Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka

I had high hopes for Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka, but it fell victim to a few stereotypical shounen ai/BL/yaoi tropes which made it fall short of its potential.

THE GOOD--------------
This anime definitely accomplished a lot story-wise for being under an hour long. The storyline does hinge on the classic "misunderstanding that spirals out of control" set up, but the way it played out felt more unique in a way I really enjoyed. The main character, Kei, also felt unique and had some nice character development.

Finally, the animation and voice acting was very nice -- especially shounen ai usually doesn't get the biggest of budgets. ... No complaints there!

THE BAD----------------
It would have been nice to see a little more personality in the secondary character, Tsuzuki. He kind of just existed, with the most memorable thing about him being...yeah, nothing really. Really, I think this film would have benefitted from an additional 30 mins. of run time. I know this was adapted from a LN (which I haven't read) so maybe the story shown is all there is to it, but overall the relationship between the characters felt shallow and it would have been nice to have some more time to see that deepen and make me care more.

THE UGLY---------------
HEY BL CREATORS: There's one trope that's hated more than any other BL trop out there. LET'S STOP DOING IT, okay? The last scene of the movie was uncomfortable and left a bad taste in my mouth--it definitely took some points off from the overall rating for me, which is a bummer.

Still, it was a worthwhile watch and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys the genre!

After reading the other reviews, I must say, I am pleasantly surprised that most of the people here call this movie out for the things it did wrong.

Honestly, I loved the movie until the last couple scenes that are unfortunately promoting the ever present mindset of rape sex being a thing of love.

There was obviously no consent. And don't get me wrong, you can definitely portray rape in movies. But the moment you portray it as something to be accepted in a relationship, as something normal, that's where you cross the line.

I think it's time we finally got some more BL animes with consensual ... sex , is it that hard? All you needed to do was for both characters to want to have sex, how is it so impossible to do?

And an argument, that you can't stop doing it, when you've already started, that it's not fair, is just plain wrong. If someone tells you to stop when you're about to have sex, you are going to stop. I mean why, when the person you love is crying, saying it hurts, why for the love of God would you completely ignore him begging you to stop?

This scene was completely out of character for both main characters, it was completely unnecessary and it seriously needs to stop.

So yeah, I would still recommend you watch this, but stop after they kiss at the end.

Just like another person mentioned the last scene really ruined the whole anime for me. The story in general was at most mediocre, kind of had the same vibe as 2000-2010 yaoi anime, so immediately wasnt my favourite. But the ending scene just was not it. (Spoilers ahead) I have learned to kind of dismiss rape-y scenes in the yaoi genre cause its so normalised and frequent, but I cant anymore that was just plain wrong and the dude was sorta coerced into doing it, it just doesnt sit well with me. The story had potential but it just didnt work. I wouldnt recommend, however ... if you still want to watch it, it is available on youtube (i cant seem to find it anywhere else).