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Quality-wise, this is extremely good compared to BL as a whole. And Kurodachi is my happy pill :)

Yep! Fujisaki canon Ace Queen!

I laughed when he said that the way he's similar to Kurosawa is that he's also careless with his bags! XD

Right, so I'll do 1-7 on Wednesday 30th at 12 noon UTC, and you'll do 8-14 on Thursday 31st at the same time?

Okay, so maybe I'll do eps 1-7 on the 30th . Time is too short to organise it for the 29th, I think. What time slot were you thinking of? You live in a very different time zone from me, right?

Yes, I think you put the finger on it. They don't have much sexual tension, but they do have chemistry. Those are two different things in my book, though sometimes they intersect. I think this is why so many people on the ace spectrum love Cherry Magic, because it manages to have lots of chemistry without sexual tension. It has a very pure and innocent feel to it because of that. And of course it's a romantic comedy, which also plays into it.

There are two special episodes that aired on Christmas Eve.

I think a lot of people here can relate :)

Officially on WeTV, but if you can't access that you will have to look on YouTube or Dailymotion. We're hoping for subs from our favourite fansubbers (Irozukusubs or Ichihachisubs), but neither of them have committed to doing it yet.

We could also start at something like 1 pm and go until 7 pm ,of course. But I still think we need a break in the middle.

Janosch was going to do it on the 29th, which is tomorrow already. So I'm thinking that there are three options:
~ we do it in one go and start early evening (like 6pm at the latest, since it will take 6 h),
~ we split it in half but do it on the same day, with perhaps an hour or two in between the sessions for dinner or whatever people may need to do,
~ we do eps 1-7 tomorrow and eps 8-12 +specials on the next day (or another day).

About the next watchparty: Janosch won't be able to host the marathon as planned, so I'm thinking of stepping in. I'm wondering if we can do it like last time - split it in two sessions, so it will be easier to host? What do you guys think? I'm in the CET time zone, so if I'm hosting it will be at a time when I'm awake and at leisure.

I think you will love ITSAY! The cinematography, the directing, the acting, the blocking, the script, the music, everything is top-notch and fits together utterly seamlessly. It doesn't look low-budget, either; it's very apparent that everyone involved were utterly committed to making this the best they could, and they were skilled and talented enough to pull it off. Do keep tissues handy while you watch, though, because it will break you (in the best of ways)!
I started watching it on Dramacool, but ended up paying for the official release on Vimeo -- sadly only a rental, so they've expired for me now. But it was worth every penny.

Yeah, it's no wonder we all love it to bits!

I certainly hope they won't just use the WeTV subs for the DVD. That would suck so much. (They should just pay Mich for use of their subs -- they are already done, after all!)

Not sure I understand what you mean... do you mean that Kurosawa is purposefully attracting all the ladies in the office just to keep them from noticing Adachi?

Neither of our favourite fansubbers has taken them on (yet?) but there are subbed versions out on YouTube and Dailymotion if you look for them. (If you, like me, cannot access CM on WeTV.)

Both Akaso Eiji and Machida Keita should be controlled substances!

It's hard to find dramas (especially BL dramas) that are so well made! I'm not a film geek, so I can't talk production process with you, but I'd like to mention a very different but also amazingly well made series called I Told Sunset About You, just in case you weren't aware of it. These two series are what saved 2020 for me! (Sadly, it's very expensive to watch legally)

I think the Philippines are doing a lot of BL lately that is more oriented toward the LGBTQ+ community than toward straight teenage women. It almost seems like the LGBTQ+ community there decided to jump on the BL train and make it theirs. A significant difference is that a lot of it is written by gay men and not by straight women. The quality varies wildly, though.

I could not get into Make It Right and dropped it a few eps in, but I loved Together With Me. That might have been due to MaxTul, though. I didn't mind the sex in TWM, probably because they made it look "real", neither forced and uncomfortable or porny and gratuitous. That's a hard line to walk. Any sexy scenes in a love story need to be there for a reason, to carry or convey character or relationship development. If you can't do it right, it's better to skip them. Mostly I want it to look real whether there is skinship or not, which is part of why I liked SOTUS and love Cherry Magic -- the chemistry is there, it's convincing. The stiff discomfort we often see between actors in some Thai BL makes me just as uncomfortable as gratuitous sexualisation does.

I loved Ae and Pete (though I heartily dislike other aspects of LBC and in fact never finished it), and I think a lot of it is because Ae also struck me as demi-ace (and such a fluffy little care dom) and the chemistry between Perth and Saint was lovely.