I was deeply puzzled by this utterly disjointed series, a bizarre amalgam of truly disparate elements. There was a gruesome mystery story, utterly vile, really, about murdered children, good grief. A story about a ... "bakery" which wasn't a bakery at all, but a café where hardly any pretence was made of baking anything. There was a story about a father and daughter. Another one about a family detective agency. A gay character who did all kinds of utterly weird un-gay things and was in reality scared of women - not a lover of men. Then there was a tangle of storylines around the owner of the café. Oh yes, and a dramatic sentimental saga about a young boxer. And so on.

But worst of all, there were really disturbing, repellent items which it's hard to forget. Clearly I should have stopped watching. This is not a spoiler, so I can mention these elements again here. First, the story of the murdered children. Truly horrible. Not comic. Utterly gruesome. Next, the repeated depiction of young children as players in some sort of heterosexual romance - the "first love" of one's life, etc. Again, no no no. Kids of that age should not be portrayed as engaged in adult romantic relationships. Finally, worst of all, the message that a crazy fear of women is what makes a man gay! Does Singto, who has given us some other gay roles, really believe this - that a gay man is only interested in men because he has a pathological terror of women?

Absolutely, this is not a BL. No way. But that has nothing to do with my reservations. They are exactly as stated above.