A young student Amane is closet gay. Having ben debuted before by one of his classmates for being gay, he now acts as being cool and funny. He moves to a small town to live with his grandma, where he accidentally meets Ryuji while chasing a cat. As an apology Ryuji invites Amane at his restaurant for a meal, which he loves. Amane, who has a bubbly personality, praises the cooking effusively. As they chat, Ryuji reveals he has been helping his parents at the restaurant since childhood. Next day, to his surprise, Amane finds that Ryuji is his classmate. Subsequently, the two begin hanging out more often. The more time they spend together, the closer their friendship becomes. As they spend more time, Amane's feelings for Ryuji keep getting stronger and one day, after having a meal with Ryuji's family, he confesses his love for him. A surprised Ryuji ask shim for sometime to respond. The summer holidays arrive just in time to give Ryuji time to think. Over a period of time, Ryuji also realizes that he also loves Amane and in a very warm and genuine finale, he kisses Amane and also confesses his feelings to him.
While Amane is bright and bubbly, Ryuji is more meticulous and careful. Having shouldered his family’s responsibility at a young age, he is quiet and keeps to himself mostly. Upon Amane’s confession, Ryuji does not leave him hanging for a reply. Ryuji is himself confused about his emotions and whether what he feels for Amane is more than friendship. The drama charts a natural progression of friendship between them. This emotionally sensitive series explores the protagonists' delicate feelings. It examines their complex personalities intimately, with each episode reveals new information, adding layered dimensions to the backstories or characterizations. The early episodes highlight the friendly interactions between the protagonists, which are realistic, relatable, and remarkably down-to-earth. These charming scenes will make viewers invested in the budding relationship. The couple's attraction sprouts like a tiny seed, growing stronger as the series nurtures the close connection. The two actors playing the leads are easy on the eyes, act really well and have a genuine warm personality and are just good together. Also, Its nice toes a change of scenery of a small seaside town that enhances to the overall feeling of love. One of my fav scenes is when Amane visits Ryuji at his home for dinner and the way his family welcomes him and the enthusiasm that Amane shows for food. So real and best. Overall, this tiny little series is a genuine , heart felt love story. I do question the authenticity of Ryuji's love for Amane, but I honestly don't want to slice and dice that too much. I enjoyed the show and I just Anna leave it at that. (7.5/10)
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I liked how Amane deosn't shy away from having sexual thoughts when he first meets Ryuji, then innocently falls in love. For once, it's nice to see a not pure and innocent main character, and still see him all smitten by first love. Very un-BL like.
What is very BL like though, is Ryuji having to think about the love declaration. As much as "love is love, you don't care about the gender" is cool, I always think it's a bit too idealistic. You should know if you like guys or not (even if in denial). Here it really seems like he never really thought about it, it's a total surprise but as he is a very open minded person he finally accepts. Always feels a little strange to me. But the message is beautiful so I won't really complain.
If you want other cute little Japanese and Korean BL, "I can't reach you" and "A breeze of love" are nice ones :)
And yes, it was def interesting to see that lust taking over love for a change (or at least to begin with)