BL living rent free in my mind

I WANT TO ALLCAPS MY JOY WITH THIS SERIES. No notes. Also, read the books - they are great. 10000000% recommend.

Oh... this is horny boys with ISSUES who love creating mess and drama... (see me getting whiplash after consuming so much pure and innocent fluff). So much fun to watch - with some surpisingly very emotional throughlines. I approve of all of the cross-ship coupling here - the theme is everyone sleeps with everyone and then there is fallout.

Well, I flew halfway around the world to attend the fanmeeting in Japan so that says how much I enjoyed this... But GIVE ME ALL THE AOUBOOM PLS AND A SERIES OF THEIR OWN ASAP. *ahem* in terms of an actual review this is pure fluff and glee, a ray of light in these dark times. Milk Frappe boy and his art genius peer mentor healed all of my soul's pain. And I mean I guess the main leads also stole my heart and haven't given it back. Add this to your watchlist now.

Most definitely a healing drama vibe, with lots of character growth for the main lead coming to terms with a life changing event and the ripple effect that it has on not only himself, but a whole community.  This is a cosy drama with some innocent BL (though with great chemistry).

A drama with vibes. Great cast, great setting great themes and a great plot.

Perfect drama about finding your safe place and the person who will comfort you, hold you and love you. Boun and Prem have some amazing chemistry and really embody Win and Team (flawless adaptation of the book, even with the small changes). Green forest Win gets the awards for always making consent look sexy. (You need to watch UWMA first though, for a lot of plot to make sense) 10/10 OST and incidental music as well.

Unforgettable in the most heartbreaking way. I cried every episode. Ohm and Fluke gave this 10000% and I was so in love with their characters. This is a story about the many ripples that two lives cut short will make, and the pain that never fully resolves. Slow burn plot, but with so many impactful moments.

Classic coming of age story with a cinematic, almost dream-like style. All the angst, uncertainty, joy and despair that only youth can convey. For such a short series, it has a huge impact. OST is a 10/10.

This is the drama that kicked off my love for BL, and anything with Engineers. Slow burn enemies to lovers between a freshman and the head hazer in charge of the faculty initiation. With amazing side characters (and a stacked cast) it's a must watch if only to spot the birth of so many of the tropes we still see today. The heart is in the gear for sure.

This has my favourite kind of ML - the over enthusiastic labrador type cutie who bulldozes his way into the tsundere love interest's heart. Infinitely re-watchable enemies to lovers plot in a university setting that does a great job subverting so many of the usual BL tropes.

Very cute and fluffy highschool drama - perfect gateway to Thai BL. GeminiFourth have great chemistry and the soundtrack is fun. All the side characters pair off as well (you get a boyfriend, he gets a boyfriend - we all get boyfriends!) This is a tropey drama done well.

Everyone is toxic AF and unhealthy for each other or a straight up psycho. It's a mafia drama so every character is morally grey and the reddest of flags. But damn if I didn't binge this over a weekend with no sleep because I love this kind of ish. It's my kind of brain-rot.

Very srs bsnss drama with heavy themes and lots of crying (by me). At times I was like... this is a GMMTV drama? They can air this on the YouTubes??? On the darker side plotwise, but a satisfying watch.

Great emotional through line with First and Khao giving excellent performances about the struggle to fit in, to do what's right, to be accepted and most of all to be true to yourself. The overarching plot is a little rushed at the end, but it's not really the focus of the series. I'm always 100% here for enemies to lovers and this one really makes it believable.

A very cute and funny high school movie with a boy who is perenially unlucky discovers that if he stays near the most popular boy in school, good things happen. Problem is... they're now accidentally in a dating relationship. 

A very pure and innocent Jmovie, but one that's just like a warm vanilla cupcake - sweet and delicious. As a bonus it's very faithful to the manga.  The love square in this is hilarious and it's a drama where the misunderstandings lead to comedy rather than frustration.

One of the cutest JBL's ever! A soft and adorable high school romance that's almost too short. This had me kicking my feet over just how cute the main lead Hioki was -  no wonder Watarai was completely head over heels instantly. Definitely re-watchable and will catapault the cast into stardom.

FWB to lovers with lots of eye candy. Fun to have a series where everyone is appropriately aged and not shy about desire. The main plot circles around lust vs love (to the point of frustration because our ML is bad at communication!) but this is a fun watch for sure. Also the book is so different to the adaptation! (not a bad thing at all, but choices were made...)

Tropey and kind of low budget in places (please fire whoever was in charge of the sound mixing) but a cute watch (with some trauma of course that can be an uncomfortable watch please check content warnings). Great chemistry from both pairs which let me gloss over any cringe. Having read the books, this is now in my comfort shows list and I judge my taste for that but clearly I have a thing for men who show love by being stalkers. 

Unexpected emotional damage! I expected a cute idol romp and got a deep dive into heartbreak, healing your wounds and resolving your problems. William and Est are a gentler, more soft feeling pairing but have great chemistry! OST is also impeccable.

Even when your soul is in another body, can you really stop yourself from loving someone - even when they've hurt you the most. Intriguing watch - even as you want Joe to grow a backbone and go for revenge, you can see his yearning for love and the conflicted feelings he still has for Ming. He has an irresistable pull. He's the worst - yet heartbreaking because you come to understand why. Rewatchable. Great pairing too.

How can you fall in love with someone who repeatedly wrongs you, and who already has a girlfriend - even if he is everything you want. Yin and War are fantastic and really elevate the source material (the changes from the book are good). Vee is the worst - I devoted about 15 Insta posts to my ranting about him because he makes me feel a lot of rage even when I completely understand why Mark is so attracted and unable to let go. This has an extreme push/pull dynamic and I loved it.

Finally! A well written BL with a great setting and a green flag ML in Thap played by Jimmy. Poor In cried in every episode (good thing Sea is a 10/10 cry actor). High rewatch value with some really cute and fun scenes. Good adaptation of the novel as well, I appreciated the changes and additions they made.

Faithful adaptation of the manhwa. This is a short series that doesn't drag out the plot. Highschool romance with some angst and a cute dating arc. 

Super close adaptation of the novel. And my brand of manipulative and toxic. Sorn is 1000000% a terrible person for about 80% of the show giving mixed signals and generally being a trash fuckboy. But! Boat really sells him to me, and captures his conflicted feelings so well. Oat is a cutie as Jun (perfectly cast), and you really feel his agony of falling for someone who won't reciprocate love or stop messing with him (with both sex and that whole enemies to lovers thing they have going). This drama has a simple plot, but sometimes that's what you want - two people who need to communicate their emotions and needs and not just express desire. Rushed ending though - so make sure to read the book.

Ep 1 was certainly SOMETHING. My pure innocent eyes... (give me more like this pls). A pretty fun romp with a just-go-with-BL-logic-and-don't-overthink plot. Khao ate up the role (and First...). I am le biased with this rating.

An enemies to lovers trope. I must admit to really liking that teasing dynamic that's supposed to be REVENGE but it's more of the 'I like you but I don't undertand my feelings so I'll just torture you until you give in to me' vibe. Good adaptation of the manhwa as well.

Love the manga - especially love this adaptation!

Coming of age drama that is a slow burn (in the best way), full of understated moments and deep themes. This is about two people finding the One and Only and slowly orbiting each other as they try to get closer. Highschool bromance with an open ending (alas season 2 was cancelled), but a truly fantastic production. 

An obsessive love that comes upon you suddenly. Forbidden and dark in nature. A great watch - pacing is perhaps a bit fast as some important scenes were shortened from the manhwa due to the adaptation process (ie. the passage of time isn't really felt). Great performances from the cast. I binge watched the heck out of this (who needs to sleep!)

Hilarious and absolutely unhinged. And considering the source novel a fairly clean adaptation (let us mourn the Chinese censors robbing us of more intimate scenes!). Love Chi Cheng, but the true standout in this is my man Guo Chengyu - a true paragon amongst BL men, a green forest for sure. May he and the cute doctor stay together forever (their h/c dynamic is *muah*)

Sugary sweet, and heavy on the cute. This isn't revolutionary, but is a fun watch with plenty of the usual university setting tropes and a hard turn at the end there with some spicy NC scenes.

Annoying AF ML who has some real bullshit hangups about relationships (and apparently needs a makeover to land a boyfriend... IN WHAT UNIVERSE?!) - but despite many flaws I still really enjoyed this one. PondPhuwin can sell me ice in the middle of winter and I can overlook a lot of issues as I am shallow like that. 

Intriguing concept that's let down with the short episode run time. 10 episodes is not enough to explore all the hinted at plot threads and implications, so the final 2 eps really skim through resolving things. (Reading the book will not give answers either!) Love all the minor characters in this, and BossNoeul have some fire chemistry as well. Still an enjoyable watch - especially the bonus episode.

Romcom fluff that's interspersed with some heavier topics (dealt with quite well). Uea and King are terrible at the whole FWB set-up as it's pretty clear there's some feelings from the start. James has a great aura and gives these very sly looks that suit his character Uea so well.  10/10 Cat Roleplay NC scene though...  Great adaptation of the book as well - we love a couple who communicate, respect boundaries and show affection.

Cuuuuuuuuuuutee. Short webdrama format with an absolutely fatal-to-my-heart cute boy lead. We love a couple who communicate and resolve their problems by talking. This is a pastel coloured BL dream.

University Romance, with a chance meet-cute sparking something more. The Ae/Pete storyline is pretty adorable fluff without too many obstacles. Tinn/Khaen is unfortunately a little underdeveloped (especially if you have read the book) as there are two more couples added to the series that technically belong to other stories. I wish they had extended the run time of the series as these two side couples give some serious whiplash and aren't resolved at all. Sound mixing is also grating at times (the music editor needs to reconsider their career path). Overall I enjoyed it a lot, as many favourite scenes from the book were played out.

Excellent Chemistry between Fort and Peat (Mahasamut is the greenest of flags)! This started with a bang (hehe) but fizzled a bit once the plot moved to Bangkok and away from the island setting. Some of the motivations of the characters are unclear (you need to read the novel to really get them, and that's a failing on the writing). Extra points because I love the actors.

Fun movie with lots of comedy, but a very strong throughline of being true to yourself. A police informant picks up a red envelope and ends up in a ghost marriage and has to help unravel the mystery behind his 'husband's' death. Bittersweet ending as I shipped it badly...

Bestill my Peraya heart! Krist and Singto reunited after like 8 years. This series is chock full of SOTUS easter eggs, and finally delivers on that chemistry with some very nice NC scenes. Plotwise this is about an ex-couple dancing around the issue that broke them apart (communication, which is nice irony as they are journalists...) as they are forced to work together again. The actual reason for the break-up was kind of bullshit, but I forgive it due to the actors selling it to me.

Fell in love with a prince who washed ashore and lost his memory. I thoroughly enjoyed this drama, set on a picturesque island. It has all the hallmarks of a summer romance and a great cast of supporting actors. Lots of small romantic moments and a great soundtrack. Winny and Satang do a great job as Lava and Wave respectively - and I am now really looking forward to future projects.

Cute and breezy mini drama that's a quick watch. What do you do when you fall in love with the groom of the wedding you're supposed to be planning. The conflict could be resolved with an adult conversation or two, but then there's no plot left. Nuea and Lom have some adorable moments and a few spicy ones too...

Picks up right after season 1 ends. Arthit moves into the workforce and Kongpob becomes the head hazer of the Engineering faculty. Both of them have obstacles to overcome while navigating what it means to be in a relationship and gay during a time when this isn't well accepted.  

Absolutely adorable high school series about pursuing your dreams (and your man!) Keen is cosmic level cute - how anyone can resist his antics is beyond me and Sea also gives a fairly solid performance. This is a quick and breezy watch with low conflict in a high school setting. (bonus Book cameo!)

Isekai Fluff! Just as his life is finally taking a turn for the better, our ML meets truck-kun and wakes up as a rich young master with a hot fiancee. Problem is the fiancee doesn't love the original body, and can read minds! This is a fun and breezy watch.

Finally a love interest who is just such a constant green flag, who loves wholeheartedly and without reservations. A cute healing drama vibe where the "monster" next door coaxes the shy turtle out from his shell. Extra points for a great group of friends and for being a low-drama all around cute watch.

Ascended fanboy gets his longtime crush to acknowledge him as an actor and love him back. First half is a lot of fun with the pursuit and push/pull. Loved the black cat/cute labrador dynamic. Loses some momentum at the end, with the plot being a bit repetetive and more about external factors and not the relationship between the leads. Extra point for drunk!Boom cuteness (and the black honey scene...)

Dreamy and soft focus, this is a visual delight. All the eye candy is a bit too much for my heart at times. I loved the period era and the very obvious chemistry with both couples. Great and Inn are a delight to watch (and Aou and Boom needed more screentime and a much better edit). My main criticisms are that this is really a bit too clean and neat, veering more into a fantasy ideal world than grounded in any kind of reality.  But sometimes that's OK - we need that kind of escapism in BL.

Great adaptation of the first 2 books, with introductions to all the main characters included to hook you in for season 2. Hill/Ter are very vanilla and a bit bland, as their conflict is not that deep and can be solved with a few conversations. They are the 'We had a misunderstanding in high school and the drama isn't that deep.'  Johan/North are great though - and I loved every second of their screentime and was pretty thrilled with all the scenes they chose to include. 'I got into debt from a drunk mistake and now my creditor wants me to pay with kisses.' This is very much a fluffy drama without many issues, a bit draggy in parts (x2 speed watch them) but overall a fun watch.

Definitely one of the more fun BL comedies around. This one takes all the tropes and cranks them to 11 in a self-aware parody universe. Short episodes perfect to binge - or to show friends and drag them into a BL spiral.

What do you do if you wake up in another world in another body? Do you live the life you've inherited, or do you try to pursue your own dreams? And how do you know if you've met the right person who will unlock the path to the way home? Hard to rate - as the overarching plot is a little bit lost in favour developing the main characters push/pull relationship dynamic (and a lot of PPL). You can tell this was Jimmy & Sea's first project together as they feel quite tentative and unsure in some of the more intimate moments - luckily it also fits the characters.

High school boys who act like high school boys with lots of angst, longing and it's just a sweet story about falling in love. Very typical JDrama - but has great cinematography and an immersive style to it.

What a ride. I mean I love me a red flag, and this had 2 of them as contenders for our cute main lead. The character arc of nice sunbae, to unrequited love, to hmmm manipulative jerk, to wow that's kind of crazy to oh ok he's actually a psychopath was great TV!

A drama where you are like WTF am I watching but you can't look away. Has a touch of Omegaverse elements (that whip you in the face at really uncomfortable moments). Pavel is a 10/10 cry actor. 100% Wattpad fic vibes. I ship all the minor characters together. Justice for Way!

Pure fluff! One of those super cute short series that aren't too serious and deliver on the chemistry side of things. One to binge when you need a pick me up

Shorter alternate version of the main drama. This is a bit more true to the novel. Yin and War have fantastic chemistry, and you can see why an expanded version was greenlit.

Japan adaptation of LITA - with a much shorter run time (around 30 mins per ep) so storylines are compressed and a lot of the relationship development suffers - though it's still impressive that they manage to hit most of the main points. Arashi and Ren have a cute dynamic, but Fuma and Kai are a bit harder to warm up to. A quick watch for fans of the original series.

Cute fluff. You do have to handwave the whole 'highschool boy' aspect as being in his final year and thus 18 - though this is very PG and more of a crush/romance trope.

A quick watch that's pretty enjoyable and fairly light on in terms of 'drama'. This has the 'cute' and quirky + cold/standoffish love set-up. Office based drama with rivals to lovers.

If you have seen the Japanese Series or read the manga this adaptation may be disappointing. It does veer from the original plot at times (and also makes some questionable changes). But if you view it as a standalone high school BL that has a cute and wholesome plot it's a fun watch. A bit draggy in places (and the PPL is on the nose at times), but overall worth it for GemFourth fans.

This has a fascinating world set-up (kind of an alternate universe where you have a fated person who will literally change your world). It's an equally fun and frustrating watch because it has so much potential but is hamstrung with the short webdrama format. Worth the watch though. Season 2 leaves even more loose plot threads though.

Based on a manga. A rewarding watch as it bounces between flashbacks as children and then the present adult timeline. Has some darker themes throughout (and the old childhood trauma trope just as an FYI). I was happy with the romance in this though - us vs the world.

This one had a great start, but is definitely took a bit of a dive in the back half plot / writing wise, which was a bit of a bait and switch. Leads do have good chemistry though - so that's a bonus.

Based on book 3 of the Day/Itt Novels, this would be a confusing watch if you have not read at least up to this point in the series, as mutiple pairings and side plots are mentioned and the flashbacks that explain just how Itt and Day met and fell in love are extremely sanitised (this is one super fucked up plot, but yeahhhh I devoured those books because I can separate fantasy and real life). This pairing is toxic AF, but this adaptation is actually a fairly rewarding watch. 

This one suffers a bit from trying to combine 2 novels, where the secondary leads (aka book 2) have waaaaaay more chemistry and a better plot. There are some very iffy sexual assault themes in this (worse in the book, but in a 2025 adaptation we expect better representation and resolution). Overall I still enjoyed it though, but have caveats for recommending.

100% brain rot. The plot is trash. Red flags galore. BUT I CANNOT DENY THE CHEMISTRY. At times I looked deep into my soul to find the flaw that makes me love this shit so much and it was like staring into the abyss. 

A little bit low budget and with green/new actors, but it's still pretty cute and a fairly fast watch.

Workplace based drama where the set-up kind of requires you to turn off brain logic and go wiwith the flow. Currently on hold at the mid-point as I wasn't super invested and got distracted.

Movie length adaptation of part 1 of the Day/Itt Novel (sort of, it covers like the first 20 or so chapters and focuses a lot more on Gear/Night). Also ends on a cliffhanger with no resolution. Alas will likely never be completed due to the tragic passing of the director. This has different actors to Love Syndrome 3, but a significantly upped budget. Would only recommend if you are familiar with the novels.

This had some good moments, but was also teribly paced and dragged - so much that I watched a lot of this on double speed. I'm also a bit disappointed that it veered away from the novel plot for no good reason, changing many key scenes, which in turn changed motivations and character arcs. A lot of people hyped this drama, but this was just not really for me.

2 eps of pure fluff and no plot at all. A fun interlude with Johan and North in all their domestic 'in love' glory. Points are docked for being a bit boring though - there are many other scenes from the second half of the novel that would have been much more fun, not to mention had actual plot! But Maxxy/Bas are cute so it's not a chore to watch.

A quick watch, but a somewhat watered down and neutred version of the webtoon. Disappointed that they kept it so PG-13, when these are 2 adults and the desire / chemistry is an integral  part of the plot. However if you aren't familiar with the source material this is a pretty cute and light watch about a fanboy getting close to his bias.

Pretty to look at, the budget is budgeting but essentially empty plotwise. Suffers from too many themes and then they don't really get resolved or the screentime needed to develop them. Great chemistry with the cast, and worth a binge if you are generous with your time.

Short webdrama that was a bit rushed feeling plotwise. It has a great funny opening set-up, but does lose it's way to a rather meh ending. I blame the writing / adaptation on this as the actors are great and it does have some good moments.

As a fan of the original novel (My Accidental Love is You) Khaen and Tinn are my favourite couple and this SHOULD have been the sequel series to showcase their story. Instead the first 6 eps are a retelling with changed elements and timelines as Ae wallows in misery because Pete has left (good luck unravelling this plot without reading the book...). I did enjoy parts of this, plus the crumbs of Tul/Hin at the end. But overall a frustrating watch.

Plot? What plot? If you try to think about it too much it will unravel and the nonsense will begin to offend you. PondPhuwin try, but the material is just meh (and so is the ending). I will admit to not loving this, but it was an early BL watch and I may need to revisit it.

Oh hey there, it's the final boss of manipulative toxic bullshit male leads who are literal psychopaths! Hua Yong you are the best! I applaud your cunning and the ridiculous lengths you will go to in order to capture your Alpha (Oh yes, that ABO in the title means Omegaverse...) Plot drags a bit in places (the week to week watch is excruciating) and the Chinese censors are working overtime, but we have to give it up for this ludicrous ride.

Yeaaahhhhhh. This was trash - the plot was non-existant and nonsensical, and the resolution will fill you with rage. Saying that - my girlfriends and I had an absolute ball marathoning this on our holiday and screaming with laughter as we yelled at the screen for all the WTF filming choices and plot holes galore. 10/10 experience. But as a fan of Boum and Prem I am annoyed. They tried, but could not overcome the very real problems in the script. Also Prem's hair drove me insane.

Short series with a double (and then triple) plotline. A bit weak in places, but the tropes are troping and you have to love a he fell harder after we slept together throughline. Back half does have a hard turn to non-con with the  third couple with a set-up for season 2.

Short drama with some great kissing scenes. Let down by some inconsistent writing - the jump from not liking each other to in a relationship was... fast. Not a fan of the cheating on the girlfriend trope either. Great OST though!

ForceBook are cute, and there are some fun parts, but the overall plot (and its resolution) will make you tear out your hair and roll your eyes as you curse out the writing team for their audacity. If you can turn off the part of your brain that craves logic and reasoning and things making sense and just go with vibes it's not a bad series to binge if you stop at episode 8 and just deny that autoplay function. (This is not a terrible series, but I have placed it last on my list out of pure SPITE at the ending)