ひだまりが聴こえる

The first thing that comes to my mind when I'm thinking of this series is a scene where Kohei (Nakazawa Motoki), a boy with a hearing disability, confesses to Taichi (Kobayashi Toranosuke) under a bridge in the pouring rain. Like Ohm and Nannon's 'rooftop scene' in ”Bad Buddy” or YinWar's 'umbrella scene' in ”Love Mechanics”, this is an iconic BL highlight. Due to his hearing problem, Kohei dis…

I would sum this up as wasted potential. It is 12 parts and the first 6 parts are wonderful in showing the beginnings of a charming romance between a hearing impaired student and the friend he makes and catches feelings for. Then I have no idea what they were thinking, but parts 7 to 11 hardly had the guys together, only a few brief scenes and then the last half of the last part they get back toge…