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Amazing ! though …
This BL is good. What I liked most about the drama was its portrayal of hearing loss and the reality of people that struggles with it.
I like the main couple’s characters. Kohei is quiet while Taichi is energetic, straightforward and super kind. I think personalities balance each other well. And overtime both characters had good development throughout the story and has improved alot from who they were from the first episode. (Most especially Kohei.)
I also like the main character’s relationship with their family. (Taichi & his grandpa , Kohei & his mom.) Idk I just find it so cute 🥹 Those little family moments ended up being some of my favorite scenes in the whole drama. Love isn’t always shown through big gestures. Sometimes it’s in the the teasing, spending time with one another and simply being there for each other. Both relationships added a warmth to the story and made the characters feel more real and relatable. (Most especially Taichi’s set up with his parents being divorced & making him live with his grandpa instead.)
But at the middle of the show, I understand that the conflicts between them were caused by miscommunication and misunderstandings but for me it felt like they spent less time together as a couple. Even though I really appreciated the realistic representation of hearing loss and the challenges faced by deaf and hard of hearing people, I can’t help but feel like it took up some of the screen time that could have been spent developing Taichi and Kohei’s relationship and giving them more meaningful moments together and to try to communicate to one another. For me, they should’ve added more episodes.
About the blocked / fake kiss, I honestly wish the writers and the directors didn’t do that 😭😭😭. They were probably trying to stay faithful to the manga but I feel like they should’ve adjusted some things to fit the live action adaptation better.
Besides that, I think Maya’s character was really unnecessary and so sudden. At first I thought she would be nice and be a part of the friendgroup and all, but she was just so mean. She tries to take Taichi away from Kohei and would say awful stuff to Taichi so that he’ll feel bad. I get that her intentions were probably good and she was probably just worried about Kohei and wanted to protect him, but I felt like the way she treated Taichi was unnecessarily harsh which made it hard for me to like her. I also understand why she acted that way because of her back story but I also felt like how they showed her backstory is also kind of late. I wish the show/writers had handled some of her interactions with a bit more warmth or understanding without ignoring the 2nd party’s side / being biased.
And last but not the least, the ending. It honestly felt kinda rushed for me and I expected a little more from the finale.. I was hoping that Taichi would say EVERYTHING that is happening with him to Kohei in the finale or before that. The ending was sweet and all but it wrapped everything up so quickly. I wish they had slowed things down a bit. It wasn’t a bad ending at all ! it just felt like their story deserved a little more time.
Overall, this BL show for me is a 6.5/10.
I like the main couple’s characters. Kohei is quiet while Taichi is energetic, straightforward and super kind. I think personalities balance each other well. And overtime both characters had good development throughout the story and has improved alot from who they were from the first episode. (Most especially Kohei.)
I also like the main character’s relationship with their family. (Taichi & his grandpa , Kohei & his mom.) Idk I just find it so cute 🥹 Those little family moments ended up being some of my favorite scenes in the whole drama. Love isn’t always shown through big gestures. Sometimes it’s in the the teasing, spending time with one another and simply being there for each other. Both relationships added a warmth to the story and made the characters feel more real and relatable. (Most especially Taichi’s set up with his parents being divorced & making him live with his grandpa instead.)
But at the middle of the show, I understand that the conflicts between them were caused by miscommunication and misunderstandings but for me it felt like they spent less time together as a couple. Even though I really appreciated the realistic representation of hearing loss and the challenges faced by deaf and hard of hearing people, I can’t help but feel like it took up some of the screen time that could have been spent developing Taichi and Kohei’s relationship and giving them more meaningful moments together and to try to communicate to one another. For me, they should’ve added more episodes.
About the blocked / fake kiss, I honestly wish the writers and the directors didn’t do that 😭😭😭. They were probably trying to stay faithful to the manga but I feel like they should’ve adjusted some things to fit the live action adaptation better.
Besides that, I think Maya’s character was really unnecessary and so sudden. At first I thought she would be nice and be a part of the friendgroup and all, but she was just so mean. She tries to take Taichi away from Kohei and would say awful stuff to Taichi so that he’ll feel bad. I get that her intentions were probably good and she was probably just worried about Kohei and wanted to protect him, but I felt like the way she treated Taichi was unnecessarily harsh which made it hard for me to like her. I also understand why she acted that way because of her back story but I also felt like how they showed her backstory is also kind of late. I wish the show/writers had handled some of her interactions with a bit more warmth or understanding without ignoring the 2nd party’s side / being biased.
And last but not the least, the ending. It honestly felt kinda rushed for me and I expected a little more from the finale.. I was hoping that Taichi would say EVERYTHING that is happening with him to Kohei in the finale or before that. The ending was sweet and all but it wrapped everything up so quickly. I wish they had slowed things down a bit. It wasn’t a bad ending at all ! it just felt like their story deserved a little more time.
Overall, this BL show for me is a 6.5/10.
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