Academia de Ótimos Homens (2019)

If you're into a cinderella fantasy kind of story, this is for you.
It's a mix of cinderella (without the evil stepmother and evil stepsisters), hunger games (but no one is killing anyone), he's into you (gender switching instead of body switching), all boiled into romcom with a unicorn.
The story is really a cliche when it comes to romcoms but what made it special was the acting and how they made you see through love in different ways. One is from looking at someone regardless of their gender, another one is being attracted to someone based on their peraonality even if the one you're attracted to has the exact same appearance (it's a twin potato thing), the love of a father, love of a sibling, and love of a mother. They were all laid out in a heart warming way which makes it stray a bit from being a cliche series.
Also, kudos to the lead actor (male Love). I've seen him act in so many series and he's necer disappointed from playing a depressed suicidal kid to playing his role here as a girl stuck in a man's body. His body language is screaming girl stuck in a man's body in a natural unforced way. Plus when he cries, HE CRIES.

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If you liked dramas like You're Beautiful, Hana Kimi or Bromance, chances are you'll probably like this one too.
It is true that this one is kind of like a clickbait for BL fans. GMA is what you get when the whole girl cross-dressing as a guy theme is mixed with alot of science fiction. The FL gets turned into an actual guy by the wish-fulfilling Unicorn when she asks for her love to be fulfilled (I'm guessing that Unicorn has a dark sense of humor). She then goes to the academy where her crush studies and tries to get close to him. In general the story was not as bad as I expected. There was romance, comedy, cliches, fights, some twists and turns in the story etc. There were also some major plot holes which bothered me-
1) The whole Unicorn angle seemed a bit ridiculous to me. If unicorns existed I'm pretty sure they wouldn't go around granting wishes to teenagers. Also if you could get a wish just by finding a unicorn in a forest, all the people would be wandering around there to get it.
2) The other thing that I couldn't digest was the fact that all the people that did get to have wishes (Vier, Love & Rose) squandered their wishes on pretty stupid things. Like I can atleast take Love's wish, which was to find true love, seriously but Vier and Rose using their wishes to get over/get back together with their exes was just so moronic. They could have taken couple's counselling or read a book on dating instead of wasting wishes. (wish to end world hunger or for there to be world peace or if you are selfish, wish for wealth or a perfect life or something)
3) The technology used in the school seemed quite advanced like the digital books, uber realistic VR and AI holograms but they couldn't install a semi-decent security system to keep the kids in. All they had was a single dormitory head to monitor 5-6 floors. Even my hostel had cameras on every floor, wardens and security guards.
4) Although the Greatest competition was an interesting addition to the story, the whole thing was a bit like hunger games and all the parents, teachers and other's watching seemed pretty weird.

Apart from this the rest of the story was good. The actor playing male Love absolutely nailed it. His mannerisms were just like a girl (It was kinda freaky but very convincing). The actor playing Tangmo was also pretty good (he showcased a wide range of emotions).
Vier's character was supposed to be a greedy a-hole but he came off as just a petty jerk ( or the typical mean girl character in every drama since Rose turned out to be a good person). Rose's character development was definitely the best. I liked the fact that she moved on instead of pining for Vier or getting back together with someone who definitely didn't care enough. Same with Love's character, instead of chasing after Vier after getting used and rejected, she manned up (literally) and moved on.
The music and cinematography was good. The series could definitely have had more episodes but even with 8 it wrapped up nicely. I would definitely watch if they made a 2nd season.

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Take aside the very important fact that this show is absolutely ignorant over transgenders/transexuals and lowering your expectations towards a very coherent story, this series is really fun. The acting is good, the scenarios are extremely beautiful and dreamy, and even some futile but still somewhat relevant aspects like the level of beauty of the cast, which is very high in comparison, all of this help you get into the universe of GMA.
The screenwriting is obviously the weakest link, the dialogues are pretty much okay, but be careful expecting something you should not. The story is deliberately dreamy and unrealistic, and you have to remember that every episode. Anyhow, the relationships feel very real and you might get caught rooting even for the supposed villains (Sean deserved better).

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AMAZING!

It was actually the first BL i ever watched. And I'm thankful for that lol. Everything about this series is amazing. The acting, the way the characters express themselves. But most importantly, I am IN LOVE with Love and Tangmo. I ship them since ep 1! Paris is a great actor, cause he made he hate Vier from ep 3 lol. ( but i love Paris)
The story is sooo great cause it's unique and I haven't seen it anywhere else. Love is a girl that is obsessed with Vier, but can't be close to him cause his school is only for boys. One day she was near the sea and saw a unicorn hurt. She helped it out and it gave her a wish. That's how she became a boy, to be near her love. But she didn't know WHICH love...

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This is recommended

I can’t really say much but i really love that this is kinda mixture of harry potter and divergent series also the fact that the romance between the actor isn’t like the one u usually see as in it’s quite rare that the main lead isn’t end up with the first dude that appear and worshipped by everyone on the 1st episode... i really like the storyline and how they make it flow just at enough moment. Really i need a lot of this kind of series i personally like when the genre is not pure romance but also action or fantasy or science fiction where it’ll be way more thrilling and Fascinating to watch. You wouldn’t be bored by this kind of genre with a little bit comedy in it would be extremely perfect. The character in this series also fit perfectly with the cast. Much love ??????

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Might help you to know if this series is for you.

Story: I really love the story I am personally inlove with BL series and with this one its with a different catch.. at first you will think that the story is Kinda Generic for a body switching series but for this one its not and it has a great twist and I am happy to that and it satisfies me and I really love series that can make me guess and think about the ending and in this one I thought I figure out how the ending will be but its different. Overall I really like this series the reason for a low rewatch value is I am not a really big fan of rewatching a movie or series because the thrill is not there anymore because you already know what will happen.

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GMA is the best television show

I love this show! It was such a wonderful ensemble cast. Every supporting character was compelling to me! There are some very good friendship dynamics and the love pentagon was fraught with identity shenanigans and divorces and the issue of what it means to be a protagonist in your own life, and I loved it! So much is communicated via lingering, complicated gazes, which gets more and more intense as the love polygon grows new angles. The family stuff in here is also really good and brutal and perfect.

FANTASY WORLDBUILDING: Almost none!! God, it’s delightful. It’s just a regular world except there’s a magical unicorn and magic-level VR technology I guess?? There’s a point where they talk about mind-reading and I was like “oh finally some more magic” but no they just meant like understanding body language. Don’t worry about it!

GENDERS: It is by no means perfect, gender-wise, but the fact that it’s multilayered and complicated and messy is why I personally loved it a lot. There is the magical gender wish fulfillment stuff AND dysphoria stuff AND fear of telling your family about your identity stuff AND identities misaligning and aligning romantically, which might not be some people’s idea of a good time, but it is very much mine. I kept waiting for things to be magically fixed in a disappointing transphobic way, but I actually found the ending super fucking satisfying.

Things along the way were done thoughtfully, too. There are some shitty comments made by some characters, but it’s also in character for them to do that, people have arcs, etc etc. Love’s male actor does such a good job playing her, too. I love the way he carries himself as her. And his dumb ugly haircut she cares so much about keeping neat. It’s never played for laughs in the show’s universe OR for in a “haha here’s a guy playing a girl” way for the audience, which I was really happy about. There are some really chewy difficult moments in there, but it is REALLY consistent tonally about both “your body does not dictate your gender” AND “sometimes you want your body to reflect your gender.” And like I feel like those are baseline concepts, but often in gendery media you get “born in the wrong body” simplification and that’s it, which doesn’t resonate with me.

Like this isn’t a story about a transgender person. But the themes are in there, because obviously there are times when Love is not seen as a girl. I’m struggling to word it right without spoiling things so idk you just gotta take a leap of faith lmao, though ymmv. I both had a delightful time AND cried a lot about gender in a very personal way while watching, because it’s messy and hard and confusing but also my god...I want a magical gender unicorn. Obviously everyone’s trans feelings are different so it might not be for everyone, but I just really loved it.

In a broader sense, I also really liked how “this is how boys/girls act” was played on throughout the show, too. There are some things that are lined up as “girl stuff” that Love really fucks up, and a male character ends up with as his arc, for example. Also I kept thinking they were taking some Pickup Artist elective class but magical boy school just teaches them how to drink respect women juice instead???? Idk man, I love this fantasyland.

OVERALL: I loved the romance plot, each individual character’s arc, I loved some tropes showing up that I can’t say bc it’s spoilers, I loved what it had to say about the Self. I loved the family stuff. I loved the bonkers setup/world.

I also think the best available fansubs are the thaibl92 ones

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It's really good!!

In the end of this comment is spoilers so don't read if you haven't watch this series yet and don't want to get spoiled!!

I didn't think this would be good cuz all these similar series where female character switch to male body, it's always kinda cringy and weird.. But this was so good! They made it so well and male Love was so good acting like it wasn't cringy teenage girl who is desperately chasing her crush and then cry every episode and acts just so girly xd
Also i love how different all these characters was! They had their own problems and i loved how everyone had their own personality, it made them so special. Usually there is just these friend characters whose only reason to be there is just to say "hurray!" in the back and help sometimes the main character :D Soooo i really liked how these characters had their own personality :3 Also i'm so happy that Tangmo and Love got together in the end and not Love and Vier! Like yeah Vier was cute and all of that but Love and Tangmo was just perfect and i loved all their little moments. I think Vier was so cute with Rose/Sean ^^
So after all, this was so good and rewatching this would be always good choice :D

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I would start off by saying you need serious commitment to watch this show

first, I would like to say I did not like either of the main characters because love was basically a lost dog when it came to vier who treated her like trash

second, I hate how vier just realized he liked love after tangmo confessed and also how he used love for his own benefit

I was kind of hoping that none of them ended up with anyone or each other because I thought it would have been toxic but actually watching the end changed my mind I like the show but it was really disappointing and annoying

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Não tem lógica, mas é boa

Revi a série antes de falar um pouco sobre ela, pois tinha assistido no lançamento em 2019, e quis rever alguns pontos.

A série é BL ou não? Se partirmos do princípio de que Love era na verdade uma menina em busca de seu pretendente, e Rose também era uma menina no corpo de "Sean" buscando reatar com seu ex namorado, os romances em questão seriam entre meninas que estavam apaixonadas por meninos, independente do corpo que estavam usando, correto? E quanto ao fato de Tangmo ter se apaixonado por Love sendo ela na verdade do sexo feminino? Faz com que o casal não seja BL?
Então, sob meu ponto de vista a série é BL sim, pois apesar de Love ser uma menina, Tangmo se apaixonou por ela sem saber disso, se apaixonou pela sua personalidade natural, porém com sua forma física masculina, portanto, a série é BL sim.

O roteiro é meio maluco, mas é uma série de fantasia, então não adianta procurarmos a lógica. Existe uma floresta onde mora escondido um unicórnio (que todos sabem que existe, o esconderijo não está legal) que concede desejos a quem o encontra. No meio dessa floresta existe uma escola secundarista para meninos, a "Great men academy", onde se misturam alta tecnologia e fantasia. Exemplos, uma biblioteca de livros eletrônicos que nem sei se existem de verdade, fora da ficção, o "fantasma" criado pela máquina do professor, e ao mesmo tempo em que a escola mantém um contato estreito, só Deus sabe como, com o tal unicórnio mágico a ponto de ter um acordo com ele para que ele conceda um desejo a quem ganha o torneio escolar. Enfim, a lógica foi com Deus.

Outro ponto que observei, foi a semelhança entre alguns aspectos da escola dessa série com a escola de "Takumi-Kun", tanto no isolamento, no fardamento, o prédio e até a ost traz a mesma vibe. Não sei se foi proposital, mas eu gostei.

Furos no roteiro? Temos também.
Seguindo a linha cronológica, não é explicado o relacionamento entre o unicórnio e a escola. A escola tem pouquíssimos alunos, a direção da escola não aparece e se comunica por uma estátua, gostaria que tivessem explicado o porquê. Love não voltou à sua forma natural pois pediu a vida de Tangmo ao unicórnio, mas seria interessante um salto no tempo onde ela pudesse voltar a seu corpo, acabou sendo injusto com ela.

Em relação ao elenco, eu gostei bastante, gostei das atuações, gostei que cada ator e atriz se encaixou bem em seu personagem. Sempre é um prazer ver o Jayller atuando, especialmente em BL, o que é raro. O Ice trabalhou muito bem como Vier, pois o ranço que eu senti no começo se transformou em pena, ele conseguiu me transmitir as emoções de forma tão intensa que acabei por entender o motivo dele sentir inveja de Tangmo, não ficar feliz quando os outros ganhavam, e ser capaz de qualquer coisa para vencer. Ele cresceu em um ambiente não hostil com uma família que fez tudo para amá-lo, mas infelizmente não houve comunicação suficiente para ele entender que esse amor era incondicional, não era apenas enquanto ele fosse o melhor. Captain, meu querido Captain, eternizado como Noh em "Love sick", e aqui na pele da versão masculina de Rose, Sean. Como é possível ser tão belo e ter um olhar tão expressivo? Uma vilã que nem consegui ter raiva, apenas bati palmas para a interpretação, e consegui perdoar de imediato ao ver a mudança de pensamento. De forma geral, todo o elenco fez um trabalho bom ou razoável.

A fotografia da série é bonita, a ost perfeita, e com certeza irei rever e indicar muitas vezes.

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