This show has a lot of great stuff going on, but overall, I lowered my rating after this second go-round. Reasons why: The last two episodes, especially the finale, after everyone got together, were monotonous and eventually cringe-stupid. The only interesting thing in those two eps was the beautiful love scene between the TA and Ju Hyeok in ep. 9. Which leads me to my second reason: You can't have realistic/believable/beautiful kissing between two couples, and have lame af mannequin/dead fish kisses between your MC. Those were the dead-est dead fish kisses I have ever seen, and they took me right out of the show each time. Full point off for that failure alone. The MC had the least chemistry of all, and their story became boring to me, even though I don't think it had to be. The problem is that, at least here, Kim Yong Seok is a wooden/dull actor. The actual love class, the supposed core of the show, felt like an afterthought. Those scenes were perfunctory. Kim An's orphanage/host bar/freedom/scandal back story, which could have been riveting, was instead a snooze fest. I just didn't believe any of it.
Good stuff: Ma Ru and Min Yu - individually charming, interesting characters who are distinctly different from each other. Ma Ru cracks me up, and his journey to self-understanding was moving. Ma Ru was played well, as a slightly awkward, quiet, but gentle, giant. He ended up being my fave character. Also found the TA and JH to be cute/interesting. The actor who played JH flips my switch.
So, yeah, the show-stoppingly bad kisses from the MC and the boring last two episodes brought this from my original 9/10 to a 7.5/10. It remains a sentimental favorite, though.
I hate to even mention how strong this started out, as doing so is sure to jinx it, and the show will end up bombing...OR NOT! :) This is the first JP BL in a long time that had me hooked from five minutes in. Fingers crossed.
It seems to be giving away the game from the first few minutes, but Watarai certainly seems to have a thing for our adorbs nerd. It can't be that simple, though, can it? Surely he's plotting, along with his three popular buddies, some horrendous humiliation to come for Hioki...yes? No? What? :P
Fujimoto Kodai, who plays Hioki, is working hard to seem plain, and doing a good job, but it's clear from the shape of his neck/adam's apple that he has a hot bod. By the way, when I see/hear a character like Hioki overhear mean girls talking about him like that, it seriously pains me. :(
Kan Hideyoshi (Watarai) strongly resembles the recently canceled and crucified Kamimura Kenshin, though he's not quite as hot as KK. It's mostly in the nose/mouth. Let's hope Kan has the good sense to stay far away from any fujoshi-groupies. One of them is likely to plant herself next to him, brush against his leg, then claim to have been "sexually assaulted" (in her dreams). Probably be a good move for all famous JP or Korean actors to go gay and avoid that probability altogether. Until the gays catch on and start shrieking "SA!!!" when an idol looks at them wrong, that is.
Back to this show, I'm digging it. Fingers double-crossed.
came to MDL to check out what you’re watching to get some recs, now i see you’re watching playboyy 🤣 guess…
lol God, please don't do that to yourself! :D
I am at a loss for anything currently airing that's worth watching. So much disappointment in BL World these days. Somehow, I came across this pos and the comments were so wild, I had to give it a look. Then, I gave it a look and saw a hot bum, and started jumping through it for skin scenes. If my non-BL-watching friends (which is all of them) saw this thing, they would think I was insane. This is a long way down the Thai BL rabbit hole.
yeah, no sympathy here if he really did it even “just” a thigh its still crossing a line. doesn’t matter…
If you have time, please explain what, exactly, it is about having one's thigh touched (assuming it happened or that she wasn't flirting right back...do we know if SHE touched HIS thigh?) that is so over a line that it couldn't have been remedied with a simple request to stop or a drink thrown in the face, or even something crazy like getting up and leaving.
Also, if you have time, please explain how a touched thigh qualifies as a "sexual assault."
Damn. For what it is, this is pretty damn good. First few minutes, I thought it was going to be terrible, but improved steadily through its brief run time. I've endured so many bland, fluff-and-nonsense KBLs, that it was a delight to see one that revels in its naughty story line, without lectures, PSAs on safe sex, moral teachings, etc. Excellent, realistic, full-on making out too, something rarely seen in big-budget Kbls. Well done!
Hope to see more of this story continued, but please ease up on white face powder. These dudes look like Q-tips.
Synopsis is giving yet another fluff-and-nonsense Thai BL by way of Korea.
Over the last few years, Korean BLs often brought intriguing plots, good acting, and high production values. That is much less often the case over the last year or so.
Episode 2: My strange journey with this freaky show continues...
I'm jumping ahead about five minutes at a time. If I see something that might be hot or instructive regarding the amusingly melodramatic plot, I stop and watch. If it's lame, I jump ahead again. More and more lameness is being revealed...
The weirdest part of this watch is observing youngsters who appear to have zero real-life experience in sexual matters, attempting to act-out not only passionate, vanilla sex, but some pervy stuff that is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over their heads. I laughed twice this episode during sex scenes, at the bleached blonde kid and his closed-mouth, pecking kisses during what is supposed to be wild, BDSM sex, and again at the one who is blackmailing the Neanderthal hustler, whose kisses are so obviously those of someone who has no idea what they're doing.
It's like watching middle school kids act out porn based on what they've seen online (which may be what the director told them to do to prepare), but really, really badly. Then, there was the Neanderthal mechanic/hustler jerking off right out in the open in his place of business, then being surprised that a customer might show up. Which, of course, led to yet another, random sex scenario right out of a bad, 1970s porn film. If the Neanderthal character is written as brain-damaged, the actor is doing a fantastic job of getting that across.
The enjoyment in watching this comes from how bad it is, of course, but it's often so bad that even that pale pleasure fades. :) A lot of the levity derives from small things, like watching two people pretend to butt-f**k, but the amateur camera work allows body parts to show up in ways that confirm no such thing is happening. Of course, the split-second shots of bare bums are appreciated.
I'll need a couple days' break before trying to make it through another episode.
Any wisdom out there as to why such young, inexperienced actors are playing these parts? It feels as if this odd show, which is very much not a BL, is nevertheless aimed at the BL audience, which includes a lot of young women...?
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I mostly felt kind of bored.
This show has a lot of great stuff going on, but overall, I lowered my rating after this second go-round. Reasons why:
The last two episodes, especially the finale, after everyone got together, were monotonous and eventually cringe-stupid. The only interesting thing in those two eps was the beautiful love scene between the TA and Ju Hyeok in ep. 9. Which leads me to my second reason:
You can't have realistic/believable/beautiful kissing between two couples, and have lame af mannequin/dead fish kisses between your MC. Those were the dead-est dead fish kisses I have ever seen, and they took me right out of the show each time. Full point off for that failure alone.
The MC had the least chemistry of all, and their story became boring to me, even though I don't think it had to be. The problem is that, at least here, Kim Yong Seok is a wooden/dull actor.
The actual love class, the supposed core of the show, felt like an afterthought. Those scenes were perfunctory.
Kim An's orphanage/host bar/freedom/scandal back story, which could have been riveting, was instead a snooze fest. I just didn't believe any of it.
Good stuff:
Ma Ru and Min Yu - individually charming, interesting characters who are distinctly different from each other. Ma Ru cracks me up, and his journey to self-understanding was moving. Ma Ru was played well, as a slightly awkward, quiet, but gentle, giant. He ended up being my fave character.
Also found the TA and JH to be cute/interesting. The actor who played JH flips my switch.
So, yeah, the show-stoppingly bad kisses from the MC and the boring last two episodes brought this from my original 9/10 to a 7.5/10. It remains a sentimental favorite, though.
It seems to be giving away the game from the first few minutes, but Watarai certainly seems to have a thing for our adorbs nerd. It can't be that simple, though, can it? Surely he's plotting, along with his three popular buddies, some horrendous humiliation to come for Hioki...yes? No? What? :P
Fujimoto Kodai, who plays Hioki, is working hard to seem plain, and doing a good job, but it's clear from the shape of his neck/adam's apple that he has a hot bod. By the way, when I see/hear a character like Hioki overhear mean girls talking about him like that, it seriously pains me. :(
Kan Hideyoshi (Watarai) strongly resembles the recently canceled and crucified Kamimura Kenshin, though he's not quite as hot as KK. It's mostly in the nose/mouth. Let's hope Kan has the good sense to stay far away from any fujoshi-groupies. One of them is likely to plant herself next to him, brush against his leg, then claim to have been "sexually assaulted" (in her dreams). Probably be a good move for all famous JP or Korean actors to go gay and avoid that probability altogether. Until the gays catch on and start shrieking "SA!!!" when an idol looks at them wrong, that is.
Back to this show, I'm digging it. Fingers double-crossed.
Korea continues its slide into the BL sewer, where it now floats along with Thailand.
Dropped 1/10
This.
But, honestly, hasn't it always been this way? Only now, Korea is turning out nearly as much fluff-crap as Thailand.
God, please don't do that to yourself! :D
I am at a loss for anything currently airing that's worth watching. So much disappointment in BL World these days. Somehow, I came across this pos and the comments were so wild, I had to give it a look. Then, I gave it a look and saw a hot bum, and started jumping through it for skin scenes. If my non-BL-watching friends (which is all of them) saw this thing, they would think I was insane. This is a long way down the Thai BL rabbit hole.
Also, if you have time, please explain how a touched thigh qualifies as a "sexual assault."
But only if you have the time, of course.
You're the problem.
For what it is, this is pretty damn good.
First few minutes, I thought it was going to be terrible, but improved steadily through its brief run time.
I've endured so many bland, fluff-and-nonsense KBLs, that it was a delight to see one that revels in its naughty story line, without lectures, PSAs on safe sex, moral teachings, etc.
Excellent, realistic, full-on making out too, something rarely seen in big-budget Kbls.
Well done!
Hope to see more of this story continued, but please ease up on white face powder. These dudes look like Q-tips.
8/10
Over the last few years, Korean BLs often brought intriguing plots, good acting, and high production values. That is much less often the case over the last year or so.
My strange journey with this freaky show continues...
I'm jumping ahead about five minutes at a time. If I see something that might be hot or instructive regarding the amusingly melodramatic plot, I stop and watch. If it's lame, I jump ahead again. More and more lameness is being revealed...
The weirdest part of this watch is observing youngsters who appear to have zero real-life experience in sexual matters, attempting to act-out not only passionate, vanilla sex, but some pervy stuff that is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over their heads. I laughed twice this episode during sex scenes, at the bleached blonde kid and his closed-mouth, pecking kisses during what is supposed to be wild, BDSM sex, and again at the one who is blackmailing the Neanderthal hustler, whose kisses are so obviously those of someone who has no idea what they're doing.
It's like watching middle school kids act out porn based on what they've seen online (which may be what the director told them to do to prepare), but really, really badly. Then, there was the Neanderthal mechanic/hustler jerking off right out in the open in his place of business, then being surprised that a customer might show up. Which, of course, led to yet another, random sex scenario right out of a bad, 1970s porn film. If the Neanderthal character is written as brain-damaged, the actor is doing a fantastic job of getting that across.
The enjoyment in watching this comes from how bad it is, of course, but it's often so bad that even that pale pleasure fades. :) A lot of the levity derives from small things, like watching two people pretend to butt-f**k, but the amateur camera work allows body parts to show up in ways that confirm no such thing is happening. Of course, the split-second shots of bare bums are appreciated.
I'll need a couple days' break before trying to make it through another episode.
Any wisdom out there as to why such young, inexperienced actors are playing these parts? It feels as if this odd show, which is very much not a BL, is nevertheless aimed at the BL audience, which includes a lot of young women...?