Yumi

Great acting in a weird story.
İf it didn't have that one trope that I really enjoy I wouldn't have rated it that high...

First story had potential, I've seen many full length Chinese dramas that has a similar plot, here it's messy and has many plot holes with some questionable moments that makes you scratch your head, but the idea itself could be developed into something..

Also as I said above this has one of my favourite trope, I don't even know if I can call it a trope but this type of love and commitment is something I really love to watch, and the way he let her do whatever she want, he let her do what her heart's desire, you wanna destroy me, babe, go on do it, while in fact he is the one in control but he still let her, he'd be happy being shot and killed by her...
also I LOVE when the jealousy is controlled, and pointed at others not his lover, like if someone touched her, he'd get angry at that person not her, in all the dramas I see men tend to blame the woman for letting others get close, I hate that, if she didn't do anything and the gesture is from the other guy then why would you get mad at her?
Like the scene when she was trying on the wedding dress and he found her ex fiancé inside, he didn't do anything to her ...

Acting is great, I love what those two leads had, I don't know the sexual tension here is fire!! Like they can be just talking, or looking at each other and you could feel something between them, the ML has a very unique way of acting, the way he smile after each sentence, a half creepy half amused smile that makes me smile with him, I don't think everyone would like his way of acting, but I did.

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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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A man is weakest when in love, and most malevolent when devoid of it.

I stumbled upon this drama by chance, I still don't remember what made me watch it, was it an edit or a review I read, I just impulsively started it and I finished it in one day.... Of course I skipped some scenes because DUH! It's 40ep!! I ain't got the patience for that ~~

But I understand now why everyone is complementing PGY, this is the first drama I've seen for him and he was spectacular!!

The story is nice, a smart cat and mouse games between the two leads, but we can summarise the whole idea of the drama as I said in the headline, because this was what the whole drama revolve around.
Feng Xiao Sheng before falling in love... And Feng Xiao Sheng after ...

The intelligent evil mastermind manipulative FXS has become the weakest slippery and impulsive character after falling for KY, he couldn't even harm her, and he was the cruelest person who treated her with absolute violence.
I knew from the scene where she held his face and asked him to listen to her first before doing anything and he immediately stopped hurting her that he was lost forever, he was attracted to her but now .. it's a hopeless case, because pardon me, the FL mind games were too predictable and the ML was always 4 steps ahead.

I loved him more as the evil manipulative character who is always one step ahead of everyone, be that as it may I'm extremely satisfied with the ending, I mean you don't really expect us to simply forget everything he did and that he is a crazy killer and a bully who ruined a good surgeon's future, right?? He also abused and hit a woman, oh and did I mentioned he KILLED PEOPLE!!! Because the comments I see sympathising with him are hilarious, a good actor doesn't justify his character's evil deed, I mean he was amazing but he is evil!! He deserves what he got!!

Now why did I focus my review on the ML only? Because that's the only good thing about this show!! I'm terribly sorry but the only thing I enjoyed watching was how the two leads fought eachother through mind games, aside from that the police, the family, the gang, the company stuff and the reporters ... All that was uninteresting!! Only the two leads were amazing, and I also didn't talk much about the FL despite doing a great job in her role too because the ML simply outshine her.

That been said, I don't think it deserves 40 episodes, I mean it could be shorter, and it has too many characters with too many side stories which was unnecessary, because I skipped a lot of scenes and still got everything about the story and I didn't feel like I missed anything ~

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Same ol' romcomdrama~

If you watched the first lesson and like it, this is just another 6 episodes of the same thing, if you didn't like the first season then what are you doing here??

First season was great, and because I was a lonely introvert like mikoto I felt her deeply so I immediately welcomed the second lesson.
My case wasn't the same, I wasn't saved by someone and because of that,I appreciate Jin's character even more.

Than been said there is nothing more the second season gave except for the backstory of Haijin and Mikoto, you can watch ep 1 and put two and two together easily understanding everything, but it's still fully explained in the last episode so aside from that it's just the same as the first one.

I loved the comedy that pops out from no where, sometimes expected sometimes not, still cute and fun to watch~

Recommended only for fans of the first season ~~

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Better than expected

I LOVED it, even slightly more than I thought I would.

Japanese romcoms are usually a hit or miss, so I keep a my expectations within reach because I don't like dropping dramas, and Jdramas tend to be short most of the time so I can safely say it was a safe choice to pick it up.

Surprisingly, this was much more than just average romcom.

1- I loved the story, cast and execution.
Pros: You almost rarely find a drama that has everything, acting was great, story was well executed, cast had great chemistry, no annoying characters or huge misunderstandings, not boring and can be binged easily.
Cons: they danced around the parent acceptance topic, but it can be discarded as they showed their point, "some old folks would accept Cross-Dressing and some wouldn't, let's show that and end it here."

Which is also something I really liked and was surprised to see in asian dramas, specifically in Japan, they always shows one side, either too accepting or against all the way, like, parents are against an idea and that's it, nothing else, but showing another parent that accepts the foreign idea or different preferences is a good addition.
So it's not old people Vs young people, it's just opinions of different people despite their age.

2- Cross-Dressing in a straight drama
Pros: this would really sound weird but I'm glad this wasn't a BL, I watch BL I've actually seen too many, but cross dressing would be for gays only or the feminine males that wanted to be women or feel like women, act like one and be pretty, that's not the case here and i loved that, mainly all drag queens or cross dressers were gay men, but I find it refreshing that also straight men can also do whatever they want, dress and do makeup whatever they like, and also be normal straight men, the duality of the character was like a breath of fresh air.

Cons: not really a con, but there is no background story for the ML and why he love drag, I don't know if it was in the source material but I would like to see that.

3- not the average route for romcoms.
Pros: I think at this point we all were expecting the breakup then getting back together at the end of the series, fortunately, that didn't happen. Also I like that once they got together everything went fast, they didn't drag the story more than necessary, everything was good and happy ending.


I believe those are the main reason I rate this drama high, for me it's quite different than average romcom dramas, not that it's way better, but simply it fixed what usually bothers me in other Japanese dramas, that's why I highly recommend this drama ~~

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Nice upgrade but still lacking

Compared to the first part, this is an improvement.

It's like the first part was just the introduction, and this part is the actual story.
First of all the uncut / cut ver are basically same, even the few scenes cut has nothing in it but it's china so...

The story is much better, I would have preferred it to be one whole movie instead of two parts, but nevertheless , this was not bad.

Acting is 2015 style obviously, nothing spectacular about it, just acceptable.
Story shows more in this part with good development and nice pace.

I wouldn't recommend it unless you plan to watch the parts/movie in one setting and have about 3 hours to waste ... Just keep your expectations low.

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One of the best I've watched this year

I love Yamapi and basically anything he is in.
This was a very lovely and romantic movie, story is very simple, rely mainly on raw emotions, represented very well and the cast was all very impressive.

The two leads chemistry is spectacular!! I'm surprised a little since I couldn't picture them together at first but once both are on screen, wow it's like they are meant for eachother, they carry their characters very well.

I just didn't like one thing, the FL had to cry a lot ... And I mean A LOT in almost every scene if she isn't smiling beautifully, she is bawling her eyes ~
Also the very last minute switch that solves all the problems just like that *snap fingers* I mean could you at least show us how and why everything had ended the way it did because it's a very last minute thing ~

I recommend this movie if you are a fan of romance and don't mind a little drama, with a very fitting couple and great acting ❣️

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Fun but hard to follow

If you are familiar with Japanese humour you will enjoy it.
But for me and after a very exhausting day I believe it's quite hard to follow.

I'm a chemist myself so it's kinda fun to watch some science-based drama which they have done pretty well.

The story is very simple and characters are easy to understand but for me I got tired trying to follow what is going on with all the characters change happening. The sketches are too many and not all of them are funny tbh.
Is it boring? No. For the suitable audience it's very entertaining.
But maybe I picked the wrong time for it.

I may watch it later and raise my rate as I enjoyed somehow although finishing it was quite a chore, had I watched it in a more fitting mood I think I'd have enjoyed it much more ~

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