#love stage live action

[absolutebl]

I'm in quarantine rn and my credit card isn't here yet so I can't get gaga/viki. What are your favorite bls on YouTube that came out like this year or near the end of last year. Or in general a favorites by platform would be interesting too if you don't have one already 👀

Gotcha covered. Not sure on your particular taste so I popped the mini reviews in too. 

Best 2022 BLs Available to watch for Free (with ads)

Gonna do just 2022 because I have that post in progress, and I can just pull from it. And also SO MANY happening this year. Gonna suggest completed series ONLY, so as of mid May 2022.  

Semantic Error - (Korea Feb Viki*) 10/10

Main Tropes: opposites attract, enemies to lovers, bully romance, sunshine/tsundere, teasing & pranks

This is my favorite BL of 2022. Korea hits it entirely out of both Parks (pun on the actors’ last names intended) by doing a university set BL with everything we might expect done exactly right, their signature quality executed perfectly, and added bonus good story, great pacing, yaoi style filming, and fantastic chemistry. You cannot ask for more from a BL, let alone a KBL. Full review here.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 

* (I believe it is now free with adds to many countries, some of my other favorites might also be free on Viki but I don’t check which ones are free, because i have a sub. In general, I suggest Korean BL on Viki and watching whatever you can.)

Bad Buddy - (Thailand, Nov-Jan on YouTube) 9/10

Main Tropes: secret lovers, Romeo & Romeo, sunshine/tsundere, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, GL side plot

GMMTV’s flagship BL started 2022 on a BANG (okay no actual banging but you know what I mean), starring heavy hitters Ohm & Nanon in a pitch perfect university Romeo & Juliet masterpiece that will give you domesticity meets pain whiplash throughout and jet lag at the end. Great production values, killer acting, and some conscious effort to correct for half a decade of Thai BL’s anti-queer mistakes. GMMTV, we forgive you. More. Live blog of this one is here. Full review here.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Not Me - (Thailand Jan-March YouTube) 9/10  

Main Tropes: enemies to lovers, secret identity, identical twins, goodboy/bad boy

GMMTV gave us a dark disestablishment narrative (in a time of civil unrest) with established queer award-winning director Anucha and starring OffGun. THIS IS AN AMAZING THING to get to experience in the BL world - nerve racking but remarkable. But was it ACTUALLY BL? Not Me had a lot of BL elements, but in the end that’s not what the show was about, or even what it was genuinely trying to be. Still an amazing piece of Thai cinema certainly worth your time. Don’t worry, it all ends happily. Full review here. OffGun Eulogy here.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Cutie Pie (Thailand Feb-May on YouTube) 8/10

Main Tropes: arranged marriage, age gap, secret identity, cohabitation, rich kid problems, he’s in engineering

Very high production and a lot of visual references to live action yaoi gave this show a whiff of Japan but ultimately it stayed firmly in Thailand’s BL camp veering from absurd to appealing to annoying and then back to absurd again. If you can roll with the arranged marriage conceit and very lifestyle D/s relationships, the chemistry is spot on even if the plot is naff and sappy and driven by miscommunication. Watch this one for the pretty, give it a pass on depth. Full review here.

RECOMMENDED

Mr Cinderella (Vietnam Jan YouTube) - 8/10

Main Tropes: forced proximity, cohabitation, childhood sweethearts, opposites attract, good boy/bad boy, domesticity

Higher than normal production values plus experienced BL actors plus two charismatic smoldering leads with good kissing and comfortable body language make this Vietnam’s objectively best BL to date. Plus we got a fabulously (and quintessentially Vietnamese) domestic ending. Full review here.

RECOMMENDED

Love Stage (Thailand, Feb-March YouTube) 8/10

Main Tropes: childhood crush, sunshine/tsundere, unrequited love, secret identity

This BL surprised me with its charm. The acting was good, the leads were appealing, support cast on point, and the production values high. It followed the original manga story arc relatively closely: boy falls in love with girl as a child, grows up to discover girl is actually a very pretty boy. Although there are some quintessentially Thai changes that mellowed, softened, and extended the romance arc. One of the things I’ve always appreciated about this story is that the climax is about coming out as a celebrity couple as well as gay. I like the examination of the nature of celebrity versus privacy, and the contrasting kinds of closets. And I love that they depicted two couples with two different versions of this choice. A solid and enjoyable show. Full review here.

RECOMMENDED

Enchanté (Thailand, Jan-March YouTube) 7/10

Main Tropes: childhood sweethearts, sunshine/tsundere, secret admirer with a touch of Cyrano de Bergerac and dose of Boys Over Flowers.

Theo returns from France and starts a written flirtation inside a library book (!) at his new uni with the mysterious Enchante. When he and his best friend Akk hunt for Enchante’s real identity, 4 senior boys step forward - all intersted in dating Theo, all with ulterior motives. Can’t fault the chemistry or the classic old school Thai uni BL and Akk (Force) was particularly sympathetic. But the twist over Enchantie’s identity felt disingenuous, manipulative, and unnecessary and the whole narrative was flawed as a result, Theo became unlikeable and irredeemable. GMMTV seems to specialize in squandering great chemistry on shoddy scripts. Honestly it probubly should get an 8/10 by my rating system but I was so disappointed I’m gave it a 7/10 and did not bother to write a full review. Live blog ep-by-ep recap here.

RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS

Secret Crush on You (Thailand Feb-May YouTube) 7/10

Main Tropes: stalking, obsession, hottest guy on campus, multiple couples, queer affirming

Previously known as Stalker the series, and you can TELL. Co-produced by and featuring (but NOT staring) Saint and directed by Cheewin (sigh) with all fresh faces it was pure pulp and... I hated the plot. In fact I was ALL OVER THE PLACE with this show. SCOY drove me nuts and made me bush but had flashes of unparalleled genius. It had a ton of things I really did not like (e.g. the humor was crass and awkward, and the whole stalker thing was extremely CRINGE). It also had things that really worked: (e.g. representation of multiple different kinds of queerness, about which it very Taiwanese - in that there was no doubt that the characters really did want to bone). It was the opposite of sanitized gay. Honestly, if you can make it through the first half, and survive the never ending cringe-factor that IS this show, the second half is entirely unique - content we’ve never seen before in BL. Full review here. 

RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS, but not the usual ones.

Rainbow Prince (The Philippines Jan-Feb-March YouTube) - 6/10

Main Tropes: disney princess, opposites attract, sunshine/tsundere

This long form MUSICAL BL is fucking LEGEND. Also it’s profoundly not good. The acting is absolutely terrible but that’s not the point, the point is that it’s a cheesy af fairy story. Possibly the gayest BL to ever BL and certainly the most camp and very Disney. Watch it of that’s your thing, otherwise hard pass. (Full review here.)

RECOMMENDED ONLY IF YOU ALSO LIKE DISNEY SHIT

I hope these help and let me know if you tray and like any of them!

#recommended bl #bl to watch #2022 bl #free bl #Rainbow Prince #pinoy bl #Secret Crush on You #thai bl #Enchanté #enchante #Love Stage the series #Love Stage live action #Love Stage thai #thai bl Love Stage #adapted from a manga #live action yaoi #Mr Cinderella #vietnamese bl #Cutie Pie the series #Not Me the sries #Bad Buddy the series #gmmtv #Semantic Error #korean bl #kbl #k-bl

[baltharino]

Komiya Arisa performing MOTTO-ZUTTO be with you Aqours 6th Love Live! Windy Stage

#love live #dia kurosawa #love live sunshine #komiya arisa #arisa komiya #motto zutto be with you #Aqours 6th Love Live! Windy Stage #ll live show #live action #gif #gifset

[kait-bait8]

Here’s a the thing. I don’t WANT to criticize live action remakes so they’ll take the hint and do better. I don’t think it’s possible to do better. Animation isn’t meant to be adapted to live action movies or shows!

I want people to stop asking for live action remakes. I want them to watch animation and love it and enjoy it AS IS! Or I want updated versions with new and interesting animation styles and different storytelling elements.

Live action has its place, but it is not the end-all-be-all of media!

#I literally can’t stand live action remakes #they completely misunderstand what makes the story enjoyable #live action has its place #but that is separate from animation #of course I think theatre is a slightly different story #I love the Disney musicals #and I think it makes sense to translate animation to the stage #suspension of disbelief and all that #anyway I’ll be angry forever

[manaosdeuwu]

it's really incredible how they were able to keep so much stuff and emotion from the anime in the live action even if they made a lot of changes to fit it in the Netflix 8 Episodes formula

#the only other live action I've seen that brought me so much joy was the hq stage play #having seen so so so many bad adaptations makes me appreciate this one. i love that they used real boats #and real places. its not all green screen!! practical effects sweep. #i thought i would find luffy talking about his intentions/inner dialogue annoying since he doesn't really do that in the animanga #but it worked well!! #the actors and writers put so much love in it and it can be seen #its a solid 8.5/10 #nero habla #op talk

[wildwoof]

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#( off the stage ) ooc #koga's love for rei truly does just live rent free in my brain #there's a whole lot else up there except for koga thoughts #his love is truly so unwavering......... #never gave up #shown his love through his actions & passion #never once thought to leave #fought through that year of war without stopping #got so excited about everything #only wanted to be SEEN & boy was he seen indeed #he just loves rei from the bottom of his heart... #but his consideration shows by not pushing his love on rei #but showing it through his rock. #his singing & dancing. #i love him very much. #might delete this. might keep it. idk. #bc i talk about this a lot

[akkivee]

get you someone who looks at you the way hayama-san watches his team 💜💜💜

#this is vee speaking #i’m feeling like a toxic hayama stan rn and i’m actively fighting the mindset since there’s no reason to be lol #like i was watching a different anime japan panel he attended and mced for that kimura was also a part of #and got my fight and defend instinct triggered because kimura wouldn’t stfu and let hayama-san do his job #and jokingly teased him for almost missing a cue because hayama-san was humouring him #the panel was interesting to watch lol because kimura wasn’t the only big personality on that stage #and did later get called out for talking over people lol this just wasn’t the kinda chat panel he wanted it to be #anyway so that happened and i needed to detoxify my psyche lmao and looked at some 8th live pics LOL #i’m pretty sure this was during if i follow my heart actually!!!!!!!! #like while watching that day one performance there was a camera angle that happened to include hayama-san in frame #and he honestly looked like he was in awe lol it’s that solos pOWER— #you know what just makes me happy???? the way takeuchi-san and hayama-san both patted sakakihara-san a job well done after moonlight shadow #it was giving kuukou and hitoya looking out for jyushi vibes which is probably why they did it and i love them for it lmao!!!! 😭😭😭😭 #the smile on sakakihara-san’s face too WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH 💜💜💜💜💜💜 #i’ve also been feeling very insane about hayama-san’s skirt from day two lol #the way he dances and struts and sometimes twirls in it had me acting up!!!!! #it’s got a silver buckle on the side but you wouldn’t know that if he didn’t have some hip action going on since his sukajan covered it up!! #mmrgpphhhmhhrrghhpphhhhrhmhggrrrrrmphhmh #hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrtghgffrfghffrfggrgggfrfhfrrgggggrrrfhhgffrfh #whew!!!!!!!!!!! that was a good detoxification!!!!!!!!!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 #c: seiyuu stuff

[kurokoros]

I’m... I’m sorry what??? I’m so late to this news, but first of all Netflix you already attempted a live action Death Note in 2017 and it was absolute garbage that was mocked by the entire anime community. And second of all you’re going to be giving it to the Duffer brothers, who have been shit at developing characters and creating and writing compelling mysteries for the last two seasons of their debut show?

#listen i adore stranger things and all the potential it had #but the last two seasons of the show haven't been very good #especially compared to season one #and now netflix wants to give the duffers DEATH NOTE #one of the most famous anime/manga series of the last 20 years #after netflix has already given us a garbage death note movie that was ridiculed by audiences #BAFFLING to me #also there's something kind of gross about netflix rebooting their failed remake #like oh no one liked that? let's just let different writers/directors take a stab at it instead #listen if you want to watch death note just watch the original anime #or the japanese live action films #or the fucking stage play #unless the duffers are actually massive anime fans who really love death note #i assume this project is going to be a dumpster fire #and the differs are going to lose all respect they've been clinging onto since S3 of stranger things was released #stranger things #death note #i guess? #how I missed hearing about this for months is beyond me

[fandom-hoarder]

Why did one piece live action actually happen ? Stop making anime into live actions! I AM BEGGINGGGG! Especially powers anime like ONE PIECE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃This looks stupid and not in a good way

#listen. i know it had a stage production. a lot of shounen anime do. that's fine cuz it's like a high end cosplay skit and it's fun #MOVIES ARE A WHOLE OTHER THING. EVERYBODY STOP MAKING ANIMATIONS INTO LIVE ACTIONS FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY #wtf is sanji's FACE #godddd #im really fucking annoyed about this lol #fucking netflix

[absolutebl]

I’m not entirely sure which territories this is going to apply to. But it’s pretty cool!

Many of you know, I’m not a huge fan of anime but I am a completist. I watched/read all 4 versions of Love Stage!! And I’m excited to get to do that with Cherry Magic too.

#cherry magic #cherry maho #japanese bl #thai bl #yaoi manga #live action yaoi #adapted from a manga #love stage!! #go gaga go! #rah rah rah

[baltharino]

Aida Rikako & Shuka Saitou performing Misty Frosty Love Aqours 6th Love Live! Ocean Stage

#love live #love live sunshine #you watanabe #riko sakurauchu #youriko #rikoyou #aida rikako #rikako aida #shuka saitou #saitou shuka #ll live show #Aqours 6th Love Live! Ocean Stage #live action #gif #gifset #misty frosty love

[pigeondrone]

Think it would be fun for there to be a ffxiv fic that starts seeming like a "reincarnation into your favorite game" story where the wol is so happy to be in their game as their created avatar but then they experience the events in reality and it's no longer the fun game there are tragedies happening and more to come so they begin trying to work around everything to minimize the death and suffering they know is coming but everything continues on its set path. Think it would be real fun if that wol is in Elpis, everything still going wrong but they desperately try to fix things before the ending they know comes (or worse) while they try to battle the conflicting senses of belonging and not. How fun if the twist is that it was never the typical reincarnation story but the soul was Venat's successor, the last Azem, and the wol is only a shard as the memories shattered.

#ffxiv #ffxiv endwalker spoilers #kinda #bad at describing and comin off an all nighter during exams but hey you feel me? imagine #imagine the wols face is often seemingly saddened and in pain especially around characters they loved and cried over #after so many attempts to change fate but it doesnt seem to budge but while they stay hopeful they also accept this #seeing loved ones only to go through five stages of grief immediately #knowing even if the beloved character lives the suffering remains #the avatar they made originally a fun experience but becomes a cage are their actions their own #would they be able to truly speak? or only force out the words already written to recieve the programmed replies #how would different classes affect them? how long until they become numb to the pain? physical and emotional? #i need to go to sleep

[femme-malewife]

Hm hm~

#im lost in my own memories as well as recounting what my mother has told me #i will admit i do not fully recall things from before i was 5. but i do have some vague memories. i KNOW Part of Your World was the... #well...first song i ever memorized. i remember putting the movie in my vhs player and rewinding the song . waiting. then pushing play again #to listen to the song and sing along with it. i would sing With ariel. i spent hours doing this with plenty of songs :) #until i got the hang of it and could perfectly (or as perfectly as a prek age kid can) sing it. i did this with a LOT of songs from movies #i sang disney. i sang barbie. (most specifically “free” from princess and the pauper. tbh tho i mostly sang Barbies part and not Ericas???) #but i did sing all of the other girl parts in that movie... #anyway. i joined choir come middle school. was in varsity. joined the highest choir a little 1st year in HS can join when i got into HS #something i still hold pride in bc we had tryouts for it :) i had multiple solos for choir concerts. in my 2nd year of HS i was bumped up #to Chorale choir (aka THE highest choir...intermingling boys and girls) and i even tried out for Show Choir #which you can only try out if you are in Acapella (the highest a freshman can be in) or Chorale. and only 10 to 12 girls make it in #and i made it in :) #sure by then i felt overshadowed but i had a ton of fun :) i quit choir my last two years bc... #well. i was pursuing a possible medical career via classes #but i still sing to this day. its so Relaxing and releases SO much serotonin. and tbh whats the weirdest part..? #when i try to record myself singing i get all nervous. but the moment i hold a microphone? even if im recording? my confidence shoots up #and my anxiety goes away #i love the stage. i love singing. idc if its ''cringe'' or im a Horrible person for ''loving disney'' but without disney songs? #i might not have grown into the person i am with singing as my biggest passion #so YES im going to see TLM live action in theaters. I. Dont. Care. if people think the movie sucks before they even see it #that shit SHAPED my childhood

[trickstertox]

He's tolerable. He's insufferable. He's generous. He's selfish. He has a big ego. He's humble. He enjoys friendship. He insists they're subjects. He's an actor. He's method acting (or is he). He's a prince. He's fake royalty. He's the star. He's a supporting role. But for certain? He's a rat. 🐀

#TricksterTox #Tox's art #Tox's OCs #Tox's OC Lex #Rats SMP sona #Ratsona #There is no difference between LARPing and stage acting #Both are live action role-playing #I love insufferable princes who aren't princes and actually they're autistic not particular and eccentric but also are #Only myself my close friends and my polycule get to call me insufferable 🔪

[chopper-witch]

Saw that leaked Ahsoka trailer and I am… emotional.

#FUCK MAN #ahsoka #god i love her so much #shes my favorite character hands down #seeing that trailer just #fuck #live action hera #live action sabine #we know thrawn and ezra are coming #chopper was on stage too :) #just #i cant #idgaf about sad man kenobi #ahsoka i care about #hera i care about #the ot3 i care about #like i want more in depth of what happened in the galaxy during the time #and we are getting it

[bereft-of-frogs]

That mcu post but actually someone should pay me to write an essay on how my feelings on The Clone Wars went from ‘I’ll get to it someday’ to ‘maybe it’s just not for me’ to mild annoyance to active hostility…

#not stupid enough to tag this #possibly one of my most unpopular opinions #everyone loves it and is like ‘it saved the prequels’ not for me it didn’t #I cannot get through it something about the style makes me physically cringe #maybe if it didn’t have those awful newsreel openers #and I would stop at the ‘maybe it’s not for me’ stage but it’s the cornerstone of modern fandom #it’s inescapable #it feels actively difficult to be a participant in this fandom while only enjoying the films #and I think with everyone getting so excited about certain things maybe coming into the live action series it’s tipped over #I’m sorry I’m terrible #I can’t stand it 😆 sorry

[figtreeandvine]

I want to write a movie that is sort of the flip side of a Hallmark holiday movie. Not an anti-Hallmark movie, just like the other side of the same coin.

It starts with a well-dressed professional woman driving a convertible along a country road, autumn foliage in the background, terribly scenic. She turns onto a dirt road/long driveway, and stops next to a field of Christmas trees, all growing in neat, ordered rows, perfectly trimmed and pruned to form. She steps out of the car--no, she's not wearing high-heels, give her some sense!--and knocks on the door of a worn but nice-looking farmhouse. An older woman, late fifties maybe, answers the door, looking a bit puzzled. The younger woman asks if she can buy a Christmas tree now, today. The older woman says they don't do retail sales--and the younger woman breaks down crying.

Cut to the two women sitting at the kitchen table with cups of tea. The young woman (Michelle), no longer actively crying, explains that her mother loves Christmas more than anything, but is in the hospital with end-stage cancer. Her doctors don't think she'll live to see December, let alone Christmas. Nobody is selling Christmas trees in September, so could the older woman please make an exception, just this once? The older woman (Helen) regretfully explains that they have a contract to sell their trees that forbids outside sales. The younger woman nods, starts to stand up, but the older woman stops her with a hand and asks her what hospital her mother is in. After she answers the older woman says that "my Joe" will deliver a tree the next day. "Contract says I can't sell you a tree, but nothing says I can't give you one."

Next day "Joe" shows up at the hospital in flannel and jeans, with a smallish tree over her shoulder. Oh, whoops, that's Jo, Helen's daughter, short for Joanna, not Joe. Jo sets up the tree and even pulls out a box of lights and ornaments. Mother watches from hospital bed with a big smile as Jo and Michelle decorate the tree. Cue "end of movie" type sappiness as nurses and other patients gather in the doorway, smiling at the tree.

Cut to Michelle sitting in her dark apartment, clutching a mug of tea, staring out at the falling snow and the Christmas lights outside. Her apartment has no tree, no decorations, nothing. She starts at a knock on the door, goes to open it. Jo is standing there, again holding a tree over her shoulder.

Plot develops: the second tree is a gift, because Michelle might as well get it as the bank. The contract for the tree sales was an /option/ contract, which prevents them from selling to anyone else, but doesn't guarantee the sale. The corporation with the option isn't going to buy the trees, but Helen and Jo can't sell them anywhere else, and basically they get nothing. They'll lose the farm without the year's income. Michelle asks to see the contract and Jo promises to email it to her.

Next day at a very upscale law firm, Michelle asks at the end of a staff meeting if anyone in contract law still needs pro bono hours for the year. No one does, but a senior partner (Abe) takes her to his office and asks about it. She says the contract looks hinky to her ("Is that a legal term?" "Yes.") but contract law's not her thing. He raises an eyebrow and she grins and pulls a sheaf of paper out of her bag and hands it over. He reads it over, then looks up at her. "They signed this?"

More plot develops. Abe calls in underlings--interns, paralegals, whatever--and the contract is examined, dissected, and ultimately shredded (metaphorically). It's worse even than it looks--on January 1st Helen and Jo will have to repay the advanced they received at signing. The corporation has bought up a suspicious number of Christmas tree farms in previous years after foreclosure, etc.

Cut to Abe explaining all this to Helen and Jo while sitting with them and Michelle in a very swanky conference room. The firm is willing to take on the case pro bono, hopefully as a class's action suit for other farmers trapped by the contract--but there's no way it can go to court before January. Which will be too late to save the farm's income for the year. They might get enough in damages to tide them over, but….

After Michelle sees Helen and Jo out, she comes back and asks Abe if there's anything they can do immediately. Abe looks thoughtful for a long moment, then gets a really shark-like grin on his face. "Maybe…."

Cut to Helen wearing a bathrobe, coming into her kitchen in the morning. She looks out the window…and there's a food truck stopped in her driveway. She pulls a coat on over her robe and goes out--two more trucks have pulled up while she does this. Driver of the first truck asks her where they park. Another truck pulls up behind the others. Behind that is a black BMW--Abe rolls down the window and waves. Helen directs the trucks to the empty field/yard next to the house. Abe pulls up next to Helen's car and Jo's truck and parks. He and Michelle get out--Abe wearing a total power suit, Michelle in weekend casual.

The case will be easier if the corporation initially sues them for violating the (uninforcible!) contract, rather than them suing to corporation (damn if I know, but it's movie logic). So they're going to sell the trees now, and rounded up some food trucks and whatnot to draw people in.

Cue montage of Jo and Michelle running around helping people set up while Abe and Helen watch from the kitchen table. The table starts out covered in file folders…and slowly gains coffee cups and plates of cinnamon rolls. It becomes increasingly clear here that Abe and Helen are becoming as close as Jo and Michelle.

Everything gets set up and a very urban, very motley crowd appears--tats and studs and multiracial couples and LGBTQ parents and everything--and everyone is having a wonderful time eating funnel cake and choosing their tree so Jo and a bunch of rainbow-haired elves can cut it for them. At which point someone shows up from the corporation (maybe with a sheriff's deputy?) and starts yelling at Helen, who's running checkout. And suddenly Abe appears from the house and you realize why he's wearing that suit on a Saturday….

Cue confrontation and corporate flunky running off with their tail between their legs, blustering about suing. Cue Jo kissing Michelle. Cue Helen walking over and putting a hand on Abe's shoulder and smiling at her.

I want the lawyers to be the heroes because they are lawyers and know the law. I want a lesbian who lives in the country with her mother. I want urbanites to turn out as a community to help someone who isn't even part of their community. I want Michelle to keep working at her high-power job, loving Christmas and grieving her mother.

#hallmark #anti-hallmark #movie plot