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Baby, you’re so cute that I could die!

TO MY STAR 2: OUR UNTOLD STORIES (2022) dir. Hwang Da Seul

#to my star 2 #obsessed with his cheeks #me too #korean bl

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THAME-PO / HEART THAT SKIPS A BEAT (2024-ish)

#est my love #how exciting!

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It's my top pick too.

But honestly, least believable brothers ever?

The Heart Killers

JoongDunk and FirstKhaotung get to be gay and do crimes in this crime-based romcom and I need this the same way I need oxygen, thank you very much. (And Oxygen is one of my favorite BLs!) Cannot wait, am in love, please give this to me and let them be criminals the way they deserve to be. @absolutebl They gave us a gift!

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May I ask for a list of BLs you love that have both good story/characters and fluff+spice levels? <3

Good Story, Characters, Fluff & Spice

That's a tall order (fluff is usually deemed incompatible with at least one of the other 3 requirements - I don't make the rules). I listed a few posts for you. But I will call out a few recent BLs that haven't made these older lists:

Cherry Magic (Thailand)

Jun and Jun (Korea)

Stay By My Side (Taiwan)

Destiny Seeker (Thailand)

Make a Wish (Thailand)

The BL side plot in Love is Science? (Taiwan)

#asked and answered #bl recomentdations #a really difficult ask #Cherry Magic Thailand #thai bl #Jun and Jun #Kroean Bl #Stay By My Side #Taiwanese BL #Destiny Seeker #Make a Wish #Love is Science?#taiwanese drama

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Hi!

Reporting in from the Gmmtv lineup part two (BL and GL only)

Project Y Find - to find new plots to be made into novels and series which the Gmmtv actors will star in - looks like they’ve run out of existing novels to adapt and want to create new plots

Ossan’s Love Thailand - Earth/Mix and Chakrit- with Earth playing the guy that both the older boss and Mix’s character are pursuing (sorry, don’t know the plot of the original) - looks like they’re leaning into the Japanese style comedy for this one! Fantastic to see Earth being pursued! Out at the end of the year

The Heart killers - First/Khao and Joong/Dunk, director JoJo - assassin brothers Khao and Joong meet tattoo artist First and mechanic Dunk - described as a romantic comedy with lots of action sequences

Perfect 10 Liners - Force/Book, Perth/Chimon and Junior/Mark, director New - university setting with engineers and their mentees. Based on a Jittirain novel. Marc/Poon and Aou/Boom seem to be in this as well! Plus a load of other Gmmtv actors

Us - Emi/Bonnie, Sing - girl falls in love with her brother’s girlfriend

ThamePo (Heart that Skips a Beat) - William/Est and Lykn - Idol / documentary maker start a forbidden relationship

Revamp, the Undead Story - Boun/Prem - Gmmtv have taken over this vampire/human love story from WabiSabi and made a new trailer

Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist - Mark/Ohm - dentist/patient, described as romantic comedy meets romantic therapy, with Jimmy playing the love rival. Based on a Jittirain novel

The Ex-Morning - Krist/Singto - disgraced news reporter has to work with a PR guy to rebuild his reputation, and it’s his ex-boyfriend! Reunion, work place romance. Directed by Lit, who directed Sotus! It’s an original script written just for them

Well well well.

Looks interesting, I'll do a proper ranking and my thoughts once I've seen the trailers but from your descriptions:

The Heart Killers - assassin brothers, YES PLEASE

Revamp, the Undead Story - Boun/Prem, sure

Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist - Jittirain novel is hit or miss for me (but I ADORE Est, so...)

Perfect 10 Liners- dito

ThamePo (Heart that Skips a Beat) - I'm getting tired of celebrity romances

The Ex-Morning - I'm one of those who is meh over SingtoKrist reunion

Ossan’s Love Thailand - NO

Only #1 truly excites me and I'm very dubious from Perfect 10 on down. Ossan's may require a trash watch from me. Because ugh.

#thoughts on the new GMMTV line up #having not yet seen the trailers #much less excites me with this batch

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Hello, do you mind if I ask your top 24 fav BL media (tv series, manga, manhwa, books, etc)? Thanks.....

Although I consume a lot of yaoi and gay romances I would say my top BLs still beat all those out. It's my favorite way to consumes this kind of content, and why I have this blog.

Right now I only have 9 10/10 rated BLs. So I just picked a few 9s I'm feeling the jive of right now (to augment and get to 24).

My Top 24 BLs Right NOW

(top 9 = my absolute favorites, otherwise in no particular order)

Seven Days

I Cannot Reach You

Color Rush

Light On Me

To My Star

Semantic Error

Our Dating Sim

We Best Love 1 & 2

Until We Meet Again

My Beautiful Man

Old Fashion Cupcake

Takara & Amagi

A First Love Story (short)

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Jun and Jun

The Eighth Sense

Unintentional Love Story

Love For Love's Sake

HIStory 2: Crossing the Line

Be Loved In House: I Do

A Tale of Thousand Stars

I Feel You Linger in the Air

My School President

The Sign

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#pit babe the series #thai bl

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For @mikuni14💜 | Happy Xmas

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who eats cereal in the morning

insanity

#it's 9pm and time for cinnamon toast crunch #you know you wanna

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💪🪑😤

#maxnat #two worlds #two worlds the series #bl actors #thai actors #it made me laugh #comedic fan service is my fav

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Because I don't wanna say goodbye.

Gray Shelter (2024) Episode 4

#gray shelter #korean bl

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Hey there! Hope all is well in your world. I’ve been watching Bad Buddy and of course love the series but what has me in awe each week is the music. Like everything is working on this show: script, acting and the music. A great musical score for a series or movie can really add depth to what you are watching. It feels like Bad Buddy will be a memorable one because of these factors. I feel like 2gether can be on this list; also Be Loved in House: I Do and Love Sick. My question to you is, if you were to make a list of BL series that had a great script, acting, and music which ones would be added?

Hi hi! I hope all is will in your world too!

Bad Buddy "what has me in awe each week is the music"

"2gether can be on this list; also Be Loved in House: I Do and Love Sick"

Well, if you say so. Hum...

If you were to make a list of BL series that had a great script, acting, and music which ones would be added?

Honestly, I'm not sure I'm you're huckleberry on this one. I frankly only pay attention to the music if it seriously annoys me. So my criteria is more:

is the music adding to or subtracting from my experience?

But I can give you a list based on the following criteria.

The music did not annoy me.

The acting (mains & sides) didn't make me cringe.

The script doesn't piss me off.

Shall we call these?

Top 10 BL Allrounders: Script, Acting & Sound Track

1000 Stars (Thai) - aside from the one snafu with the flute (just let China have that one, Thailand) everything about this BL is solid from story to full cast acting to music to cinematography (which you didn’t ask about but counts for a lot with me.) This is one of the few BLs I feel safe recommending to pretty much anyone who enjoys romance, because it has an incredibly low barrier to entry. (YouTube)

Restart After Come Back Home AKA Risutato wa tadaima no ato de (Japan) - minimal dialogue that suits this style of Japanese cinematic BL, sweeping cinematography and unobtrusive score, top tier acting. The benchmark for this kind of Bl from Japan. The only other one on this list I’m happy to suggest to anyone in my life who will sit still long enough. (indie subs)

Until We Meet Again (Thai) - the best BL story with a solid script, good acting and great chemistry all round, mostly classic music and no singing of feelings (thank fuck). Trigger warnings and blushing maiden trope are the only two aspects that keep this in the arena of BL fandom. (YouTube)

Light On Me (Korea) - great script that was given enough time to develop for a change, solid acting (little stiff on chemistry but that’s just Korea for you), and I enjoyed the OST. Refrain was a little overused but I only really noticed on a binge rewatch, so forgivable in a serial installment piece. (Viki)

HIStory 3: Trapped (Taiwan) - really good script, overacting is called for by the style but still minimal, fabulous chemistry, unobtrusive score, fast pacing, a general delight to watch. (Viki)

He’s Coming to Me (Thai) - super solid all rounder on script, acting, support cast, and score. Best, most honest coming out sequence in a Thai BL. GMMTV at its most workmanlike but also best. (YouTube)

Gameboys the series (Pinoy) - unexpectedly good script, fantastic acting, decent score (when present at all). (Netflix)

Dark Blue Kiss (Thai) - super dramatic score, established couple chemistry and snarky dialogue, solid script with one of the better faen fatals, great surrounding cast, the original GMMTV workhorse BL. (YouTube)

See You After Quarantine? (Taiwan) - short but unexpectedly suited to the length, didn’t really need more as this is tight and tidy. Adorable script in multiple languages, great acting, nice if minimal music. (Viki)

His the movie (Japan) - fantastic acting, amazingly natural support cast (even from the child actor), beautiful sparse script, lovely music, very compelling in general. (Viki)

I would also put Love Sick on this list, on account of the dialogue alone and the acting is good (if not the chemistry), although the pacing is bloated, especially in season two.

However, I would not include 2gether (Green is a fatally flawed character, not Guns fault!, but I can’t forgive the script for that). Also, while I ADORE BLIH:ID the story conceits are dumb, the dialogue is okay, but the result is still illogical or childish and confusing character motivation.)

Honorable Mention: 3 Will be Free (Thai) for story, pace, and acting.

As you can see, some of my all time favorite BLs are not on this list (We Best Love fails on script, Color Rush on chemistry, and Cherry Magic on acting - those side characters & that slapstick).

Just because I made a distinction here between story structure and script/dialogue, here’s a blog post where I break that down more.

This post current as of BLs that finished before the end of 2021.

(source)

I should probubly add Blueming, My Beautiful Man, and Semantic Error to this list. In general Korea and Japan have the best production values, it’s jsut story they often fall short on.

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Love for Love's Sake (2024)

#love for love's sake #korean bl

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This Week in BL - Not a bad week all threesomes being equal

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

April 2024 Wk 2

Ongoing Series - Thai

Deep Night (Thurs iQiyi) ep 7 of 8 - Love that they’re addressing being outed (not as gay but) as sex workers. Interesting twist, more classism than homophobia. The sides are FUCKING ADORABLE. Also we asked for a 3some and they sure as shit gave us one, dream sequence or not. Plus baby likes the idea. Everyone say "thank you Thailand." Bonus more lesbians and a lovely mother-son core relationship. I’m feeling spoiled by this show.

Two Worlds (Thurs IQIYI) ep 6 of 10 - Love that we got the 2nd world romance at laso. I do like how well MaxNat do tenderness. I would call it their forte. Also if you love that picture perfect yaoi size-difference, its this pair more than most others. Max TOWERS over Nat and he's about 2x his weight.

City of Stars (Fri iQIYI) ep 12fin - It’s cute. They're cute. It was a lovely ending.

Summation:

A solid little pulp about a closeted actor who falls for his nerdy next door neighbor and has to come out. Makes up for in earnestness and good will what it lacks in acting ability and chemistry. 7/10

To Be Continued (Sat C3 Thailand grey) - I kind of love that the break up was miscommunication but all around a shitty first time, so common to many of us. And being too young to talk properly, or know what they wanted and needed from each other, for each other, or with each other.

“ I was a coward back then.” “ Are you brave now?”

Sure it was miscommunication but at least they were honest about it.

Achi was genuinely an asshole and I understand Ji's extreme bitterness now - his heart was broken because the friendship fractured and he was abandoned. Then the good kind of time lapse. All in all I quite enjoyed the last few episodes of the show. Mostly because it was better than The Promise. Which doesn’t take much. Still, by comparison I can only give it a relatively good grade (for a not re-watchable difficult to find pulp).

Summation:

A bittersweet reunion romance about a doctor and the superstar who abandoned him in high school, their reconciliation, and the enduring pain of first love. Including the, erm, actual pain of a first time. The honesty of the miscommunication in this pulp and the intimacy scenes elevates it, but not much more than that. 7/10

1000 Years Old (Thurs iQIYI) ep 10 of 12 - They are too cute, with their little promised to die together. I’m still finding the majority of the show very boring, but I can’t discount the sweetness of the couple. Demanding vampire boyfriend is demanding.

Close Friend Season 3: Soju Bomb! (Weds iQIYI) - Finished and rumor is, it never improved and wasn't really BL.

Only Boo! (Sun YouTube) ep 3 of 12 - no ep this week, Happy Songkran!

We Are (Weds iQIYI) ep 3 of 16 - Sorry all I’m away from the computer that I can use to watch this, so it’ll be a double update next week.

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Unknown (Taiwan Tues YouTube & Viki) ep 9 of 12 - I do love this show. How is it, in one episode, more gangster than all of KP or Kiseki? It was always gonna take A LOT for Q to come round but I do hope they resolve it soon. I'd like to see them actually happy for a bit.

Gray Shelter (Korea Thurs iQIYI) ep 3-4 of 5 - they act about 1000 times more like exes than they do like brothers, just saying. I get what’s happening, they’re each dodging around admitting that they like the other person and trying to force the other one to admit it first. So they push up to the line of threatening to leave but neither one can ever actually cross it because they don’t actually want to be apart ever again. It’s kind of fun to watch actually. All angsty bullshit, but hey, repressed boys be repressed.

Living With Him AKA Kare no Iru Seikatsu (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 2 of 10 - Awe K wants to be N’s bf so bad. All the hints are being dropped. But this is Japan, baby boy is NEVER going to get it without being kissed and sometimes not even then. I mean the Weatherman fucked his boy for years and it still didn’t, erm, sink in. Meanwhile, the classic Japanese version of a bespectacled wingman has entered stage right (never lose your childish wonder, Japan). It’s great, I utterly adore it.

Blue Boys (Korea ? YouTube) 1 of ? No MDL link - on Sukfilm’s YT channel (along with a cute little GL) interesting short series that just happened out of the, erm, blue. Reunion of old classmates reveals that both are struggling with life, but back then the popular jock had a big ol' crush on the nerd. They go drinking and end up in bed - as ya do. This is Korea, so chaste kisses, but still GOOD START. (The GL is adorable too)

At 25:00 in Alaska AKA 25 Ji Akasaka de (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 1 of 10 - Hum. It felt like I'd seen this all before and then Japan dick slaps me with a sex club. Say it with me everybody, "must you Japan?" Let's see how they do but I'm not impressed so far.

Love is like a Cat (Korea Mon Viki) eps 5-6 of 12 - Speaking of unimpressed. Geonu is definitely the best thing about this show. Which is saying something as he’s the idol AND such a minor character. NO SINGING. (Except Geonu, he can sing.)

It's airing but...

Takumi-kun Series 6: Nagai Nagai Monogatari (Japan Furritsubs) eps 1-? of 10 - I may wait and binge it.

Lady Boy Friends (Thai WeTV grey) 16 eps - reminds me a bit too much of Diary of Tootsies only high school. Not my thing. DNF unless it turns a corner and is truly amazing.

Kiseki Chapter 2 (Sun iQIYI) 6 eps - It’s so boring DNFed at 2

Memory in the Letter (Thai WeTV) - 6 eps, when it's done, tell me if I should bother?

Next Week Looks Like This:

Starting next week

4/25 Boys Be Brave! AKA Roommates (Korea Thurs Viki) ep 1 of 8 - Trailer Jung Ki Sub is Kim Jin Woo's slacker friend - and secret crush. So when Ki Sub crashes at his place, his heart tingles to be near him everyday. But as the short stay turns into permanent mooch, how long can Jin Woo keep his true feelings under wraps and hold back from confessing?

4/26 My Stand-In (Thai Fri iQIYI) ep 1 of 12 eps - adaptation of Chinese novel "Professional Body Double" by Shui Qiang Cheng. Stars Up (Lovely Writer) and Poom (Bake Me Please) directed by the same team as KP (not a recommendation IMHO - my biggest criticism of that show was the clashing directing styles). This one looks complicated, lemme try: Joe is a stuntman for famous actor Tong. Joe falls in love with Ming but Ming sees Joe as nothing more than a Tong-replacement. After learning this horrible truth, Joe dies. Joe then wakes up in the body of another man also named Joe. He manages to rebuild the same life as before—with the same people eventually re-meeting Ming. Ming wants Joe back but Joe doesn't understand why. But Ming seems to know what's going on and wants to give him some kind of explanation.

I'm exhausted just trying to describe the plot.

What happened?

Knock-Knock Boys (Thai WeTV) - 4 college friends conspire to help their friend lose his virginity. Familiar faces like Seng (yes, Billy's previous pairing) and Best, news here. But will it actually air this month?

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENT

ARGH I miss him! But this was hilarious and so well done. (Unknown - Sam Lin)

(Last week)

Streaming services are listed by how I (usually) watch, which is with a USA based IP, and often offset by a day because time zones are a bother.

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In Asia the gay won rooftops.

now that i am a real adult i am starting to realise. media lied to me about the availability of rooftops to go hang out on. every day i wish i could be hanging out on a rooftop somewhere looking cool as fuck

#thai bl #korean bl #japanese bl #asian bl #taiwanese bl

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