
p43425:
It's not in the top tier of KBLs, but it's reasonably good and an easy watch. I'm enjoying it, not least because Hamin is adorably cute.
I've previously mentioned a potential teacher/student trigger warning. As of the end of episode 6, there's been absolutely nothing inappropriate, but there are still two episodes left.
So ... I watched today's final two episodes of "Heart Stain" (Gagaoolala) - and a lot of things were handled really well. I was already liking this KBL - but after these final two episodes, I'm raising this to "liked it very much".
It's cute and sweet, but it also gets a lot of the psychology right (last year of school, then four years later). Most of all, I really related to the scene in episode 7 in which the troublemaker-bully admits that he liked Doha - and more poignantly, admits and regrets that this is the precisely reason he had teased and bullied Doha. This resonates with me so much - not that I was ever a troublemaker or bully in school, but throughout all my years from childhood until 12th grade, when I finally admitted to myself that I was gay (very traumatic for me growing up in a very socially conservative and unaccepting environment), this is precisely how I dealt with my own feelings: by being mean to whatever boy I had a crush on. Painfully spot-on.
Two notes:
(1) As to my "potential trigger warning" regarding the teacher/student thing, there was absolutely nothing inappropriate.
(2) This is a very PG series, i.e. no NC or skin scenes and only limited kissing. (This isn't why I watch BLs, so I personally don't care much one way or the other.)