Thai BL ranked

I can't explain this one.

They managed to make it 100% about the relationship without being boring and War acts the whole gamut of human emotions flawlessly.

10/10 OST, very sweet and even decently written, but how am I supposed to take it fully seriously when an idol keeps walking around holding hands with his date and with his face barely covered?!

Mainly for Heart and Li Ming.

The director was so busy hesitating between goofy and dramatic that he kind of forgot the BL and the script contains a whole lot of stupid decisions. BUT YinWar’s performance and production value are stellar.

Grey characters galore.

Pure, condensed, memeable drama.

Gun was great as Black because of his eternal emotionless face, but not so much as White. Still a cool BL with graver themes than usual.

Ohm and old Singto are my weaknesses.

Loved the idea, didn't love the actor playing the doctor. Still quite good.

I love it and hate it at the same time because let’s be real, it only works because of the actors.

Hyper solid first half, then goes to shit.

Single-handedly fixed everything that I didn't like about the Japanese version AND proved me that Tay and New can look in love and not just like they're going to punch each other.

Guilty pleasure number one. It's so serious and unserious at the same time.

Can't remember why I liked it so much but I did.

They made music-themed Thai high school BL bearable and that's no small feat.

What can I say, I love to cry.

I can't explain this one either.

Extremely similar to Manner of Death (both in its flaws and strengths) but this one was less dragged out and had a more realistic ending.

Expected nothing and got too many couples, too little plot, good acting, great costumes, new ideas, shit script and a whole lot of effort.

Good, but there was something missing. Felt a bit stilted? A bit slow?

Borderline unserious and I love that for them. The bad CGI is back too!

Actually unhinged. Like, The Penthouse level of unhinged. Too bad the fighting scenes and plot quality dropped as the series progressed.

The first 2-3 episodes were spectacular, then I understood why it’s called 4Minutes: you see the main couple 4 minutes per episode. Also, prepare yourself for a weird mix really adult stuff (in your face NC scenes), really childish stuff (couple plushies) and a disjointed/confusing second half. (If I sound mad it's because I am.)

Green flags and pecs parade, but this could have been 6-8 episodes.

I have a thing for unresolved tension and bad CGI.

Sound design was all over the place (randomly saturated voices, action music during dialogue scenes, romantic music between the leads when there's nothing between them yet...) and the useless internal monologues cheapened it, but acting was a notch above the usual BL.  See, I KNEW that First (Fiat in Tharntype and DSN) could act if given a proper script and director!!

Funny (intentionally and unintentionally), and JoongDunk's characters have a personality if you can believe it!

Fantasy, action, detective, and romance all mixed together should have been my ultimate dream but their execution of some of those genres were a miss for me.

Mainly for Ben and Chopper.

Cute.

Alright, listen. Listen. Yes, I know. But the chemistry... the chemistry!!

I will only say one thing: they're lucky the couple is cute.

The perfect amount of cringe doesn't exi-

Amazing sets and costumes, and Jet and Chet are too pure for this world. Unfortunately I'm not into main leads who act parodically feminine.  The story also dragged on towards the end and the humour was not always a hit.

Now we're reaching a point in this ranking where I don't remember enough about the dramas to write a clever comment.

I think I gave it 7 to match the title?

The second to last episode is a nostalgia masterpiece, the rest ranges from weird to kinda cute.

This could have been so much better, damn it.

Absolute. Wasted. Potential. They could have created so much more heartbreaking, bittersweet, meaningful drama with the time travelling.

Wasted potential, part deux.

Cute but got boring towards the end.

A bit boring all the way through.

Miscast and misstyling of the century for the role of Charlie.

The contrast between a homophobia-induced-double-suicide-reincarnation storyline and "funny" sound effects was a bit too much for me.

Uneven as all hell. Great cinematography, awful script. Awesome first main actor, appalling second main actor. (I don't need to specify who is which.)

Guilty pleasure numero due.

Guilty pleasure, III.

The main couple gives buddies, with one of them always looking angry even when they kiss. Second couple is alright. Plot is MIA.

Their one and only passable drama.

I think I just don’t like cooking-centered series, especially when they bring nothing new to the table like this one. Second couple was cutie though.

Somehow one of the worst BLs of 2023 despite having both Chimon and Perth as main actors, which should be classified as a crime. The first two episodes were perfection, then we entered a parallel universe. Second couple can get it though.

Never thought I'd say this but... sometimes just two handsome men kissing isn't enough.

Beware of the "funny" sound effects and childish product placement combo in the first few eps. As for the rest… let’s just say it took me 5 min to watch a 40 min episode.

All those pretty sets and costumes and for what?

Is it just me or are those two actors always playing the same characters over and over again?

Only watched the 3 min of KimKenta and nothing of value was lost!

I might have liked this in 2019.

"What the fuck is going OOOON"

—  Blind Witness - All Alone (1:51)

Going through the motions, the series.

The je ne sais quoi they had in Star in my Mind is gone.

Another one that could have been so much better, especially with the meta aspect. Forever mad that the second couple didn't make it and never featured in any other BL together.

5 of those 6 points are for Pawin's face.

Ridiculous in the best and worst ways possible.

The things I suffer through just to catch a glimpse of Kaownah’s face…

??? OffGun blink if you need help???

An excuse for smut. (Second couple has a bit of my heart, I'll admit.)

A for effort and Max’s anti-aging routine!

ZZZZZZZZZZ

Don't be fooled by the baiting poster, nothing happens and it's a sad ending.

Wack, and not necessarily in a good way.

We really went from the pilot to this?

#1 Bromance drama with "nothing happening" as a subgenre.

Uncomfortable, but it launched Perth I guess...

Can I just ask... why?

Major let down. There just wasn't enough material for a full-length series.

Didn't see the point, didn't get the point, still looking for the point.

What the fuck even. I'll give them props for one thing: both couples can act in love with each other.

Will you take some plot with your softcore porn? No? Good. We don’t have any. We’ve still got plenty of red flags though, if you’d like.

Just awful, and not in a funny way.

I know I gave this a low rating, and it's deserved, but when I tell you I was obsessed with Puth and Kaeng, I-

Lured me in with paranormal BL promises and now I'm pissed because it was just a big heap of nothing.

It's not my thing, but you know what they committed to it and the actors gave it their all.

W H Y

Please retire this couple. PLEASE.

?????

How to be a terribad actor in 8 episodes, by Gun Napat.

... I've got nothing.

Just like the drama!

I don't even know. Somehow worse than Something in my Room.

I have no mouth and I must scream. Hesitant clapping for daring this, I guess?

Singto, baby, are you ok?

The second-hand embarrassment I got from this, man...

Who thought it was a good idea to pair those two? And with that "plot"?

Remake of Liaisons Dangereuses, with a script written by a fourteen years old girl and shot by a crew that had to be somewhere in the next hour.

You can skip most of the second part and some actors are stiff as hell but it had cute moments. And the cat didn’t look like it was struggling to run for its life in every shot!

Pooh’s acting still lags far behind Pavel’s but it’s less noticeable here than in Pit Babe thanks to a better script. What doesn’t help is his styling, once again. The second couple is underwhelming and unnecessary. Everything else is stellar by Thai BL standards.

Decent, if you can overlook gag sound effects, minor plot holes and abandoned plot devices.