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absolutebl · 25 days

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Top 10 Great BLs That Are REALLY hard to find (but worth tracking down)

But you may want to go hunting anyway!

Seven Days

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Japan 2015

Never doubt my ability to recommend this show. One of the best live action yaois ever made, with perfectly structured angst, fantastic characters and acting, and no problematic tropes (rare in Japanese BL). The leads have excellent chemistry although it’s low heat there’s still some really cute mutual kisses.

Cherry Magic AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

Japan 2020

The sweetest fluffiest magical realism BL, packaged as a pinning office romance, very low heat (practically chaste) but the cutest. It’s truly great.

Cherry Magic Thailand

Thai 2024

A soft charming warm hug of a show about crushes and mind reading and self worth, with no-fuss execution from a consummate team and an OG lead pair proving why they remain eternal and deserve to grow up. Look, here’s the thing, Cherry Magic is a great Thai BL in its own right not comparing it to any other iteration. But even when I do compare (and I've seen all the Cherries and read the manga) it still stands. I personally like it slightly better than the Japanese live action, but I think that’s because I just really like Thai BL and I LOVE TayNew. Also all the kissing was both present and better than any other iteration. As it should be from Thailand.

I Feel You Linger in the Air

Thai 2023

IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, from filming techniques to narrative framework (much like Until We Meet Again). Steeped in history and family drama it edges into lakorn (but no as much as To Sir With Love and with way less scenery chewing). This is an elegant and classy BL... from Thailand which normally doesn't even try for classy. The main couple (both as a pair and 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.

All about the ecstasy and the agony here.

Restart After Come Back Home AKA Risutato wa tadaima no ato de

Japan 2020

Atmospheric study in rural Japan meets complex family dynamics built on a romance framework of city boy meets country boy, grumpy/sunshine. It’s beautiful and icy sweet. Slow moving in places but ultimately worth the patience, low heat, low angst, and stunning.

Given

Japan 2021

Boy joins band, falls in love with other boy. The singing is terrible, fast forward through that but with the possible exception of the hair styles, this BL could have been made in 2015 and no one would be surprised. As such, it wasn’t ground breaking, but it didn’t disappoint either.

Make a Wish

Thai 2023

A doctor who can see the dead strikes a bargain with a wish-granting irreverent tree angel - naturally they fall in love (from Sammon: Manner of Death & Triage). Stars Fluke Natouch opposite not Ohm, but who cares because Fluke has chemistry with everybody. Once again the Thai afterlife is incredibly bureaucratic but I enjoyed the premise and the unfolding of the story (it’s not predictable but still satisfying and with nice little twist). I like that the doctor is just gay AF - fag hag bestie and all the swagger. The cast is excellent but the comedic stylings are a bit overblown and tonally off. It had sad parts and did make me cry but is ultimately happy with a great sex scene, good smiley kisses, and all the agency.

2 Moons The Ambassador AKA 2 Moons 3

Thai 2022

A Thai pulp that felt like it came out 5 yrs ago with many of the flaws inherent to that time and studio system, including manufactured angst and convoluted plot, but an ultimately sweet main couple that (as a pairing) feels a bit more modern and satisfying to watch than they started out. This will probably go down in history as one of the few BLs where I genuinely didn’t care about any of the side couples. All that said I find this show oddly appealing and rewatchable and I have no excuses for that.

I Want to See Only You AKA Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai

Japan 2022

This is a beautiful, well acted piece of cinema, about two boys who are opposite personalities and grew up together. Gifted and serious Sakura pines after outgoing eccentric manic pixie dream boy, Yuma. It is very pretty and this is the kind of atmospheric elegantly performed BL that only really comes from Japan (complete with dead fish kisses - what you though Korea invented them? oh no).

Triage

Thai 2022

BL does Groundhog Day featuring a doctor stuck in a time loop who must save a poor little rich boy from death by seducing the stuffing out of him, then PLOT TWIST, poor little rich boy must do the same for doctor! Unfortunately... stuffing keeps leaking. I thought the plot was engaging if a little redundant and occasionally exhausting. The pairs were all well done, low heat but with decent chemistry and the support characters were likeable (or unlikeable, as required). If anything, the romance arc detracted and distracted from the main plot, but that doesn't stop this from being a genuinely good show.

HONORABLE MENTION

Great Men Academy

Thai 2019

Bodyswap involving unicorns making a teenage girl into a boy makes this questionable as a BL (because, ya know, gender). But the fact remains that James is killer in the lead, and I (who do not like bodyswap) loved this damn show. Look, there is actual plot, hotties at boarding school, "bully the one you love" trope, some weird VR shit, very bad CGI, and yes, the boys end up together... whether they boys or not, so to speak.

Some of these shows may appear on a smaller streaming service, like WeTV, or they may be on a legal platform in your territory. I hope it goes without saying you should check there first.

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This list updated Spring 2024, not responsible for cool stuff that went missing (or was added to a platform) after that date.

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invisiblegarters · 1 year

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I sing my feelings

and you sing your feelings

we all

sing our feelings.

#between us #given live action #2gether #bad buddy #i know there are so many more but i'm lazy

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eirinstiva · 11 months

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Panorama Panama Town 「Strange Days」

Panorama Panama Town： Vo,Gt Sota Iwabuchi Gt,Cho Kohei Namikoshi Ba,Cho Akihiko Tano Dr Hayato Omi(Support)

Cast：Keijiro Yagami Director：2025 Producer：Kaishu Kamotani Production Staff：Moto, Sakura Hair&Make-up：Satoshi Tanimoto Translation：Juan De La Rosa / Clara Park

#panorama panama town #given #given dorama #j music #j rock #Youtube #given live action #given drama #playlist for the underground #ギヴン

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perfectlymassivetimetravel--blog · 2 years

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All these head holds got me weak man, like dude... 🥺

#given live action #uenoyama given #mafuyu asahina

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agir1ukn0w · 8 months

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#the way i laughed out loud when he said this😂#idk how but jeff ward just devours every single line he's given and makes it sizzle #(that makes no sense but i think you get the idea)#one piece #one piece live action #one piece netflix #op live action #opla #op #op buggy #captain buggy #buggy the clown #buggy #jeff ward #it's really the way he says it that makes it so funny tho #you'd have to watch the show to understand #like he's so extra about literally everything

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allgremlinart · 2 months

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never make a Korra live action never make a Korra live action never make a Korra live action never make a K

#reason being: it will either A) spark resurgence of Korra/tlok bashing/discourse the same way natla has brought #ztara/ktaang discourse back (🫥) OR B) I will have to live through people going 'omg yayy now they can fix #all the horrible things about tlok' and I wouldn't survive that...#(<- there ARE things I would fix/change if given the chance for a tlok live action but do I trust them to make the RIGHT changes? no.)

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hyacinths-in-a-storm · 2 months

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FINAL EPISODE, EPISODE 7 LOVE HOW THEY’RE BUILDING UP AZULA’S PLOT ALONG THE OG AND MAIN PLOT

#I was mad that she didn’t get enough screen time but I like how she was given an actual motivation #and I like how mai and ty lee are there right by her side #azula #ty lee #mai #natla #natla spoilers #atla live action #netflix atla #atla liveblog #atla #avatar the last airbender

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do-you-know-this-queer-character · 4 months

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Do you know this queer character?

Desire is Nonbinary and/or Genderfluid and Queer, and uses He/him, She/her, It/its, and They/Them pronouns!

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opalsiren · 6 months

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h2o has me soooo spoiled whenever i see fake tails in other mermedia (mermaid media) i'm like 'the cgi doesn't blend in with the rest of the visuals,' 'you can see the knee joints,' 'the tail isn't properly flush to the mermaid's body' and so on and so forth

#the exception to this is mermedia from around the same time (e.g aquamarine) and 2D animation #i do think the live action little mermaid did a good job with the tails given they're cgi but god they would have been sooooo much better #if they actually paid practical effects artist to do a good job 😭#.txt #h2o just add water #h2o

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absolutebl · 2 years

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That lens flare moment in BL.

Pictured: The Promise, Minato’s Laundromat, Cutie Pie, Oh My Boarding House, Blueming, My Love Mix Up, Given, Old Fashion Cupcake, My Ride, Semantic Error.

Big Dragon

Not Me

He’s Coming to Me

Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai

Plus & Minus

About Youth

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magnusbae · 4 months

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" They had tortured Anakin’s mother for a month. Just to test her resolve. Was it any wonder that Anakin had been left with such a deep, festering wound?" " He could do this for Anakin. His Padawan was dead, his brother, his son, his friend. He could give him this. A fearsome anger unleashed. Vengeance." " He felt his anger rise, and he took pleasure in it. It was growing inside him and obliterating everything else. He wanted to be overtaken. He didn’t want to be careful. He wanted only the white heat of satisfaction." -The Last One Standing - Jude Watson

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badxwolf · 9 months

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This is all I have in the entire world.

#this show has given me brain worms #i have two perfectly good canon on screen doctorrose pairs but my brain says NAH I WANT THIRTEENROSE #i just want to see them kiss once then i can live a happy life #i have been reduced to making my action figures go ‘mwah mwah’ like a seven year old #hate u bbc for never letting them meet #doctor who #thirteenth doctor #rose tyler #timepetals #thirteenrose

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thelostgirl21 · 9 months

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OK, seriously though, that scene where Geralt is fighting and Jaskier is just yelling things like "Take cover in the caravans!", "Geralt here! Sword!" running all over the place has such a huge videogame feeling to it!

Like you're just there fighting, and your party is doing their own things yelling stuff like "Destructive forces of nature coming up!", "Now it gets fun!", "Everyone take cover!", letting you switch weapons, etc.

You don't always notice them until they rush past you (especially if they cary melee weapons), and they might occasionally get in the way of your character (collide with them).

I had the same feeling with Yarpen Zigrin yelling "This is too easy!" in that battle with Rience and the elves in part one!

But with Jaskier, it was even more obvious this time around, and I just started laughing because it's brilliant!

#The Witcher #Not really spoilers given you probably expect battles to happen #But yeah this was really funny!#Jaskier #Geralt of Rivia #Yarpen Zigrin #I really hope I've got the spelling of his name right #My posts #My thoughts #Gameplay battle mechanics #Being translated to live action #That's how you do the thing!

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perfectlymassivetimetravel--blog · 2 years

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Watching the LA of Given and there this one science that where they're sitting together and out of context it looks like he's being extorted for money, and I had to pause it cause I couldn't stop laughing.

#given #uenoyama given #given live action

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r0semultiverse · 9 months

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is nothing if not consistent & feral.