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It's a disappointment. I mean I like the Fighter-Tutor couple but IMO Saifah-Zon has more potential and I like them much more. And honestly, the whole "kiss Tutor but deny attraction" has gotten boring now. And it's just episode 6. What's worse is that they even cut out some Saifah-Zon scenes from the cut uploads on YT. So disappointing.

He's adorable. I hope we get to see more of his character x Dew.

I don't like how this show's handling Zon-Saifah couple. They BARELY GET ANY screentime let alone development. Episode 5 and 6 were both completely Fight-Tutor focused, especially episode 6 when they barely got 10mins on screen.

On another note, I think the drama should give some focus on Tanthai-Japan couple too. They're so cute. I wonder though who the uke and seme are in that relationship.

Boyfriend? I can't find it. What country? What year?

+1 to Rowoon. He's better looking than most of the people above him IMO as well.

Also IDK why Kim Seon Ho is so low in the list. He's really really good looking. Better looking than many people above him imo

Jung Garam, Lee Junho, Kim Seon Ho, Rowoon, Kyungsoo <3

You calling it overrated doesn't make sense since MDL has no influence on commercial performance. This drama didn't generate good viewership when it aired, nor did it generate any hype so yes it is underrated.

No subs?

SunOh's far too immature and kinda selfish to be the right one for Jojo. So the webtoon writer did right by the ending. Hyeyoung's a far more mature as a person.

No it's not and well they don't.

Exactly. Whereas every year we get so many dramas of the opposite trope. It's not just with Asian dramas, the uptown girl trope seems to be non-existent even in western media. Although Netflix did upload a movie with that trope recently called Isi and Ossi.

Yes I have seen it. I liked it very much.

Thank you for the list.

I've seen it loool I was about to comment how that show had both the tropes at once.

Thanks but I've seen Takane No Hana. Although not My Fair Lady, I'll check it out. I wish there were more recent iteration of this trope.

Love Simon isn't an Asian gay drama btw lol It's an American come of age movie revolved around coming out. I couldn't find a proper Asian example similar to that so I used it.

Can I get a "Poor guy, Rich girl" list please? I find that premise more interesting than this one. I've not seen a lot of it, I wish there were more. Even Cdramas or Jdramas will do.

I think of BL has a genre of itself. I wouldn't consider Ossan's Love a BL. For me, BL is a gay themed show with very specific tropes:
1. First trope is the fact that most if not all the male characters are gay (seriously, it's the case for almost every Asian BL shows!)
2. Second trope is that females are shallow, thin shell caricatures of the devil
3. If not the above, the female characters are borderline stalker fujoshis
4. Fourth trope is lack of labelling. Most BLs don't label characters as gay or bi or straight. They just fall in love and there's no exploration of their newly found sexuality.

On the other hand, a typical show revolving around a gay character is very different from this. For e.g Ossan's Love, where not everyone's gay. Another example would be Love Simon & Kiss Me Again (although Dark Blue Kiss is a BL). These all have dosage of reality, and are devoid of some of the tropes I mentioned above. Most of them explore sexuality as a character development and females are not discarded as evil witches or obssessed fujoshis.

So BL is basically like you explained, Hallmark movies but with gay characters. Candy flossed fluff, with zero realism.

Where is he???

One of my favourite Thai Horror movies. I love the exploration of curses in this series, especially this one. It's really gory, which I love and the ending twist was really good too.