Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru (2019)

Cinema de arte

Essa definitivamente não é uma obra para qualquer pessoa. Se fosse cinema, poderia ser classificado como cinema de arte, aquele que não é feito com o intuito principal entreter, mas de gerar profundas reflexões a respeito de temas que geralmente são tabus ou passíveis de preconceito e discriminação.

O roteiro é incrível, todas as emoções que ele transmite são palpáveis. É possível sentir desespero ao ver o sofrimento, já que os pensamentos do protagonista são narrados, é possível ver a tristeza, o medo de não ser aceito, a mágoa da garota ao perceber que viveu uma ilusão, e o quanto ela foi gigante ao aceitar a amizade ao invés do amor que sonhou.

A série tem muitas camadas... Começamos com nosso herói se relacionando com um homem visivelmente mais velho, casado e pai, que possivelmente jamais iria se assumir e deixar sua família, mas era afeiçoado a ele sinceramente, e não mentia nem.enganava. Não vou romantizar a traição, mas ao invés disso prefiro criticar a sociedade que é tão maldosa, a ponto de fazer alguém viver uma vida que não lhe pertence, apenas para ser aceito. Algo que me chamou atenção entre eles, foi quando o namorado respondeu que entre o protagonista e a esposa, se ambos estivessem se afogando, ele salvaria a a esposa. Vi comentários achando isso cruel, mas lembremos que a série é oriental, e uma vez casado, ele é o provedor da família, então aquela mulher tinha a vida sob responsabilidade dele, e ele entendia isso.

Sobre Miura, foram momentos tensos pra mim... Ver a declaração dela, a expectativa das amigas, e ao mesmo tempo em que ele dizia sim com sua mente gritando que não, foi algo torturante de se ver. As ações que se seguiram também não ficam atrás... O bullying, a tentativa de suicídio, a dificuldade da mãe em aceitar, mesmo diante da quase morte do filho, tudo isso traz uma profunda reflexão sobre as relações humanas entre a comunidade LGBTQIAP+ e a comunidade hétero. Até quando o preconceito vai existir?

Enfim, é uma obra de arte... Atuação impecável, bem como todos os aspectos técnicos, com certeza verei de novo e recomendo muito.

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I am no cinema critic and I have no education in visual media or anything like that so I'm just gonna write this review as a 21-year-old gay man who was born in a heavily Catholic country and who's spent a good chunk of time in Japan, too.
First, let me just get by the regular review-y things. The acting was great, not perfect, but still great. I especially loved how Kaneko Daichi played with his expressions, expressing a lot of emotion just by moving his eyes or changing his expression just enough to convey any changes in Jun's emotions. You probably won't get a 5-star-worth acting in this drama if that's what you're looking for, but it's decent enough to convey what the drama is going for so you won't be disappointed.
The music was fine, as they used a lot of Queen's songs in the making, and I especially liked the moments just before the more dramatic or sad scenes when the music swelled up, mixed with some white-noise-like sound effects, which I felt was the perfect expression of what a gay high-schooler might feel in moments of dread and sadness.
I will surely rewatch this drama someday, that's for sure, even if just to remind myself of what a lot of gay people have to go through, and that not everyone is so lucky as I am.
And now the story. Oh God, the story.
I watched all 8 episodes and I can say that it's a great description of what it is like to be gay in an unaccepting, especially high-school community. The dread of being found out, the uneasiness before coming out, the unquenched desire to end your own life – all of it resonated with me on a very personal level, so much that I had to take breaks while watching this drama so as to let myself calm down a little.
I assume that if you're reading this review, you're not afraid of spoilers so let me say it clearly: no, Jun didn't end up with a girl, and his self-introduction during his first day at University at the end of Episode 8 starting with "Nice to meet you, I'm Andou Jun from Tokyo and I am..." and cutting just at the end of the episode is a clear indication that what he intended to say was "I am gay," which means he most probably came to accept his own sexuality and Miura is now just a friend to him, a dear friend, but just a friend.
This drama brought up a lot of problems I encountered myself when growing up. Is it really impossible for me to date a girl? Will I never be able to have my own children? What will my parents say? Will they be mad at the fact that I will never be able to give them grandsons? Of course, not all gay people encounter these problems but a large chunk of them do, especially in a country like Japan which values (traditional) family a lot and has no partnership nor a same-sex marriage system, where adopting a child might prove to be a pretty tough task for same-sex couples. All of these problems were perfectly conveyed in Jun's story and I was really happy to watch all of it.
However, what I'm even more happy about is that Jun had friends, true friends like Miura and Ryouhei who accepted him as a gay man and supported him no matter what. I am very lucky to have had such friends and I wish Jun had realized that much earlier, too.
That's why I'm giving this drama 10/10. It's not exactly my kind of drama and if I followed the suggested score I would have to give it just 8.5/10. But the story felt so real to me as a gay man that I had no choice to give it an overall score of 10/10. I just feel that it's a drama that would be important for every person in the world to watch to understand gay people a little better.
If you bore with me till the end – thank you for listening to this young, gay man's rambling, and I hope you will watch this drama for yourself to find out what it really has to offer.
PS I am sorry for any mistakes I might have made – English is not my native language.
Have a very gay day,
R.

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