Corey

China? OMG, I laughed so hard at his question.

huh? My dude, the "urge" you speak of is simply a recognition that we're seeing things from Shinichiro's POV. We do not have the father's point of view but the writers, director, and actors made sure to give us hints. This is not real life, it is fiction— therefore, these are not to be overlooked. "Repressive effects of it's blazing homophobia" where?! I've never had a negative experience regarding my ridiculously open queerness. So, consider that your POV is flawed. It's okay to disagree— we consume the same piece of media differently. It's not okay to do personal attacks. My comments were all about the FICTIONAL drama and characters, were they not?

I never read fury. I read frustration....and to be honest, even he finds himself frustrating at times. The whole family realises the dad isn't a great communicator...maybe they're too much alike.
Also, he caught his son kissing someone he didn't know behind a house on their street. That's... in all my years living in Japan, I've never seen anyone making out on the streets. I've seen teens holding hands, sitting in laps, but never making out. That's a shock, too.
When he said he was with Mashiro because he liked him, he also yelled at his dad to stay out of it. Like, if he'd just said he liked Mashiro, that would have been okay. His dad was right— asking him to stay out of it was ridiculous.

What are you on about? The show is remarkably heavy handed with how queer it is. On the entire team, there's only one heterosexual character. The synopsis tells you it's a love triangle and the moment you meet the main character, you realise he's straight. There is no baiting. You've wrongly imagined this to be a BL when neither the synopsis, trailer nor poster indicates it as such. This show is hella queer. Like, I've got multiple letters and I was rolling my eyes at how queer it was.

What are the chances the drama changed the second couple's storyline so it's not so sad and torturous? I need them together before the extras. No new adult characters (you know the ones)

translates adequately in chrome

Childish? That’s an odd and potentially deeply offensive choice of term for something this necessary.

I showed up every week and was waiting for years... but I think The Next Prince should be over in the column with The Middleman's Love.

To be fair.... he said to stop being timid. He didn't say to stop being gay

characters and storyline

Different nations

Dude. There's a whole section about the book. Go check there. The link is there. Comments aren't where you find novel links.

What are the chances they both make it out of this? Should we just prepare to enjoy the journey and not the destination?

Go to the actual site, Open in chrome. It'll translate.

Literally everyone in the drama says he's intelligent and competent. Where does he look naïve?

I loved that he uses the language of the people in the village when doing his medical checkups. It's like first week of medical anthro... if someone comes in because they've been hit by a ghost, you need to know the signs, symptoms and how to treat it/ advise. Don't try to explain epilepsy.

I actually love this. I love a good golden retriever energy, a good sunshine/ sunshine protector trope... I just never thought it would be this dynamic. I love it so much. Dear show, please don't let me down.

So you've judged it based on and mentioned the incorrect synopsis, rather than the episode itself? Even though, there was a setup at the end for the synopsis you mentioned? It's obvious he's supposed to get ill at the start of the next episode based on the end of this one, no?

the manga is eight chapters, but the show is 10… we need two fillers. Alaso, I doubt they can properly do the majority of 6 and 8

You've seen episode 9? Is that not when he gets ill?