idontwanttothanks

Well that was my favorite ep so far. Kiss was not good, but I expected as much so I wasn't too bothered. Maybe that bit will improve.

Not so! I'm prepared to hurt - bring it, show.

I think that the scene in the preview is almost certainly a flashback, and I do think that Koichi is really dead. But while the idea of him representing Ouimi's denial of his death is super interesting, I don't think that's the case here (unless you mean something like Ouimi is keeping Koichi from truly "dying" due to sheer force of will - that I could see. Or that they both care about each other too much to let go, which is why we have a walking, talking Koichi corpse - I love the idea that his body is suspended in that one moment in time, caught there. It's so cool to me).

I do not think that it's all in Ouimi's mind. I do think that prepping for a sad or bittersweet ending would be a good idea though. For sure.

I too am really curious to know if they were together before the accident, though. And if they were, how long? If they weren't and I am right that the preview is a flashback, then why not? I'm impatient to find out!

Okay I still can't stop thinking about the preview and Mitsuru being like "if he knew how I felt, I could lose the best friend I've ever had" (paraphrased). I'm just like. Have you SEEN how that boy looks at you?

(also the part where Mitsuru pulled his hand away from Koichi. Don't make him sad, dude, he probably doesn't have that long left)

Out of curiosity, what is the point then? Because I'm having a hard time figuring it out.

I would very much like to see this, but I get the feeling it won't be released internationally.

Oooooh I didn't know that! I know that there are at least two explicit love scenes in the source material that the drama is based on but well...Japan lol. IMO there tend to be two things that decide how much we'll get when it comes to love scenes.

1 - is someone an idol.
2. the ages. One of these actors is very young so I don't expect much from him tbh.

That said, I really don't care overmuch about the kissing if I can believe that the chemistry is there in other ways. My favorite BL drama ever so far is My Beautiful Man/Utsukushii Kare, and while the kisses were bad to so-so in that the chemistry between the leads more than made up for it imo. If the emotional chemistry stays the way it is I think I'll love it even if the physical chemistry doesn't quite make it.

Yeah a lot of the darker or angstier BL tends to have higher heat. The problem there is that those often don't end well. :) Personally with this one I'm expecting the usual dead fish kiss, but I'm hoping that the (imo, otherwise very good) chemistry between the leads makes up for it.

I'm so glad they answered the question of whether or not Koichi was going to rot. It would have bugged the crap out of me if they hadn't.

Also is he going to go home or is Mitsuru going to bring him to his house? What are they going to tell his family? They were all so cute and I just can't see how they can have Koichi go home the way he is without the family finding out.

Knocks you off your feet, would you say?

Thank you for this! I really love the OST already and want to listen to these over and over.

Oh, most definitely.

What an oddly charming first episode. I love how awkward and stilted that first conversation was - I guess that when Koichi is in, he's all in, huh? Persevering in the face of Mitsuru's responses seemed tough. That long look they shared in the rain was delightful, too - Koichi in particular looked a bit bowled over after. Their chemistry already works for me. I hope it only gets better.

I know it's not gonna end well, but I'm strapped in for the ride, regardless. I do have a question, though - how often is Viki so far behind Gaga with subs?

Me too. I'm weirdly jazzed for it in spite of the fact that I normally don't do sad BLs (or sad romances at all, really)

The impression I'm getting is that they don't have many scenes together. Kinda sad if so but if it's focusing on the career stuff from the second novel that also had its interesting points.

I saw! I usually hate the middle of the week but I'm giving this one a pass *now starts praying it adheres as closely to the 2nd book as the drama did the 1st*

I am so desperate for literally any news about this.

This surprises me because I felt the complete opposite. It's interesting how differently people can view the same thing.