Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!: The Movie (2022)

Grande delusione

Enorme delusione dopo il bellissimo drama originale, questo sequel non è un passo indietro, ma almeno cinque! Praticamente i personaggi regrediscono a prima del finale del drama e rincretiniscono per i primi quaranta minuti, poi tornano un poco in sè, ma mai del tutto. Il discorso convivenza e 'ti presento ai miei' ci sta. Poi di nuovo lentezza, e irrealismo perchè le reazioni dei genitori sono inverosimili per due famiglie giapponesi. E finale fin troppo zuccheroso e stucchevole. Se poi si aggiunge che la colonna sonora non esiste e ci sono scene importanti senza un filo di musica ma solo agghiacciante silenzio, bè, gli ho dato sufficiente solo perchè ho amato il drama e gli attori. Comunque vince il premio come drama in cui si inquadrano le mani dei protagonisti per più tempo, se può servire.

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The happy ending we wanted!

First, I saw this is Japan when it first came out and Japanese is not my native language, so there was some dialogue I didn’t understand. However, using context clues it was easy to infer what was being said based on the scene. The biggest things for me was that it was still a love story between Kurosawa and Adachi. Kurosawa was still just as in love with Adachi as he was in the series, however you got to see Adachi demonstrating his love for Kurosawa more confidently and openly.

If you were looking for a BL filled with nonstop cutesy moments, over the top romantic expressions, or mature content scenes, then you will not like the movie. However, if you’re looking for a movie that focuses more on how Adachi and Kurosawa navigate issues that many long-term, open, same sex couples face, you will like it. Personally, I especially like that it addressed the families, instead of just glossing over the fact that many Asian families have very strong feelings against having openly gay children, especially sons. SPOILER: I especially loved that just as marriage is the end result of many long-term heterosexual relationships, Kurosawa and Adachi’s marriage was the ultimate end result of their relationship as well.

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