School Trip: Joined a Group I’m Not Close To Episode 1

BEST EPISODE FROM THE START

Hioki is a second year student with no friends in his class two months into the year, only for the school trip to happen and the teacher asks them to get into groups, and his old middle school classmate, Hotta, asks him to be in his group to which he says yes, ONLY TO FIND OUT HE’S PART OF THE MOST POPULAR FRIEND GROUP IN THE SCHOOL, CONSISTING OF WARATAI, MORISAKI, NAKASATO AND HOTTA. So as they’re going to their hotel, Hotta gets sleepy and takes a nap only to be woken up by waratai who was sitting next to him, and HIOKI WAS TAKING A NAP ON HIS SHOULDERR. SO HIOKI SAID SORRY BUT WARATAI THOUGHT NOTHING ABOUT IT. So Hioki and waratai’s friend group were having fun at the space museum that was part of the trip, AND THEY WERE TAKING LOADSS OF PICTURES AND HIOKI STARTED TO BOND WITH THEM AND IT WAS SO CUTE, and when Hioki came out of the toilets he overheard some girls talking about him being in one of the photos and how he was the odd one out who wasn’t handsome, and he might as well shouldn’t have been in photo, that the friend group was only hanging out with him since he was a loner. Afterwards, they were about to leave the museum but it started raining, so Hioki said that the four of the, could go and he could go later, since Hioki didn’t want to overstep, so the four of them left with the two umbrellas they were sharing, but as Hioki was waiting for the rain to end, HIS CONTACTS FALL OUT, so as he was struggling to see, WARATAI COMES BACK RUNNING TO HIOKI SINCE HE WAS WORRIED FOR HIM AND WARATAI HELPS HIOKI BACK TO THE HOTEL, HOLDING HANDS MIND YOU, PROBABLY SO HIOKI “DOESNT HURT HIMSELF”, SO AS HIOKI GET HIS GLASSES FROM SUITCASE THAT WAS LEFT AT HIS HOTEL ROOM THAT HE WAS SHARING WITH THE FOUR GUYS, HE TRIPS FROM THE CORNER OF THE TABLE THAT WAS PLACED IN THE ROOM AND LANDS ON WARATAI. WARATAI ASKS IF HE’S OKAY AND HIOKI SAYS YES, BUT HE’S WORRIED WARATAI WAS ANGRY AT HIM, SO HIOKI SAYS HE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE, AND NOW WE END THE EPISODE WITH WHAT SEEMS LUKE WARATAI PLANNING TO HOLD HIOKI TO WHAT HE HAD SAID ABOUT DOING ANYTHING TO MAKE UP FOR FALLING ONTO HIM.

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i don’t like your tone

i think the biggest problem yhis show has is tone & delivery ，& performance ，because to be honest it’s not really lacking much. it is trope–y but like I’m okay with that ，besides the entire premise being clichés for gay people ，it’s the point & look it’s nice to have it for whatever queer person wants it ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ yeah the acting sucks i think kodai omly makes one expression & doesn’t have the heart for this ；i also genuinely think he’d do better at being more comedic because his awkward★ness act is already half+way there but that also means he’s stuck half+way nowhere ；the f4 also are all not charismatic enough to sell their fantasies ，now watarai ；i think watarai would come off a lot better if they treated him like a paychological thruller threat i genuinely think that’d be more interesting because that,’s also how hipki would most likely feel in that situation watarai comes off horrifying & i love the line of beauty & allure & terror & fear ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ there’s a lot of small directing i really like like how watarai is the first to hear hioki mouse jis voice up to say something & when watarai turns the rest notice his action & follow ，hioki also comes back to the group sniffling. i enjoyed the really intimate & imperfect the camera was when hioki woke up to watarai. that was a really good scene to be gonest i like when the show gets a lot more serious & hioki gets a lot more silent & lets the natural shock take over of anxiety. it gets better when hioki gets quiet i think his dialogue & kodai’s performance undercut so much. my suggestion of playing up hioki’s social ineption with comedy & translating watarai’s archetype into a chill thrill ，i think it could be a greater way to interpet hioki’s unpopular archerype & then we can have more serious moments speak for themselves. one more thing also their chemistry kind’ve sucks ，i think kan could do more like neither of them are at their best when they’re together ，which sucks for romance. it sucks really fucking abd. i think that’s it really

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A Light and Charming Japanese BL

Wow, I didn’t expect this new Japanese BL to pop up on my GagaOOLala app on a quiet Sunday, but what a pleasant surprise. The first episode did not disappoint. The story may be simple, but it carries that quiet, heartfelt charm that Japanese BLs always capture so well.Hioki is quiet, awkward, and a little withdrawn, the complete opposite of Tokai, who is tall, handsome, and one of the most popular boys in school. Opposites definitely attract, and I can’t wait to see how their chemistry unfolds. When Hioki accidentally promises Tokai that he’ll do anything for him, it leaves us wondering what Tokai will ask for, maybe something he’s been hiding all along, like a secret crush from their primary school days.The cast fits perfectly, the music is soft and nostalgic, and the atmosphere feels warm and sincere. It’s a simple yet captivating start that already has me hooked. Looks like my Sundays just got a lot sweeter until the end of the year.

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really liked this, even though there were…

really liked this, even though there were some really cringe moments that i really wanted over fast & Hioki is a bit too clumsy, but at least he doesn't over react or act, so it wasn't unbearable. plus i think he is beautiful & adorable (IMO he's one of the better looking in this BL, yeah the rest not bad looking either - but he is at the top for me), also like that he isn't like everyone else & marches to his own beat... didn't like the "mean girls" with their petty remarks, that just hurt an innocent. but other then the typical use of females as antagonist's that r mean, just for the sake of being mean - this was fun. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************it's also obvious that Watarai has a crush on Hioki & he was the one that either suggested Hioki's name to join his friend group or he has confided in his friends & they invited Hioki, cause they trying to help their friend get Hioki. either way, it's cute seeing Watarai not being able to keep his eyes off Hioki & until the end Hioki didn't really notice something was off. can't wait for more.

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