Love Is a Poison (2024)

[reviews_and_ramblings]

 I had my radar on Love is a Poison for a year at least. It was on Netflix, but not for the Italian market, and I did wonder which level of BL it had, considering it was distributed in a mainstream platform. Indeed I wasn't expecting much, maybe something on the line of Fermat's Cuisine, obviously a love story between the two male characters, but all in the fantasy of the viewer and nothing on plain view. I was wrong. Not only Shiba and Haruto confesses their feelings, they even exchange rings and make their relationship public. Sure, the level of intimacy you have is the same of a regency romance: meaning, everything happens behind closed doors, and you are not invited inside the room but that doesn't matter, I liked the same that they were affectionate enough to make it clear they were a couple. Nice one. HEA. You can see it on Netflix and Viki. Heat Level: 3/6.



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