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.
He is 18. He is not a "child," though you'd like him to be so you can wave your "got here first with the pedo…
You: "I think yu xing forgot lu hui is still a child AND HIS STUDENT...Is literally anything illegal in Taiwan?"
You specifically described LH as a "child" and you specifically implied their relationship is "illegal." Dialogue has made it clear at least twice that LH is 18. You provided none of the additional context/nuances you added in this reply.
I reacted strongly because these kinds of moralistic, inaccurate pronouncements are routinely made by the folks I call MDL Church Ladies, who leap to their high horses in self-righteous indignation every time we encounter a plot like this.
Calling characters who date anyone below the age of 20 "pedophiles" or claiming things that are not illegal ARE illegal are two of the most common Church Lady tropes. Words mean things. Pedophilia is a specific mental illness manifesting as an attraction to pre-pubescent children.
I apologize if you are not one of the "dunces" who do this. Your comments threw me off. :D
As for the main couple's storyline, it has occurred to me that it would add some badly-needed drama to this "drama" for the teacher/student relationship to be found out and reported. I'm wondering if the judgemental, female, so-called "friend" will do just that.
XY has seemed oddly unconcerned about this possibility, except for a mild warning to LH now and then to back off on the public displays of affection. I think his entire class of students suspects the two of them have something going on already. It surprised me that XY did not make a bigger deal out of LH deliberately grabbing his wrist in class and acting like a goofy 12-year-old as he did so. I thought he would later warn LH to never do such a thing again, but he didn't.
Also, it's worth keeping in mind that XY is a graduate STUDENT-teacher, not a full-blown member of faculty with a teaching degree. To me, this makes a lot of difference as to the degree or impropriety of what is going on here. It remains something to be kept under wraps, but it happens a LOT, though more often between college students and THEIR graduate assistant teachers, not high school kids.
I enjoy transgressive, exciting, boundary-crossing plots because they provide "drama." I often say, and I'll say it again, that these shows would be boring af if every character was on their best behavior at all times.
Don't be sorry. Getting angry now and then is a normal thing.
LOL it’s the Taiwanese style to literally break barriers 🤣😭
Dunce. It is perfectly legal in Taiwan for an 18-year-old to have sex with a 26-year-old. Do your research before posting Church Lady comments. Thanks.
The Relationsship is problematic, In Germany it can be a criminal offense if a teacher has something with a student
Regardless of age? I can see it being a professional offense and cause for discipline/termination, but "criminal" if the younger is of legal age? Seems extreme to me.
Currently, we have these varieties of BL: Korean Japanese Pinoy Vietnamese (MDL staff pretend they don't know about these) Cambodian (ditto) Thai Taiwanese
I propose a new classification: Thai-wanese Thai-wanese BLs contain all the fluffy stupidity/cliches/tropes/juvenile writing/bad direction/stiff acting/fish kissing/etc. we know so well coming off the TOOT (Turds Out Of Thailand) assembly line, but are produced on the island nation of Taiwan rather than in Thailand. Impression of Youth is not the first of its kind by any means, but its airing has brought the number of such BLs to a point where they require their own classification. Anacronym: TOOTWs. (I wanted to go with TWOOTs as it has a much better ring to it, but couldn't find a way to make "Turd-Wan" work.)
However, I will be back again next week because from the preview it appears LuXi and YeBing are about to get jiggy with it, in a potentially steamy five minutes of worthy screen time. :)
Taiwan has put out a fair number of good shows on my top 30 BLs list, but of late it seems Taiwan BL has shut down and things are being produced in Thai-Wan instead.
This saddens me.
Not many people watching this show, with good reason. However, obviously there are folks massively up-rating this thing. Give me a break. It's a 6.5/10 at best.
"Puckered skinny lips don't do it for me" just say you're a fetishizer babe that's easier
So...humans are allowed to have physical preferences regarding who they date or f**k in real life, but they are not allowed to have physical preferences for which actors/idols/whatever appeal to them or "do it" for them in dramas or movies...correct?
And above all, said humans are not allowed to express those preferences on a public forum intended for people to express their opinions and preferences in all sorts of things...is that also correct?
So, only negative opinions of actors' looks are disallowed from comments; anything else goes? But, why then is it OK to say an actor is hot/handsome/sexy/whatever...or is that not OK either? Positive comments are OK...? Or are we supposed to pretend we don't notice actors' faces/bodies altogether...?
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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.
You specifically described LH as a "child" and you specifically implied their relationship is "illegal." Dialogue has made it clear at least twice that LH is 18. You provided none of the additional context/nuances you added in this reply.
I reacted strongly because these kinds of moralistic, inaccurate pronouncements are routinely made by the folks I call MDL Church Ladies, who leap to their high horses in self-righteous indignation every time we encounter a plot like this.
Calling characters who date anyone below the age of 20 "pedophiles" or claiming things that are not illegal ARE illegal are two of the most common Church Lady tropes. Words mean things. Pedophilia is a specific mental illness manifesting as an attraction to pre-pubescent children.
I apologize if you are not one of the "dunces" who do this. Your comments threw me off. :D
As for the main couple's storyline, it has occurred to me that it would add some badly-needed drama to this "drama" for the teacher/student relationship to be found out and reported. I'm wondering if the judgemental, female, so-called "friend" will do just that.
XY has seemed oddly unconcerned about this possibility, except for a mild warning to LH now and then to back off on the public displays of affection. I think his entire class of students suspects the two of them have something going on already. It surprised me that XY did not make a bigger deal out of LH deliberately grabbing his wrist in class and acting like a goofy 12-year-old as he did so. I thought he would later warn LH to never do such a thing again, but he didn't.
Also, it's worth keeping in mind that XY is a graduate STUDENT-teacher, not a full-blown member of faculty with a teaching degree. To me, this makes a lot of difference as to the degree or impropriety of what is going on here. It remains something to be kept under wraps, but it happens a LOT, though more often between college students and THEIR graduate assistant teachers, not high school kids.
I enjoy transgressive, exciting, boundary-crossing plots because they provide "drama." I often say, and I'll say it again, that these shows would be boring af if every character was on their best behavior at all times.
Don't be sorry. Getting angry now and then is a normal thing.
It is perfectly legal in Taiwan for an 18-year-old to have sex with a 26-year-old. Do your research before posting Church Lady comments. Thanks.
noun: child; plural noun: children
a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.
LuiHui is neither.
Thank you!
I can see it being a professional offense and cause for discipline/termination, but "criminal" if the younger is of legal age? Seems extreme to me.
Currently, we have these varieties of BL:
Korean
Japanese
Pinoy
Vietnamese (MDL staff pretend they don't know about these)
Cambodian (ditto)
Thai
Taiwanese
I propose a new classification: Thai-wanese
Thai-wanese BLs contain all the fluffy stupidity/cliches/tropes/juvenile writing/bad direction/stiff acting/fish kissing/etc. we know so well coming off the TOOT (Turds Out Of Thailand) assembly line, but are produced on the island nation of Taiwan rather than in Thailand.
Impression of Youth is not the first of its kind by any means, but its airing has brought the number of such BLs to a point where they require their own classification. Anacronym: TOOTWs. (I wanted to go with TWOOTs as it has a much better ring to it, but couldn't find a way to make "Turd-Wan" work.)
However, I will be back again next week because from the preview it appears LuXi and YeBing are about to get jiggy with it, in a potentially steamy five minutes of worthy screen time. :)
Taiwan has put out a fair number of good shows on my top 30 BLs list, but of late it seems Taiwan BL has shut down and things are being produced in Thai-Wan instead.
This saddens me.
Not many people watching this show, with good reason. However, obviously there are folks massively up-rating this thing. Give me a break. It's a 6.5/10 at best.
And above all, said humans are not allowed to express those preferences on a public forum intended for people to express their opinions and preferences in all sorts of things...is that also correct?
So, only negative opinions of actors' looks are disallowed from comments; anything else goes? But, why then is it OK to say an actor is hot/handsome/sexy/whatever...or is that not OK either? Positive comments are OK...? Or are we supposed to pretend we don't notice actors' faces/bodies altogether...?
Nah...this is BS. You're full of s**t.