Happy of the End (2024)

The darker this story, the brighter their romance shines

As a manga reader, when i heard they were going to make this drama, my first thought was that the story would be 80% changed because there’s no way they could adapt all the stuffs in this manga into a TV drama.
And oh boy, I was wrong.
They took me by surprise by actually adapting as much as they could from this manga, every trigger warning contents from Haoren’s backstory and their relationship, they kept as much as a TV rating would let them in a short 8 episodes.

Many people thought they went too far by being this bold with this story especially for a TV drama instead of Movie but I ended up loving it even though some parts were genuinely difficult to stomach even for a manga reader like me.

The screen writing was good and showed they actually paid attention to the source material, due to small amount of episodes to cover entire 3 vols of the manga, they modified and summarized some part and in my opinion in a good way too.

The actors are good enough, even though this is their first leading role, they both worked hard and managed to nailed it until the end. The chemistry was strong as well between Haoren and Chihiro.

In contrast to what most people expected from this kind of story, especially for Haoren who went through hell unimaginable, they expected a tragic ending but just like the title “Happy Of The End”, the main message from this story was about not giving up, never stop clinging to the smallest hope of being happy one day, Haoren who lost hope found Chihiro, Chihiro who never give up on desperately find love, found Haoren who loves him unconditionally. They had the very last happy ending they both long deserve.

Because of how dark the story was, their love, their intimacy and small moments together become more important to viewers to see and I think that’s just beautiful.

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Dark and hauntingly beautiful at its core.

A story of two men that should not be together, right? Well, that's only at the surface but there's so much more to this story. Haoren and Chihiro are two young men who are completely damaged: mentally, physically, and emotionally. One because of his tragic past and the other because his family is homophobic. When they first meet it leads to a toxic relationship where there's a lot of pain, abuse and humiliation in the beginning. The first 3 episodes are extremely hard to watch because of the emotional abuse. But in the end, it's a road that both Haoren and Chhiro needed. To a normal bystander this is a relationship that should not succeed. At least it's what it looks like at first. Underneath the toxicness that surrounds them at first both Haoren and Chichiro come to understand each other, value each other and heal together. Their journey takes them to a place where they can learn to love each other and make one another happy. Despite all the pain they have been thru in their lives they give each other a peace they have never had before. That peace is what not only becomes healing from one to the other but also within themselves.
And that's the beauty of this story. The writers knew exactly what they were doing here and giving these characters character development in 8 episodes where the audience can feel that it's worth it to root for them. Not only as a couple but as individuals. It also leaves the viewers with hope that no matter how dark life may get there's always a light within a tunnel be it in the form of another person or your own persona.
Highly recommended tho it may trigger some esp in the first episode. All I'm going to say is stick with it because it's all worth it. The cast was amazing in this too. One of Japan's best BL's but it may not be for everyone, I enjoyed it fully.

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A masterpiece

This series is soooo fucking goooood. That ex aint shit omw why is the rating so low. People missing out on a masterpiece. Just finished episode 4??????? i got nooooothing. You ever watched a series and it just had you all up in your feelings this is it. That episode 4 break me yes. This is why i love Japanese bl . It plays with your emotions. I really hope at the end they get a happily ever after because wow. These adults omw . They wasnt shit all of them deserved to DIE and i hope that pimp eventually get his that MF. Just finished episode 8 and i would say one of my favorite BL of 2024. Episode 8 literally had me crying. Glad maya got his even though he went out to fucking easy. He supposed to suffer a slow death . Loved how the met in the ending

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JUST WATCH IT ( if you can stomach it READ TRIGGER WARNINGS)

okay...
idk what to say exactly
this drama has made me feel a lot of stuff alot of different emotions
it made be feel disgusted,sad, happy, disturbed, grateful, ashamed everything
this drama has a lot of heavy topics and as I said please read the trigger warnings as some scenes were a bit triggering to me and I usually don't read trigger warnings...

this is definitely not a fluffy romance where two people who have a little trauma but alot of love and friendship coming together and dating ... this story is about two broken people finding a way to overcome their trauma and finnally living life atleast a little
episode 4 and 6 were a bit triggering for me ....
the villian should have had more consequences than what he got he should have regretted everything but they tried to make us feel sad and sympathetic towards him and yes I guarantee you won't feel that .....
there is alot of TRAUMA, homophobic people,CA,CSA,and abuse,manipulation and a whole lot more but
this drama has my heart it's deep dark yet it's beautiful.....

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Dark, Disturbing, Pain, Sorrow, Healing, Brilliant!

Fluffy this is not. Talk about a roller-coaster of emotions! I have to say I didn't think I would like this one much, just by what I thought it would turn out to be I wasn't thinking much, wasn't sure if I wanted to watch it, but I am so glad I did.

Both had a disturbing and traumatic past yet they as the story unfolds more and more, both of them start to fall in love with one another and by doing so each of them start to heal the other in the process.

No, it wasn't an easy love that they each gave and got, it only started that way, it got better through out the series. Even though it wasn't sweet love like most shows do, it was one of a kind love for them, and in the end it turned sweet enough for them both.

I o have to say that everyone did a really great job acting, I didn't see any faults in this wholes series, and at times there are some, but all of them did a great job.

Even though I wanted to beat the shit out of Maya every time I saw him
Asari Yosuke did an excellent job with acting this character!

All in all, job series, even being a Disturbing one where I was wanting to climb in there and kick some ass! LOL! Haven't seen this yet, well why not start it now?

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A Toxic Relationship that can be offsetting

Love can be hidden in darkness; it just takes a little dedicated digging to find it.

Adapted from the manga series Happy of the End by Ogeretsu Tanaka, Keito/Haoren (Sawamura Rei) and Kashiwagi Chihiro (Beppu Yurai) are both broken men whose only experience with “love” has been abuse, rejection, and pain.

Each comes from different circumstances. Chihiro is raised in a world that rejects him because he’s gay. He’s been beaten down by the love he desperately tries to hold onto until he believes he’s worth little more than the garbage he steals. Keito is raised in a world full of abuse and anonymity, a world that has stolen his identity, his body, and his heart.

They meet in a bar and randomly live together after Keito beats Chihiro up.

Read the complete article here-

https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/09/05/happy-of-the-end-first-impressions-ep-1-2/

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