FOR REAL!!! i think people have been taking it too seriously tbh. like sure the writing is far from perfect and…
yeah of course i think it's possible, i just think it's odd that people are putting so much energy into hating on this show specifically when it's very clearly not intended to be taken super seriously. like idk there are shows where the draw is the writing and storytelling but with this i feel like you're just meant to turn off your brain for a bit and have a fun time. for example, i found "tokyo in april is..." to have pretty poor writing, and because it was a show that seemed to be reliant on good writing, it fell flat for me. with this, even though the writing is equally bad, i feel like the story is not as important as the characters, humor, and chemistry, which all work for me, so i enjoy it more than the former. for me personally, i would take an entertaining and silly show with poor writing over a serious and boring show with poor writing , but that's just my opinion. i'm not saying people shouldn't have standards with writing nor am i saying that i don't understand why people don't like minato shouji, but i think it's a little silly to tear apart the writing in this show so hard. it feels like watching a teen comedy and berating it for not having the same level of storytelling as a high production drama film, like you just shouldn't go in expecting the same thing. "bl" itself isn't really a genre on it's own, so i think it makes sense to go into different bls with different expectations and standards depending on the genre.
Why does it seem like I'm one of the only ones who love this series to bits and pieces? Everyone else is frustrated..…
FOR REAL!!! i think people have been taking it too seriously tbh. like sure the writing is far from perfect and the plot does get pretty silly at times, but i think the main goal of the series is to just be cute and fun, and in my opinion it definitely is, so i've been really enjoying it!
the special edit box set is supposed to be released in japan this friday, so it should (hopefully) be able to watch in a week or so! (based on how fast eternal was online after the boxset)
Episode 9 was the best one so far. I love the progress Asuka and Shu are making in their relationship, and their…
his cameo has a pretty fun explanation actually, as the actor who plays ren (takamatsu aloha) is an idol in the same jpop group as the actor playing akira (kusakawa takuya)! in the first season a different one of their group's members also had a cameo during akira and shin's date!
THE SCREAM I LET OUT WHEN I SAW NONNIE LIKE I WAS JUMPING AROUND THE ROOM FOR A SOLID 5 MINUTES LIKE BESTIE WHAT ARE YOU DOING HEREEEEE???? i literally have the fattest crush on both nanon and her and i'm very VERY excited to see her in an acting role, ESPECIALLY A GL ROLE??? LIKE WE RLY WINNING
Here we go again:There have been NO "sex scenes" in this series. There have been moments in which it was clearly…
at this point it's clear we just fundamentally disagree and that's fine. i appreciate you saying that you understand why i'm uncomfortable, (that's literally all i was advocating for), and if you're convinced that my reasoning makes me a prude then so be it ig. enjoy your night.
Here we go again:There have been NO "sex scenes" in this series. There have been moments in which it was clearly…
first off, i think it's strange to say you "disagree" with all my points without going over why. i was very specific in my response so i would really genuinely like to hear what parts you disagree with and why, because right now it sounds like you're repeating the same points and asking me the same questions without acknowledging my responses to said questions, so the only thing i can assume from that is that you have nothing to say against the points i made.
i'm going to try to say this one more time. i have no issue with minor actors being shown kissing, but the scene did not just show kissing as you're trying to imply, it showed the two actors taking off their clothes on a bed and getting on top of each other. for me, that starts to cross the line. i'm not sure where you're from, but in my country the age of consent is 18, which i believe makes sense because 14 year olds are at an entirely different stage developmentally, meaning they are not mature enough to properly give consent. because of that, i'm concerned for these actors because they're not at a consenting age, and therefore i don't feel they could have properly consented to participating in the sexual scenes in this drama and may end up regretting later down the line (something that has been a real and serious issue for a lot of former teenage actors, as i mentioned in my earlier comment). as i have repeatedly said, i am aware that nothing that was shown was illegal, but something does not have to be illegal to be uncomfortable.
to answer your question, although the scene does not match my personal morals and feelings about what would be right to show for the reasons i just explained, i don't think people who aren't uncomfortable are perverts, nor did i ever say that in any of my responses here. what i do find strange is that a lot of people do not have the empathy to understand WHY myself and a lot of others were uncomfortable. you don't see an issue? that's your opinion and that's totally fine. you thought the scene didn't go far enough to be concerning? also understandable. what's frustrating is being called a self-hating prude for saying that a scene involving two minors made me uncomfortable, ESPECIALLY when i've written three extremely lengthy comments already explaining exactly why it made me uncomfortable.
Here we go again:There have been NO "sex scenes" in this series. There have been moments in which it was clearly…
your comment came off to me as condescending and snarkish, but if that's not what you intended than my apologies for assuming you were upset. that being said, i'm frustrated that you're refusing to respond to any of the several points i made in my response and continuing to speak down to me with the same condescending tone used in your original comment.
first off, i completely agree that sex is an extremely important part of life and its portrayal in media is important. you'll notice in my original comment AND my response that i never mentioned being upset or uncomfortable with the sexual scenes involving the two ADULT leads. that's because i'm aware that their sexual relationship is a big part of the story and that it makes sense to depict that. i didn't mention it in my original comment, but i actually find that one of this drama's strongest points is how it handles the sex scenes, which i believe are done in a really tasteful way.
the uncomfortable part about it for me is not the sex itself, it's that said sexual scenes are portrayed by minors. i'm not sure if you read the rest of my response seeing as you didn't actually respond to any of the points i made, but i am not arguing that teenagers having sex is abnormal or wrong, nor am i arguing that the portrayal in the show went far enough to be considered illegal. what i'm saying is that i found it uncomfortable to watch 14 year old actors in those scenes. i feel like they could've implied what had happened without showing as much as they did, or alternatively use 18+ aged actors who look younger and shoot the scene the same way. either way i think the impact would've ultimately been the same. whether or not you consider them child actors, there are several examples i can think of of former teen actors who have come out to say that they felt they were too young to be shooting scenes like the one here when they were teenagers, and these are actors closer to 16-17 as opposed to the ones here who are only 14. the british drama "skins" is a prime example.
your argument that "some things are supposed to make you uncomfortable is irrelevant here. i also enjoy media that makes me disturbed because it makes me think harder about the plot. the difference here is that i do not believe this scene is intended to make the viewer uncomfortable, and clearly you agree as you yourself are comfortable with the scene and have continually argued that my being uncomfortable is an overreaction. i was uncomfortable because of my own morals regarding minors, not because the show was trying to "challenge" me.
again, yes i will finish the drama for all the points i made in my previous response that you have not acknowledged. if you respond again please listen to the points i'm making instead of using strawman arguments.
just don't watch it if you don't like it, i honestly don't understand ppl who complain a lot about shows that…
that's the thing though, i HAVEN'T made up my opinion because i haven't seen the show in it's entirety! despite not enjoying it so far, i want to complete it so that i can critique it in full, and as i said in my first comment, i actually enjoyed the first few episodes and would like to be optimistic that i could enjoy the ending as well despite not enjoying the middle. i think being critical of something and still choosing to watch it in full in order to understand the full context of what you're watching is fair.
Here we go again:There have been NO "sex scenes" in this series. There have been moments in which it was clearly…
like i said in my original comment, i was interested in the live action because i liked the chemistry of the characters from the first two episodes and thought they could expand on the story in an interesting way that the manga imo didn't. i continued the manga for the same reason, because despite my issues with it, i wanted to see how the story ended. there have been several pieces of media that i disliked throughout the majority of its run, but its finale was still nice and enjoyable. to an extent, i did enjoy the ending of the manga despite not enjoying the rest, so i wanted to see that same ending play out in the drama.
i am well aware that teenagers engage in sexual activity, and i am also aware of the fact that there are no fully explicit scenes in this show, if there had been, then yes i would've dropped it altogether. like i said in my comment, i, like several others in this comment section, was personally uncomfortable with those scenes! had they gone any further than they did, i would've left, but as both of us agree, they didn't get to that point. to answer your question i have no issue with seeing teenagers kiss on screen, but in my mind there is a significant difference between kissing on screen and showing two 14 year olds seemingly naked in bed with the implication of sex. again, i do not think there was anything criminal about what they did in the show, but it was uncomfortable for me as someone not much older than the characters themselves. in the manga i skipped over the graphic scenes. because again, uncomfortable for me personally. it's the same way i would critique a show like euphoria for having graphic scenes of characters that are meant to be high schoolers, the actors are of age, it's just that the need to show such young people in sexual contexts is strange to me, just like how although the manga is just drawings and words, the sexualization of minor characters is off putting.
i'm confused why you're upset at me for watching something that i have critiques with? media is meant to be consumed and people are meant to have opinions about it, positive or negative. although i don't enjoy most aspects of the show, there are parts i enjoyed that i think are worth seeing it through for. i don't really get why its that out of the ordinary in your mind for someone to finish a show they have problems with. like i said, i want to finish because i've already come this far, and i want to be able to finish my thoughts on the show by finishing it in it's entirety. as of now, my thoughts are mostly negative, and my assumption as of now is that it will stay that way, but the ending could sway my opinion.
if i wasn't already this close to finishing i would be dropping this tbh. like i read the manga after watching the first two episodes bc it seemed interesting and promising, but it REALLY was not for me at all. i thought the plot was boring and weirdly paced and that it was WAY too focused on sex to the point where if you cut all the sex scenes out the manga would've been like less the half of it's real length. i was holding out hope for the rest of the drama because i felt like they could've used the extra time from cutting a lot of the sex scenes for actual relationship growth between the characters, but they really didn't. also, i am still really uncomfortable with the use of actual child actors (yes, a 14 yr old is still very much a child!) for this particular story. luckily there was only really one scene that was sensual in any way, (unlike the manga, where there are several graphic scenes of the younger characters, something very alarming to me that no one really brings up) but even that felt like too much. the acting is flat, the pacing is bad, and i keep losing interest with every ep. i know this is all pretty harsh, but this drama started out nice and had the opportunity to build on and improve what i consider to be pretty rocky source material, but instead it amplifies all of my problems with the manga. like i said, i will still finish because theres only 2 ep left, but overall this was really disappointing and i wish i skipped it.
watched this on a plane for funzies and can safely say this is one of the strangest movies i have ever seen in my entire life like i don't know what to say lmao
i guess there are mixed reviews for this one so far but i actually really enjoy it! the main criticism i'm seeing is that the leads don't have chemistry, but i honestly really like their relationship so far and think it's developing in a natural and sweet way. the cooking scenes are very relaxing, and it's fun to learn about the different foods! i'm not really sure how they're going to drag out the plot for 12 eps without it getting boring, but so far i think it's really great, so i'm holding out hope that it'll stay that way!
i heard that they were thinking of producing a second season, so if they do i really hope they focus on the time in between ep 6 and ep 7 where they actually get together, bc i feel like it's kind of sad that we were robbed of a proper confession scene
i just read the manwha for the first time and idk if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but the drama is really SOOOO much better like it's not even close. the characters in the manwha feel inconsistent and less thought through, and the story is more dragged out and reliant on overused tropes. my only real criticism of the drama is the slightly rushed ending, but now having read the manwha, which had the same ending with the same pacing despite being far longer, i'm happy they were able to make the ending come off well in the drama at all, bc for some reason i absolutely hated the ending in the manwha. huge props to the showrunners for turning pretty weak source material into a fantastic and memorable drama!!
i'm going to try to say this one more time. i have no issue with minor actors being shown kissing, but the scene did not just show kissing as you're trying to imply, it showed the two actors taking off their clothes on a bed and getting on top of each other. for me, that starts to cross the line. i'm not sure where you're from, but in my country the age of consent is 18, which i believe makes sense because 14 year olds are at an entirely different stage developmentally, meaning they are not mature enough to properly give consent. because of that, i'm concerned for these actors because they're not at a consenting age, and therefore i don't feel they could have properly consented to participating in the sexual scenes in this drama and may end up regretting later down the line (something that has been a real and serious issue for a lot of former teenage actors, as i mentioned in my earlier comment). as i have repeatedly said, i am aware that nothing that was shown was illegal, but something does not have to be illegal to be uncomfortable.
to answer your question, although the scene does not match my personal morals and feelings about what would be right to show for the reasons i just explained, i don't think people who aren't uncomfortable are perverts, nor did i ever say that in any of my responses here. what i do find strange is that a lot of people do not have the empathy to understand WHY myself and a lot of others were uncomfortable. you don't see an issue? that's your opinion and that's totally fine. you thought the scene didn't go far enough to be concerning? also understandable. what's frustrating is being called a self-hating prude for saying that a scene involving two minors made me uncomfortable, ESPECIALLY when i've written three extremely lengthy comments already explaining exactly why it made me uncomfortable.
first off, i completely agree that sex is an extremely important part of life and its portrayal in media is important. you'll notice in my original comment AND my response that i never mentioned being upset or uncomfortable with the sexual scenes involving the two ADULT leads. that's because i'm aware that their sexual relationship is a big part of the story and that it makes sense to depict that. i didn't mention it in my original comment, but i actually find that one of this drama's strongest points is how it handles the sex scenes, which i believe are done in a really tasteful way.
the uncomfortable part about it for me is not the sex itself, it's that said sexual scenes are portrayed by minors. i'm not sure if you read the rest of my response seeing as you didn't actually respond to any of the points i made, but i am not arguing that teenagers having sex is abnormal or wrong, nor am i arguing that the portrayal in the show went far enough to be considered illegal. what i'm saying is that i found it uncomfortable to watch 14 year old actors in those scenes. i feel like they could've implied what had happened without showing as much as they did, or alternatively use 18+ aged actors who look younger and shoot the scene the same way. either way i think the impact would've ultimately been the same. whether or not you consider them child actors, there are several examples i can think of of former teen actors who have come out to say that they felt they were too young to be shooting scenes like the one here when they were teenagers, and these are actors closer to 16-17 as opposed to the ones here who are only 14. the british drama "skins" is a prime example.
your argument that "some things are supposed to make you uncomfortable is irrelevant here. i also enjoy media that makes me disturbed because it makes me think harder about the plot. the difference here is that i do not believe this scene is intended to make the viewer uncomfortable, and clearly you agree as you yourself are comfortable with the scene and have continually argued that my being uncomfortable is an overreaction. i was uncomfortable because of my own morals regarding minors, not because the show was trying to "challenge" me.
again, yes i will finish the drama for all the points i made in my previous response that you have not acknowledged. if you respond again please listen to the points i'm making instead of using strawman arguments.
i am well aware that teenagers engage in sexual activity, and i am also aware of the fact that there are no fully explicit scenes in this show, if there had been, then yes i would've dropped it altogether. like i said in my comment, i, like several others in this comment section, was personally uncomfortable with those scenes! had they gone any further than they did, i would've left, but as both of us agree, they didn't get to that point. to answer your question i have no issue with seeing teenagers kiss on screen, but in my mind there is a significant difference between kissing on screen and showing two 14 year olds seemingly naked in bed with the implication of sex. again, i do not think there was anything criminal about what they did in the show, but it was uncomfortable for me as someone not much older than the characters themselves. in the manga i skipped over the graphic scenes. because again, uncomfortable for me personally. it's the same way i would critique a show like euphoria for having graphic scenes of characters that are meant to be high schoolers, the actors are of age, it's just that the need to show such young people in sexual contexts is strange to me, just like how although the manga is just drawings and words, the sexualization of minor characters is off putting.
i'm confused why you're upset at me for watching something that i have critiques with? media is meant to be consumed and people are meant to have opinions about it, positive or negative. although i don't enjoy most aspects of the show, there are parts i enjoyed that i think are worth seeing it through for. i don't really get why its that out of the ordinary in your mind for someone to finish a show they have problems with. like i said, i want to finish because i've already come this far, and i want to be able to finish my thoughts on the show by finishing it in it's entirety. as of now, my thoughts are mostly negative, and my assumption as of now is that it will stay that way, but the ending could sway my opinion.