Soul Mate

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

The story is about Sengoku Tetsu, an owner of an osteopathic clinic, who is suddenly entrusted with his daughter by his ex-girlfriend, and Harumi Masahiro, a manga editor who divorced his wife and took custody of his son. Struggling to raise their child as single fathers, the two decide to share a room to help each other through their unfamiliar lives. The four of them - father, father, daughter, and son - begin living together and grow up while struggling with daily life and cooking.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

Both of these series revolve around story. most "BLs" are just romanced based and have no deeper depth than just romance but these two are some of my favorite queer stories to ever be made. They touch on the realistic love that queer men have with each other. what I took from both of these stories is that love is not just physical intimacy, its emotional intimacy.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

(I am writing this while watching episode 2 of Soul Mate)

Both series so far have in common:

- ships are m/m and f/f (not sure yet for Soul Mate)
- characters are multilingual:
Soul Mate characters speak Japanese, Korean, English and German
The Bangkok Boy characters speak Thai, Korean and English
(with actors from Korea, Thailand, Japan + some German extras)
- Korean orphans moved to another country and learned the other mains language (with slight accents <3) but still speak Korean with their Korean fam and friends
- one main is into boxing, so some boxing matches will be shown
- both mains are athletic:
Soul Mate ice hockey player x professional boxer
The Bangkok Boy muay thai boxer x black belt level combat skills
- one main attempts suicide in the beginning but gets saved by the other one
- both are kinda depressed and stressed due to shitty life situations
- one main doesn't want to have anything to do with the other one at first but they get along very fast
- there are some shady businesses and crimes going on the mains are dragged into
- it can get rough and graphic

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.

Traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, a 10-year-long love story between two young men is told. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki, who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang in a foreign land.