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I love this comment. And I'm an American. Why can't they just be whatever they are without someone trying to slap a label on them already? They don't even know who/what they are yet. Let's watch the rest of the show.

This is so balls-out freaky I love it. lol

The two of them finding a safe, open space to be who they are together up there is a beautiful thing. :D Everyone, gay and straight, falling for our hero(ine?) is cute and stupid but hilarious. :)

And the lipstick boys being hot for Mr. Thick & Hairy is adorable but also hilarious and strangely hot. The teacher/actor has a lot of charisma. :D

Bravo, Japan!
The 24 minute episodes are annoying. I wish I could have held off til they had all aired.

Another place to watch this, one I dont see mentioned here much but where Ive found lots of short films and a few series i couldnt find elsewhere:

blparadise.com

lol Nasty man.

Yeah, my little anti-Chinese content boycott is entirely for my own satisfaction. I have no fantasy that the dictator will notice my absence from the audience from bromances and lift the ban. lol

That said, I find the experience of watching these things unpleasant and frustrating. I spend the entire time in a state of wanting for something that is not going to be forthcoming, which is low-level anxiety-inducing. On another level, I feel insulted that the director/producers assume my willingness to play along with this absurd charade. And finally, the wink-and-nod factor of dancing around the gay feels childish and silly to me. Why participate when I can see content that acknowledges my humanity elsewhere, and in bulk?

I just don't get it.

THIS ISN'T THE MANGA PAGE!

I know, right? It can come as a shock when you learn something for the first time.

That said, thanks for putting your spoiler under a spoiler button.

When I say "best," it is very much in the relative sense, this being a PF after all. :)

Spoiler button, please.

Weird good, or weird bad?

As far as additional forms to bitch about this show or any other, I'll pretty much keep to MDL. The world is full of homophobes who fancy themselves to be gay allies, so no amount of bitching will matter. These are mostly extremely immature, Western girls who imagine themselves to be gay-proggressive, but reveal themselves as REgressive in the love of BLs that do their utmost to keep the MC APART and suffering rather than together.

I love shows that take us through pain and struggle before in the end affirming the legitimacy of gay romance, but ridiculous crap like the last four episodes of TOO and the last two episodes of Happy of the End do just the opposite. TOO makes sure the lovers stay painfully separated, and HOTE allows them to reunite but in the most absurd, trope-ish way imaginable.

Gag me.

I left a reply for you there. :)

Truly, that makes me smile. It's good to spread laughter, although I'm pretty sure the MDL majority does the opposite when they see my name. :D

Best Pink Film I've seen. The young lead is remarkable and very cute; right on the cusp between boy and man, perfect casting for the role.

If you're not afraid of sex and violence, go for it.

8/10

Don't read them.

Episodes don't have to be censored by the government. Show-makers/director/writer/producers self-censor, chopping it into a wink-wink-bromance when they write the screenplay because they know if they don't do it, the government will.

So yes, one way or another, the episodes released were censored.

Please quote me where I blamed "...every single Chinese person for the actions of their government." What the hell are you talking about?

Also, please quote me where I said anyone, anywhere should "stop existing." What the hell are you talking about? Is it your opinion that censored bromances, which are an insult to every gay audience member and which mock the intelligence of every straight audience member, are essential to allowing Gay Chinese People to continue "existing?" Again, what the hell are you talking about?

Why don't Chinese gay people just keep watching BLs from other countries via VPN and pirate sites? Why watch this silliness?

Are you with this production's marketing team?

That's the wrong link. I'm looking for the petition to PREVENT a second season from being made.

How about you stop telling me what to think and say in my comments?

I don't take my thinking orders from the LGBTQ+ "community" speech police, of which you seem to think you are a paid officer.

Here's you: "You can hate his work all you want,.."
Here's me: "You should def see YNEH. I hate the last 20 minutes, but what goes before that is one of the best gay feature films ever."

What part of "...but what goes before that is one of the best gay feature films ever." do you not understand? You need to brush up on your Gay Community Speech Police How-to-Read-Before-Responding manual.

You are pushing an agenda and it can summarized as "STFU unless you say something I approve of." I don't care what you approve of. This is the second show I've seen directed by him with an "all gays must be miserable" ending and I'll say what I wish about it.

His work speaks much louder than all the interviews, podcasts, IG pages, etc. you may hunt down in your attempts to prove the opposite of what's obvious. And wtf? with a dude who hasn't even come out to his family directing a hugely important film like Your Name Engraved Herein?

Don't answer. I'm done with you.

Bravo.
There is no way in hell the psycho-homophobic, authoritarian dictatorship of China will ever lift the gay ban. They already know there is a HUGE market in China for BL because millions of their people watch foreign BLs via VPN and other illegal tricks all the time. Their bigotry outweighs their desire for $$$ in this one area only.

I found "Stay With Me," which was the last censored bromance out of China I watched, even more painful because in so many ways it was beautifully made and yet we were STILL expected to read between the lines and fantasize scenes we were never going to be allowed to see on screen.

They can kiss my ass AND suck your dick. :)