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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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Love Love You (Thai)

By Golu
This Thai film, which is a sequel to the earlier film 'Love's Coming' fails in the typical BL rom-com genre that we have seen numerous times so far in various films and series. It can also be seen as a standalone film in case you haven't seen the first one. Although the film itself has nothing new to offer in terms of story, treatment or direction; I was just happy to see a story being told in 90 minutes without unnecessary stretching of plot with random characters thrown here or there. Sure, the conflicts are created here as well but thats necessary evil to remind the lovebirds how much they truly love each other. 

Gump and Nai are a stable couple of about a year now. When its time for Gump to go to university, his mother finds him an apartment that he can share with her best friend's nephew, since the room is close to university. Initially when Gump finds this, he is reluctant to be away from Nai, but once he sees that his room mate is a hot guy Sunz (supposedly straight and dealing with heartbreak), he is more than eager to move in. Of course this makes Nai worried about their love. Right before Gump is to leave, Nai's old classmate comes back from China to spend a week with him and this creates worry for Gump. Essentially the love of the love birds is tested and they both get entangled in their own insecurities. Just before Nai's friend is supposed to go back (and it seems like he is Nai's ex), Gump watches Nai kiss this guy and he is heart broken. Nai realizes his mistake and then spends next few days trying to apologize to Gump with the help of friends and win his love back successfully.

The central couple, Gump and Nai, are very cute, especially Nai, and the secondary characters include some major eye candy. The movie has low to average production value and was probably made at a very modest budget. As mentioned before, its essentially a story about a couple dealing with their insecurities in this relationship. The conflicts in terms of a straight guy on whom Gump is lusting over and Nai's ex coming into the scene adds interesting twist but thankfully none of that goes over the top dramatic. However, the drama and the final apology by Nai was a little too extreme. All they had to do was just sit and talk. Also, I am still wondering why did Nai kiss the other guy in the first place? Talking of kiss, this infidelity kiss of Nai with his ex was so much more passionate than any of his kiss with Gump which is so weird. Overall, this is a very average film, very basic, with charming actors and simple story of love, misunderstanding and winning back love. The direction and editing could have been better. Some of the side characters add good fun and I was surprised how ripped they all are. I am not complaining about the eye-candy. (5/10)
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