I read the manga (it's still in progress) and there is no final love (nor recurring love interest, like Kikuchi).…
You didn't "speculate" from watching just the show, you spewed possible spoilers, oops, sorry, I mean "speculations," based on the manga, and those "speculations" could easily be in the finale or a future sequel.
People who haven't read the freaking manga, like me, have no idea what is or is not coming, but people like you are more than happy to spoil that happy ignorance for us by throwing out all these "speculations" from your manga reading, about what "might" happen. I don't want to know about "blurry faces" or anything else from the source.
Fine, you read the Manga, good for you, you're special. "Speculate" all you want...behind a gd spoiler button. That's what they're for.
I started this show a year or more ago and dropped it when I saw the old lady's hair early on. It looked like the makeup people dumped a bottle of shoe polish on her head, ran a comb through it, and called it good. lol Figuring that was an indication of the quality of everything to come, I said, "uh-uh, I'm out. But a fellow MDLer recommended this, so I came back, and I'm glad I did. The old lady's hair was fixed in the scene with the grandson, the acting and cinematography are good, so I'm in.
And lands, are these two actors ever handsome. Wow.
I read the manga (it's still in progress) and there is no final love (nor recurring love interest, like Kikuchi).…
Please put this Manga stuff behind a spoiler button. You just ruined the finale for me, no matter how it turns out. Nobody cares what's in the manga. This is an adaptation, not a page-by-page, meticulous reproduction.
I'm convinced people like you do this deliberately.
In the first hour since their mutual confession, we got three misunderstandings, seven jealousies, one "would you like me with a vagina?," a bottom dressed up as a girl, some pouting, seven "what is he thinking...is he mad at me's?," 14 near-kisses, three worried pursuits, a rendesvouz on a school rooftop in the moonlight, and a partridge in a pear tree.
It's not only that the show is built on and around clichés; many shows are the same. It's that the clichés are presented in a lackluster, rote manner.
Hioki's puffy, heart-shaped lips are the drama's saving grace. Were I his BF, we would make out 24/7.
Curious: Why do accept as fact that he did what he has only at this point been ACCUSED of?
I don't feel the slightest bit ashamed, Little Girl.
I think we can all judge how seriously the judge took this charge and verdict, which is not at all. KK was fined the equivalent of $US1,900 (lol) and no jail time for an allegation that could have gotten him 10 years in the slammer.
Judge knew he HAD to find KK guilty, lest he be crucified and his house burned down by people like you. But that fine doesn't even qualify as a slap on the wrist.
This is remarkably well produced/directed/acted/shot/edited, all of it. Music's great too. Top notch. I haven't liked an OffGun show since Theory of Love, so this is a nice surprise. I'm not a shipper. I wonder about Gun's longevity as he ages. Even when he's 57, he will look as though he's 16, and that's not a plus. As impressive a trick as it may be, there's a lot more to acting than crying on cue. Gun doesn't always exactly feel like the same character; he seems like the same character playing a different role. I always get the same adolescent/pouty/slouchy vibe from him. Off won't have that problem, at least based on this one episode. He has matured in stature and presence, both. Speaking of Off, nice bod. Love that lean but strong look.
Isn't it time we let go of the "BL" label for shows like this? It's a gay-themed drama, and not a boy in sight...well, except for Gun, of course.
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People who haven't read the freaking manga, like me, have no idea what is or is not coming, but people like you are more than happy to spoil that happy ignorance for us by throwing out all these "speculations" from your manga reading, about what "might" happen. I don't want to know about "blurry faces" or anything else from the source.
Fine, you read the Manga, good for you, you're special. "Speculate" all you want...behind a gd spoiler button. That's what they're for.
Figuring that was an indication of the quality of everything to come, I said, "uh-uh, I'm out.
But a fellow MDLer recommended this, so I came back, and I'm glad I did.
The old lady's hair was fixed in the scene with the grandson, the acting and cinematography are good, so I'm in.
And lands, are these two actors ever handsome. Wow.
8.5/10
Spoiler button. Use it.
I'm convinced people like you do this deliberately.
Just f**k already.
In the first hour since their mutual confession, we got three misunderstandings, seven jealousies, one "would you like me with a vagina?," a bottom dressed up as a girl, some pouting, seven "what is he thinking...is he mad at me's?," 14 near-kisses, three worried pursuits, a rendesvouz on a school rooftop in the moonlight, and a partridge in a pear tree.
It's not only that the show is built on and around clichés; many shows are the same. It's that the clichés are presented in a lackluster, rote manner.
Hioki's puffy, heart-shaped lips are the drama's saving grace. Were I his BF, we would make out 24/7.
I think we can all judge how seriously the judge took this charge and verdict, which is not at all.
KK was fined the equivalent of $US1,900 (lol) and no jail time for an allegation that could have gotten him 10 years in the slammer.
Judge knew he HAD to find KK guilty, lest he be crucified and his house burned down by people like you. But that fine doesn't even qualify as a slap on the wrist.
This is remarkably well produced/directed/acted/shot/edited, all of it. Music's great too. Top notch.
I haven't liked an OffGun show since Theory of Love, so this is a nice surprise. I'm not a shipper.
I wonder about Gun's longevity as he ages. Even when he's 57, he will look as though he's 16, and that's not a plus. As impressive a trick as it may be, there's a lot more to acting than crying on cue. Gun doesn't always exactly feel like the same character; he seems like the same character playing a different role. I always get the same adolescent/pouty/slouchy vibe from him.
Off won't have that problem, at least based on this one episode. He has matured in stature and presence, both.
Speaking of Off, nice bod. Love that lean but strong look.
Isn't it time we let go of the "BL" label for shows like this? It's a gay-themed drama, and not a boy in sight...well, except for Gun, of course.
If you're going to plant essays, at least write them yourself.
I'm beyond sick of everything being about whoring for clicks and "engagement."
Bravo!