Stay Still (2023)

 Stay Still is conveying the mood of the story with the lightning, while the three couples (2 gay, 1 hetero) are struggling with their relationship, the setting is mostly night and gloomy, and instead, when they manage to resolve their conflict, it's day and sunny, one of the first time we see all three of them in the open, like they break free of the ropes binding them. The two gay couples are nice, neighbors Damian and Hayden representing the gay for you thrope, with Damian having an interest in a man for the first time; Kelvin and Archie are the starcrossed high school students romance, with Kelvin moving on, marry but now stuck in a unfulfilling relationship, and Archie, who just got engaged but throw everything out the window when he meets Kelvin again. The series is not bad, but it was a little bit too much gloomy for my taste. It has a HEA, so that is good. You can see it on GagaOOLala. Heat Level: 4/6.

Heat Level:

1/6: glances, caress, hugs, no kisses

2/6: kisses, closed mouth or camera angles

3/6: full kisses, clothes on

4/6: full kisses, some clothes off, hands above the waist, pants stay on

5/6: most clothes off, they have sex, but it’s masked, no sexy sounds

6/6: full nudity mostly hidden by camera angles, they have sex, sexy sounds

609 Bedtime Story (2022)

 609 Bedtime Story was quite difficult to understand. So basically we have Mum and Dew living in the same room but in parallel worlds. When Mum crosses the figurative wall dividing them, Mum has no memories of Dew, while Dew knows Mum and has sex with him. The next morning Dew is killed by a masked man. When Mum awakes in his world, he wants to understand who Dew is and how to avoid for him to be killed. In the end they understand that meeting after meeting, Mum is moving on in his time, therefore collecting info and memories of Dew, while Dew is moving back, therefore everytime losing memories of Mum. To make things complicated, Mum meets another Dew in his world, while we discovered that Dew already knows another Mum in his own world. Despite being sort of complex and in the end, more thriller than romance, I enjoyed this series. For the first time, I wasn't so much annoyed by the character played by "Fluke" Natouch Siripongthon, usually he is this meak male lead, overwhelmed by the event. Here is not really different, but in the end his character will prove to be able to take the right decision. There is an HEA for one of the couple, but not for the other, even if it's not a tragedy. You can see it on WeTV. Heat Level: 4/6.

Heat Level:

1/6: glances, caress, hugs, no kisses

2/6: kisses, closed mouth or camera angles

3/6: full kisses, clothes on

4/6: full kisses, some clothes off, hands above the waist, pants stay on

5/6: most clothes off, they have sex, but it’s masked, no sexy sounds

6/6: full nudity mostly hidden by camera angles, they have sex, sexy sounds

Candy Color Paradox (2022)

 Candy Color Paradox was good, but I was a little bit disappointed it was not so sexy. Let me explain better, there was a lot of sexy undercurrents between Satoshi Onoe and Motoharu Kaburagi, and that first kiss was so good, that I was totally expecting something more. It didn't happen, even if there were all the other elements I like, the strong male lead, the apparently weaker counterpart that will prove to be as strong as the other, the sexy vibes between them... so I was fine, even if I did miss a little bit the intimacy, it was like they gave me a spicy appetizer to follow with a plain meal. By chance I stumbled upon a short anime about these two, and I can tell you, in the original manga the meal is spicy, almost hot. Anyway, good one, among the Japanese production I like. HEA. You can see it on GagaOOLala and Viki. Heat Level: 4/6.


Manga: amzn.to/4by44jW

Heat Level:

1/6: glances, caress, hugs, no kisses

2/6: kisses, closed mouth or camera angles

3/6: full kisses, clothes on

4/6: full kisses, some clothes off, hands above the waist, pants stay on

5/6: most clothes off, they have sex, but it’s masked, no sexy sounds

6/6: full nudity mostly hidden by camera angles, they have sex, sexy sounds