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That's the problem with making it so short - I think we needed to see it rather than just Shuo just saying it with one line - it was something like "I've told you so many times to stop doing this."

That one's on me. I suppose it could be 7 inches of Marco, or if this were fanfic, maybe 9 inches of Marco.

I like and agree with your review, but it doesn't need to be too complicated why Shuo liked him. He's a policeman, and clearly has a strong streak of White Knight syndrome, and Light is super-cute with a hot body. He really only needed one of those, but both is pretty irresitable.

That was amazing. I'm not sure why everyone keeps saying it was too short - it told the story that it wanted to tell, then it ended. It's a short film, not a series. I'd rather have an efficient story than something that meanders all over the place and doesn't get anywhere.

Anyway, the cinematography was perfect, the editing was perfect, it was well-written and acted, I couldn't have asked for much more.

I've seen the actor who plays Light in a comedic story in the Jump the Boy series which is on the director's channel on YouTube - he's really, really funny, as you can imagine. I watch it when I'm in a bad mood and it always works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4XqRPfSGlI

Yes, we did watch the same movie. He didn't believe Light, because Light had lied to him several times already.

Light is a prostitute, and he felt cheated on. I don't think the assumption he made was outrageous - he had told him not to go there several times and he had gone back multiple times.

They're the same person - Max is just his English name. If you like him he's in one of the Jump the Boy stories.

I don't think it's going to happen - when there's this much trouble, it never gets resolved, and in any case, the actors can't all just sit around waiting - they have to get different jobs, so they'd have to recast this if they want to make it, etc. I think the chances of it happening are very small, and if it does, it won't be what were were hoping for.

The music in the series isn't bad, there just isn't much of it and the series doesn't center around it. In the anime the string breaking had a lot of symbolism around it that did make sense. You can't really break a new string by dropping a guitar either, unless you drop it off a building or onto a chainsaw, or are using the wrong string, which is unlikely in this case - it just seemed random in the series and not properly set up.

The singer on the drama is fine, but not all that great IMO. The amount of autotune he uses hurts my brain, but we'll see how it goes next ep. So far it hasn't moved me like the anime did.

Anyway, this shouldn't have been done in such a short format - it would have been far superior if they'd done it in 12 eps instead of just 6.

Their plan is to do an international release in January. That makes no sense to me, because by then fansubs like for Ep 1 & 2 will be created and we'll all have watched pirated eps. I don't get it.

https://beta.crunchyroll.com/series/GRG5WWD4R/given

It's really good.

It's really high quality - the cinematographer and direction are wonderful. Note in the scene where Valen is trying to help Khaitoon with his wound, the camera very subtly pans in on K, which manages to communicate his changing views on Valen - and then they mirror that later in the ep by panning out, with the same effect. I'm really pleasantly surprised by this.

I was not surprised at all that Khaitoon cut himself on the shards, because it's a BL and nobody can go anywhere near any sharp object without injury.

Aaaand once again a BL character is unable to go anywhere near a sharp object without cutting himself. That's getting old.

But otherwise, I'm liking this. Pak is so cute, how can you not? This is quite different than the usual dynamic - they don't appear to be pigeonholed into artificial seme & uke roles, which is refreshing. And even if they later do, this time the uke is very capable and the seme is totally useless. Or do you think they'd actually make the seme much smaller and shorter than the uke? That would be a nice change.

Anyway, this series is a pleasant surprise - but they're out of the minds not to subtitle it - we have no choice but to participate in piracy (well, we could wait six months, but... yeah, no.) when they could be earning money. They didn't even really promote this - what gives?

Oh. Well, that does explain it.

I just finished the anime, and holy sh#$, that ending... There's no way they can cover all that, so I assume this will end with the concert. It will take at least another season to resolve this story.

Ohhh, I see - I must have been tired to miss that. Yes, that was actually upsetting to me.

Regarding Ep 3, I think this was actually condemning victim shaming, not endorsing it. The pressure on him to come forward and the consequences of it getting out is what drove him to that decision. That was underscored by what he said to Marco before he hung up. I think the point WAS that it's up to the victim to decide if and when he'll come forward.

I'm not sure how realistic it was that he became ready overnight because of a good f@#$, but then it was Marco. That would make me feel a lot better about life in general, too.

While I think that was a flaw, I forgive it given there's only 6 eps - you'd need a whole season just to cover Bas' healing process in a realistic way.

I watched most of it last night and will finish today (S1). The story makes much more sense, and the creators paid much more attention to the authenticity of the music and musicians, which the BL doesn't seem to care about, even though it's central to the story.

I may be more annoyed than most people because I have a music degree. And also I can get grumpy at times. You'd probably never guess that about me.

Last night I watched most of the first season - I'll probably finish it today. The story makes much more sense, and the creators really paid attention to music and how musicians do things. The BL doesn't seem to care about that, even though it's so central to the story. Like the broken string scene worked really well in the Anime and made a lot more sense.

I'm probably more annoyed by that than most people because I have a music degree.

It's not always money they're investing. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. :)