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Mr. X and I – The Groomsman

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2015, 3 out of 5 stars, Based On Real Life Events, China, Drama, Friendship, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, No Actors Names Available, No Actresses Names Available, Not Yet Rated, Romance, Web SeriesLeave a comment

Episode Summary

Chinese BL series with four different gay love stories based on real-life events. (Source)

A happy gay couple celebrates their third anniversary but the relationship is threatened by a mother who wants her only son to have a proper family with kids. The other guy is willing to sacrifice the relationship so his boyfriend can be happily married to a woman. (Source: I got this summary from KainGuru’s review) 

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Mr. X and I – The Groomsman ending is not the happiest. Mr. X and I – The Groomsman shows the dynamics of traditional Chinese culture. The fact that people have sham weddings to make their families happy is sad. Families don’t realize that arrange marriage does more bad than good. It’s worsted if the spouse that you don’t love doesn’t know from the beginning. It shows the sacrifices that Eastern civilization does to make their blood family happy. People of western culture/civilization, don’t have the duty of getting married to make their family happy by sacrificing their happiness. I don’t know how common it is in eastern culture. In this episode, the main reason for the sham marriage is gossip and respect from the community. Would I watch it again? I don’t know. I know I would recommend it to people to see how different parts of the world deal with specific situations.

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Part of Mr. X and I Season 1

Mr. X and I- Beijing Beijing

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2015, 3 out of 5 stars, Based On Real Life Events, China, Drama, Friendship, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, No Actors Names Available, No Actresses Names Available, Not Yet Rated, Romance, Web SeriesLeave a comment

Episode Summary

Chinese BL series with four different gay love stories based on real life events. (Source)

Two boys develop a relationship that is torn apart by family as one boy sacrifices their love to protect the other. Three years later they meet again.   (Source: I got this summary from KainGuru’s review) 

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Mr. X and I- Beijing Beijing shows the sacrifices that people have to do for the ones we love. Sometimes you have to leave to protect your loved ones. If you are destined to be together, you will meet again. When? We don’t know. It shows how love is a flame that can be blown out, and It’s eternal. Would I watch it again? Maybe on a day where I want to watch something sweet and short.

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Part of Mr X and I Season 1

A Round Trip to Love

On By randomfanreviewsIn 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity), 2016, 3 out of 5 stars, Action, Adapted From A Web Novel, China, Drama, Gao Tai Yu, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, Nate Huang, No Actresses Names Available, Poor Male Lead, Rich Male Lead, Romance, Thriller, Tragedy, Unhealthy Relationship, Xiang Hao, Yi ShuaiLeave a comment

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Two boys at school fall in love, but their families found out and split them up and send one to another country. They meet several years later at one company as a subordinate and boss. They become secret lovers, but the coincidence is again divided into several years. (Source)

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A Round Trip to Love was like this is what happens to lead up to this moment. It what establishes the “get to know the characters.” The beginning is a scene from the second movie. It shows how someone from an absolute wealth has to hide from family and friends. Lu Feng is a character that is very dominated and takes what he wants, which can cause a narrow line of consent to be cross. It does have concerning scene that I would advise the audience to be cautious about if you don’t like those time of theme and scenes. A Round Trip to Love feels like a pilot of a series. You know where you are trying to get to know the main plot of the series. The ending is a cliff-hanger because they came out with a part 2 for the movie. Would I watch it again? I feel like I don’t have enough information from the film to know if I can answer that question correctly and trustworthy.

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Part 1 of A Round Trip to Love

Mr. X and I- Us Against the World

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2015, 4 out of 5 stars, Based On Real Life Events, Bullying, China, Drama, Friendship, Gay Character, No Actors Names Available, No Actresses Names Available, Not Yet Rated, Romance, School, Web SeriesLeave a comment

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Chinese BL series with four different gay love stories based on real-life events.(Source)

Two schoolboys start dating and are faced with harassment, bullying, and violence. (Source: I got this summary from KainGuru’s review)

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Us Against The World shows the relationship between two schoolboys that started by admiring each other and fall in love with each other. We see what gossip does to a group of people. It makes people so hateful and breaks relationships off. One of the characters had someone force come out before he could be comfortable with his feelings and accepting himself. We see that the couple at the end are still together even though one of them will lose his popularity to the fact he fell in love. I wish there are more series like this where we see stories of the struggle of a group of people whether it the LGBT+ community, by the color of your skin or your gender. Us Against The World shows the innocent love between two people and the fights of the relationship. I like that fact that this is all true stories. The acting is suitable for people who are still so young. Would I watch it again? Yes, it only 10 minutes long and make you feel happy that their love is strong enough for the struggle they will face.

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Part of Mr X and I Season 1

I Go To School Not By Bus

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2015, 3 out of 5 stars, Acceptance, Gay Character, Hong Kong, No Actresses Names Available, Not Yet Rated, School, Short Film, Youth, Zeno KooLeave a comment

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A coming out of age story of 2 secondary school students who study in a Christian school. Ming, is in the closet and Hei is openly gay, “I go to school, not by bus” is a story of self-discovery, struggle thru love, loneliness, religion in the no-regret-rebellious-moment. (Source)

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I Go To School Not By Bus is a cute story about young love. It’s 35 minutes long and makes you want more of Ming and Hei’s love. The ending can signify in two different ways. I would watch it till the end of the video; it has an extra scene after the credits. The movie does have the whole Homosexuality is a sin talk in the film. The movie is very innocent, like in the way they show the characters. This movie has a significant meaning to it. Would I watch it again? Yes, it has just the right message, and the actors are awesome with making the theme go through.

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Long Time No See

On By randomfanreviewsIn 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity), 2017, 4 out of 5 stars, Action, Assassin, Drama, Gangster, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, Hidden Identity, Kim Myung Hwan, Mature, Nudity, Ra Sun Young, Romance, Sexual Content, South Korea, Steamy Kiss, Tak Woo Suk, Web Series, Won Tae San, Yeon Seung HoLeave a comment

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The renown hitman, ‘Flying Dagger’, bumps into ‘Wild Dog’, who happens to be a hired assassin for mobster ‘Black Leopard’. While both of them try to be incognito, they cannot help falling in love with each other. However, ‘Wild Dog’ has a secret that he couldn’t confide to ‘Flying Dagger.’ After all, ‘Flying Dagger’ and ‘Wild Dog’ reveal their secret identities to each other during the fight led by their bosses. They run into danger as gangsters brand them as traitors. Will they be able to overcome obstacles and keep their love? (Source)

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Long Time No See is an excellent short series that has a unique plotline. The acting is brilliant. In this series, you feel the love they have for each other. I wish it wasn’t so quick and had had the time to developed better. However, this series is an underappreciated series. This series has violence in it. Even though the series is about assassins/hitman, it has it just sweet lovey moments that make you fall in love with the main characters. I would recommend this series if you have about an hour and 30 minutes to waste. The only bad part of the series was the ending. I don’t know why I didn’t like it and its not something you expect from the series. Would you watch it again? Yes, I would watch this and get my friends interested in this. It’s so sweet and lovely.

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  • Vimeo (This is not free. I think it worth the money.)

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Seven Days: Friday – Sunday

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2015, 3 out of 5 stars, Adapted From A Manga, Bisexual Character, Calm Male Lead, Drama, First Love, G - All Ages, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, High School, Hirose Tomoki, Hiyori Yuki, Japan, Romance, School, Takiguchi Yukihiro, Tanaka Hinako, Yamada James TakeshiLeave a comment

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Yuzuru asked Touji out as a half-hearted joke, not expecting to be taken seriously. Touji accepted, and Yuzuru knew he was like the rest, the relationship began on a Monday, and dumped on a Sunday. What he did not expect were the feelings that went beyond friendship that emerged. It’s now Friday, and the end is approaching. But is it? Yuzuru may be mourning the inevitable, but what about Touji? Friday begins the end, but Sunday reveals all.  (Source)

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Seven Days: Friday – Sunday is the second part of the Seven Days movie series, and I feel like it ended on a sweet note. The movie has the overused plot pointer. The “they don’t communicate their feels which cause a disconnect.” The kisses have a lack of romantic feelings. However, you can look at it like this is their first real relationship which causes the whole am I doing this right feel. I want to say this movie has that innocent and first true love feeling to it. Their passion is what most people who want to fall in love want to have. Would I watch this again? Yes on a rainy day where I want to see the love between two people. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to feel a relationship in a short amount of time.

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Part 2 of the Seven Day Movie Series

Seven Days: Monday – Thursday

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2015, 3 out of 5 stars, Adapted From A Manga, Bisexual Character, Calm Male Lead, Drama, G - All Ages, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, High School, Hirose Tomoki, Hiyori Yuki, Japan, Nice Male Lead, Romance, School, Takiguchi Yukihiro, Tanaka Hinako, Yamada James TakeshiLeave a comment

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Bright and early one Monday morning, Shino Yuzuru asks Seryou Touji out on a lark when they run into each other at the school gate. Seryou, who’s immensely popular, has the odd habit of going out with anyone who asks him out first at the beginning of the week, then promptly dumping them at the end of it. “Anyone” apparently includes male upperclassmen like Shino, and as a boyfriend, Seryou is perfect–unfailingly thoughtful and kind. Shino, obviously, has no intention of being in a serious relationship with Seryou. (Source)

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Seven Days: Monday – Thursday is the first part of the Seven Day movie series. Seven Days: Monday – Thursday is a sweet and innocent movie that shows the emotional part of the relationship. You start to fall in love with the main couple in the film. The ending is a cliffhanger because there is a sequel. The one thing that the summary gets wrong is that Seryou is not the one doing the dumping it the girl he dates that drop him. Seryou does have some drama with his brother’s on and off again girlfriend. This movie showed in Seryou’s point of view of the relationship. You start to see him fall in love with Shino. Would you watch it again? Oh yeah, it shows more of the build-up of a relationship before doing physical things like kissing and holding hands. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to watch something that is more developed in a relationship. I would warn that the kiss is awkward.

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Part 1 of the Seven Day Movie Series

HIStory2: Boundary Crossing

On By randomfanreviewsIn 13+ - Teens 13 or older, 2018, 4 out of 5 stars, Fandy Fan, Friendship, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, Han Chang, Hana Lin, High School, Meng Lin Yang, Nemi Sumiya, Obsession, Patrick Shih, Romance, School, Sports, Steamy Kiss, Step-Siblings Love, Taiwan, Volleyball, Web Series, Yan Ze Lu, Yi Hong Xie, YouthLeave a comment

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Wang Zhen Wu is Wang Zhen Wen’s older stepbrother, Zhen Wen likes him, but Zhen Wu can’t show his feelings to his younger brother because of them being stepbrothers.Qiu Zi Xuan was an excellent volleyball player in the past, but he had to give up on his dreams due to his injuries, but he still participates in the volleyball-related training, arranges and helps them to get into training, watching them improve. During the training, he meets a guy, Xia Yu Hao, a guy with a really bad temper who gets easily infuriated with people that make him angry, but he strives to acquire what he persistently wants to achieve.Zi Xuan thinks he’s the one who can reach his dream instead of him. He hopes that Yu Hao can achieve what he couldn’t in the past. (Source)

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HIStory2: Boundary Crossing is realistic to the lives of teenagers where they do have to balance out the responsibilities of school, work, and sports. HIStory2: Boundary Crossing starts where you have the bad boy getting noticed by the volleyball captain and manager because of his high jump. The series begins with the funny and determined captain into convincing the bad boy into joining the team by bothering him. He later joins the volleyball team starting the main plotline. It’s a comic series to watch and talks about romance. There is a real-life moment where they talk about dating someone who is leaving high to go to college. It has its cheesy moments, but it enjoyable. There are two plots arrive in here. I would say this series is too short. I feel that if the series had additional episodes, it would have more process on both relationships and the characters. The acting is more convincing than most series I have seen. Would you watch it again? I will mostly watch it again to refresh my memories since there is going to be a sequel. I have heard a few times it going be a movie or just another season. We will have to wait and see.

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Part of HIStory Season 2

The Moment

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2 out of 5 stars, 2017, Drama, Fluke Kan Kantathavorn, Gay Character, Kao Supassara Thanachart, Life, Multiple Couples, Multiple Mains, Not Yet Rated, Pachara Chirathivat, Romance, Thailand, Toey Jarinporn Joonkiat, Toni Rakkaen, Yoo TeoLeave a comment

Movie Summary

The story of young people traveling to big cities in the dream to do the same thing as new generations around the world. But back to find someone. Which changes their goals? (Source)

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The Moment starts at misplacing place. It can be confusing a little if you don’t have a mind that fills up the parts of the story that are missing. The ending leaves you guessing on what happens. I really can’t explain the real problems without spoiling it for everyone. I can say it ends with a cliffhanger and you the watcher have to fill up what you think to happen. It feels like it a sequel or prequel to another thing. It feels unfinished. I felt like it just dragged on like a waiting room in a doctor office. You are expecting something to pick up or develop to catch your attention, but there are too many loose ends at the end. I would recommend this to someone because it may just not be a movie for me. Would you watch it again? No. I feel like there are numerous missing pieces in the story. I got bored of it quick. I did enjoy what I think are the end couples.

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