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Ah thank you!

Getting ready to watch this series again! This is one of my all-time favorites! I love the leads, I love the friendships, the setting, the story and the acting! If you are new to BL's, then THIS is one to start with!

The sequel isn't as good imo, BUT I still found it very enjoyable and worth the viewing so check out SOTUS S after watching this GREAT BL series!!!

My Bromance: the Series
Make it Right Season 1&2
What the Duck: the Series
SOTUS S, the sequel to this one :P

Lol I know how you feel. Kongpob would have agreed with you that Arthit should kiss more! He's EXTREMELY shy as Starsappear said and what makes him so enduring and cute in my eyes is how insecure about it he is lol!

Oooo I totally agree! This is a month later but watch SOTUS first!!!

So depressing, normally the news on this site is so fun and cheerful.

To let oneself become SO intoxicated to the point of acting in a predatory manner, shame. He had such a bright future, he will have much to do in order to recover, if he can recover.

So many have fallen from grace, I think of Kevin Spacey who I adored and respected as a talented actor and as a human being -- until I was crushed by the news of his improprieties, to put it nicely.

We are all human, we all have our moments of weakness but that does NOT excuse the behavior. I hope he learns from this, make amends with the alleged victim and reforms his behavior... maybe stay away from the drink for a while.

He's so pretty! Very talented too, now I have to try and find a video of him singing!

To be honest, I just wish China (government and elites) would let us see more BL love/kiss scenes and have BOTH lovers end up HAPPY, ALIVE, UNSPOILED and TOGETHER in the end more often than not, like Thailand! If I want a cold dose of reality, I watch the news. If I want an escape from depressing things, I watch BLs.

Okay, prior notice I mean no offense at all and I apologize if I am somehow being insensitive as I rant lol.

Chinese BLs tend to either depress me (cheating, death, rejection, homophobia) or bore me (no romance). I loved Addicted Heroine, but when you have to hunt down the love/kiss scene clips that were cut from the original series, then you know someone, somewhere in management has a stick up their ass.

Now, as far as the things that depress me about Chinese BL's, in small amounts and done well, can impact the story in a positive way. But as far as no romance? I mean I don't need nude scenes or anything, but a kiss or cuddling (that doesn't get cut) would be nice! lol

I'm extra critical of Chinese BL's, and maybe that's unfair. But most (not all) of them end with either a lover becoming handicapped/scarred/dead/ect or its not BL and only a glorified bromance (no intimacy / platonic) I personally do not like bromances... except "My Bromance: the Series" which is my favorite, but that's real BL and I digress. It just seems like gay Chinese people (in films at least) can't have a happy ending. I know, most French endings are sad too :(

I know the Chinese people are NOT their government and are generally very open and accepting. There are many things I love about China and Chinese culture. I feel that with their technology and cinematography, not to mention talented (and very attractive) actors/actresses, that they could produce a wonder BL without the need to have their creativity hampered by homophobic laws that force them to remove scenes or be canceled altogether.

I love Korn and I like Knock so I enjoyed Bad Romance and Together With Me. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Yihwa! She made the series' worth watching for me. So many people think she's annoying but I think she's funny and a fierce friend!

A really corny but cute series is Make it Right, if you don't mind a high school setting ftmp. My favorite BL series is My Bromance, I absolutely love it! I also watched What the Duck recently, I enjoyed that one very much.

SOTUS is hard to beat because the writing was really good, the story is one many can relate to on different levels and the lead couple has great chemistry! I love the BL's where the lovers start off as either adversaries, enemies or outright hating each other and then slowly building something strong with each other. My Bromance has that, SOTUS has that, What the Duck (not really enemies, more like they annoy each other at first) has that, Addicted Heroine has that and a few others I'm probably forgetting.

Slamdance, imo, has a really fun story. Watch it for the friendships and team work. There is a little BL, but it kinda gets shoved to the side after a time.

Try going to Dailymotion, that's where I normally go to view English subbed movies and series episodes. I type in the search "engsub BL" without quotes of course, and you should find something you like. I watch mainly Thai and other East Asian BLs and Dailymotion has a LOT of them! But you can find other BL's on Dailymotion as well. :)

Ahh thank you! I'll have to check that out :D. I absolutely love SOTUS! I do prefer the BL parts but I can also get into the main story, like Bad Romance was one that I pretty much liked watching everyone's story. Another was Slamdance which had VERY LITTLE BL but still had a great story.

Thank you! I was just about to watch this again and the higher quality will be MOST welcomed! :D

I'm watching this again! Such a GREAT addition to the History Series collection!!!

I need to learn Thai so I don't have to wait for English Subs lmao! I watched the first ep in Thai and I only understood a little of what was going on. I only know a few Thai phrases :(

You are so right! I had forgotten about her and now I remember why! LMAO yes because the Violinist guy was like "But I was RAPED!" and she's so aloof!!! She basically tells him in so many words that he was lucky to get raped. But there are some Japanese gems out there too. One Japanese BL film I REALLY liked (even though the ending and future status of relationship is ambiguous) was Hidamari ga Kikoeru. I also liked the Takumi Series even though it had its cringey moments lol.

I completely forgot to reply this time! So true that RL gets demanding and also so distracting!!! LMAO

Oh yes I agree that both Takumi and 2Moons are great shows! Lol 2Moons is absolutely adorable! I'm definiely looking forward to a second season! 2Moons is very happy for the most part, but Takumi can be pretty sad at times. I'm think Part 2 where that friend of their's dies. I always tear up at that part, especially since his new boyfriend couldn't be with him on his deathbed. But his boyfriend was at least able to project that rainbow (cuz the guy was into fractals and bending light) into his hospital room and he saw it before he died.

OMG My Bromance the Series has become my FAVORITE series! SOTUS was my fav for a while but My Bromance stole my heart, I absolutely love it! Yes Thai and Taiwan films are awesome! I love their sense of humor and cultures! I'd have to say my favorite South Korea BL is Long Time No See. It has a happy ending and its an action themed show which you don't see in BL as often. And of course the 2 leads are amazing and so cute together! I have high hopes for China, not Xi's China, but the Chinese people themselves. Sad endings are only good (although still heartbreaking) when done well. You can't treat it flippantly or force it because a law demands it. It has to be natural to the story. I watched an Italian BL called One Kiss. *SMALL SPOILER AHEAD IN QUOTES* ----> "It was funny, fun, beautiful and horridly tragic. It dealt with death in the appropriate way but still I will never watch it again because it disturbed me deeply and made me cry way too much lol"

I have some Filipino friends and I was actually surprised to find out how open their attitudes actually are! Most former colony nations are homophobic but that's not the norm in the Phillipinnes apparently :D. Vietnam, from what my BF has told me, is similar to the US. You find more people that are ok with it and a few who aren't. I've been talking with him about Vietnam recently to learn more about his original home country. Yes most Islamic nations are anti-gay, anti-women also. Orthodoxy tends to be misogynistic, and I think alot of homophobia stems from sexism -- the idea that a gay man makes men in general look more "effiminate", aka female in their minds.

Exactly! There are plenty of LGBT patriots, the Phillippines which we talked about is one were there a great number. LGBT can be good, bad, generous, greedy, ect ect ect. A human is a human after all, we are all individuals working together as a collective, albeit not working so well at times lol.

Oh my! Yes that would have terrified me too as a child. Facing your fears is something you have to do on your own, you cannot be forced into it otherwise the trauma can become worse, as you are not in control of the situation.

Don't hate me but I avoided Right or Wrong because I don't personally approve of significant age gaps for any gender or sexuality. I don't think its gross (unless the younger is not of concenting age), but I think a relationship between a senior and a junior is unbalanced. The senior is in a position of power and authority (like a teacher to a student, parent to child, cop to civilan, boss to employee), also it can be difficult for two people of different generations to relate. When its a 10 year difference, not a big deal to me. But if its 20 years? I dunno, I wanna be open-minded but I personally don't enjoy that type of BL, but I'm very glad you enjoyed it! I love the History series so I like it when others do to because it supports them making more! :D

I watched Stay Away From Me first, and I liked it. Not exactly the ending I wanted but I though it dealt with many important subjects. I then watched My Hero and although I liked it the least of the three, I still enjoyed it. I first got mad because I was like "this girl just killed this poor boy and took his body!!!" lmao but in the end when she learned the boy she killed loved her former boyfriend, she returned his body to him which made it a good ending for me. Then I watched Obsessed and I loved it! The leads are so cute, the kiss scenes are WAY better than I expected (maybe a little rapey) lol but still more passionate than I thought they would be. I like how he does what he can to avoid his love but it apparently was simply meant to be haha!

I recently watched History 2 Crossing the Line (Borders) and that one was AWESOME! One of my new favorites now! I typically don't like sports-oriented shows but they got me into Volleyball! lol playing it with friends that is. If you haven't seen it yet then I think you will like it and should check it out :D.

Oh I want to travel so bad! My BF wants to take me to Vietnam in the future and I can't wait! Hope it all worked out as money and time can be issues here and there :/.

Advance Bravley and Addicted were two Chinese BLs that I actually liked that weren't bromanced, cut ALL romance (although they cut alot but I found the cuts online hehehe!), or killed one of them at the end.

And I totally agreed with your final point! Thanks for taking the time to write so much! I really enjoyed reading it and I once again apologise that it took me SOOOOOOOO long to reply! :P

Oh I forgot about that! Hmm, I guess Tong's feelings towards Donut had changed after he realized that he was in love with Mew. It could have been that Tong was actually gay and not bi, and by becoming close to Mew made him realize that he could no longer maintain a hollow relationship with Donut, EVEN if he also couldn't have a relationship with Mew because his mother wouldn not accept it. Its something to ponder at least lol.

@TianQi That was VERY interesting to read! Thank you for informing us about China! I wasn't aware of many of the things you mentioned so this was really nice to find out about. I had always assumed the Chinese PEOPLE were more accepting and inclusive than the government, good to know its true! Addicted and Advanced Bravely are actually my favorite of the Chinese BL lmao!!!

@Trouble-chan I apologize for the long time in between replies.

Anyways I completely agree with you and OMG I love Takumi-kun series!!! I just recently watched it again! And I've only watched History 2 Crossing the Boundaries (or something like that) of those two and I loved it!!! The leads were adorable together!

My BF is Vietnamese and he was born left handed, but his mom forced him to use his right hand and it affected his creativity. I agree that Marxism often prefers a conformity that can stifle creative expression.

So true! So many series that I'd LOVE to see a 2nd season to have never continue the story! So many get canceled, but this has slightly changed recently however as attitudes towards the LGBT+ communities become more accepting and BL becomes a little more popular. Here's hoping that What the Duck, and my FAVORITE BL My Bromance, get their 2nd seasons as has been announced!!! :D

I think in time, China will become a more inclusive country. South Korea is well on their way and better than they have been before on LGBT+ acceptance. Japan is similar to the US, but slightly better in general I think. Thailand and Taiwan are truly allies to acceptance and open-mindedness. Unfortunately, I do not know about the attitudes towards the LGBT+ in other countries in the area with BL, like Philippines or Vietnam. But I hope to learn more about Vietnam from my BF.

Lol I've often felt humanity was beyond hope, but an event or even one person can change my mind about that and revive my spirit. :)

I agree with what you guys have said :D, thank you for the input! Yeah it ended up turning out like Dark Blue and Moonlight where the main lead chooses the WRONG GUY!!! I guess they can't all end the way I like lol XD