BL Drama Lovers Club

AUGUST CHALLENGE - Day 6 - NUMBER ONE BL Drama for 2024  

This is prob one of the hardest questions of the whole challenge :-(

My completed list has 11 BL titles for 2024 and that I rated an 8/9. I have no 10 rated BL's for 2024 yet. I'm not including The Boyfriend cuz it's reality TV, but I did give it a 10.

The 11 titles are:

1. 25 ji, Akasaka de - 9
2. Anti Reset - 8
3. Boys Be Brave - 9
4. Jazz For Two - 9
5. Kare no Iru Seikatsu - 8
6. Love For Love's Sake - 9
7. My Stand-In - 8
8. Only Boo! - 8
9. Perfect Propose - 8
10. Unknown - 9
11. We Are - 9

I didn't answer yesterday's challenge question, but if I did I would say that I'm highly drawn to comedy (done right) and quirkiness. Maybe not an absolute essential need, but close!

I'm also very attracted to adrenaline producing action and suspense stories.

And who doesn't love a well-made emotional family type story?

Ok, I've picked 3 titles. *sigh*

I'm putting my top three picks in a basket and closing my eyes to choose, or I'll never get it done. 

Top 3 are:

1. Boys Be Brave
2. Unknown
3. We Are

I'm doing it right now...shaking the basket... and the winner in order:

1. Boy's Be Brave - (I think I was secretly hoping it would be this one!)
2. We Are - 1st runner up
3. Unknown - 2nd runner up

Boy's Be Brave - I fell head over heels for Ki Sub. His cute-as-can-be looks and his funny, goofy and quirky character was the center of the show for me. I loved how the storyline wasn't quite predictable. That's a huge plus.

We Are - I still have warm feelings every time I think about the friendly gang in this series. And even warmer feelings when it comes to Phuwin. I would not have guessed We Are would be in my top picks, as I remember feeling frustrated with it at one point, especially toward someone who will remain nameless.

Unknown - One of the deeper and more emotional series of this year, so far. A very well made drama in every way. I like emotional but it also stresses me out. 

If I have to pick btw a light rom/com or a serious emotional drama, eight out of ten times it'll be the rom/com. Laughing and receiving joy from a drama is everything I need and want. 

I took a shot of something and my throat has finally stopped burning lol

Gameboys season 1- Final Rating and Comments

Production - 2/2

Writing - 1.5/2

Acting - 2/2

Intimacy - 2/2

Music - 0/1

Special 10 scene - 0/1

Total Rating score = 7.5

With this being set in the pandemic period I love how creative they were to have the whole story unfold between the characters via video calls while still delivering a compelling story and still establish a lovely level of intimacy between the couple. The fact that they did not get to physical touch until the end made their first kiss even more special and beautiful. It was a lovely watch. I look forward to the movie, season 2 and the next installment of their story that apparently takes place in New York.

 American Fan:

Boy's Be Brave - I fell head over heels for Ki Sub. His cute-as-can-be looks and his funny, goofy and quirky character was the center of the show for me. I

Although this KBL wasn't one of my nominees (see p. 972), I also loved it. And yes, Ki Sub was an endearing and memorable character (as you say: cute, funny, goofy, quirky).

 RXinw:

I have just decided to go and jump right into Jazz for Two.

I was lukewarm on it during the first few episodes but by the second half I was very engaged and quite liked it.

August Challenge Day 7 ~

Day 7. Books. Do you read them? What genre do you enjoy most? What are you reading right now?

I love books. Even with access to the internet at my fingertips, nothing beats the smell and feel of a book. Speaking of which, I have to organise and trim my books and I'm resisting doing it because I have too many lol 

I haven't read a novel in a few years now though, which is usually a fantasy, but I am a lover of old classic literature like Dickens, Poe and Austen. A lot of classics from the Victorian/Edwardian era were my childhood bibles with thanks to my grandmother who let me read her old collection when we visited. I learned how to read with Jane Erye Lol The little princess was the first book I owned when I was around 8 years old. A day out at the coast with my parents, my siblings wanted toys, joke stuff and ice-cream and little quaint me wandered into the book section that was empty upstairs and my father, bless him, found me quietly thumbing through the penguin classics and he told me that it wasn't a library and he would buy one for me as my treat instead of the toys. This became our ritual when we went to the beach. I got a new book with my ice cream and I still have that collection safely stacked away. 

I also love a lot of folklore and old/ original fairytales like the Brothers Grimm. I was once asked by a coworker why 'a big girl like me' was reading fairytales, to which my response was, 'have you ever read the originals? They are not child friendly- despite liking them as a kid haha. I was not a Disney kid for a few reasons and old fairytales is one of them lol 

Right now, I am thumbing through some cycle syncing books I've had so it's non fictional at the minute. My physically healthy is abominable and I need to catch the reigns. I can easily look this up online but I like having at least one book I can hold onto. My favourite ones are the Mooncycle Cookbook by Devon lotus & Jenna radomski and The Happy Balance by Megan Hallett & Nicole Jardim. I have tried some of the recipes and I liked them. The beet and lentil stew from the second is sooo good. I will never crave beef stew in the winter again lol I love cooking and baking so I have a collection of those as well and another section which i believe will be tomorrow's answer haha.

Day 7. Books. Do you read them? What genre do you enjoy most? What are you reading right now? 

I love books like everyone who replied  till now, I read manga , comics, novels and almost everything i can get my hands on. I havnt read anything for a while but currently i enjoy reading self-help books. and I do own a goodreads account , to keep track of everything I read 

 Emrys:

You can track non-fiction books too! I'm quite sure they have a decent library of non-fiction books as well. If not, you can always add new books or search them by ISBN if you can't find them by title.

Nice! I'll give it a try. :-)

Day 6 August Challenge: Pick your NUMBER ONE BL drama for 2024 so far! If you would give an award, who's the winner?

I haven't watched much BL this year, but my top 3 picks (in order) would be:

1. Love for Love's Sake
2. Jazz for Two
3. We Are

I watched it because my favorite actors were in it, and it actually had a good plot, so I think these are my top favorites. 

Day 7 August Challenge: Books. Do you read them? What genre do you enjoy the most? What are you reading right now?

I don't read much, and I barely buy physical books, but I do like reading novels and webtoons online. My favorite genres would probably be mystery, fantasy, and romance. I am not reading anything at the moment.

Anyway, if you have any good new (and old) series I can watch and books I can read online, please give some recommendations.