BL Drama Lovers Club

 p43425:

Good news: The fansubber has now posted the final episode 12. I'm just starting to watch ...

I finished Kita-Kun: Our Shared Love. It was cute and sweet and I enjoyed watching it but it didn’t have much substance. I wish the relationships between Kita-kun and each lover were more developed and included a little more romantic storylines. Also the big mystery was a big reveal but then fizzled out. I still liked the bumpy but happy representation of a poly family, and of course Iwase Yoji was charming as ever to watch, even if he didn’t get enough screen time.

if you are interested in this BL-adjacent drama (one of the lovers is male, but no romance is really shown),  there is a link to a good fan-subber on the MDL page.

Romancing the Ghost

You Are My Present

i finished both these short-form dramas. First of all, I don’t love short-form. Everything feels abrupt unless it’s done really well. I’ve actually watched quite a few short-form dramas and a lot of them are disappointing, as were these two. They both had potential but the stories did not have enough substance. UpPoom are still great actors but I feel like all the good reviews for You Are My Present are because people love UpPoom, not the story. Frankly, I didn’t think they had enough to work with.

As far as Romancing the Ghost, they threw in some NC scenes instead of developing the romance. This one had a more interesting concept and more interesting characters but the story was too abbreviated as was the ending.

i also find it really annoying that the short-form apps/channels charge so much and provide such limited content. I normally try to pay if possible to show fan support and encourage the production of more BLs but I cannot bring myself to keep paying for short-form. I don’t want more of them! But I have FOMO about BLs and end up trying to watch way too many. I don’t feel like it’s a waste of time, but i definitely prefer a drama to have At least ten-minute episodes, or to be able to watch it all in one sitting.

i will try to remind myself this the next time I get sucked into a short-form drama that is still airing or costs a lot.

Boring Love (2009) https://kisskh.at/16871-boring-love

one of the categories for the 2025 BL challenge is a title from 2005-2010. I found this old Thai BL movie on YouTube. Unfortunately the video quality with English subs is so bad it’s really hard to sit through.

i wrote a short review on the MDL page if you’re interested. It was basically cheaply made so not as good as it could have been. But it’s old, so who knows what kind of budget they could even get.

i’m surprised I never heard about this because it really set a standard for a type of story and for many tropes still used in BLs today. But maybe it’s just too old for most fans to know about it and/or it’s hard to access.

it seems like most lgbtq content from this time period tended to be pretty serious. Whereas this is more like a dated version of a current bl.

For this month I'm attempting to watch vampire theme or sum related to ghosts like revamp, my golden blood up until my birthday. ( I wont count khemjira since its almost to an end)

any other reccomendations?

 Sophie:

Khemjira currently airing and is loved by many in the group.

Goddess Bless You from Death  

The Story of Bi Hyeong: Enchanted Master of the Goblin 

My Secret of Seer  

Me and Who  

Mystique in the Mirror 

Thanks!

 Sophie:

Khemjira currently airing and is loved by many in the group.

Goddess Bless You from Death  

The Story of Bi Hyeong: Enchanted Master of the Goblin 

My Secret of Seer  

Me and Who  

Mystique in the Mirror 

Thanks!

 Indie Art Girl:

Red Moon and Wine part of 4 Destiny   Collection of 4 stories that may all be horror like theme

The Cursed Love starts Oct 8    Looks like a supernatural Indiana Jones theme

Thanks!

 p43425:

Useful tip for watching "Secrets Happened on the Litchi Island":
If at all possible, watch on a large screen in 4K resolution.
(1) The English subtitles are tiny and "hard", and this make them much easier to read.
(2) The cinematography is even more beautiful in 4K.

Regarding horror and supernatural BLs, there are (in addition to the above currently airing or upcoming titles) many many past titles, especially when defining "supernatural" broadly (reincarnation, vampires, ghosts, time travel, magical abilities, body swapping). Can you be a bit more specific about what you're looking for,  not only in terms of sub-genre but also heavier/thriller vs. lighter, or other elements you especially like?

Without knowing more about your tastes, my top recommendation right now would definitely be "Khemjira" (uncut version on iQiyi).

Ah, apologies. I meant the current or upcoming ones :) 

 Indie Art Girl:

Okay! thankss