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Soul Mate (Japanese Series)

By Golu
Is this technically a gay show? Even after getting through the whole thing, that's still kind of tricky to answer. There's never any physical intimacy shown between the two leads, not even a single kiss. What it gives you instead is something that goes way deeper than that. It traces an emotional bond that spans a full decade between two guys who are both dealing with their own baggage, and what they share basically amounts to being soulmates. The story moves across Japan, South Korea, and Berlin. Honestly, whether people want to call what they have a romantic relationship or not doesn't really matter to me. A relationship doesn't need a label like boyfriends attached to it to actually mean something. And closeness doesn't need to be physical to feel genuine. What this show captures is something quieter but way more powerful, a bond rooted in understanding, respect, and just showing up for each other. Across eight episodes, each running 35 to 45 minutes, this is one...
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Henry's Love (Filipino Mini-Series)

By Golu
This 4 part mini series was amateurish of another level. It felt as if a few kids in a village were bored and they decided to make a series for their own sake and family and friends. I mean, nothing about this can be taken seriously. Thankfully, it was short, only 10ish minutes each episode and almost half of that in every episode would be like soft like where lead just plays with his body trying to seduce.

Henry's sight is failing but his girlfriend still takes all his money and when money dies, she leaves him. The show starts with Henry going blind, and in comes his best friend Alfred from childhood, who promises to help him. Alfred is gay and Henry knows that he has always loved him, so he continues to tease him with his naked body and even masturbating in front of him while being blind. It turns out that he is actually not blind and he is trying to tach his girlfriend a lesson and also see if his friend really loves him. In between trying to seduce Alfred, who refuses to have just sex with him because he loves him, he also finds out how his girlfriend now wants to come back to him after he wins a lottery. But he insults her and he and Alfred get together and the last episode has an almost 5 minute of supposedly sex scene.

This show is as ridiculous as it sounds in the story. Literally shot on one street and a house, I can guarantee you that not one penny was spent on it because probably these people were all friends trying to make something and few people like me ended up watching it. To give due credit, they found a lead who had an amazing body and who knew all tricks to seduce the gay guy. But the flat refusal by Alfred to have sex with Henry when he offers himself up felt weird because all this while Alfred had literally been drooling all over Henry. I am really not sure and no explanation is given on how and when Henry started to fall for Already since everyone keeps repeating that he is straight. But then, when you are watching a show like this, you really just close one part of your brain and hope things will just end soon. Do not waste your time on this. This show was as embarrassing to watch as it is to write this review. (2/10)
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