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30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii Episode 5
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I am adoring the direction this show seems to be taking, this is really what I needed right now. I had low expectations but this kind of slow, wholesome show is very healing to me.A bit lower of a rating this time cause this specific ep had a lot of tropes that are just... not that interesting to me at this point. Also a notable lack of Fujisaki u_u
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30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii Episode 4
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Do I have another favorite character in this show??? Really??? Four now???I don't make a habit of this but I definitely gave this episode a biased rating just because of Fujisaki's character. I've never seen anything like that in a drama before! I'm just so!!! Thrilled!!! To see that!!! I don't care if she's ace or aro or neither it's just seeing that it's not necessary to be fully focused on romance and living a happy life is so refreshing! Small tangent but I've been thinking recently how needlessly scary the possibility of being aro is just because society presents, again and again, the idea that we can only truly be happy through romantic love. It's great to see someone who doesn't think that way here. Idk where the plot and her character are going to go but I hope they keep up this narrative!
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30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii Episode 3
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Wow these two are so precious. Both of them! Kurosawa is so worried about and considerate of Adachi's feelings and Adachi is doing his very best with this doubly unknown territory (a one-sided crush + magic). The very end kinda threw me cause I'm not sure I agree with the conclusion Kurosawa drew there but also... I dunno, it's not anything horrible, I think it's realistic and natural. Anyway, still loving and adoring this show and excited for more!
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30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii Episode 2
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Another precious episode, I'm living for this show now. My only regret is not waiting to watch until it's fully released because the wait between episodes is going to be painful lol
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The acting is just outstanding, it's very rare for me to get so immersed in a show that I can't spot little things that are "off," but I can't do that with this one even when I try. Especially Oh-aew's actor. I don't know if I've ever seen so much emotion conveyed through subtle gestures before. It's what's needed for a quieter character, I think.At one point while I was watching this episode I was so thrilled with the way the story is going that I teared up. I am delighted by this show, more and more with each episode. The first ep was a bit stressful, the 2nd less so, and the 3rd has had such a profoundly calming effect on me! The music is nice and the sets have nice coloring/lighting to add to the atmosphere.Oh-aew's voice is so freaking soothing, so soft, I sometimes replay his lines just to hear him speak a little bit more. The hammock scene was pure bliss. Everything about it, I mean-- I watched it at least five times.I loved the scene where Teh's in his room (I think?) and being all weird cause he's stressed/confused cause that's... extremely real and relatable and I've never seen it portrayed so accurately before. I love him for being both an overthinker and also extremely chaotic.The very end of this episode was sad but... it felt real. It felt like a reasonable progression to me, based on what I've seen of these two so far. I like the pacing so far. It's going to be extremely painful waiting a week for another episode!
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Nothing wrong with it - just super short, I haven't gotten a read on whether or not I'll enjoy the show yet from this first episode.
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This show is just so slow. I liked this episode better than the last but so very little progress gets made in every episode. I like Waan a lot, so I do think I'll keep watching for him. I'm intrigued to see where Pure's story will go as well. There were some cute scenes in this episode. I cracked up when they were in the tent and Waan was stuck in the middle. Looks like next episode will be some more slow progress, so I can't say I'm super excited about that but I will probably keep watching.
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One of the things that threw me for a loop was the disconnect between Oh-aew as a kid vs as a teenager. I found his lack of passion as a kid really relatable, which may have made his older self, who seems to take everything very seriously, even harder to swallow for me. I realized in this episode that his lack of confidence in his scholastic abilities have been affecting the way he acts in a big way, and that's helped me reconcile the gap I was seeing between his younger and current self. I'm not sure if this makes sense to anyone else, but either way, it was a joy to watch him gain some confidence and start to smile more this episode! I've been waiting to see the bond between Teh and Oh-aew kind of come back to life from childhood, and it was really a treat to watch them picking up on each others' nuances again. Teh's jealousy (and along with that, his confusion) feels realistic and extremely well done, in terms of acting. The interactions with their friends are very interesting - Teh has more friends than Oh-aew, while Oh-aew has formed deeper friendships. I've never seen a bl address friendship in such an in-depth way before, and I think we can view Teh and Oh-aew as foils in this way. When they stopped being friends, they lost the peer they were most intimate with and responded to it in different ways. Teh kept a subtle distance between himself and any friends he made, and he made friends easily because part of that distance was made by not caring. On the other hand, upon losing a friend and feeling hurt, Oh-aew turned to his other friends as a means of healing, consequently increasing the intimacy of those relationships. I was so thrilled that Teh actually talked to Oh-aew about how he was feeling-- I mean, good communication in a bl??? Unheard of. Delicious.I had a feeling there was something between Oh-aew and Bas!!! But I wasn't sure if it was just a me thing!!! I'm so glad they went there!!! I'm so thrilled with Teh's reaction!!! That whole conversation was so adorable I was smiling ear to ear. And then the lunch thing! Oh-aew being the definition of panicked gay was wonderful.I'm coming to realize that one of the best things about this show has been the nuance of the characters. I am delighted by their complexities: the way Oh-aew hesitates to go after what he wants in conflict with Teh's go-getter attitude, and the flip side of that, Oh-aew has a soft and kind heart while Teh has a tendency to be deliberately cruel when things don't go his way, just the same as when he was a kid. Teh is great at studying for school, but not so well versed in his own emotions. They don't fit into the boxes that we've come to expect with bl dramas, the really extreme, opposites attract characters. Nothing against those characters, but this approach is very intriguing to me. It actually made me nervous in the first episode, because although I think these characters are more realistic to life, the lack of clearcut lines between characters had me feeling like they lacked personality/consistency. As I watch more of the series, I feel more confident in the writers' capabilities and I'm realizing that placing the characters in somewhat of a grey space was wonderfully deliberate.Also of note: I quite like the soundtrack! Every episode feels like a movie and I think the soundtrack really adds a lot to the atmosphere of each scene.Okay that's enough rambling that no one will ever read. Peace X
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We're back on track this episode. None of the adults can be trusted, the kids are learning to mend what was broken and work together again, but the adults are doing everything they can to hinder every step of progress they make. Some favorite moments from this episode: Pang and Wave still having a tight friendship, Ohm trying to protect Pang even though they were fighting, and every single scene with Punn because even though his character is frustrating, Gun's acting is just outstanding. I really loved the talk Punn and Claire had, I've never seen a show deal with young love in such a mature way before (though I do wish they'd expressed the ways Claire has changed more clearly).I do wish they had gone more in-depth regarding the fight Pang and Wave had, rather than just saying Wave got over his anger - I feel like that may have been something they planned to expand on but had to cut due to the lack of episodes.Very happy with this episode overall and excited for next week's show!
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I understand there needs to be something causing conflict but honestly... Itt's being a little too difficult/stupid for me to believe right now. This feels like the same thing that happened in the previous episode, which doesn't make sense because their relationship should be stronger now that they've been through conflict and resolved it. In a way, this whole episode undermines what they've been through in the past, exposing that the character growth the viewers thought they were seeing was really just an illusion. Beyond that, it's insane to me that even Itt's best friend sees that Pai is a good guy and Itt just chooses to stay blind. And the earring thing! Very frustrating to me that Pai doesn't just explain why it's important to him, and that Itt doesn't have any idea what's going on. I guess they're going to resolve this whole thing through jealousy or something from the new character who was introduced briefly - I find him intriguing but I think he's just going to be used as a plot device to get the two main characters together. I am still looking forward to next week's episode but this one was a bit of an unnecessary downer, in my opinion.
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Basically just one big flashback under the guise of a story told in the present - not the most creative way to give backstory, and it worries me that Supot might be forgiven for his horrific actions just because he had a difficult past. If I'm allowed to be biased, I also just miss my Gifted class children. I give this episode a significantly lower rating than I would give any other episode so far because it just felt like an unnecessary information dump to make us sympathize with a villain. I find the parallels they're building between Pang's group and Supot's to be moderately interesting, but not enough to make up for the time spent on the past - unless they do something unexpected with this information in future episodes, I'm can't say I am impressed with episode 8.
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I'm torn between dropping it and just skipping all of the doctor/Khem/Khim scenes. They're getting more and more painful to watch and I am just so extremely uncomfortable with that whole storyline. Besides that, the fight scenes are extremely poorly done it's almost laughable. I still like Phu/Kao quite a bit, and Gui/Solo is cute, although I feel their story is falling a bit flat for me at this point. This show might not be my cup of tea - or hot milk (lol I'll see myself out now).
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Maybe it's because I watched and unofficial translation (that's all I could find) but my main issue with this show so far is that it's a bit difficult for me to follow what's going on and, more often, it's hard to track the passage of time. That said! This is super promising. I find the two main characters to be very intriguing and the story seems about as original as it gets. No issues with the acting so far, and I've enjoyed the scenes with some of the side characters as well. Very excited to see where this goes!
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Singto is a really good actor, I was totally wrapped up in the show this episode - some of the dramatics from previous episodes were toned down so this was more my style, as much as I have enjoyed the previous episodes. There were a lot of cute moments! Also the casting for the kid corresponding with Singto's character was spot on which made me smile. I think they flashbacks were well done and the story flowed very smoothly. Love this episode!
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I really loved Wes's apology, I was worried his character would end up being 2 dimensional and was very pleased with his character development. Same with Terrence! And Pearl is still one of my favorites, of course. She's so good. Now onto some of my favorite moments:"We're fighting because you refuse to understand my point." I can't believe how much this scene hurt me, how painful it was to watch the boys going through this. I thought the masks would make acting the emotion out more difficult but it didn't hinder it at all."Just turn me into a robot and make me say what you want to hear." This is what happens when two people are hurting. It makes every problem so much harder to solve."I thought that if we met, we'd be able to solve all our issues." This, to me, was the most beautifully delivered line. Cai sounded so genuine, "Leave the world out of this, son." Oh I freaking adore Cai's mom she's so precious. When Cai asked if she and his father communicated via letter and she got offended - I loved that."You really need to make an effort. You need to nurture your love for each other every day." As someone in an unconventional long-distance relationship, this one hit home.Underrated moment probably but the Cai + Pearl hug was healing.I'm completely satisfied with this series. Zero complaints!
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