#utsukushii kare eternal

[rayandgay]

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

#my beautiful man #my beautiful man 2 #my beautiful man eternal #utsukushii kare #utsukushii kare 2 #utsukushii kare eternal #hira x kiyoi #yagi yusei #hagiwara riku #bl drama #bledit #bl series #japanese bl #jdrama #jdramaedit #jdramasource #asianlgbtqdramas #asiandramasource #asiandramanet #my gifs #this scene makes me feel so insane i love it so much #it captures them/how far they've come so perfectly

[gulongming]

Yagi Yusei as Kiyoi Sou

美しい彼 エターナル My Beautiful Man: Eternal (2023)

#utsukushii kare eternal #utsukushii kare #my beautiful man #boyslovesource #jmovieedit #jdramaedit #dailyasiandramas #jdramasource #asiandramaedit #kiyoi sou #yagi yusei #alx.gif #flashing gif #MY BEST FRIEND. HES MY BEST FRIEND

[jimmysea]

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

#utsukushii kare #utsukushii kare 2 #utsukushii kare eternal #my beautiful man #hira x kiyoi #jdrama #jdramaedit #marigif

[telebi]

美しい彼～eternal～ (2023)

#utsukushii kare #utsukushii kare eternal #hagiwara riku #yagi yusei #bldramaedit #bl drama #* #s: utsukushii kare #I NEED ITTTT #you can already tell they did it again #banger for sure #gonna rewatch the series now lmaoo

[conscbgb]

The famous bathtube moment...😏

#my beautiful man eternal #utsukushii kare eternal #hira x kiyoi #bl japan #yagi yusei #riku hagiwara

[keeponwatching]

King Kiyoi and his devoted lover -and self-proclaimed servant- Hira

#utsukushii kare eternal #my beautiful man eternal #utsukushii kare #my beautiful man #jdrama #jmovie

[itmightrain]

My Beautiful Man and Old Fashion Cupcake grabbing you by the throat and going "the way you devalue yourself in your own mind has negative consequences for the people who you love and who want to love you!!"

#my beautiful man #utsukushii kare eternal #utsukushii kare #old fashion cupcake #old fashioned cupcake

[khaotunqs]

It’s always been like this. You apologize reflexively when I get angry. But honestly, you don’t understand me at all. 

#utsukushii kare #utsukushii kare eternal #utsukushii kare 2 #my beautiful man #my beautiful man 2 #jdrama #userdramas #asiandramanet #asianlgbtqdrama #dailyasiandramas #asiancentral #asiandramasource #lextag #esmetracks #userkimchi #usermare #userkareena #userstorge #mine*

[yousayusei]

if i had a nickel for every time a bl actor calls their co-actor "boyfriend" outside filming/promotion. i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's making me happy that it happened twice

kouhei/atsuki clip transation // riku/yusei whole live translation

EDIT: added source for both pics

#yusei called riku “kareshi” twice #one was he said “uchi no kareshi” #utsukushii kare #utsukushii kare eternal #my beautiful man #taikan yoho #my personal weatherman #segasaki x yoh #hirakiyo #hira x kiyoi #yagi yusei #hagiwara riku #mashiko atsuki #higuchi kouhei

[hopkei]

Kentaro-senpai, please take good care of Yusei~

#fantastics from exile tribe #fantastics #yagi yusei #maeda kentaro #my beautiful man eternal #utsukushii kare #utsukushii kare eternal #jr exile #hopkei trans #my favorite thing abt all my edits is how jank and inconsistent they are LOL #never written down a font in my LIFE #even my own watermark just changes font and colors lmao #but anyways #yusei senpaiiii~~ #i cannot really say i am a real fan of maeda kentaro bc i have literally seen him in nothing but utsukare #but let me TELL YOU when he appeared #i literally had to pause the movie to just. GAPE. #like. thats not a real person #thats the prettiest person(???) ive ever SEEN theres NO WAY #my loyalties swerved so hard in the like 5min hes on screen im sorry🙏🏻 #i think i may watch the drama he just did tho i heard it was very good #i wonder if hes friends with ketosota since theyre the same age🥺

[rayandgay]

utsukushii kare eternal I bath time

+ 🦆

#my beautiful man #utsukushii kare #utsukushii kare eternal #my beautiful man 2 #utsukushii kare 2 #hira x kiyoi #bl drama #japanese bl #jdrama #jdramaedit #asianlgbtqdramas #asiandramasource #yagi yusei #hagiwara riku #lgbtedit #y'all glsls.. they're insane #i love them so much #my gifs

[gulongming]

美しい彼 エターナル My Beautiful Man: Eternal (2023)

#utsukushii kare eternal #utsukushii kare #my beautiful man #boyslovesource #raeblr #dailyasiandramas #jdramasource #jmovieedit #jdramaedit #asiandramaedit #hagiwara riku #yagi yusei #alx.gif #i miss them every day

[jimmysea]

Hira: 🥰👉👈😍❤️ Kiyoi: 😳😠👊🔪💀

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

#utsukushii kare #my beautiful man #utsukushii kare eternal #hira x kiyoi #美しい彼 シーズン2 #hagiwara riku #yagi yusei #marigif #THEY'RE BACKKKKKKKKKKK

[keepontalking]

Kiyoi: Idk, it just seems like you are less intense lately. Do you even like me anymore? Hira: *Animalisticly beats Kiyoi's kidnapper into the ground* Kiyoi: Aw~ There's my big psycho~

#utsukushii kare eternal #utsukushii kare #my beautiful man #my beautiful man eternal #jdrama

[conscbgb]

Who would have thought that a simple august tuesday could become so beautiful 🤩🥰🙌

#my beautiful man #my beautiful man eternal #utsukushii kare eternal #hira x kiyoi #bl japan #yagi yusei #riku hagiwara

[emotionallychargedtowel]

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.

In case it doesn't go without saying, this post is subject to change as I continue to post on this topic.

The psychological paradoxes of Utsukushii Kare

This is a series of posts (the current plan is to write three installments) about what it says on the tin: paradoxical psychological dynamics in Utsukushii Kare. These are things about the characters that may seem contradictory at first but can be accounted for by digging deeper into some psychological concepts. These posts are focused on the series (both seasons) but will draw from the movie and from the novel and related stories when they illustrate points about the series.

Part 1: Covert grandiosity and finding status through idealization - A pretty deep dive into 1) the subtle ways Hira shows that while his self-image can be highly negative in some ways, in other respects he feels superior to others and 2) how by elevating Kiyoi’s status and humbling himself in comparison, Hira attains a different kind of status.

An addendum of sorts to part 1: Hira's parents and his self-defeating tendencies - Some guesswork about how Hira's parents could have contributed to his self-defeating personality, with some further discussion of specific self-defeating strategies he uses in his relationship with Kiyoi and elsewhere.

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

Additional (informal) thoughts on s2e1

S2e1 rundown

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)

on Utsukushii Kare: Eternal:

Kiyoi and Anna: on Kiyoi’s friendship with Anna and its significance for his personal growth

#utsukushii kare #utsukushii kare meta #utsukushii kare analysis #utsukushii kare season 1 #utsukushii kare season 2 #utsukushii kare 2 #utsukushii kare eternal #utsukushii kare: eternal #hira x kiyoi #japanese bl #jbl #my beautiful man #psychology of bl #pursuer distancer dynamic #attachment theory #attachment style