KioroDjirane

Hmm... Good but not as much as "School Trip: Joined a Group I’m Not Close To" or "Our Youth" two drama that have rather similar vibe (BL High School Romance with opposite attract plotline).

This one also have a... questionable side character who in insight was completely unnecessary.

Like most High School romance drama, they went with a "pure" vibe. Not much skinship and kisses were limited to the basic minimum. But it also made the side character I mentioned earlier and his relationship with one of the main even more... weird and out of place as it break this "pure" vibe.

All of the others side cast didn't have much going on either. Not really a complaint here as I usually like when the focus is on the main story. But they really felt like background prop most of the time.

Regardless of its flaw, this drama still have a interesting story between the main. It was sweet and healing to see them helped each others with their respective struggle.

8/10

I think his true identity is being slowly erased. :O

I think his previous identity - his true self - is being erased. When the dad tell about his memory of him as kid - when he draw on the chair - they couldn't recall it and even the drawing was missing. The picture of him getting glitched was probably also a hint of him being slowly erased.

Glad to see that I'm not the only one bothered by those sound effects. Usually I enjoy them but here everytime they move or have a line -> Sound effect. It's just annoying at this point.

Sweet but a bit whatever. The last episode was more cringe than the rest and this final "fight scene"... What was that ? It's really uncanny. Did they use AI ? Even low-tier fighting & choreography skills would be better than... "that". It came like a "Cheveux dans la soupe" (hair in the soup ?) like we said in my country. So unnecessary and unprompted.

But anyway, it's free to watch on YT so I can't really complain much about the overall quality as it's definitely on the very low budget side. Watch it if you have time to spare and low expectation. 7/10

It was "fine" I guess. Not bad but not that great either. What bothered me the most is that both couple have a very similar plotline.

(Spoiler Alert - even if I would dare say you could guess the entire plotline in the first episode)

One Scammer and one "Victim". Victim fell in love first. Scammer also fell soon after. He got discovered. Victim isn't happy and "break up". They are also "disowned" by their family for being "stupid". Scammer beg for forgiveness. Victim forgive. They rekindled their love. Family also forgive their own stupid children and even their scammers. Everyone is happy. The end. :P

Personally I preferred the relationship dynamic between Yu & North. They seemed more natural. I struggled more between Tim & Pai.

Anyway, nothing more to add. 6.5/10

Well... Isn't exactly what happen everytime ? Saying they are sick to see "Woke" propaganda in every shows when the main theme isn't Queer related ? So I'm not surprised to see some peoples would enjoy more if they were strictly BL or GL.

Regardless, they do that for a reason (mixing BL & GL) and yes, it's because it reach a wider audience making it more profitable.

Personally I also have mix feeling about this. Not because I want them to be strictly BL or GL but because in most case, they just don't bother trying to make a decent storyline for them (girls in BL and boys in GL). They are mostly filler and seems to be here just to be able to say "We also have a GL/BL couple!" more than anything sadly.

Hmm... Just discovered this with the newly released trailer. Ngl, the title itself lowered instantaneously my expectation. After seeing the trailer, it seems more like a boss/subordinate relationship so I'm a bit reassured (and he didn't call him "Daddy" in it :P).

That being said, I'm not completely sold either. We will see. :)

Like this one, it was only the "first half" of the OG work. So no, it finished on a cliffhanger and as far as I know they completely dropped the idea of producing the second half.

Hope it really wont be like another "The On1y One".

Did you really try to argue with just semantic ? What peoples call pedophilia is when someone major is involved sexually (romantically or not) with a minor. Grooming is when a major build an emotional bounding with a minor to gain "sexual favor".

And what do we have here ? A vulnerable Akira that trusted a "adult figure" and that man used that to have sex with him and made Akira believe it was to "help him coping with his situation". You cannot say it was the ONLY way to help him with his issue - facing homophobia & bullying. What he did was grooming and pedophilia. It's just fact.

Sure, the narrative here really sugarcoat it, making it seems he really helped BUT no, we absolutely shouldn't make this by any mean acceptable.

Not sure if it's the reason but the legal age of consent in Japan was 13 until 2023 (Google search so take it with a grain of salt). I'm pretty sure even before it was really frown upon when someone in their twenties had a relationship with a 14y little girl - or I really hope so - but now legally, the age is at 16 at least.

Also to point it out but it's not the first time that Japan media (Manga & anime especially) have issue with this unfortunately. Like 20+y old woman that look like a 10y old child for example. Technically it's not pedophilia but it does cater to them.

True, this drama have this chaotic energy. Also, they never said they will reject the other one once he fall in love. They didn't think that far ahead. :P

It depend at how you see it. Personally I also see "Bromance" as queerbaiting (and it make sense as some of them are just BL but censored). They aren't advertised as such but heavily use the hype around BL and Queer contents to "bait" peoples that are interested in it without taking the "risk" of being fully one.

Not saying it's fundamentally wrong or bad as they can be enjoyable and well written but it's just a fact that it's still queerbaiting to some extent.

I don't think anyone want a romance between a minor student and a teacher. :O

And if you talk about the teacher themselves, this isn't a BL. At best, it's "fan service". At worse, it's queerbaiting.

Identity Crisis: The Drama could have been the alternative title of this.

The writing for the first 2/3 of the drama was top tier. Not it was "bad" in the latest part but I was a bit less enthusiast. Ji Ling was one of the best character I've seen in a while. Very complex & layered. Extremely lovely also. His partner, Lu Wuyi was also well written. They made a beautiful love story.

The two FLs also had insane chemistry. It made me looking if "sismance" was a word. :P

I also loved the couple Wu Shiguang/Wu Wang Yan - especially the part when they were trapped for a life time in the Star Stone but tbh, after that, they lost a bit of their shine. Still, they were lovely.

Visually, some scenes were just stunning. A true feast for the eyes.

If I would nitpick over one detail it would be the nemesis. Because at how it was written, it didn't really have "one representation" (as its main gimmick is to posses people). We never saw its "true form" in the end - if it had one - and I don't know it felt less epic for some reason. Also, its lore of being a 9 headed snake wasn't really well represented I would say. I mean if you saw only the latest part (without the setup where its head were sealed and the "flashback" in the Star stone) nothing indicate its origin visually or in its behavior.

That plus the fact it's one of those that don't have a real purpose except being evil for the sake of being evil.

Anyway, very good drama. 9.5/10

Well, he just discovered that "former" Klao died so he need to "continue" this life to fulfill the "promise" and go back to his era. So I don't see a back & forth happening.

We got 2ep/week for the first 4 episodes. Now for the last 4, it's unfortunately 1ep/week.

Ngl, I got completely blindsided by the second couple. For me he had a GF and the other seemed like the typical SML that will be side lined in the end. I'm not complaining but for once, I just didn't see it coming even if now that I know signs were actually there. :o

Partly yes. "Fourever You Part 2" have 3 stories inside it: "Beside the Sky" (Tonfah/Typhoon story), "The Sun from Another Star" (Arthit/Daotok story) and lastly "Lately, It's Winter Season" (Tiger/Dueannao) story) that will probably be released around late Summer/beginning of Fall. Each have 8ep so it make "Fourever You Part 2" a 24ep drama. They can also be viewed independently.

"Our Universe" was worse in that regard. He was only "ditched" around episode 10 (from a 12 episode drama). While in "Positively Yours" it was around ep. 6 or 7 (could be a bit wrong as my memory is quite fuzzy). But yeah both of them were so unnecessary as most people liked those drama for their initial plotline "Being pregnant/Raising a child" but they just became side plots to the very overused Love Triangle plot line. (Yeah I'm still sour about those dramas :P)