My Bias Is Showing?! (2025)
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reviews_and_ramblings I liked My Bias is Showing?! for the actors more than the story. I explain myself: both actors were quite good in letting me believe in their characters, plus Na Ae Joon was real cute and Choi Si Yeol real sexy. With just words they were able to convey all the steaminess I needed to believe in them as a couple. And that is the reason why I said I liked more the actors than the story: the story was sexy, the original manhwa as well is, but here the two men don't go over sweet kisses... In a way, you could say it was better like this cause in this way the betrayal of Choi Si Yeol is sort of less dark, he just played with Na Ae Joon's feelings (that is still a bad thing, but at least in this way Na Ae Joon is able to forgive him). So nice drama, it kept me hooked till the last episode. HEA. You can watch on GagaOOLala. Heath Level: 2/6.
Heat Level:
1/6: glances, caress, hugs, no kisses
2/6: kisses, closed mouth or camera angles
3/6: full kisses, clothes on
4/6: full kisses, some clothes off, hands above the waist, pants stay on
5/6: most clothes off, they have sex, but it’s masked, no sexy sounds
6/6: full nudity mostly hidden by camera angles, they have sex, sexy sounds
Aichaku (2024)
Sep. 24th, 2025 04:58 pmreviews_and_ramblings Considering all the rumors around this movie, Aichaku, I have to say I was expecting something more sexy. Said that, the movie, even without basically sex, is really nice, really sweet, and, I don't know, real? These are just four days in the life of two strangers, but in those four days their life will be completed overturned. Despite the tought men appeareance of both men, Lucas, an American teacher living in Japan, is actually really sweet, really cute, and totally gay. Probably living in rural Japan, him being gay is not so clear to the villagers, but the people who need to know, do. On the other hand, Ken, half American/half Japanese, has lost all his Western traits, probably since he was abandoned by his American mother when he was just one month old. He wants to learn English, and his sort of attracted by Lucas, I think right because Lucas is part of those roots Ken has lost. As I said their meeting is a big event in their life, and it's also very physical from the very first night, but we don't "see" it: they kiss, deeply, and then they wake up in bed together the morning after. I sort of feel like I wanted something more, because the director wasn't shy in showing as naked showers and baths in an onsen, so I really don't understand why suddenly becoming shy when they are intimate. Anyway, it's an HEA, and it was not a given. You can watch on GagaOOLala and Prime (amzn.to/4gF1xHz). Heat Level: 3/6.
Heat Level:
1/6: glances, caress, hugs, no kisses
2/6: kisses, closed mouth or camera angles
3/6: full kisses, clothes on
4/6: full kisses, some clothes off, hands above the waist, pants stay on
5/6: most clothes off, they have sex, but it’s masked, no sexy sounds
6/6: full nudity mostly hidden by camera angles, they have sex, sexy sounds
10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 (2025)
Sep. 21st, 2025 05:27 pmreviews_and_ramblingsI really liked 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40, on comparison to the manga it's very sweet, there is basically no sexual interaction between the two men, but nevertheless there is an undertune corrent that makes the relationship really nice. It's strange because both men are adults and actually Keishi approached Suzume in a really strong way at first, but then it's like Keishi reined his instict and we have to arrive to the 12th and last episode to see a sweet kiss between them. I have the feeling the drama was really Japanese like, meaning both men seemed real characters, both in public and private life. I liked for example the look of Keishi, office like in a suit, that in anyway made him stand out among his colleagues, and then going fully grunge when out in his free time. I liked that Keishi was open about his homosexuality, but very reserved about it in his work life: without lying but neither discussing it... I felt like this was a quite ordinary way to deal with the matter in Japanese culture. HEA. You can watch on GagaOOLala. Heat Level: 2/6.
Manga: amzn.to/45rB4K6
Manga: amzn.to/45rB4K6
Heat Level:
1/6: glances, caress, hugs, no kisses
2/6: kisses, closed mouth or camera angles
3/6: full kisses, clothes on
4/6: full kisses, some clothes off, hands above the waist, pants stay on
5/6: most clothes off, they have sex, but it’s masked, no sexy sounds
6/6: full nudity mostly hidden by camera angles, they have sex, sexy sounds
