Wow, just wow! I'm amazed on how this series improved since the last season, not only the budget got bigger, but the locations, costumes and even their wigs looks prettier! The costumes were absolutely beautiful, I loved all of them :3 The story is almost the same: kings fighting for land and power, Ah Li's revenge on Tianxuan and a new incorporated love triangle between Ah Li, Zhi Ming and a new handsome king (who can easily pass as Zhi Ming's twin lol, Ah Li has a type I guess xd), it's funny to see how the purple king gets jealous all the time.

There are many new actors in this season and almost all of the old ones are gone, I really missed them since I got very fond of them. Many of the new people are amateur actors, I can't say I didn't like their acting but it wasn't that great, just the average. However, Ah Li and Zhi Ming's actors acting skills improved a lot, I loved the way they portrayed their characters feelings for each other, so sweet to watch. And as always, the soundtrack was beautiful, it got me emotional many times (again haha).

My only complain is that some romantic scenes were cut off by the censors (Zhi Ming picking up Ah-Li in the air, Yu Xiao catching Ah Li when he falls, Yu Xiao and Ah Li holding hands, Zhi Ming holding Ah-Li's hand, Yu Xiao and Ah Li's hug), but I'm glad cause this season somehow survived the slaughter the first one has gone through, is way more complete and the light romance scenes are still here! I never got tired of watching the sweet scenes between the these handsome men.

OVERALL: 8 of 10

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The story is awesome, but it starts a little bit confusing (you have to pay full attention to this series in order to not miss anything) and there are so many characters that you don't know who to follow anymore haha, but I ended up loving every one of them (eccentricities included!). Also, the plot starts a bit boring and slow, but after some episodes everything goes down hill very fast... I was shocked, all the characters just started to die one after another like flies omfg! xd

Despite the cast of amateur actors I really liked the acting, very powerful moments and emotions coming out from the actors (Jian Bin and Xiao Qi, I'm manly talking about you two :c). About the music, the soundtrack was good, it got me emotional many times and I absolutely loved the melody Ah-Li plays with his flute through the series, it's melancholic and sad, but beautiful.

Overall, it's entertaining (if you like politics and people scheming against each other, then this series is perfect for you) and I never got tired of the sweet scenes between the main characters (despite many of them were cut by the censors). 8 out of 10.

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Just let me tell you, if you are a fan of the Bungo Stray Dogs manga and anime series, then you are definitely going to enjoy this movie as much as I did!

Where do I begin? The novel is so well adapted to the big screen, the writing, the characters, sets, costumes… all of it it’s just wonderful and loyal to the original series. The BSD world has come to life with this film and I love it! The acting and fight scenes were on point, and I enjoyed the cinematography, although the tight budget for the visual effects was pretty obvious. However, they still managed to do a decent job. I know isn't cheap to make a movie where almost all your characters have supernatural powers, so I have to give them extra points for the effort!

The cast did a wonderful job as well, reprising their roles from the stages plays. Although I missed Tawada Hideya as Dazai, I have to admit that Tabuchi Rui was amazing on the role! Oh my, he definitely has those crazy vibes from Dazai! XD

The plot never fails to entertain you and it almost feels like you are part of the story (a little spoiler, we actually are xd). Also, I would have liked to see more scenes with Ranpo and Chuuya, they didn’t have enough screen time and it’s such a shame cause they are one of the best characters!

8 out of 10!

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The story is nice, but it could have been made a lot better... plus, some things were very poorly made and some of the scenes passed too fast. I know this movie is only a demo and it was never officially launched, so I have to give extra points to this because in the end I actually liked it. About the acting, nothing that special. Zi Hua's actor was handsome, while Zi Gao's actor was cute, however, he wasn’t 'THAT' beautiful and Zi Gao was supposed to be the most beautiful man on Earth. I kinda expected a different actor for his role (kudos to the actor for being cute).

The soundtrack was horrible. I have no more words to say. Overall, this film is entertaining and I never got tired of the sweet scenes between the main characters, they are very cute together. 8 of 10 :3

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Ok I have mixed feelings about this. The story is nice, but nothing that special. Actually I was left a little bit disappointed since this series was promoted as something 'absolutely spectacular' and naturally I was expecting a better plot, development, plot twist, etc... Of course I can't blame the crew/writers/producers for this, the short number of episodes is the main problem here, they simply didn't have enough time and it's such a shame since this series had the potential to be something big (let's hope they make a second season at least).

I really liked the acting tho, all the actors did a pretty good job and despite the short number of episodes and poor character development (many of them didn't even had enough time on screen) they managed to won my heart over. Kakeru and Reijiro are my faves, but the Masayuki x Nagisa pair, aka the comedy duo, were also very cute together! (btw I love how everyone shares a king size bed instead of having individual beds, the fanservice is strong xd)

The soundtrack was fine too, the main song is so goood, I want to see the full MV! And also, I loved the hinted romantic relationship Reijiro and Rin had in the past, I wasn't really expecting that since this series isn't a BL (despite all the fanservice lol) but I ended up loving it! I want to see more about them! :3

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This movie was in my watchlist since last year and finally I got the time to watch it, and... it was interesting. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it either. The general plot was okay but it wasn't well handled and the low budget was very obvious. Plus, some jokes about gay people weren't funny at all... but I guess that because you've got a "trans" character in your movie you aren't being really serious right? Because that's exactly what this movie looks to me lol, making fun of LGBT people while having a LGBT person as a main character... Chinese people I guess? xd

If you are looking for a serious movie about gender indentity/transgender issues then don’t watch it, because you're only going to waste your time and most probably get offended as I did. If you are looking for a simple comedy to laugh and to appreciate Ji Li's cuteness, then you've come to the right place.

Btw I would've loved to see more about the relationship between Vivi and Miao Miao, they were cute together.

5/10

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Despiste the fact I had to watch this series without subs, I must say I really liked it. Sadly my Japanese ins't the best so I was unable to undestand many things, but I got the general idea. Its premise was original and funny, however many times it felt like the plot was disconnected and the individual histories were a little bit messy. Still I would have loved to see the characters interacting more with each other, mainly with Tanaka since he is one of the main characters but he rarely interacts but anyone lol. Also I feel kind of bad for Tanaka since he only wanted to make friends (plus he literally saved all of his classmates from being killed by the bad guy) but the yokais were right, humans suck! xd

Yuki Onna and Kappa were my favs! 8/10

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Where do I begin? This movie has been in my watchlist for the longest time and finally I forced myself to watch it! Do I regret? Of course not. It was the best thing I've ever seen in my life? Of course not, but it was enjoyable in its own special way. I'm not gonna lie, this movie catched my eye because of the male pole dancing theme and it has really been a rollercoaster of emotions for me... but not only in the good way... at first I was kind of lured away by how this movie sexualized the actresses and how the camera focused many times on their butts while dancing, not really my kind of thing. But then things started to get interesting as the actors themselves appeared in very short pants (and some of them even in their underwear!) and started to do pole dancing. Sexualizing girls and boys alike was a surprise as not many movies do that, but then I realize that pole dance is supposed to be very sexy and hot, and you are supposed to hold onto the pole with your bare tights... it’s not that I can complain, I actually enjoyed all the fanservice they gave us! (I bet all the D2 fans out there got a massive nosebleed while watching this xd)

The plot was simple and the characters didn’t really had any important development, but I do really appreciate all the effort the actors put into this since pole dancing isn’t exactly easy and can be very painful... even more if you are a male. Everyone did a great job and the fact that they gave us a full pole dance performance at the end shows how dedicated all the actors were with this film.

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At first I didn't liked Douji at all, he was very rude and selfish, and he expected everyone to feel sorry for him because he is deaf, making himself a victim all the time. I agreed with Micchan when he said that being deaf doesn't mean that Douji can say/do what he wants, and he even got angry with him for saying that! Plus he was very violent (he punched a lot of people lol) and only cared about himself, he never thought about how hard its disability was for his family as well... If I was Shinji I would have left long ago instead of having to deal with my disrespectful brother and his temper, it make me mad many times how bad Douji treated his poor brother, who only wanted to take care of him! It wasn't only until the last episodes when Douji finally realizes that he was being a complete douche bag, and I guess he tried to became nicer? I don't know, he still had many things to work on :/

The plot was good, they aren't many series with a deaf person as main character and its nice to have visibility for disabled people. Actually I started watching this series because I love Takuya and because I read it was about music instead of romance, which I hate xd The characters had nice stories too, I only wish Douji would had more screen time, which was absurd since he is the main character for god sake, I was annoyed at how other characters had more time than him!

The series was good until episode 6, after that everything became a little bit boring, I feel like they missed the whole point of the show and it went to a whole different direction. The death of Tarou had me like "wtf?!", I wasn't really expecting a death in this series, not at all (it was sad btw). Also, whats with that girl at the end?! She and Douji only meet like two or three times at the park and barely speak to each other, and suddenly Douji is asking her to go out with him?! Like, seriously?! They lost me there, good thing it was the last episode or else I would have dropped this series. In general I liked it, but it wasn't the best either.

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The extremely low budget killed this series in every possible aspect, not to mention that they somehow managed to make everything so awkward to watch. The actors are good and well-known, but for some reason their acting in this drama feels so weird and wrong... plus you can perfectly tell that they are boys in drag (which is the total opposite of what the original manga stands for), so I don´t think the casting was that good either. The only set of costumes that the Princesses had was ugly as well, I was expecting to see more dresses but they always wore the same boring ones (low budget, again) :(

The random dance routines were also very very weird but kind of funny after all, so I'm guessing the producers and writers wanted to make people laugh, although they didn't always succeeded and made things awkward instead. I was left disappointed since I really enjoyed the anime and manga series, although I would enjoy to watch a remake, this time with a higher budget and actors that can pass as girls.

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I always try to see the good side of things, even if I know isn’t that good I will try to stay positive, so naturally I don’t say this very often but... the plot of this movie felt poor, the acting was very stiff and I don’t think they had any chemistry at all... yeah they had sweet moments and stuff, but beyond that their acting felt awkward. Actually I believe Doumoto had more chemistry with the girl instead of his 'lover', and in a BL that’s the worst thing it can happen.

They only thing I liked was the scene when they take revenge on the former fiancé of Sota's sister, that was hilarious as hell xd

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