Ranking of all J-BLs I've ever watched
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1. School Trip: Joined a Group I’m Not Close To
Japanese Drama - 2025, 10 episodes
+ incredibly cuteee
+ great pacing
+ good communication
+ love how clingy and caring Watarai is -
2. Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
+ great chemistry
+ cuteeee
+ perfect fluffiness -
3. Old Fashion Cupcake
Japanese Drama - 2022, 5 episodes
+great portrayal of how the fear of trying something new can hinder you
+ cuteeeee -
4. Fake Fact Lips
Japanese Drama - 2026, 9 episodes
+ some great open & sincere communication about their feelings
+ great dialogues
+ mature characters
+ chemistry
- Futami (love rival that suddenly shows up towards the end) -
5. Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo
Japanese Drama - 2023, 5 episodes
+ great characters
+ gorgeous town Enoshima
+ 0 drama stress-free
~ chemistry
- I wish it was longer -
6. The Journey to Killing You
Japanese Drama - 2025, 6 episodes
+ fun relationship dynamic (goofy x serious)
+ good story and characters especially for such a short series
+ great intense and dramatic moments
- would've liked if the series was longer so that the relationship could develop more gradually and so that the viewer could have more of an emotional bond to the characters -
7. Dangerous Drugs of Sex
Japanese Movie - 2020
! extremely sick, dark and twisted; Dead Dove: Do Not Eat!
+ surprisingly well thought out story
- wayyy too freaky for my taste -
8. Eternal Yesterday
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
+ emotional story
- didn't like one of the main characters -
9. Our Youth
Japanese Drama - 2024, 10 episodes
+ dark tone and subject matter
+ delinquent x nerd romance
~ chemistry
- didn't make me emotional
- Minase's character
- veryy slow paced and at times kinda boring -
10. Double Mints
Japanese Movie - 2017
+ complex relationship of the main couple
- would be better if more focused on this relationship and not the yakuza conflict -
11. My Personal Weatherman
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
dropped; not my cup of tea
- a lot awkward moments between MLs
- very horny
- Mizuki is an asshole
- toxic, but not in a fun way
- character-driven plot with bad and unlikeable characters









