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One of the best BL series of the year
Under the guise of a Japanese mafia crime story, "The Journey To Killing You" shows how the unhappiness and consequences of childhood live on to influence and colour our adult lives.
The No. 3 lead, Kirii Keito, heir to leadership of his Yakuza clan, allows his perception of an unhappy childhood to morph into paranoia. The object of his suspicion, Kataoka, fostered by Kirii's father and raised in carefree happiness, is careless and absent ambition until he meets Odajima, tasked by Kirii to eliminate him as a rival. But while violence is no stranger to any of these men, the strongest force shaping their lives is Odajima's childhood trauma, redirected and then overcome by the intensity of what he and Kataoka find in each other.
The happy ending achieved here in this series is as undeniably satisfying as it is implausible, but this is a fantasy genre after all. Production values are excellent. Director Kamijo Daisuke never drops the tension or wastes a moment. One of the BL series of the year.
The No. 3 lead, Kirii Keito, heir to leadership of his Yakuza clan, allows his perception of an unhappy childhood to morph into paranoia. The object of his suspicion, Kataoka, fostered by Kirii's father and raised in carefree happiness, is careless and absent ambition until he meets Odajima, tasked by Kirii to eliminate him as a rival. But while violence is no stranger to any of these men, the strongest force shaping their lives is Odajima's childhood trauma, redirected and then overcome by the intensity of what he and Kataoka find in each other.
The happy ending achieved here in this series is as undeniably satisfying as it is implausible, but this is a fantasy genre after all. Production values are excellent. Director Kamijo Daisuke never drops the tension or wastes a moment. One of the BL series of the year.
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