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They’re back! Gangster BL is almost a contradiction in terms. Most rely on violence, machochism, and romantic chemistry to compensate for an impossible situation. Yet The Journey to Killing You defied that formula by placing its two unlikely lovers, Kataoka and Odajima, at the center of its narrative.

Both are Yakuza, yet their personalities could hardly be more different. Odajima is the embodiment of restraint, an almost impenetrable emotional fortress, while Kataoka possesses a dangerously unpredictable, almost psychotic charm. The quintessential yin and yang, and their chemistry is undeniably magnetic.

Though short eoisodes, the series succeeds because its emotional tension is far more compelling than its criminal backdrop.

The very world they struggled to escape is like a black hole(no pun intended) that keeps pulling them back, must be gravity. But perhaps the greater question isn’t whether they can survive the violence…it’s whether their relationship can exist without it.

Let’s see how this story goes and I’ll leave the rest of my review after the series is over…for now let’s enjoy the joys of sex in the car…