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 Utsukushii Kare  + textposts

promotional video for the theatrical release of utsukushii kare in south korea

MBM: Eternal scenes that I felt in my [redacted]

Don't you ever have thoughts like that?

Utsukushii Kare master post

With Utsukushii Kare: Eternal becoming available on streaming in Japan and rumors of international streaming distribution on the horizon, I thought this might be a good time to do a roundup post of all of my meta writing on the series so far. There's quite a bit of it. Between the complexity of the psychological themes in this series and my capacity for hyperfocus, I ended up with a lot to say.

Watch this space! I have a draft I've been working on for a while that I'll probably divide up into a few posts and it's nearing completion now, so I expect to have more to add in the near future. In case it doesn't go without saying, this post is subject to change as I continue to post on this topic.

Utsukushii Kare through the lens of pursuer-distancer dynamics and related psychological concepts:

The pursuer-distancer dyad & how it applies to the world of BL - a primer on this psychological concept and how it applies to BL generally, with a brief reference to how this concept applies to Utsukare (also touches on Semantic Error and talks in detail about an example from To My Star 2). This one isn't super focused on Utsukushii Kare but is pretty de rigeur for understanding my UK posts on this topic.

Paradoxical roles; or, I think I finally figured out the pursuer-distancer dynamic in Utsukushii Kare - This post comes after some of the posts listed below but I recommend reading it first as this is really where (I think) I cracked the code on this aspect of the story.

Pursuer-distancer roles & attachment style in Utsukushii Kare, Part 1: Hira - In-depth discussion of Hira's role in the pursuer-distancer dyad, his attachment style, and his personality

Pursuer-distancer roles and attachment style in Utsukushii Kare Part 2: Kiyoi - In-depth discussion of Kiyoi's role in the pursuer-distancer dyad, his attachment style, and his personality

Re-evaluating pursuing & distancing in Utsukushii Kare season 1 - super detailed post working out my thoughts about pursuing and distancing in season 1

On the way Sakai Mai (the series' director) uses seme left, uke right framing and its significance in BL and other Japanese media:

Using an example from the s2e1 with the girl who hits on Hira at a party (via a reblog of a gifset from @nanons)

On the way Sakai flips Hira's and Kiyoi's position in the frame in two versions of the same scene and what it tells us about its significance

How the persistent/cute trope plays out in Utsukushii Kare season 2, plus related overanalyses of the big season 2 finale kiss:

The persistent and the cute (how "persistent" and "cute" are code words with specific meanings in BL/yaoi/other drama and manga genres/Japanese culture more broadly)

Analyzing the season 2 finale kiss in light of seme left/uke right framing and the persistent/cute trope (in a reblog of a gif post by @nanons)

Reblogging @bl-bracket to lobby for the season 2 finale kiss, with more overanalysis

Fragrance nerd discussion:

This bittersweet fragrance - on the significance of osmanthus/tea olive in Utsukushii Kare season 2, with additional information on the possible significance of the fragrance of osmanthus and perfumes that are either osmanthus soliflores or feature prominent osmanthus notes

Posts on specific season 2 episodes:

initial thoughts about S2e1

S2e1 rundown

Additional (informal) thoughts on s2e1

Hira's incongruous/misaligned affect at the end of s2e1

S2e2 rundown

on S2e2, including pursuer-distancer dynamics and seme left, uke right

Utsukushii Kare S2E4: “face me straight on” (mostly discussing relationship dynamics pointed out in topic-specific metas)

the way utsukare quite literally opens with hira not being able to say he "likes" something, and being unable to find something that he finds really amazing to take photos of, and what changes everything and sets the stage for the story is hira finding someone that truly amazes him. takes away his breath. woke up the sleeping heart of kazunari hira

when hira first lays eyes on kiyoi and is completely mesmerized in a way he never thought possible,

kiyoi looks back at him.

and he's watching him, even when hira isn't.

he was always just as in love with hira, just as immediately intrigued by him. because they were the two loneliest people in the classroom, the two who could now never stop looking at each other.

hira just didn't see it.

Don't you ever have thoughts like that? (subs by @DE4RKAZU)

 Utsukushii Kare  + textposts

The journey of Hira's hoodie aka now Kiyoi's hoodie

Hira: 🥰👉👈😍❤️ Kiyoi: 😳😠👊🔪💀

Hagiwara Riku as HIRA & Yagi Yusei as KIYOI 美しい彼 シーズン2 (2023) dir. Sakai Mai

I'm a better person because of you.

The publishing company TokyoPop will be releasing English version of the Utsukushii Kare novel and manga in the second half of 2024. YES!!!

manga || drama

Utsukushii Kare (My Beautiful Man)

manga by nagira yuu & kitano megumi drama directed by sakai mai & written by tsubota fumi

MY BEAUTIFUL MAN: ETERNAL (2023)

[LOLLIPOPSUB] Utsukushii Kare S1 (FULL)

hi people🥺

contrary to popular belief, I am actually alive.

I wish Tumblr allowed me to edit posts and have all initial reblogs be edited, but alas, here we are.

I know all streaming links of my subtitles have been removed, so I finally gathered Season 1 of Utsukushii Kare available for download.

The reason why I never did this in the first place is plain and simple because I don't like it when people re-translate without credits, and also that I wanted my subtitles to be as easily accessible as possible. That last bit failed miserably, huh :D

A wonderful gorgeous soul has been supporting me regardless of my (in)activity, and I will now be using that support to host the files so that they hopefully will keep being accessible.

I am not entirely sure what your username is on here, and whether or not you want me to blast it out in public, but I hope you know who you are. Thank you so much.

You can access the full series here:

UTSUKUSHII KARE SEASON 1 - ENG SUB BY LOLLIPOP (FULL SERIES)

Please help spread this post to reach the ones who have so sweetly been looking for my subtitles. It means a lot that such nice words were spread about my translations. Thank you everyone. It genuinely does mean a lot. I hope you'll help me spread this around if people are looking for a place to find my version of the story.

Thank you!

[LOLLIPOPSUB] Utsukushii Kare S2 (FULL)

hi everyone!!

I have uploaded the second season of Utsukushii Kare in the same way I did season 1.

Yes - I have translated episode 4 too :')

I figured if anyone new were to watch the show, having all subs by the same translator is nicer than having to search for the last episode somewhere else.

You can access the full series here:

UTSUKUSHII KARE SEASON 2 - ENG SUB BY LOLLIPOP (FULL SERIES)

(season 1 is also available here)

Hope you enjoy watching the show!

Thank you everyone♥♥

Mama naranai Kare - Utsukushii Kare Novel 4