BL Compilations

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Overall: the plot never grabbed me. Aired 59 short (couple minute) episodes on the VBL Series YouTube Channel and they were then put into longer episodes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsvZaVybjXZccIazdEHkCmuCdvW3qAB_B

Content Warning: past death & grief, vomiting, blood, non con touching, non con kissing, slap

What I Liked
- an established couple
- visuals
- the plot idea of moving on from a past love
- sweet moments

Room For Improvement
- the plot never grabbed me, I had to restart this series 3 times
- with the main couple, they didn't hold my attention
- comedy sound effects

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well done prequel (need a spin off of the side couple)

Overall: this is a prequel to the short series Love Reset https://mydramalist.com/profile/blcompilations/reviews/504190 Four episodes about 8 minutes each. Aired on Truefilm YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkQFxcEhORR3zNUebXvCBuhRLMzgRsksw&si=FJsuJO-o9Ryw9KYA Uncut version would be a 9 as it had a key response in the final episode

Content Warning: past stalking not shown

What I Liked
- chemistry (of both couples)
- realistic friends
- easy to understand premise
- nice camera work to show dream/reality
- good kissing

Room For Improvement
- they don't show the answer in the cut version

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vertical series about hair stylists

Overall: it was a decent slice of life with an established couple and a newcomer. Episodes 1-5 (of 50 short episodes) on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZyMhav2SGg Aired on the Shortime app (more info below). My referral link is https://playground.shortime.en/invite/NKNIWI (all letters) and it should get you a bonus. Shortime also also has: Long Time No See, A First Love Story, Color Rush, As if You Whisper, Choco Milk Shake, Double Play, Please Teach Me, Falling For My Boss, Can a Freeloader Make it as a Secretary, Summer Indigo, The Secrets of Male Students, Accent, Ippon: Hold Me Tight, Star Struck, Once Again, That Nerd is My Brother in Law, I'm Your Pet, I'd Rather Quit Than Die Director, Influencer Love, Happy Ending Romance, Happy Ending, Romeo and Romeo and Juliet, Blue Complex, Gangster Like Me Got a Boyfriend, Buddy Boy and W King.

Content Warnings: manhandling, sexual harassment, stalking, non con touching/assault

What I Liked
- the intense kissing towards the beginning
- an established couple
- visuals

Room For Improvement
- one guy wasn't a damsel in distress
- that they made a heavier guy the stalker
- noble idiot trope (thankfully short lived)
- evil mom cliche

My Watch For Free Plan (updated Feb 2025)
My referral link is https://playground.shortime.en/invite/NKNIWI (all letters) and it should get you a bonus.

On the Rewards (popcorn bag icon page)
- check in = 5 (increases over 7 days up to 25)
- create a login = 20? (I did create a login because otherwise you only get 1 Always Win box instead of 3 per day, I think this was 20 popcorn)
- do the 3 random popcorn from the daily Always Win box = 30 (I'd normally get 5-15, around 30 in total)
- Watch Ads, watch all 10 ads each day, have to wait 30 seconds in between ads = 110

When you run out of popcorn while watching, you can watch 5 episodes each day with ads

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want the actors in something with a better script

Overall: a bunch of naked cheaters cheating and then a bad ending. Aired on Oxin's YouTube channel https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcQaxIPsTWdP_1uuhVXkVaaxr5TmueZtn&si=SGTmK7pr9iDMy-6o

Content Warnings: voyeurism, shove, non con touching, punches, homophobia, coercion, blackmail, ex-partner abuse, sexual assault, non con recording/sharing

What I Liked
- the step mom
- fishing setting
- visuals
- the director is in the series

Room For Improvement
- it made no sense to give a romantic main lead a nice, visibly pregnant girlfriend, why didn't they just have him be single?, the audience learned something very important way too late (end of episode 7)
- the innuendo/crassness was too much
- started with a flash forward
- having sex while sleeping seemed pretty nonsense to me
- some of the music didn't fit like goofy music during a serious scene
- felt like they used the first take for every scene
- a character did something completely nonsense and out of character
- there was no emotional punch due to the ai generated content in the finale and what characters had done before
- the ending (see my spoiler comment), I generally dislike this type of ending because I want the writer/s to commit and it feels like having it both ways

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loss and love

Overall: an enjoyable short indie series about a situation that is not frequently shown. 4 episodes about 10 minutes each. Aired on Secret of Us Official YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7BSona1dmx4H7qAsET9W5qnlsd3cpJ1_&si=pwUbEhFWaq9L4_oQ - they also made Infidelity, It's a Disease.

Content Warnings: past death, grief, self harm, blood, suicidal ideation/attempted suicide, non con turned consensual?, beaten up off screen, blood

What I Liked
- chemistry/tension
- centered on the 2 leads
- how my initial impression of each of them changed
- rarely told story of loving again

Room For Improvement
- started with a flash forward
- some scenes were very dark and they needed more light on the actors' faces
- that the non/dub con had been clearly consensual
- rushed ending

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solid indie mini series

Overall: I gave this a rating bump because even though it looks very indie, I liked how it centered on just 2 characters. Aired on ALOS Studios YouTube Channel, the movie version combined the 3 episodes (21 minutes long) cw dub con sex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2xesNmEezs

Content Warnings: dub con sex*

What I Liked
- centered on 2 characters (no tired cliches like exes showing up)
- music
- good kissing
- they mentioned using something
- sweet moments
- the ending

Room For Improvement
- too many flashbacks/forwards
- *I'm not 100% sure, the guy was crying but not necessarily because he regretted/didn't want it at the time, had the nonsense of so drunk he couldn't remember what happened but then appeared not drunk at the time/very active participant, he might have been lying about not remembering

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a quirky dystopian series (side BL couple)

Overall: bright colors, comedy and a dating game somehow blend well with a dystopian world and sinister underpinnings. 6 episodes about 1 hour each. Aired on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81517158

Content Warnings: death off screen, held against will, manipulation, likely more I'm forgetting

BL Scenes
episode 2: 52-54 (set up)
episode 4: 14:15-19:25, 34:15-34:45, 37:45-40, 49-55:30
episode 5: beginning-1
episode 6: 57-1hr2, 1hr9:15-1hr10:45

What I Liked
- het, GL & BL representation
- it made me laugh a few times
- tension/chemistry
- family relationships
- commentary on freedom/rights

Room For Improvement
- the ending was good but it teased a 2nd season which hasn't been announced

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story about acceptance

Overall: this is a short movie (35 minutes plus behind the scenes) about self acceptance. I gave it an indie rating bump as it hovered between 7.5 and 8 for me. Aired on Wayufilm's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO_pyd0B19Q&ab_channel=WayufilmProduction

Content Warnings: one that's a spoiler (see my spoiler comment), homophobia, bullying, non con picture/video taking and sharing

What I Liked
- the theme of where acceptance should come from
- clever names with Mek and Up (sounds like Makeup)
- Mek was supportive

Room For Improvement
- unrealistic with total strangers walking up and taking selfies (let me know if this happens in Thailand in real life and I'll delete this)
- needed a little more relationship development, what made them love each other
- the off screen panting went on too long, perhaps there is a missing NSFW scene for channel members

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very NSFW with a messier plot

Overall: the title on GagaOOLala is "Sex Drifter" which is pretty appropriate. This is more of a messy plot and less idealized romance. It is a Japanese pink film which is about an hour long and very heavy on the explicit NSFW scenes. I wish they would have not opened with alternating NSFW scenes because I wasn't sure what the relationships were between the characters. I also wanted more pleasure instead of pained expressions and I will ignore the lube that magically fell from the ceiling. The messier/realistic plot didn't bother me in particular and I was fine with the way it ended. I watched it here https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/4465/sex-drifter-2024

Content Warnings: coercion, beginning assault

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two short special episodes

Overall: the first word in the title is English, the final 3 are French so it reads as Forbidden New Time Taste (if someone is fluent in French please correct me). Aired on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/4079/ossans-love-returns-telasa-spin-off-2024-e01

Episode 1: 20 minutes, seems to take place in the middle of the season, characters meet at work to fix a mistake and reminisce about dates/romantic partners.

Episode 2: 16 minutes, takes place after the wedding ceremony, Maki & Haruta host a party and characters talk about what they were going to say/do at the wedding/the story behind "noisy lips"

I really enjoyed both episodes but I took off a half point for cutting away from the kiss.

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goodish indie short movie

Overall: a decent way to spend 30 minutes. Aired on Wayufilm's YouTube channel https://youtu.be/zFifCdlf9e0?si=SlYCdQQSoMRJF4kV

Content Warnings: homophobia, vomiting, slap

What I Liked
- centered on the two leads with just 2 other characters
- sweet moments*
- good production value for an indie short movie

Room For Improvement
- *I wish their getting to know you/falling in love wasn't done in montages, they could have cut/reduced other scenes (including the time jump) and actually had these scenes with dialogue
- I didn't take off points but I don't think a homophobic parent would have queer movie posters on the wall of their workplace (pretty sure that set is the production's office, however, they could have removed the posters or covered them up)
- because it was a time jump it felt like a very fast/unrealistic turn around for the dad
- using alcohol as a catalyst to their spending time/relationship

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