
Indie Art Girl:
I canNOT decide which of these Korean BL's I like the very best. Which is YOUR favorite, if you have one?
Cherry Blossoms After Winter
Light On Me
Where Your Eyes Linger
You Make Me Dance
What do you like about it?
All four are really really good, but "Light On Me" is viscerally my definite favourite. It also has the highest average MDL rating (8.1 - compared to "Linger" 7.9, "Cherry Blossoms" 7.8, "Dance" 7.7).
But since you want rational reasons, let me try:
(1) It's all-around well constructed, well paced and well produced. 16 episodes is unusually long for a KBL, but I never felt bored.
(2) It combines various themes/tropes including school, first love, coming out, a very "tsundere" character, and one of the best love triangles I've seen - and it puts these together in a way that really works.
(3) The love triangle is especially effective because, right until the final episode, I really wasn't quite sure how it was going to end - nor was I sure how I wanted it to end. (My strong advice: Be sure not to read any spoilers before watching this series.)
(4) The four main characters are likeable and interesting, with a lot of character development over the course of the series - not only the three triangle corners Tae Kyung, Shin Woo and Da On but also Namgoong, whose bubbly personality adds a lot to the series - and yet the series does not fall into the trap of trying to do too much.
My only criticism (or maybe I just never figured it out): Seo's cryptic meeting of the mysterious man from his past ("Lee Tae Sung") and what this is supposed to mean. Former love interest? Why was this thrown in without explanation? Or was this possibly meant to be a lead-in to a second series that never happened?