This might be in the wrong blog, ( do check out my other blog for T.V ) but unless you get the whole picture, you won't see the romance. The beginning is a bit violent. The novels are the original source.
Set of novels but no English translation available, teeth grind. Anime and manga exist but the live action movie is truly gorgeous. Fan summaries of novels, but we all know that's not the same as reading the actual book yourself. The details and nuances all lost.
Boys Love and Rape elements, warning. Extra warning for rape. I'm not a fan of rape or romances that start with rape, but the live action drama paints a beautiful tale of obsession, misunderstandings and frienemies who envy your lot while you suffer.
If you fast forward the rape scene and keep in mind this is fiction, I'm not downplaying reality of what rape victims suffer. Maybe this is a bad romance and maybe a love story too. Do all love stories have to have happy endings or beginnings or middles? To be happy all the time? Where is the conflict and drama?
The rapist fears losing his victim and forces a connection - the rape. The victim forgives him for the sake of the orchestra they lead together and over time, understands and grows to love him. Maybe they are two unstable people finding stability together, because both their lives seem hollow before they met. Illusion like and fleeting as well.
I don't know how to describe this adequately. Try it out for yourself and see what taste is left behind.
But be warned and be prepared.
Set of novels but no English translation available, teeth grind. Anime and manga exist but the live action movie is truly gorgeous. Fan summaries of novels, but we all know that's not the same as reading the actual book yourself. The details and nuances all lost.
Boys Love and Rape elements, warning. Extra warning for rape. I'm not a fan of rape or romances that start with rape, but the live action drama paints a beautiful tale of obsession, misunderstandings and frienemies who envy your lot while you suffer.
If you fast forward the rape scene and keep in mind this is fiction, I'm not downplaying reality of what rape victims suffer. Maybe this is a bad romance and maybe a love story too. Do all love stories have to have happy endings or beginnings or middles? To be happy all the time? Where is the conflict and drama?
The rapist fears losing his victim and forces a connection - the rape. The victim forgives him for the sake of the orchestra they lead together and over time, understands and grows to love him. Maybe they are two unstable people finding stability together, because both their lives seem hollow before they met. Illusion like and fleeting as well.
I don't know how to describe this adequately. Try it out for yourself and see what taste is left behind.
But be warned and be prepared.
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