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But he's a very old and wise 23 and she has lived at home and plays w plushies for 35 years. Emotionally they're on the same page. Plus, to me, actor Raul looks much older than his age, I was shocked how young he actually was, and unless they're using heavy filters, Minami the actress looks like she's in her twenties.

I am bribing my daughter to at least watch the first episode, and I'll be w her to make sure she actually does lol. I just want her to appreciate the brilliance. But normally I would not want to watch it in front of anyone, a lot of the time I'm in tears lol.

100%!! If taiga said that to me i'd be like, let's go find an apartment right now....lol

Good points. Taiga actually embodies all the things that society gives Kawahara credit for. Whereas in reality Kawahara is the stalking, lying, hypocritical self-centered "scum" that people accuse hosts of being, but he gets a pass based on his profession and place in society. Taiga is the one who is unfairly judged just based on misconceptions by people who have no true understanding of his gentle, giving nature, it happens over and over in LTL, from Minami's school to the police to Kawahara, her family, Monomo...everyone misjudges him without knowing him. I saw the cartoon part but missed that Kawahara watched them without earphones. Honestly it's so funny the way he's always shouting out loud in public. The only time Taiga ever does that is on his way to the police station. Seeing Taiga's face all worried on the way to the police, frowning, made me realize how happy he usually is (unless hes w the mother). He's a genuinely good natured, generous & mostly pretty happy person.

I know. She is truly amazing. She and the director make an incredible team, I'd really like to see them use some of the same actors for another drama. Part of the reason for the fun of this one, however, is the magic of the club. Take the club out of it and would be a little duller. The club was a bit of fantasy and magic and opened us up to a world most of us will never see (maybe nightclubs in US are same IDK). I know that they're considered "seedy" etc but as portrayed in LTL, the players all seemed like likeable people w one or two exceptions. And there were so many fun personalities in that club. I loved the president and am curious how they're going to close him out. You really wonder what the "players" are going to do next now that the club has closed. Maybe they'll all become actors lol.
And yes, such a shame his dyslexia was ignored. He's young, also. I'm surprised it would go unnoticed. Truly heartbreaking that he has to live for so long not reading signs, labels, documents, Social Media, it really cripples him.

💯. And how random that we’re sitting here watching a grown man learn to write?! And loving every second. Crazy! That first ep reeled us in so skillfully

I need to learn more about Ren, apparently he's in some movies? Hard to believe he could top Raul but I'll check him out when LTL is over, I honestly just cannot focus while LTL is still playing lol....I just keep comparing and nothing comes close....

If you have time could you share what Japanese media/fans say about this incredible man? A lot of what I see on SM cannot be translated,

Maybe that was in the contract bc at the time of filming, she was the star? And she is amazing and a fab low-key respondent w her micro expressions, big contrast to Raul's reactive face. Someone said he would only be nominated for supporting actor, unfair haha. Yes i'm in awe of his acting. And if you watch his video Induction (someone kindly posted the link, below), you'll see how his facial expressions hit it out of the park, I almost watched his face more than body when he danced. Many pro dancers can't do the facial expressions to match the body, Raul mastered that. He is incredible.

Agree. I started to watch it a while back, was kind of slow but maybe that was on purpose, I'll take another look now I know who did it, based on a French film same name as I recall? What I loved right off the bat about Ai No Gakkou was how it caught our attn immediately w the scene of her jumping into the water. I love films that start out like the director has a firm hand on the story and won't take forever to tell it. And every time they used that scene in later eps, it was also terrific, especially the one where she's in front of the class telling them st like how fun/rewarding her job in publishing was and they cut to her jumping off the pier. In the interview, the director or writer said they rehearsed it once and then did for real and they commented on her athleticism w her legs bent up like that. She did a great job!

Doumo arigatou!!!

Thx, I watched that although not enough Raul lol. I love the inception video the best so far. Prime has his modeling documentary on soon. Sometime in September I read.

Same. I created an account just to comment. It seems like LTL is gaining a lot of traction. A lot of us are beyond obsessed. Now I'm obsessed w Snowman and Inception that someone below kindly supplied link to.

LTL just gets better and better. Enjoy!

I agree. However, the fact that Minami had to go to the club to "rescue" the student sets off the premise of this entire drama. So it worked out.

Exactly like me, I do my chores, work, my exercise, walk the dog, clean, whatever, and LTL is my reward. I actually skipped a weekend workshop I was supposed to attend bc too many of my fave episodes were out Sat and Sunday lol. (Back before I decided to concentrate on LTL)

OK i watched about 5 minutes and it looks like what I saw on other subs. I personally could not wait two weeks for NF. But that’s me, I also watch w no subtitles, then Spanish subs, then English, THEN NF lol. So I do watch obsessively I guess haha.

I see what you mean about the warning, I’ll watch a bit and get back

I have been watching on KISSkh and I thought the subtitles were fine but I never really compared scene by scene w NF (whose subs are nothing to shout home about tbh)

Hello, any chance the English subs are out yet on Ep. 9? TIA