Kuzumi Haruhiko is a university student. One day, he causes a bicycle accident. The accident causes novelist Kijima Rio to break his arm. Kuzumi doesn't have insurance or money to pay Kijima for his injury. Kijima then asks Kuzumi to transcribe a story he is writing. Kuzumi is surprised to learn the story is obscene.
Pornographer - Spring Life tells a story about Kijima and Kuzumi 2.5 years after their encounter in Pornographer.
Manga is wriiten by the same person and you have a highly sexualized relationship where one of them is emotionally cold and manipulative to the more immocent one.
Trust the Japanese to get down to the nitty gritty themes: dark undercurrents, obsession turning to lust, great acting - not this manga adaptation kind of overdramatisation- slow paced, open ending.
Seventeen-year-old Hira, who is at the bottom of the class, tries to remain invisible at school, never wanting to open his mouth and expose his stuttering speech to his classmates. He views the world through his camera lens, detached until one day, Kiyoi Sou walks through the classroom door. The impact is instantaneous.
Hira finds himself pulled into Kiyoi's gravity, following him everywhere and attending to his every need. Popularity comes easily to beautiful Kiyoi, who is always surrounded by his classmates. He uses his status to get what he wants, ordering around the boy who stares at him with his big eyes and seems to worship him like a god.
Hira contents himself to merely exist within Kiyoi's orbit, asking for nothing in return…
Hira finds himself pulled into Kiyoi's gravity, following him everywhere and attending to his every need. Popularity comes easily to beautiful Kiyoi, who is always surrounded by his classmates. He uses his status to get what he wants, ordering around the boy who stares at him with his big eyes and seems to worship him like a god.
Hira contents himself to merely exist within Kiyoi's orbit, asking for nothing in return…
Seventeen-year-old Hira, who is at the bottom of the class, tries to remain invisible at school, never wanting to open his mouth and expose his stuttering speech to his classmates. He views the world through his camera lens, detached until one day, Kiyoi Sou walks through the classroom door. The impact is instantaneous.
Hira finds himself pulled into Kiyoi's gravity, following him everywhere and attending to his every need. Popularity comes easily to beautiful Kiyoi, who is always surrounded by his classmates. He uses his status to get what he wants, ordering around the boy who stares at him with his big eyes and seems to worship him like a god.
Hira contents himself to merely exist within Kiyoi's orbit, asking for nothing in return…
Hira finds himself pulled into Kiyoi's gravity, following him everywhere and attending to his every need. Popularity comes easily to beautiful Kiyoi, who is always surrounded by his classmates. He uses his status to get what he wants, ordering around the boy who stares at him with his big eyes and seems to worship him like a god.
Hira contents himself to merely exist within Kiyoi's orbit, asking for nothing in return…
Kuzumi Haruhiko is a university student. One day, he causes a bicycle accident. The accident causes novelist Kijima Rio to break his arm. Kuzumi doesn't have insurance or money to pay Kijima for his injury. Kijima then asks Kuzumi to transcribe a story he is writing. Kuzumi is surprised to learn the story is obscene.
Seventeen-year-old Hira, who is at the bottom of the class, tries to remain invisible at school, never wanting to open his mouth and expose his stuttering speech to his classmates. He views the world through his camera lens, detached until one day, Kiyoi Sou walks through the classroom door. The impact is instantaneous.
Hira finds himself pulled into Kiyoi's gravity, following him everywhere and attending to his every need. Popularity comes easily to beautiful Kiyoi, who is always surrounded by his classmates. He uses his status to get what he wants, ordering around the boy who stares at him with his big eyes and seems to worship him like a god.
Hira contents himself to merely exist within Kiyoi's orbit, asking for nothing in return…
Hira finds himself pulled into Kiyoi's gravity, following him everywhere and attending to his every need. Popularity comes easily to beautiful Kiyoi, who is always surrounded by his classmates. He uses his status to get what he wants, ordering around the boy who stares at him with his big eyes and seems to worship him like a god.
Hira contents himself to merely exist within Kiyoi's orbit, asking for nothing in return…
Takara Shun, a high school student who belongs to a popular group in the class, and Taichi Amagi, a pure boy who is not a conspicuous type but is liked by people, realize their love for each other. Even though they start dating in secret, it is difficult to be honest.
Adapted from the manga "Takara-kun to Amagi-kun" by Hanage no Mai
Adapted from the manga "Takara-kun to Amagi-kun" by Hanage no Mai
Kuzumi Haruhiko is a university student. One day, he causes a bicycle accident. The accident causes novelist Kijima Rio to break his arm. Kuzumi doesn't have insurance or money to pay Kijima for his injury. Kijima then asks Kuzumi to transcribe a story he is writing. Kuzumi is surprised to learn the story is obscene.
There similarities between these dramas are so many! To keep it spoiler free, I'll just stick to the basics. While Mitsuya Sensei revolves around cooking, The Novelist revolves around writing. Both explore the relationships between older men that are creative individuals (a culinary expert and a writer) and the younger men who pursue them, who gets to know them through their respective creative arts (cooking and writing). The only difference is that Mitsuya Sensei is more on the Slice of Life, soft, mellow, easy-going side of things while The Novelist is more on the emotionally heavy side with a tinge of melodrama. But the similarities really similaritied with these two!!
