Takumi-kun Series 1: And the Spring Breeze Whispers
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It's better than the drama not sure why it is rated so low
I liked this one more than the drama. Given that this was made a decade ago, the questionable scenes make sense. If i watched this 1st I'd probably hate the drama version of it.Here gii was a total green flag. He didn't touch takumi or force or gaslight him into sex. Instead he treasured and respected him the whole time. Also they didn't make takumi's brother into an angel and showed that takumi hated his brother but kept quite cz he never expected someone soo close to do that to him. He didn't forgive his brother but just learnt to move on from the past.
If u watch this I'd suggest u dont watch the series.
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Not good not bad kinda above average i guess
The drama was above average. There was something about it that just felt off. Then i realised that every 2 or 3 chapters the plot just goes in a circle.Tomiya has a problem. Mamiya motivates toma. Toma achieves something. Mamiya becomes insecure and they fight or ghost. Toma does something for mamiya secretly. Somehow mamiya gets to know and then he feels he's wrong and then apology and makeup. This goes on from the start till the end.
Also tomiya's bad boy persona just vanished after ep 2 he became this green flag who is always there for his lover n stopped teasing him too... as for mamiya his character was not consistent at all. Like he had mood swings every now and then.
It's a good watch if u have nothing to watch then pick this up u won't be impressed or disappointed
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Didn’t like it. "Happy" ending but nah
I don't think Jiang would change even after Rui started dating him. The story lacked emotional depth they kinda just said he's a playboy and the reason is cz he has mental health issues. That's exactly how it was put out. Probably cz it was short?Also the BTS for last ep was in ep 3🙄🙄. The actors were good but i felt they did it for the sake of it. Overall disappointing cz i came here after watching edits on it which were funny n this was meh
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Just a really simple love story
Well the whole story is 2 guys who had a bad breakup end up connecting cz of a wrong number and fall in love. The whole series has 3 actors 2 leads and 1 ex. It was a nice light watch. Not like wow soo good not like ugh soo bad. There's really nothing more i can say about this. You can watch it but not watching it won't make a differenceWas this review helpful to you?
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Went downhill after episode 1
I watched this while it was airing. The episode 1 was soo good i was like I'm gonna wait till it's done and then watch if cz i don't wanna torture myself with curiosity.So i watched after it aired🙃 and damn i am soo disappointed. The acting is good, the direction... well it's above average and the plot had potential but from episode 2 it kinda lacked the emotional depth. The episodes had no progress in the plot it from ep 2 to 6 it was like they were just showing their past.. they didn't show hiro falling in love properly nor did they show his conflict of guilt and revenge... and even after he realised the truth there was no redemption. They kinda just got back together. Also natsuo... i get it's his personality but it was like he had no other personality other than being a hyperactive pushover. No matter what hiro or anyone did there was not a hint of sadness or anything. So it was like ep 1 hiro decided to date natsuo for revenge... ep 2 to 6 it's just them dating and glimpse of the past which was repetitive.. ep 7 natsuo realised the truth ep 8 get back together. It was as plain as that. I just forwarded the whole thing.
I won't say it's bad but it was not good either. Not watching it won't make a difference.
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Might not be realistic but beautiful. Sometimes simple is more than enough.
I started this drama cz as someone new to this fandom i didn't know AouBoom were not the main characters of this drama. Although i was not happy about the fact that they were not the leads and u never knew GreatInn i gave it a go and ngl i adore both pairs. The plot might not be realistic in the areas where you can see a lot of people are quite open to accept gay couples and none of the leads are scared of being gay. I'd say it's unique. Usually when it comes to historical gay romance it's either super sad or a sad ending. This drama was definitely not sad. It was slow, beautiful and calming to watch. The best part was it didn't bore me dispite being this slow. I've not watched the ending yet but I've read it's a happy ending and some comments say its a forced happy ending, even if it's true I'm glad they tried something new and actually did a good job at it. "The most beautiful count" was also historical and unrealistic n people had no problem there not sure why it was a problem here.Also I'd like to specially mention how beautiful GreatInn looked in this drama (sadly we'll never see it again). Inn just looked drop dead gorgeous i couldn't take my eyes off him. I liked how they were opposite of each other but in a subtle way. One thought realistically one went with his heart.
As for AouBoom although they had small screentime they stole the show everytime they came on screen. This kinda made me wish for a drama where Boom would play soft boy cz usually he is kinda tough in all his dramas. I feel both their roles were different from what we usually see. Aou the obssessed lover and Boom the one dealing with him🤭
Overall so far I love this drama.
Edit: i finished the drama. The ending is actually pretty good. Not sure what others were expecting from a historical BL. They clearly explained what and how things changed in the 5 year time skip and them moving in together is the best ending they can give us because not only was gay romance illegal but also frowned upon back in the day. If it was a sad ending you guys would have cried about wanting a happy one and when they give you a happy one you guys say it doesn't make sense. Not every historical BL needs to be pure tragic torture like "love in the moonlight" this was good too..i probably liked this much more.
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Pretty close to the webtoon version
It's pretty close to the webtoon but yeah the webtoon has more depth. I loved the chemistry between the leads and visuals too. It's a well made bl that's all i can say. Its cute and can make ur heart flutter.Haha my fav character here was seung jin. He was not that noticeable in the webtoon but here he had my heart as a fanboy🤭🤭.. ahhh i wish the 2nd couple got a clear ending though or I'd love spin off with their love story..
I think this drama was on par with many good thai bl. Even in the NC scenes. The actors had great chemistry and i loved the whole green flag arc. No one was toxic and the story had right balance of fluff and conflicts.
Overall loved it!!
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I regret not watching this sooner
I didn't watch this for a long time cz the seme had blond hair. I expected it to be like a perv x innocent troupe. Finally gave it a chance to see if i liked it. IT WAS SOO DAMN GOOD. Loved every bit of it.I even read a bit of the manga and i think this is one of the dramas where i like the drama more than the manga. I liked that they changed them being FWB to fake boyfriends instead. Also i liked that they turned this into sweet pure one sided love to fake relationship to real relationship.
One thing i didn’t like was that in the drama yuki's acting is too dependent on Asami while in the manga yuki is naturally talented and they get into that relationship cz he was not sure if he was gay and he felt he lacked experience in romance. He couldn't do it with a girl so he goes to the gay bar but here they changed that a bit.
But overall i loved everything else they changed in the drama especially how asami treasured yuki.. in the manga well.... he did treasure him but it didn't make my heart flutter much. Like here he's a green forest but in the manga he's a green flag.
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They're soo freaking adorable!!!!!!!
I started this drama cz i heard gangster x cafe owner🤭 and also cz of FirstKhaotung. Loved episode 1 soo much i put it on hold to binge watch but then i couldn't control myself so watching on air again. It did get a little boring in episode 2 but then it got better. Personally i feel this series would make a much better webtoon than a series cz cats play a important role here. Usually in the animal movies I've watched they add expressions and mouth movement to the animals which is not the case here so that felt kinda weird for me. What they've done is not bad just that it's not what I'm used to. Another thing that's kinda new here is the Lynx is literally a cat in human form not a guy who looks like a cat. The way Khao stands, turns everything is pretty much cat like also the change in scent when in love. That's something new.I think ep 2 is the only boring episode so far the rest of the episodes are soo damn cute❤️❤️. I think this is the 1st time firstkhao are not lying or hiding things from each other in a drama😆. Ahem can i say i am shipping Doc. Pom and Leo. Ik that won't come true cz both have their partners🤭 guess it's a ghost ship for now. They're both soo adorable when they're jealous haha i love it!!
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Had potential but kinda became draggy and round about
Sigh i really don't know when I'm gonna finish this one. I've already put it on hold it idk 5 or 6 times cz it's just like next prince or probably worse. Too draggy. Every scene is dragged for no reason. For some reason bank does look kinda awkward doing NC scenes but other than that he's doing a good job playing the innocent uke role. So the problem is not the actors its the horrible writing.For some reason bank changes his cloths had this weird NC scene effect🤣🤣 with all the blurs and music wtf that was a makeover scene.
Anyways i think it would have been a good story if they had just not dragged it and I'm already half way through the series they have not bothered to address or even hint us about the dreams🙃🙃 they just keep giving us random flashes of that dream and those flashes make no sense and are not giving us a glimpse of that story either. Even when they showed the complete flashback it made no sense. Lot of scenes especially after ep 5 made no sense or were kinda fillers
Ngl it started off great as an office romance between a student and his secret admirer. It went good for a while the flasbacks kinda gave us a sense of curiosity like what happened in the previous life? Why are they having these dreams? What are they trying to fix? Etc.
Then the drama just goes downhill. The entire design thief plot was uninteresting and kinda draggy. The past life reveal is in the last 3 episodes so the rest of the episodes pretty much has no progress. You'll realise that the past life is not exactly past life but kinda like the story of a part of their souls? And the whole point of that was to free Salin's original soul. Then comes the real WTF moment Original sun actually saw salin as his sister and rejects her cz he loves someone else so salin kills sun's lover and his soul ends up trapped unable to reincarnate but then how tf did sun and salin fall in love in this life??? Shouldn't sun fall for the other girl again?? Worse the original sun also falls for original salin in her absence 🙃🙃 also why n what was the original sun protecting current salin from? Bro his orignal soul killed ur lover🙄. Well that was a mess but then they got a happy ending so i guess we're good. Damn MosBank really need better scripts cz wtf was this.
I had 0 interest in the gl couple. Initially i was curious but their plot was pretty much repetitive.
My favorite would be the 2nd couple SamYo. I liked their playful banter, the chemistry everything . I skipped most of the drama but not their scenes. They have good chemistry and proper pacing too and their story is damn cute❤️❤️❤️
Overall should you watch it? Well you can watch it but it wouldn't make a difference if you didn't. Personally u can skip it.
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It's good but kinda incomplete. The comments are just pure hate
Unlike the comments the story was actually about parallel worlds. I literally thought the whole parallel world was just Cir's imagination thanks to the comments. Cir is definitely a green flag his only flaw is that he's a coward. He was not manipulative or anything he just told 1 lie to get close to Phu and could never confess the truth dispite multiple chances. Also i don't think Cir didn't pay for his mistake. He did when Phu left him twice for the same reason. For Cir who has loved phu for 5 years that's his greatest punishment.The only person who was not punished would be Cir's mom. I felt that and a happy ending for his brother was needed to make the drama complete.
I really loved the 2nd couple a lot but the random introduction of mind reading capability was a little abrupt and unclear like they hinted Cir had the capability which then was not bought up as the story progressed.
Also i have a couple of questions that were left unanwered in the drama.
1st why is the Cir from 1 time line responsible to guide Cir from the 2nd timeline. Did they get a sad ending in one of the timelines so theyre doing this?
What does he mean when he says Phu always survives? But in one of the world one of them actually dies (in the flashback)
Why and where did this loop even start? Why is it Cir and not Phu?
How did jin get his mind reading ability?
Also why is black cir in the time room? Cir does occasionally go into Black Cir's world which he mentioned but then why is black cir never shown in his own world instead only in ghe white room?
I think the drama needed more context behind scenes. But the story was pretty interesting it can confuse u if u dont spoil yourself that cir lied about being from the parallel world. I spoiled myself so i thoroughly enjoyed it. It kept me engaged and was interesting to watch although u get clarity on the plot in ep 7 and 8.
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Not everything has to be deep to be good but this one lacked depth and was ok
When i 1st watched ep 1 it reminded me of PPW from fish upon the sky i was like it's a good drama why the hate? But as i watched more episodes i kinda get what people are saying. The story on its own is not bad. Its okay, it's a story with a cliché red flag ML and dub-con. I feel people who like green flag leads should just skip this drama.Well that's not the main issue here. The drama does tell us the story but it doesn't give us the details. Like when did Nu fall for Sun at what point? Sun's redemption arc etc. I feel the should have increased the number of episodes added more depth to the characters. Showing the leads go from hating each other to secret crush to 1 night stand to betrayal to love. That would have made the drama much better.
Overall it's an okay drama. Could be better. You can skip it doesn't make a difference
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A typical romcom with secret crush
I found this cz i was looking for something similar to "star in my mind" and when I watched it probably cz the leads were the same it felt like i was watching the same. So i put it on hold it after a while it gave the same vibes.I'm back again now i feel it's not that bad. It's a sweet romcom. Just don't watch this if you've been watching fluff for a while. This is something you'd like as a stress buster. I'm watching it along with "goddess bless u from death" so it helps me balance out my emotions on one side i have this calm and sweet romcom and other is horror🤭
At one point it's just them going on dates for multiple episodes... there's pretty much nothing going on. This should have been an 8 episode drama instead of 12
I'd just say if u watch it as a stress buster u would like it if not you'll get bored. I'm dropping it. Tried 3 times but i just couldn't watch all the fluff with little to no plot.
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A mini series which didn't feel like one
Usually mini series have their own standards they're not as good as the long series this one was 2 hours long in total but i feel that it was just the right amount of everything. I don't want anything more or less.I really liked both Eddy and Ian❤️ the playful pushpull romance and the way everyone in the office would shut the ceo🤭🤭 it was cute. One unique thing i observed was ian choosing love over carrier which we usually see in dramas. He chose what made him happy instead of success and how that lead him to another path. I like that they showed that instead of just leaving him unemployed or in the same work he was they showed sometimes its fine to pick ur happiness over money
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Old Fashion Cupcake Epilogue: Apple Pie
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Why just 3 mins ahhhhhhhh
I saw a sequel and i was like yay I'm gonna get their awkward phase after they started dating, life after dating, moving in, all their firsts etc but i barely got any of that😭😭 i can definitely say togawa has become a tease but i wanna see the evolution 😭😭 whyyyy is it soo damn short.Was this review helpful to you?

