Both of these Thai BLs are more on the crass side of discussions about intimacy as the two male leads start looking at relationships and sexuality.
Both of these 2016 Thai BL titles involve middle/high school students coming into their sexuality. Directed by the same team, some scenes feel like replicas of each other: for instance Than and Palm (Right Man) and Book and Frame (Make It Right)’s first time being intimate together.
Both of these BL productions feature a ML with similar childhood trauma (trigger warning!!), that results in an aversion to certain/all touches. Both MLs also have repeated instances of people trying to assault them, but are comforted by their love interest who respects their boundaries and apologizes if he crosses them without thinking.
In both of these Japanese dramas, both leads just really want to live their lives quietly by themselves, but get swept up in the drama of a bunch of boys who suddenly converge in his/her daily life. But they find themselves enjoying it regardless.
Both of these Japanese productions feature dramatic BL moments that occur spontaneously, and wrap up in an equally dramatic and spontaneous matter, while the ML more or less just watches it happen.
Both of these Japanese minidramas center around a lead character longing for love, imagining various romantic interests tied to that episode's cooked dish.
Both of these working age BLs feature an office worker male lead who has come to accept a monotonous and lonely routine in his life. That routine gets shaken up by the other male lead's increasing presence in his life.
Both of these Japanese LGBTQ+ dramas center around an office worker lead who likes to cook, but feels a notable emptiness in life that starts to be filled when they find someone to eat with them. It also features a lead with an insecurity about their eating habits.
Both of these Lesbian webdramas have a fantastic atmosphere and acting prowess as couples form and question their futures together.
Both of these dramas feature a relatively unknown main character who runs a restaurant (Midnight Diner) or bar (Lesbian Bar), where each episode focuses on different regular and new customers. They also both have a sweet mellow tone that keeps your attention, even with a lack of suspense/angst.
Both of these Korean lesbian webdramas center on a female lead who owns and runs a lesbian bar. She is averse to change, but decides to hire a part-timer to help her workload.
Both of these dramas feature a sommelier/wine critic male lead, with a female lead who must test her own abilities against his. The two leads have a mutual connection through a a third party, and both dramas feature an undercurrent of mystery.
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