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Watch Payback. I absolutely love it. It is one of the highest rated BLs right now, and episode 8 has the best love scene I have ever seen in any BL.

I was disappointed with Knot because I loved ABO Desire and My Stubborn, so my expectations were really high. Knot episode 3 was so boring, hopefully will improve.

I also really enjoyed Bittersweet Love.

Wow, I didn’t know, thanks for the link! They’re so cute in the photo. One is Thai, and the other one is Korean. Secret Relationships is one of my favourite Korean BLs, and now he’s friends with my current favourite Thai BL, Payback. I’m so happy! Imagine them talking about their shows with each other.

The numbers you’re referring to are only from MDL, and many people don’t update their ratings there. The official iQIYI page for this series shows that it’s currently the second highest rated show on the platform. A lot of people also watch it illegally, so those views don’t count, but it’s still one of the top shows on iQIYI right now.
Back then, iQIYI didn’t even have an LGBT tab. After the success of KinnPorsche, they finally added one. I’m just so glad Payback is dominating the platform right now and outperforming other dramas, including Overdo, a straight Chinese series starring Zhang Ling He.

I’m so disappointed, there hasn’t been any Taiwanese BL this year.
I’ve only watched two so far, Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars and Smile After Tears. Honestly, Smile After Tears was awful.
I really wish we had more Taiwanese BL. It feels like such a drought at the moment.

Watch behind the scene in epsiode 8 on iQIYI

https://www.iq.com/play/payback-uncut-2d9uhv62atw?lang=en_us

For me in 2026, these are the BLs that absolutely stole my heart! 🤩❤️

🇨🇳 Best Chinese BL: Deep In
🇹🇼 Best Taiwanese BL: Wishing upon the Shooting Stars
🇹🇭 Best Thai BL: Payback
🇯🇵 Best Japanese BL: Fake Fact Lips
🇰🇷 Best Korean BL: The Prosecutor's Proposal

These are my personal favorites this year! What's yours?

Updated list after new Taiwan BL.
For me, these are the BLs that absolutely stole my heart! 🤩❤️


2026

🇨🇳 Best Chinese BL: Deep In

🇹🇼 Best Taiwanese BL: Connecting to You

🇹🇭 Best Thai BL: Payback

🇯🇵 Best Japanese BL: Fake Fact Lips

🇰🇷 Best Korean BL: The Prosecutor's Proposal
🇻🇳 Best Vietnamese BL: Awaiting Dawn


2025
🇨🇳 Best Chinese BL: Revenged Love

🇹🇼 Best Taiwanese BL: Secret Lover

🇹🇭 Best Thai BL: Khemjira

🇯🇵 Best Japanese BL: School Trip: Joined a Group I’m Not Close To

🇰🇷 Best Korean BL: Secret Relationships
🇻🇳 Best Vietnamese BL: Hanoi, I Love You

What is your number one BL from each country?

For me in 2026, these are the BLs that absolutely stole my heart! 🤩❤️

🇨🇳 Best Chinese BL: Deep In
🇹🇼 Best Taiwanese BL: Wishing upon the Shooting Stars
🇹🇭 Best Thai BL: Payback
🇯🇵 Best Japanese BL: Fake Fact Lips
🇰🇷 Best Korean BL: The Prosecutor's Proposal

These are my personal favorites this year! What's yours?

For me in 2026, these are the BLs that absolutely stole my heart! 🤩❤️

🇨🇳 Best Chinese BL: Deep In
🇹🇼 Best Taiwanese BL: Wishing upon the Shooting Stars
🇹🇭 Best Thai BL: Payback
🇯🇵 Best Japanese BL: Fake Fact Lips
🇰🇷 Best Korean BL: The Prosecutor's Proposal

These are my personal favorites this year! What's yours?

For me in 2026, these are the BLs that absolutely stole my heart! 🤩❤️

🇨🇳 Best Chinese BL: Deep In
🇹🇼 Best Taiwanese BL: Wishing upon the Shooting Stars
🇹🇭 Best Thai BL: Payback
🇯🇵 Best Japanese BL: Fake Fact Lips
🇰🇷 Best Korean BL: The Prosecutor's Proposal

These are my personal favorites this year! What's yours?

It’s so short I can even watch it on my lunch break. Episode 3 was so cute. I’m glad Okumi Hideaki was so honest and open about his late wife. I guess he’s bisexual. The age gap, the height difference, and now the workplace dynamic with one being the CEO and the other a new employee. Japanese BL always hits differently.

One of the best action K dramas I've watched this year. Agent Kim Reactivated delivers incredible fight scenes, nonstop suspense, heartfelt father and daughter moments, and the funniest trio of middle aged men who completely steal the show. I laughed, cried, and was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I binged all eight episodes in one sitting and couldn't recommend it more.

I loved all those flashbacks. My favourites were seeing how he raised his daughter as a single dad, hearing her first word when she called him “Daddy,” and watching her take her first steps.

Those moments showed why she means the world to him. When she was kidnapped, it made complete sense that he would do whatever it takes to find her.

The flashbacks were so meaningful. Without them, this show would not have had the same emotional impact or been nearly as great.

Let’s make it 9.0

Such a great actor. His fight scenes and stunts in Agent Kin Reactivated are incredible, especially for someone who is turning 50.

I get where you’re coming from, but I think this series approaches romance differently.

If you watch Western movies, the leads can fall in love in a few minutes and have a whole family by the end of a two hour film. Here we have eight episodes, and the main focus is revenge, not romance.

I did see the romance between Sun and Jay, but it was shown in a much more subtle way. Both of them are driven by revenge. Sun wants justice for his brother and mother, while Jay wants revenge for his own mother. They first met on the rooftop, and maybe that was love at first sight. Later, Jay discovers that Sun was actually the teddy bear he spent the night with years ago, so maybe those feelings started back then.

In episode 8, Jay was the one who told Sun to finally let go, to cry, and to stop carrying the weight of his mother and brother’s deaths all by himself. Jay was always there for Sun emotionally, and to me, that is also a form of love.

I understand why you feel the romance wasn’t obvious, and everyone will interpret it differently. For me, that’s what made this series stand out. If it had been a typical BL focused on romance from the beginning, it would have been far less interesting. Love doesn’t always have to be loud or expressed in the same way. It can develop through shared pain, trust, and being there for each other.

I also loved the flashbacks showing how Kim was raised in North Korea. Seeing the brutal training and unimaginable hardships he endured as a Code 66 agent was both fascinating and intense. Those scenes gave a glimpse into the ruthless environment that shaped him into such a skilled operative. They added so much depth to his character and made it easier to understand the sacrifices and trauma he carried throughout his life.

I’m getting bored of GMMTV lately. The fight scenes are weak and the plots are starting to feel too repetitive. I still watch their series, but none of them have that wow factor for me anymore.

These days I’m much more into Chinese BL. Only a few Thai BLs really manage to grab my attention, and this is one of them.

Agreed I watched 90% of the shows you listed, will add others to my watch list, thank you so much for your recommendation

100% agree. It’s even better if you watch it at 0.25x speed instead of normal 1.0 speed on your big TV. You’ll notice so many little details watching it in slow motion that you miss at normal speed. Trust me, you’ll thank me later.