Title, Original Japanese: 美しいこと
愛しいこと
Title, Romanji: Utsukushii Koto
Itoshii Koto
Released: 2009/3/25 (愛しいこと: 5/25)
Listened: 3/14/2010

Pairings
(seme x uke)

1. 杉田智和 x 鈴木達央
Sugita Tomokazu x Suzuki Tatsuhisa

Cast:
Sugita Tomokazu
Suzuki Tatsuhisa
Kishio Daisuke
Chiba Isshin

Audiowiki
aarinfantasy
novel
Upcoming live stage (…don’t know what to think)

美しいこと
1st
Rate: 9/10
H Rate: 1/10. There was really only one scene, and it was pseudo-rape-ish (and extremely important to the story) x_x~ CD 2 Track 2 – uhyaaaaaa kimoi sugitan
Blab: WHY DID I NOT LISTEN TO THIS EARLIER. XD THIS THING IS LIKE… OTOME DREAMS..
It took me to end of track 6 on the first CD to finally realize it, but this is totallllllllllly the shippable BL pair in Panic Palette *w*~~~~~~~~~~~
Even better, both of the seiyuu use my favorite voice style for BL for this drama series~ Sugitan in subdued, iyashi-kei seme, and Suzuki in normal-sounding manly voice but with just the slightest, subtle touch of feminism at times to bring in the uke~

slow (not in a bad way), longggggg, and angst yummmmmmeh. Totally did nottttttt expect this kind of story from the cover, and good thing I didn’t. XD This drama series is definitely not for the light of attention or heart, because it is 4 full CDs of two guys trying to coming to terms with each other. And it takes its heart-wrenching time to do so. There’s also a good amount of secondary cast, and they keep things interesting without getting in the way too much. XD

My pillow was practically soaked in WAIL by the end of it since I listened to all four in a single run (the first two while on my computer and the last two while lying around in bed XD).

I felt that Suzuki was a litttttle overdoing it sometimes at the end of the first CD. It makes more sense after the end of the series though. Maybe it comes off better in the novel… ^^;

愛しいこと
Rate: 10/10
H Rate: 1/10. They did the whole “WE’RE GOING TO FADE OFF INTO THIS MUSIC WHICH MEANS THEY HAD SEX. THE END” ORZ
Blab: Top rate cuz I’m a freaking angst masochist when it comes to BL. But it has to have a long, happy ending for me to say it was worth it all. And it was.

This comment is 100% coming off from the current times, but what I would do to be in Hirosue’s place during that lawyer’s office position offer…… AND HE…!! ARGH.

I applaud the performances, it was LONG AND A FUN TRAIN-BRAINWRECK-RIDE…… OTSUKARE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Anyway, this is the first drama series I’ve really decided to start reading the novels they were based off of, so I hope they have stuff the drama didn’t cover \o/

I have to admit though, one thing keeping me from buying the original product (aside from amazonjp being the only place I can find BL novels that’ll ship internationally and their shipping rates are killer) is the smoking bits in the second half. I acknowledge that it’s …sadly… realistic, and they don’t stick with it in the very end, but nonetheless I’m avoiding supporting it monetarily whenever I can. It reminds me too much of a certain MBA person who will smoke whenever a client invites him to just to establish the business relationship… and this person claims he’s trying to reduce his carbon footprint =_=; I dunno though… there’s smoking in Messiah too, but I’ve managed to forgive that in the end (especially since Takuto specifically quits altogether in the perfect end with Ryouta ). A similar thing happens in this story, but it just didn’t come off as cute to me somehow. I might also change my mind with this series after reading the novels. Let’s seeeee.

Novel Impressions:
Some notable changes:
-Definitely a lot more of Matsuoka as a girl dating Hirosue. It’s a better lead in to the future parts.
-Matsuoka revealing to truth to Hirosue is a little different, and Hirosue’s hetare is a little more visible in this part. I liked. XD
-Found out that the 1st drama release actually goes into the start of the 2nd novel a bit.
-The gang takes more trips with the girls, Hayama and Fujimoto, like that dolphin show. More angst ~
-Matsuoka’s smoking is brought up earlier in the story. I think it was fine the way they did it in the drama, even though it actually came to a big shock to me when I first heard it.
-Definitely a direct connection between Matsuoka’s smoking and his relationship with Hirosue, which I liked. It’s covered more in depth in ~愛すること 「美しいこと 下」続編 which I ABSOLUTELY LOVED AND WANT THE REAL HARDCOPY OF.
-THIS COUPLE. UMPTH. もっともっと気になった. *shot*