Favourites shows (BL)
Most favourites ones .
- Character personality bias: Cold Lead, Reserved Male lead, Hot-Tempered Male Lead,
- Dynamics bias: Enemies to Lover, Love/Hate Relationship, Cold Man/Warm Man, Opposite attracts
- Genre/subgenre bias: Psychological, Thriller, Mystery, Dementia, Romance, Bittersweet
-
1. Eclipse
Korean Movie - 2016
Watched: 1 time
A jealousy filled love triangle with gritty, moody and dark story elements.
A lot of subtle symbolism and subtextual MM romance. (One sided?)
Very open to interpretation, but as I see it, this is a BL, even if Se Joon's love is one sided or isn't (left unanswered). -
2. To My Star
Korean Drama - 2021, 9 episodes
Watched: 3 times
Basic and a bit cliché, but feel good.
Seemed to aim for this kind of vision. -
3. To My Star Season 2: Our Untold Stories
Korean Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
Watch: 1 time
Not out of character ''overreacting'' from the ''cold'' lead. I think it fits even if a bit too dramatic for me.
-
4. Bokura no Shokutaku
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Watched: 1 time
Sweet slow paced romance. Suprisingly not cheesy, just cute and pretty funny. Yukata, Yutaka -
5. Semantic Error
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
Watched: 3 times
The ''computer brain'' guy being more proactive was a good surprise?
Brainless fun, fairly formulaic show and all. I like a lot. -
6. Your Name Engraved Herein
Taiwanese Movie - 2020
Watched: 2 times
Very moody, realistic and bittersweet. A lot of pretty symbolism, metaphorical imagery and meaningful subtext. Show not tell.
A show that is better when you know little about it.
But bittersweet as hell, so beware if you're not in the mood for it.
Still a happy, ambiguous ending. -
7. Love with Flaws
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
Watched: 5 times (1 fully, 4 ''BL cut'')
It's not a ''BL show'', BUT, the MM couple is really well written and acted.Main couple is 'eh', but the sides ones are good. (FM and MM ones)
-
8. Restart after Come back Home
Japanese Movie - 2020
Watched: 2 times
Sweet countryside romance. More about finding meaning in life and overcoming your past.
-
9. Old Fashion Cupcake
Japanese Drama - 2022, 5 episodes
Watched: 2 time
Fairly basic plot and setting, but pretty good. Lots of good messages to apply for your own life... Doing/learning something new everyday, not become stale in a predictable but unchallenged life, etc.
-
10. Manner of Death
Thai Drama - 2020, 14 episodes
Watched: 2 times
Proper show with a romance sub plot that happens to be two males.
Fun action stuff, medical pathology that is fun to learn (to me at least) and interesting three dimensional characters actually with motives beyond ''make drama because it's the third act and we have nothing''. The drama doesn't really feel forced, and the story got me curious and invested.
-
11. The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese
Japanese Movie - 2020
Watched: 2 times
The characters are morally ambiguous, obviously flawed and very well portrayed. Even considering the circumstances, I could relate to how the characters were feeling and felt bad for every characters. Even the ''girl rival'', which is usually a bland, useless caricature in ''BL shows'' was well written and I felt sorry for her. -
12. A Shoulder to Cry On
Korean Drama - 2023, 7 episodes
Watched: 1 time
Psychological story a bit. Messed up well written characters.
Will rewatch eventually to score better, but rn this shit good. -
13. We Best Love: No. 1 For You
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
Watched: 3 times
Sweet story without being too corny/dumb. Characters that feel real and not fujoshi bait. Zhou Shu Yi doesn't act like a shy maiden, he owns up to liking the other guy, which is refreshing. Zhou Shu is also bi and had a crush on his childhood friend, which is a girl for once.
The other MM pairing was out of place and cringy to watch.
-
14. HIStory3: Trapped
Taiwanese Special - 2019, 20 episodes
Watched: 3 times
Honestly really liked it, even if some scenes were unfunny-dumb and fanservicey (otherwise would be a solid 9.5/10).
It had good pacing, slow enough for me to enjoy, but not stalling, and the story actually interested me overall (mafia kind of, crime shit)Idc about Jack and other guy though, they were just unnecessary cheese imo. Liked the other couple though.
-
15. The Eighth Sense
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Just finished, so will need to rewatch. But this is good, psychological trauma aspects for a character.
-
16. His
Japanese Movie - 2020
Watched: 2 times
Bittersweet
-
17. Kieta Hatsukoi
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
Watched: 2 time
-
18. Addicted
Chinese Drama - 2016, 15 episodes
Watched: 4 times
Half a guilty pleasure? But I really do think the characters are very well acted.
Good actor chemistry, lots of show not tell behavioural/facial expression cues. Natural story progression. Pretty slow paced.
Really liked the side characters and their tales (Bao Luo Yin's dad, auntie, etc)There's a difference between teasing/push it and acting rapey... it's a thin line in this, but the acting makes it work somehow in my opinion. Both are very stubborn characters. Have to rererewatch to be sure it's not me being generous.
-
19. Sotus
Thai Drama - 2016, 15 episodes
Watched: 8 times
Guilty pleasure, but I really like the characters. Believable, even with the eyebrow raising moments. Last few episodes could have been more slow-burn, but the rest of the progression and character's slow and realistic.That and the gang of dumbasses from Arthit's group are actually funny.
No skinship, no sex, no fanservice.
-
20. The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
Japanese Movie - 2021
Watched: 1 time
Kinda more of an underdeveloped bromance. Manga was better, even the anime was too.
BUT, I see it was romance, just not ''steamy'' or well defined.
(Still underdeveloped as the movie goes on, but better than instalove/makeout every 2 seconds cuz the audience are thirsty fujoshis) -
21. Our Days
Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
Need to rewatch
Very slow paced and with a bunch of awkward pauses. Somehow works and fits, but definitely kinda uncomfortable at times. I don't recall awful sound editing for once in a thai drama, mostly quiet/lowkey..? Unsure