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For me, best BL for 2026 below.
🇰🇷 South Korea: The Prosecutor’s Proposal
🇨🇳 China: Deep In
🇯🇵 Japan: Fake Fact Lips
🇹🇭 Thailand: Payback
🇹🇼 Taiwan: Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars

I notice you don't watch many Thai BsL, please give Payback a go, one of my best BL for 2026

Okay, I’ll do it just for you. I’ll let you know once I’ve finished it.

No worries, I also gave you a flower award 🌸 for your comment. I really like how you don’t always agree with me, but you’re still so nice and respectful about it. It’s honestly refreshing, especially compared to some other users here on MDL who can be so rude and disrespectful.

I’m so over all the negativity. For me, positivity is the way to go! 😊

Yes, I agree. In terms of changing the industry and raising the bar for K dramas, if we compare 2026 The Prosecutor’s Proposal to 2024 Love in the Big City, I think Love in the Big City definitely takes it. It was raw, realistic and unique, and you could really feel the pain Ko Yeong went through.

Especially the storyline about him catching HIV. It felt so realistic, yet it’s something many BLs rarely mention or explore. I have to give it to Nam Yoon Su as well. He did an amazing job bringing Ko Yeong and the whole story to life.

I’ve seen tonnes of heterosexual Asian dramas with explicit sex scenes, yet no one calls them porn. I can name a few if you like. 😂 Some of the actors are actually quite famous, and some of these dramas are on Netflix as well.

I can only name 3 for now because I have to head to work, but there are literally hundreds of Asian dramas with explicit sex scenes and full nudity, and no one calls them porn.

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Another naughty episode dropped! I'm obsessed, but 168 hours of waiting for a 13-minute episode should be illegal. 😂

And who carries ointment around like it’s a normal everyday essential?! And honestly, I’ve always liked doing it in the office. There’s just something about the thrill of it, and this series definitely nailed that vibe 😂

And then the “You dirty old men!” line took me OUT 😹 I was laughing so hard!

In fact, quite a lot! I counted 18 shows we have in common, including both mainstream Chinese dramas and BLs. We have the same score for many of them, and while there are a few where we slightly disagree, there are actually a lot more shows where we’re completely on the same page and both loved them.

Pursuit of Jade
Legend of the Female General
The East Palace
Reset (Time Loop)
Coroner's Diary
Payback
Revenged Love
Double Helix
Fake Fact Lips
Secret Lover
Unknown
The Eighth Sense
The Next Prince
Ball Boy Tactics
See Your Love
Double Exposure
My Stubborn
Ticket to Heaven

That’s the beauty of personal taste, I guess! 😂 I’ve watched a lot of great Korean BLs, and I’ve genuinely enjoyed many of them, but this one just connected with me the most.

This is simply the one that has stood out to me the most in 2026 so far. I said The Prosecutor's Proposal is for 2026.

But you’re right. Before you edited your comment, I saw you mentioned Love in the Big City, and that was the best Korean BL series I watched back in 2024. I gave it a 10/10. I still remember the director releasing all 8 episodes on the same day. I binged them all because the director was afraid the series might get banned, so instead of releasing it weekly, they decided to drop everything at once. It felt so realistic and definitely captured the LGBT 🏳️‍🌈 experience much more than the usual fluffy BLs. It definitely set the bar for Korean Drama in 2024, It was so unique and genuinely great. I didn’t write a review for that one because I only started writing reviews in 2025.

Thank you! I really appreciate your kind words, and I completely understand where you’re coming from. We don’t always have to agree on a drama to appreciate each other’s perspectives, and I respect your critical eye as well. Some dramas just don’t click with me either despite having high reviews, like Gelboys, while other people absolutely love them. I guess that’s the beauty of MDL. We all have different tastes and can share our thoughts, agree to disagree, and discuss what worked or didn’t work for us. There’s no right or wrong when it comes to personal opinions. I’m also curious to see these two actors grow and take on more challenging roles as they get older and gain more experience. ❤️

FYI I also love reading your reviews, and we actually have a lot of shows in common that we both enjoy as well!

Fair enough. Some dramas just don’t click with me as well at all despite having high reviews, like Gelboys, while others absolutely love it. I guess we’re all different, and that’s the beauty of MDL. We can all share and discuss our thoughts because there’s no right or wrong answer when it comes to personal opinions.

MDL is not 100% accurate, best to check on airring platform instead

Me too, one episode a week is so painful

“He’s mine.”

“I like you.”

“It’s a bug, a big and hairy one.”

The confession was so straightforward, no beating around the bush. 😂

I loved this show so much. It’s honestly perfect. Waiting one whole week for each episode is so hard!

Thank God I have 8 Japanese 🇯🇵 BLs airing right now, all spread throughout the week. This is the first time I’ve had more Japanese BLs airing than Thai 🇹🇭 BLs. 😂

Yes, I watched it! That was such a hot scene.

The hate kiss scene followed by his lips 👄 bleeding in Episode 2 was the highlight for me.

The scene in Episode 4 was hot as well, but it was way too short.

We are so spoiled this year with amazing plots and excellent NC scenes. These are definitely my favourites of 2026 so far:

🇰🇷 South Korea: The Prosecutor’s Proposal
🇨🇳 China: Deep In
🇯🇵 Japan: Fake Fact Lips
🇹🇭 Thailand: Payback
🇹🇼 Taiwan: Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars

Firstly, it was Sun who initiated the sex. Jay said that as long as he didn’t bottom, he was okay with it, so they both agreed.

Sun was crying because five years ago, his brother died and then his mother passed away.

Bank was the one who caused both deaths. He stole the money, which meant Sun’s mother didn’t receive treatment in time. Not only did Sun lose the two people closest to him, but his boyfriend also betrayed him, stole his money and ghosted him. That’s why he broke down and cried during that scene.

Jay isn’t supposed to be a green flag character, but I think you’ll like him more as the episodes go on. Jay was also going through a difficult time that night, and there is a reason why his arm was broken. I don’t want to spoil it for you though. You’ll have to watch more episodes to understand what happened.

I think you’re looking at this drama as if Jay is supposed to behave like a healthy, emotionally mature, green flag partner, when that was never the kind of character or story this was trying to portray.

Yes, Jay manipulates Sun. Yes, he is possessive, obsessive and morally questionable. That is literally the point of his character and one of the main reasons many of us found the story interesting. You’re describing the exact things you hated as if the drama accidentally forgot to make Jay a good boyfriend. It didn’t. We understood what he was doing and still enjoyed watching it.

And the idea that Jay only wanted Sun for sex is also an oversimplification. Their relationship is complicated and unhealthy, but reducing every interaction between them to “Jay just wants sex” ignores everything else happening between the characters.

As for the topping and bottoming issue, I agree that being a top or bottom has nothing to do with someone’s personality, dominance or worth in real life. But this is a fictional story with characters who have their own psychology, trauma and preferences. You don’t have to agree with Jay’s behaviour to understand why the writers included it.

And honestly, if Jay suddenly stopped manipulating Sun, became emotionally mature, respected every boundary, communicated perfectly and focused on making Sun happy and free, then we would basically have a completely different drama. It would lose the intensity, toxicity and psychological tension that made this series so addictive for many viewers.

You hated the exact elements that I loved. That’s completely fine. One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. You hated the drama enough to avoid the manhwa, while I was completely addicted and looked forward to every episode. Neither of us needs to pretend the other person’s taste is objectively wrong just because we experienced the story differently.

Even before the NC scenes, this series already had a high rating. It stayed at 8.6 for a very long time and eventually climbed to 8.9, so clearly people were enjoying much more than just the NC scenes.

Glad you liked the NC scene, since at least that helped compensate for the plot you didn’t like

At the end of the day, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. You didn’t like the plot, but for me, it was exactly what I wanted. I thought it was amazing, I was never bored, and I was completely addicted. I looked forward to every episode every week. Different tastes, I guess 😂

Thank you for your kind words. If you get a chance, definitely watch Payback, a Thai 🇹🇭 BL that is another 10/10 for me. I also wrote a detail review on that one too.

Both this series and Payback ended last week, and I’m already missing them 😭

I agree, especially when it comes to Western dramas like Game of Thrones, which have way more explicit sex and rape scenes. We don’t automatically call those shows porn just because they contain explicit content, do we?

It's rated R18+ on iQIYI for a reason. It's the uncut version. If those scenes aren't your thing, you can always watch the cut version instead.

It's like ignoring the "spicy" label on a dish and then complaining later that it's too spicy. The same logic applies here.