E10- Another especially frustrating episode. I’m already at the point where I don’t even want them to end up together. I can’t stand Chiharu’s character
The scene where he pulls him into the pub so he’ll finally tell his colleagues the truth( in a Dream) - what an absolutely insane and incredible scene. I haven’t seen anything that good in a long time.
Ep 6, what a satisfying episode. Ping is just unusually warm-hearted; there’s something so endearingly sweet about him. They have really good chemistry. I also loved the second couple so much. I’m still surprised by how much Sing has changed.
Ep 3 When I’m watching the series, I really enjoy it-the drama, the actors, and the characters. But once an episode ends, I’m left with a certain sense that something is missing, and I don’t really feel that strong urge to immediately watch the next one.
I’m not completely sure, but maybe it’s because they move too quickly from very heavy, painful subjects to steamy scene. I’m not really complaining, because that lighter side is very comforting, and it’s also genuinely fun to watch the two of them and see the feelings developing between them. At the same time, though, it creates a kind of emotional confusion.
Either way, this is still one of the series I’m enjoying the most right now.
It’s not bad, but it deals with deep and painful subjects, and then a second later it suddenly gets steamy, so it can be a bit confusing for the viewer.
It really reminds me of a Taiwanese series that came out a year or two ago, with a similar plot. Even the characters look almost identical—the height difference, the hairstyles, the hair color, even their behavior. That said, it’s still a decent series.
A large part of what is similar between School Trip and After Moving Seats had already existed in BL long before.…
What do you think it is a copy? I thought School Trip was an excellent series, while this one isn’t nearly as good, though it’s still entertaining. It’s just not on the same level. But I don’t really see anything so unique or specific here that makes it feel like a copy.
At least Popular Serizawa tried something different by making Serizawa a golden retriever. This is just straight…
A large part of what is similar between School Trip and After Moving Seats had already existed in BL long before. For example, A New Season of Young Leaves (2009–2014) already featured “the most popular boy in the grade” becoming interested in a shy, awkward, and rather unnoticed boy, while Umegatani Boys’ High School (2012–2013) featured a handsome, charismatic “king of the school” taking an interest in another boy from his class.
Also, although the story behind After Moving Seats appeared only a short time after School Trip, the gap was still extremely small when you consider that it had to be written and submitted to a competition, and that process usually takes time. With only about a three-month gap, I find it hard to believe there was any actual copying involved.
Episode 10. The situation between them continues to frustrate me, especially the ending of the episode. It’s so emotionally draining, and yet I can’t stop watching because it keeps me in suspense. It’s very possible that this isn’t really a BL at all, but simply a human, romantic, fairly realistic drama—and maybe that’s exactly why it’s so unusually frustrating.
In this episode, once again, there’s a complete lack of communication, along with anxiety on both sides. Neither of them is capable of saying what he actually thinks or feels. And when Wataru finally does say how he feels—while drunk—he doesn’t get the response he was hoping for("Nothing") which would have simply been something comforting and loving.
Chiharu seems to do everything possible to ruin things, and somehow it never quite works. Meanwhile, Wataru becomes increasingly anxious and obsessive about him, to the point where he can’t even move forward from where they left off. Chiharu could have given him such a simple, reassuring response: that he’s sorry he has to leave again, or that he knows it hurts Wataru, but he has to go abroad to study.
What I find especially interesting is how completely Chiharu ’s role has reversed. He was the one who originally pushed for a situation in which he would receive love from Wataru. He was the person who seemed to want nothing more than to be with him. And now he is constantly running away, while Wataru is the one chasing after him. Their roles have completely switched.
On some level, I really can’t stand Chiharu . I even wonder whether part of my reaction has to do with the fact that he’s so beautiful and attractive, and whether that’s somehow part of the pattern. Do very attractive people sometimes behave like this because they know they have options? He seems to know that the whole world is waiting for him, and Wataru has almost become an obstacle in his way.
That’s only my theory based on the way he’s behaving right now, of course. It’s entirely possible that everything will change later on.
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Ping is just unusually warm-hearted; there’s something so endearingly sweet about him. They have really good chemistry. I also loved the second couple so much. I’m still surprised by how much Sing has changed.
When I’m watching the series, I really enjoy it-the drama, the actors, and the characters. But once an episode ends, I’m left with a certain sense that something is missing, and I don’t really feel that strong urge to immediately watch the next one.
I’m not completely sure, but maybe it’s because they move too quickly from very heavy, painful subjects to steamy scene.
I’m not really complaining, because that lighter side is very comforting, and it’s also genuinely fun to watch the two of them and see the feelings developing between them. At the same time, though, it creates a kind of emotional confusion.
Either way, this is still one of the series I’m enjoying the most right now.
Also, although the story behind After Moving Seats appeared only a short time after School Trip, the gap was still extremely small when you consider that it had to be written and submitted to a competition, and that process usually takes time. With only about a three-month gap, I find it hard to believe there was any actual copying involved.
In this episode, once again, there’s a complete lack of communication, along with anxiety on both sides. Neither of them is capable of saying what he actually thinks or feels. And when Wataru finally does say how he feels—while drunk—he doesn’t get the response he was hoping for("Nothing") which would have simply been something comforting and loving.
Chiharu seems to do everything possible to ruin things, and somehow it never quite works. Meanwhile, Wataru becomes increasingly anxious and obsessive about him, to the point where he can’t even move forward from where they left off. Chiharu could have given him such a simple, reassuring response: that he’s sorry he has to leave again, or that he knows it hurts Wataru, but he has to go abroad to study.
What I find especially interesting is how completely Chiharu ’s role has reversed. He was the one who originally pushed for a situation in which he would receive love from Wataru. He was the person who seemed to want nothing more than to be with him. And now he is constantly running away, while Wataru is the one chasing after him. Their roles have completely switched.
On some level, I really can’t stand Chiharu . I even wonder whether part of my reaction has to do with the fact that he’s so beautiful and attractive, and whether that’s somehow part of the pattern. Do very attractive people sometimes behave like this because they know they have options? He seems to know that the whole world is waiting for him, and Wataru has almost become an obstacle in his way.
That’s only my theory based on the way he’s behaving right now, of course. It’s entirely possible that everything will change later on.