apathy

im half way through the first ep and i’m praying to god they get rid of that hideous wig soon lmao

That’s fair. The two concepts often overlap since they both involve being condescending and undermining someone’s capabilities/intelligence. I would argue that trying to save him by controlling who he talks to (taichi), going so far as physically dragging him away etc crosses into treating him like a child, but I don’t really care to argue the semantics. I am more upset that she’s undermining his agency.

Maya infantilises Kohei a bit imo. He’s capable of choosing his own friend/crush and determining if he’s being used, like she says, for himself. It’s frustrating because it feels like the other side of the coin on what he’s already dealt with because of his disability, like the girl who assumed he couldn’t take out the trash himself because he’s hard of hearing or the boys who were afraid to play basketball with him. Maya means well, and I understand her protectiveness but Kohei is not a child.

The way they think and act makes me feel like I am watching a highschool romance ngl 😭 They don’t read as early/mid 20s to me, particularly Natsume. That said, I am enjoying this so far. Their face cards are giving. They’re both stunning

to me it seems like slightly shorter than average x average height with similar builds 😭

there’s no way there’s that much difference between actors’ heights 😭 imma need them to pull out a measuring tape because i don’t believe it lmaoo. google says it’s more like 178 and 167 but even that seems a bit of a stretch to me haha, but maybe they just give off shorter energy

the way they’re pretending takara and taishin aren’t basically the same size is making me giggle. takara is like 2 inches taller at best yet taishin is like senpai’s sweater is so long on me 😭

chinatsu senpai is gorgeous goddamn i’d fall in love with her too. where is this company and how can i apply? why are there so many hot lesbians lmao

he’s super cute!

lmaooo

i screamed when jane put his head against ryan’s stomach 😭 if i didn’t know better i swearrrrr id think he likes making ryan’s heart flutter on purpose

i kind of like bahmee and judy together when i forget about tae, then i feel bad for him lol. i hate when ppl forgive cheaters though, so i hope he dumps her whether she and judy get together or not. that said, i gotta say, i think bcs bahmee has developed feelings for judy, she’s sort of looking for an excuse to justify her feelings changing for tae. in other words, she’s looking for reasons she’s not the “bad guy” for essentially emotionally (and now physically) cheating, so it’s almost like she’s like “ok but what is he doing to deserve this.” for example, there’s no real reason to assume tae has forgotten about their anniversary. it’s normal to plan surprises for anniversaries. she’s giving him no grace and also not communicating anything about how she’s feeling. that said, tae could be more communicative. i get he’s a lowkey guy, but he could still do more to express his affections in bahmee’s love language, not to the point where he’s overbearing like bahmee (no shade lol), but some more obvious gestures like making her lunch too etc. my real beef though this episode actually is with judy. bahmee is drunk off her ass (and judy knows this) and clearly going through emotional turmoil since she was just venting about her boyfriend. kissing her back was such a bad idea 😭 judy comes across very mature, so i was expecting her to pull away and say “this is bad idea” or “you’re drunk”.

agreed!

i can’t speak for others, but that’s definitely not my reasoning. Even in their pretty explicit bed scene there was no passion. Some actors just have so much passion/tension/yearning that for a second you almost question if they’re acting or just genuinely enjoy being with their co-star lol. Even in bolder (often western) shows that don’t use shyness or stereotypical bl levels of jealously as a factor, there’s that electricity feeling (sometimes) that I attribute to chemistry. Obviously, this whole conversation is about something that is totally subjective but for me I was indifferent watching them argue, casually touch, kiss and have sex. I think the younger versions of them had better chemistry tbh.

And Kohei doing his best to basically seduce any girl that shows the barest hint of interest in Taichi? Hilarious. They’re all a very unserious bunch and I am entertained

That girl’s hater energy is kinda hilarious to me im sorry 😭 They looked like they were about to have a cat fight right there and then

sometimes i want to shake taishin and yell “you have a crush on takara” 😭 but even if that was possible it would ruin the slow burn which i actually really enjoy lmao

literally! like it really isn’t that serious. they need to logout and touch some grass

yea, if she kisses her without breaking up with tae then we can definitely say she’s cheating

the umbrella scene at the end of part 3 was so beautifully filmed and the chemistry was chemistrying omg