Kimi ni wa Todokanai (2023)

Insupportable et pourtant attendrissant

Plus on avance dans ce BL et plus j'ai envie de le détester. Et pourtant je ne peux m'empêcher de le trouver incroyablement doux et mignon.

D'un côté on nous montre les difficultés d'accepter nos sentiments et ceux des autres, sans parler de les partager, mais c'est trop poussé à mon goût. On passe 8 épisodes à voir une même situation se répéter en boucle toutes les 10 min.
C'est fatiguant de les voir faire un pas en avant puis deux en arrière aussi vite.

Malgré tout, la douceur de leur jeu et la tendresse qu'ils dégagent m'ont gardé jusqu'au bout.
Le tout étant porté par une bande son que j'ai adoré.

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I HOPE THEY REACH MORE (Audience)

A perfect reminder of that sweet first high-school love.

A quick recap. This is the story of Yamato, the perfect student who is liked by everyone, but only yearns the love of his dorky childhood friend Kakeru, whom he liked for a long time. His feelings for Kaeru grew so strong, that even if he was afraid he'd be rejected, mustered up all his courage to finally confess to Kakeru. Kakeru on the other hand discovers that he himself likes Yamato - more than just a friend, and struggled to find the perfect way to finally confess that he feels the same way for Yamato.

Short. Sweet. Too short. Too sweet. I WANT MORE.

Both main leads fit and played the role perffectly! I was even a little surprised that Maeda Kentaro took on this role, as he has already starred in a few drama and doesnt actually need the BL hype. Kashiwagi Haru is so adorable as Kakeru. There is something about Japanese drama's 'awkward' acting that makes the scenes authentic. This is how we are in real life, and the way they talked to each other makes you really feel like you are watching the blossoming of love, the coming of age, raw and somewhat uninscripted.

There are times though that I wanted to know how their peers will react if they knew that the two best friends are now dating - there were in fact a lot of scenes that i thought the secret was revelead to the world but then it was glazed over. I do understand though that this BL is not about the acceptance of the world around them, its about the personal struggle of two boys realizing their feelings for each other.

What I also love is that Japanese BLs even if they are short, somewhat feel like you are watching a standard full-length full-production drama. The music and song is amazing and i easily found myself repeating each episode twice. Overall its a 9,5 and I hope a lot more BL fans discover this wonderful of a gem.

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