it's not a BL, it's a trap

I just wanted to say that's more like bromance /queer baiting (I am not really a fan of that kind of moves, advertising it in a "gay" way is just distasteful and it is lying in the end, so fans please stop) than a BL so I have no idea why people are saying that's A REALLY GOOD JAPANESE BL, it IS NOT. It is a nice.... Investigation series? If you're into detective work, secrets and some action it's for you. It's nicely done, scenes are pretty pleasing to the eye and camera work is also good. It could be better, but it's also quite long for a BL (most of BL are like 20-5minutes per episode) but short for non-queer series (only 10epidodes). Actors were the best asset to this series. I really liked Ichiro and Shiro together and Rion was a very powerful character, I enjoyed her. The story was.... Kind of messy? Some things were unnecessary (repetition of some scenes) and some scenes were too short making it choppy looking. Maybe I'm not a big fan of Japanese BLs and the ones I enjoyed you can count on one hand……. But this just feels improper. In addition, even the people I know who studied Japanese culture or kept an eye on it for years and know a lot about 'how Japan works' said that the Japanese just love keeping the bromance and calling it a BL just to attract more people, but still keeping it… straight, to not disgust others. I'm not sure what else can I say about this series, it bored me after some time, I couldn't focus at the end .. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad drama, it's good. Although it's a bad BL.

('cos it's just bromance)

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