idontwanttothanks

Viki released the third episode, but they are the only one. It was supposed to take a hiatus and the ep 3 release in Japan (and on gaga) will be this week. Don't know if Viki will keep forging ahead or not.

I think it might, which is so interesting to me even though I don't like Ben for Nueng.

The trailer seems to suggest that they date, so a kiss is not outside the realm of possibility here. Messy, messy (I'm here for it).

Oh I don't think it's going anywhere...it's just my impression (which is by no means infallible, ha) that Japan isn't one to put out regular content. That is what I am hoping for.

The chemistry from the last MBS drama was so excellent that I find myself having to constantly force myself to remember that's not generally the norm, and mitigate my expectation accordingly.

That said, this is a fun, breezy sort of watch, which is exactly what I needed out of Japan after the emotional gut punch that was the last drama in this line up. It's early days, but so far I like it better than all but two of the MBS drama shower offerings.

(I also want it to do well. I want them all to have done well, because I'm hoping good numbers means we'll get more regular BL from Japan in the future)

Nope. I'm right there with you.

Two weeks later and I'm still not over it.

I'm just relaying information, I'm not trying to argue. Far as I was aware they only said four. Perhaps others know more.

I think originally there was only supposed to be four. This one was a surprise.

Man, yesterday I was at such a loss. I'm so used to waiting impatiently for new eps of this show it was weird & kinda sad not to be doing that (I know there's a fifth drama and I do intend to watch it, I'm just...not as excited for it as I was for this).

I also kinda wish that Komiya Rio and Inoue Sora had been cast in another drama, because they set a new standard for chemistry for me and I know the possibility of them working together again like this is slim to none.

Tied with Utsukushii Kare for me for all time fave, but 100% agreed on it being the best of the year for me.

Oh, same. I'm worried I'll low key resent the new one for not being this one. I feel like it'll be fluffy but ultimately forgettable like pretty much every other MBS drama has been (MBM aside) and I'm just not ready to move on from this.

Yes! I love them both so much, they are tied for my favorite drama.

I have been wondering if people have been rating it low for being sad, or maybe for not being exciting enough (I've seen both complaints here). I guess people who go only by ratings here will give it a miss but personally I only look at ratings after I've already made up my own mind.

Do the ratings here even do anything?

I thought so! I felt like I was losing *my* mind for a second there. Thank you!

I respect your view, I just think that you're being entirely too simplistic about it.

I would agree with you had this drama not been clear from the very beginning exactly what it was. I'm unsure what you wanted from this - or if you think it's possible to have an unhappy ending in media that isn't some sort of "gay people can't be happy" attack. That there is stuff like that out there I am not denying - even now, there are things that are being put out where a person is clearly being punished for being gay with death, etc - but I am truly missing why you feel this should be lumped in with things of that ilk. Just because Koichi dies? Then I have to respectfully disagree with your opinion and hopefully we can both move on.

I am sorry that you did not like it, but tragedy is not the purview of straight people.

Felt the same way. This has been a palate cleanser of sorts for weeks to get me over the EY melancholy, but not this week. Nope. Can't do it. Have to wait.

Saw this on Viki:

"I do need to mention that there is an additional segment on GagaOOLala that shows an ending scene that is not on Viki."

Does anyone know what they are talking about? I didn't notice any added segment, but to be fair I was a sobbing wreck through the back half so maybe I missed something.

There's two bottles of water too. That killed me. So now I assume that the end credits are Mitsuru's wish, since he's wearing the same outfit.

I wonder if he goes there every summer... 😭

Did you watch it?

Random thing that I absolutely love is Mitsuru saying meeting Koichi could statistically be a miracle but he doesn't like to call it that...

...fast forward to the final episode, where Koichi says that meeting Micchan was a miracle.

I adore it. To me, it showcases both how different and how similar they are.