Udagawachou de Matteteyo (2015)

I really loved the development of the relationship; it wasn't too slow but it wasn't too fast either. I almost cried at the end because of how sweet and cute it was. This movie was really amazing, I honestly can't say that enough. Personally, I thought the acting was really good and the story was good as well although I did get a bit confused about who the girls were and why they were there in the story (If anyone can tell me more of their roles it would be much appreciated). I really loved the music that the one guy listened too (sorry I'm bad at remembering character names), I wish I knew what it was but I can look up the soundtrack later. I'd definitely watch it again and do recommend you all watch it.

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A interesting watch, but definitely worth it- go watch it ?

I first heard about this show when I was looking for Mangas to read, the plot definitely caught my eye but I ended up going with something else. Then I entirely switched Mediums and no longer read BL mangas as much. So when I saw this but as a live action, I decided to give it a shot. I’m glad I did. The movie provided awkward but lovable characters. The plot was handled well, especially with Yashiros changing feelings about his gender identity and sudden reveal of his secret “identity”. His character development was nice to see as he became more comfortable with himself and in turn grew as a character. Momose was complicated but turned out to be the most simple character as he was ultimately more ccomfortable, though at first a bit confused, with his newfound attraction for Yashiro. He had flaws, I don’t agree with what he did to Yashiro in the bedroom but I think it was a result of confusion and teenage hormones/awkwardness. Not excused, but understandable as he didn’t mean it. Their relationship development between both characters was really pretty to see as they both helped eachother in different ways, I especially liked seeing Momoses feelings go from only being attracted to Yashiro when he was cross dressing to being attracted even when he was in normal clothes. Overall I would give this a 9/10 purely because I wasn’t as attached to the characters due to the length, which also made the movie seemed somewhat rushed at times. I would probably rewatch this again and maybe reconsider my rating to a higher score but even so, although not amazing this was a really good watch and showed well teenage awkwardness around attraction and changing feelings. If you’re thinking about watching this, I’d recommend. It’s a good watch with a interesting plot.

My favourite scene was probably the scene wher Momose gets hard even tho Yashiro is dressed normally, and holds his hand and the the final 10 minutes.

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No. If I could rate this ZERO stars, I would!

I stopped watching 40 minutes in. Fuck this movie. It's trash.
I hated how they made it out that oh, he is wearing female clothes, so he must be gay.
No. That isn't how that works..
I HATE Momose so gosh damn bad, he makes me want to vomit. There was nothing good or cute or sweet about this character. He honestly had to be mental. Main point being, he sexually assaulted Yashiro every chance he got. Any time Yashiro would try to run away he would literally chase him down and then threaten to blackmail him. Dude is a sick son of a bitch!! Not to mention he keeps saying he isn't gay but fetishizes Yashiro in female clothing? Bro, just watch porn. -_-

We know little to nothing about Yashiro even 40 minutes in other than his safe space and freedom no longer exist because of Momose. PTSD, anyone? -_- I feel so bad for his character honestly. It's bullshit that your one go-to peace is fucked up because of a psycho.

I really wished this movie was cute and fluffy, but it wasn't. It's a nightmare That sadly people do have happen to them. SMH

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I'm amazed that I was able to watch this without pausing or being bored. I guess I found it so poorly executed that it was interesting/laughable.
The biggest problem for me was the under-developed story. The relationship jumps from disgust to love way too quickly. It's like I missed a big chunk in the middle. If there was that middle part of real development, it could have been an amazing story.
The relationship in this movie is very...creepy. I wouldn't call it love, but more like infatuation or perverted. Some people like that type of fanservice stuff, but I wanted to see a real connection and a real relationship development.
The acting was so-so. It seemed a bit forced.

I feel like this type of storyline really could have went somewhere. I'm a bit disappointed in the fact that it was very superficial and did not dig deep at all. But I still watched it all, somehow. I think I was only kept interested by the fact that I was cringing A LOT.

Props to the music, though! They used a lot of GRIEVA, which is a band that I used to listen to a lot in middle school! I'm a bit biased with that part, lol.

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Definitely not one of my favourites

I don't really get the feel, and the story is .. Well, not very good ?
Not something that wow me or something
Yeah, it does raise up the issue of crossdressing, however, not in a very good way I think

It portrays the confusion and contradiction within himself for crossdressing
He strictly points out that he's not gay harshly
And even react strongly when the other guy is pushing his feeling on him
Plus there's a 'rape attempt' toward him too
But then somehow suddenly the plot shifted toward him being more willing ? Idk
I mean it doesn't explains that well the shift ..

The other guy, is coming kinda 'too strong'
In a way that he doesn't seems like he actually try to be considerate of the other party's feeling
Merely pushing his feelings, although I know that he is also at a loss on what to do
Like, yeah, I know he is supposedly being so sincere and perhaps someone with lack of experience
But in a way it seems like he keep pushing and pushing and kinda lost it (in the attempted rape)
Fortunately he stopped before going to far

BTW .. I read the manga, and in the manga they explore a bit more of the inner monologue, what they are thinking and stuff, WHICH is not portrayed in the movie by either dialogue or monologue / inner thoughts
If the drama express more of them too, it would be a nicer execution of the story as the viewers would understand the character's feeling and what are they thinking better

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The idea of this movie is cute but the way it's executed is problematic and annoying.

The idea of the movie is cute: Momose tried to encourage Yashiro to be confident in crossdressing. Yashiro is very lovely, I tried to finish the whole show bc of him. I believe with the same idea it could be done better. The way this idea was executed in this movie was very problematic. Maybe bc of writing, Momose looked like a manipulative freak, trying to make Yashiro do this do that, and excused by saying: "I don't know how to do it better". And one important thing: he did attempt r*pe Yashiro, this is unforgiveable. I guess the reason why people liked it back then bc it was in 2015 so people's viewpoints might be different than us now and they didn't have many choices at that time.

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The film is an adaptation of the manga of the same name by the author Hideyoshico, for which she won several awards at the Chil Chil BL Awards 2012. For me, it's a perfectly fine Japanese-edited film, sophisticated, well-paced and excellently acted by both main protagonists. Even to the point that I really believed Momose that even though it's his first love, he acts like a proper seme and tried to almost "rape" Yashiro according to the yaoi without ever doing it and it came from inside the character without that he could somehow influence it. A very good episode indeed, in which, surprisingly, this time I was disturbed a bit by the music, which was not to my taste, to underline the emotionally correct scenes.


Snímek je adaptací mangy stejného názvu autorky Hideyoshico, za kterou sklidila několik ocenění i na Chil Chil BL Awards 2012. Pro mě naprosto fajn film japonského střihu, vychytaný, mající spád a výborně zahraný oběma hlavními protagonisty. Dokonce tak, že jsem Momose-mu opravdu věřil, že i když je to jeho první láska, tak se chová jako správný seme a pokusil se dle yaoi Yashira téměř "znásilnit", aniž by to někdy dělal a vycházelo to z nitra postavy bez toho, že by to mohl nějak ovlivnit. Opravdu velmi dobré dílko, u kterého mě překvapivě tentokráte trošku rušila hudba, která nebyla dle mého vkusu, aby podkreslila pocitově správně dané scény.

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Many red flags with a quite creep guy vs. a sweet guy who just wants to have confidence while cute

Shortly said:
Momose is forcing himself onto this Yashiro, multiple times. Trying to blackmail and manipulate him into getting his own desires fulfilled.

First, when they met he got very close and insisted on talking and out in public even, where anyone with a secret like this would get very startled, eh didn’t consider Yashiro at any point really.
And he kept forcing himself onto him even later in the school and then ended up taking advantage of the situation of other people coming near them to kiss him,
bc Yashiro wouldn’t dare to do anything to get exposed dressed up in a girl’s uniform.

He later when at his home, forces himself over and over until he gets a rib on him unable to get away, forcing himself onto him with rape attempt,
even when he says stops multiple times he doesn’t listen at all, but only seems completely blinded by his own desires.
And only stops when he starts crying out loud and begs saying he is scared over and over. Which normally in irl this would most likely leave a trauma scar on someone experiencing a situation like that.
Momose is a very creepy and scary person, there were so many red flags and crossed lines in this movie.
Made me feel disgusted bc Yashiro should never have apologized and asked for forgiveness for changing his mind later on, as he says he does
-Everyone is allowed to change their mind doing anywhere and anytime before and in a situation.
I honestly can’t believe Yashio would actually let a horrible selfish guy like this back into his life…

What I otherwise got out of this movie…was that Yoshiro didn’t believe he was cute? But really wanted to and that is kinda what Momose could give him,
To make him believe that he was. And all of him not just only when he dressed up. Which no one else knew of but Momose.
It honestly seemed like Yoshiro just wanted to feel pretty and confident.
While Momose had a deep fetish…? Or that he just got an eye-opener up for Yoshiro looking cute, which he liked very much?

I am not sure what to say about this part...but
there seems to be hinting that Yashiro is transgender, or maybe just a crossdresser or something else in terms of non-normative gender? just too bad we didn't get a more clear answer on that i think, as it seems kind of half-like done. But perhaps that is the meaning of the story that it was more about the two of them?
But it is nice to get that genre in there as we don't get to see that so often in movies.

Not sure what good there even is to say about this movie??
uh, the actors looked good, the acting was good, the music was ok.

Oh and yes, that they otherwise portrayed the two guys who otherwise don't seem to be gay, but fell for one another, so it is not your typical portrayed type of gay, which is really nice to see in a movie!

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Weird

I thought about writing the review on this one, and I was afraid I lack the words to explain the depth of disturbing feeling that I was left with. I think that the story and the plot is deep, but it is so lightly presented. More than one scenes are disturbing, and these are not the ones with cross-dressing.

Relationship between characters is forced, I could not sense any emotions, except one sided sexual desire.

I watched it carefully and I cannot even begin to write the problems it has. There are some good moments, like fully acceptance of ones identity (but I am also walking on the edge here) because some scenes showed this very well and some not so much.

I would not watch this again, and I think I would forget it probably too soon. In my personal opinion it lacks the feelings and emotions that I could feel just by watching. I am not sure, and my indecisiveness made me rate higher than expected.

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