Yumi

I loved almost all the stories except for the 2 stories about divorce ( finding us and love's grace)

My most favourite is "Love hotel" because horror comedy is my all time favourite genre and it spectacular.

Minji minji minji and Onion soup are my second favourite, both are cute and adorable, also my father's funeral was great but too sad and I generally don't like sad stories.

The rest are just average or simply not my cup of tea, nothing is ground breaking about the stories, all of them are just random simple stories but still worth watching ~

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One of the reason I switched to Chinese Vertical dramas is because I love Chinese stories the most but I always struggle to finish full length dramas, I think they have many filler episodes and I kinda lose interest in the middle, but to me Chinese stories are the best.

And don't look down at these vertical dramas because of it's reputation for being badly acted with cliché and unrealistic plot, some of them are great, even at par with some full lengthed ones, you just have to pick the right drama.

This one was great, nice story, not original but still enjoyable, the two leads were fantastic, flawless chemistry and despite being slightly redundant it was very enjoyable from beginning to end.

I loved the FL, I believe I saw 2 dramas fro her and she is great actress, this is probably the first thing I see for the ML and he also did fantastic job.

I highly recommend this one if you like VD, this one was nice ~

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The most frustrating ML ever

I understand that once the ML is convinced that the FL loves him, the drama should end, but his resistance for everything the FL is doing is just too much.

What more do you need to believe her, mate? She literally did everything to show that she loves you, even seduced you a few times, and how exactly is her wanting to sleep with you is a trick that would somehow lead to her divorcing you or getting back to her lover! That isn't logical at all...

And I know better than to expect logic from a vertical drama but still, the questionable behaviour from the ML is quite irritating ~~

Took him 2 hours to yield but anyway ~~

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One choice can change your whole world

I love that the parallel world depends on the ML choice and actions I stead of just being different people with different personalities.

It means we all have a choice to change our lives and shape it as we want, and the fact that the ML stayed true to himself and went back to his world instead of being in this idealistic fantasy is great.

So the story is very touching and lovely, Japan can make some great office romance dramas.

Acting too was good, the two leads have some type of sexual tension between them, subtle but can be noticed, specially the kabedon scene 😂❣️
At the end I didn't even care if they don't kiss or touch or anything, actually this part was lacking, I would have loved it more if they pulled a "cherry magic" and the two leads didn't even kiss.
But it was ok to say at least.

Highly recommended ~~

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I have a stronger love for Takumi Kun's manga, and because this is my first BL ever, I have a soft spot for the old movies, even the first one that everybody hated lol.

But this isn't a continuation to the old 2007 movie, this is a readaptation that stands alone away from all the old movies, yet somehow the 5 movies makes more sense than a full series.

First I'll not discuss the story because it's flawed, we all know that, and it's either you like it or not.
Also I'll not mention the actors here because they were really bad as if they were instructed to mirror the first movie performance.

What really bothers me was the stories that they decided to show, they way they showed them, and the screen time they gave each of the 4 couples.

I understand that this is a Takumi Kun series so Takumi and Gii are the main focus but why showing 3 other couples if you don't want to explore their relationship, also why did they decide to add another story that wasn't even mentioned in the movies, like you are already adapting 5 different movies already in a very short series, why add more to it, just focus on the stories you already have...

I also feel really really bad for the 4th movies Pure because the story of Arata and Kanemitsu is my favourite yet they messed it up and they only appeared in like 4 scenes total ~~

I believe if you won't adapt a very famous manga well, just don't... Don't ruin our favourite old shows ~

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Everybody I know told me to skip it ... So I binge watched it.

Why? To torture myself. Since this is a BDSM themed but has nothing really to do with BDSM I thought someone has to get some pain, you know! Even if it's self inflicted.

Because believe me, the only Sadist here is whoever completed watching this, because there lies the real pain of watching this show.

I won't say anything about the actors, nor the story (or the lack of it) cause there is nothing good to say, and I believe the comments have said it all.

If I to describe it, it's a collection of weird but not entirely terrible nor disgusting pecks/kisses that are one sided, sorry but it's only one actor doing the kisses, the other is just there! If I can even call them kisses, they were on the chewing lips side, I can see the director's instructions clearly lol.

I believe SK has to watch some Japanese BDSM themed movies, just for reference xD some of these sh!t traumatized me for life~

Of course, it's not recommended.

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Everything was good... Until it wasn't

If there is two tropes in BL that I really hate, they'd be 1- Everyone is gay and 2- Straight people turn gay for no reason at all.

This drama has the latter.
On one side we have this very disciplined, very mature, and extremely level headed STRAIGHT Jae Yeon, and on the other we have the very childish, rude and annoying Do Ha.
Guess who turns gay in the last 3 mins because of the other one... *Facepalm*

I mean this is a BL and I KNOW that so I'm not gonna sit here and expect to see straight couple, but at least make it realistic a little.

I'd understand if it was Jae Yeon who is gay and you know, try to seduce Do Ha and Doha falls for his mature personality and his manly character, but what did Doha do exactly to make the totally normal Jae Yeon changes his sexuality and falls for him! He was rude to him in front of many people, he misunderstood him and judged him for that misunderstanding, he bothered him all the time, the confession was the worst I've seen ever, and they didn't get close enough for any sort of feelings to arise....

Through the whole thing I was waiting for their feelings to grow, we can clearly see DH falling for JY, deservedly, but the whole time JY treated DH as a friend, barely so, and suddenly all of a sudden a confession, change of sexuality and the beginning of a love story, and we are supposed to believe that!? Alright.... Whatever you say ~~

Giving it a 4 because I liked JY, he was a dream guy.

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C. Nice but really slow

I was so excited to watch this, and it was completely different than what I expected, but different doesn't necessarily mean bad, I enjoyed it so much but for different reasons.
I believe it's totally different from other BLs because this is "Romantic BL" doesn't just focus on the story but the feelings in this are! wow just mind blowing!~~

Non and Bright were amazing!! Specially Bright since this is the first time I see him in a drama he was breathtakingly beautiful in portraying his character, I even liked him more than Non despite having a soft spot for the latter ~~

I don't wanna say anything negative because the drama deserves the courtesy of doing that, but I'd also be lying if I didn't say anything lol
the only thing that took me off guard in a negative way was the pace, it's not necessary a bad thing, just personally I found some scenes to be very VERY long, longer than they deserve and the atmosphere was so calm and quiet that I literally got distracted many times while watching, this could be just me but that annoyed me a bit, specially when I'm binge-watching ~~

Aside from that, it was great ~~

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Better than I thought

I watched the Thai version and I can't for the life of me remember anything about it, so I checked what I have commented a year ago, and I found out that I liked the two leads and their love, loved the niece, and the drama in general but hated the story, everyone else and totally skipped the second leads relationship.

I have to admit my review of the Japanese version is the same but with some enhancement.

I loved the cast, the two leads were spectacular, their chemistry their intimate scenes, their love is so natural and comfortable to watch, cinematography was nice too, the focus on the environment and scenery was balanced and nice, the story didn't drag as much as the Thai version which made it top the original, side characters also were ok-ish, I still skipped their relationship but watched the two females in the rest of the scenes.

I have to highlight one thing I found amazing about this drama, the romance here is superb!! I haven't seen any other JBL that shows this much eroticism and intimacy with such grace, mostly JBLs that has erotic explicit scenes are usually related to violence, trauma, and darkness or psychological problems... İt's really rare to find a light fluffy intimacy that shows raw sex like that for that long on screen, usually if they exist they tent to be cut short, the last time I saw a nice sex scene I believe was in "the journey to killing you" -not sure the title is accurate - but it was about Yakuza, so as I said, this here is the first to show normal explicit sex that isn't awkward nor violent.

All in all it's an upgrade from the original as it fixes some of the original work's flaws...

İf I have to choose, I'd suggest this version with the two special episodes for Extra happy end.

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Light, short and lovely

It's very short but still tackles some human issues, I don't understand the fascination with Capricorn sign, but that's the premise so it's ok.

Acting was good, and it had great potential, it could be something, on the other hand I couldn't see it as a full series with many episodes, somehow the plot fits as a very short drama, what I mean is it could be written better as a full drama with those two leads but I don't really know if it'll be as enjoyable or entertaining.

I'd recommend it, it's very short and nicely done. Even better than some full length bls out there ~~

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Addictive and fantastic

I decided to watch this drama when it was announced because I wanted to see my baby Raul, I've been following him since he was little and I feel like a proud parent watching this lil cutie grows taller and taller.

Now the story was also nice and i was surprised I loved it that much, but tbh I totally forgot about it for a while and then started it on a whim.

It's very addictive, once I started it I couldn't stop and binge watched the whole thing in a couple of days, it definitely deserves more hype.

Story was amazing and the cast and characters were great, the only thing I didn't like was how they stretched the end, it could be ended with less episodes and it would still be great, besides they didn't even solve his problem with his mother nor did we learn who is his father and why did he end up like that...
Also the very last scene was unnecessary, too dramatic and sad out of no where which messed up the balanced mood of the drama.

Acting was great, I loved all the characters, even the overbearing and dominating father, I could understand his actions to some extent even if I completely disagree with him.
The only character I hated was the ML mother, she was a bit too much.

I wish the FL best friend got a partner, she had good chemistry with 2 characters (won't say who cause spoilers) but I understand they wanted to focus on the leads relationship more and I liked that.

I would recommend this drama because it really deserves more recognition ~~

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