[Film experience] Erotic novelist for theatrical version: PlayBack

About Erotic Novelists

I haven't seen many BL works (less than 50 stories) and even fewer live-action dramas (only watched Erotic Novelist and Yesterday's Food), but still love the story.

"Erotic Novelist" (Japanese: ポルノグラファー) is a BL manga work by Maruki Tomaki, which describes the love story of the innocent college student Kusumi and the erotic novelist Kishima. As of the release of "Theatrical Erotic Novelist: PlayBack" in 2021, the comics and film and television series are almost completed.

There are three original manga series:

• 2016 "Erotic Novelist": The encounter and love between the innocent college student Kusumi and the erotic novelist Kishima
• 2017 "Indigo Mood": a prequel to "The Erotic Novelist", which tells the development of the relationship between Kishima and the editor Shiroto and how Kishima went from a literary writer to an erotic novelist
• 2019 "Continued Erotic Novelist: Memories & Future": After two and a half years of long-distance dating, the development and new changes in the mood and relationship between Kuzu and Kishima

The comic work was later adapted into a film and television work. The three main characters in the series were played by the weak, slender and sensitive writer Kijima Risheng, and Inozuka Kenta played the honest and sincere college student Haruhiko Kusumi and Yoshida. Zong Yang plays Shiro Shiro, a mature and skillful editor, who are three men with completely different styles.

Film series:

• August 2018 Erotic Novelist
• July 2019 "Indigo Mood" (prequel)
• January 2021 "The Erotic Novelist: The Life of Spring": Prologue of the theatrical version of the story
• March 2021 "Theatrical Erotic Novelist: PlayBack"
• March 2021 Erotic Novelists: Continued. The Life of Spring": Postscript to the Story of the Theater Version

Original story outline

Note: The outline is taken from the wiki

Erotic Novelist

In a bicycle accident, Haruhiko Kusumi, a college student, knocked down erotic novelist Risei Kishima. Kishima was unable to write a pen because of a fractured right arm, so he asked him to write a novel by dictation as compensation for medical expenses. Kishima recited erotic stories and lines full of eroticism, so that the young and vigorous Kuzumi could only hold back the physical suffering, and began to have various delusions and curiosity about Kishima.

When Kishima's editor Shiro Shiro suddenly appeared, Kusumi began to realize his affection for Kishima. Afterwards, Kusumi was furious when he discovered Kishima's lie, and confessed to Kishima in grief. In fact, Kishima, who was in a downturn, was unable to write novels, so he did not accept Kuju's feelings. In the end, Kishima decided to give up writing and return to his hometown. At this time, Kuzu asked Kishima to write a novel for him, and Kishima finally confided his heart.

indigo mood

The pure literature writer Kijima Risei has attracted attention since his debut as a student, but his writing has gradually become frustrated and he has fallen into financial difficulties. At this time, at the funeral of his teacher at the university, Kishima met Shiro Toshiro, a college classmate. Shiroto is an editor of erotic novels. After learning about Kishima's situation, he persuades Kishima to try to write erotic novels in exchange for income. Kishima was reluctant to accept it, but he couldn't write it after the hard battle, so Joto invited Kishima to be an assistant to the master of erotic novels, Ikuo Kamyuta. When Kishima helped Kamyuta write his final work, he was forced to face his own desires in order to create. At that time, the city household he longed for was both jealous and longing for his talented self, and he was vacillating between worldly visions.

Continued・Erotic Novelist Memories & Future (2021 Movie Version & Life of Spring)

Erotic novelist Risei Kijima and college student Haruhiko Kusumi become lovers after an unusual encounter. Even after Kishima returned to his hometown, the two of them still maintained a long-distance relationship through letters, but their relationship changed due to Kuju, who just took office. In Kishima in the countryside, after his arm was injured again, it was like the process of acquaintance with Kusumi, and he invited Shizuo, a local young man, to write a novel under his dictation. At that time, Kusumi came to the countryside and saw all this...

Viewing experience

In this biography, when the two protagonists meet, they are both people who are at a loss for the future. Because of unexpected opportunities, they come together to form a relationship of mutual support and guidance in the path of life or in daily life. Although it is painful, we must stand up and move forward.

The prequel talks about despair, Kijima's despair over his pure literary work Jiang Lang's talent, Master Kamuta's despair over the end of his life, and Joto's despair that he knew that he would never succeed in the literary world after seeing Kijima's works.

The 2021 theatrical version and the life of Chun, filmed for the promotion of the movie, from Kishima's lack of self-confidence in himself, the two people's inability to convey unspoken affection and mutual desire, patience in the love relationship, worrying about gains and losses, and finally the two sides overcame the ambiguity , passion, quarrel, clearly recognize that each other is the most important person to you, share your feelings and memories frankly, and finally get a light, hand-in-hand happy true love together.

The gender-twisted and shy Kijima is always duplicitous and expressionless and loves to talk nonsense (and has a strong ability to lie), and he always deletes and revises letters when he writes them. name. Weak, slender, and self-respecting, Mu Dao has a lively and warm family, but because of his sensitive personality, he is far away from his family. As an only child, he has lived far and wide to see Mu Dao, but he really loves such an all-inclusive home. The new character who appeared as the promoter of the relationship between the two in the movie is full of personality, very incredible and handsome. Although the editors Shiroto and Kamoda masters did not appear in many scenes, they played a key role in the magic weapon.

The tension of the film's story is quite strong, and audiences who have watched the entire series will know that, after all, since the gentle little dog has lived in the entire series for a long time, he only knew that he had a temper attack when he was deceived. what? (Bite the handkerchief) The screenwriter is very attentive in the design of many stories. If you are a loyal audience or reader, you will find many small details that are interconnected with the previous work, and you will feel a lot of surprises!

The plot, picture, tone and soundtrack of "Theatrical Erotic Novelist: PlayBack" continue the style of the series, with delicate emotions, full of extreme beauty, and the scale is the same, but I still don't see anything (lost the pen!), the final conclusion To be honest and frank to say I love you, and the boy's voice is nice, keep the arms, chest, and back muscles good-looking, really~really~very~important~! (drool)

It is sincerely recommended that you watch the movie version after watching the original comics or TV series, you will have the best viewing experience, and then you can carefully chew the sweetness of the latest two short films: Spring Life / Continuation. Spring's life is recommended to citizens who want to watch BL dramas, delicate emotional dramas or sunny boy figures! (laugh)