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Absolutely! Also loving the costume design for Senka (FL) in every episode.

0__0 Now I get it as well. That's very different from what I'm used to for canned food.

Episode 2 was cute :D Although I still find it kinda funny that canned food is always the thing that brings the plot towards the solution. People really do change their perceptions with a bit of food in their stomach.

XD Yeah 你爸爸来吗? / Is your dad coming?
Very unique sentence to say as an example but nice Akaso good job! ^^

I think its just because we've gotten used to it now so we viewers feel more comfortable with them as they are now.

I find it intriguing enough but it's different for everyone. I want to know the answer to the mystery and the drama is doing a good job at keeping the suspense for me. Anyway. hopefully you find another drama you enjoy!

Yeah no romance between main leads. I mean; one of them already has a partner.

Thank you for making the drama available to more viewers!

All I know about the Crunchyroll sub is that Adachi refers to Kurosawa as a personification of sexiness (or something like that) in that first episode XD
I think the fansub does a great job but yeah if you can watch multiple versions then it may be interesting to see the differences. Like we've got WeTv, Irozuku, Ichihachi and Crunchyroll from what I know.

I'm sure they can manage to fill the time somehow. Mayby they'll reenact some of the lighthearted scenes to fill the time? There are a lot of guess-games they can play like in that previous Machida live-event (now deleted) where they just went to guessing words to fill into sentences after asking a ton of questions.
But yes it'd be best if they didn't sing, don't want another Hello Hello My Love although I would find it funny XD

Okay then... I am gonna be watching it for Yutaro. The manga does have some funny moments but to see real people acting like BL tropes... I thought that was left behind with the Takumi-kun movies, but here we go again XD It'll be fun though

I'm curious how they'll handle it though and will watch the whole show considering this can be used to show the current state of Japanese BL mangas. I'm also curious to see what vision the director has. I've seen some of his work in the past and he can work with a show that has heartfelt moments and comedy combined. He also directed a new movie of The Novelist recently so he won't be completely new to the subject.

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Welcome to the party! Yes lets continue the support ^^

Glad I'm not the only one suspicious of this guy. He's being featured a bit too much for me not to be suspicious of him.

I guess we will indeed see in the upcoming episodes whether they'll drop more hints/do a reveal.

So Akaso has finally gotten to like the merry-go-round hippo he had to sit on in the amusement park? LMAO I remember those photos of him looking grumpy in the merry-go-round, it was so funny to see. Akaso is indeed good at making lighthearted jokes. Definitely Best Animal Award to Udon-chan, she deserves it ^^

Yeah there's indeed a lot of unclarity about the exact rules of agencies. I think it highly depends on the individual and the agencies current policy (which may change over time).

However, I'm certain Machida and Akaso didn't actively choose to avoid a kiss scene but were influenced by management-decisions. Which is either from the agencies or from the drama-production itself but indeed no complete ban.

I checked Ossans Love as well and you're right. The critics supported both Ossans Love (2018) AND Kinou Nani Tabeta (2019) but for some reason completely ignored Cherry Magic -___-
I'd love to hear their reasoning for voting, unfortunate that we will never know.

I would be surprised if there was absolutely no bias from these Japanese critics. Because BL may have grown in Japan but especially older critics will likely have stereotypes of the BL genre. Of course their own preference is likely for shows they are more familiar with too and Cherry Magic is fairly new in its approach to BL. It's not completely unique but lighthearted BL dramas are fairly new in the jdrama land. Luckily the fans are there to support the show.

Wanted to post Machidas speech here too with small English adjustments for better understanding. Because it is directed to the fans as well. Thanks for sharing the site!

Machida Keita:
''I am honored to have received such support. I haven't had many chances to receive an award, so I gained courage from this. I am overwhelmingly grateful to Yuu Toyota (mangaka), the director and producer, all the staff and co-stars involved in this work, and Eiji Akaso, who starred in the original work.
In the first episode there is a scene where Kurosawa brought a can of coffee while Adachi was working overtime. It was the first scene that had a voice in Kurosawas heart (Kurosawas thoughts). I decided to try the rehearsal while actually expressing the voice of my heart out loud. However, when I said it out loud, the favor was leaking to my face (it was too obvious Kurosawa was into Adachi from expressions on the face). I remember laughter with Akaso and the staff.

There are many things I have in common with Akaso-kun, and for some reason the distance between us has shrunk naturally. Akaso-kun is full of warm charm to the extent that there is no end to the list. I really want to work together again someday. Thank you to everyone who enthusiastically watched "Cheri Maho" and loved it. I think this is a warm encouragement from everyone, and I will continue to do my best.''

Journalists and critics seemingly aren't fans of the BL genre then! I'm glad the public vote was that high! The result is indeed amazing ^^
I also learned from the interview of the producer Kanami Homma that Adachi slapping his face-cheeks before entering Kurosawas house was an ad-lib. Cute stuff