Gay shit I watched
I prefer: goofy silly stories, complex plots and characters, gender-nonconformity, relationship dynamics in which both partners are equal (or at least both have a form of power, whether that be status or physical) and tease each other a lot, wholesomeness and good communication, slow burn, supernatural gimmicks, bright colors, indie productions, angst with a happy ending, queer themes such as found family, self-acceptance, social deviance and allegories for systemic oppression/cisheteronormativity.
I dislike: plots that revolve around jealousy and miscommunication, relationship dynamics that feel hierarchical or genderconforming (top=masc and hyperdominant, bottom= femme and utterly powerless), plots that take themselves too seriously without actually containing authenticity or depth, sad grey gritty-ness, graphic violence, sexual violence, gore, full nudity, unexamined judgment towards minorities. Those'll have lower ratings on average.
If you think you vibe with that, take a look. If not, I'm sure you can find some other list that works for you.
>9 means it's brilliant
>8 I'd def recommend.
7 means it's fun enough, might recommend, but there are no masterpieces here
6 means it's watchable but nothing special, standard fare.
5 means it's got some amount of redeeming qualities, but also issues.
<4 means I kinda hated it
mlm = gay or bi guys in here
wlw = lesbian or bi women in here
T = trans people in here. I don't count standard comedic relief trans women in Thai shows. They have to actually be a character.
A = ace and/or aro people in here
GNC = gendernonconforming people in here
Happy endings unless stated otherwise under the 'spoiler' tag. BL or GL unless stated otherwise. Current and dropped follow at the end.
I've decluttered the list by moving everything under 100 minutes here: https://mydramalist.com/list/1Xz6mOj3
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201. Dap Saengrawi
Thai Movie - 2023
mlm. ~106 minutes
Tonally inconsistent, tries to do too many things in too little time, doesn't deserve to be a movie rather than just a standard BL series. I think this could have maybe worked as a longer series. It seems like a lot has been cut. It does nothing new, but hey it's definitely watchable. The set it beautiful.
Arranged marriage in the 60's. Main character acts like a Disney princess from the 50's, fully a damsel. Characters don't feel fleshed out. It relies on you already being invested in the classic ZeeNunew dynamic. Enemies to lovers.
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202. Liquor
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~120 minutes
Marketing dude x stubborn anti-alcohol chef. Pretty basic enemies to lovers. Stubborn anti-alcohol chef's motivations are really unclear throughout. Also there really is an inordinate amount of falling for no reason in here, given the short runtime. It really does promote alcoholism as a good thing, and soberness as a bad thing.
"I have social anxiety" "Have you tried thinking happy thoughts instead?" "No I haven't, thanks it's fixed now."
Watchable. Forgettable.
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203. Bake Me Please
Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
mlm. ~360 minutes
Tsundere baker needs new assistant. Love interest is too toxic and doesn't change enough by the end and yet they still end up together and I don't agree with it. But if you want pretty pictures on your screen for an hour, an episode of this'll do.
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204. Bed Friend
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
mlm. ~420 minutes
Drunk one night stand leads to fwb leads to feelings down the road. Tries to tackle #metoo but falls into damsel trap. Kinda drags during last 5 episodes.
cw: Intense homophobic childhood abuse by parent. Consent issues between main pair.
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205. Beloved Enemy
Chinese Drama - 2017, 15 episodes
Censored mlm. ~525 minutes
From China, so they made it as gay as was legal, and that's not very gay. Manager x rebellious son of the big boss who needs to learn a lesson. It's watchable. It hints towards gayness, but no it is not ever going to actually go there.
They do not have the healthiest dynamic, at all, but it is an interesting watch.
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206. Blueming
Korean Drama - 2022, 11 episodes
mlm. ~150 minutes
It's about beauty standards & anxiety. It feels too short for me to really connect to any of the characters. We get snippets of their relationship, flying from scene to scene, all far apart in time.
Some people definitely connect to it though, so maybe it's just me. You should give this a try.
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207. Bon Appetit
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~240 minutes
Dude works in marketing, gets new neighbor who has crushed on him for long time. It's pretty cliché and boring tbh. Not much of a plot. They really have to stop trying to make me care about marketing. It's amazing how slow this is, given its runtime. Then some fabricated nonsense conflict in episode 7 and then they get back together the end.
I mean, if you have nothing else to watch, this exists.
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208. Bump Up Business
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~120 minutes
He falls for the star he gets paired up with in 'gay concept' boy group. The actors are legitimately in a boy group together.
It's alright. Just don't take it too seriously.
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209. Chaser Game W: Power Harassment Joshi wa Watashi no Moto Kano
Japanese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
wlw. ~240 minutes
Her ex shows up at work to be her new boss and uses her power to take revenge. This has good drama, acting, cinematography and chemistry, but it also seems to be attempting to shame career women for being unfeminine bad mothers, and I don't appreciate that message at all.
It's worth watching. Just look past the BS politics I guess.
cw: workplace harassment, sexual harassment, outing.
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210. Flores de Cerejeira Depois do Inverno
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
mlm. ~200 minutes
They're adopted brothers and classmates. One bullied and with an inferiority complex, one protective.
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211. Cutie Pie: Special Episode
Thai Special - 2023, 4 episodes
mlm. ~210 minutes
Kuea can't be singer and husband at the same time. Sets up the issue, then skirts it. Kinda meh, plot-wise.
If you can't get enough after Cutie Pie season 1, then yeah why not watch this.
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212. Azul Escuro e o Luar
Taiwanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
mlm. ~360 minutes
I watched this forever ago. I would put this in 'queer media' or 'slice of life' rather than 'BL', but it does definitely have attractive guys who kiss, within the first couple of minutes even.
Protagonist is kinda unlikeable and unreasonable, and the only guy who did seem like a perfectly nice character is the one who got dumped lol.
This is watchable, not super forgettable, but just not super high quality. Give it a try.
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213. Destiny Seeker
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
mlm. ~450 minutes
Just your typical engineering students, except with hogwarts mechanics based off 6 types of things you can be good at, one of which is 'handsome'. The plot is stupid and it doesn't make sense.
Subtitles are absolutely terrible. Honestly you need to understand quite a bit of Thai in order to follow this at all.
"We want to use our engineering skills to start a company that will fix the environment, so we're going to be selling pure air and gasmasks to people who need it." and the series treats that like it's actually a good idea.
"I couldn't accept that I like guys, so I pushed you away and pursued this other guy."
You could watch this if you have nothing else to watch, and then forget about it the moment you click off the video.
cw: sleep kiss, a couple of times forced kiss 'but he wanted it so it's okay'
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214. Sangue Dourado
Thai Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
mlm. ~440 minutes
The dynamic between the leads is strange and unequal. It's watchable but barely. Plot isn't great, acting definitely isn't great, and the blood thing is weird and definitely not how that works IRL.
There's two support girls who really should've ended up together, but lesbians didn't exist in Thai media back then.
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215. HIStory3: Faça Valer a Pena
Taiwanese Special - 2019, 20 episodes
mlm. ~500 minutes
Nerd x jock. Watchable. Some likeable characters. Good acting. Good production quality. I still wouldn't recommend it.
cw: minor x adult sexual relationship, kinda graphic.
Spoiler: Not a good ending.
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216. Individual Circumstances
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~140 minutes
Director meets favorite writer who happens to be his ex crush. The connection between the story they're writing and their own is really on the nose. Subtitle translations not good enough. They're refusing to communicate, and for one of them honestly I think the reasons are childish. This whole plot could've fit into a 30 minute short film and would've been better that way.
There are many better things to watch, but if you're somehow out of those, this is sure a frustrating watch, but I promise you'll forget everything that happened once you click off the video.
cw: Guy A does stalker shit. Guy B got too close to a sleep kiss.
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217. Influencers
Filipino Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
mlm, wlw. ~200 minutes
Influencer meets dude on beach, also lesbian friends. This is low quality, indie, authentic, and honestly worth a watch.
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218. Jazz for Two
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
mlm. ~240 minutes
Homeschooled boy with strict music parent goes to mainstream high school and meets depressed but hot douchebag. Homeschooled boy reminds douchebag of his dead brother, so now he must make his life a living hell. This is like a 'who can communicate the worst' competition. It's very contrived but hey it could be worse. There's nothing wrong with the acting or cinematography.
This is watchable.
cw: bully x bullied and it does get violent and homophobic. Off-screen suicide of supporting character due to homophobia.
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219. Living with Him
Japanese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
mlm. ~200 minutes
Estranged childhood besties are made to live together. Sparkly sweet and home-y. Typical BL. Starts off strong, but doesn't manage to keep tension towards the end. There's just no stakes anymore.
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220. Love's Coming
Thai Movie - 2014
mlm. ~108 minutes
I watched this probably almost a decade ago. I don't think I should review it without rewatching, but hey, I didn't forget that I ever watched it and that should say something.
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221. Low Frequency
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~350 minutes
This show started out decent and charming and funny and silly, and I honestly think this could have been worth at least a 7 if the editing hadn't been so bad. It's not forgettable.
Falling in love with a 'ghost' who's actually in a coma, figuring out who attempted his murder. Both siblings are extremely casual about seeing ghosts, but the 'ghost' is scared of other ghosts.
Editing is bad. Scenes keep changing, as in, flashbacks show a different version of the same scene, and it's not making sense. There's a whole episode dedicated to a grandma who gets a stroke which has nothing to do with the rest of the story. The episode after that simply doesn't add up at all.
I will say that the side character casually being like 'oh by the way my dad's a mafia boss' is hilarious.
Very anticlimactic. Final episode is just filler lol
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222. Lucky My Love
Thai Drama - 2023, 5 episodes
wlw. ~150 minutes
Typical marketing boss/subordinate. But hey it's lesbians and they're def cute so I mean I'm hooked. Within the first ep, she's got 2 higher up ladies and one higher up dude vying for her heart.
cw: offensive comedic relief trans woman.
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223. Amor Colateral
Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
mlm. ~540 minutes
This is a mainland Chinese series, which was officially co-produced by a Thai company to hopefully get around censorship laws.
Clumsy and naive rich playboy meets a beautiful 'girl' being attacked in the forest and immediately falls for 'her'. Unfortunately said beautiful girl is actually a male spy who is very ready to use him in order to get closer to his target, the emperor.
This is really funny, and it's an actual mainland Chinese BL, so I'm definitely watching this until the end, but the consent politics are absolutely terrible, and it's making it hard to watch. Sex is portrayed to be a shameful taboo thing that is never far from violence, and I hate that.
cw: romanticized rape, bunch of casual murder, torture, parental abuse, general misery. The average of what you'd expect in a Chinese period drama.
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224. My Engineer
Thai Drama - 2020, 14 episodes
mlm. ~700 minutes
Just a trope-y standard Thai BL. The secondary couple is fun but their story is unfinished and will not be finished.
cw: stalker-y, consent issues
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225. Minha Ferramenta e o seu Jaleco
Thai Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
mlm. ~480 minutes
I'm sure I watched this, but I remember absolutely none of it, and that's because it's as standard a Thai BL as they come.
Tutor x sports guy, falling out, sports guy follows tutor to uni and becomes secret admirer while pretending to hate him still. The shitness of communication in this is legendary.
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226. Sonho
Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
wlw. ~600 minutes
Besties who have major crush on one another but can't communicate for shit have shared dreams in which they are able to live out their desires.
This spends too much time having the main characters fight, and not enough time having them fall in love. Other than that, it's watchable, but not exceptional.
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227. My Plantito
Filipino Drama - 2023, 7 episodes
mlm. ~150 minutes
Femme vlogger gets hot new neighbor, crushes on him and makes bad life decisions. It's not bad, but it's not good. Has an indie feel.
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228. Niti Man Society and Lover
Thai Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
mlm. ~530 minutes
And another utterly forgettable standard Thai BL.
cw: femme-phobic
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229. Oh! My Assistant (Movie)
Korean Movie - 2023
mlm. ~115 minutes
Very forgettable. Pretty standard. Plot makes zero sense and in this case it's just frustrating, not funny.
Ok so the lead is a manga artist who draws porn, and yet this series appears to be very sex negative. Then mr absolutely perfect stranger who is in love with him for no reason shows up all emotionless mask + strictness. But they can't be together because mr perfect believes artist is straight despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
In my humble opinion, you can't have dead fish and camera angle kisses when the main character literally draws porn for a living.
Attempts at exaggerated camp humor were made. It works sometimes, doesn't work other times.
cw: femme-phobia, sex negativity
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230. OMG! Vampire: Uncut Version
Thai Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
mlm. ~430 minutes
Supremely stupid and campy, intentionally so. None of this makes any sense. I enjoyed this for the camp, but then they went and seriously ruined it in episode 7, so I don't recommend watching.
cw: Straight up rape in sleep, but 'it's okay because we're boyfriends'.
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231. Pintar com amor
Thai Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
mlm. ~540 minutes
Bummed out painter x tightly wound up manager. All of these characters are frustrating. It's not the best, but it's not the worst.
cw: Violently transphobic
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232. A Proposta Perfeita
Japanese Drama - 2024, 6 episodes
mlm. ~150 minutes
Workaholic runs into childhood 'fiancé' who is deadset on seducing him for real. This has some really funny lines.
cw: nonconsensual handjob in first ep, romanticized.
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233. Follow The Wind
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~200 minutes
Guy who can sing lives with best friend/fan who likes him. Lots of time skips early on. Should've been flashbacks. They're being adorable, and the singing is excellent, but it doesn't feel like there's much of a plot. Also, him being gently rejected is treated as like the biggest trauma ever and that annoys me. Where are the stakes? Where is the conflict? They both clearly like each other and already live together, but pine and angst over nothing anyways.
Forgettable but watchable.
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234. SOTUS
Thai Drama - 2016, 15 episodes
mlm. ~675 minutes
Remembered as the first Thai BL to reach an international audience. It's your typical Thai BL with engineering students, hazing, toxicity and the phobia of even mild intimacy that all early Thai BL did, but that's because all the other ones copied this one.
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235. SOTUS S
Thai Drama - 2017, 13 episodes
mlm. ~585 minutes
They are no longer students, but their relationship has not progressed.
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236. A Melhor História
Thai Drama - 2021, 3 episodes
mlm. ~120 minutes
High school, dude gets hit by ball, then falls for guy who hit him.
spoiler: not a happy ending.
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237. Amor do Meio
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~390 minutes
Adorkable. It's a little silly and annoying and stupid and I don't recommend it, but it's also not the worst thing in the world. Insecure dude attempts to match-make his crush with another guy, managing to get in the way of both his own ship, and that guy's ship. These are some odd comedic choices. It gets a little better as the episodes go on.
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238. A Shipper
Thai Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
Not technically mlm, T. ~540 minutes
I don't recommend this one. Fujoshi bodyswaps with a guy she ships with his friend. It's cringey, and not really in a fun way. I feel like this show kinda hates its audience.
The nonbinary angel of death is fun though. She is kind of a standard comedic relief trans woman, but idk I like her.
spoiler: not a happy ending.
cw: consent politics not great.
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239. Unlock of Love
Thai Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
wlw. ~320 minutes
Plot is pretty standard rom-com. The first episode is REALLY rough, but the ones after that are more watchable. The girls are definitely very cutesy, but yeah there are better GL's you could be watching instead.
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240. Why R U? Korean Remake
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~240 minutes
Feels rushed, low budget, makes you realize why cinematographers exist, because man I just can't even see what's happening with these camera angles. Snippets that don't go anywhere and scenes seems chopped up beyond repair. Subs not accurate. Plot is different from original and I'm mildly confused what's what. Should take more time to introduce its characters. Too many irrelevant 'friend' extras. It's also campy fun stupidity though and I'm always up for that.
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241. Y-Destiny
Thai Drama - 2021, 15 episodes
mlm. ~900 minutes
2 episodes per couple. Standard Thai BL. Plot and character motivations don't seem to add up chronologically. It just generally doesn't make a lot of sense. Ep 5&6 quite weak. Didn't like 9&10 at all.
consent issues in some of these.
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242. Deep Night Side Story: The Two of Us Season 2
Thai Drama - 2024, 6 episodes
wlw. ~75 minutes
Season 2. To watch this, you should first watch season one of The Two of Us, but you don't need to have watched Deep Night.
These appear to be 5 short stories with not much plot. Production quality is quite bad. But they're still sweet together. These two actresses did well with what they were given.
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243. Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka
Japanese Drama - 2024, 10 episodes
mlm. ~230 minutes
Cook guy likes uptight customer. It's awkward and they do the Japanese emotional constipation -> explosion thing. Plot is a bit of a mess and I've never seen two actors with less chemistry than these two. The characters have absolutely no reason to be together.
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244. Ameiro Paradox
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
mlm. 200 minutes
Goody two shoes is constantly overshadowed by his chaotic neutral colleague at his paparazzi job. Subpar mysteries. Something missing in the chemistry, and I think it has to do with subpar editing and camera work, but it might also be the blonde guy's acting, because he doesn't make any facial expressions, like at all. Or it's the lack of buildup in the relationship. They suddenly love each other and want to live together even though they are practically still strangers who can't communicate with each other about the most basic things.
Some people like this, so idk maybe you will too, but I can't say I understand it.
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245. Missão do Amor
Thai Drama - 2022, 7 episodes
mlm. ~190 minutes
I think they attempted to use BL to promote this one singer. But he can't act for shit and we don't see him sing, so this is baffling. The other lead acts just fine, but the plot is not good.
Stuck up domineering star x young temp manager.
cw: consent issues, power dynamic issues.
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246. Love Mate
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~160 minutes
Guy who doesn't believe in love gets aggressively courted by guy deadset on proving him wrong. It's pretty stupid and cliché. Sense is not being made. Bunch of childish nonsense.
cw: stalker-y harassment. Romanticized.
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247. Love Stage
Thai Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
mlm. ~460 minutes
Oh no the girl I fell for as a child is actually a guy.
cw: forced feminization, felt kinda transphobic, getting outed, consent issues.
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248. Love With Benefits
Thai Drama - 2021, 5 episodes
mlm, T, GNC. ~225 minutes
Actors have to live together to improve chemistry. Watched this a long time ago, don't remember much. There's a nonbinary person who is shown respect in the script, and a trans lady who very much isn't. Honestly those characters are the ones I remembered, not the main leads lol.
cw: offensive comedic relief trans woman
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249. Meu Bromance
Thai Movie - 2014
mlm. ~120 minutes
Bury your gays shit with lack of relationship development.
Spoiler: not a happy ending.
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250. Show Me Love
Thai Drama - 2023, 9 episodes
wlw, T. ~390 minutes
Well it isn't good, but it is GL. They're beautiful, I'll give them that.
This is possibly the shallowest series in existence. Vaguely based around beauty contest, but the contest doesn't seem to actually matter. There are no stakes. They just kinda wanna win.
It's pretty stupid. Lots of reality TV style bitchiness. Not much character development. No one grows or learns anything, nobody takes responsibility for any shit they did. I'm really glad I don't have to meet any of these people IRL.
Lots of on the nose exposition. Would be so awkward without the overwhelming music all the time. Too many antagonist characters, can't keep track. Some plot hooks are set up in the beginning, and then just abandoned, replaced.
At episode 7, scenes are no longer even edited together in a cohesive manner. It does not chronologically add up at all. Feels like they were just going like 'well we shot this scene, so we have to put it somewhere, I guess it'll go here.' I'm not even sure if ep 7 and 8 got switched.
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251. Star and Sky: Star in My Mind
Thai Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
mlm. ~360 minutes
Just classic tropes, uni life, except somehow worse. Why are there SO many characters that all fill the 'supportive friend' role?
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252. Star Struck
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~135 minutes
Besties like each other and don't communicate. They keep being angry at each other for dumb reasons. Like bruh it is actually possible to express emotions and communicate without anger and violence.
Plot, timeline is confusing, as in, I don't know what's happening when or why. Chopped up. Frustrating inconsistencies between the same scene shown twice. E.g. there are two completely different versions of one crucial scene, or for another example, one minute he's black out drunk, and within one second stone cold sober.
The one guy's motivations are impossible, unreasonable, stupid. He gets confessed to and likes him back but just says nothing, for no reason.
cw: violence between partners. Possessive jealousy
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253. SunsetxVibes: Uncut Version
Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
mlm, wlw. ~620 minutes
Intern discovers the guy he's chatting with online turns out to be his new boss. Also, some hinting about magic dreams and mythical creatures, but sadly not much of that plot materializes.
The relationship dynamics very much end up feeling like big manly man / demure damsel who offers token resistance, and I don't like it. The plot isn't plotting. So much cringe.
It has pretty pictures though, as its redeeming quality.
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254. My Personal Weatherman
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
mlm. ~200 minutes
Very much a domineering non-communicative abusive seme/ clueless dependent stuttering uke thing. People told me it only seemed abusive but it was told by an unreliable narrator and would get better in the end, so I continued watching, but it very much does not get better.
The seme guy looks severely anorexic and everyone in the show treats him like he's the most beautiful man they've ever laid eyes on and I don't think it's healthy to promote a beauty standard that gets people killed.
There's lack of communication, there's 10 points above that, and then way past the end of the scale, there's whatever this is.
cw: serious consent problems, power dynamic, stalking, getting tied up, extreme possessive jealousy.
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255. The Fairy Fox
Chinese Drama - 2017, 23 episodes
censored mlm. ~575 minutes
I watched this ages ago, but I remember it being silly and low quality. Not really worth watching, but not super terrible.
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256. Water Boyy The Series
Thai Drama - 2017, 14 episodes
mlm, wlw. ~630 minutes
I don't recommend this one. It's just not worth it. Swimming club.
cw: serious consent issues and all sorts of other issues.
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257. TharnType: A série
Thai Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
mlm. ~660 minutes
I know there are people who like this, and that's because it's horny, no other reason.
cw: serious consent issues, romanticized and played for laughs.
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258. 2 Moons A Série
Thai Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
mlm. ~540 minutes
Don't watch this. It's a university hot guy contest, and it's homophobic.
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259. Adrenalina de Cores
Korean Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
mlm. ~120 minutes
I can't for the life of me understand why people like this. It has pretty boys I guess?
Based on a cliché gimmick, barely has a plot, no character or relationship development.
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260. I Love You As A Man
Chinese Movie - 2014
mlm
Just don't.
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261. I Love You As A Man: Part 2
Chinese Movie - 2015
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262. Área do Amor
Thai Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
mlm. ~270 minutes
This one isn't good, but part 2 is worse. Just classic tropes. Too many characters. There are tomboy lesbians I think, but they're on screen for so little time that I'm not actually sure, they might be gay boys. Gay panic is funny. Plot is a mess.
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263. A Criada
Korean Movie - 2016
wlw. ~145 minutes
I forced myself to finish this but I don't think I've ever hated watching anything more than I hated watching this.
Unless you somehow ran out of lesbian pornhub videos geared at straight men and want more of that, you should go watch the 2005 series 'Fingersmith' instead. It is based on the same novel, and executed better in every single way. I thoroughly enjoyed Fingersmith.
cw: Everything. Just all of it. This is gruesome and graphic.
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264. Battle of the Writers
Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
mlm. ~580 minutes
Hands down the worst BL I've ever finished. Bafflingly badly written, a disjointed mess. And it's not like they didn't have a budget.
So why did I finish it? Because watching this feels like opening up a machine and seeing all the parts individually, seeing which parts work and which don't, and why. Normally a show is a streamlined whole, and you're immersed and not thinking about what went into making it, but not with this one. The creators have made better BL's before, so theoretically they know what they're doing and are applying the same techniques here, and that's just fascinating to me.
cw: age gap, butts, sex scenes
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265. Love Sea
Thai Drama - 2024, 10 episodes
dropped during ep 2
mlm. ~500 minutes.
Beautiful rich dipshit gets sent to tropical Island where a hot guy has to make him feel less lonely. Rich dipshit tries his very best to annoy the guy, but the other guy is better at annoying him back.
Too horny for me but don't let that stop you.
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266. Playboyy
Thai Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
dropped within first ep
mlm. ~900 minutes
I don't this is going to be bad, but it is not for me. From the roughly 10 minutes I did watch, it appears to be about sex positivity, and openness surrounding the topic.
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267. The Whisperer
Thai Drama - 2023, 9 episodes
dropped after ep 2 because the finale never aired.
mlm. ~480 minutes
Dude has a boyfriend and a kiddo to take care of, but he also has schizophrenia and a guilty conscience. It is hard to tell what is really happening in this series, and what is just the main character's hallucinations. But that's the point.
cw: please take the 'horror' tag this has seriously. Graphic burn wounds, death, delusions and hallucinations, kidnapping, cheating.
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268. A Shoulder to Cry On
Korean Drama - 2023, 7 episodes
dropped after ep 3
mlm. ~210 minutes
Enemies to lovers except the one guy is taking things really far and the other is entirely reasonable. The connection between them seems to be only based on appearance, because these legitimately hate each other, not in a playful way.
I kinda really hate the plot, it feels cheap and shallow but it wants to be taken seriously.
cw: that's abusive.
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269. Avançar Bravamente
Chinese Drama - 2017, 30 episodes
dropped pretty far in, but don't remember how far
Censored mlm. ~750 minutes
Bodyguard x cute guy. This was fine I guess, but I realized it wasn't going to actually be gay.
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270. Be Mine SuperStar
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
dropped after ep 7
mlm. ~540 minutes
Intern fanboy x tv star. There is campy fun and then there is just secondhand embarrassment and unfortunately this one is the latter.
cw: Too parasocial. Transphobic. Evil trans woman does casual sex trafficking. Guy too drunk to consent to 2 night stand, said no when sober, they're meant to be together anyways.
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271. Blossom Campus
Korean Drama - 2024, 6 episodes
dropped after ep 1, fastforwarded and skipped through rest
mlm. ~144 minutes
It technically has everything a standard BL should have, but really no more than that. Nothingburger.
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272. Happy of the End
Japanese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
dropped after ep 1
mlm. ~200 minutes.
Severely traumatized homeless gay boy meets cute guy at gay club, almost gets beaten to death by him, and decides to pursue him sexually anyways.
This isn't for me. I'm sure it's brilliant, but it's not for me.
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273. My Dear Gangster Oppa
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
dropped after ep 5
mlm. ~360 minutes
Awkward guy meets mysterious guy in online game. Mysterious guy turns out to be mafia. This isn't bad per sé, it's just a recombination of all the standard BL tropes. It's mid.
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274. My Only 12%
Thai Drama - 2022, 14 episodes
dropped because people told me not to watch last 2 episodes, so I didn't.
mlm. ~560 minutes
Childhood best friends to lovers. Shy kid x jock. Set in early 2000's. Watchable but barely. Gets better over time.
cw: Weird age gap thing in secondary couple.
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275. Pit Babe
Thai Drama - 2023, 13 episodes
dropped after ep 2
mlm. ~640 minutes
Omegaverse except there are no omegas? Horny racer star needs fwb to focus, guy with dream to also be racer comes along and fulfills the role. It is flashy and dramatic, well-acted, good cinematography, competent.
But. So many characters fulfill the 'toxic masculinity x 1000, I was basically born the coolest guy alive' role. It's too hierarchical and stoic and yell-y for me. Also I'm not familiar with how omegaverse works and not really interested in learning.
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276. Sahara-sensei to Toki-kun
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
dropped within first episode
mlm. ~240 minutes
Teacher x student. Age gap + power dynamic is not cool. Other than that it did not seem special/original enough to look past it.
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277. Takara no Vidro
Japanese Drama - 2024, 10 episodes
dropped during ep 7
mlm. ~230 minutes.
Insecure country bumpkin goes to college in the big city to pursue some bloke who helped him get over his dead bird. Just the standard 'painfully awkward guy x super popular guy who is good at everything except expressing his feelings' formula. Very slow and unoriginal, but not unwatchable if you're into the standard formula.
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278. A Story to Remember
Filipino Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
dropped after ep 5
mlm, wlw. ~300 minutes
Quality very low. Broke coffeshop owner re-meets singer-songwriter old friend he crushed on, besties to enemies to lovers.
cw: This series fully said out loud that it's good to have sex with a drunk person even if it's the first time.
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279. Absolute Zero
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
dropped after ep 3
mlm. ~650 minutes
Subtitles are bad. Guy travels back in time to see younger version of current lover before they met. That boy falls for him, he reciprocates, and it's a problem. Plot kinda directionless.
cw: age gap involving minor and full grown adult.
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280. Aedan
Filipino Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
dropped after ep 1
mlm. ~140 minutes
Boring, low quality indie. Guy gets cheated on by DL boyfriend, gets hit on by best friend, but he doesn't want him to be rebound so he goes off to heal first, then meets other guy who is somehow permanently shirtless.
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281. Ai Long Nai
Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
dropped after ep 6
mlm. ~530 minutes
Not unwatchable. Dude accidentally sleeps with friend (who was hitting on him), then month of relationship trial.
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282. Beyond the Star
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
dropped after ep 1
mlm. ~290 minutes
Too many characters, not enough plot. Boyband concept with underwhelming dancing and visuals.
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283. Boyband
Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
dropped after ep 1
mlm. ~270 minutes
This is actually a marketing ploy for a real boyband. Showing scouting process, training process, but also a standard BL. Reviews are bad and it's hard to access, so I chose not to.
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284. Cosmetic Playlover
Japanese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
dropped after ep 4
mlm. ~240 minutes
Super motivated male beautician gets pursued by his colleague, who doesn't take the job seriously at all.
I like the thing where he feels protective over the only other guy in a female-dominated industry. That feels real. I don't like how as the show goes on, zero female background characters matter to the plot, the entire supporting cast is male.
The one guy is way too domineering and possessive and doesn't care whether the other guy consents to what's happening, and this is presented as normal and even romantic.
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285. Fhalanrak: The Series
Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
dropped after ep 1
mlm. ~460 minutes
Two playboys start liking each other after one night stand but don't trust each other.
cw: I think this may have had consent issues.
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286. Sr. Azarado Não Tem Escolha Senão Beijar!
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
dropped quickly
mlm. ~190 minutes
I dropped this pretty much immediately because this is not my type of humor. Don't let that stop you though.
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287. Happy Ending Outside the Fence
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
dropped after ep 1
mlm. ~240 minutes
It just didn't make any sense. Weird time skips, not chronological, plot holes everywhere, no chemistry, kind of a love triangle, stalkerish behavior, toxic advice portrayed as good.
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288. Kimi ni wa Todokanai
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
dropped after ep 6
mlm. ~240 minutes
Shit subtitles. Childhood best friends are emotionally constipated about the fact that they like each other. It's got loads of Japanese style awkwardness. They operate on manga logic. I get that the plot is about them not being able to talk about their feelings but like dang though.
cw: consent issues.
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289. Kiseki Chapter 2
Thai Drama - 2024, 6 episodes
dropped during ep 3
mlm. ~220 minutes
No plot, only sex.
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290. Live in Love
Thai Drama - 2024, 5 episodes
dropped after ep 1
mlm, (potential wlw down the line) ~240 minutes.
Far too many characters. All storylines are surface level.
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291. O Amor é Como um Gato
Korean Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
dropped within first ep
mlm. ~180 minutes
Wtf is this plot? What is happening and why? And why is everyone acting so dramatically?
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292. Phi Wak Kha Rak Nu Dai Mai
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Dropped at ep 8. I swear I tried to get through this.
wlw. ~510 minutes
This show feels like going back in time to genderswapped 2016 Thai BL.
Confident freshman likes head prefect of second year students, but she's not allowed to be close to her because of respectability reasons.
The relationship development feels much too fast and unnatural, and the flirting lines are recycled from old BLs. Pacing issues. Plot seems kinda cobbled together and directionless. Acting is fine but def not excellent. So many characters. So many nonsensical 'Oh my God I saw my girlfriend hug someone and am now going to run off crying and definitely will not communicate at all because she's obviously cheating' plot moments.
cw: using authority to make a guy uncomfortably take his clothes off.
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293. Meu Extraordinário: A Série
Filipino Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
dropped within first ep
mlm. ~190 minutes
bury your gays shit.
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294. Sky Valley
Filipino Drama - 2024, 13 episodes
dropped after ep 2
mlm, wlw. ~470 minutes
Resort employee x patron., and that goes for both the gl and bl storylines.
Oxin films productions rely too much on constant sexual innuendo jokes made by all characters about everyone. I think those can be funny in moderation, when it fits within the situation, but this is just too much.
The cinematography, acting, writing, directing, plot are all mediocre.
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295. The Luminous Solution
Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
dropped after ep 2
mlm. ~270 minutes
Magic genie café grants wishes with a cost.
cw: casual physical abuse between partners.
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296. Venus in the Sky
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
dropped within first ep
mlm. ~730 minutes
Incredibly badly written dialogue. Seems to rely on sex only.
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297. Crazy Handsome Rich
Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
dropped within first ep
mlm. ~480 minutes
Couldn't get through the first few minutes. So low quality that it is obnoxious in every way.
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298. Dinosaur Love
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
dropped after ep 1
mlm. ~480 minutes
Wet paper towel of a character gets cheated on but ignores it, while having hunk mchunkerson randomly fall for him and start aggressively flirting. Pretty standard predator/prey type dynamic.
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299. Ever After
Filipino Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
dropped within first ep
mlm. ~240 minutes
Looks like a high school project. Not a good one.
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300. Ghost Boyfriend
Chinese Movie - 2016
dropped
mlm, wlw. ~90 minutes
He dies and comes back as a ghost (except fully materially present) to confess to roommate.
Spoiler: not a happy ending.