BL Compilations

First Impression: Be My Player Two (uncut version)

Overall: the humor was hit or miss, giving it the benefit of the doubt. 10 episodes about 45 minutes each. Episode 1 was 48 minutes. Airing on WeTV uncut https://wetv.vip/en/play/xi5rkwzl3ytaphi/s4102vq3tsf-EP01%3A_Be_My_Player_Two_(Uncut_ver.) and cut version https://wetv.vip/en/play/h744e3d4hzqgs3r/c4102dqtj4b-EP01%3A_Be_My_Player_Two (episode 1 cut version was about 5 minutes shorter than the uncut version)

Watch Suggestions: if the humor doesn't work for you, you can start at episode 5 to focus more on romance, skip episode 9 except for 35-39:50 and start episode 10 at 28 minutes

Content Warning: in game violence, punch, scary images episode 6 from 7:30-8:45 (characters were watching a scary movie)

What I Liked
- their dynamic/opposites attract
- caring moments
- fairly forthright character
- I did laugh a few times
- supportive friends

Room For Improvement
- not all of the humor/style worked for me, one character had a very exaggerated style
- in episode 5 he could have cleared things up in the room, he didn't have to do the whole "I can explain" and didn't explain thing
- side couple did not work for me, did not feel chemistry and one character said for the other guy to not jump to conclusions but in the past and present he admitted to doing a crappy thing for a non-reason?!! and the other guy was suddenly completely fine with that???

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First Impression: Your Third

Overall: I'm giving this the benefit of the doubt. 12 episodes about 45 minutes each. Airing on iQIYI https://www.iq.com/play/your-third-episode-1-onlibx4ku8?lang=en_us

Content Warning: punches, episode 1 13-14min a character thought another character had killed himself - the scene was written as comedy

What I Liked
- chuckled a few times*
- a character is intelligent and has a backbone


Room For Improvement
- *most of the comedy was a miss for me
- the first episode was too long, could have been half the time
- effeminate male/trans woman hypersexual caricature

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got there in the end (vertical series)

Overall: spent too much time with a love rival. 30 short episodes. Aired on GagaOOLala.

Content Warnings: past child abuse (episode 1), non con touching, non con kiss, mental health struggles, past death

What I Liked
- the co-op living situation (brought back memories when my co-op application was rejected likely because I was a feminist I.e. I didn't/don't think women dancing in a club should be groped by random guys which a male resident thought was fine if the women were wearing short skirts...)
- the guys tried to be supportive

Room For Improvement
- the one resident's wig
- both guys looked at his back when he was visibly upset/not wanting them to
- the non con kiss
- love rival took up way too much screen time
- poor communication that was only resolved in the 2nd to last episode

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