BL Drama Lovers Club

p43425:

I think our little polls are nice way of getting shy members to participate, so here's a new one:

I couldn't pick. You're last choice was so funny that's what I went with, lol.

Italophilia:

I've become an eclipse chaser and have plans to see the one in southern Spain on August 2, 2027. I also have my eyes on the one occurring in July 2028 across Australia.

A great adventure combined with amazing visuals! Same for your trip to see YinWar, haha

Tiffany:

The Edge of Horizon : I thought I would binge-watch it on Sunday, but maybe I should check the first episode to see if it's too intense for me to watch it in one day. 🤔And I don't have the letter E for the alphabet challenge either, so maybe I'll use it for that too.

Don't forget I'm a big baby so maybe for you it won't seem as intense!

ColourMePurple:

@Tiffany haha yeah. Different tastes indeed. I guess I'm difficult to please. Unless there's a drama that I can't stop watching or get enough of, it won't earn a 10 from me. I haven't given many dramas a 9+ this year. But the quality of releases overall have been better than last year.

I noticed I haven't given out many 10s or 9s myself this year. Here's my 2026 highest rated BL titles so far this year (above an 8):

Countdown to Yes - 9
A Winter Sun - 10
Love Me If You Swear - 9
Look at Me - 9

That's out of a total of 46 watched 2026 dramas and the only 10 rating, including non-BL dramas.

Indie Art Girl:

I noticed I haven't given out many 10s or 9s myself this year. Here's my 2026 highest rated BL titles so far this year (above an 8):

Countdown to Yes - 9
A Winter Sun - 10
Love Me If You Swear - 9
Look at Me - 9

That's out of a total of 46 watched 2026 dramas and the only 10 rating, including non-BL dramas.

I don't know how many dramas I've watched if it includes non-BL. For BLs, I've watched 85 titles (due to verticals and short KBLs).

10/10

1. Secret Prince

2. Deep In

3. Double Helix

4. Payback

5. Fourever You (the whole s2)

6. Winter Sun

7. Ticket to Heaven

8. Fake Fact Lips

9. My Grandpa is a BL Writer

10. The Apartment Job (non-bl)

11. Painter of the Night

12. Agent Kim Reactivated (non-bl)

13. Dual Stars

14. The Boy Next World: My Destiny

15. Love You Teacher

16. Teach You A Lesson (non-bl)

17. The Wonderfools (non-BL)

18. My Romance Scammer

19. Reborn Rookie (non-bl)

20. Duang With You

21. Never Forget Your Enemy

22. The Legend of Kitchen Soldier (non-bl)

23. Cat for Cash

24. Phantom Lawyer (non-bl)

9.5/10

• When Oranges Fall

• Contrast

9/10

1. Bittersweet Love

2. The Prosecutor's Proposal

3. Peach and Me

4. Life in Smokey Blue

5. Only Friends Dream On

6. Yesterday

7. The Scarecrow (non-bl)

8. Love in Protocol

9. Awakening the Steppe

10. My Boss, My Love, My Stepbrother!

11. The Husband (non-bl)

12. Sammy's Children's Day

13. Honour (non-bl)

just shows i'm not stingy with ratings =))

To anyone who wanted to know - Kiss or Kill finally has a page here - https://kisskh.at/812074-kiss-or-kill

@jazmw whoa 85 BLs? Tyat might be more than I have ever seen haha.

I'm be making a note of dramas from everyone's top rated ones. 😁

I decided to post a review for Winter Sun on its MDL page, even though there are already lots of reviews. I worked on mine for a long time, but maybe because I needed to work through some of the show’s messages for myself. Once I’d written it I figured I might as well post it.

It’s really long but divided in sections. It has spoilers so it’s better to read once you’ve finished watching. You can find it on my profile page. Dora’s Reviews

Here’s the summary:

A beautiful story of two very different souls coming together through love and loss. The story was occasionally confusing, and the second couple wasn’t very engaging, but the main couple was riveting. Beautiful locations, music, and spectacular cinematography raise the production value enormously. It had its flaws but still made an indelible mark on me. 9.0

My top dramas this year so far:

10⭐️

Wu (Bromance)

Deep In

Payback

Fake Fact Lips

MuTeLuv: Love Me If You Swear

Triage

Fangs of Fortune (non BL)

9.5⭐️

The Servant Prince

Sammy’s Children’s Day

Yesterday Once more (non BL)

9⭐️

Wish Upon the Shooting Stars

ThamePo: Heart that Skips a Beat

Beside the Sky

When Destiny Brings the Demon (non  BL)

Goddess Bless You from Death

I’m still watching Winter Sun (on ep. 8 currently). So far it looks like Winter Sun might join one of these lists too (probably 10 stars), but I’m waiting till I finish before I decide 😆

Tiffany:

Out of the 89 dramas I've finished this year,

jazme:

I've watched 85 titles

dora:

I’ve watched something between 114 (PTW Challenge) -143 (52-Week Challenge) shows this year

Holy moly guys, that's a lot! I feel like I'm just messing around, haha. Well, I guess I am kinda, but then too my pickiness and lack of desire to watch verts prob has a lot to do with my numbers. 😆😭

dora:

I’ve watched over 400 BLs since 2023.

The other day I took time to count every BL on my completed list but rn I can't find the total number, waaaah. For sure it was more than 400, but if I remember well I started watching about 2020-maybe early 2021. I remember waiting for new Cutie Pie eps to post on YT.

I just started an art class this week (and of course I wore a white top!) and getting ready for a 10 day online art session starting later this week. Almost no sleep last night so my brain is not functioning like usual.

dora:

Here’s the summary:

RE: Winter Sun - Very nicely written! 👏 I'll have to read the whole thing!

dora:

Now I am actually motivated to watch Yumi’s Cells s3.

I tried watching S1 way back but it wasn't working for me. I can't remember why though. Might be the humor?

jazme:

Secret Prince

I can't find this title. Is The Servant Prince the one you meant ?

dora:

(143 counts rewatches and shows started last year but I haven’t included most of them.)

Oh, that's a good idea, to count rewatches ! It's too late to do it now (unless I can remember), but next year I'll make a list of all my rewatches from the year.

BeLove:

To anyone who wanted to know - Kiss or Kill finally has a page here - https://kisskh.at/812074-kiss-or-kill

Finally ! Thanks for letting us know.

ColourMePurple:

@Tiffany - I'm so glad you loved Deep In as well. It might be my fav BL now. And I'm planning a rewatch after catching up on other dramas.

I think I will do it at the end of the year too.

dora:

I decided to post a review for Winter Sun on its MDL page

Beautiful summary I will read the review.

dora:

If you watch 4Minutes, be forewarned. It is brilliant (I think) but very intense and with very explicit NC scenes. I was confused about some things after I finished but someone in the comments explained everything really well. Fuaiz is in it and he is amazing!

4Minutes : I watched the first episode yesterday and enjoyed it. I don't mind intense and explicit NC scenes at all. I love Fuaiz too, like you said, he is amazing ! I noticed while watching that I had already watched the first episode in December because I was interested in Fuaiz after seeing him in Dead Friend Forever. At the time, I didn't really enjoy the first episode (maybe I wasn't in the right mood), so I didn't watch the whole thing, but I watched almost all the scenes with Fuaiz, so it was a bit confusing. Since I enjoyed it this time, I'll watch it until the end.

10GoodMemories:

Nour (ep 1): Just started watching Nour, but wanted to jump in here to mention the trigger warning for the beginning part

Thanks for letting us know ! I really appreciate the warning, especially about this specific trigger.

Indie Art Girl:

Holy moly guys, that's a lot! I feel like I'm just messing around, haha. Well, I guess I am kinda, but then too my pickiness and lack of desire to watch verts prob has a lot to do with my numbers. 😆😭

I really don't like verticals. I think for me to watch one, it would have to have PondPhuwin in it. 😆It's also rare for me to watch shorts. I don't have enough time to get invested in them. 😆

Indie Art Girl:

I just started an art class this week (and of course I wore a white top!) and getting ready for a 10 day online art session starting later this week. Almost no sleep last night so my brain is not functioning like usual.

You could keep the white top as a souvenir and write the date on it. 😆

Indie Art Girl:

I tried watching S1 way back but it wasn't working for me. I can't remember why though. Might be the humor?

It might be or the embarassing moments ? When I was little, I couldn't watch people embarrassing themselves. Whenever I watched TV with my older sister, she would always change the channel when something embarrassing happened, so it took me years to get used to it. 😆