Aeon

Their relationship is at a perfect place in the drama. I don't wanna hear "but in the manga 🤓" idc. Go reread the manga. It's not even subtle they r very loud about what type of relationship this is. Trust me as someone who has been trying to queer rep for ages in tv, there's nothing "queerbaiting" or subtle about this. If you know whats Castiel is you KNOW. There's so many things in the last episode that screamed "This is a gay couple" idk how a lot of you missed it.
1. Ichirou literally did not need to go into hiding with Shirou. Shirou was the only suspect.
2. Ichirou telling Shirou "You look terrible" to make him take a bath cause he knows insults work better for him than a genuine concern.
3. Ichirou going to buy a cake cause Shirou was not eating even though he complains about how much sugar he eats. He even tried eating the cake for someone who absolutely hates sweet stuff so Shirou will get competitive and eat it after he saw Shirou gave up after one bite.(He was literally staring at him while he was eating. What part of that is subtle?)
4. Chika literally gave up on Ichirou cause she can see he likes Shirou. Her interactions earlier used to be on flirtier side and now it's very platonic(since ep 7 i would say)
5. Shirou saying "It's good to be back home" and Ichirou agreeing as if that's his home also that Shirou has to mention it's not his. Ichirou considers that his home already. Shirou isn't getting rid of him anytime soon.
6. Shirou putting his head on Ichirous shoulder and saying random stuff about eating cause he saw how stressed he was about meeting the dude at the restaurant. He was trying to distract him.
7. The ending extra is literally Ichirou acting like it's his house and nagging Shirou like a househusband.
Extra: The preview for next episode shows that Shirou kept his promise "I need to stick beside you cause who else is gonna stop you?"(Btw that knife looked so tiny tbh. I was cracking up.)
So yeah, their relationship is fine. That's usually how slow burns go. They are not going to outright do love confessions and have kisses and etc. But they are also not leading people on. The tags were clear from day 1 tbh and I don't understand why everyone is shocked 💀.

I actually don't understand all the complains about the relationship aspect of the drama. The mystery/crime is the main plot and the romance is B plot. If you are used to watching drama with romance as B plot this is not at all surprising(I would say the romance is actually wayyy more in this for a drama where romance is not the main point) If you have seen queen of mystery you would know what I am talking about. Also I think they had to hold back after ep 7 hug cause that was probably pushing the boundary of the "bromance" tag. Ex-When Shirou was crying in ep9, I am pretty sure Ichirou would have hugged him in that situation because the only other time he cried was during the hug. Even the manga is exactly like this. If you went to read the manga with the romance expectations u will be disappointed. Now please start criticising the main plot of the show which is the investigation because that is actually done poorly. The pacing is done terribly and there are no stakes even though there should be cause they are literally going against most powerful people. Like Shirou being framed last episode lasted like 2 min. They could have included this in earlier episode and explored a bit of them hiding from law enforcement etc and it would have been more impactful tbh. There's also a lot more issues with the mystery part of the show that should be the main focus of all of your criticisms(the literal genre of this show does not include romance in here) The relationship aspect is actually perfectly fine. They can't realistically move the relationship more and stay withing the bromance tag. I'll talk about it in the reply cause it has a few important spoilers ig. So yeah. Am I less happy about the latest episodes? Yes. But is it cause of the romance? Absolutely not. It's the mystery that is a mess imo.

Just figured out how to do it lol

Hello, I just uploaded ep2 of the extra(No PW needed), you can find it in the discussion.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/keiyaku-abunai-aibou/71643-keixyaku-hulu-extras?pid=2183505&page=1#p2183505

The manga is categorized as BL

From my experience Japanese shows just randomly get a s2 or movie out of nowhere. I am not gonna give any hope but the manga isn't finishes so if the show is doing well and the actors r willing to comeback, they will most likely do a movie/s2

No kiss in the special again(as expected).
The way I was screaming for them to put in the manga scene for the hotel bed rotating. I wish they did. The gay panic Ichirou had was so priceless in that scene. Ah yes the indirect kiss. Screaming and crying.
The "Welcome home" bit aaaaaaaaa. Ichirou acting like it's his house. They are literally married goodbye.
This episode was so gayyyy

Just watched the special episode. It's really cute and funny(wish it was longer tbh). I'll upload it when I am done with work ig.

How r u going to regulate what is a BL and what is not a BL to me personally? 🙄 Also Eiji literally never gets married or has another partner. Where are you getting this info from?🤨

omg thank you so much, i was so confused when I watched it and kind of grossed out cause the tag really shouldn't be put in there tbh. This explains a lot.

no cause his humor has always been my type tbh. i think him, kwangsoo and somin have been my fav for comedy

No same tbh. It's pretty obvious that they only have eyes for each other so i don't need to know more. And they r literally canonically into each other in the source material. I am happy with what they r right now. Perfect example of slow burn

It's a BL to me 🙄

tbh they are literally like a married couple. It's not very bromance. I would say they act more like a bl couple than someone the actually shows under the bl genre. Ichirou cooks all meals for Shirou and takes care of household chores while Shirou just sits there being bratty and pretty. Their last episode extra was literally them fighting over taking out the trash. It's pretty gay if i say so myself. If u r a sucker for domestic fluff and "2 idiots who share 1 single braincell" couple dynamic, u would love this

I mean even if you don't take in the context of the manga, it's not at all subtle about their attraction towards each other. Like they would literally die and kill for each other. It's very clear what their relationship is. Not to mention Ichirou started having non platonic dreams about Shirou so the producers are definitely trying to push as much as they can while staying withing "bromance" tag. And as for the hetero ending, hetero for me is if either of them ends up with a partner of opposite gender. There was a slight threat with Ichirou and Chika but she literally realized that Ichirou likes Shirou(even though he doesn't know it) and gave up. And as for Shirou he doesn't have a prominent love interest so he is not gonna end up with anyone.

No if u r thinking of YOI as a BL then this is definetly a BL. I usually use BananaFish as an example but ig it works with YOI too. Theres not gonna be a hetero ending no matter what. And theres not an outright love confession but if u read between the lines they literally like each other romantically.

https://kisskh.at/714949-kei-yaku-abunai-aibou#comment-8957243

https://kisskh.at/714949-kei-yaku-abunai-aibou#comment-8957243

I uploaded the extra here if anyone wanted to see it(no subs). Password: ky [I am going to post them whenever they become available every week ig. The link will be posted in the link in my bio]
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x88pqd4

Don't get me wrong I still love the drama and the interactions between characters and obviously Shirou is still my baby and I will die for him if asked. I think ep 8 was one of the weakest. My personal fav is ep 7 cause of the hug and not to mention the clear sign that Chika knows and going to not pursue Ichirou. I think the elements are still there for ep 8. The events are still stressful but it was just executed poorly? Like Shirou holding the gun to his head could have been a more stressful situation if Ichirou was the one listening in and assisting him. Not to mention Rion's reaction was pretty tame compared to how it could have been. Also I am pretty sure in the manga Shirou breaks down/looks scared after the prime minister leaves.(i think he just sits on the floor) So I think this scene needed to be acted/written out more seriously. The son getting kidnapped part was written poorly too cause there was no stakes and Rion going to get him and having a fight off with the female agent would have been more impactful tbh. And I know it doesn't make sense for Rion to take a bullet for that girl but ig she is the only "witness" they have at hand so she didn't want to lose her(also it's giving very lesbian of her but i digress) But the scene was also very important tbh. Ichirou said he is afraid he would kill the person who is responsible for his parents and in that scene he let go of him for Rion. It shows a shift in his mentality because now he has a found family? I think the drama didn't know what to do with trying to add in elements outside of the manga and is kind of messy. I am hoping it will get better in like ep 9 and 10. Ep 9 seems very filled with info so i hope they manage to make it make sense. I am honestly ok with Ichirou and Shirous relationship tbh. When I went into watching the drama I had no expectations(I have watched advanced bravely and this is miles ahead oh that) but yeah. Here's my essay lol. In conclusion, I think they could have spaced out the villain reveals or had like less villains? Cause there's too many of them and bringing out all of them at once is kind of messing it up.