wow! my first bl drama and this surprised me.that ba*trd Kurosawa 's kindnessness is killing me are you guys Stan…
We don't do that here. They are just friends in real life, we're not gonna delusion ourselves about a potential relationship XD But if you mean as individual talented actors yeah we love Akaso and Machida.
Yeah kosmi was having server problems like crazy this time. The sudden note from kosmi about donations after the giant crash (and before the next crash) made me laugh though XD Im glad we got to finish the watchparty marathon of ep 1 -9.
All I can say is I'm quite satisfied with 1-9 but I'm starting to lower my expectations starting 10-12 to ease…
Nice! I've been in the Chinese fandom for long enough to have found top quality material like the many model pictures. I usually send that stuff during the watchparties too.
And yes ABO indeed. Alpha Kurosawa setting the mark on Adachi and all that. I know of other videos too but I assumed you didn't wanna see a psycho Kurosawa. If you do though, I got the video links so just let me know. Chinese BL fans seem to often like the more dark stuff.
What kind of intimacy are people expecting? I’m asking because its unclear to me. I mean, the drama itself sets…
Oh its not that bad of an issue actually! I just wanted to bring it up to discussion one more time considering it was finally clear what would happen in the final episodes. I don't think I'll ever mention it in such an extensive way again unless I have to ^^
All I can say is I'm quite satisfied with 1-9 but I'm starting to lower my expectations starting 10-12 to ease…
It'll be typical jdrama drama I assume. But more importantly I'll send in some stuff into inbox if you don't mind! Because I do happen to know where to find good fanmade stuff that will meet expectations ^^
What kind of intimacy are people expecting? I’m asking because its unclear to me. I mean, the drama itself sets…
Of course everyones expectations were different. However there was still some hope for bedscenes and overall hot scenes to some. With recent developments that has become extremely unlikely so I made this post. Anyway this is mostly a reference to a discussion that happened 16 days ago in this comment section, some longtime users will get why I specifically mentioned it.
As for being more disappointed I don't think that's the case. There are always some people who get disappointed at Thai BLs when they don't do a lot of physical scenes too (like the original 2gether). I just don't want people to give bad ratings based on lack of physical intimacy since I think the story, characters and chemistry carries this show. I guess I just care about this show a lot. Of course everyone can decide that for themselves but I'd love to make people reconsider potentially bad ratings based on that.
I'm actually starting to doubt we'll get to see them go to first name basis. It'd be cool though if it does happen…
I trust Rokkaku enough but not sure about Urabe since he is a bit older and newer generations tend to be more openminded in Japan. Also yeah nice pun XD Lets see what happens ^^
I'm actually starting to doubt we'll get to see them go to first name basis. It'd be cool though if it does happen…
Comment referencing ep 11 spoilers. Also about current issues gay employees face in Japanese companies regarding their identity. For those who want to avoid spoilers but are still interested I'll link the news article I used here: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/11/29/national/man-reaches-settlement-tokyo-company-boss-outed-gay/ Its really unfortunate that this is still current Japan, news article is only about a week old. Its good to be aware of the situation though as it can also give perspective about why these BL dramas are so important.
Normalizing gay relationships is an important step for Japanese media. While small steps are being made, its still a long way to go. I hope this increases awareness but also makes people appreciate CM for what its doing. Yes its a fantasy story but you can see them as a normal loving couple. That's a beautiful accomplishment by the drama. CM isn't the first Japanese drama to do this of course but its just another step in the right direction.
Predictions and some spoilers for Episodes 10, 11, 12 and the Special Episode:Episode 10: Kurodachi date at the…
I'm actually starting to doubt we'll get to see them go to first name basis. It'd be cool though if it does happen but with all the drama beforehand (ep 11) I'm just not sure.
They feel pretty comfortable with the second names and of course they can't use first names in office if they're keeping their relationship secret so they may just keep to second names for consistency and convenience.
Also I don't think they'll reveal their relationship publically in the company. It wouldn't reflect the realistic struggle of current gay Japanese employees that actively have to avoid getting outed. If they do make light of being out in the company (and likely accepted since they're at last episode) it would make the drama more fluffy and sweet... However it wouldn't reflect real struggles Japanese gay employees face.
I mean yeah if they go public and get accepted its great but it'd make me suspect that the drama creators aren't willing to be considerate to actual struggles of gay employees in Japan and just prioritise the fluffy fantasy story. Just my thoughts though. I know Kurosawa doesn't seem to care about being out but in real life it would definitely affect their life if they were outed in a Japanese company.
how do yall even get these spoilers already? episode 10 hasn't even breathed yet T^T
I personally just combine knowledge of preview ep 10 footage, promo pictures and the spoilers we got from that Japanese episode synopsis. But yeah I guess we just like to figure things out early in this comment section XD
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And yes ABO indeed. Alpha Kurosawa setting the mark on Adachi and all that. I know of other videos too but I assumed you didn't wanna see a psycho Kurosawa. If you do though, I got the video links so just let me know. Chinese BL fans seem to often like the more dark stuff.
I don't think I'll ever mention it in such an extensive way again unless I have to ^^
As for being more disappointed I don't think that's the case. There are always some people who get disappointed at Thai BLs when they don't do a lot of physical scenes too (like the original 2gether). I just don't want people to give bad ratings based on lack of physical intimacy since I think the story, characters and chemistry carries this show. I guess I just care about this show a lot. Of course everyone can decide that for themselves but I'd love to make people reconsider potentially bad ratings based on that.
Also yeah nice pun XD Lets see what happens ^^
For those who want to avoid spoilers but are still interested I'll link the news article I used here:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/11/29/national/man-reaches-settlement-tokyo-company-boss-outed-gay/
Its really unfortunate that this is still current Japan, news article is only about a week old. Its good to be aware of the situation though as it can also give perspective about why these BL dramas are so important.
Normalizing gay relationships is an important step for Japanese media. While small steps are being made, its still a long way to go. I hope this increases awareness but also makes people appreciate CM for what its doing. Yes its a fantasy story but you can see them as a normal loving couple. That's a beautiful accomplishment by the drama. CM isn't the first Japanese drama to do this of course but its just another step in the right direction.
They feel pretty comfortable with the second names and of course they can't use first names in office if they're keeping their relationship secret so they may just keep to second names for consistency and convenience.
Also I don't think they'll reveal their relationship publically in the company. It wouldn't reflect the realistic struggle of current gay Japanese employees that actively have to avoid getting outed. If they do make light of being out in the company (and likely accepted since they're at last episode) it would make the drama more fluffy and sweet... However it wouldn't reflect real struggles Japanese gay employees face.
Just in case people haven't heard of this yet:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/11/29/national/man-reaches-settlement-tokyo-company-boss-outed-gay/
I mean yeah if they go public and get accepted its great but it'd make me suspect that the drama creators aren't willing to be considerate to actual struggles of gay employees in Japan and just prioritise the fluffy fantasy story. Just my thoughts though. I know Kurosawa doesn't seem to care about being out but in real life it would definitely affect their life if they were outed in a Japanese company.
But yeah I guess we just like to figure things out early in this comment section XD