Smells Like Green Spirit (2024)

 I did wonder why they adapted a manga like Smells Like Green Spirit, which is already 12 years old, and --- BIG SPOILER --- without an happy ending. Maybe the reason is that it deals with school bullies, but it's set in the 1990s, so the reaction of the characters are quite binded to the era they are living. Mishima Futoshi is a gay boy living in the country; he is not exactly out, but he doesn't hide who he is, actually with his long hair he is almost parading it. He is bullied, but he really doesn't contrast it. There are even some teachers that I think wanted to help him, but he always brushes them off. Among his bullies, there is Kirino Makoto, who more than act, looks Mishima from afar; and Mishima looks back, making Kirino uneasy. Of course Kirino is in the closet, and he reacts badly to Mishima's openess, until the moment Mishima discovers his secret, and therefore becomes his only ally. Of course in a romance, the two boys would be able to overcome all dangers and live happily ever after. But this is the 1990s, and I think we have to be grateful there is no tragedy for them in the future: Kirino will marry and be seemely happy with his memories of Mishima, while Mishima, a famous drag queen, has a nice lover by his side. It's not an HEA for Kirino, it's a partially HEA for Mishima. Heat Level: 1/6.



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

Sugar Dog Life (2024)

 Again a quite spicy Manga, Sugar Dog Life, adapted to a chaste drama... to give you a spoiler, if you decide to see it, they gently kiss at the very end of the last episode. Said that Sugar Dog Life is quite enjoyable, it fits in the Food-like-Love category (like Our Dinind Table and What Did You Eat Yesterday), actually I have to say that almost all the good food drama are also sexless drama... maybe Japan is soubstituting sex scene with food porn I like both character, the short, baby-faced Sakuraba Isumi, and the tall but clueless Amasawa Kyosuke. At one point I wondered if Kyosuke was really clueless or he was making his moves in a very slow pace, but no, he was really, totally clueless, to the frustration of poor Isumi. So if you want a nice and sweet, and very slow, love story with some watermouthing dishes, this is the drama right for you. HEA. Heat Level: 2/6.


Manga: amzn.to/4fEBOxI

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