And the first time we see Takara he's so cold to the girl who confesses! Brutal!It made me fear for Amagi as he…
I think that Takara was cold to that unfortunate poor girl, because he didn't want Amagi to get the wrong idea about who interested him the most. I also think the "cool" factor is a shield Takara uses to hide his own insecurities. Amagi was the one that confessed first, but Takara always made sure that he was in his presence.
I don't know how Waeng's Mom doesn't notice the long, searing stares between him, and In. "I will stay single, like you In!"
They straight up flirted with each other for the last 20 minutes of the episode.
The location is amazing. The styling for the characters is onpoint, and I love that In has a "button allergy" the same way that Kinn has in KinnPorsche.
I got my 10 minute max scene between Rain, and his Phayu. I still don't know why Khim is so harsh towards Sun. I also want Phet to get over his fixation on Pie.
Milk and Love are still absolutely wonderful as Ink and Pa. I will always want a GL series based around Ink and Pa. Hopefully, we will get one in 2023.
Takara's final struggle with his inner "Yujins" wanting him to finally remember to use his own voice (as the first thing that the real Yujin taught him) was astonishing to see. How Yujin knew that he couldn't go after Takara was the moment, that showed just how much respect, friendship, and love he has for him. He had to let Takara realize that he can stand on his own. That his talent is his own, not him just mimicking Yujin.
As a former theater major, this series was brilliant.
Takara's final struggle with his inner "Yujins" wanting him to finally remember to use his own voice (as the first thing that the real Yujin taught him) was astonishing to see. How Yujin knew that he couldn't go after Takara was the moment, that showed just how much respect, friendship, and love he has for him. He had to let Takara realize that he can stand on his own. That his talent is his own, not him just mimicking Yujin.
As a former theater major, this series was brilliant.
Does Yujin consume Takara? Or does Takara subsume himself to Yujin? Your usage of the passive voice was telling…
"I see Takara as the one with agency in their relationship, at least insofar as either "consumes" the other."
Takara does have "agency" (which I define as power), in his codependent relationship with Yujin, but he doesn't use it in a way, that can help them both either grow with one another, or let one another final grow apart from the other. He doesn't want to exist without Yujin, while Yujin knows that Takara has to let him go, so that he can continue to develop his career, and life on his own. Now, once I see the series finale, those theories may be negated by what is shown for those characters.
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They straight up flirted with each other for the last 20 minutes of the episode.
The location is amazing. The styling for the characters is onpoint, and I love that In has a "button allergy" the same way that Kinn has in KinnPorsche.
As a former theater major, this series was brilliant.
As a former theater major, this series was brilliant.
Takara does have "agency" (which I define as power), in his codependent relationship with Yujin, but he doesn't use it in a way, that can help them both either grow with one another, or let one another final grow apart from the other. He doesn't want to exist without Yujin, while Yujin knows that Takara has to let him go, so that he can continue to develop his career, and life on his own. Now, once I see the series finale, those theories may be negated by what is shown for those characters.