Sleepy Strawberry

short boys love dramas released in the summer of 2026
darker vibes, serious story telling
dark past, trauma, involving death/murder of a parent. This has inspired the main characters to enter a specific line of work that involves investigating crime cases/committing crimes.
violence, crime, thriller
intimidating male lead

Main lead is a highschool student that is involved in an accident that (almost) kills them. Though, they return to real life due to some unresolved conflicts.
Romance, fantasy but first and foremost tragedy. Sad stories about grief, loss, sad endings to an extent.

sad and emotional japanese dramas in which the main lead dies but comes back as a ghost due to some unfinished business/unresolved conflicts.
Romance and fantasy elements but sad ending

- main character involved in an accident that comatosed them or (should have) killed them. Still, they come back to life due to some unresolved/unfinished business.
- Boys Love elements
- fantastical elements
- high school setting
- focus on family relationships
- very sad and tragic

- Both are idol surival show programmes with trainees fighting for a spot in an idol group
- most strinkingly, though, these shows are especially known for the strong, affectionate bond between its Top2 contestants.
- some of the trainees have since acted in BL dramas too (or acted in BL dramas prior to entering the contest)

They are somewhat different from eachother because Love Class is a fictional boys love drama and lazicon a reality idol surival show programme but there are some similarities too. Love Class, for example, focuses on characters who have participated in a surival show programme themselves and some of the actors also have idol/trainee experience. Additionally, Laz icon is kind of famous for the intense bond between two of its contestants (Daouoffroad) so watching their dynamic might satisfy some BL viewers.

Both are korean boys love dramas with a somewhat longer overall run time. They feature two couples whose dynamics i dont think are too different. In both theres a couple with some unresolved, repressed feelings. They broke off a romantic connection that in particular one of them is still very hung up on and is persistently showing affection. The other do not have much prior history and one of them has more of a cute charm.

- Dark romance boys love series
- thriller
- toxic/controlling love interest
- some sexual content
- dark, traumatic past of the characters

Both are short japanese shows about a gay couple that has actually split already a while ago but has to pretend to still be in a relationship. In 100 days its for the sake of a documentary about their love life, in Jack O Frost due to amnesia the MC does not know he and the Love Interest have broken up.

- Korean drama
- crime thrillers
- investigating crime cases, making judgements on cases
-murder, violence, abuse, trauma, dark past
The Devil Judge had some homoerotic subtext, The Prosecutors Proposal on the other hand is straight up Boys Love.

- both are short korean boys love dramas with a darker vibe and darker themes.
- Main character(s) have a traumatic and sad past
- some toxicity
Both shows are directed by the same person.

- Both are short korean boys love series
- darker vibes and themes
- toxic elements in the relationship
- two people fall in love who shouldnt/have odds stacked against eschother
- heigh difference
- sexual content