i have not heard *anyone* talk about this series so i will take this opportunity to scream about 'till the world ends'
i won't lie the plot is a bit uh,, questionable – the moon is going to crash into the earth and the government has a load of bunkers for pretty much every single person, but you can only get in with a qr code (rip old people ig)
in at least two scenes, the guitar version of 'away in a manger' is playing as background music, but thai bls are very much their own genre, and if they want to use a christmas song as background music, then i will not be the one to stop them
dsspite the stranger stuff, it is genuinely a beautiful show. it's very very rare that i actually cry at shows, but this had me bawling. every happy moment was so bittersweet, but that's kinda what i wanted because i knew this was just gonna be *pain* (and oh it was)
i'm really surprised that not many people are talking about it, i mean, there's apparently only 10 people on letterboxd who've watched it (one being me), and i just think it deserves so much more
there's also straight aids & hiv rep!! i really wasn't expecting it, but it was done really well
(je mam you will be forever famous)
there's 10 eps, all between roughly 40 and 60 mins, and the entire series is on youtube:: https://youtube.com/@CommetivePlusByAamAnusorn
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October 2022 BL Forthcoming
Oct 3
To Sir With Love
AKA Khun Chai - Thai (Trailer) 10 eps 40 min ea
A Thai HISTORICAL gay romance came outta nowhere (probubly not BL, more cray cray family drama). Does not look like it’s gonna end happy, but I’m still excited.
One31HD, no idea on international, possibly WeTV
Kabe Koji
AKA Kabesaa AKA Kabesaa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shounin Yokkyuu wo Kojirasete iru* - Japan 10 eps 20 min ea
Gossip here. A manga artist wants nothing more than to see his yaoi on shelves and be recognized by readers. Then one day he meets a childhood friend he once had a crush on who is now an idol. From Minamoto Kazuki's manga Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru, stars Matsuoka Koudai (the mangaka - I know him from Five) and Nakao Masaki (the idol - Kakafukaka, Bow Then Kiss - he’s a BIG DEAL ya’ll).
Viki
* JUST PICK A TITLE, JAPAN
Oct 5
Ghost Host, Ghost House
Thai (Trailer) 5 eps 30 min? ea
My ghost bf trope. Kawin (Love Area), a live streamer who hopes to see ghosts once, and Pluem, a young man who fills in his missing feelings. Could be sad.
YouTube for reruns
Oct 8
Big Dragon
Thai (Trailer) 8 ep 40 min ea
Star Hunter’s back and bringing on the chaos as per usual. Based on the y- novel, มังกรกินใหญ่ by Aiden N Vivienne (reputed to be plotless smut), features Mangkorn (Dragon) & Yai (Big) in a high angst blackmail plot plus a secret piece on the side. 2022 is the year BL glorifies cheaters, apparently.
OneTV reruns on Star Hunter’s YT
Oct 9
Remember Me
AKA Remember the series - Thai (Trailer) 8 ep 40 min ea
JaFirst + plus same cast (and production company, Ultimate Troop) as The Yearbook. Also has Title (LBCs+) and Mean (LBC2) in possibly one of BLs worst ever wigs (and that is saying a lot).
Thailand! Put down the wigs and the acoustic guitar. I am losing patience here.
Gaga
Oct 10
2 Moons: The Ambassador
AKA 2 Moons 3 Thai (Trailer) 10 eps 40 min ea
From Motive Village for Amarin TV. I predict a shit show. But it is supposed to finally finish out the plot of 2M2 with added 2 more couples. Because why not?
Who tf cares?
Oct 13
Circumstances of Pungdeok Villa Room 304
AKA Roommates of Poongduck 304 Korea 8 eps 20 ea
From Idol Romance, A happy-go-lucky third-generation chaebol receives an ultimatum from daddy to: 1. Leave the house penniless and survive for 2 years; and 2. Achieve results as team leader in a new business venture. The owner of the villa he lands in ignores and disregards him. However, it turns out they work in the same company. Let the cohabitation office drama commence.
Stars Kim Ji Woong & Yoon Seo Bin of Kissable Lips - Korea’s first example of a co branded repeat pair. Also will feature Singer-actor Holland (Ocean Likes Me) and Actor Kang Woo Jung (Once Again). I liked them all A LOT and am very excited about this show.
Viki (not sure on this air date)
SELF
Thai
A young artist (musician? NO!) mysteriously loses his reflection and sees a strange boy in the mirror instead, PNR and/or horror. Stars fresh faces, directed by Too (Triage) and NutSor (screenwriter of Dew). Could be sad.
Oct 14
My Tooth Your Love
Taiwan (Trailer) 12 eps 30 min ea
From Result Entertainment (producers of We Best Love) a story about a dentist and his patient, also a bar owner and a rebellious young man (who takes the initiative even with a 12 year age gap). Stars Andy Wu (Amensalism), and Alex Chou (composer/musician and the bartender in WBL). Script by Lin Pei who loves VERY traditional yaoi tropes (HIStory1: Obsessed, HIStory2: Right or Wrong, HIStory2: Crossing the Line, HIStory3: Trapped, WBL, & See You After Quarantine?)
Gaga & Viki
Oct 15
Hard Love Mission
Thai (Trailer)
Thai pulp about a journalist sent to interview a celebrity on an island who then ends up his manager.
WeTV & iQiyi?
Wish Me Luck
Thai
About a boss and his temporary employee in an advertising company, based on Bittersweet's y-novel of the same name สุดที่รักษ์. Starring my boy Fiat (Grean Fictions, SOTUS S, My Gear and Your Gown, Triage) who I’ve been waiting to lead a BL for a decade (it feels like) and Na Naphat (KinnPorsche, UWMA).
Oct 20
Eternal Yesterday
AKA Eien no Kino Japan 8 eps 25 ea
Japan takes on ghost boyfriends now? Is no country safe from this damn trope? Taking over Takara-kun and Amagi-kun's time slot in the home country this is a school romance between two boys. After one of them is run over, other friends gradually forget about his existence.
Distribution unknown.
Oct 28
Grand Guignol
movie (Trailer)
Japan’s school horror BL movie グランギニョール starring Rio Komiya (Eternal Yesterday) and Ryosuke Sota (Mr Unlucky) among others.
Oct 29
Till The World Ends
Boys, trapped somewhere, end of world, yadda yadda. Art’s (What the Duck) comeback, so that’s interesting.
Distribution unknown.
Oct ?
Choco Milk Shake
Korea (Teaser) 8 eps 15 ea
Strongberry bringing us a full length romcom that looks bonkers. Childhood pets reincarnated as humans find their former owner and flirt with him, I guess. In Strongberry we trust but this premise is testing me.
Distribution unknown.
My Roommate
Thai (Trailer)
I couldn’t even watch the trailer, the sound and filming was that awful.
YouTube I think.
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PSA to everyone still sleeping on Till The World Ends:
Stop it. Stop it right now.
And for the love of god go watch this series.
Specifically, western viewers. Did you get completely taken in by Kinnporsche, then once it ended branch out to find something else like it and found some good follow ups but never anything that really truly scratched that itch? Watch Till the World Ends.
Or perhaps you just like the BLs that have higher production values, good acting and some truly, properly spicy moments? You want to watch Till the World Ends.
Do you love a heart stoppingly charming found family, who only have each other and even over a short amount of time grow and learn from each other in only the way a found family ever could? You want to watch Till the World Ends.
Do you love 3 Will Be Free, or even The Last of Us and a good ol’ road trip of doom where it’s just an unlikely trio/duo against the world, finding horrors but also surprising moments of kindness along the way? You want to watch Till the World Ends.
Do you love morally grey characters who you should absolutely think are vile and monstrous… but who actually love each other deeply and are each other’s safe place? You want to watch YOU GUESSED IT Till the World Ends.
This series is a ride… it will absolutely break your heart. It’s insane, it’s abundantly silly- the entire premise is completely ridiculous; there’s murder, there’s mayhem and in a handful of days the moon is going to crash into the earth… but there’s also so much heart… and so much love and theres the underlying messages of living your life in the moment and for yourself, and that some things are inevitable and can’t be controlled so you just need to let it go.
Ultimately it makes you ask yourself the question, why the hell wouldn’t you just fall in love at the end of the world?
Please watch Till the World Ends.
That is all.
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