BL Ratings

First of all, I had to watch it on YouTube because it was basically hiding from every other platform. The video quality was so bad it felt like I was watching from 10 feet away with uncorrected eyesight. At some point the audio just straight-up gave up halfway through multiple episodes, so I was left relying entirely on subtitles while trying to guess the tone, mood, and emotional intensity like it was a pop quiz. To be fair, this part isn’t the original creators’ fault, whoever uploaded it secondhand didn't even try, the prob screen recorded with an iPod. Now onto the series itself. Even without the technical chaos, there were a lot of noticeable shortcomings. The acting was… very inconsistent. At times it would improve by maybe 20%, just enough to give me hope, and then immediately drop back into rookie-level delivery. The pacing was rushed to the point where emotions barely had time to exist before the next plot point was thrown at us. Nothing was allowed to breathe, words, reactions, or feelings. The story itself felt way faster than it needed to be, even for a short series. Everything just kind of happened with no real buildup. I also felt zero chemistry between the main characters. Overall, it came across as very low quality. That said, I don’t think this story is beyond saving. With better resources, stronger direction, and proper acting lessons, this could’ve genuinely been a banger. As for the ending… The classic ghost trope strikes again. A “doppelgänger” just somehow passing by as if that’s the same person, when it very clearly isn’t. Different body, different person. We connect through the soul, not the appearance. Let’s be serious.
In short: lots of potential, very messy execution, and definitely in need of improvement. 6/10

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I can see they tried to be like an indie film, and I liked the cinematography aspect of it and loved the music. But the acting was not it for me, they felt so emotionless while acting and the voice over was trippy. Like it wasn't bad but sometimes the voice over would shift from place A to place B and it was just odd. I also didn't get the meaning (if it had any) towards the yellow balloon that kept popping up. As for the name, not sure if this was the meaning towards it but Tuberose (a flower) symbolizes sensuality, passion, and dangerous love due to its intoxicating fragrance, I think if thats why its called Tuberose, then it fits well, because of the story. Not a horrible film it just lacked some stuff that were crucial. I will give an A+ for music and cinematography. Definitely a D for story, emotion, acting and just not being able to submerge myself in the film.
Rating 6.5/10

Not too sure either but it could be because the flower Tuberose symbolizes sensuality, passion, and dangerous love due to its intoxicating fragrance. Which I think fits this story.

It's comforting knowing I'm not the only one feeling like this, I just finished writing my own review and I read urs and u wrote literally exactly what I wrote. So I agree 100% with everything, this is plainly just a mediocre vampire story.

I agree with you, I just started watching and I was hoping for tension and slow burn mostly since they're childhood friends, I thought I had won the lottery with this one but I'm kind of disappointed. Ever since episode 1, we didn't have even a second of slow burn they really just jumped into it. I'm already in episode 5 and bro they've done everything.

I’ve seen a good handful of Pink films by now, and I think it’s safe to say they’re not really my cup of tea. I’m a romance fan at heart, I like watching characters connect, fall in love, and build chemistry, not just jump straight into endless NSFW scenes. So, with Ai no Tame ni Ikite: I Want You, I found myself once again kind of… shrugging.

Story-wise, there isn’t much to hold onto. The film is clearly more interested in being erotic than in developing characters or relationships. And hey, if that’s what you’re into, it definitely delivers. But if you’re like me and you need the emotional build-up, the slow burn, the payoff of love and intimacy, this one probably won’t do it for you.

From a more neutral perspective, I’d say it succeeds as a soft-core erotic film—it knows its audience and caters to them. But personally, it left me wishing for something more heartfelt. For me, it lands at a 6/10.

Super sad film, but I'm glad it had a good ending for both. Poor Light he deserved so much better, I would love to have a longer movie or maybe a full series but sadly I don't see that happening, I just hope Light is able to be happy as he deserves. 7.5/10

I loved it! It's short and sweet and wholesome! No conflict, no unnecessary drama, no nothing. Just pure love and 3 wholesome friends growing up together, 2 of which have secret feelings for each other that they must figure out on their own. I loved the slow burn, and I loved the way everything was approached. I just felt so comfortable in every episode and anytime either of the 2 ml would get close or make a move my heart would start beating. Mind you I watched this as a quick watch before bed so I would go from feeling sleeping to my heart beating so fast and waking me up of how cute those 2 were. Seriously this series is so comfy and light. I loved how I could feel the warmth of summer through the screen, with a hint of soft breeze and nature scents through the atmosphere. They portrayed summer really well, and the cinematography was amazing. I would love to have a side story where No Jeon Su is the main actors, I would also like to see where his love story goes :) Maybe we can get that in the future, who knows? Anyway, there isn't a specific order to watch this but I feel like watching "Nameless Season" Ep 1-2, then "The Most Handsome Couple in Our School", then "Close To You" Ep 1-2, go back to "Nameless Season" Ep 3 and finish the whole series. That was the story makes a bit more sense, in the sense of timeline. Ofc after you're done go back to "Close To You" and finish the other stories, they're pretty good as well! Again it's not necessary but me being a super organized person, if I had this order it would make things a little bit easier to understand. But yeah, overall 8.5/10 I loved it!

It's not bad but there isn't much to it. I liked that it was short and loved the cinematography to it, really liked the rainy comfy day vibe, and when they were outside I liked seeing the city. But story wise it wasn't much, just 2 men that are friends with benefit and hookup once a year I believe and one is falling for the other, or both are, but one is in denial. It was a very simple story, the ending caught me off guard a bit lol they knew what they were doing. Overall 7/10.

There's something so captivating about religious queer films or series, I think the fact that it's such a forbidden thing makes it so beautiful yet sad. I myself am an atheist, never really was religious though religion was talked about here and there by my family, it wasn't really pushed upon me in any way. Lately religion has been a huge topic in my life, I've had discussion and an arguments over it with believers and non-believers. But regardless, my view on this short film is gonna be different than someone who is a strict religious person or something who is religious but open minded. For me, I think this depicts what happens to a lot of queer people who are raised or who are religious. It's such a shame to have to see loving someone regardless of gender as a sin or a shameful thing. Because it isn't. And I think thats what makes this so captivating, the fact that it's such a forbidden love type of thing, such a forbidden thing in general, regardless of how harmful it actually is. Deep down, you thinking that love is only something that should be between men and women is nothing more than an opinion and personal view regardless of what you want to believe or not. And opinions, are taught not born. I think this films depicts the message very well, and the whole tone of it is perfect. Someone mentioned how Yoo Han started off wearing lighter tones and white shirts and towards the end he ended up wearing black shirts and darker shades. Idk if that was intentional but if it was it was done well, that's probably how he felt too, he felt like a sinner, like he had done the unthinkable. But yeah, I really like religious BL or queer content. I like seeing the fact that such a thing as love, is considered a sin in such a "accepting" religion. With that I rate this short film 8/10.

I liked it! I liked the whole vibe to it, when I was watching it I didn't know which year it was from so I was getting a lot of 2016 K-Drama vibes, I was 3 years off but I really liked those vibes. It felt warm and soft. I really enjoyed that, the music was really good too! As for the story itself, it't decent, nothing too extraordinary and I'm surprised there wasn't any conflict between the 2 ml, and by conflict I mean them arguing. They just had time spent apart and thats it. So that was nice. I do feel like this could've been done slightly better mostly since 45 min is a lot but a little at the same time. But it wasn't a bad watch, and I genuinely liked the whole vibe to it, it's very comforting to me. So 7.5/10 is my rating for this one.

Honestly I probably would've enjoyed this series if the subtitles were better, I felt very lost once again. I've watched all the BL series this channel has made and the subtitles making no sense is a huge problem they have, if it fits into their budget they should hire someone to write better English subtitles for them because it really ruins the experience. As for the story I can't say much since again I was a bit lost, but it did seem simple and nothing too exciting, the kisses were ok they kind of felt a bit disconnected for me like their heart wasn't in it. And for the chemistry, once again subtitles playing a huge part on my opinion but without really understanding much the chemistry was all there either. I'm now waiting for their newest BL short series "Never Ending Story" but I doubt this one will be any better since I'm basing this off the other 3 series I've watched, I hope in the future they get better and better subtitles. The potential is there. My rating is 6.5/10.

I didn’t know who he was but he was so young, rest in peace 🕊️🤍

Yeah you’re right it’s not nowadays and it’s common, and yes JBLs are usually shorter than let’s say Thai BLs but since I watch them all I usually categorize them as short or long depending on how long it’ll probably take me to finish based on episodes and length. So yeah to find extremely short series that have like 2-6 episodes and are like 5 min each or so that are actually worth watching is hard, I’ve been watching short series nonstop lately and majority I’ve rated a 7 (my lowest rating) or 6.5 if it’s so bad I can’t even rate it a 7.

Yeah that’s all the short dramas I would recommend even if they’re 30 min long I consider them a little short, because nowadays dramas are like 12 episodes and an hour long so I don’t mind binge watching a 8 episode 30 min long drama. But yeah it’s hard to find short dramas like this that are worth watching.

Yes I was gonna revcomend Trapped In Osaka, I also recommend Hitochigai Kara Hajimaru Koi Mo Ari if you’re looking for a lot of episodes but short, and Depth Of Field and The Proper Way To Write Love if you’re looking for about 6-8 episodes and around 30 min each. And if you haven’t already def try watching Secrets Happened On The Litchi Island it’s super cute and aesthetic and it’s only 16 min long with 7 episodes. And lastly FC Soldout, it’s not bad I liked it and it has 8 episodes each about 25 min. I know some of these aren’t super short like “With Me” but it’s honestly so hard to find a super short series that’s actually properly done. But these are the closest. The first couple recommendations are actually short, the rest are near the 8 episode 30 min mark! Hope you find something you like!

Another low rating from this channel, honestly I don't have much to say and the fact that we only have 3 episodes each 6 minutes long doesn't give room enough to even form a piece of a plot. I was just confused the entire time, the subtitles didn't help. So yeah, I was very lost. Can't say much. 6.5/10

Didn't think I would rate this, this low since usually the lowest I rate is 7 but this takes the cake. I'm sorry but this felt like such an unnecessary short series, this is what longer series usually put around the end to make a conflict really quick and make fillers for the episodes, its just so bland and typical. And on top of that I didn't feel the chemistry at all, and it didn't help how bad Kim Yo Ho's acting was, I am not the type to shame acting but this isn't his first series and I did watch Only For Fans and plan to watch All For You but even those have low ratings, and I think the acting plays a huge part, even though I didn't get much info on how he acted from Only For Fans because he was like a bit of a nonchalant character in a way, this one really shows how he is in the acting perspective and its horrible, I can't tell when he's mad or serious or sad he just seems to be smiling half the time like he can't stay serious for a single take. And it really ruins the whole mood. And yeah there isn't much of a story here, I always say this because people usually try to attack me with "its a low budget short series blah blah blah" and I repeat, I've watched so many short series that they sent me an official diploma, and I can tell what's a good low budget and short series or a bad one. Just cause you have little time and no budget doesn't mean you can't create something beautiful, no excuse just pure uncreative nonsense. But yeah, this is my opinion on this, almost dropped it but I've been binge watching this channels short series so I felt like I would miss out, I didn't. Not worth it. 6/10

Yeah it wasn't the best, and honestly I didn't like the fact that the actors were switched mid series. But I understand it can't be helped. Honestly the story was a bit weak, I wish it was more like, they met at a agency and slowly started falling for each other and then had a secret relationship type instead of them already having history, maybe its cause I like seeing everything bloom infant of me instead of knowing things already happened and then having to revisit the past with flashbacks. Also maybe I'm wrong but I haven't seen comments about this, I've noticed in 2 series before but I forgot which one was the other one, but the music sounds so AI. Like you can kind of tell by the voice, idk man maybe I'm gone in this whole AI situation, but it sounds AI to me, just thought that was interesting. Anyway it's a 7/10 for me, I think the chemistry of the first actor with Lee Su Ho was good, definitely better than the second one. I'm not rating lower because thats super rare for me and I think there was a lot of good than bad, but it's still not the best. Also I think the subtitles ruined the experience a bit, they felt too uncoordinated and didn't make senes at times.