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I don't get it, In blocked Wang's kiss. But then we see then awake in bed, together, with no clothes. Doesn't this mean they just had sex?

People are saying this is on Amazon Prime. But I have Amazon and cannot find it. Is it under a different title name or something?

I know, I was so surprised that they kissed! It felt like it was not going to happen, but I'm glad it finally did. It was a quick kiss, closed mouthed from what I could tell, but at least it happened. :)

Nothing wrong with being a fujoshi. That's why I am reclaiming the word. It's about us liking the drama inherent to gay love stories. You do understand the concept of drama, don't you? These stories have more conflict and drama. The stakes are higher for the characters to cross the line. This makes the stories compelling. Again, it's about the STORY not about sexualizing male-on-male relationships. We could get sex with gay porn, but do not. See?

Well, it differs from Minato in that the two characters are the same age when the hookup happens. The show went out of its way to have the character say in the present, "We are the same age now."

Otherwise, your point about kids forming strong attachments in the face of trauma is quite right.

Sorry, I will change that. I was just assuming so you are right. Incidentally, a sexual fetish would mean we watch gay porn, which we clearly do not. It's the stories that we want. It's the human drama. A story of two men hooking up simply has more conflict and drama, especially in Asia where homophobia is still ripe. Look at the distance the Japanese character had to cross in Old Fashioned Cupcake. Crossing the line for a taboo relationship is what made the show compelling. See?

It's bizarre for one to see a child in what is clearly a man's body. Really, I gotta wonder what show this person is watching.

BTW, I love our community of BL fans. If we are weird as this person said, then it's a good kind of weird, lol. I'm reclaiming the word just as fujoshis reclaimed the negative "rotten girl" to be, instead, a positive nomenclature. We are weird fujoshis and proud of it!

How the hell are you seeing an adult with a little boy? It won't be one child and one adult when the hook up happens. By then, they will both be ADULTS. How can you not see this? Unless, of course, you are watching a different show.

Yep, and this kind of plot with differing ages happens in all time travel movies. I don't think she gets the concept of time travel. One cannot be the same age if it's 10 years on the past. They would be, um, 10 years younger. How is this tough to get?

So what? They are adults when the hook up will happen. Moreover, it's a time loop story so it has to feature a past, which means the people have to have different ages from past to present with one younger and the other older. If you can't buy that, then you can't watch the show. But everyone else is watching the show as it's intended to be watched, and that's why they are "not talking about it" as you said. You are the only one seeing it this way cuz you knocked yourself out to see it this way.

I just checked and he looked for the thank you and asked himself, "Is it still there?" So this means that it was there and, hence, he really did write it while the guy was still alive. But the guy had to have been murdered because the present tense man also went to his grave. So yes, the murderer must show up again to kill him, because the logic dictates that he's dead in the present time. But if abductor returns it is odd, cuz abductors usually grab any kid, and don't target the same kid repeatedly.

Well, as adults they'd be 10 years apart. No big deal for a 25 year old and a 35 year old to date.

Was the thank you there? I need to check again, because if it is, then that means the guy lived and the little boy went to his house afterwards when he wrote it. But wait, if the guy lived, then the guy would still be alive right now yet he went to his grave as an adult, so he's dead. See, that's why one can't change events in the past; the logic won't work.

Wait, he survives the abductor this time around, so does that mean he changed the time continuum? Or was the murder not this time around and the murderer will show up again later? Maybe he'll show up on Jan 30th? Because the dorm mgr said the dorm closes on that date.

I am confused. Please help! lol

Totally agree Steven. The screenplay is loose and in some instances just plain sloppy. For instance, they dropped 3 things that were introduced in Ep 1 as if they'd simply forgotten them. They forgot the student council plot, they forgot about that kid Chris who was pissed at the class star in the beginning of Ep 1, and then they forgot about Ray's crossdressing. Those are some pretty big "Oops, we forgot!" Well, the audience remembered. At least I did.

I have also expressed that I don't love this show. I think that as long as I do it respectfully and don't trash people's personal tastes then it is perfectly ok to dislike a show and to say so on MDL. Besides, it's good to get differing views on MDL. If everyone is saying the same thing then what's the point of even reading the comments?

I wish I could like this show as much as you do. In fact, I had started off really liking it but then it fizzled once the kids hooked up in ep 3 and the bit with student council plot was dropped. I was looking forward to seeing how two lovers would compete. Now that would've added a real jolt and tested the relationship -- especially with the kid's pushy parents wanting him to win. It's crazy that the show dropped this plot point when it was so rich with dramatic potential.

I was also disappointed that Ray's cross dressing was dropped. That is truly different for a BL. I have never seen it, have you? I even recommended the show to others based on the uniqueness of this character. Alas, this unique angle was dropped and, instead, the next episode gave us Ray and Jian doing the old Slip And Catch (aka SAC) in the photo booth. I want the Taiwanese and the Thais to retire the SAC forever. We saw the accidental kiss in the recent Taiwanese shows, Plus/Minus and the SAC in DNA Says I Love You. And we see it in too many Thai BL's to even list them all.

Absent the SAC, however, I will say that About Youth is not bursting with tropes like some Thai BL's are. In all, I don't hate it, but it's not really moving me either. I just feel, "meh." Indeed, it's the only show on which you and I disagree.

Well, you and I seem to have the same taste. Many called My Beautiful Man "toxic" but they simply did not get that the whole theme was about flawed perceptions and obsessions. It was actually a sophisticated theme. As for Blueming, that one also has a theme beyond the love story.

It's about a guy who's insecure about childhood obesity and his current preoccupation with being handsome and hip. He meets another guy at his film school who is so nurturing as to give him new found confidence. It's also different from other BL's in that we get to see the character in the context of his family and how his divorced mom's preoccupation with looks account for his insecurity.

It's the same director as the wonderful "Where Your Eyes Linger" which had a disappointing kiss. But this one has terrific, heartfelt kissing scenes. The Koreans really show how they advanced this year with fearless kissing scenes in Blueming and Semantic Error. I envy you that both shows shall still be new experiences for you! They are each among the top BL's ever.

So glad you agree about the Sensei. I would have dropped the show if it weren't the only BL on right now. "About Youth" is very disappointing as well. I dropped that, but kept with Minato because I did like how it started. Alas, you're right that Minato became an annoying coward, the Sensei was a drip and that brother was beyond awful. The show began to fail right about when they were introduced.

As for Semantic Error, yesssss! Go watch it now! lol. Semantic Error, Cupcake, Bleuming and My Beautiful Man are my top BL's of all time.

Yep, cuz it was not only repetitive in the middle, but that sensei bit was maddening. I mean, how many times did Minato start to tell the sensei he'd had a crush on him only to stop? It became like a hiccup in the show. Moreover, the sensei had none of the sex appeal of Shin and it made no sense for him to be Shin's rival. But at least he was nice. The brother was just a freak who was cold as ice to Asuka. That also made no sense. Besides, BL's are better when short and having no side couples. Old Fashioned Cupcake, for instance, was terrific. So was Semantic Error. These shows had focus.