BL's That Have Me Turning Down the Volume (18+)
Trust me. The chemistry and NC scenes will have you covering your eyes. Intense, attraction-fueled, and honestly mostly unhealthy relationships that genuinely made me feel like a peeping tom. In the order of my personal favorites, though I love most of them all in different ways! Not all of these are super NC-heavy, but most of them are.
Please make sure to read comments and descriptions as some of these shows can be very triggering (I'll make sure to add black flags to titles that have hardcore themes such as non/dub-con or s*x trafficking; I will range it from 1 to 5 flags, so the more flags the more graphic).
Check out my other custom list for more sweet, fluffy, healthy relationships: https://kisskh.at/list/1GNvXbo4. There's just as much chemistry, but (most likely) less NC scenes!
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1. Love in the Big City
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
⚐⚐ - toxic situationships, internalized homophobia, homophobia, conversion therapy kidnapping, being outed, attempted suicide, emotional manipulation, emotional abuse by an intimate partner, sexually transmitted disease, assault (via uninformed sex)
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2. The Journey to Killing You
Japanese Drama - 2025, 6 episodes
⚐⚐⚐⚐ - the show starts with the MC being assaulted, for warning. also lots of death threats, an assisted suicide, and murders.
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3. Pit Babe: Uncut
Thai Drama - 2023, 13 episodes
⚐⚐⚐ - child trafficking, grooming, sexual harassment, kidnapping, parental abuse, stalking, un-consensual recording, emotional manipulation, mind control, death/murder
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4. When It Rains, It Pours
Japanese Drama - 2025, 7 episodes
⚐ - off-screen sexual assault and emotional abuse by an intimate partner
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5. Gelboys
Thai Drama - 2025, 7 episodes
⚐ - not sure if this counts but a character creates an AI video of himself kissing his friend without permission and there is also an instance of someone pissing themselves. I know that might gross some folks out-- it felt very out of nowhere for me too tbh-- so I will include it :)
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6. Yesterday
Thai Drama - 2026, 10 episodes
⚐⚐⚐⚐ - sexual coercion, most likely off-screen assault, non-con kissing, kidnapping, stalking, emotional manipulation, blackmail, murder, threats of violence
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7. KinnPorsche
Thai Drama - 2022, 14 episodes
⚐⚐⚐⚐⚐ - attempted murder, suicide, threats of suicide, self-harm, being drugged, sex/kissing under the influence of being drugged, intimate partner abuse (physical), sex/kissing under the influence of alcohol, torture, emotional manipulation, kidnapping, sexual violence, blood and gore
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8. My Personal Weatherman
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
⚐⚐ - intimate partner abuse (emotional/sexual), stalking, manhandling, non-consensual bondage
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9. 4Minutes (Sultrier Version)
Thai Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
⚐⚐⚐ - child/domestic abuse, intimate partner abuse (emotional), torture, murders, attempted murders, manhandling, stalking, past suicide
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10. Mood Indigo
Japanese Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
⚐ - this is a prequel to the Pornographer Series... I didn't like the rest of the series as much though.
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11. Thundercloud Rainstorm
Korean Drama - 2025, 8 episodes
⚐⚐⚐⚐ - manhandling, coercion, intimate partner abuse (physical/emotional), victim blaming, blackmail
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12. Playboyy
Thai Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
⚐⚐⚐⚐⚐ - sexual harassment and assault, grooming, kidnapping, torture, blackmail, homophobia, drug addiction, unconsensual recording, being outed, suicide, murder, deaths
I would also like to add that (imo) this series leans on pretty trashy, poor, and/or negative stereotypes of gay men, sex workers, and the bdsm community. It also throws out a bunch of dumb "statistics" about sex.
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13. Therapy
Korean Drama - 2025, 4 episodes
Just started watching this, 10 minutes in... Is this Corn????????? Will update w/ rating and tags later but I immediately had to turn down the volume so yeah this goes in the list.
Update: This is artistic softcore corn with a tiny tiny tiny sliver of plot.
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14. The Boy Next World: My Destiny
Japanese Drama - 2026, 10 episodes












