i think that as well about his acting but i feel this show is still a step forward for japanese bls, it has less…
Takumi-kun has a really special place in my heart, but....you're not lying. Same Difference had me snorting with laughter at how ridiculous at was though. lol
it has a low rating because of how it normalized rape and homophobia...
lovely said it wrong. It doesn't normalize rape and homophobia. It gives sexual assault a slap on the wrist and treats homophobia as something more to be worked around as opposed to just eradicated from the root.
Weird to see the comments so positive and the rating as low as it is. I'm enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would. I looked forward to JameJet every week during Gen Y, so this is really fulfilling the want I had to see more of them.
I'm so late on this iconic epic of Chinese period drama within the las 10 years, but nevertheless, I'm here and I'm loving it. Granted, I'm only seven episodes in, but every single time Wallace Huo shows up on the scene, I think, "Damn, this man is so handsome." as if I didn't just see him 5-10 minutes prior. lol
I love the historical attention to detail fashion-wise and some cultural traditions. However, one small, but maybe interesting point is that many of the ethnically Manchu concubines, while being able to speak Chinese, wouldn't have been able to read or write it. Most of them would have been raised outside the palace, in or near the Manchu heartland or within the Manchu part of the city of Beijing.
I loved it. Short, but very heart-warming. At some point, the music made me reimagine the film as a short silent film from the old days except instead of using Blued, they'd write notes on the napkins that the coffee cups were on. lol Anyway, great short film!
The acting and chemistry is definitely the highlight but since it's only 2 episodes, I think it's a little too…
I liked ITSAY, but what I don't like is people's necessity to compare almost every Thai BL that's come out after to it. I appreciated ITSAY as a somewhat realistic, LGBTQ+ coming of age story, but not as a "BL per se". It didn't really have all the things we love and appreciate about BL (the fluffy romance, fantastical happenstances, etc.). I thought it was a great series, but I actually don't want the BLs I watch to be like that. lol I dunno how alone I am in that, but things like Your Name Engraved Herein and ITSAY are definitely interesting love stories among boys, but BL? I dunno.
Aoki and Hashimoto as besties are both adorable and funny. I'm also loving Aoki's silly shyness, but insistence on confessing. The music is really good too. I've been listening to the songs on repeat. It fits the series so well. Everything about this episode captured what 初恋/hatsukoi is and they showed it so, so well.
I love how on every idol's page there's always so many comments that read, "He looks like (insert other idol's name here)." lol Talk about typecast. Anyway, who he *actually* looks like is Song Yaxuan. LMAO
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I love the historical attention to detail fashion-wise and some cultural traditions. However, one small, but maybe interesting point is that many of the ethnically Manchu concubines, while being able to speak Chinese, wouldn't have been able to read or write it. Most of them would have been raised outside the palace, in or near the Manchu heartland or within the Manchu part of the city of Beijing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e955oEATDBo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAwEraiyf7U