so how old is the younger one meant to be? cause he acts like a 14 year old and it makes the older/younger teacher-student…
It was made clear early on that the character is 18, so that MDL Church Ladies wouldn't wet themselves over the, gasp!, "age gap." However, you are correct that the actor way overdoes it in trying to play the character as "young." In so doing, he comes off as extremely immature/annoying for an 18-year-old, or even most 14-year-olds, and makes the viewer wonder why the teacher would be interested, other than for his cute face and hot bod.
Episode 8: The only thing this series is good at is getting worse with every episode.
The hot scene was fine, but you know, I have porn sites for that sort of thing so if they're not going all out, why bother? By the way, the director is god-awful in many ways, but his direction of kiss/sex scenes is downright bizarre. He has his actors turn into catatonic fish when smooching anytime other than during sex, and then in sex scenes, they suddenly become human for some reason. If this is some sort of artistic commentary on...what am I saying? The director is just bad.
I was hoping the coffee guy's dead wife's ghost would appear while he was doing the hotel guy to liven things up, but no such luck.
One consistently hilarious plot point has been how god-awful the artwork done by these magnificently-talented artists is. My god, the beach scenes that guy paints are worthy of a fifth-grader. And the portrait of himself the teacher raved about to the student, was amateur city. lol
The acting overall keeps deteriorating. The only semi-talented one is the coffee-shop-with-no-customers owner. The writing is horrendous. Everyone's married off after one date, everything is predictable, everything else is a cliche or a trope.
God help us, another TOOTW (Turd Out Of TaiWan). At this rate, that island paradise will soon catch up with the land of TOOTLs (Turds Out Of ThaiLand) in sadly-terrible BLs. Not something to celebrate.
Does anyone know of new Korean/Japanese/Taiwanese BLs? I've hunted of WOBL and BLWatcher with no luck. There is one new Taiwanese show, but I dropped it in an all-time record four minutes, 46 seconds.
Fastest drop of a BL in my recorded history of BL-watching: Out at 4:46! :)
Given how bad the Grandma/breakfast scene, the two morons at work scene, and the kid in the street scenes were, I knew the opening wet dream and shower scenes were the high points and it was only going to be downhill from there. lol
Fastest drop of a BL in my recorded history of BL-watching: Out at 4:46! :)
Given how bad the Grandma/breakfast scene and the two morons at work scenes were, I knew the opening wet dream and shower scenes were the high points and it was only going to be downhill from there. lol
I suspect someone/something turned him into a monster, though.
Of course, but simply because an element of narrative isn't included onscreen doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't think about implications and possibilities inspired by what we do see onscreen. No character in fiction or human being in real life forms out of whole cloth only when we happen to encounter them.
Dismissing Hoshikawa's dad as "the real monster" is a dehumanizing statement meant to free us of pondering how he might have become that way. What "monsters" in his life made him the way he is?
Wondering about such things makes a story deeper, more layered, and more interesting.
OUTSTANDING. I just finished watching this a second time.
My first watch was a glimpse into a static kaleidoscope, dazzling but so varied and brilliant in colors/shapes/light/shadow that I was frozen in wonder, unsure where to look or what I saw.
On second watch, the kaleidoscope turned; layers of light and dark, black abyss and blinding light, vividly contrasting colors moved and turned. I saw a hundred things I missed the first time and those built on what I registered before and...I am left feeling joyfully sad.
The two young male leads are remarkably natural before the camera. I never felt I was watching them "act." And then there is...Ando Sakura as the mother. She too, is as real and organic a character as I've seen anywhere. With every film I see her in, I respect and admire her more.
Nagayama Eita as the male teacher is a wonder. I hold dear actors who take me on journeys from loathing their characters to loving them, or vice-versa. Eita does that here, as he has done in other films. Bravo.
Wow, what a film. Outstanding. HIGHLY recommended. I rated this 9.5/10 after my first watch, but that rating has changed.
10/10
I am already looking forward to my third watch. This is a phenomenal piece of art.
Watch it a second time, and maybe a third. You will be amazed at how many layers you will discover with each watch. I just completed my second watch. I rated this 9.5/10 last year. I think it's going to have to be a 10/10 now. Just outstanding.
How are misunderstanding and lack of communication "great story concepts" for BL. That's pretty much the plot…
Thanks for the clarification. I agree. Physical intimacy as an important part of a love relationship, and what happens when one half of a couple refuses it, might be a BL first; especially as it is presented here in two different ways affecting two different relationships.
I was WAY on board with this one until episode 6, when things began to go haywire for me. I feel those last two eps failed to live up to the promise of the first five. Some great acting here though.
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The only thing this series is good at is getting worse with every episode.
The hot scene was fine, but you know, I have porn sites for that sort of thing so if they're not going all out, why bother?
By the way, the director is god-awful in many ways, but his direction of kiss/sex scenes is downright bizarre. He has his actors turn into catatonic fish when smooching anytime other than during sex, and then in sex scenes, they suddenly become human for some reason. If this is some sort of artistic commentary on...what am I saying? The director is just bad.
I was hoping the coffee guy's dead wife's ghost would appear while he was doing the hotel guy to liven things up, but no such luck.
One consistently hilarious plot point has been how god-awful the artwork done by these magnificently-talented artists is. My god, the beach scenes that guy paints are worthy of a fifth-grader. And the portrait of himself the teacher raved about to the student, was amateur city. lol
The acting overall keeps deteriorating. The only semi-talented one is the coffee-shop-with-no-customers owner. The writing is horrendous. Everyone's married off after one date, everything is predictable, everything else is a cliche or a trope.
God help us, another TOOTW (Turd Out Of TaiWan). At this rate, that island paradise will soon catch up with the land of TOOTLs (Turds Out Of ThaiLand) in sadly-terrible BLs. Not something to celebrate.
Does anyone know of new Korean/Japanese/Taiwanese BLs? I've hunted of WOBL and BLWatcher with no luck. There is one new Taiwanese show, but I dropped it in an all-time record four minutes, 46 seconds.
Sad.
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BWAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Fastest drop of a BL in my recorded history of BL-watching: Out at 4:46! :)
Given how bad the Grandma/breakfast scene, the two morons at work scene, and the kid in the street scenes were, I knew the opening wet dream and shower scenes were the high points and it was only going to be downhill from there. lol
2/10 (Both points are for the first two scenes.)
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Fastest drop of a BL in my recorded history of BL-watching: Out at 4:46! :)
Given how bad the Grandma/breakfast scene and the two morons at work scenes were, I knew the opening wet dream and shower scenes were the high points and it was only going to be downhill from there. lol
2/10 (Both points are for the first two scenes.)
Dismissing Hoshikawa's dad as "the real monster" is a dehumanizing statement meant to free us of pondering how he might have become that way. What "monsters" in his life made him the way he is?
Wondering about such things makes a story deeper, more layered, and more interesting.
I just finished watching this a second time.
My first watch was a glimpse into a static kaleidoscope, dazzling but so varied and brilliant in colors/shapes/light/shadow that I was frozen in wonder, unsure where to look or what I saw.
On second watch, the kaleidoscope turned; layers of light and dark, black abyss and blinding light, vividly contrasting colors moved and turned. I saw a hundred things I missed the first time and those built on what I registered before and...I am left feeling joyfully sad.
The two young male leads are remarkably natural before the camera. I never felt I was watching them "act." And then there is...Ando Sakura as the mother. She too, is as real and organic a character as I've seen anywhere. With every film I see her in, I respect and admire her more.
Nagayama Eita as the male teacher is a wonder. I hold dear actors who take me on journeys from loathing their characters to loving them, or vice-versa. Eita does that here, as he has done in other films. Bravo.
Wow, what a film. Outstanding.
HIGHLY recommended.
I rated this 9.5/10 after my first watch, but that rating has changed.
10/10
I am already looking forward to my third watch. This is a phenomenal piece of art.
I was WAY on board with this one until episode 6, when things began to go haywire for me. I feel those last two eps failed to live up to the promise of the first five. Some great acting here though.