




The Paradise of Thorns (2024), where the male protagonist is emotionally and financially manipulated by his lover’s family, and Moonlight Chicken (2023), where themes of inequality, emotional betrayal, and the imbalance of power in romantic relationships are also explored — especially how one partner’s background or circumstances leave them vulnerable.
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-Male leads suffer injustice after having his property/money taken away by his partner’s parents.
- Fighting poverty and trying to make a living.
- Death and grief of loved ones.
- Marriage equality issues.
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-Male leads suffer injustice after having his property/money taken away by his partner’s parents.
- Fighting poverty and trying to make a living.
- Death and grief of loved ones.
- Marriage equality issues.





Both of these BL dramas speak to the harsh reality of broken long-term relationships. How eventually resentments may build-up and become unsurmountable without the proper relationship practices in place to address them. It leaves both parties in an ambiguous state fueled by nostalgia, past fondness and care, and the desire to make a new start.