Takumi-kun: Bibou no Detail - Japan

          Director:  Kenji Yokoi  (Takeshi Yokoi)

          Year:  2010
          Plot:  “This story takes place in Takumi and Gii's final year in high school.  Takumi is excited about seeing Gii again, but doesn't get to see him before after a few days.  When he finally gets to meet him, Gii has changed completely.  He's cold towards everyone and keeps a safe distance to Takumi.  He even started wearing glasses.  The shock of the sudden change brings back Takumi's people phobia again, and Takumi starts doubting everyone and everything again.”


          I wasn’t sure I was going to like this third installment.  The reason was that the description that was on one of my regular sites said that this movie was kind of strange and didn’t focus on their relationship at all.  Turns out there description had nothing to do with this movie.
          In this movie, there is a new crisis for our favorite couple to face.  That comes in the form of the new first years students, who are mostly the children of other powerful corporations.  It isn’t hard to see where a problem might come in with this.  All of the new students want to get close to Gii.  It would of course be problematic for Takumi in the situation as jealousy would likely arise.  Gii has a plan in place to try to protect Takumi, but it leads to much angst on Takumi’s part.
          I think that this movie was better than the previous installments.  I am not sure exactly what the reason is, but I just feel that this one was a step up.  I guess it also has to do with the fact that because of the situation, Takumi can’t really rely on Gii for support.  This leads to the fact that even without Gii, there is support for Takumi.  He has people around him who care about him and look out for him.
          I liked the fact that even though Takumi has people around him who care, he was still pretty distraught.  The reason I liked this point was because it showed how important Gii was too him even though he might be okay without him, he couldn’t stand that fact.  The ending was very intimate, and probably shouldn’t be watched where just anyone can see it.  Might have to end up having to explain about a Boy’s Love obsession to parents.  n.n


          I really did enjoy this one.  Though there was a lot of angst this movie also had its sweet moments.  Out of the parts I have watched so far, this is the part of the Takumi-kun series that I feel has been the most well done.   This one is definitely one to watch for BL lovers.  n.n

Takumi-kun: Nijiro no Garasu - Japan

          Director:  Kenji Yokoi  (Takeshi Yokoi)

          Year:  2009

          Plot:  “The second movie carries on off from the first.  Takumi and Gii are now a couple and the envy of the whole school.  However, their relationship becomes rocky when first year student Morita Tooru appears in the picture.  Hayama Takumi begins to doubt Gii’s love, and thinks that his lover has given up on him and has moved on to Morita, a freshman student.”

          I have to say that where the first movie was lacking, this one made up for.  The love between the two star character is still cute.  In this movie, the two go through a point where they are rather distant and not fully understanding the other’s view.  This is a more real life like situation.  Just about everyone has had those moments where jumping to a conclusion has led to some problems.  The good thing is that they can be worked out for the better.

          This movie also had it’s sad points as well.  Some of those points were cause by the misunderstandings, but there was one that didn’t stem from our main two stars.  That point stemmed from Suzuki-kun.  I won’t say what the circumstances are exactly, but there is some issues that he goes through.  I found it completely sad that he cared for someone who also cared for him, yet they weren’t going to be able to be together.  It was sweet that the person he liked was able to use something that he learned because of Suzuki-kun to comfort him.

          This one really was a pretty sweet movie, and it was nice to actually see the two kiss.  They seemingly kissed in the first one too, but not in view of the camera, which always seems a waste.  I also felt that it was good to see Gii show some major emotion.  In the first one, though he showed some emotions, others were completely detached.  In this one though he actually shows more emotions to Takumi.

          I wouldn’t say this is the best movie I have seen.  There are a few points that are still a little weak, but that doesn’t really take too much away from the movie itself.  This was a rather good movie, and didn’t have much of the comic book-y feel that the first one did.  Of course, we know there is no hope for this movie as far as anti-gay viewers go.  BL (Boy’s Love) lovers should definitely find this movie good enough to waste about an hour and fifteen minutes on.

Takumi-kun: Soshite Harukaze ni Sasayaite - Japan

          Director:  Kazuhiro Yokoyama
          Year:  2007
          Plot:  “Set at Shidou Gakuin, a boys' Boarding school, situated off the beaten track.  In the second year at school, Hayama Takumi is allocated a room in a dorm to share with Saki Giichi, aka Gii.  Gii was brought up abroad and is the school idol with his exceptional academic performance, as well as his good looks.  One day, Gii confesses to Takumi that he has been in love with Takumi for some time.  This unexpected truth of events unsettles Takumi, however, he comes to realize the true sensitivity of Gii.”


          So I was in a Boy’s Love mood.  Okay, so I am pretty much always up for a BL movie.  I mean who wouldn’t.  Boy’s in love are just too cute.  This movie doesn’t fail at that point either.
          I wouldn’t say that this is the best movie I have ever seen though.  Just watching this movie, it is easy to see points where it could use some work.  The love between the two boys seems to be the only point that might hold it together for most viewers.  I say this because the movie was done too much like a manga.  It is of course based off a manga, but just some of the ways they chose to portray the story were too comic book-y in my opinion.  I do have to say that as an avid manga reader, I quickly over looked these points and focused on the love story.
          I have to say Takumi is simply adorable.  Because of a past incident, Takumi cannot bare the touch of others.  This seems like it could be a discouraging point for a normal love struck teenager.  I guess Gii isn’t really normal though, as he has been in love with Takumi for some time.  It is a little sad that it takes Takumi so long to accept his own feelings, but that is actually understandable.  I did think it was pretty cute how Gii arranged a special show just for Takumi.  n.n


          Though this one might be a little comic book-y at times, it is still a good enough movie to waste a frame of time on.  Though again, this is a Boy’s Love movie, and those against homosexuals should not watch it.  We don’t need them around bad mouthing our cute boys.  n.n