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I cried from beginning to end. I'm crying as I write this! I don't know if its my own religious upbringing (or the fact that I was around their age during the period they are portraying), but this one hit me hard. It felt so real. And the messaging lives in my heart. So well done. This one raised the bar.

Thats fair. I like slice of life (Life in Smokey Blue) or true comedy (Ossan's Love) as my relief. I'm not feeling the stress of PB or PP yet, but its coming!

Why is it episode 5 and I still cant hold onto the storyline or even identify most of the characters?

HIStory 3: Trapped

I really liked TMS (not an easy watch) and ABO, so we may have different taste. It seems like you dont want cutesy rn. Off the dome, I'd recommend:

Prosecutor's Proposal (airing now)
Shine
4Minutes
Eighth Sense
I Told Sunset About You
Innocent
Unknown
The Journey to Killing You

Second/backup list if you like the drama:
Mystique in the Mirror
Goddess Bless You From Death
Eternal Yesterday (which gutted me)
Our Youth

Also, I will always recommed My Personal Weatherman, which I think is relatively unique in this genre. I dont think it fits neatly into a common trope. Its not about coming out, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, fated lovers, etc. I like that it's different. Happy to create a more curated list, too.

You definitely have not seen all the good ones in 2 months! There are some hidden (or at least less aggressively marketed) gems out there.

Imma stay away from discussing people’s IRL love lives because that's childish.

Drunk sex is definitely a thing in BL, and I get why it upsets people. SA is not a joke. But BLs aren’t real life. That said, I don’t want to dismiss concerns about romanticizing drunk sex or SA. The disagreement here seems less about whether SA is bad and more about whether this scene actually qualifies as SA. I don’t think anyone is arguing that SA is sexy; people just interpret the scene differently. If you’re into SA roleplay, do what you love—no kink shaming here. But if you find actual SA erotic, please seek help.
I could be drunk AF and desperately want to sleep with someone (and, honestly, with Taeseon’s hot/dom/lawyer vibe, I'd probably be about it because I'm that b*tch). But IRL, it’s always a fraught situation because a drunk person can’t really consent—or reliably judge whether they have consent. Even when it doesn’t feel like SA at the time, things can look very different once everyone is sober.

With that in mind, Chaeha’s active participation made this feel like consensual, albeit animalistic, sex rather than SA—to me. He was intoxicated but not incapacitated. And I suspect the follow-up storyline will support that reading. I’m also saying this as someone who recently watched To My Shore, Double Helix, and Yesterday, which pretty explicitly depict non-consensual sex. If you hate this scene, DEFINITELY avoid those dramas.

Sigh...I'm a grown-ass woman, y'all, and I'm still not over those shorts. I can't unsee that.

I never want to see those shorts again. Ever.

Ticket to Heaven is so good. Please let it end strong, whatever that means for the mains.

My Personal Weatherman is my all-time favorite BL. I've watched it countless times.

Agreed. And I didn't grow up Catholic, I grew up Southern Baptist. I believe from my experience that the father's reaction is both uncommon (at least in Christian fundamentalist circles) and absolutely based on the bible's teachings as I learned them. Above all else, love. I really felt that in the confession scene. I hope the good father doesn't betray the faith I've now placed in him during the final episode!

They are pretty but most of these folks are. And if these were my friends I'd totally believe it if they were dating. But the acting and on screen chemistry isn't there yet. And at DMD they are with folks like NetJJ, TleFirstone (LOVE them), and TeeteePor (who I thought did a good job in DWY). But honestly, I largely blame the writing this time. There's not much for them to work with.

RL and Khemjira in particular raise the bar very high! (I also loved Heartstopper and Young Royals, which I rewatch occasionally.) I'd say you should tune into Ticket to Heaven and A Winter Sun, which is airing now and also super well done.

A few others I think are well done even after watching RL & Khemjira:
Bad Buddy
ABO Desire
The Eighth Sense
Semantic Error
My Personal Weatherman
I Told Sunset About You
See Your Love
Life in Smokey Blue

Thanks for this list. Maybe separate out Taiwanese BL?

Well maybe you'll like it more than I do. I stopped and started a bunch even from episode 1. Different strokes for different folks, as they say.

And there's not a lot of buzz on here either. 15 hour later and my comment would be buried for other shows. This just lacks passion and a plot line. Its a shame because I like the mains.

I'm all about a good slice of life series, but what even is this? Its so random and I dont see where the deepening relationship we were promised is developing. I tuned in for TutorYim after watching Battle of the Writers, but this doesn't make any sense to me. And the sex talk is too juvenile. Its not sexy. It's not shocking. Its not giving intimacy. Enough already. I feel like I have to finish it becasue I'm so far in but maybe not? I'm not mad, I'm just bored. Go watch Duang With You. That's how you talk dirty, and how you build intimacy over the course of the series.

I agree that this was good overall, but, honestly, I stopped watching for a long time somewhere in episode 3 because I knew what was coming and it was disappointing. Maybe I've just watched too many BLs, but I know we could have gotten a better story. This was released in 2020, not 1920. Weren't gay relationships already normal by then? And what's with the gay marriage/have a family dichotomy? Most of the gay couples I know have kids. Does Japan not allow gay adoption or gestational carriers? Am I the one who's missing something? This aint my first rodeo with this trope, and it's a trope I really dislike, so maybe this just wasn't meant for me.

Watched episode 1. Yeah, I'm in for this ride.

This is so stupid and yet it's totally doing it for me! How am I just finding this?

I want to express my deep appreciation for Timmy, the play's producer, who is apparently the only voice of reason.