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A Man Who Defies the World of BL Final (Japanese Series)

By Golu
This final season keeps leaning on the same old formula, and once again never actually gives its main character any real sense of closure. Quick refresher, our lead is a university student who spends all his time frantically trying to dodge romance. No matter what he does though, the universe just keeps shoving him into one intimate situation after another. A lot of these setups are lifted straight from classic love story cliches. The whole point is watching him come up with creative ways to escape his fate and avoid falling for another guy. This season's still got six episodes, each around 23 minutes, and every episode features two of these tropey flags that could tip him into a BL storyline. Season three left off with Mob possibly caught in a love triangle between his ex Kikuchi and Hatano, the younger guy who's still a minor. Turns out that was all a dream sequence, but what hasn't changed is that Hatano is still into him. The first four episodes basically run through ev...
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Last Meal Universe (Thai Series)

By Golu
This Thai science fiction series was 8 episodes, each of about 50 minutes. Also this show came off more as a bromance than a BL really. There is absolutely no romantic tension till very last episode. You see friendliness, bot of pining and secretly crushing on someone but thats about it. The main story of the show is very thin but it was stretched beyond imagination and many unnecessary characters were introduced who can easily be eliminated. Good idea for a novel story but this would have been better if this was much shorter.

Chun is a galactic civil engineer who is tasked to demolish Earth to make way for a new intergalactic expressway. However, on his arrival on Earth, Chun is captivated by the delectable homemade Thai dishes served by Chondan, the owner of a quaint Thai restaurant. Instead of going ahead with his world-ending plan, Chun secretly postpones it, lured by the promise of more delicious meals with Chondan, and decides instead, that if he ever grows tired of the flavours, he can return to his original mission. Generously, Chondan, unaware of Chun's plan, offers him a spare room in his apartment, making them not only dinner buddies but also housemates and their bond deepens with every meal they share. In parallel we have a hair salon boy who gives food to an older gentleman every day, who eventually turns out to be his father with Alzheimers. There is this girl who provides him coffee everyday, but suddenly they have a fight. Back to original story, as you can imagine, Chun struggles whether or not he should destroy the world, because slowly he starts to see and appreciate that people on earth have a heart, they have feelings, they care for and respect each other, but he is also worried about the punish ment he will get in his planet Ince he goes back. In a silly finale, this girl drops a glass of coffee on the equipment which was meant to destroy the earth and lives are saved. Chondan makes Chun stay back and finally confesses his love.

The story, though an interesting premise, is an intriguing mess. Yes, I have realized that we should not use much of our brain when it comes to some of these stories, but I mean come on!! Then, why were these all these sides characters. The salon guy, the coffee girl (I thought they will turn lovers but nothing happens), then cats turning into overweight characters, it's cute first time but annoying later. There's too many filler that didn't have any impact to the overall story.  And thats because there is nothing in story. Chun keeps wondering whether he should destroy earth, the restaurant guy, for some reason is enamored by him and keeps giving him free food and shelter and the side characters have their own thing going. The one good thing about the show was the two good looking leads and they also acted quite decent I must say. Sadly, this story doesn't do any justice plus lack of a proper BL theme and romance made this show a waste of time for me. (3/10)
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