I Cannot Reach You: Episode 6 {Watch Party Wednesday #5-BL}
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My name is Taffryne, shoppekeeper of Midnight on Memory Lane, and it is my absolute delight to welcome you to the BL-type post for this week's gathering of Watch Party Wednesday!
'Tis a pleasure, 'tis a pleasure indeed.
As the title of this post says, we're going to be talking about the sixth episode of the Japanese BL-drama based on the manga of the same name, I Cannot Reach You.
I humbly present my thoughts for your enjoyment and consideration. Accordingly, please mind that there will be spoilers ahead!
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Disclaimer: I apologize if there are any crucial cultural notes or nuances that I misunderstand or fail to recognize. I, unfortunately, must trust the accuracy of the translated subtitles to accurately represent the story and characters.
Trigger Warnings: Feelings Crisis
Episode 6
Recollection
- Ohara spent the rest of the school trip sick and only said "Yes" or "I'm fine" to Kakeru's check-in texts
- Kakeru is having a very unavoidable crisis over Yamato kissing him (ever see a boy panic over a marshmallow touching his lips because it reminds him of another boy's lips??? hehe)
- Ohara says he doesn't remember anything from that day (aka his confession and kiss), so Kakeru reasonably gets upset, storms out, and says he's cutting all ties with Ohara (not an appropriate response)
- Hosaka keeps probing everyone about the situation with Ohara and Kakeru including Ohara's sister and also jumps Ohara's memory about him kissing and confessing to Kakeru
- Ohara's sister ends up being the one to convince Kakeru to tackle the feelings issue between him and Kakeru head-on
- Ohara confesses again on the school roof in-between classes to which Kakeru gets to revenge-"I'll think about it" because he's still in his feelings
- Kakeru says Ohara can keep liking him while he thinks about it (Ohara is happy about this)
- Kakeru and Ohara go on a fun date together and go back to Kakeru's place to watch a movie (Ohara finds the bunny and then Kakeru falls asleep on his shoulder ahahaha)
- Kakeru upsets Ohara by being self-deprecating which then leads to Ohara trying to forcefully kiss Kakeru before Ohara runs off
Poor Kakeru got kabedon'd so much in this episode, hehe. Then he got aggressively pushed onto a bed and kissed, not-hehe.
Ohara, dude, what happened to the whole "practice being calm" thing??? Kakeru's not dealt with this before, so it's understandable that he'd be a bit sensitive to stuff. But you??? Mr. Years-of-Pining??? Shame. We don't force people to kisses or bed-stuff. Apologize and repent.
That said, I'm glad Ohara's sister made a turn in judgement towards how he should handle his feelings. Honestly, all his prior forcing them down is probably why he's gotten to be such an impulsive wreck who's struggling with boundaries and expression. Let the lesson be to not suppress your feelings, kids. Take it from my own lived experience and the experiences I recall for my clients; Suppression doesn't make them go away. Never. All it does is move up the starting intensity level for when those emotions kick back up. Then, you explode. It's not good.
Kakeru, I hope you can find your balance here both in your feelings, getting the apology from Ohara, and then seeing how YOU are comfortable moving forward. However, don't talk bad about yourself like that. I get it. I do the same...but it's a habit to break. Not to prolong.
Finally, Hosaka, you're such a mood, honestly. I'm sorry I was wary of you before. You're just so done with the both of them and trying to wingman. You're a bit messy about it and you're playful, but you're able to be blunt with needed and you say completely valid or insightful things. Quite frankly, I almost want you to lose all pretense and go full-force with your counseling because that might be the only thing to recalibrate these two.
Episode 7 Preview
Will this finally be the act where they both apologize, get it together, and then get together???
Thanks for Reading!
I hope you've been able to watch and enjoy the story for yourself! If you haven't, that's okay too! My thoughts are here to keep you updated and entertained in the meantime.
This caps off this week's gathering for Watch Party Wednesday, so off into the nighttime we go in preparation for tomorrow!
I hope you'll come back for tomorrow's Tokusatsu Thursday! I'll be screaming out all my hype at the promotional things surrounding Kamen Rider MY-TH which starts airing this weekend!!!
May we meet again at Midnight!