able to sell me on the depth of their love for each other even without a kiss and that's impressive.

I'm sure Thailand will do a good job with this story and they will definitely give us a kiss but I doubt it will make me feel as happy and warm as the Japanese version. This is going into my rotation of comfort dramas.

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¿El mejor BL que existe? Puede ser.

Por si no lo saben, en esta serie existe una leyenda urbana que dice que si llegas virgen a los 30, te convertís en mago. Adachi, nuestro protagonista, cumple 30 años un día y se da cuenta de que ahora puede leer la mente de las personas que toca, de esa manera descubre que Kurosawa, el hombre más popular de su oficina, está enmorado de él.

Yo sé que la trama parece una estupidez, pero no les puedo explicar lo hermoso que es este dorama, lo adorables que son los personajes y lo sana y bella que es la relación que se nos muestra. Estuve gritando como fan loca desde el primer capítulo porque el fangirleo que me generaba tenía que abandonar mi cuerpo de alguna manera. Así de mucho me gustó.

Adachi y Kurosawa se convirtieron en mi pareja favorita del 2020 (y puede que de la vida, porque no tengo nada que criticarles). Además, los sentimientos de los personajes están tan bien plasmados que es imposible no creerles todo 😍
La pareja secundaria (sí, hay pareja secundaria) no tiene desperdicio, es una lástima que no aparezcan un poquito más, pero al menos tienen un capítulo especial dedicado a ellos (los spin-off también son una maravilla).

Es una serie súper sencilla, son solo 12 capítulos de 23min aprox c/u, pero a pesar de esto logra contar una historia divertida, entretenida y adorable que les va a sacar muchas (en serio, muchas) sonrisas y unos cuantos "aaawww".

Creo entonces que podría decir que Cherry Magic es más sobre lo que te hace sentir, que sobre lo que es en sí, y eso viene re bien de vez en cuando (ojo que con esto no quiero decir que se descuiden otros aspectos, nada que ver, la trama está muy bien manejada, los tiempos se llevan bien y al final se llega de la mejor manera posible).

Las actuaciones son buenas, visualmente está muy bien, los clichés que metieron me dieron vida, los personajes (incluso los terciarios) me encantaron... La amé por completo, así de simple. TODOS TIENEN QUE IR A VERLA YA.
Para cerrar solo me resta decir que si no puedo tener a Kurosawa, entonces no quiero a nadie.

IG de reseñas cortas: @altoplottwist

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Mesmo após anos vendo dramas ainda não me acostumei com os jdramas, as atuações exageradas, mas este ano vi um outro que pude descobrir que sim, há dramas sérios, é uma questão de gosto pessoal, porém não abro mão de um enredo interessante e queria um dorama especial para ser meu vigésimo japonês, é o caso aqui, meu primeiro BL não censurado como bromance.

Não posso falar muito sobre BL por ser um dos meus primeiros, mas me importo muito com o desenvolvimento, não sou tão fã de romance assim, por isso apenas encher cenas de contatos físicos não são suficientes para me prender, então me veio este enredo que sem enfeites, bem cotidiano e natural. Adachi sendo facilmente uma pessoa que conhece, pode ser um amigo, vizinho, você. Não me arrependo de dar uma chance.

Se busca algo fofo onde o desenvolvimento do relacionamento é bom, mas que não necessita ter algo sexual, com certeza amará Cherry Magic, é uma ótima forma de começar a ver BL. Kurosawa é super respeitoso, atencioso com o Adachi e o mesmo super fofo.

Sei que é uma resenha pequena, com poucos detalhes, mas tenho certeza que aqui, é mais importante descobrir sobre os personagens aos poucos e deixar que eles falem por si, do que saber tudo antes.

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