Favourites shows (BL)
Most favourites ones .
Character personality bias: Cold Lead, Reserved Male lead, Hot-Tempered Male Lead,
Dynamics bias: Enemies to Lover, Cold Man/Warm Man, Opposite attracts
Genre/subgenre bias: Psychological, Thriller, Mystery, Dementia, Romance, Bittersweet
Crude, flawed, average guys. Accurate schizoid/aloof or stubborn characters.
+ Well written morally grey/''broken'' characters or good body language/mannerisms.
Got more I like in private list, these are the best ones overall.
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1. The Eighth Sense
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Watched: 2 times
Cinematograpy: Amazing, 10/10
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Philosophical, bittersweet, realistic, mental health
Absolute cinema. The colours are a reflection of the MC's mood, it's very visually well shot. -
2. Eclipse
Korean Movie - 2016
Watched: 1 time
Cinematograpy: Really good
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Grim, bittersweet, jealousy, need to rewatchA jealousy filled love triangle with gritty, moody and dark story elements.
A lot of symbolism and subtextual MM romance. (One sided?) Open to interpretation. -
3. 10Dance
Japanese Movie - 2025
Watched: 1 time
Cinematograpy: 10/10
Pacing: Slow
Mood: idk sensual..? I forgot already.
Great adaptation. FANTASTIC cinematography. -
4. Your Name Engraved Herein
Taiwanese Movie - 2020
Watched: 2 times
Cinematograpy: Amazing
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Bittersweet, sad, grimVery moody, realistic and bittersweet. A lot of pretty symbolism, metaphorical imagery and meaningful subtext.
A show that is better when you know little about it.
But bittersweet as hell. Still a happy, ambiguous ending. -
5. To My Star
Korean Drama - 2021, 9 episodes
Watched: 4 times
Cinematograpy: Basic, but great
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Fun, cheesy, bittersweet-ishBasic and a bit cliché, but feel good. Seemed to aim for this kind of vision so, success?
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6. Our Dining Table
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Watched: 1 time
Cinematograpy: Great
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Need to rewatch
Sweet slow paced romance. Suprisingly not cheesy, just cute and pretty funny. Yukata, Yutaka -
7. Semantic Error
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
Watched: 5 times
Cinematograpy: Basic but good/fun
Pacing: Regular
Mood: Fun, cheesyThe ''computer brain'' guy being more proactive was a good surprise? Brainless fun, fairly formulaic show and all.
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8. Love for Love's Sake
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
Watched: 2 time
Cinematograpy: Great
Pacing: Regular-slow (the mood switch is kinda fast, but makes sense)
Mood: Mental health, Gloomy/empty, hopeful
Ouch. A system error has occured. Calibrating. -
9. Love with Flaws
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
Watched: 5 times (1 fully, 4 ''BL cut'')
Cinematograpy: Great
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Fun, comedy, cheesy, bittersweet, mental health
Not a ''BL show''. MM couple is really well written and acted. Main couple is 'eh', but the sides ones are good. (FM and MM ones) -
10. Restart after Come back Home
Japanese Movie - 2020
Watched: 2 times
Cinematograpy: Amazing
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Philosophical, comforting, need to rewatch
Pair main theme: ?Sweet countryside romance. More about finding meaning in life and overcoming your past.
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11. The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese
Japanese Movie - 2020
Watched: 2 times
Cinematograpy: Amazing
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Bittersweet, grim, broken, philosophical, need to rewatch
Pair main theme: Need to rewatch. Obsessive?
The characters are morally ambiguous, obviously flawed and very well portrayed. Even considering the circumstances, I could relate to how the characters were feeling and felt bad for every characters. Even the ''girl rival'', which is usually a bland, useless caricature in ''BL shows'' was well written and I felt sorry for her. -
12. Manner of Death
Thai Drama - 2020, 14 episodes
Watched: 3 times
Cinematograpy: Great
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Bittersweet, corruption, crime, can't trust any characterProper show with a romance sub plot that happens to be two males.
Fun action stuff, medical pathology and three dimensional characters actually with motives beyond ''make drama because it's the third act and we have nothing''. -
13. The End of the World with You
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Watched: 1 time
Cinematography: Good
Pacing: Slow (its a japanese show, of course its gonna be slow)
Mood: Bittersweet, Mental Health, Psychological
Pair main theme: Regret, ressentment and trust
warning: there is almost graphic sex scenes :| -
14. Old Fashion Cupcake
Japanese Drama - 2022, 5 episodes
Watched: 3 time
Cinematograpy: Good
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Cheesy, philosophical, bittersweet, mental health
Pair main theme: idkFairly basic plot and setting, but pretty good. Lots of good messages to apply for your own life... Doing/learning something new everyday, not become stale in a predictable but unchallenged life, etc.
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15. SOTUS
Thai Drama - 2016, 15 episodes
Watched: 8 times
Cinematograpy: Average, so-so
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Cheesy
Pair main theme: Enemy to Lover, Warm man Cold man
Guilty pleasure... but I really like the characters. Believable enough. Last few episodes should have been more slow-burn tho.That and the gang of dumbasses from Arthit's group are actually funny.
No skinship, no forced fanservice. Hell yeah. Just too much "thai comedy" aka many sound effect.
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16. A Shoulder to Cry On
Korean Drama - 2023, 7 episodes
Watched: 2 time
Cinematograpy: Need to rewatch
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Fun, bittersweet, mental health,
Pair main theme: "Enemy to Lover"Psychological story a bit. Messed up well written characters.
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17. MuTeLuv: Love Me if You Swear
Thai Drama - 2026, 4 episodes
Watched: 1 time
It's cheesy but me likey. I love these actors, they are fun/sweet. -
18. We Best Love: No. 1 For You
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
Watched: 3 times
Sweet story without being too corny/dumb. Zhou Shu Yi doesn't act like a shy maiden. Zhou Shu is also bi and had a crush on his childhood friend, which is a GIRL for once. Finally.
The other MM pairing was out of place and cringy to watch.
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19. HIStory3: Trapped
Taiwanese Special - 2019, 20 episodes
Watched: 3 times
Cinematograpy: Need to rewatch
Pacing: Slow
Mood: Fun, cheesy, action
Pair main theme: "Enemy to Lover"Honestly really liked it, even if some scenes were unfunny or fanservicey (otherwise would be a solid 9.5/10).
Idc about Jack and other guy though, they were just unnecessary cheese imo.
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20. The Night beyond the Tricornered Window
Japanese Movie - 2021
Watched: 1 time
More of an underdeveloped bromance. Manga was better, even the anime was.
BUT, I see it was romance, just not ''steamy'' or well defined. -
21. Addicted
Chinese Drama - 2016, 15 episodes
Watched: 4 times
Half a guilty pleasure? But I do think the characters are very well acted.
Lots of show not tell behavioural/facial expression cues. Pretty slow paced.
Really liked the side characters's tales (Bao Luo Yin's dad, auntie, etc).
One scene I hated, everything else was well done imo. -
22. Brake
Korean Movie - 2019
Watched: 1 time
It's a fucked up one that isnt a happy ending much.
Love the actor (main weirdo)! -
23. Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
Watched: 1 time
A bit dramatic vs what I like, but really good. dont feel like writing more -
24. Last Twilight: Uncut Version
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Watched: 2 times
Fire show. Nothing to skip, it's all interesting -
25. ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat
Thai Drama - 2024, 13 episodes
Watched: 1 time.
Nice. A bit dramatic for no reason imo (misunderstandings) but other than that, it's fun. -
26. The Boy Next Door
Korean Drama - 2017, 15 episodes
Watched: 2 times
It's bromance comedy. 11/10 funny

























