Jakksen

Haha, you must be young.

All those handsome young attractive men turn into the men your talking about - all it takes is time and much less time irl than it takes for the attractive celebrities to age on-screen.

As you age you'll find those young attractive men just look like boys.

This was an incredibly shallow comment tho and I guess I'm at least kinda happy to see that men don't have a monopoly on that.

All right, I enjoyed this - I think many aspects of this show are superior to the 1st Season - tho they are not as easily compared as a typical 1st/2nd seasons as they have different characters, themes, and plot. I'm re-watching it and I chose it over the 1st Season but that is primarily bc a revenge plot to me is something best enjoyed once.

My only real issue with the show is something I didn't even notice the 1st time but I can't stop noticing now and I find incredibly uncomfortable. Without spoiling the plot too much there is essentially a sub-plot where a women is the last to find out about her own reproductive abilities - like, essentially the exact opposite of conversations about women having abortions but just as messed up bc they are literally making all of these decisions for her or on her behalf or to spare her feelings and its all very f**ked up actually.

I didn't notice this the first time but I definitely notice it now.

A Korean show with two Thai leads!

I'm excited - the plot sounds wild 😁

Build hype for who??

20 mins may seem like forever on tiktok but 20 mins isn't enough time to tell a good story very well.

People keep saying the word "beautiful" to describe this show and I've been thinking about this for awhile - it is the best word to define this, its a beautiful story. Its tragic but not a tragedy, heartbreaking but not a sad story, it isn't the plight of the characters that has brought tears to my eyes many many times, but how they overcome and carry on. The interplay with the novel is just fantastic - I loved how they found themselves retracing the authors steps and that scene on the mountain was again, just beautiful.

Thai BL is why there is BL like it is today.

Bad Buddy is one of the most "streamlined" BL in existence - it was very good but their wasn't anything original about it other than how they used all the tropes.

Can anyone verify that it is really Square Enix that shut down the international release?

That actually makes me sad. I was so happy to see that logo in the intro, I don't know if I can explain how it made me feel exactly... almost normal maybe, I don't know. Japan has heavily influenced me - between anime and JRPGs, Final Fantasy was always my favorite, that was my youth right there. That is still who I am.

I just bought 14 to play with my Brother so we can spend some quality time together - that game has a monthly subscription. I can't in good conscious give money to companies that are homophobic. I've already given them so much money over my life, this feels like a betrayal in some respects.

So, if you can provide a link or if you just know for certain, please tell me.

If that is the case I intend to make everyone involved with that company aware of how incredibly disappointed I am with Squenix

This is exactly how I feel. Japan and Thailand are very different cultures and both create media that has distinctly their own feel - can be almost immediately identified as Thai or Japanese. Changing a series set in Tokyo to a series set in Bangkok does a lot more than change the buildings in the background.

The two shows feel completely different - which is the whole point of doing this! I've already seen this story - I don't want to watch the same story with different faces, it NEEDS to be more than that. For me, changing the culture was perfect.

I wish people would stop bitching about it bc I wouldn't mind a couple other shows getting this identical kind of remake. Not saying I want this to be a thing with all Japanese BLs - lots of them wouldn't in Thailand, just like a lot of Thai shows wouldn't work in Japan but there a few that would be great.

Tay and New are literally perfect for this. They are one of a handful of couples that I'll watch forever - like, they could be making BLs set in their nursing home and I'll be watching from mine.

Are you saying that if you find yourself in Thailand next week, you won't buy one of those black inhaler things, or a very vibrantly colored beverage - won't want to visit any of these popular tourist destinations ?

Thai BL is like grooming us for tourism - I've already decided it will be my next international trip!

I didn't realize this had been cast. I will say it doesn't make much sense - book 2 follows after an 8 year time skip if I recall correctly. None of these kids will look mid-20s next year, assuming that is the second season.

Maybe they are casting grown-ups for the out of high school part?

I'm so excited to see these two again!

This has improved quite a lot - the genre is actually leaning more gay now than it is female fantasy. Essentially all the new good shows with actual budgets, experienced actors, quality directors - those shows are legit gay with BL elements. BL is just the name of all this now, so all BLs are LGBTQ+ shows anyways.

The shows aimed at a female viewer going for the old school BL fans tend to be made with newbie actors, low budgets, etc. They just get pumped out real quick bc the shows are less important than the ships they are trying to sail. Plus, those female fans tend to be far more forgiving than us queers regarding acting skill, skin ship, plausibility of the plot, etc. I stopped watching those shows almost 2 years ago already.

That said, traditional BL is perfect for newbie actors and directors trying to gain experience and a fan base - the shows are often supposed to be awkward and cringey, perfect for the high school age actors cast in those BLs. Its also great for studios to be able to provide platforms for unproven talents bc its so cheap and has the possibility of generating such a huge return if a ship becomes popular.

In the end we may all get what we want - which is awesome.

I haven't seen this yet but I just noticed that the lead has been cast as Kuwabara in Yu Yu - that is a really big deal actually. He is one the most iconic characters in one of the most iconic anime. "A mulberry is a tree and Kuwabara is a man" - a quote from Yu Yu for which I'll provide no context but is one my favorite English translations in anime. That line itself is iconic.

Seriously congrats to Shuhei!

I'm excited to watch this. It will be the first time my BL life and Anime life just naturally overlap - that is actually a really big deal for me.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that thought Tul was great - he seems to be getting a lot of attention and it is well deserved!

I don't know if I find Boss annoying or incredibly interesting - he might just be someone people either like or don't with few in between. Totally agree about Tul - he was so natural! Much of Tul's interactions very easily could have seemed forced - the banter in the car or being woke up from a nap for example, he really has done an excellent job.

I didn't notice Kenji's hair so much this episode - I'm still a little distracted by him getting out of the hot tub tho

Meen and Ping are two of my favorite BL actors and I kno this is their second series and their first had a few flaws - I don't care. They are great and I hope they have more work together. Its funny bc I really think a lot less in terms of "ships" these days but when I saw this series on worldofbl last week and I realized that it was them as the leads, I literally threw both hands in the air and found myself shouting "Omg its MeenPing" - I was alone but I don't kno that it would have mattered, it was more of an involuntary reaction.

I think the only ship I'm more attached to rn is YinWar - still manifesting them for them for the Thai remake of Addicted

I've now finished the series. Episode 9 was exactly what you described - I would have done much of that different. Even when he asked "Why me?" the answer had nothing to do with his personality or even physical attributes but rather it was close proximity to the Boss that made him "special" and that was the resolution the whole forgery thing... it is actually quite messed up.

I'll leave my other comment bc it just shows how much an idiot I can be but I actually agree with you. Had it been just slightly different even this show would be much higher rated

Haha, all right so I had only seen the first 8 episodes - I just started #9 and based on the first 30 seconds my entire comment might be off 🤣

Well, I completely understand what you are saying but I don't think its that simple. Truthfully, its difficult for me to see him as a victim bc it completely robs him of his agency - I get that is your point and entire reason why employer/employee relationships are rather inappropriate but in this show Shun frequently demonstrates agency - its just that he never employs it for himself, the whole show its never what he wants.

He likes the Boss right out the gate but when the Boss shows clear interest in him he never thinks "hmm, maybe I'll land me a Boss" he's always thinking about everyone else - whats "appropriate" and not. At one point he clearly thinks the Boss sees him as maybe a new toy and tho thats not great, it wasn't enough to make him quit. I actually think that he was lowkey going to be all right with that. He could understand him being the Boss's f-boy.

When it became evident that his Boss had very real and serious feelings for him, THAT is when he quits. He couldn't understand how someone like him - you know the whole self esteem thing. I liked how easily he was shown to be able to quit. Nobody had a gun to his head, his parents own a business, they just have to work hard - he never had to go to that job, he chose to.

Haha, I loved Yoon as a gangster - he had that one expression thru the whole series and the music that played when he showed up and they drove him around in a van - just fantastic.

Where did you see the light?

I've looked into this a bit in Thai media and it does seem to be that Krist was asked multiple times during an interview questions about his sexuality despite having already explicitly stated that he was straight on multiple occasions. Many, many occasions even.

Several times stuff like this occurred he did up the ante on his masculinity so to say, like the "I wouldn't watch the gay scenes" comment for example. We really have all seen him kiss a boy, so it doesn't even make sense for him to act like that. Unless he was fed up.

Krist became internationally famous as Arthit, I doubt he regrets the role - he has been working consistently since SOTUS and has had numerous endorsements, I don't think he did Be My Favorite bc he's broke.