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I'm quite confused after episode 5. Too much focus on secondary stories and support characters. The relationship between Masumi and Ritsu isn't evolving, and it seems episode 6 won't be much different neither. There is really too much importance given to Yuma. It's disappointing, even more because the production and the actors are really good and episode 1 was so interesting.

Too bad, they must have already removed the first ones because there is only few recent ones. Didn't thought to check Dailymotion sooner. Thank you anyway !

And a new Kamen Rider as a main role for a BL. ^^ They should make a special Kamen Rider movie on this theme haha.

Ok, thank you for the information. ;) It's confusing though based on how they promote the drama. It looks like they are both main leads.

Kim Young Kwang and Lee Sung Kyung are simply amazing in this drama. With only two episodes they have me totally hooked despite their characters being depressive and this story almost not bringing any ray of light. I'm all in for this kind of dramas.

As the first adaptation since the manga series is finished, I can't wait to watch this. This is, by far, one of the most original fictional and historical stories ever made.

If anybody have links to watch it, no subs needed, it would be great. :)

Interesting start, quite good, even though it's weird the fact that Ritsu kept hidden so long that he didn't remember Fumiya and so much things, even though he said that he thought his memory would come back later. It bothered me a little throughout the episode. But I guess the next ones will be even better. And really impressed by Suzuki Kosuke here, really looking forward to the next episodes.

Shirahama Yuto is not a support role though. Akaso Eiji's character is a main too with Yamada Yuki.

So glad to see him back as a main character for a 50 episodes drama. Looking forward to it !

Yes ! The return of Jung Eui Jae, as a main character, for 50 episodes ! So nice.

I totally agree with you, and that's probably why it bothers me a little. ^^ As their intimacy is really great in some aspects, I feel that something like the cheek kiss scene, for example, is too much and not really coherent. I still love it a lot as I wrote, it doesn't change the pleasure I have to watch this great drama. ;)

Yes that's true, I love it too. And that's the reason I'm a little bit bother by some elements. Considering this good aspects of their relationship, some others don't seem totally coherent for me. But I still love it a lot like as I wrote, so far it's a 10/10 like season 1 for me. ;)

I agree with you, and that's actually the reason I'm a little bit bother by some aspects of it. Considering the (good) evolution of their relationship, I found something like the cheek kiss scene kind of out of place, for example.

Probably, yes. However, when it comes to intimacy for me it's much more than explicit scenes actually. It's all the little gestures, words and tenderness between people, not just Sou resting his head on Kazunari's thighs. ^^ As some people wrote, it's true that in that aspect, it's lacking considering the time passed together since season 1.

Episode 3 got me a little bit confused at first on the direction of the drama, but still, it's so interesting and very good. Definitely not for the usual teenage girls BL audience but me I'm all for it. Japan productions really don't disappoint for their originality, awkwardness and rawness stories.

I still love it as much as the first episode and the first season, in a way, even more, as we can see the development of both characters and their relationship, but there is a "but".
They are young men in their twenties, living together, for at least a couple of years now, but the level of intimacy that is shown between them is way too low. The "failed cheek kiss" scene was too exaggerated for me. Of course the characters are awkward, of course it's Japan, but even so, you cannot not expect more intimacy between two young lovers who have been leaving together for so long. If the shirtless bed scene in episode 1 was only a fan bait, it's a little bit disappointing, because this way the story lacks realism, which it had so far for me.

The trailer is a little bit weird. No other people than the two main characters are seen. But still, the historical set up makes me want to watch a Thaï BL for the first time since a long time.

Just so good ! It's perfect. If the others episodes are as good as the first one, it will be a rare season 2 not disappointing at all. Looking forward to the next episodes so much.

I think my comment is clear enough to understand that I don't like it in sageuk. I'm not referring to cross-dressing as a whole, and I don't see the link with chauvinism on that.
For me it ruins the sageuk stories. It hasn't always been the case, first sageuk dramas using that were okay. "Empress Ki" is one of them, and it is my favourite drama. But with time passing, this trope in sageuk is becoming really annoying. There is nothing new about it and it is, in my opinion, not even well done.
As I wrote, it is stupid (I maintain the use of that word) and unrealistic, because nobody in his right mind would believe these people cross-dressing in real life. Doesn't matter that it is a women or a man cross-dressing, it is never believable, in a sageuk, that they are a man or a woman. Building a story around that trope when, as a watcher, I don't believe in it even a little bit, is very annoying, because it ruins the whole story that can be good, especially with all the clichés situations that it brings every time.
Of course, people who like that would say that it's a fiction, it doesn't have to be totally realist, etc. Well, different opinions on the subject. Sageuk are for me one of the best historical productions in the world, the realism and respect of History in all the details being extremely well done, even for fictional stories, that's why the poor cross-dressing annoys me that much.
Shakespeare's plays have nothing to do with cross-dressing in sageuk for me. Be it in England or Japan, France, Italy, Ancient Greece, etc, historically, the reasons for cross-dressing in scenic productions are obvious and well-known.