I heard good feedback about this series but I am really finding it difficult to continue. Still in ep5 and not…
You can basically skip from episode 3 directly to episode 9 and not really miss anything, because nothing really happens. They're just going in circles.
This series might have been better with half the episode count. As it was, it was dragged out like too little butter scraped over too much toast. Nothing happened and they were just going in circles for ten whole episodes. There was no plot besides the premise of "will Wataru eventually make up his mind". Even in slice-of-life type dramas we usually get some kind of new thing happening to the characters in every episode or so, but here? There's nothing interesting happening. Just a lot of flashbacks to their pretty boring school days, and them living together as best friends. There's not much to work with. Maybe a better director and scriptwriter and stronger actors could have turned it into something more compelling, but sadly that was not the case here.
I don't think there needs to be nc scenes in every BL, but at least I want the leads to have more chemistry than "best friends". I want to feel convinced that they actually have romantic feelings for each other. But that's a common flaw in JBLs, where the actors are hired based on how much they look like the manga character they're playing and not on how well they suit the role and definitely not on whether they click. Mostly they don't even meet until the first day of filming and there are no chemistry workshops at all, everything hinges on the acting skills of the two leads, and whatever natural chemistry arises between them in the moment. Which means that sometimes we get gold and sometimes chaff, and mostly something rather mediocre and boring. At their best, JBLs are amazing. But it feels pretty much like a lottery.
I don't think I'll bother to tune into the special episode. I'm just not that invested in these two characters even after ten whole episodes.
anyone knows how works youku i have vip but i can see only until ep 34 do i need pay more?
I'm wondering the same, will the last 6 eps be released for VIP at some point or will they be behind the extra paywall forever... What is even the point of having VIP
And sorry if I sounded harsh, but when most people ask that question it's because they want to watch on pirate sites. Apologies for making assumptions about what you meant.
I can't tell you if it's free or not since I am a subscriber already, so everything on Gaga is available to me (as long as I am in the right region). Gaga has some free content, but as with most streaming platforms, with newer series you generally have to be a subscriber to watch past the first episode or two. Watching free content on Gaga still requires an account, but you can can create one for free without subscribing.
I think it's Guideverse (Sentinel/Guide), but yeah, a little bit kind of omegaverse-adjacent, since it's also…
Yeah, me too, I just heard about Guideverse last year but have never read anything with that setting, so I also had to look it up because the setup here reminded me of what I'd read about it.
Is this a Sentinel/Guide setup (but with the usual Chinese "it's aliens" twist)? I'm not super familiar with S/G but from what I've heard about it, it seems similar. If anyone can tell me, please do!
In other news, the series is kind of ridiculous but super addictive, I'm already obsessed after six episodes. (I watched it on the Youku app, where they haven't cut out all the music, and guess what, the music is great)
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I don't think there needs to be nc scenes in every BL, but at least I want the leads to have more chemistry than "best friends". I want to feel convinced that they actually have romantic feelings for each other. But that's a common flaw in JBLs, where the actors are hired based on how much they look like the manga character they're playing and not on how well they suit the role and definitely not on whether they click. Mostly they don't even meet until the first day of filming and there are no chemistry workshops at all, everything hinges on the acting skills of the two leads, and whatever natural chemistry arises between them in the moment. Which means that sometimes we get gold and sometimes chaff, and mostly something rather mediocre and boring. At their best, JBLs are amazing. But it feels pretty much like a lottery.
I don't think I'll bother to tune into the special episode. I'm just not that invested in these two characters even after ten whole episodes.
I think 7 USD is about 6 Euro.
I'm also in Europe but I still pay in USD 🤷
In other news, the series is kind of ridiculous but super addictive, I'm already obsessed after six episodes. (I watched it on the Youku app, where they haven't cut out all the music, and guess what, the music is great)