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Jul. 31st, 2011 01:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennariaHARU WO DAITEITA
Genre: Shonen-Ai
How much seen: whole thing (subbed)
What's it about: two AV (Adult Video) actors, in competition for the same (non-AV) role. One of the opening scenes creates the impression that one of them got the role for the movie, the other for the TV series, but every time we see them acting, they're in the same scene. It's all an excuse, whatever the details are, for them to have all-but-actual-sex behind discreet little draperies.
Naturally this doesn't go well. Not the sex - that goes fine. Unfortunately Iwaki is the tightly wound type, who reacts a lot more strongly to Katou than he wants to, and immediately freezes up in reaction. Katou, on the other hand, falls hard and fast and doesn't care who knows it. And all this while they're in the position of acting the part of lovers in front of the camera.
Surprisingly, given the subject matter, this doesn't quite tip over the edge into outright porn. Not that you could persuade B of this, I suspect: while Kay and I were watching this, he accidentally walked into the room right during one of the sex scenes. To his credit, he stayed and watched the rest of it, but this is definitely not his comfort zone.
Overall opinion: Look, my taste in romance tends to lean toward the fluffy. This is more what you might call 'high drama.' In its defense, it doesn't shy away from the sex like Kizuna did, and it doesn't linger on Iwaki's flailings and failure to talk about things like a sensible person. I'm not sure I'd rank it as a classic, but it was fun enough to watch.
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P was very curious when he heard what I was reviewing this. "So, do you review on the basis of the porn, or of the plot?" Isn't it nice when your friends have faith in your reviewing abilities?
24 hours, 49 posts, for the benefit of the Nature Conservancy, sponsored by XamJapan. Thank you,elke_tanzer, for donating!
Genre: Shonen-Ai
How much seen: whole thing (subbed)
What's it about: two AV (Adult Video) actors, in competition for the same (non-AV) role. One of the opening scenes creates the impression that one of them got the role for the movie, the other for the TV series, but every time we see them acting, they're in the same scene. It's all an excuse, whatever the details are, for them to have all-but-actual-sex behind discreet little draperies.
Naturally this doesn't go well. Not the sex - that goes fine. Unfortunately Iwaki is the tightly wound type, who reacts a lot more strongly to Katou than he wants to, and immediately freezes up in reaction. Katou, on the other hand, falls hard and fast and doesn't care who knows it. And all this while they're in the position of acting the part of lovers in front of the camera.
Surprisingly, given the subject matter, this doesn't quite tip over the edge into outright porn. Not that you could persuade B of this, I suspect: while Kay and I were watching this, he accidentally walked into the room right during one of the sex scenes. To his credit, he stayed and watched the rest of it, but this is definitely not his comfort zone.
Overall opinion: Look, my taste in romance tends to lean toward the fluffy. This is more what you might call 'high drama.' In its defense, it doesn't shy away from the sex like Kizuna did, and it doesn't linger on Iwaki's flailings and failure to talk about things like a sensible person. I'm not sure I'd rank it as a classic, but it was fun enough to watch.
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P was very curious when he heard what I was reviewing this. "So, do you review on the basis of the porn, or of the plot?" Isn't it nice when your friends have faith in your reviewing abilities?
24 hours, 49 posts, for the benefit of the Nature Conservancy, sponsored by XamJapan. Thank you,
elke_tanzer, for donating!