Minato's Laundromat

regarding the adaptation

I was very interested in watching this, as I am a big fan of the original manga, and was curious on how they'll adapt a story that had 3 volumes when the show first aired. My guess was that they would either stretch the plot out or expand the story, and they went with the ladder, which can sometimes lead to the adaptation straying too much from the source material, or in this case, risking the possibility to include any future material in sequel seasons.
While I haven't watched the second season yet, the first one managed to blend the original pieces and side stories wonderfully with the main plot, expanding the overall universe and characters in a way that doesn't ruin the story, but makes the fans of the manga feel like they received bunus content (if that makes sense).
What also helped the show keep that "Minato Shoji" feeling was the main cast's ability to perfectly portray our lead characters, as well as the editing and music that kept the summer nonchalant, slow life type of vibes.
Can't wait to watch season 2!!!

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Unexpectantly nice

When I first read the description for the series, I wasn’t sure what to think of it. I don’t enjoy minor–adult romance stories and was expecting a series following this kind of narrative. And oh boy, I am so glad Minato Shouji Coin Laundry didn’t turn out to be like this! Instead of a weird age-gap, adult-falling-for-minor-though-he isn’t-supposed-to story, we got an adorable series.

Things I liked:

- What I probably liked the most, is that Akira never made a move on Shin before he turned 18. This is a huge deal to me since many series don’t seem to care about legal dating ages in their storylines. It is a huge part of their love story, as Shin feels mature enough to date the 10 years older Akira, who on the other hand did fall for the younger but keeps to his morals of not dating a minor.

- The intro video. A very sweet and cute, simple one that fits perfectly for the story.

- Homophobia is not displayed in this one. Holy shit I love this so much. As a member of the lgbtqia+ community seeing the characters just being able to love whatever gender they want without experiencing hatred is so amazing. The arrival of the ex-girlfriend kind of made me worry about possible homophobia happening, I’m so glad it didn’t go down this road. And though insults never happen, the directors decided to keep the inner conflicts of the characters (e.g., Akira being worried about his former classmates finding out he is gay), which is awesome. Love this.

- The main- and subplot. Both plots are good(one more than the other though), as they all connect and don’t add unnecessary characters. Let’s talk about the Akira and Sakuma-Sensei plot first. When Akira was still a student he fell madly in love with Sakuma-Sensei and even confessed to him on his last day of school. After 10 years of not seeing his former teacher, Akira thought he had overcome his feelings and moved on. But then Sakuma returns to teach, and Akira realizes he still has feelings for him. Tough this messes with Shin’s plans of pursuing Akira, he starts to root for the two, wishing his crush a happy life. Long story short, after nervously avoiding Sakuma for some time, Akira decides to finally tell him that he still likes him but is turned down. Not long after Akira realizes his feelings for Shin. You can feel the inner conflict that Akira has and feel for him since Sakuma is a likable character and lovely person. Also, seeing Shin heartbrokenly rooting for his crush warmed my heart because it shows that he is trying to mature as a person, so he can have a chance with Akira.
The subplot is about Shin's best friend Asuka and his sister Sakurako both falling for Hiiragi, an architect. Sakurako and Asuka have already become good friends when Asuka finds out about her crush on Hiiragi. He doesn’t interfere much with it, as he knows that Hiiragi will reject the girl. The architect and the student share a past as friends, so he hopes that Hiiragi will choose him as his lover. This subplot works well, I enjoyed the scenes with Sakurako and Asuka bonding as friends.

Things I didn’t like:

- This might be an unpopular opinion, but Akira’s character being all immature and goofy was a bit draining, especially when he said himself, that he wanted to be more responsible. At some point his behavior just got annoying.

- Unhealthy start of a relationship. In the earlier episodes it seemed like Shin wasn’t all that much into Akira, but more into the idea of being in a relationship. Later this of course gets explained, still, the first episodes felt weird because of that.

- The inclusion of Akira’s ex-girlfriend wasn’t necessary in my opinion. It was nice to learn about his life before the laundry store, but it didn’t contribute to the series. The ex-GF felt like a character that was only there for explaining some stuff and throwing in unnecessary clichés to make Shin feel intimidated and jealous.

- Shin leaving in the 11th episode felt forced to me as if they felt like they had to throw in another cliché, just for the sake of having one.

- Shin's personality at some points in the series (not all the time!). Oh my god, if he doesn't want to kiss you, take a goddamn hint. Akira always acted reluctant to perform skin-ship with Shin which I, as said before, loved. The counterpart to that is that Shin always seemed to force himself onto Akira, trying to make him uncomfortable BEFORE becoming an adult(!!!). Didn't like that at all.


To sum up, I did enjoy watching it, it’s very sweet and wholesome (The scene when they held hands in bed>>>). Though I wish I would’ve watched it once all the episodes were released because waiting made me forget some stuff about the previous episodes. Not really rewatchable IMO, but lovely for a one-time-experience.

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This is going to make your heart flutter

This is cute and filled with a lot of emotions, with each episode they touch on topics of heartbreak, love, jealousy, self-love, friendship, and family, Now, I would recommend watching if you're looking for a Japanese bl that has that soft melodrama romance with some funny scenes in between filled with all sorts of emotions with a teen and an adult at the center of it all.

The age cap is alright and pretty much valid from Minato's perspective, for reasons I will explain:
Majority of the show (mostly in the beginning cause this is still ongoing) Minato is very reluctant to show any emotions towards Shin regardless of how he feels when he's with him. Minato is more mature and an adult, who's outgrown his teens and is going through that self-acceptance stage in his life after overcoming his past. He's well aware that his actions will have repercussions he'll have to face and live with for the rest of his life and as such he is very cautious with the choices he makes.

(Take my word for it your going to fall in love with Shin's death stare) Shin is super charming yet aggressive at times and somewhat overly protective with his love for Minato-San. I do think Shin will at least wait another year before anything too serious he's still a high schooler after all. Minato-san is not overly dramatic but has super high gay panic with Shin that will make you smile at your computer screen like crazy.

The storyline is short and cute with sad moments here and there. We get to see both Shin and Minato's stories and Minato-san's past with his sensei. Shin's friendship with Asuka is super adorable and their bickering is not overbearing it's cute. Asuka is so precious we also get to see his side story too.

I think you should give it a watch, it's going to make your heart flutter, and who knows this might be the cutest Japanese bl you watch this year.

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Heart-Fluttering Moments Ahead in this

I'm not lying when I tell you that this series has made my heart flutter several times within these first 2 eps. And that rarely happens. The acting and dialogue at the most significant parts catch me off guard in the best way possible, just like they do for Minato!!!

Something else I find very charming and unique is the heart-warming moments from Minato interacting with the older adults and everyone else in the town. It's common for BLs to forget that their characters are real people who interact with and live lives that don't solely revolve around their love interest,😭 so this smaller detail is really refreshing. And the story has already progressed so much in only 2 eps that I feel like I've watched an entire season - no need to worry about being bored or feeling like no progress is being made! The only negative I can see is that Shintaro (the love interest) is a minor (17 yr), but I'm hoping the series handles that aspect well.

Overall, I'd recommend this Japanese BL to anyone looking for something youthful, light-hearted, funny, calm, and slice-of-life.

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A shame

It's a lovely drama. I binge watched all 4 episodes in one night. You don't even realize there aren't anymore episodes left because it's so heart fluttering. I can feel that episode 5 and the next next few ones are gonna be rather emotional. I got goosebumps by the end of episode 4. I could really sense Minatos feeling and how much of a weight he must have been going around with.

Its such a shame that people only pay attention to their age gap. 10 years really isn't anything and it wouldn't matter either way if they both want it. Minato also scolded himself for finding a minor attractive. The Series doesn't make the relationship between a minor and an adult look normal. They don't romantice it. Obviously they know what they're doing.

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I had to drop this, one episode was enough.

I know that a lot of people love this show but I simply can't get over the fact that an adult (who's nearly 30) is into someone who's still in high school.

I know that this is not reality, it's only series, but I have met way too many creepy men when I was a teen, I have heard way too many real life grooming stories. I find this concept creepy and disturbing. As someone mentioned to me, there might be a time skip but I'll still know that almost a 30 year old man used to like a teen who's below 18... there are way too many real life people who are only counting down the days for someone to become legal. Maybe to teen viewers such concept can still be cute. Because I know that I had celebrity crushes as a teen, and those celebs were +10, 15 years older than me. But as an adult I think it's disturbing when an adult goes after teens.

I don't know if the older love interest acts creepy, like I said I dropped the show because I simply would not be able to enjoy the show because of teen-adult love interest concept.
I don't judge anyone who likes this show, because like I said it's not the reality. Some people just want to watch cute guys and fluffy scenes. But I do judge everyone who's in their late 20's or 30's (and older) and finds teens attractive. Or the ones that romanticize teen-adult relationships.

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COMEÇOU MUITO FORTE, SE TORNOU IRRITANTE E O MELHOR PERSONAGEM É O ASUKA

Preciso começar dizendo que os 2 primeiros episódios foram impecáveis, definitivamente foi um começo perfeito e muito forte, mas depois começou a ser irritante e a andar em círculos.

Minato Akira é um ótimo protagonista, ele é um personagem cheio de camadas e muito divertido, ele faz jus a sua idade (mas ele não é nem um pouco velho mesmo ele dizendo isso o tempo todo). Ele é super expressivo então sempre entendemos como ele se sente.

Katsuki Shintaro por outro lado é um garoto difícil pra mim porque ele consegue ser muito chato. Como eu disse anteriormente, os 2 primeiros episódios são muito bons e a personalidade dele aparenta ser cativante pois ele parece fofo com um lado forte e dominante, mas logo depois ele se torna extremamente infantil e super protetor, é bem irritante, ele não sabia dar espaço para o Minato.

Então temos o Asuka e ele se tornou o meu personagem favorito. Começando pela aparência dele que é super de um garoto do último ano do ensino médio, aquela mecha de cabelo que ele usa presa e torcida é uma graça. Ele é um personagem que foi inserido aos poucos na história, você começa pensando que ele será uma espécie de antagonista mas na verdade ele se torna um grande amigo do Shin (mesmo ele não merecendo) e um personagem fascinante de se acompanhar (mesmo que vejamos pouco dele).

Descobrir seu interesse amoroso foi interessantíssimo mas não deram muita importância e tempo de tela para isso, o que na minha opinião foi um erro, mas como existe uma segunda temporada eu espero ver mais disso.

Só achei "triste" como ele sempre estava lá para ajudar todo mundo mas ninguém fez o mesmo por ele em nenhum momento. Ele é a definição de personagem de apoio (e não no bom sentido).

E por último mas não menos importante temos o Sakuma Takayuki que foi o homem por quem o Minato se apaixonou no passado e é super entendível o porque, ele é um personagem muito agradável e cheio de personalidade, confesso que em alguns momentos eu me peguei torcendo por eles (até porque o Shin me irritou bastante ao logo da história).

Concluindo, essa é uma boa série para relaxar e passar o tempo, a atmosfera é ótima e a fotografia impecável, apenas não é uma das melhores coisas que eu já assisti.

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-Entre más pienso en ti, más quiero estar a tu lado y protegerte.

Honestamente esta serie para mi es una "comfort series" lo que quiere decir que me gusto bastante, es una serie muy bonita a mi parecer y aunque la trama no puede ser la mejor o al menos no la más complicada más bien es algo más sencillito pues se defiende bastante bien, sé que esta serie en particular pues varias personas tienen problema con el age gap (diferencia de edad) pero yo no y dejando de lado eso para mí sí fue una serie disfrutable.

Katsuki Shintaro y Minato Akira
Los dos me cayeron bastante bien aunque si tengo que decir que un poquito más Shin y es que me impresiono lo decidido que estaba literal él es la representación de el que persevera alcanza y es que desde que Minato lo salvo cuando tenía 10 años ahí dijo enamorado estoy y cuando lo vio llorar yo pienso que nomas lo confirmo y esta cabron porque se esperó a volverlo a ver y siguió pensando lo mismo incluso se lo dice para que Minato este consciente, (ahora sí que él tenía todos sus pensamientos claros y decisivos) y en ningún momento tiene alguna duda de lo que siente he incluso se lo reafirma cada que puede a Minato (varias veces le dice "tú eres la única persona que me gustara en esta vida") y a eso agrégale que sabe cocinar, es super inteligente lo que se ve reflejado en sus notas a aparte se preocupa por la persona que le gusta, he incluso estaba decidido a ayudar a Minato a que se volviera pareja de la persona que le gustaba en el pasado (Sakuma Takayuki) aunque algo a resaltar es que es posesivo mi niño pero aun asi le doy un 10/10.
Ahora pasando con Minato Akira tengo sentimientos encontrados porque por una parte si se reflejó pues toda esta parte de la negación de Minato al pensar en Shin por este tema de la edad, pero siento que ya para los últimos capítulos era la misma dinámica todavía he incluso Akira por ahí del capítulo 6 se dice a sí mismo: "¿es bueno dejar que esto continue? últimamente, es lo mismo. sigo huyendo de algo importante" y pues aquí es por varias razones (Shin, Machida Saki y Sakuma Takayuki) y yo pensé que a partir de aquí íbamos a ver algún cambio en el pero no, siento que si a veces se comportaba más como un adolescente y digo no tiene nada de malo pero como él lo dice se comportaba asi también en momentos importantes como por ejemplo y mi mayor problema o al menos uno que es toda esta parte de darle un cierre a lo que paso con Sakuma Takayuki y es que la unas vueltas este Minato tipo al principio si lo llegue a entender pues todo este nerviosismo, el no saber que decir o como expresarse pero no te pases Minato se la llevo asi casi que toda la temporada, si lo pienso no vi algún cambio en el en particular si no es hasta el último capítulo y eso ya hasta los últimos minutos, también me hubiera gustado conocer más de él y digo si conocemos varias cosas pero siento que me falto.
Ahora ellos como "pareja" pues no tengo mucho que decir puesto que su relación apenas va a empezar en el último capítulo, pero pues conforme va avanzando la serie pues tienen uno que otro momento juntos en los que parecen una pareja ya que se les nota muy felices.

Sakuma Shu y Hanabusa Asuka
Sakura Shu se me hizo un personaje interesante y la vez un poco extraño o raro en su forma de ser, como que incluso vive en su propio mundo e incluso creo recordar que Asuka y Sakurako hablan sobre eso, siento que me falto verlo un poco más en pantalla, pero dentro de lo que cabe que cayó bien.
Asuka caso contrario a Shu se me hizo un personaje bien extrovertido y cautivador y que también al igual que Shin sabe lo que quiere, pero el cómo que apenas va aprendiendo el cómo ser y asi, tengo que decir que esta curiosa su relación con Shin porque es como de amistad-odio tipo a veces se llevan bien y se piden consejos y a veces actúan muy frio el uno con el otro.
Ahora lo mismo que con la "pareja" principal es que pues no hay como ellos como pareja porque de igual manera su relación empieza en el último capítulo o al menos eso se da a entender ya que Shu le dice a Asuka que "si está bien con solo estar a su lado" y no sé qué más a lo que Asuka le contesta "estar con la persona que me gusta nunca será un desperdicio de tiempo, shuu-kun" que la verdad se me hizo una respuesta de lo más bonita por parte de Asuka, entonces pues a lo se vio tienen una buena relación he incluso pues fueron novios falsos cuando fueron de viaje.

Personajes secundarios
-Sakuma Takayuki el como tal me cayó bien, siento que es buen profesor y que se preocupa bastante por sus alumnos, pero de igual manera siento que como ya dije nomas estaba por todo esto del sentimiento de Minato, una duda que tengo con él es si es gay o no ya que no le conocemos pareja, pero cuando Minato habla con él, él le dice: "que recuerda que su beso fue muy apasionado" entonces ahí me metió la duda.
-Katsuki Sakurako sin duda ella me cayó demasiado bien, es un personaje bien bonito que sin duda me hubiera gustado verla más en pantalla, me gusto su amistad con Asuka tipo no me lo esperaba la verdad y siento que aquí también puedo poner a Katsuki Yutaro el hermano menor que igual me cayó bien, que si me lo preguntan creo que los tres (Shin, Yutaro y Sakurako) tienen una dinámica bien padre como hermanos, porque como que se ve el cariño que se tienen.
-Machida Saki sé que ella no sería como tal un personaje secundario ya que nomas aparece en un capítulo, pero me cayó bien la verdad y me hubiera gustado verla por lo menos en otro, siento que tenía potencial de volverse muy amiga de Minato ya sabiendo la verdad, pero pues no pasa del capítulo, aunque se nos deja ver en ese mismo capítulo que van a seguir en contacto.

En fin, si tengo que resaltar que tengo varias dudas como por ejemplo donde estaban los papas de Shin, Sakurako y Yutaro porque literal nunca los vemos y digo al principio Shin dice que en la casa viven ellos, sus papas y sus abuelos que tampoco sabemos qué onda con ellos y me pregunto si fue más una excusa o si era verdad lo de los abuelos porque como quiera pues al final se ve que el papa se va a mudar por cuestiones de trabajo.
otra cosa que me tiene en duda es la cuestión del tiempo porque a mí me pasa que cuando alguna serie nos menciona fechas yo hago mis cuentas de en qué mes estamos y asi entonces en el último capítulo o penúltimo Shin le dice a Minato que se va a esforzar en el examen final o de ingreso lo que queda de la mitad del año y que los resultados salen hasta marzo y pues si se menciona que pasa tiempo y ya después esta esta escena de Minato celebrando a Shin porque lo logro y ahí yo pase a que calcular cumpleaños pero eso ya es otra historia.
Ya sé que esta serie tiene 2da temporada y tengo que decir que ya la vi, pero fue hace tiempo y que pues tanto esta serie como su 2da temporada forman parte de las series que estoy volviendo a ver entonces me acuerdo de varias cosas, pero de otras no ya veremos qué onda cuando le haga su respectiva reseña por eso en esta no menciono cosas de ojalá que esto pase en la siguiente temporada.
Fun fact:
Si empiezan a ver la serie literal el capítulo 8 podría haber sido un final para la serie porque literal queda como muy bien, neta analícenlo, véanlo y verán que sí, aunque hay que decir que sería un final muy triste (para los que no los quieren juntos maybe no es triste) si quieren hasta la mitad del capítulo 9 más o menos.
Había más cosas que quería decir, pero no me acuerdo entonces puede que si me acuerdo vuelva a editar la reseña para agregarlas.
La frase del título es del cap.12.

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minato niyo pabebeng immature :((

Minato's Laundromat (2022)

• Japan | 12 eps
• it has a runtime of 26 min each
★ Starring Kusakawa Takuya and Nishigaki Sho

• about kay minato akira na may laundry and isang high school student, shintaro katsuki. for me, this season is not a love story at all.
• isa rin ito sa nai-drop ko last year bc i didn't find its ep 1 promising, pero dahil nasa mood na me panoorin ito nagustuhan ko naman na hanggang mag end
• altho naiintindihan ko naman si akira na pinipigilan niya sarili niya makipagcommit kay shin, naiinis pa rin ako sa kaniya kasi naaawa na ko kay shin hmp naging ship ko tuloy si shin at asuka HSHAHHAHSHAHS may spark kaya^^
• ako lang ba nakapansin na may hawig si Kusakawa Takuya kay Zhang Zhehan?
• i love shin's expression, kitang kita talaga sa face niya kung ano nararamdaman niya. hindi ba bumibigay si akira do'n? paano niya natitiis 'yon?!!
• sa last ep na inamin ni akira feelings niya towards shin, pero mag study muna si shin kaya hindi pa official label nila, ig. i can conclude na hindi talaga 'to love story kasi puro pagpapakipot lang ni akira nandito hahahhaha
• i think 10 yrs yata age gap nila pero okay naman sa'kin 'yon bc i believe in love, age is just a number ^__^
• i give it 6/10!

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Minato’s Laundromat ?? 10/10

Minato’s Laundromat 🇯🇵 ผมดูจบแล้วสำหรับ Season 1 ก่อนอื่นรู้สึกประทับใจในตัวซี่รีย์ญี่ปุ่นเรื่องนี้ อย่างมาก เนื้อเรื่องมีความเรียบง่าย แต่มีเสน่ห์ในแต่ละตอนในตัว ตอนไหนตัวละครมีความสุข ผมก็ยิ้มตาม ตอนไหนเศร้า ผมก็เศร้าด้วย เนื้อเรื่องดีจนผมประทับใจ และที่ขาดไม่ได้เลยตัวละคร ทุกคน แสดงได้ดีประทับใจมากครับ ส่วนตัวชอบตัวละคร ชินทาโร่ คาสึกิ (香月 慎太郎 ) เป็นตัวละครที่มีเสน่ห์อย่างบอกไม่ถูก และอีกคน อากิระ มินาโตะ (湊 晃 ) ตัวละคนทั้งสองสามารถทำให้ผมดูแล้วมีความสุขจริงๆ สำหรับเรื่องนี้ยังเป็นเรื่องที่ผมชื่นชอบที่สุด ณ ตอนนีั

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Um AMOR raro em forma de série!!!

Foi um BL INESQUECÍVEL ao mesmo tempo que foi uma prova de fogo, pois é necessário um coração forte e a medicação em dia para aguentar onze episódios de Minato sendo um arrombado de marca maior. Não acredito que vou dizer isso, mas esse BL poderia ter sido feito em 8 a 10 episódios, porque eu sofri demais até essa conclusão maravilhosa. Aplaudo o roteirista por esse enredo que faz a gente ter um AVC de raiva, vários picos de glicose de tanta fofura e lágrimas derramadas continuamente. Valeu totalmente a pena essa jornada emocional, para sermos presenteados com esse final espetacular e merecido. Mina nota, não poderia ser outra, a não ser um 10. Enredo impecável, atuações deliciosas, OSTs cativantes e cenografia maravilhosa. Recomendo muito ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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