Boys Love usually caters to Fujoshis, or women, but what sets Love Stage apart is how well written its narrative is. I wished the ending went on for longer than it did. So for the ending to nonchalantly be accepting of that is actually revolutionary. In Japan, or in Asian countries, for a popular actor to come out as gay is essentially career suicide.
Believe me, it starts off really cringey but it gets much better as it goes on. I only wished it was longer and we got to see Izumi pursue acting. They turned a source material that is considered yaoi due to suggestive scenes and made it more accessible for a wider audience. He encourages Izumi with his manga and I found that really sweet. He wants to help him like Izumi did when they were starring in that CM 10 years ago. He reunites with Izumi and after making a mistake, tries to become his friend and helps him in his manga. The love story is really sweet, albeit weak facial expressions from Izumi's actor. I have seen the anime and the OVA and I am glad they removed them and kept the best parts of the plot, which is where Ryoma comes to terms that his childhood crush who encouraged him in his acting career is actually a guy. Other than that, I am thankful they kept it very PG. Ryoma thinks that Izumi was a girl this whole time, even when they act together in their Happy Wedding CM. That was the best part of the anime/manga because that's the whole point. The only change I wish they didn't make was Izumi didn't wear a wedding dress. 10 years later, Ryoma requests the exact cast to be apart of the new CM. Izumi comes from a line of entertainers: his mom is an hallyu actress, his dad an entertainer, and his older brother the lead singer of a band. Ryoma falls for his co-star on set whom he thought was a girl when he was a child. Love Stage is about two guys who reunite after starring in a wedding themed commercial (CM) 10 years ago. Inconsistent and inappropriate at times.įans of the anime will enjoy this This is based off the popular Boys Love manga and the anime. Sometimes otherwise OK scenes (story-wise that is) were completely ruined by inappropriate facial expressions, vocal tones or gestures - For example, in one scene one of the actors, who was supposed to be terrified, visibly couldn't hold his laugh back. I don't know whose fault is this - whether it's the director's or the actors' - but some scenes were so exaggerated and amateurishly acted that it made me physically cringe.
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What the movie actually lacks is good acting. True, the way the movie depicts the struggle of a famous actor to accept his sexuality is simplistic at best, and for western audiences that might seem like a non-issue nowadays, but as Japan is a little more conservative when it comes to positive portrayals of LGBT, that wasn't much of a problem in my opinion. Though apparently some of those who read the manga would beg to differ, I actually don't think the story is the main issue. I have to say that I've not read the manga, so I had no idea what to expect before watching. Premise is interesting but fails to deliver, mediocre acting.
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