mylovelymauve

One of the best BLs of 2025, next to "School Trip". This series unifies so many different genres in a good way, I like Kataoka's self-irony and Odajimas reserved attitude. I can feel the development of the connection between the two!
Maybe my only complaint, I'd wished that the series had had more episodes, the interaction between them was fabulous and heartwarming!

I had high hopes for this series, but unlike others, I wasn't too fond it. It was okay, a good watch, but something was lacking. While others were complaing that it is strange that Chiaki didn't recognize his own idol, for me it wasn't such a big issue, it is fiction afterall. BUT: my main problem is: For me personally there wasn't a real connection between the main leads, I didn't feel it. The premise of this show was there, but there was no true development.
So all in all, an okay show, but for me no real reason to rewatch.

I would recommend to wait ... or else to wait a WHOLE week for the last episodes will be torture! 😂😅 😂😅 --- No serious, watch it! SO good and heartwarming!

I am re-reading it myself. Here:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/403211882-school-trip-joined-a-group-i%27m-not-close-to?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=scissorsistaah

We are obsessed with the series like Watari is with Hioki! 😂😂😂

This series has so many layers and subtle indications, scenes that you only understand later when the episodes progress.
The very first scene of ep 1 - one can only understand when watching ep 7. It is the crucial scene where Watari borrows his pen to this girl - and moments later for the first time Hioki's and Watarai's eyes meet. At this moment Hioki gets aware of Watarai's kindness. It all starts at THIS moment. Hioki tells his friends his impression and by chance Watari overhears this.
And in the first episodes one believes that Hioki is rather the one having no friends and being lonely whereas it is actually Watari who feels so.
And there are so many other subtle things that I adore about this series.
So many cliches, and yet full of depth and at the same time warm-heartening.

Same! I watch all kinds of Japanese series, but love BL the most! What I am doing right now while waiting for Sunday is rewatching all 7 eps! 😂😂😂 Like I have rewatched them in the last weeks countless times!😂😂😂

I feel the same and I am normally NOT this kind of person! Usually I move on to the next series, but I will truly miss this one. My hope is: that there will be a second season!

Absolutely beautiful what you observed concerning the gossip scene! So true! And that's what i like about this series ... step by step, moments that we have seen in earlier episodes make now so much more sense. And I absolutely agree that Watari was actually the more lonesome person, not Hioki who is much more sociable and doesn't bother too much about what others say.
Such a wonderful series with all the little pearls ... !

If you are looking for wholesome BLs I can recommend you "My love mix-up", "Dining Table", "Minato's Laundromat"! These are my faves BL, now along with "School trip"! But there are many more Japanese BLs that are beautiful!

Same here! Read the novel also and I love how close the series is to it. The story itself is nothing groundbreaking, but the way it was written and directed is simply beautiful. It has so much rewatch value (what often other series doesn't have). This show will be among my faves next to my most loved BL series as "Dining table".

I am usually the same, I don't like flashbacks at all, but I LOVED this one here! All the ties get together, we get to know Wataris perspective and his shy side which I adore. Usually flashbacks are ONLY flashbacks, but the structure here that they choose is wonderful as they filled the flashbacks with new scenes that we didn''t know yet. For me it makes sense and because of the flashbacks, the warmth of this series increased.

I am too! 😭

I rewatch it several times until the next ep is out! 🤣So many little gestures, glances that I love about it!

All the series you mentioned are ones that I truly love, especially "Our dining table" (such a lovely flair) and "Minato"! I am also looking forward to "C. Playlover"!

Loved how this episode gave us the answers how these four got together as a group and friends and how Watari became interested in Hioki. Because of this, I started to love this storyline even more! It was adorable how Nakazaki kind of built this frienship between the four! Such a shiny and friendly figure!
So actually Hioki's small gesture about Watarai's kindness started this story, then he fell harder than anyone could even imagine.
Gosh, only three more eps left ... since there is a second part of the novel where Hioki and Watarai date, I simply hope that there will be a second season. LOVE these 5 guys!

That sums it up perfectly! Thank you!

I watched the whole scene again and the translation is quite on point. I would say! Nothing got lost here! I think that Hioki understood that "not a regular friend" as "best friend" while of course Watari meant something different inside, but didn't want to push forward too much yet.

There comes a point where discussion is pointless. If someone thinks their opinion is the center of the universe and dismisses all other viewpoints, then he/she should be allowed to believe that. he/she probably thinks everyone who likes this show is shallow. I love sophisticated films and literature, yet I still enjoy shows like "School Trip." My motto is: to each their own! I have no objection to criticism, but imposing an opinion on others or calling them more or less stupid demonstrates a false sense of self-importance. So just try to ignore him/her! I will do so! ;)

Oh! Thank you so much for the hint!