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Ju Moon:Portugalia67:
I'm in a Portuguese speaking group, and one of the discussions was about listing all the drama titles which aired and finished in 2026, that you rated 9+. Guess what? Most of my list was BL! I hesitated for a second, then decided there was no shame in sharing my list in that group, even if it's not BL centered.
Now that I have a list, let me copy paste it here, I took away the straight dramas: (All are between 9 and 9.5, I normally never give any 10)
Fake Fact Lips (Japan, BL)
Sammy's Children's Day (Hong Kong, BL)
A Winter Sun Wakes the Wind in Spring Hills' Dream (China, BL)
Deep In (China, BL)
Don't Be Too Emotional (Thailand, BL)
Lost to You (Singapore, BL)
My Summer of You (Japan, BL)
The Prosecutor's Proposal (Korea, BL)
The Sun from Another Star (Thailand, BL)
Wishing upon the Shooting Stars (Taiwan, BL)
PS: of course I'll update this list mid of December and add Fool in Love when it's finished.
And you, what are your 9+ favorites for 2026 so far?
i was planning on checking my list for this but found out that there were a lot, both straight and bl =)) i give up lol. i'll just share my 11/10 list bls here =D
Duang with You (Uncut) - Thai
Deep In - China
The Servant Prince - Japan
Match Point - Thai
KJMDrama:
Tiffany:
I love your list ! I have a few in common with you. I'm counting every BL or bromance that finished airing in 2026, even if it started in 2025. My list is in chronological order.
Me and Thee 10/10 Thailand
Goddess Bless You From Death 9/10 Thailand
Duang With You 9/10 Thailand
Soul Mate 9.5/10 Japan
Fake Fact Lips 9.5/10 Japan
Fourever You Part 2 9/10 Thailand
Peach and Me 9/10 Thailand
Deep In 10/10 China
A Winter Sun Wakes the Wind in Spring Hills' Dream 9.5/10 China
The Edge of Horizon 9/10 Thailand
My Summer of You 9/10 Japan
Four Hands, Two Sonatas 9/10 South Korea
Nour 9/10 Thailand
That means I've rated 13 out of the 73 BLs or bromances I've watched 9 or higher (only counting those that finished airing in 2026).
Multiple of those are on my to watch list. That's a good sign
I hope you will enjoy them 🤞🤞
School Trip S2 Episode 4 : I really enjoyed this episode ! This season feels different from the first one. The first season gave me butterflies in every episode, while this one is a bit less focused on that (but of course, the chemistry is still there). It's a bit more mature and serious at times, but they still keep some funny and cute moments.
jazme:
mr p, would you know who is paired with james
James is not currently paired and isn't really expected to ... but you never know, especially with whatever new pairings come out of Domundi Gen 6 and the presumed S4 of "DMD Friendship" (possibly this winter). For more speculation on this, including all of the current "eligible bachelors", see my Domundi post from 10 days ago (bottom of p. 3235).
James was previously paired with Net (now with JJ). Net & James did "Bed Friend" together, which was a reasonably good series. James played his role really well.
Actually, the first series I ever saw James in was "Oxygen" (2020, pre-Domundi), a BL which I love despite some major weaknesses. He looked very different back then (much less groomed) but was already quite a good actor in his limited supporting role.
He broke with Net in 2024, ostensibly to pursue a solo music career, which got off to a rather disastrous start, but since then Dexx (in which James is a member) has been highly successful.
While James might be reasonably satisfied with Dexx + solo acting roles, I suspect that he still has solo music ambitions. We shall see where his fate guides him.
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A few footnotes:
Net/James is one of only three Domundi CPs to ever break up, the others being Jimmy/Tommy and Jimmy/Ohmkrit.
Not counting Toy Thanapat in very early Domundi history (expunged after murdering his girlfriend, eep!), only two artists have ever left Domundi: Joss (moved to GMMTV, where he's probably a better fit) and Mathis ("personal reasons" but presumably largely the language issue, as he's a Vietnamese who speaks only limited Thai).
So by both measures, Domundi is a pretty darn stable place!
The 17 current Domundi CPs are (in order of seniority):
“Cutie Pie” (3): Max/Nat, Zee/Nunew, Tutor/Yim
“DMD Friendship” (3): Keng/Namping, Thomas/Kong, Firstone/Tle
“It Takes Two” (5): Auau/Save, Por/Teetee, Latte/Kim, Net/JJ, Jimmy/Ohmkrit
“Third Chapter” (3): North/Otto, Copper/Fifa, Patji/Ryujin
year-to-date CPs (soft launches): Few/Gems, Thee/Wave, JT/Ohmkrit
There are a few more that seem likely, especially Pung/Nick.
P.S. Memo to @P'Aoftion: You really should make better use of Tutor/Yim and Latte/Kim!
From the spoiler for ep11 it's going to be very ugly and dirty, hopefully the 3-episode cycle I mentioned yesterday is still on and we get a bit of love in ep12
This is the reason I hope the younger brother and his now paid boyfriend? (I mean he did hand him over his credit card and told him to drop all other clients) would get more screen time in next episodes. People here now I am not a fan of shows that repeat same plot cycles multiple times in a single show. In this show I will tolerate it to some extent, because a major plot point is the whole toxic relationship trope. However with 20 episodes, I need something else than Ing and Yok just continuously breaking up and getting back together to make this worth the high episode count.
p43425:
Following my above Domundi post, now a post on my other pet topic, namely JBLs:
Among the currently airing JBLs, I'm watching (and very much enjoying) "School Trip S2", "Ao to Midori", "You Should Be The One To Come Kiss Me" and "It's Just Business". Other than "Ao to Midori" (so far only fansubber), the other three are all on Gaga, my go-to platform for JBLs.
As others have posted, "School Trip S2" is so far a worthy sequel to a great series, and "It's Just Business" seems (from last week's first episode) to be an amusing manga-based BL comedy.
That leaves "Ao to Midori" and "Kiss Me", which are rather similar to each other in that they're both slow burns involving unrequited love of a best friend who is assumed to be straight, with lots of struggling with feelings on both sides. It's a trope that some will surely hate but that I can very closely and personally relate to from my youth. Both also have good, appealing lead actors who are making me feel even more engaged.
I'll probably watch all of them as binge-watches. It's good to know that Ao to Midori and Kiss Me are similar, so I won't watch them back to back. I don't want to compare them too much to each other.
dora:
Chosen Home
I will finally watch this one next week !
I also gave these older ones a 9 this year:
Kamisama no Ekohiiki
DNA Says Love You
I love both of these!
And the 2025 show Chosen Home
And this one, too!
I don’t give 10s
Finally something that we diverge on: I give out 10s like Halloween candy.
I watched Kamisama no Ekohiiki because you recommended it. I would have never heard of it otherwise. So thanks!
