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4) Just a fucking idiot 🤣🤣

Please, pretty please, just give me a semblance of realism. This is just not it. HOW. HOW. HOW I just keep asking myself. HOW can a near 30-year old man respond in this way to a beautifully stunning, confident, intelligent, relentless, massively in love with you, quirky, 19/20 year old man, he loves, for near on 1-year of getting to know him and 3-months of dating in this way? Honestly, how? This would never EVER happen. It's just total and utter bollocks.

Akira's bollocks must be like the coldest place in the universe at -272 Celsius (Boomerang Nebula). That's blue. That's seriously blue balls, your penis and balls would simply snap off! Actually I think the way this script is going, this would be a good out for Akira and make for a much more believable story than this. Blue balls is indeed a thing and Akira's dick simply wasn't worthy of Shin so it fell off in the cold realism of his refrigerated love. Great story me thinks. Could even be the next ‘Shortest Distance is Round’. Now that is a truly brilliant ‘only Japan’ can do film. An absolute must watch.

The only character development I saw in this episode was Akira giving Shin the keys. Pat on the back mate. Sterling effort showing your love and affection to the one you love. NOT.

Either you're committed to the relationship, having said you want to date, or you're not. It's that simple.

I'm so frustrated, because this could be so damn good.

Brilliant comment. Spot on.

This. This. This. Everything you've written would make for a much more engaging script. I'd also love to see Shin kick Akira's arse into touch. It's all just so blah, blah, blah. Enough already. Seen it. Heard it. Been there before. Resplendent in the t-shirt. The highlight of EP 2 for me was Akira passing over the keys. Wow! Go boy, you've evolved, slap on the back. Good on you for your character development. NOT. Honestly, just go and have a wank and word with yourself.

So hear you. Love this.

This is utterly delightful viewing. Japanese BL at the top of its game. The love, thoughtfulness and gentle understanding Kazuma shows to Ren is lovely.

At last, it's over. Completed. Utterly forgettable. Never to be re-watched. Started out as a good premise for a story and then morphed into terrible, senseless writing mid-way through. Dreadful flow and editing, some of the worst I've seen. Pat's character has to go down as the most childish, narcissistic, non evolving lead I've ever had the displeasure to witness in a BL. Apart from his beautiful plump lips, there was actually nothing likeable about his character or indeed his acting. He was painful viewing. Let's not even talk about the storyline with Jaab and Jen - looks like the writer, simply got bored with it and dropped. I wished I'd dropped this earlier. It's a 2/10 for me.

Gosh, yes, I know. All I’d say is he definitely has family or friends in high places. Because there’s NO way anyone would believe he’s a good actor, quite the reverse.

Spot on analysis.

Exactly.

Thank you for understanding my opinion. However, it has been 1-year, 3-months of getting to know each other, irrespective of whether they were together on a day-by-day basis. One year alone is a long time to get to know someone and therefore be extremely comfortable. If you weren't after such a long time, you simply wouldn't be around that person. Also, at the finale of EP1 they kissed and Minato instigated it, so why start S2 with him acting like a teenage virgin from a simple kiss on the cheek. It doesn't make realistic sense.

I agree with you Minato does overthink, but once again, he has has over a year to adjust and become comfortable with Shin, so again, its totally unrealistic his reaction. Let's see what EP 2 brings.

I have to admit - I really did have to laugh reading the comments this morning. Spot on Maggi as always. We're here to critique a drama based on constructive criticism based on our own individual thoughts. This is not and has never meant to be a fan forum.

Have you tried Runasian.net, they’re up to EP 21 and very few pop-ups if streaming.

Good to know we so know where this is going. Please, please, I only hope it’s not painful, frustrating viewing.

I so hear you. That's exactly the reasons why I stuck with S1 and was so looking forward to Minato's evolving character development from the outset to whet our appetites in this series. However, we've now got to sit through the whole uncomfortable viewing process of them living together, because we so know where the writer is going to take this episode-after-episode-after-episode. Hopefully at least we get to see Shin's torso in several 'out of the shower' scenes.

Maggie, you're a poet and you didn't even know it! #Snigger.

Yes, it would appear, we really are getting very much more of the same and frustratingly after 1-year and 3-months of knowing each other and now dating. You really can't make this shit up. The disappointing fact is, I think the narrative for Shin and Asuka is really good, but Minato, they've simply taken too far in the opposite direction, to the point where its unbelievable that a confident, beautiful, forthright, sassy, spunky man like Shin, would even entertain such a relationship after this long, with absolutely NO emotional affection, other than food and a place to do his homework. #Sigh

Oh thank you, yes, I’ll definitely check out 🙏🏾

I so hear you. However, would you like your partner to kiss you on the cheek, hold you in their arms like you truly meant something to them, stroke your cheek, take your hands in there’s, hold your hand while walking, snuggle on the couch watching a movie, spoon in bed (fully clothed off course, in jumpers, in summer), pat your head even, (the latter I really wouldn’t do, as I’m no man’s pet), but I think you get my gist).

Minato, is literally devoid of emotional intelligence. It’s just a relentless wheel of me, me, me, me, me and I find his character portrayal both exhausting and untrue to real life. In real life a personality like Shin’s wouldn’t tolerate him and especially for over 1-year 3 months. He’d
be dumped. Simply put. Human nature needs and desires an essence, a minimum of affection and I’m not talking about sex.

@leesukkie. This isn’t all about sex, quite the opposite. This is about a fully grown, near 30 year old man being kissed on the CHEEK by a man he’s known for over a year and has now CHOSEN to date for 3-months. He literally treats Shin whenever he’s close like he’s got fleas. How can you relate to this as real life? It was ok in S1, believe me, I got it to a point and at a struggle, but a whole damn 1 year, 3 months later will make for seriously, boring, tedious, unbelievable, unrealistic
viewing. #JustSayin’

I so hear you on this. At times, BL just gets too damn childish, immature and utterly unrealistic for me, so I literally scour the world for ‘realistic’ gay dramas / films when I become too frustrated. Young Royals I’ve re-watched multiple times, (although the 2nd series I found disappointing in parts - (too much about the girls) but remains one of my absolute faves. I’ve watched the SKAM series across every country, Heartstopper (love it, season 2 also upcoming) and Elite Series.

I too can do fluff, but sometimes I feel the writers and directors actually live in Alice and Wonderland, where nothing makes actual sense. I do adore how the writer portrays and writes the lines for Shin and Asuka, which keeps me here.