What a sweet episode. ngl I thought- like everyone else- that “something” quite different was gonna go down at Duang’s house… But this was just as good imo. I love that Qing trusts Duang enough to open up so completely about his childhood trauma. And Duang is so emotionally mature, even if he’s silly at times- he’s serious when it counts. He is the perfect person to heal Quinn without the task being burdensome to him. I love the level of acting we’re getting from TeeTee and Por. These two have great chemistry and work so well together. And let’s be real- these characters were 💯 written for them. Im looking forward to the last two episodes. I’m gonna binge the whole series all the way through whe it’s over.
Unfortunately a 23 year old and an 18 year old can be in a relationship. Doesn't mean he groomed him. This makes…
The issue is that Akira was new to high school when the two started hooking up- based on the flashbacks. So he was definitely younger than the 18 at the time. Japan only recently lowered their legal age of adulthood from 20 to 18 (back in 2022). If he’s just entered high school, he had to be no more than 15 or 16 when they started things. Either way, he’s too young to be getting busy with a now-23 year old. Likely it’s been about a year or 2 since they started hooking up. Either way, he was a legal minor at the time, while the “tutor” was always a legal adult. They are 5 years apart. If they got together when Akira was 16, Tutor Guy was 21. Unfortunately, the legal age of consent in Japan has been 13 until very recently (2024- raised to 16). I teach high schoolers- none of them should be making such potentially life-altering decisions at this age. Most are very easily influenced by older people.
I don’t really think Tutor is a bad person. I think he’s lonely and feeling some kind of way because he has unrequited love for Akira’s straight brother, so sympathizes with Akira from when he had unrequited feelings for his straight friend. It’s also kind of a twisted way to be closer to the brother, maybe? They mutually decide to seek comfort in each other until Akira wants to end things. It looks like Tutor is giving Akira control, but due to his inferiority complex (both when comparing against his brother and for being a gay boy who was bullied by his straight friend once that friend found out he was gay and liked him), he doesn’t want to end things with Tutor. He’s unsure of Kanata’s feelings and thinks he’s straight. He doesn’t want to be hurt again.
I put a spoiler tag because I think I share things not yet known- I don’t remember because I watched the non-subtitled full episodes on Bilibili already).
This is my 12th revisit. I love these two and this drama. Are there some parts that still don’t make sense- even after seeing it 13 times? Yes. But not enough to keep me from loving this series. it’s a 9/10 for me- the minus 1 is for the parts that remain unexplained/don’t quite make sense due to editing or scriptwriting.
"Do your best to handle me" THE SCREAM I LET OUT OMFGGGGG
When I saw TeeTee- I mean Duang’s smile, I was like, Bro just unlocked another level. 🔥🥵🔥TeeTee- I mean Duang is gonna handle him like he’s going for 🥇at the Olympics! their Rabbit Era has begun
Y’all. Episode NINE! Like 🥵🥵🥵🔥🔥🔥I’m in love with their chemistry. Like, if doesn’t feel like Duang and Qin- it FEELS like TeeTee and Por. The way they look at each other…I felt like I was interrupting something. Jesus Christ. Like, TeeTee’s “devour because I’m hungry” look… Por’s got that bedroom “come hither” look mastered. OMFG I wanna live in this episode, but I know next episode will also be 🔥Duang and Qin in the book are HUN.GRY. And TeeTee and Por portray them perfectly. Like these roles were MADE for them- tailor perfect, really. The NC scene was another level. The camera angles were perfect. Truly 🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽Why are there ONLY 12 episodes?! Why is Saturday so far away?😭Guessbill go rewatch this episode
I’m glad I watched the whole series on Bilibili because I couldn’t with these cliffhangers otherwise. It IS nice that I can understand what they’re saying though- Bilibili’s subtitles were in Chinese. I’m looking forward to the ride these next few episodes will be.
Dear Korea…I’m a bit confused at the ending. It felt a bit unfinished, like there should be another episode after 8 to wrap it all up. I love these two together. I want to see them in another BL. One with a more complete ending like A Breeze of Live was.
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I don’t really think Tutor is a bad person. I think he’s lonely and feeling some kind of way because he has unrequited love for Akira’s straight brother, so sympathizes with Akira from when he had unrequited feelings for his straight friend. It’s also kind of a twisted way to be closer to the brother, maybe? They mutually decide to seek comfort in each other until Akira wants to end things. It looks like Tutor is giving Akira control, but due to his inferiority complex (both when comparing against his brother and for being a gay boy who was bullied by his straight friend once that friend found out he was gay and liked him), he doesn’t want to end things with Tutor. He’s unsure of Kanata’s feelings and thinks he’s straight. He doesn’t want to be hurt again.
I put a spoiler tag because I think I share things not yet known- I don’t remember because I watched the non-subtitled full episodes on Bilibili already).
Definitely one of my comfort BLs.