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smittenskitten · 9 months

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(+) Elevators Are Gay

Love Mate (2023) The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022) The New Employee (2022) Oh! My Assistant (2022) GAP The Series - Teaser (2022) First Love Again (2022) Bad Buddy (2021) Samjin Company English Class (2020) Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (2020) HIStory3: Trapped (2019)

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absolutebl · 25 days

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BLs with Strong Historical Elements

Costume dramas, historical BLs, and BLs with time travel or flashbacks to historical locations & times.

These are in order of my personal preference, best at the top.

I Feel You Linger in the Air

2023 Thailand

IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, from filming techniques to narrative framework (much like Until We Meet Again). It's about a gay man from our time who falls into the past, becomes a servant to a noble house, and falls in love with the heir. It turns out this has all happened several times before. Steeped in history and family drama it edges into lakorn (but not as much as To Sir With Love and with way less scenery chewing). This is an elegant and classy soulmates BL... from Thailand which normally doesn't even try for classy. The main couple (both as a pair and as individuals) were excellent, particularly Bright (Yai) whose eye-work acting style is a personal favorite of mine. Pity about the ending. Oh it wasn’t that sad but it wasn’t good either. This show could easily have earned a 10/10 from me except that it fumbled the… erm… balls in the final quarter. Argh. Whatever.

Nobleman Ryu's Wedding

2021 Korea - WeTV

A boy cross-dresses to take his runaway sister's place as a bride to a shy scholar, turns out they like being married. A historical setting allowed this BL to use some seriously old fashioned romance tropes (arranged marriage, evil step-sisters, Cinderfella) but also modern BL stylings like fake relationship & secret identity (drag) plus some cute gay panic. It reminded me of 12th Night more than anything else which just happens to be my favorite Shakespeare play. For all these reasons, I adored it.

(the ghat kiss!)

Tinted With You

2022 Korea - Viki

Fun stylish time travel meets portal fantasy with a likable cast, historical setting, and two actual kisses that mitigate the rough plot and issues around anachronisms.

Word of Honor

2021 China (censored) - Viki/YouTube?

I don’t rec Chinese stuff often, because I believe in censoring the censors, but this show is one of my favorites of the post 2016 censored bromances. It’s two murder-gay assassins (pining sunshine/tsundere), and they are so insanely gay for two boys who will never be allowed to kiss. Tropes include: wuxia, soulmates, paranormal, historical, and fantasy elements.

To Sir, With Love AKA Khun Chai

2022 Thailand - YouTube?

This is a true lakorn (basically Thai tellenovella or soap opera) with scenery chewing performances, especially from the mother characters. Gone With the Wind + Days of Our Lives but gay. That said? I loved it: A glorious central brother relationship (the best, made me cry), het romances, class divide + gay *gasp* main romance - oh my word, the campy drama of it all! Arranged marriage, rebellion, cut sleeves, over-the-top death with curses and regrets, beautiful if inaccurate costumes, secrets unraveling, cover ups, sparkle murder, sex herbs, coils within coils including snakes and murderous green metallic sequins (is anything gayer on this earth?). It’s a WILD ride but it does end happy for our gay boys. A man cries when he finds DEATH GLITTER. Come on! You haffa watch it. That said, like Manner of Death I struggle to rate something on a BL scale when it patently isn’t a BL. So I ended up giving this exactly what I gave that show, 7/10 I enjoyed it a whole lot, but not as a BL.

The Untamed (Special BL Edition)

2020 China (censored) - YouTube

Censored wuxia bromance, amorphous ending. Probubly the best known BL of its kind out of China and responsible for bring many fans to the BL side.

Our Skyy 2: Never Let Me Go

2023 Thailand - YouTube

I was nervous to watch this PondPhuwin vehicle but I liked it a lot! Doomed soulmates + paranormal time travel to fix the past. I’m happy for the outfits and the dancing (if not the singing). It’s not a bad premise and it’s nice to see GMMTV lean into its high production values for a change. I'd adore a full historical starring these two and this was definitely the best of the second series of Our Skyy. I don't think you have to have watched the original Never Let Me Go to enjoy this.

Legend of Long Yang: Rebirth

2017 China

Gaga

Whipping boy trope... literally, servant character takes the strap for the prince, who then makes him his bodyguard and lover when he becomes king. Low budget historical, comes off as kind of cosplay wuxia version of Irresistible Love, but we get (in the credits) an actual kiss, and they both live. So yay for small mercies.

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner

2023 Korea (historical flash backs)

iQIYI

A new employee at a film company encounters a director who claims to have lived 300 years and insists that they have to date (eat, hug & kiss) if baby doesn't want to die. It has a lot of Japanese elements, not the least of which are: an office setting, the fact that every character in this show is unhinged, and a killing of the gays. Featuring a gorgeous & stellar cast, TDWBMD should have utilized them less for melodrama and more for chemistry. This BL surprised me by going there with a lipstick mark AND an actually gay idol. But (you knew there was a but) while it's a unique twist on an office romance it is NOT a unique twist on the doomed red thread trope, resulting in it feeling less than the sum of its parts and ultimately unsatisfying. This might have also had to do with the fact that this was one of those KBLs where I felt how very short it was the whole time I was watching, like I was missing something constantly, in every episode. Worth watching for some but seriously flawed.

First Love Again

2022 Korea (historical flash backs) - Viki

A popular novelist who remembers his past lives meets his soulmate for the third time, only to find she has been reincarnated into the body of a man. This one started out a touch mean-spirited, but we eventually got a good kiss. The confession/rejection scene was justified and the reconciliation and ending was... fine. All in all, the pacing felt rushed and the romantic arc was underdeveloped. They go from like to love to boyfriends in a red hot minute. But that’s par for the course with Korea’s short form. If you don’t mind a heavy does of melodrama in your BL this one has a solid story with a strong concept that’s well acted and produced, making it a classic KBL with better than average chemistry but ultimately a touch forgettable.

Love in Spring AKA Spring of Crush

2022 Korea

This show was all over the place with uneven acting, narrative, and focus (sometimes it wanted to be a slapstick comedy, sometimes a depressing melodrama) which meant no one, actors or viewers, took anyone or anything seriously.... AND it’s a bromance. I was left wondering if SalHyung is now code for “they were roommates” in Kdrama historicals but otherwise largely apathetic and unimpressed. Korea, I now know you can do better. Do better.

Mermaid's Jade

2019 China (censored-esk) - Gaga

Kills the gay.

The Male Queen: Han Zi Gao

2016 China - Gaga

Kills the gay. Schrodinger's BL, both a BL and entirely not one at the same time.

Diary of Heong Yeong Dang

2014 Korea

Kills the Gay

I was gonna do a top 10 list, but there aren't enough by my metrics, so many end sadly.

This post at the behest of @verymuchof thank you for the idea!

Dated April 2023, includes only BLs that had finished their run by that date. Not responsible for cool costume flix that come after that. But you should check the comments to see if any have been added by others!

I might have missed a few that only have time historical elements since I don't always track those.

Also I would like to point out a decided lack of Japan on this list. My ninja yaoi consuming tiny past self is VERY upset about this void.

WHERE ARE MY GAY NINJAS??!!!

(source)

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wanderlust-in-my-soul · 9 months

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The back hug - the hug that makes you feel loved (Part 4/?)

Kieta Hatsukoi

The Eclipse

Ai Long Nhai

Vice Versa

Dark Blue Kiss

Secret Crush On You

My Sweet Dear

First Love Again

My favorite backhugs as part of my favorite bl-tropes-collection.

#bl tropes #multi bl #multibl.edit #bl drama #bl series #kieta hatsukoi #the eclipse #ai long nhai #vice versa #dark blue kiss #secret crush on you #my sweet dear #first love again #backhugsgivemelife #japanese bl #thai bl #korean bl #myedit #asianlgbtqdrama

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asiandramas-takeover · 1 year

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As I rewatched the ending of Unintentional Love Story, it hit me real hard that I was part of history. I’ve been part of the growth of KBL’s. From “bromances”, to unhappy endings, to full fledge korean queer shows & my god did the realization feel amazing. I’m so happy for this representation & I can’t wait to see more.

I’m tagging 30 KBL’s because Tumblr doesn’t let me do more & the fact that there are more I can tag makes me emotional.

Ps. If you have yet to see “Long Time No See” I highly recommend it. It’s the first korean bl & it was released in 2017.

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negrowhat · 2 months

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Hi Eboni!!

Top 5 most frustrating moments in any bl series for you

Hi Tyler! I feel like we haven't talked in a long time!!!

Top 5 Most Frustrating BL Moments. These are the ones right off the top of my head.

Kay shooting his shot with Gui in Oxygen the Series. He just would not fucking go away. Even when it was clear that Gui was not interested in him. He was a nuisance.

Yang breaking Phumjai's heart into pieces because he didn't want to tell him about his debt in Love in Translation. Because why tf would he hurt my sweet boy like that??? Yang is a sad boy and I get it but like it annoyed me so much.

Tita Susan bringing her homophobic vibes to Gav's house and triggering him in the process from Gameboys the Movie/Gameboys 2. She really walked her crusty ass into that man's house with her lil garden gnome and made Gav feel like an unloved child and then she dropped some info on him to purposely hurt him. Old bitch. I'll never never over that shit.

The NubsibAoey stans making Gene feel like he had to break up with Nubsib in Lovely Writer. Those hater ass stans had #GeneIsNotTheDriver trending while they exposed Gene and Sib's relationship and Gene felt like the best thing to do was to break up. Which was annoying because Nubsib only agreed to do the series so he could reunite with Gene. He didn't give a fuck about that show.

Yeonseok chasing boy Jeong Hayeon after hurting his feelings, kissing him, and then saying it was a mistake in First Love Again. Personally I would've slapped the taste out of his mouth. He was really doing Ha Yeon's sweet face dirty with his wishy-washy ass.

#lovely writer #first love again #gameboys 2 #gameboys the movie #oxygen the series #love in translation

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baltharino · 2 months

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Tanaka Chiemi performing First Love Again Nijigasaki's 4th Love Live! Love The Life We Live

#she's so fucking cute 😭 and that outfit too just- my god #love live #rina tennoji #love live nijigasaki #tanaka chiemi #chiemi tanaka #first love again #nijigasaki 4th love live #ll live show #gif #gifset #seiyuu

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thefreeblog · 1 year

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Thai: A school boy meets another school boy

Japanese: See above or Colleagues fall in love.

Taiwanese: See above or Step brothers!

Mean while Korea: Vampire falls in love. A colourblind person finds his soulmate. An orphan finds his love. A actor and chef falls in love. A nobleman marries a cross dressing man. Roommates become boyfriends. An author with 2 life times of memories finds love. Assassins fall in love. A dancer and loan shark get together. A cat and dog, reincarnate as humans and find themselves boyfriends.

No one brings this kind of variety to the table other than Korea.

#korean bl #thai bls #japanese bl #taiwanese bl #roommates of poongduck 304 #choco milk shake #nobleman ryu's wedding #color rush #kissable lips #my school president the series #old fashioned cupcakes #history 4: close to you #long time no see #you make me dance #first love again #cherry blossoms after winter

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bl-bracket · 11 months

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Round 1: Vegas (Kinnporsche: The Series) vs Yoo Sinbi (First Love Again)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Vegas: "The sheer cunt this man slays. He only needs to wear a silky or velvet top with a simple necklace gracefully draped over his collar bones, flash his cheekbones and you're done. But then this motherfucker actually gets covered in blood, sports a white suit, then a leather jacket, and makes sure he's dressed to the nines in a disco chic suit to start a coup. He also manages to make a plain t-shirt look hot? Wears his birthday suit well, also. Don't get me started on his waist; he deserved to be in at least one crop top. Vegas is a gay man who dresses like a classy masc lesbian. Half my wardrobe is inspired by him now. That's just on the fashion. I haven't even touched on the fact that he had his cousin's ex-boyfriend fake engaged to him while he was flirting with his ex's current boyfriend solely to frame him for the crime of being a mafia mole, while there's implications that he and the *actual* mole were possibly involved too? Mans was busy!"

Yoo Sinbi: "canonically nonbinary cat spirit, do i need to elaborate?"

#bl bracket #bl drama #bl shows #round 1 #vegas #vegas theerapanyakul #kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #yoo sinbi #mikael #first love again #gender envy

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iguessitsjustme · 1 year

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#color rush #cherry blossoms after winter #to my star #to my star 2 #first love again #semantic error #nobleman ryu's wedding #the new employee #the director who buys me dinner #light on me #korean bl #this poll will probably be the only one that has a show that I haven’t seen on it #but I’ve heard such good things I had to include it #i obviously couldn’t include every kbl there is #what a good problem to have #but if you choice isn’t here feel free to say in the tags or the replies #or just choose other and say nothing it’s you’re life do what you want #I’ve had a tough day so imma head to bed #but good luck choosing the most romantic kbl

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7698 · 9 months

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tartsmeow · 11 months

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mr. writer, about us dating... i want to keep it a secret from the company and my sister. are you angry? no. i understand. that's a relief.

JEON CHANG-HA AS JEONG HA-YEON / "DAVID" | FIRST LOVE, AGAIN ( 2022 ) — 01x05.

#jeon chang ha #first love again #first love for the third time #첫사랑 만 세번째 #kdramagifs #kdramanetwork #asianlgbtqdramas #lgbtqia+#underused fc #poc fc #usertarts #my gifs

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absolutebl · 1 year

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10 BLs from 2022 that I’m Most Likely to Rewatch

(and some I already have)

Old Fashion Cupcake

Minato's Laundromat

Takara & Amagi

First Love Again

Cherry Magic the movie (I think I missed stuff)

Oh! Boarding House

About Youth

DNA Says Love You

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Semantic Error (movie, again)

2022 & earlier BLs I’ll be rewatching for nefarious purposes

Roommates of Poongduck 304

Happy Ending Romance

Love Class

Oh My Assistant

To My Star 2: Our Untold Stories

Oh My Sunshine Night (to put together a RainPayu cut)

KinnPorsche (to put together a VegasPete cut)

My Esports Genius Brother

Restart After Come Back Home

TharnType

Nobleman Ryu's Wedding (if I can find the darn thing)

Love Sick 2 (if the new hardsubs get completed)

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lostarcher17 · 2 years

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Waiting for Immortality to air this year, so I could say that 2022 is the golden year of BL series.

#haoyixing #immortality #kinnporche the series #semantic error #cutiepie the series #not me series #cherry blossom after winter #first love again #blueming #checkout #to my star season 2

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negrowhat · 1 month

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15 Day BL Challenge 2K24

Full Challenge Here

Day 11: Breakup That Should've Stayed Broken Up

Yeon Seok and Jeong Ha Yeon from First Love Again. I know they were soulmates but for like 75% of the series Writer Yeon Seok treated my sweet Ha Yeon like garbage. He acted like it was Ha Yeon's fault that he was born a boy instead of a woman this lifetime. I know Yeon Seok was coming to terms with everything, but Ha Yeon was still the Ha Yeon he knew (proven throughout the series) and he didn't deserve to be yelled at and ignored and bullied. AND THEN YEON SEOK HAD THE NERVE TO BE JEALOUS when another man came along. Also don't even get me started on Yeon Seok chasing down an already crying Ha Yeon, kissing him, and then saying it was a mistake. It seemed like being soulmates wasn't enough for Yeon Seok for the first 6 eps of an 8 ep series. Not to mention it was his last chance at getting Ha Yeon back and he was fumbling left and right. AND HA YEON WAS JUST THE CUTEST AND SWEETEST FUCKING NUGGET AND YEON SEOK DIDN'T DESERVE HIM!

That being said...I still enjoyed this series a lot, but it couldn't have been me. Ha Yeon better than me, I would've told Yeon Seok to kick rocks. Had that sweet boy crying through most of the series.

Honorable mentions to the step brothers in History 4 and also the main couple from Love Syndrome. No I don't know their names.

#blchallenge2k24 #first love again #first love for the third time #yeon seok x ha yeon

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heretherebedork · 1 year

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hi (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

this is oddly specific but do you have any bl recs for "right person wrong time" theme? like uwma

Okay! Let me try. Now, a common theme with these is not the happy ending, honestly, so I haven't watched that many of these? This does feel like one where @absolutebl will know a few I don't. But I know some.

First Love Again is probably the closest to the UWMA model since it is about a man who gets reincarnated and is constantly trying to find love with the woman he loved and who loved him but they could not be together and then she gets reincarnated as a he for their true love story.

My Gear and Your Gown has the slightest chance because it really is about how they meet in high school, almost manage it, fall apart and then come back together in university? Not great, ending falls apart, but I have a soft spot for this one. Not the same level of extreme.

Once Again is also a lot of this involving time travel, tragic pasts, death and I would not consider it to have a happy ending but it's not the worst ending it could have had either.

Triage isn't quite this but the time loop and repeating death almost does this? It's always the wrong time. Okay, it doesn't fit at all, but I wanna put it on the list because I do feel like it can fulfill some of the emotions you're looking for if you're looking for this.

Y-Destiny there's a sense of this in the last couple in Y-Destiny about getting over loss only also being followed by a ghost? Eh, only kind of. I'm reaching a bit with this one.

I'm also just going to put a blanket on almost all historical romances, especially the more realistic ones, for this trope. But I basically haven't watched any so that's a very.... blanket.

Anyway, sorry, did my best!

(You could also look at a few of the War of Y pairings for this but in a very different sense than UWMA so I'm not gonna include them directly.)

#bl recommendation #right person wrong time #thaibl #thai bl #ql drama #ql series #bl series #thai bl series #first love again #my gear and your gown #once again #triage #y-destiny #just doing my best

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zenithsky · 2 years

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which kbl are you

i tried making a quiz like this for the first time and would appreciate it, if some people could try it out :33 https://uquiz.com/vyzcfH

#why did no one tell me this is fun to make #korean bl #kbl #quiz #semantic error #first love again #tinted with you #light on me #kissable lips #wish you #to my star #please tell me your results

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