BL Compilations

there are two different endings for this one

Overall: I took into consideration that this was made in 2016 and from China. No official platform. There are two endings and you can probably guess how each will end. Note the movie and my review might have triggering content.

Content Warnings: intimate partner violence, choking, beginning sexual assault (touching), violence, blood, manipulation, slap, non con kiss turned consensual, homophobia

What I Liked
- there were actual apologies that a character meant, he had character growth and I believe they will live happily
- domestic bliss montage
- bed scene

Room For Improvement
- that slap was not needed
- love triangle
- don't understand what was with the fiancee thing

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servant/master dynamic, there is a second part

Overall: this review takes into consideration it aired in 2016 and is from China. It is also called "Uncontrolled Love". Available on iQIYI https://www.iq.com/play/uncontrolled-love-secret-of-the-valet-2016-19rrlkp87k?lang=en_us Note the movie and my review might have triggering content.

Content Warnings: non con touching, homophobia, (towards the end: beaten up/held against will, blood, attempted gang rape (not with the MLs), choking, self harm)

What I Liked
- acting
- coherent story
- music

Room For Improvement
- cliche wannabe girlfriend/wife
- the ML is controlling/abusive towards the other ML; however, I think he does have character growth in the second part

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the darker of the two parts

Overall: I tried to take into account that this was made in China in 2016. Note, this second part and my review has things that might be triggering.

Content Warnings: death, attempted murder, attempted suicide, rape (multiple times), kidnapping/held against will, choking, torture, non con recording, punches, injury, homophobia (internal and external)

What I Liked
- a character did obsessed well
- a character was public about things (though he should have consulted the other guy first before doing that)

Room For Improvement
- was likely meant to be the fictional bodice ripper type premise where "the mouth says no but the body says yes" however, the torture and repeated rape were not fun to watch. I did not want them together romantically.
- this thing went full soap opera including the nonsense of what happened in a swimming pool he could stand up in
- the wife and kid are barely mentioned and brushed aside
- cliffhanger ending without a resolution

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pretty good special episodes

Overall: two short (11 and 14 minute) episodes that later aired on GagaOOLala as a continuation of their story
https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/6233/school-trip-joined-a-group-im-not-close-to-2025-e11
https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/6234/school-trip-joined-a-group-im-not-close-to-2025-e12

What I Liked
- sweet moments
- them talking in episode 2
- Watarai didn't answer the question about a girlfriend in episode 2
- colors in episode 2 (blue and orange)

Room For Improvement
- Watarai came across as a bit pushy/creepy with locking the door and ignoring the ask to wait (ignored in the second episode as well)
- unmatched kissing in the first special

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one of the better short series from Flying Penguin

Overall: first aired on Likey and later on Shortime (app information below). 6 episodes about 5 minutes each.
Content Warnings: past death, grief, blood, homophobia, manipulation

What I Liked
- visuals
- using Flying Penguin for the real estate company
- that a character was chill in the beginning because he'd had the ability since he was young
- tension in the beginning

Room For Improvement
- the very NSFW did not enhance the story, I didn't feel the chemistry
- ending was not satisfying as there was zero explanation, the other character didn't seemed very shocked but just went along with it
- odd transition shot of a child's dress

Shortime Information (should be able to watch this series in a couple days for free, each episode is 60 popcorn so you need 300 for the 5 paid episodes)
- watch some free episodes first for 25 minutes to get the watch reward challenge popcorn (if you watch later you might accidentally use the popcorn you've accumulated) = 50 popcorn
- my invite link is https://playground.shortime.app/en/invite/NKNIWI - the code is NKNIWI (those are all capital letters, that's the capital letter i) and it should get you a bonus
- daily check in 5 popcorn (increases over 7 days)
- visit Amazon every hour to get 5 popcorn
- 3 always wins (most are 5 popcorn) = 15
- watch the 10 ads

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wish it was a full two hour movie

Overall: there are interesting concepts introduced but it was much too short and I was a bit confused (more story past the initial credits). Aired on YouTube https://youtu.be/_b96Y29V-fo and later GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/6066/love-ever-after-2023

Content Warnings: self harm marks, past suicide mentioned

What I Liked
- interesting concept, just wish it was more fleshed out
- production value (styling, cinematography)

Room For Improvement
- choppy/confusing, maybe they could have cut the sister character to give more time to the other parts of the plot

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need to watch to have a finished feeling with the series

Overall: the specials are needed in order for the series to have a complete feeling. Aired on GagaOOLala as episode 11 (29 minutes) https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/5675/love-sea-the-home-for-lovers-2025-e11 and episode 12 https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/5676/love-sea-the-home-for-lovers-2025-e12 (31 minutes)

What I Liked
- intimacy
- sweet moments
- vistas

Room For Improvement
- a ton of GL in the second episode which would have been fine if both couples had equal attention in the series but that was not how it was
- GL kisses without lip movement

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