Adaptations
From Manga/Novel.
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1. Yasha
Japanese Drama - 2000, 11 episodes
- Adapted from a manga.
- Plan to read.
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2. To Each His Own
Japanese Movie - 2017
- Adapted from a novel.
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3. The King’s Avatar
Chinese Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
- Adapted from a novel.
- It has a donghua (chinese animation) adaptation as well.
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4. Guardian
Chinese Drama - 2018, 40 episodes
- Adapted from a danmei (chinese BL ) novel.
- Censored romance.
- Plan to read.
- I really liked it because isn't the typical story.
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5. Battle Royale
Japanese Movie - 2000
- Adapted from a novel.
- It has a manga adaptation as well which I highly recommend.
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6. The Novelist
Japanese Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
- Adapted from a BL manga.
- Drama is good but I highly recommend to read the original source.
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7. Silhouette of Your Voice
Japanese Movie - 2017
- Adapted from a BL manga.
- Movie is cute and entertaining, if you liked the story I recommend to read the original source, it's refreshing.
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8. Tenkosei: Sayonara Anata
Japanese Movie - 2007
- Adapted from a novel.
- Second movie based from the novel.
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9. The Untamed
Chinese Drama - 2019, 50 episodes
- Adapted from a danmei (Chinese BL) novel named "Mo Dao Zu Shi".
- Censored romance.
- CQL has lots of changes regarding the original source that I didn't like much . I highly recommend to read the original novel, it's impressive.
- MDZS has lots of adaptations: donghua (chinese adaptation), audio drama (chinese and japanese cast), manhua (chinese webtoon) and CQL.
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10. It's Me, It's Me
Japanese Movie - 2013
- Adapted from a novel.
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11. Advance Bravely
Chinese Drama - 2017, 30 episodes
- Adapted from a danmei (chinese BL) novel.
- Censored romance.
- Plan to read.
- At first I was thinking to drop this series but it was entertaining enough to keep watching. This allowed me to know a secondary couple which i liked so much.
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12. He's Coming to Me
Thai Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
- Adapted from a boys love novel.
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13. Ai no Kotodama
Japanese Movie - 2007
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14. No Touching At All
Japanese Movie - 2014
- Adapted from a manga.
- Although I read the manga years ago I didn't recall much atm. Would re-read.
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15. Call Boy
Japanese Movie - 2018
- Adapted from a novel.
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16. Evil Minds
Chinese Drama - 2015, 24 episodes
- Adapted from a novel.
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17. Beloved Enemy
Chinese Drama - 2017, 15 episodes
- Adapted from a danmei (chinese BL) novel.
- Censored romance.
- Drama's story was good enough to hook me up but last three episodes were awful.
- If you like danmei I recommend to read the novel, drama chops the entire story and changes it to a business view with hints of heterosexual relationships that didn't exist in the original source.
- Drama keeps the main events from the novel (spoilers): Gu Qing Pei meets Yuan Yang, Yuan Yang films them without Gu Qing Pei knowing, laptop gets stolen, video is leaked and Yuan Yang and Gu Qing Pei break apart.
- I read it after finished the drama, so I really enjoyed it as two different things (because novel has a whole different story).
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18. Same Difference
Japanese Movie - 2014
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19. Spiral
Japanese Movie - 2000
- Adapted from a manga.
- Plan to read.
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20. My Neighbor Yaoi-chan
Japanese Movie - 2007
- Adapted from a manga.