Not a Robot

I thought the Korean comment was stupid, but unfortunately, looking "Korean" is the hot thing right now, at least in Japan and Thailand. I recently visited both countries, and the "Korean" look is popular right now. I say "Korean" because in reality they are copying K-Pop artists and actors, not the average Korean man or woman.

I think it would need to be more than 2 episodes. Tess is such an idiot that they would need a whole series! Especially if his parents kick him out after experiencing a great son like Talay.

Iijima is growing on me as Minoru. He is still a little pretty for me, but he has good chemistry with Inukai and Maeyama. This adaptation is very well done so far. Japan BL is hit or miss for me due to some actors being obviously uncomfortable being intimate (not just sexually) with another man, and the 2 Ken doll kisses, but Japan does slice of life dramas best in my opinion.

After watching the pilot, I'm on the fence. I don't like this type of story, especially with two different love interests. I dropped 609 Bedtime Story after two episodes, but I enjoyed Triage. I find it hard to get emotionally attached to the torn between two lovers trope. I'll give this series a couple of episodes before i decide.

I really like this so far.

Jarb's late 1970's/1980's feathered hair looks great in 2023.

No, but they should have left the buzz cut on Frank so that I wouldn't get so distracted by the wig. Lee Long is such a good actor that I want to slap him as much as Night and Gear to.

I held off watching this because I was afraid they would mess it up compared to the manga. Although the casting of Minoru is still a little different from the what I imagined (too "pretty" compared to the manga), the acting has won me over.

I'm glad the boss gave Uea a voucher for mental health treatment. I don't think executive offices normally have CCTV, and the convo with the boss would not be in a corridor, but hey, it moved the plot forward.

It was nice to see Uea allow himself to trust King. Sometimes you just need one person to believe you, in order to gather the strength to move forward. Some people are scared to report or seek help because they are afraid of not being believed. or shunned. I wanted to give Uea a hug, and I think that James is doing a great job portraying Uea's vulnerability, and coming to his decision to trust.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out.

I absolutely love this manga. I'm hoping that they don't ruin it with dead fish intimacy.
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That's sad because I don't even watch Korean BL anymore unless they are complete and get positive reviews. That's how terrible Korean BL is in my opinion, despite the high budget, and gorgeous, surgically altered faces. I'll take low budget BL out of Vietnam instead. This series doesn't have subs so I can't get invested in this series.

The sister looks like an adult, so she should stay in the house while her parents are in prison.

A trailer ended up in my recommends today from 3 years ago where Tommy was going to play Jade and Jimmy was going to play Mai. Middleman was supposed to air in 2021, with James and Net being the supporting cast. Maybe they've had to redo a lot of the shows due to cast changes. Maybe Tutor will come in at the very end, and we will go straight to Middleman. Maybe?

I'm very proud of Uea and glad that he told off his egg donor. He did this in front of his half-sister (I make this distinction because her father is the pervert) who tries to assume the Hero role, and he may need to cut her off too, if she continues to try to pressure him to be part of the dysfunctional family system. Some people who are abused never get to the point where they can let go. There is a lot of victim blaming here, but this is an internet forum, where judging others while spouting off SJW mantras go hand in hand. People who work in helping professions know that you need to meet the client where they are, not where you want them to be, or compare their story to yours. I'm hoping that Uea will now be able to have real intimacy with King.

And his half-sister now has to choose to either stay in fake family land or get a grip concerning her parents.

Uea finally told his c#unt egg donor off and his pervert step-father in front of the half-sister who can no longer pretend she doesn't know how evil her parents are. Unfortunately in life, there are many people like Uea. Many of them end of in the prison system because of drugs, but even then they want nothing more than their mother's love. Uea resigned and told Krit off. I'm proud of him. Some people stay enmeshed for life.

Yes, Uea is abused physically and mentally by his mother, as well as financially exploited. They show her hitting him and locking him in a bathroom in response to him telling her the stepfather was trying to abuse him. Krit is a boss at work who his hitting on (sexually, not physically) Uea and giving sexual pressure. I'm not sure why Krit is at the mother's house, but since Krit is rich, Uea's mom is trying to sell Uea for money.

MDL is the emo branch. Everything sucks or it's a masterpiece. I like this series.

I really like this series but some of the viewers are struggling with the maternal and sexual abuse that is depicted. The maternal physical and psychological abuse is overt, while the sexual abuse is implied by touches on the shoulder, face area. From my worldview, the abuse is highly sanitized, but everyone has their threshold. Like any relationship that starts as NSA, there isn't much emotional intimacy, so now that feelings are involved, they are struggling to bridge that gap. The King character does not know about Uea's abuse history, so he cannot provide the emotional support that he would most certainly give because he obviously has feelings for Uea. Hope this helps.

I'm excited to watch this film and hope they subtitle it. Best wishes and hope this is a success!