Does the Flower Bloom? (2018)

[reviews_and_ramblings]

 Does the Flower Bloom? is a very slow Japanese movie (like almost all the Japanese movie I have seen), but at least the story is not tragic and even if it's not fluffy, the romance is sort of sexy and real. I don't get all the rumor about the age difference between the two characters, yes, it's there (37 against 19), but teenager Yoichi Mizukawa is living alone, managing is house as a boarding house, and renting the garden for various event. He is not an ordinary teenager with a privileged and protected life, he is there, out in the world, trying to make his living. Therefore I didn't feel much the age gap between them. Said that, this movie, and the original manga, are a little broody and moody, so they don't have my full approval rate. It's good but not the best. HEA (sort of). Heat Level: 3/6.


Manga: amzn.to/3wm6KRG

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