Noel

okay, thanks for your reply!

I'm considering starting this, but can anyone tell me about the romance so far? Because I'm worried I'm gonna think the romance is too fast/insta love, since I saw a gif on tumblr of Wayu already giggling and kicking his feet over Krit in ep 1 or 2, so I was like "aren't they moving a bit fast..." (I prefer slowburn). But maybe it's just attraction/infatuation so far in the show? which is fine.

How about you learn about media in other cultures instead of complaining and forcing your Western lens on other cultures. Plenty of romance shows in Japan, whether gay or straight, don't have any kissing scenes, and that doesn't make them any less romantic. Weird of you to think that people can only tell a queer story if it includes physicality, like what about gay asexuals for example? How ignorant that just because someone who is in love/a couple doesn't behave the way you see as normal, then suddenly that's wrong. Also, it's not a movie, it's a series.

That was the initial vibe I got but the synopsis calls it a romance.

Silent, The Way of the Househusband, Umi no Hajimari, to mention a few. Also, why are you making so many assumptions only based on a trailer? Why would they spoil a kiss scene in a trailer?

What a weird and harmful take. What about gay asexuals? Gay people who are sex repulsed? Are they suddenly not queer anymore?

It happens often in hetero series in Japan. Maybe learn about other cultures instead of only looking at the world through a Western lens.

The official synopsis under the trailer on Youtube literally says it's a romance between two men.

The official synopsis says it's a romance between two men. Idk how much clearer they can get.

Idk where you're getting that from when the official synopsis literally says it's a romance between two men.

the synopsis calls it a romance between two men.

many people do call this one a BL though? but the reason why it's not called that by the production/Netflix is probably just because they don't want it to be put in a box, they probably want people to go into it with an open mind, maybe even having the love story aspect be a surprise to some people, which I think is kinda cool. There are also some people who think the BL label can only be used for romance shows centered on the romance, whereas I feel like this one is more about their individual lives and struggles as well, so maybe by calling it a BL, people would go into it with wrong expectations. I agree though, that way too many BL fans care too much about kissing and sex scenes.

In the dating show, Love (X), they all had to reveal their sexuality in the 2nd last episode.

Junsu? He is, but what does his sexuality have to do with him acting in a BL?

Is it stated how old he is/what year he's in?

They should have only cast people who were bi/pan/fluid, this whole "everyone's sexuality is a secret" thing was bullshit. It confused people, made some people scared to confess and made other people not even consider the possibility of certain people liking them. Dating shows are hard and confusing enough for the contestants without this added.

honestly, time going into so much detail about his sad backstory to sunny who he barely knows made me kinda feel like he was trauma dumping... (unless the production asked him to do it)

tod - 35, time - 29, junsu - 25, namnung - 20, matheus - 24. those are the only ones we know, i think.

i'm definitely enjoying the show, it's entertaining and i like the contestants. however, the unequal screentime is insane. we're on ep 7 and yet i know nothing about mill, joy, asse or cherry. haven't seen much about frame, junsu or kong either, it's literally all focused on namnung, sunny, time, tod (and a bit of matheus). we've never heard about who mill likes, but suddenly last episode they made it seem like she likes tod, out of nowhere? and what's going on with joy, did her interest switch from mill to sunny? cherry and asse are interested in each other, but do they ever talk? because we haven't seen it. what happened with cherry and frame? they seemed interested in each other, but then since then it's only been frame/junsu with no explanation and now they're just besties? idk, i kinda feel like this show should have had at least 12 episodes and they should be able to use their sea shells more easily to buy dates, so we could see various people/ships go on dates.

yeah i've skipped all the commentary from them since like ep 3 because he annoys me, all his comments about how he wants to see the women together, ew.