Not a Robot

I've watched two episodes and even with a higher budget, it just doesn't have the spark of the original. The original was watered down from the book due to the violence and sexual content, but to water it down to a bromance, I'm not sure if I can make it through 24 episodes. I keep thinking of the original actors who were banned from appearing with each other again, just because they made the Addicted series. Maybe I just can't get over the hurdle of how the actors where punished, then the same country releases the officially sanctioned story, politically corrected. There is usually so much social grandstanding on MDL, but when I see this rated at 8.4, I am shocked that people are so forgiving the suppression of the real story, but lose it over a drunken kiss. That is the difference between systemic oppression and a dubcon trope. China was the BL leader before the law, and we saw series get interrupted and retooled while in production. Fortunately, Addicted, was completed prior. Sorry to be a downer, but watching those episodes just brought it home to me. I wish the actors of this current series success.

So true! I didn't make that connection.

Mike was originally cast to play Pisaeng. I don't have socials, so I'm not sure why Mike was replaced. I watched the old trailer via a reaction channel, and although I love Mike, Gawin is nailing Pisaeng.

I watched an interview where Gawin said he and Krist didn't know each other that well prior to working on this series. This is pure acting talent and chemistry between them. I hope they get very popular in Thailand so we can see them as a couple again.

Spoiler of book below.














The book has a happy ending, but I'm not sure if the series will change the ending.

I'm sad this is only 8 episodes. Even if episode 1 could not tell the difference between and aunt/uncle, niece/nephew. Waiting for Charn's breakthrough.

Yes, Stay with Me, and I haven't started it yet. They keep showing the child in all the thumbnails, making me think that is a way to reduce time spent on the gay relationship. I also thought the child was a boy in the book, but I could be wrong because I haven't read the book since the original series aired.

I'll be the sole fan and state that I love this series. It is like a soap opera from back in the day, especially with the overacting in the lakorn being shot in this story. I'm hoping that Ben will be playing a gray character in this series. I've seen Ben interviewed, and he seems to be a nice person, so I'm hoping that Kevin is an agitator.

The dude with the horrible wig.

This is becoming one of the shows I need to watch right away. I haven't even started the Addicted reboot, especially after seeing the child in so many thumbnails. I like the supernatural elements, and some of the zany characters. I also like the leads and think the actors are doing a great job.

Hopefully the people who do not understand this relationship trope have dropped it and moved on.

I like how Akira wants to try but is just a tempest in a teapot. I'm hoping that his incorrect assumptions next episode help him overcome his fears.

I didn't watch this one because I read the book, and the book was very slow, the MCs not getting together until the very end. Now this is in my YT recommends, so started watching with the fast forward button. Big let down is swapping Nadia from a trans/femme gay to a woman. The two lead actors are cute together, but fast forward "nadia's" story. They should have stuck to the book on the Nadia character.

This is so weird because when I click on Pepper's name, and Buddy Line Y Animal, it shows Chalam being played by Man, who played Em in Remember Me. Maybe they had cast changes. I don't follow anything on social media, so I can't keep up.

I know that there are many people new to BL, but Japanese BL goes from extreme to extreme, with many layers in between. Japan started this genre, and it has been around for decades, so there is a huge variation in the stories. Just as manga readers have found, you do not have to read/watch everything, just stick to the fluff and pass on the heavy. I do not read or watch BL that features group sex, toys, twisted characters, piercing, etc. It doesn't mean they suck, I just do not care for them.

I think they didn't use as many filters with Not Me because I could see skin texture and lines on all of the actors, which they never allow.

I love this adaptation of the manga, and I think that the actors are doing well, especially Sakurai. Although I'm not in favor of this personally due to the many consequences, the reality is, in western countries, some 14 year olds have sex, and the age of consent in Japan was 13, just raised to 16 last month. The issue is, both of these guys are in love with each other. If the issue is using 14 year old actors, the parents would have had to sign off. Japan also recently lowered the age of adulthood from 20 to 18, and education is not required above the 9th grade. So while it may make us uncomfortable, teen sex is a reality, just like senior citizen sex is a reality. Applying standards of your own country or culture to another culture or county is actual ethnocentrism. The emotional issues that are explored in this story is pretty deep. Even the guy drugging and sexually harassing the women is in the manga, and showing women who are afraid to speak up is worth being shown, so other Japanese women become less afraid to speak up. I'm not asking for agreement, this is just my opinion.

Maybe. All of the dialogue in this episode was important for the characters. If you don't care enough about the characters to listen to them, you might have lost interest. Nothing wrong with that, not all shows are for everyone.

Kwan is also a very sympathetic character. I think that Pear and Kwan's relationship dynamics is also how some female relationships work. Crossing fingers that Kwan will be strong when Not runs back to her.

I love this series so much for showing insecurities and flaws that people really experience. Kawi thinks he is making mistakes, but they are all 20 years old, and as a 30 year old, he needs to remember that most of us will learn from these experiences. Now Pear can find someone who really loves her, and if she's smart, so will Kwan. Pisaeng is so smart when they're on the rooftop. Man, Pisaeng is the dictionary definition of patience and kindness.