I know that the tutor akira backstory was integral in the manga to depict "contrast" between (1) the light fluffy teen youth romance with kanata and akira and (2) the heavy dark connection with akira and tutor. and I know that jbls usually closely follow the original work. and I know that these kind of toxic issues and tropes are kinda prevalent in japanese bl mangas esp in older ones. BUT, they could have just revised that backstory stuff. Pedophilia, grooming, and taking advantage of a traumatized, vulnerable, and depressed teen is not something to be normalized just bc the predator constantly asks the victim whether he wants to stop it or not. Ofc, the victim won't stop until he recovers from his issues and finds a new light duhhhh.
The only gripe I have with this drama is that annoying denoise haze of a filter they put in some scenes. It's harder to see the actor's facial expressions and ofc their stunning visuals lol
I'd hate to be Taejun in that trio lol. It hits too close to home. All of a sudden your bsf distances from you and it gets downplayed by them saying 'it's unlike you'.
I'm sorry but did they use AI for the young young kid childhood scenes? It looks uncanny to me and they didn't match the picture frame faces (even the pic in the picture frame was uncanny). Also, I immediately clocked that LJW/Saebyeok is a bit awkward acting even in the trailers. But, beggars can't be choosers since I love enemies to lovers/ childhood friends to lovers trope smothered with angst so I'll stick around XD
edit: HJS/Haneul's acting is also a bit rough too lol
I have not read the novel. But for those who did,,,,, given the pacing of the story with the first two eps, are 9 episodes sufficient to cover the whole story?
Anw it's abt time taiwan has reclaimed its glory. Once the leading bl-producing country has been reduced to producing mostly SLOPS. Idk why such an unfortunate downgrade even happened. Don't even talk to me about the latest installments of the HIStory series ://
Consecutive main roles, then silence, then shifted to vertical shorts. It's quite unfortunate as he had the potential to hit big. I hope it wasn't bc of his company or whatnot. I hope he is happy always and I wish him success in his career.
Pedophilia, grooming, and taking advantage of a traumatized, vulnerable, and depressed teen is not something to be normalized just bc the predator constantly asks the victim whether he wants to stop it or not. Ofc, the victim won't stop until he recovers from his issues and finds a new light duhhhh.
Also, I immediately clocked that LJW/Saebyeok is a bit awkward acting even in the trailers. But, beggars can't be choosers since I love enemies to lovers/ childhood friends to lovers trope smothered with angst so I'll stick around XD
edit: HJS/Haneul's acting is also a bit rough too lol
Anw it's abt time taiwan has reclaimed its glory. Once the leading bl-producing country has been reduced to producing mostly SLOPS. Idk why such an unfortunate downgrade even happened. Don't even talk to me about the latest installments of the HIStory series ://
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