Pam breaking up with Kawi and confessing to Dokrak were both incredible scenes, but why did they take place in such public uncomfortable places? At least the confession scene could have been on a quieter street or something (T-T) Still GL of the year tho, love them.
Hats off for writing so many novels, and for all she has done for Thai GL. The same tropes she uses were very common when BL was just starting out as well and it took a while before we got BLs with different themes, so I can somewhat understand why her novels were amongst the first to get published.... but by the grace of Subaru, can we please get GLs by a different writer ๐ญ even MAME doesn't have a monopoly this large. Also PLEASE can we have some tomboys, how is Chao Planoy literally a tomboy herself but none of her works feature tomboys as main characters ๐ญ๐ญ
Well, I haven't watched it for one, but the reason I ask is mainly because even if there aren't any indicative tags, some of the promotional shots have a certain vibe to them that made me curious, so I was looking for a second opinion. Gosh, I feel old.
Can someone please get GMMTV to stop deleting the original pilot trailers off of youtube ๐ญ. I get that they want you to watch the 'proper' trailer but like, that's precious gay history right there.
I'm not entirely convinced by the casting for Fuma... Asahi has this calm-and-mature vibe to him instead of the himbo vibe I'd expect from Fuma, besides he looks almost tiny next to Shoma... guess we'll see...
The way he applies his lipbalm (holding it like a pen, tracing his lips one by one instead of smearing it over both simultaneously mouth pressed closed while holdingnit like a dagger) and how often he applies lip is a conscious choice made by the filmmakers.
I assume it's a form of queercoding, a subtle 'effeminate' habit that hints to us the viewers (as well as to Juyeong) that he might not be your average masc heterosexual guy.
This isn't to say that I think straight guys can't apply lipbalm in a normal way and have to perform some form of fabricated masculinity, but it is what most of them do (because having similar mannerism to a woman applying lipstick is something misogyny asks men to stay away from).
Going against that gendered cultural norm (in the 2000s, any type of grooming really), implies gender-non-conformity. This gender-non-conformity in mannerisms implies he might also be gender-non-conforming in other ways (such as deviation from heterosexuality).
I went through the first 12 episodes quite fluidly but it took me months to watch episode 16 and 17. I wanted to watch the orginal cdrama after this, but the idea of 35 more episodes of this is not encouraging.
Overall I do feel like there are some small decrases in quality compared to season 1, if only because the camera looks cheaper but also because as much as Nagumo is a sweetheart, having entire episodes be about her felt slightly disappointing. Still it was priceless to see Yuki and Kasuga's relationship develop. I hear the complaint of them speaking too formally to each other a lot and I have to agree, at some point you really wonder how many more "ใใใงใใใญ๏ผ" you can stand, but I'm afraid I can't so much blame the series or writers as much as Japan is to blame for having very formal culture. I would tease them for the dead fish kiss, but frankly, kissing anither woman for the first time in your 30s sounds hard, so I'm cutting some slack.
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Still GL of the year tho, love them.
I assume it's a form of queercoding, a subtle 'effeminate' habit that hints to us the viewers (as well as to Juyeong) that he might not be your average masc heterosexual guy.
This isn't to say that I think straight guys can't apply lipbalm in a normal way and have to perform some form of fabricated masculinity, but it is what most of them do (because having similar mannerism to a woman applying lipstick is something misogyny asks men to stay away from).
Going against that gendered cultural norm (in the 2000s, any type of grooming really), implies gender-non-conformity. This gender-non-conformity in mannerisms implies he might also be gender-non-conforming in other ways (such as deviation from heterosexuality).
It's still a 10/10 for me.