○o。.Realistic bls ○o。.
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1. Love in the Big City
Korean Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
Love's difficult, there's both ups and downs. Sometimes it's the others falt, sometimes it's yours. Love is even harder for a gay guy as it comes with much stigma and hate. I find this an accurate display of hardships gays face. I was quite satisfied with the ending, even though bitter sweet, that's, to be honest, how most relationships are. Some may never find their other side, and that's ok. I really love how there were multiple love interests. If I'm being honest, it's super rare to find your one true love in one shot, especially in high-school or something. That's why I find this so refreshing. Also the mention of HIV and the stigma behind it was also nice.
Overall this is by far, the most realistic bl I've watched
10/10
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2. I Feel You Linger in the Air: Uncut Version
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Ok, so if you take out all the paranormal and reincarnation stuff, I'd say it's quite an accurate history bl drama. As I am not thai, I don't know exactly how things were in those times, but in general, I'd say it's accurate. Most people saw it as abnormal and you would get punished for it. I loved the fact that there was basically a secret gay bar there, because this for a fact, I know used to happen. People always wanted spaces where they can be themselves, and they always created it, no matter the era. This isn't a 10/10 depiction of how being gay is like, but it's a damn good one.
(Ps. The gay bar comment isn't really a spoiler, it has no real impact to the story, only adds atmosphere)
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3. ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat
Thai Drama - 2024, 13 episodes
Oh my god. This is one of the best shows that GMM25 has made in a WHIIIIILE.
The whole "idol dating" trope has been used quite often, but this was done so well. The whole scandal side and overreactions of fans. At some points it was a tad boring, but that didn't ruin it for me (well duh. I gave it 10 stars). At times it seemed quite realistic, like instead of fiction it was retelling a story or something. But that's understandable when the group "mars" is actually an irl idol group (LYKN). I also enjoyed the lessons that were taught here, you can apply many things that were said here into real life.
The relationship was fluff, which I feel like actually added onto the story. Sometimes spicy scenes happen so often it gets annoying, but this show only had implied scenes. I also like that not everyone was gay here. I find it funny when I watch a show and literally EVERYONE is gay. Like that basically doesn't happen, so I'm glad theres straight rep here too.
Over all, quite realistic and surprisingly informative
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4. I Told Sunset about You
Thai Drama - 2020, 5 episodes
Short but sweet. I think it accurately depicts the fear of people finding out your sexuality. The thoughts of "what if I were a woman? Could you love me then?" I don't wanna spoil it, but I think it really does depict the hardships of finding out your sexuality well
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5. Our Youth
Japanese Drama - 2024, 10 episodes
I ABSOLUTELY loved this. It showed how hard life can be not just from a sexuality aspect, but also just life in general. I think the ending was quite fitting even though some people may not like it. Being scared that people would find out your sexuality, but still wanting people to know is just so relatable, at least to me
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6. SOTUS
Thai Drama - 2016, 15 episodes
I loved this series. It was just the right pacing, you could see how the feelings started developing and at the end it makes you all giddy inside seeing them happy. Since this is an older series, it's a "soft love" type series, but that makes it all that better
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7. Love in the Moonlight
Thai Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
I absolutely loved this. But before I get into why, this is very much "it has to be your cup of tea" type of show.
I think the queer rep here is great. Cute moments, sad moments, learning moments etc. I want to add. Yes Pin at some moments can be naïve and love blind, but that's just how love works. She did have a massive character arc at the end. I also understand the father. Being gay in that era was difficult, he wanted his son to live calmly, whilst also helping him.
I loved the fact that they weren't stereotypical gays (overly fem and all that). Nothing wrong with that, but it's refreshing to see some rando dudes, that act like guys fall inlove. Very heart warming.
Ps. I want to add that I also love that it isn't too steamy, since that usually puts me off. This is pure heartwarming
10/10
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8. Theory of Love
Thai Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
In my opinion, this was quite realistic in the way people grow to understand love. Some people find the untrustfulnes of third to be annoying, but when you get heartbroken I think most people wouldn't instantly trust the person again to not break your heart.
The only reason it's not a 10 is because some scenes feel a bit dragging and monotone
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9. Like in the Movies
Filipino Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
There's not much to talk about this one. It was realistic and that's all. The only reason it's not 10/10 is because some scenes were simply too long for me. Some wouldn't find them too long, but I just found some scenes so long that they basically last half the episode with no actual plot or anything.
I liked the acting though. It was very realistic and felt like I was watching an actual couple
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10. The Time of Fever
Korean Drama - 2024, 6 episodes
I love how conflicting the emotions are here. One person wants to love and be loved, no matter the gender and the other is scared, he wants to be loved too, but he thinks this is a phase and will pass. I like the fact that the ending is open, so you can interpret what will happen next.
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11. Secrets Happened on the Litchi Island
Chinese Drama - 2025, 7 episodes
I found it very sweet and endearing. It captured the whole stigma and hardships that being gay comes with, very accurate slice of life. The only reason it's just 9 is because at some points it's a bit boring
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12. What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Japanese Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
This series shows the struggles of being gay so well. Lot's of people judge you and don't understand how someone can be gay. People stereotype them. Yet people still try to understand.
This was a very slice of life type of series, so if you're not into that, it might not be for you. There are no spice nor kiss scenes. But it did almost make me cry. (This series is also great for recipes :p)
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13. Gelboys
Thai Drama - 2025, 7 episodes
I'll get straight to the point, the ending was waaaaay too rushed. But it was realistic, it was just teens trying to understand their emotions and how to handle them, basically just then grasping the fact that if you do something wrong it'll hurt the other person
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14. School Trip: Joined a Group I’m Not Close To
Japanese Drama - 2025, 10 episodes
Ok, truth be told. I added this with MANY exceptions. The whole essence of this bl is realistic. Two boys in highschool fell inlove and decided to pursue it. The storyline is simple, there wasn't any heavy drama, only small bites of misunderstandings, but they were resolved in the same episode.
The reason this has many exceptions is because it's VERY cliché. All the "accidentally falling down", "dressing up as a girl", "cat boy", etc stuff. It was non stop. Of course this is fiction, but because of this, the bl was made less realistic and more fan service-y
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15. MuTeLuv: "Hi” by My Luck
Thai Drama - 2025, 4 episodes
Ok, first off, I want to say that, yes, it is slightly overplayed. It isn't 10000% realistic, but it's one of the more slightly realistic and possible stories.
As a very socially awkward person myself, I've done some things similar to Mawin. So when people say that what he did does not make sense, I can assure you it does. At least to me. I find the relationship to move quite realistically. Fast? Yes. But some relationships are just like that.
All I can say, is even though this series was more on the realistic side. I didn't really grow too attached to the characters, nor did I feel really fulfilled by this series. All in all not the worst, but also not the best in my opinion.














