Dinosaur Love (2023)

Dinosaur Love was a missed opportunity. I was very happy to see "Pepper" Pongpat Unhapipatpong, who I loved in the role of the brother of Payu in Love in the Air, and, at first, his character, Dino, was very interesting, falling in love at first sight with Rak. But after that, sincerely, the story was quite boring, the same old same college romance, with the uber rich and popular student, Dino, and the poor but cute love interest, Rak. Moreover, I don't think there was really that great chemistry between Dino and Rak, and therefore also the love scenes felt fake. Good actors, but bad delivery. HEA. You can see on iQIYI. Heat Level: 6/6.

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

Hit Bite Love (2023)

 I think Hit Bite Love wanted to deal with sensitive matters (bullying, suicide, BDSM) in a light way, but sincerely, you cannot deal with these topics in such a way. In the end it felt very bad, and even the little bit that was good in the story got lost. There are three main couples, Ken and Shokun, Burger and King, Hida and Saint, but the only one that I liked were Burger and King. I would have not minded to see a series centered on these two and completely forget the other two existed. Matteo and Shokun maybe wanted to be cute and sexy, but felt only fake, and I really wanted for Shokun to go back to Ken. HEA. Heat Level: 6/6.

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

Check Out (2022)

 I started Check Out after seeing the special episode centered around Ice and Tee, episode that was quite nice and gave me high expectation for Check Out, expectations that were not met. First of all, I hate the character of Nine, I don't understand why Daonuea is so invested in him, and btw I think the actor doing Nine is not at all handsome, it's actually quite scaring. There is sex, but it seems like a gymnastic exercise, it wasn't sexy at all. The characters I liked from the special episode, Ice and Tee, sort of disappear, and therefore nothing much to save. HEA. You can see it on iQIYI. Heat Level: 6/6.

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

Tsuyogari by Yonezou Nekota

 

This manga consists of oneshots that are loosely connected with each other.

Chapters 1 & 3 focus on the new relationship between Shiba, a high-school student, and his teacher Onosaka. Things are not going well; sensei has an inferiority complex because Shiba likes large-breasted girls.

Chapters 2 & 4 are about Inuo (a friend of Shiba's, who's quite the player with girls) and Natsuda, a boy with whom he finds himself in a love hotel the morning after a wild party. Inuo would just like to forget everything because he's definitely not gay, but Natsuda wants to be his friend so badly that he can't turn him down. Natsuda turns out to be a cheerful and engaging companion, and Inuo starts to spend more and more time with him; going to movies and hanging out. But when he finds himself embracing Natsuda again, he pushes him away -- because he's definitely not gay!

Chapter 5 introduces Shiba's brother, Keisuke and his friend Aki. Aki wants to do more than kiss, but Keisuke only went along with the kissing because it was Aki who asked him. So now that summer break has arrived, he avoids Aki. But when Aki stops calling and avoids him in turn, he's not happy at all.

Chapter 6 is an unconnected oneshot called Yasashii Kuchibiru (Gentle Lips). Yuki and Kaneda are childhood friends, neighbours and more... but Yuki never seems to have time for Kaneda.

Chapter Extra: Secrets of a youth follows Kei and Aki three years later and now in high-school, dealing with some "growing pains".

My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/3Vx3QEr)