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This video really made me see the show in a different light. I thought of it as regular cringe romcom. I try not to take these shows seriously because there's like way too many flaws to get into. But yeah show writers in all genres and countries just aren't able to write deep characters and deep problems, they have to make everything shallow and have a 3rd wheel come and cause problems in relationships, it's such a tiring trope. 😪. Idk why no one ever writes actual good couple content, the good and the bad.

Tbh ep 2 is still the best episode on TV. Oh's crisis with missing home and his feelings about Changing career paths, teh suddenly feeling alone and frustrated because oh isn't with him in his journey anymore, it was just perfect. Thats just how growing up is like. I just didn't like the ending. They should've stayed broken up 😭. Or there should've been another episode where they stay friends for years and then slowly get back together. It was just way too soon. I do think the cheating was handled better than most shows, like we see teh being more and more lonely and not feeling connected to oh aew, but i kinda wish they made oh-aew more gay and more a party animal the way teh complains. Like oh aew is such angel, and the changes are so minuscule that teh's problems feel imagined. Like oh aew should've been bolder and partied more, gone for queer parades have guys hitting on him and loving the attention or whatever. Also for someone who wanted to be an actor and works in advertising i don't really see how he would not like plays or find them difficult and fall asleep, like it's so weird. The show should've ended at episode 2 or something 😭. Also their costuming, i felt teh was dressed too mature for a college kid, they made him look 30 sometimes. Which was weird.

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I found out about this drama while watching your other video about gay-representation in k-drama two months ago. Thank you so much! Omg it was so hard for me to find the episodes. I just finished watching them all last night. The many times I cried watching this drama...the most I cried for a tv show. Not only did the writer criticise the protection of queer people in South Korea, she also calls out all the useless conservative values like the order of marriage, superstition, etc. So even though this drama is known for its gay couple characters, it also looks to me like a story of a very conservative big family slowly unlearning these useless strict values of their ancestors. Thank you so much!

I don’t remember it being this funny, I laughed a lot thank u 😂❤

I'm going through your channel like a rabbit hole, so please don't mind me lol. Watching life is beautiful is going to be a lot of work for me. Not only because it's 63 episodes long, but because I will crumble at parents who worry how their child is going to live instead of being ashamed at what other's might think of their child on the matter of being gay. That sort of unconditional love even while not understanding or being prejudiced is something that breaks me apart without fail.

This movie is one of my favourites (cause I love queer Taiwanese movies anyway) but it’s the melodramatic first love story that you can nearly taste, which makes your heart melt, so you can feel the heartbreak of the characters even more. The music score underlines the bitter sweetness as you mentioned, and I think this is what makes this movie hopeful but shattering at the same time cause of it’s portrayal of how fragile our human interactions are in a time of hardships and happiness the same and how reconnecting is not always the best or easiest way cause of how much time has passed and how we as persons have changed in that time. It makes us question what could have been and could have been done which then create a deep sadness or emptiness even. It just shows how valuable our time with the people we love and cherish is.

I've just recently become aware of Pluto (Thai sapphic drama). Watching it and smashing the like button (much like I did here) opened an absolute floodgate for other queer Thai and Korean shows- that are available for FREE ON UA-cam LIKE WHAT! Besides Nimona and the Matrix- that aren't super explicitly queer (even if they are), I can't think of a queer series/movie that Ive enjoyed? It feels so few and far between. A part of that is whiteness in western contexts is so centered in queer media that makes it to the tv/theatre. Even Nimona and the Matrix! But this series? It's nice to actually get a break and see that no one is white for once. To actually see new perspectives, different societies, poc4poc romances etc. I haven't watched this video of yours yet, but I'm sure it'll be great! I am saving it for when I am in the mood to listen to a video essay! Thank you in advance for compiling all of this into a video!

hopping on here to say that i really appreciate all the work that went into this video, it was super interesting! out of the shows you discussed, i'd only seen coffee prince and loved it so much! there were a lot of queer themes and queer-coded characters in the show, and they were handled in a mostly sensitive way. i had no idea about life is beautiful or daughters of bilitis, and i was very positively surprised to learn about their existence. additionally, i think you're a great storyteller, i really enjoyed the structure and narration of the video and thought the information was presented in a very engaging way. you weren't just plainly stating events but weaving together a narrative with ups and downs. a great watch!! may you be blessed with all the delicious avocado toast in the world.

i see people keep mentioning i told sunset about you in the comments and i wanted to like that show and the sequel SOOOOO bad like i loved the tone and the cinematography and oh-aew is one of the characters ever but i just can't get past how unlikeable teh is. i couldn't fucking stand him. anyways. i feel like not me (which ironically finished airing literally like 2 weeks before kinnporsche came on air), even though it's not really about the mafia, was a much better "dark romance" than kp. the eclipse too, even though it can be pretty typical bl at times. which is crazy considering both of them aired on gmmtv which is SUPER hit or miss, but every now and again they really hit their mark. kp was such a let down :/

The one cut scene you show that is not from ITSAY is from In the Mood for Love. That movie changed how I look at life. So to see you use it in the context of BL was a wow for me.

I love it

Not feeling so alone now, lol. I watched KP just a few month ago because I stumbeled accross it repeatedly and got the impression that it was a really great show because it was so popular. And then I was just constantly wondering what the hell am I looking at 😮😮😮 because of basically all the stuff discussed in this amazing analisis, so thanks a lot. For me, the best thing of the show is having come across Jeff Satur and his music 😂

Hello! What's the name of the song playing in the background while you discuss? (Not the violin/Cielo)

this video popped in in my recommended at such a serendipitous time - yesterday was the mewtul proposal. the impact that mewgulf and maxtul have had on the bl industry is monumental, but it's hilarious how differently their shows portray queerness and therefore how differently either show has stood the test of time lol

Still waiting for Semenatic Error! T_T Also, you're so good at making these gay specific videos! Love your content!

Avocado toast! This was delightful. Instant subscribe

Ginger benders? 29:36

This is such a good video, I loved every second of it <3

Hey, quick question, where did you get the video files of 'life is beautiful'?

On one hand (by far the bigger hand) I am so glad you shared knowledge of this show. I've already watched this video twice. On the other hand I'm scratching at the walls of the internet trying to find English subs (which are no longer up on the usual suspects). *sigh* I guess I shall have to content myself with watching this video and the MVs other fans have made. Thank you once again for sharing about this show.

The old BL storylines, from Thailand and other SE Asian nations, are to please girls, young people and shareholders. Most are disappointing, with no great character development or long term story to tell. It is a disappointment to young LGBT people to see such exploitation, with no honest dialogue or scenes, that help them relate to someone they want to love. I never knew what to say or do, so that I could relate to another boy that I liked. No positive guides or encouragement ever appeared around me, to lead me to love another boy.

Korean conservative make a fuss again against love in the big city, hope the drama going well

I LOVEEEE SEMANTIC ERROR ITS THE BEST BL IVE EVER SEEN, I HAVENT SEEN MANY BUT ITS STILL NUMBER ONEEE I EVEN READ ALL THE CHAPTERS still waiting for season 2 🗣️‼️

What an amazing video! Thank you so much. I learned soo much. Also, on a side note: once I read a fanfic that situated the main characters being part of Chingusai in the 90's.

I rarely ever leave comments on UA-cam videos out of shyness but this video genuinely made me emotional, coming from an Asian country that is as conservative in its dying media as it can go, I look at videos like this that highlight queer representation and I see a hope I can only imagine. It’s likely that acceptance in my own country will come in the generation that exists after me, but I hope that there will be a day where our own television will highlight queer identity as Korea or Japan has.

I'm so broken I crying during this video

Korea’s outlook on lgbt is not great at the moment because majority is of an older demographic and there are a lot of homophobes that are like we are okay with but we don’t want to be around them like tf. But in korean media the rise of BL and the first woman who admitted to liking another woman on a reality show seems like there is hope for open mindedness. Even if you know BL actors often carry a stigma and most of the time its clear when there are actors who want an acting gig but are not comfortable in their sexuality enough to be close to the same sex romantically and kdramas play up the being gay as a misunderstanding gag that people are surprised but supportive about lmao.

Ty for the video, It does a goos job of creating awareness on the struggles the LGBT community goes through. Literally was tearing up at some points.

This was such a great watch! Avocado toast 🥑🍞

i feel like semantic error is sooooo good because the characters actually have personalities.... some old bls were trash because the point of the series was literally "being gay" and etc

avocado toest, não sei escrever em ingles🥲

Avocado Toast! This essay is excellent. I have always been curious/didn't know much about LGBTQ life in South Korea outside of the fact that it's not great. Coffee Prince is one of my all time favorite dramas with how Han Kyul *eventually* accepts that he loves Eun Chan despite this belief that she is a man. You were spot on on what that actually means in real society, but I thought Goo Young portrayed those emotions so well. May I ask where you got your footage for Life is Beautiful? It looks much more high quality then the jank site I found to watch it on :)

Thanks for an awesome framing of how great or not so great the 20 series you critiqued from 2023. I think I watched almost all of them and I was quite entertained by the brilliant analysis you provided as you have a great sense of humor.

Coffee Prince aka rip off Ouran High😂

I hope to see more lesbian characters in media..

Got finished with my first Korean BL drama "To My Star 2". Honestly I wasn't expecting much but after a few minutes I couldn't turn the telly off and finished Season 2 on the very same day on a rainy Sunday. I fell in love with the actors and even stated doing researches over the Internet and UA-cam Korea's LGBTQ+ rights and to my surprise I found out much has to be done yet. Browsing on UA-cam I came across this beautifully made video by you... and wanted to thank you deeply for sharing to everyone ❤️ so much information about the real situation on Minority Humans Right in South Korea. Great work... and hope to see more of your videos.

i thought it was business, like they are targeted for female audience.