Hikari no Naka

I envy you, you still have 8 more episodes to feast on :D

You mean their past works? For Machida, I'd recommend Alice in Borderland (survival games, very dark), Bijo to Danshi and Joshi-teki no Seikatsu. In other works, his appearance is rather sporadic, not enough to know his characters. As for Akaso, his works is much less than Machida, but he first got recognition in Kamen Rider Build and his last movie, Furi Fura (Love Me, Love Me Not). Do try watch them :)

Yes, "cut sleeve" is Chinese term for gay/homosexuality. I love how this drama put those subtle hints here and there, and only those who know will know.

Usagi san, it seems like you're already hooked to this drama, well me too ^^

Literally almost everyday there'll be news of their new articles somewhere, Japanese fans even keep calendars for all their activities. Well, they've gained many loyal fans, I'll continue to support them as well ^^

Cherry Magic is really a gift for Akaso and Machida, they finally got the recognition they deserve. Both of them have been appearing on magazine interviews and shoots almost non-stop (I lost track already) since then. Akaso got his first magazine solo cover on his birthday, Machida's first solo cover on Screen Plus was reprinted due to huge demand and he will have his second solo cover next month. Machida also recently appointed as a model for spring fashion campaign by a large department store in Japan. I'm so happy for them T__T

Is there a lot of steamy scenes in this drama? It ranked quite high in TVer and the picture always looks very steamy, I wonder if that's why it's quite popular? @_@

Thanks for sharing, it's really a nice video ^^ I'm really digging Akaso's hairstyle in Kamen Rider, his braided hair looks so cool!

I saw on Twitter some Chinese fans even adopted a real star and named it Akaso Eiji, as a present. How romantic!!

I also unconsciously wanted to roll my eyes everytime WKX starts blurting those greasy sentences XD

I really want to count how many times ZZS rolled his eyes in the first 5 episodes only LOL.

Count me in as one of them :D They did actually provide the archive, how generous!
I saw some complaints about how the show wasn't professionally prepared, I also felt it was a bit amateurish, but I think Akaso still enjoyed it though.
The show ended at 1.42m viewers count, give it 5 more minutes it would've reached 1.5m ^0^

He can't choose one, so maybe then he decided to make a compilation instead lol.

Oh nonono, I'm really hoping for the best for this show and Immortality (and other BLs too). XZ's case is really muddy, but at the end of the day it was the actor that suffered the most :(

It's already very high rating for BL drama, if I'm not mistaken the highest now is ITSAY at 8.5.

Happy birthday to our adorable baby Akaso Eiji kun!! Thank you for giving us so much joy and happiness.
Wishing you nothing less than a happy, healthy life and always smile brightly everyday ^^

Akaso's ranking:
1. Scarf scene
2. Almost-kiss scene at rooftop
3. Kurosawa's poem

Machida's ranking:
1. Compilation of Adachi's cute gestures
2. Both confession scenes
3. Adachi's first stay in Kurosawa's house

Yup, it's definitely different from US or European drama, but we are still lucky that Japanese drama still has quite a chance of getting SP or movie if it's popular. If it is Chinese or Korean drama, the chances are even slimmer. So the best thing we can do is keep supporting them to increase the chance for new content :)

I'm also praying hard for new content, but I think we need to manage our expectations. Any sequel/movie can't be decided that fast, let's take example of Kinou Nani Tabeta, the SP is 6 months away from the drama and the movie is like 1 year after. I saw many fans expecting announcement of S2 soon, but I think that's not very reasonable at this time.

It was indeed a lot of fun and you can listen to Akaso's funny answers. For example, when asked of their favorite flower, Machida answered narcissus since there were a lot of them in his hometown. While Akaso answered tulip, since when he was in kindergarten, he was in the class named Tulip hahahaha XD