honestly, all the complaints I see are the same. "I'm tired of uni dramas". "it's boring". "there's nothing going…
I was sort of tipsy when I typed this comment and hit send...? LOL. Anyways, I agree. I liked Hidden Agenda because it was so mundane, how nothing really happened.
But I still think Hidden Agenda was more than a basic uni BL drama. It was about growing up (growing pains and the like, and finding consolation in another human being), and familial bonds (the good and the bad, and how sometimes, even if they say they're going to, your parents are never going to change).
I would say less slow, more stubborn. I haven't read the manga fully, but by the first few chapters I read, I think a lot of their emotion is portrayed through acts of sex (a common theme of the author's stories). In the series, of course, they've only kissed. Except I think there's still the same amount of desire portrayed... it's like that.
In the manga, I would also say there's a considerable amount of Hayama's inner thoughts being exposed. Here, we're almost left in the dark as to what he thinks.
You say that but then he was the exact opposite for the rest of the episode.
Well, people are allowed to have contradicting personalities. One second, you're confident, the next second you want to curl into a ball and die. He has guts, that's for one thing, and he's straightforward. He has resolve. I think you're allowed to be both nervous and blunt; I think that's what made me like him as a character.
After seeing Shirasaki yell at that guy while waiting tables, I literally sat up in my bed. It took just that, a blunt and straightforward character, to get me interested. For BL, a character like him is rare (at least when someone is going to refer to him as the more 'effeminate' character, of which I of course to an extent, resent that way of thinking). The lighting, the camera work, the music... it's all good. You can tell the production team actually cared about what they were making, it's not just some run-of-the-mill BL series to get off on.
Also, meta as hell. Watching an acting shop class of actor's acting while real actors are acting out their actor characters who are also acting.
Nagumo Shoma... he is pretty boy type of pretty! That part of his in KissxKissxKiss... I look at him and that innocent smile in the recent cast livestream and all I see is him, shirtless on the floor. LOL.
I was rewatching this recently, it's sort of incredible how rarely they cut. I mean, they have 2–4-minute scenes without a single cut, not even a hidden cut, just the actors having a full conversation. The camera will pan back and forth but there's still no cut. Honestly this was a powerhouse of a cast, lol.
I came back here because Koi wo Suru nara Nidome ga Joto ended recently, and I was looking at everything Hasegawa Makoto's been in.... he looks SO different in this I had to go back and watch a few scenes to even allow myself to see him as Yujiro. Talk about the power of a haircut.
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But I still think Hidden Agenda was more than a basic uni BL drama. It was about growing up (growing pains and the like, and finding consolation in another human being), and familial bonds (the good and the bad, and how sometimes, even if they say they're going to, your parents are never going to change).
In the manga, I would also say there's a considerable amount of Hayama's inner thoughts being exposed. Here, we're almost left in the dark as to what he thinks.
Also, meta as hell. Watching an acting shop class of actor's acting while real actors are acting out their actor characters who are also acting.
Excited for this :)
I came back here because Koi wo Suru nara Nidome ga Joto ended recently, and I was looking at everything Hasegawa Makoto's been in.... he looks SO different in this I had to go back and watch a few scenes to even allow myself to see him as Yujiro. Talk about the power of a haircut.