#nozue sanae

[incandescentflower]

men in Japanese bl leaning on their hands admiringly is my new thing

[emotionallychargedtowel]

I noticed something exciting while watching Minato’s Laundromat episode 4!

So, at the end of the episode, Minato saw Shin from across the way and started to call out to him, but stopped when he saw him having an animated interaction with another dude.

It’s basically impossible to recognize this actor from this blurry snippet. But we get a much better look immediately in the episode 5 preview. Apparently he’s some kind of instructor, possibly a professor, seemingly from Shin’s university, named Kirihara. He seems to have a particularly close—and, uh, physically demonstrative—relationship with Shin, and Minato is clearly concerned. Seems the jealousy theme already developing in season 2 is intensifying.

But the really interesting part (to fans of a certain actor, at least) is who’s playing this apparent rival. He's an all-time favorite of mine.

Got it yet?

How about now?

Or now?

(Uh oh, he's not only hugging Shin, he's doing the ol' back-of-the-head grab. I don't think this is one of those benign misunderstanding situations. )

It's Takeda Kouhei! Also known as Nozue from Old Fashion Cupcake...

and Kazumin (my beloved)/Kamen Rider Grease from Kamen Rider Build, and as Kurenai Otoya in Kamen Rider Kiva.

I think they're being intentionally mysterious here. Takeda usually posts on instagram about roles before shows air/movies are released, and the Minato's Laundromat account similarly tends to show behind-the-scenes material for upcoming episodes right around when a current one airs. Takeda also isn't listed on MDL for this role. So it does seem like they're being a little cagey for now--though that could end now that the preview's been shown.

I'm SO psyched, y'all.

The ever-observant @bengiyo pointed out that this is continuing a bit of a trend of veterans of prior BLs playing romantic rivals in newer series. We saw Izuka Kenta from The Novelist/The Pornographer playing this type of role in Candy Color Paradox and someone from Life: Love on the Line doing the same in Kieta Hatsukoi (I haven't seen LLotL and couldn't immediately tell from perusing cast lists who this was).

I like this trend! So many opportunities for intertextual commentary. I'm always excited for more connections between the BL and tokusatsu worlds, too. Really looking forward to seeing more in episode 5.

[fellhalcyon]

japanese bl + doting

[dnact]

Broo....... I hope I can buy the dvd

[agentkuryakin]

Nozue before giving head to Togawa for the first time

[noona96n]

rereading the Old Fashioned Cupcake manga and is reminded that Nozue-san and Togawa's name complement one another

野末早苗 Nozue Sanae

野末 (Nozue) as in the corner/edge of the field.

早苗 (Sanae) as in rice seedlings, the young rice stalks waiting to be transplanted into paddy fields & harvested

外川実 Togawa Minoru

外川 (Togawa) as in open river/water (or outside the river)

実 (Minoru) as in to ripen, to bear fruit (or truth/reality)

sth sth rice fields watered by the river are now ripened for harvest sth

[ao3feed-badbuddy]

BL stories

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/TXBOwsM by Draugr_Overlord This is me basically me when I need to write sad things about some of my favorite shows. For some reason, I crave sadness, it's my favorite thing, right, so I'm gonna make myself suffer by writing about my favourite characters. Now this isn't probably gonna be the best and updates will be slow, but I'm trying. If you have any requests with these ones, feel free to send some request over, I always enjoy writing stuff. Words: 35, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: KinnPorsche: The Series (TV), 放弃我抓紧我 | Stay With Me (TV), แค่เพื่อนครับเพื่อน | Bad Buddy: the Series (TV), Semantic Error (TV), คาธ | The Eclipse (TV 2022), เพื่อนต้องห้าม | Only Friends (Thailand TV 2023), Old Fashion Cupcake (TV) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Chu Sangwoo (Semantic Error), Jang Jaeyoung, Ryu Jihye (Semantic Error), Choi Yuna (Semantic Error), Go Hyeongtak, Vegas Kornwit Theerapanyakun, Porsche Pachara Kittisawat, Kinn Anakinn Theerapanyakun, Porchay Pichaya Kittisawat, Kim Khimhant Theerapanyakun, Khun Tankhun Theerapanyakun, Time Thaweewat Ratanapakorn, Pete Phongsakorn Saengtham, Su Yu (Stay With Me), Wu Bi (Stay With Me), Pran Parakul Siridechawat, Korn (Bad Buddy: the Series), Pat Napat Jindapat, Wai (Bad Buddy: the Series), Akk (The Eclipse), Ayan (The Eclipse), Chadok (The Eclipse), Kan (The Eclipse), Thua (The Eclipse), Wat (The Eclipse), Nozue Sanae, Sand (Only Friends Thailand TV), Boston (Only Friends Thailand TV), Ray (Only Friends Thailand TV), Top (KinnPorsche: The Series), Mew (KinnPorsche: The Series), Nick (Only Friends Thailand TV), Boeing (Only Friends Thailand TV) Relationships: Chu Sangwoo/Jang Jaeyoung, Porsche Pachara Kittisawat/Kinn Anakinn Theerapanyakun, Porsche Pachara Kittisawat/Vegas Kornwit Theerapanyakun, Su Yu/Wu Bi (Stay With Me), Pat Napat Jindapat/Pran Parakul Siridechawat, Pran Parakul Siridechawat & Wai, Akk/Ayan (The Eclipse), Nozue Sanae/Togawa Minoru, Ray/Sand (Only Friends Thailand TV), Mew/Top (Only Friends Thailand TV), Boston/Nick (Only Friends Thailand TV), Boston/Top (Only Friends Thailand TV), Mew/Ray (Only Friends Thailand TV), Sand/Top (Only Friends Thailand TV) Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt No Comfort, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Romance, Fluff, Angst, Men Crying, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending, First Kiss, I'm Bad At Tagging, Humor, Alternate Universe, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Pining, Established Relationship, Love Confessions, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Self-Harm read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/TXBOwsM

[dnact]

That is the "I KNEW I CHOSE THE RIGHT PERSON" kinda expression after tasting Nozue's cook