It had its strengths! ...I swear
It was a little too cliche. There was nothing new, and it fell in all the same awkward trope/potholes as so many other japanese BL, but what got me through? Good acting. Side and main characters alike. It carried an unimaginative story. I did like the exploration of the difficulties beautiful people face in life.
The best acting? Watari's. He created chemistry that just bounced off the other male lead like a brick wall, buuuuut this isn't the first drama with that - and especially not the first BL (people like their uke's clueless, I guess, but it still wasn't there after he confessed his love as well...)
The MAIN reason I'm reviewing this: I loved that they didn't have a sex scene. I'm allowed to say it. Everyone else can be sad, but you've got all those new BL coming out that are having more and more sex scenes, and more and more explicitness in your sex scenes, so I can enjoy this cute fluffy PG BL to my heart's content and fan the producers with palm fronds, praise them to the high heavans, all that I can in order to thank them profusely. BLs are relying more and more on sex to sell and it's coming at the expense of stories and acting, so I'm going to sit here and bask in this sex scene-less BL for as long as I can.
Also Hitori or whatever his name was was absolutely gorgeous in a dress. Props to him.
The best acting? Watari's. He created chemistry that just bounced off the other male lead like a brick wall, buuuuut this isn't the first drama with that - and especially not the first BL (people like their uke's clueless, I guess, but it still wasn't there after he confessed his love as well...)
The MAIN reason I'm reviewing this: I loved that they didn't have a sex scene. I'm allowed to say it. Everyone else can be sad, but you've got all those new BL coming out that are having more and more sex scenes, and more and more explicitness in your sex scenes, so I can enjoy this cute fluffy PG BL to my heart's content and fan the producers with palm fronds, praise them to the high heavans, all that I can in order to thank them profusely. BLs are relying more and more on sex to sell and it's coming at the expense of stories and acting, so I'm going to sit here and bask in this sex scene-less BL for as long as I can.
Also Hitori or whatever his name was was absolutely gorgeous in a dress. Props to him.
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