BL Compilations

crack comedy to very dark at times

Overall: I was a bit nervous with the premise, but they did handle that aspect fairly well. The tone however was jarring at times. Aired on YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLszepnkojZI5aWDfcMptZ4BC9dSSljMGa&si=lqhtFN5MkArH3W5w
(available for some countries in Africa, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan and SE Asia) and Viki viki.com/tv/41430c-love-you-teacher

Content Warnings: past death, past mental health struggles, current mental health struggles, manipulation

Watch Suggestions (if you want to focus on their relationship as adults and cut out the darker parts)
- watch episode 1 to get an overall sense of the story
- episode 2 watch beg-10:10, 25:40-28:20 and 36-end
- episode 3 watch 3 15:10-18:40, 30:10-35:20 and 50:35-end
- episode 4 watch 11:30-17:30, 23:30-25:40, 35:30-41:40 kiss
- episode 5 watch 9:15-10:45, 27:25-30:15, 41:40-end,
- episode 6 watch 32:40-35:20, 42:40-end
- episode 7 watch 42:20-end
- episode 8 watch 2:10-3:40,15:30-18
- episode 9 watch beg-2:40 and 36-end
- watch episode 10

What I Liked
- chemistry
- an established couple
- supportive friend and boss
- theme of how challenging it is when your romantic partner has a health crisis
- good Solar put parameters until he was fully recovered (though wasn't quite sure why he removed them early)
- laughed a couple times*

Room For Improvement
- the comedy and darker parts did not always mesh
- a character lied for way too long
- a mom was positioned as an antagonist when she had completely legitimate concerns
- wish they hadn't gone with the feel good discovery in episode 9 and left it the way it seemed originally
- there was a ton of nonsense, and it did pull me out of the story a few times
- *most humor didn't work for me

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spicy series with odd/annoying characters

Overall: I was going to say their dynamic wasn't my cup of tea; however since it seemed to work for them then all was well, but episode 4 brought my rating down. 5 episodes about 24 minutes each. Airing on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/9357/twisted-tie-2026-e01; iQYI https://www.iq.com/album/twisted-tie-2026-1wnpher5pkp ; Wavve and TVING

Content Warnings: non con touching, coercion

What I Liked
- good kissing/intimacy
- focused on 2 characters*

Room For Improvement
- why was the boss such a jerk?
- flash forward start in episode 1
- fast personality shifts
- *love rival appeared
- normally I'd like what happened at the end of episode 4 but I was too angry at a character/the situation

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good chemistry with noble idiot trope (watch suggestions)

Overall: the third episode was my favorite of the 3 so hopefully it continues on that trajectory. 13 episodes about 20 minutes each. Airing on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/9047/till-i-see-you-2026-e01 and Secret of Us YouTube channel (1st episode is free to watch) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGwjxkA7VLec&si=8GW80kpPewZA1Udf

Content Warnings: mental health struggles, slap, non con touching, self harm, blood, attempted suicide

Watch Suggestions (to focus on their relationship and take out most content warnings
- skip episode 1
- watch episode 2
- episode 3 watch beginning-14:30
- watch episodes 4 & 5
- episode 6 watch beginning-1:25, 6:10-11
- episode 7 watch 13:15-18
- episode 8 watch 15-end
- episode 9 watch beginning-6:15
- skip episode 10

What I Liked
- that neither was a pushover
- visuals
- chemistry
- sweet moments

Room For Improvement
- the flash forward start and hopefully something was subtitled wrong or I misunderstood regarding time
- noble idiot trope
- the mom and the sister
- I don't really understand or care about the family/past drama but I don't think they are biologically related so that's good

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lack of communication with some sweet moments (watch suggestions)

Overall: cliched grown adults who refused to talk to one another. You do not need to have watched seasons 1 or 2, they operate separately from each other. Aired on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/7600/love-class-2026 (not in the Americas, Europe, Oceania, Middle East, Japan, and Korea) and Viki https://www.viki.com/tv/41421c-love-class-3

Content Warnings: past & current stalking, homophobia, non con kissing, non con touching, coercion

Watch Suggestions
- watch episodes 1-3
- skip episode 4
- episode 5 watch 10:45-12
- skip episode 6
- start episode 7 at 1 minute
- episode 8 watch beginning-7:30
- episode 9 watch 9:10-12:10
- can skip episode 10
- episode 11 watch 2:15-4:05, 5-7:25 and 9:55-end
- watch episode 12
- episode 13 watch beginning-2:30, 8:45-11:50
- episode 14 watch beginning-4, 7:30-10 and 12:10-15:45
- episode 15 watch 50sec-2:20 and 7:45-11:15
- episode 16 watch beginning-1:30 and 8:20-end

What I Liked
- visuals/styling
- good intimacy
- cute moments
- enjoyed the second couple (guy from Thailand) though there were some annoying hot and cold moments
- that the fan in episode 15 did not demand a picture or signature, she expressed her appreciation and then left them alone

Room For Improvement
- comedy sound effects
- a bit confused with what were flashbacks vs present in the first few episodes
- cliche jumped to conclusions and refused to communicate (multiple times with both couples)
- noble idiot trope, ghosting and 1 year time jump

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sharing the pain and joy

Overall: a slice of life that touched on several real world issues. For some reason it didn't hook me the same way other slice of life series have. Based on a manga which I haven't read and am reviewing the series based on its own merits. Airing on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/6550/life-in-smokey-blue-2026-e01 (not in Taiwan, Japan or Korea) as well as FOD and TVer (Japan)

Content Warning: drugging, mental health struggles, death, grief

What I Liked
- characters who weren't in high school or college
- that 1 character went for it in the present
- the caring moments that were shown
- production value

Room For Improvement
- I couldn't get behind the romance due to multiple dead fish lip presses and one character seemingly disinterested/less interested until the end of episode 9

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abuse

Overall: abusive characters were abusive. 18 episodes about 5 minutes each. Aired on 欧芝居 YouTube channel https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNYcOUpIAiIkfPSoVrxOT8YDD3V2rjs-m&si=MymiwAhc6uAAmY_X

Content Warning: multiple slaps, held against will, sexual assault, past child abuse, coercion, repeated rape, drugging, suicide shown, past deaths/murder, blood

What I Liked
- episodes 10, 11 and 12 up to 3 minutes
- I did chuckle when the bodyguard interrupted 2 guys kissing and the 1 guy punched the bodyguard

Room For Improvement
- the side couple was terrible, repeated abuse then a ray of niceness and even after the guy is awful the other guy suddenly loves him, super sad that he killed himself
- a main character is 17 years old and the other character destroyed something he loved on purpose, slapped the 17 year old and treated him like crap for a lot of the series
- are they biological brothers? step brothers? (hoping it's step brothers, update, I was never clear what they were)
- character shows up in episode 17 to do an exposition dump

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opposite personalities grow together

Overall: I groaned at a few points, but overall a well done high school series. Aired on Viki viki.com/tv/41662c-after-moving-seats-the-boy-behind-me-has-a-crush-on-me and GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/8468/after-moving-seats-the-boy-behind-me-has-a-crush-on-me-2026-e01 (not Japan, Taiwan Korea)

Content Warnings: past/present bullying

What I Liked
- forthright character
- caring moments
- sought communication instead of the "saw something and ghosted" trope
- stood up to bullies
- good kissing (not the firework scene though)

Room For Improvement
- flash forward montage
- Asamiya annoyed me a bit with wanting Mayama to wear more clothes, painful stretching, mascot backpedal and even the final episode "once I start I don't think I can stop"
- I groaned at a line in the finale about how the female teacher got married and that's why she's nicer

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a soap opera (side BL couple)

Overall: I saw this on a BL list and decided to watch it although it doesn't have English subtitles. I watched the first 2 episodes and the last episode. Unfortunately the sweet established m/m couple breaks up in the final episode (at least they both seem to move on/be happy) but that made me not want to go back and watch all of the episodes especially because I didn't understand most of what they were saying. Watched (not subtitled) on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh45VQur4AvofKLgui5nvD9m96BiIlu8V

Content Warnings: murder/death, held against will, attempted kidnapping, intimate partner abuse, violence, blood (likely more)

M/M couple scenes (from episodes that I watched)
- episode 1 part 5 4:15-end
- episode 2 beginning-2 min
- (they broke up at the beginning of episode 32)

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slice of life/romance set in high school

Overall: 8 episodes about 24 minutes each. Aired on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/8571/hold-on-harutora-kun-2026-e01 (not in Japan or Korea) ; Viki https://www.viki.com/tv/41670c-hold-on-harutora-kun and TVer (Japan)

Content Warnings: past & present homophobia, dub/non con kiss, victim blaming

Watch Suggestions (to focus on their romance and take out most of the content warnings)
- episode 1 watch 1:30-15:35 and 18:40-end
- episode 2 watch beginning-5:30 and 21:10-end
- episode 3 watch 8:35-end
- watch episodes 4 and 5
- start episode 6 at 6:45
- watch ep 7 untl 17:45
- episode 8 watch 6:30-end

What I Liked
- caring MLs*
- easy to understand premise
- realistic how smiles can hide pain
- that crying scene (I added .5 to my rating just for that scene)

Room For Improvement
- not happy with what a ML did at the end of episode 1 and later since he could see that the other ML was dealing with some stuff, he creeped me out a bit at times with his ignoring of boundaries but I factored in his age and didn't judge him as harshly as I would older characters
- they showed a several month montage after which time he asked to go on a date???
- one apology was realistic but the second seemed too coincidental/rare
- the mom drama

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second half was better

Overall: the second half was better with less forced comedy. This is based on a book of the same title which I haven't read and am reviewing the series based on its own merits. 12 episodes about 1 hour long each. Aired on iQIYI https://www.iq.com/play/love-upon-a-time-episode-1-21xrp4m8-0blk?lang=en_us

Content Warnings: murders, attempted murder, punch, blood, manipulation, harassment, manhandling, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, bullying, beaten up/fight, held against will

Watch Suggestions (to focus more on the romance and take out most content warnings)
- episode 3 watch beginning-10:30, 28-36
- episode 4 watch 14-27:30, 40-54
- episode 5 watch 8-23, 24-25
- episode 6 watch 12-20:30, 24-26:45, 31:30-36, 49-1hr2m35s, 1hr 6-1hr 7m
- episode 7 watch beginning-16:30
- episode 8 watch 1hr 3min-end
- episode 9 watch beginning-5, 8-13:25, 20:40-34:35
- episode 10 watch 37:05-53
- episode 11 watch 41-52:05
- episode 12 watch 9:05-end (skip 1hr 16-1hr 18m 30s)

What I Liked
- the premise/setting
- sweet moments
- the side couple
- I chuckled a couple times*
- supportive servants
- plan in episode 11
- solid ending

Room For Improvement
- the trans woman/non binary character as comedy stereotype
- *comedy sound effects did not make things funny and not all of the humor worked for me

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lost its way (watch suggestions)

Overall: the lakorn started lakorning, but lost the focus regarding the main pair's romance. 10 episodes about 50 minutes each. I haven't read the books and am reviewing the series based on its own merits. Aired on iQIYI https://www.iq.com/play/love-destiny-episode-1-1ykiuvfo6os?lang=en_us

Content Warnings: death/murders, attempted murders, blood, fights/punch/violence, animal fighting, torture, held against wll/non con touching turned conensual

Watch Suggestions (to focus on the romance and take out most content warnings)
- episode 1 watch 6:40-17:35, 39-end
- episode 2 watch 14-15:45, 22-25, 31:30-34
- episode 3 watch 33-35:30, 40:45-49
- episode 4 watch 14-43:55, 49:15-end
- episode 5 watch 21-23, 35-43:430, 47-56:20
- episode 6 watch beg-26, 41-end
- episode 7 beg-4:10, 10:15-13, 24-27:35, 31:45-40
- episode 8 watch 20-39:40, 42:40-45:50
- episode 9 watch 15:30-30
- episode 10 watch watch 4:45-9:15, 34:30-40:25, 46:45-end

What I Liked
- historical setting
- realistic doctor stress/burnout
- visuals

Room For Improvement
- comedy did not work for me
- in episode 3 there was a serious accusation that jumped into a fun cooking show
- the poet/queen storyline
- the scenes in the present after the initial end credits pulled me out of the historical aspect
- too many near kisses
- wtf was that finale (there is an extra scene after the end credits), if he remembered then why would he wait to say so and put the love of his life through additional pain, where is the sould that he replaced?

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