Daffodils

Something that I would like to mention and I do not know you, but it does make me uncomfortable is one of the CP actors in Cherry Magic was forbidden by contract to kiss the other actor because he was a man. However, he is not forbidden to kiss female actors. Another actor Inukai (his surname escape now) he is one of the kings of BLs have done 4 already, he had never kissed his male counterparts. Fortunately, in his last BL he does kiss his partner briefly. It was a big celebration in social media!

There are other humble efforts as well in those in which there are no gays mentioned. Takara kun and Amagi kun, Takara tells his friends I envisage a world in which I can be happy with the person I love, some gay bloggers on social media understood it as him wishing for a Japan free from prejudice.

Yes and it is super but except for Cherry Magic the others don't come close to the success of My Beautiful Man and My Personal Weatherman that have broken records of BLs watching, so still there is a great deal of "absenteeism".

Agree and I am celebrating this, however, the two most watched BLs in Japan in the last year: My Beautiful Man (it has 3 installments starting 2 years ago) and My Personal Weatherman, with the highest rating ever in different platforms for the genre are muted about it. Actually in all fairness, Kiyoi quite proudly said my lover is a man, but the word gay is never mentioned.

I watched it, yes, I like it too. I have mixed feelings because I am not sure if the other boy was not still within the territory I am not gay but I am gay for you.

Yes, they are the kings of the Yaoi genre, and I have watched what you mentioned and everything else that I could have access to. However, there have been academic studies (yes at that level, and I could send you some suggestions if you are interested) that proved that the majority of Japanese BLs and even more the yaoi genre as a whole -that include other medium e.g. manga- it is quite divorced of the reality of being gay, the majority do not call themselves gay and the Japanese gay community feels quite alienated of what it is portrayed in our screen. The main reason is that the Yaoi genre was created more than 50 years ago in Japan by straight women for straight women some of whom were/are homophobic. They entertain two boys loving each other but load the reality of being gay. I am so relief that both within Japan and certainly the international audiences have now different values and most of us are either LGBTQ+ activists or allies and if not are simply people who acknowledge that two boys loving each other are gay (or pansexual or bisexual) Thank you for mentioning the phrase "I am not gay, just gay for you" I think that phrase represents quite well what is wrong with the BL world.

You must not miss the villain couple's scenes. It makes ep 12 worthy!

I also enjoyed it but I am reading lots of negative comments below hence why I posted this.

I totally agree with you, and also the delusional criminal-like fiancée is beyond cartoonish, I simply don't believe in what this character wants to portray at all. The acting is also a far cry from Ha Yoon (Sumin), which makes her even more redundant.

I know people are disappointed with ep 12 but K-dramas are full of absurd, cliché, and over-the-top plotlines! I have read the web novel and the live drama is an improvement to the novel at all levels. Particularly, in the live drama, the villain couple is smarter, funnier, and have a bit of tenderness towards each other. I hope it continues like this for them. I will be thoroughly disappointed if they remove their villain charm from them and make them a copy of the web novel.

Yes!! they are terrible but together!

Ep 12 I have to confess I love Sumin and Min Hwan, they are evil but they are riveting in their evilness! The scene in which Sumin stood up to her mother-in-law was so satisfying, and when she defended MinHwan using the same mother-in-law's patriarchal language, was hilarious. I wish they remain together. Maybe I am delulu but I think they have feelings for each other in their own twisted way. It looks like they are going to be upgrading their bad deeds courtesy of that crazy, arrogant, delusional, ex-fiancée. She is properly hideous so that may be too much even for me who likes them that much.

thank you for your comment. I am the contrary, I avoid this kind of storyline, a shame because I am sure the acting is excellent.

Thank you for the recommendation, you are really selling this to me. I did not watch it because I don't like "gender bender" storylines. I like everything else: hetero, BL, LGBTQ+ storylines but not those gender benders

I ship them all! even the villain couple because I think they are riveting in their evilness.

Ep 11 - what a beautiful performance by In Woo (ML), it was so moving. I did not know this actor before this series but now for sure will follow his career. Ep 11 belongs to him. Kudos to the makeup department because he was literally glowing in this ep and so handsome. They both portrayed the emotion of having the desire of their hearts fulfilled so well.

What a let-down the last 2 episodes. Everything was wrong about it. I confirmed I did not care for the main CP. Nothing they did had a justification, nothing was shiny and attractive. Their relationship was so negative that I really wished for Samuel to show some backbone and fall in love with somebody else. She was hideous at all levels. The storyline with the cleaning mate was unsavory, and although I was rooting for Samuel to find happiness elsewhere the way the cleaning mate treated herself allowing that awful relationship with her husband proved that she was not the right person for Samuel. I still felt so sorry when she got blackmailed by that crazy woman. I really liked ep 3 and 4 so I went to the finals episodes hoping for something good but it was even worse than I was expecting. This series was an unrewarding viewing indeed.

This is good, isn't it? Japanese BLs are hardly a disappointment. Additionally, is one of the few in which one of BL boys actually acknowledges himself as gay. The last one that I remember is Tokyo in April. I always think that this is a step in the right direction for Japanese BLs to align them more with the real world. The CP is lovely, and well-matched, and I am intrigued by the storyline. Looking forward to the next episodes

Who else is going to cry buckets if Yeo Hwa (FL) and Su Ho (ML) don't finish together? 😭🙋‍♀️ What a moving partnership they have. Great performances by our leads, particularly by Jong Won (ML) in ep 8, amazing . He so deserves lead roles. He is such a skillful and sensitive actor. Our secondary couple was so delightful in the scene of the fan. and on another character, I am expecting high morals from the apparently immoral returned "husband". I expect him not to take advantage and harm Yeo Hwa (FL).

What a beautiful BL this has been, with an interesting storyline, engaging in every episode, and well thought. This should make it to everybody's top list of BLs to watch and re-watch. Tae Vin performance was excellent, really showing that he was the experienced actor in that cast. Joo Wan ,his CP, although relatively new to the acting world plays this naïve love-struck boy very convincingly. A really endearing BL CP.