SakuraPrincess

Dropped due to toxicity
Cutie Pie
Coffee and Vanilla
Hana Yori Dango

Dropped due to boredom
Good Morning Call
Skate into Love

Should have Dropped but didn't
Itazura na Kiss

I'm not a BL fan as such (for me, it feels like a lot of fanservice without a whole lot of depth), but this drama is brilliant because it is made for the community it is claiming to represent. Finally. Kudos to everyone involved and to Saint for producing something that doesn't feel like it was solely made for fangirls. I know part of his goal as a producer is to try to accurately represent the LGBTQ+ community for that community itself. If SCOY is any example of his ongoing intentions, then I think he's going in the right direction for that. I'm excited to finish it and I don't always say that. It's also kinda cute that I actually felt like Saint was playing himself, MCing and everything.

Japan has the same problem with how people rate their programming. It's such a shame. I'm really enjoying the drama so far, it's really good.

I can relate. Not to your pairing exactly, but a different one. Unfortunately, Zee is also a member of my favorite couple, but in my case, I know my couple is never going to happen again. 😞 Yours might, good luck. ❤

That is exactly why I'm liking it more than "regular" BL. Secret Crush on You is silly, but it feels more real in terms of how the relationships and the characters were approached. They feel genuine in their sexual orientation, in the writing and the performances, not straight guys playing around. I know that's what Saint wanted to do in the series, accurate LGBTQ+ rep, so I'm proud of him and his team for actually approaching the series from that angle. He took it seriously, it shows, and I love that. The fujoshi are honestly why I tend to steer clear of BL most of the time, the fangirling and the actors' fanservice drives me crazy. But if Saint produces more series like this, yeah, I'll probably watch them.

For anyone interested, these are on Saint's YT channel. They're fun and you'll learn a lot about him as a person. https://www.youtube.com/c/SaintsupTV/videos

Oh, so true!

Completely agree! It's why I really enjoy Thai lakorns so much, they have so much heart and add depth in unexpected places! ❤

Thank you so much! This was such a fun article! I'm actually in the middle of watching Shoujiki Fudousan and just finished 4-punkan no Marigold! All before finding your article! One drama I love and isn't in your list, but does fit is Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge since Sunako-chan has some mad skills when she's pissed, what with the lightning and everything.

Proposal Daisakusen is a bit boring, yes. I just wasn't feeling it, even though I finished it. The special is better, but you have to watch the series really to appreciate the special. Let's just say that he's done better roles.

It is nice to see Yamapi in romcoms, that's always a definite, but I'm kinda liking that there isn't any in this one. The pressure to root for a couple isn't there. I can just sit back, relax, and spit my tea across the room from laughing so hard!

Ok, so one episode in, and it's hilarious already! I am laughing so much!

It's weird how awkward Kacha is in Put Your Head on My Shoulder with the photography scenes. I know Thai actors who are masters at posing and super skilled at it (Saintsup comes to mind), but Kacha doesn't seem to be one of them. Sad really because the character he's playing is sort of built up to be this highly sought after model and my thought is "why?" He is cute, though, I'll give him that.

I have completed 99 Japanese dramas/movies in my watchlist.

30 I don't consider to be romance driven, or have any romance at all so they're disqualified, even if they have sad endings.

Of the 69 remaining, 54 have what I consider to be happy endings or what would be commonly viewed as happy endings by others (even if I prefer the SML).

So only 15 have what I consider a tragic or a sad ending (i.e., the leads don't end up together or one/both of them die) and they include:

Ato 3-kai, Kimi ni aeru
Dried Flower: Our Room in July
Drowning Love
Haunted Campus
He Won't Kill, She Won't Die
Heavenly Forest
Koizora
Love at Least
Love Like the Falling Petals
Peanut Butter Sandwich
Sky of Love
Snow Flower
Tokyo Tarareba Musume
Your Lie in April

Of my Japanese romances that I've watched, only 30% of them have had a sad ending. Note that I've never gone looking for something as a specifically happy or sad ending. If the story sounds interesting, I watch it. If it happens to have a happy or a sad ending, then that's what it's got. Sometimes I hate that it ends sadly, other times, it makes sense.

I love Kiritani Kenta so it's a shame all anyone can talk about is the Higashide scandal. I'll try to watch this when I can.

Shiroi Dakuryu is subbed, on d-addicts and you can find the raws in J-raws.

These are just the ones off the top of my head. Yes, Japan likes its sad endings, but it likes its happy ones too. It doesn't mean that merry hell doesn't happen during the drama, or that the drama and its ending aren't a bit ridiculous, but these endings for these particular dramas are happy by the accepted standards of a happy ending.

Buzzer Beat
One Pound Gospel
From 5 to 9
Are you Ready? Hey You Girl!
Black Cinderella (unless you have SML syndrome)
Blue Spring Ride
Boku, Unmei no Hito desu
From Me to You
High School Debut
Honey
Honey Lemon Soda
Kimi wa Petto (only seen the remake)
Kono Koi Atatamemasu ka
L♥DK
L♥DK: Two Loves Under One Roof
Marry Me!
Minami-kun no Koibito - My Little Lover
Motokare Mania
My Little Monster
Nee Sensei, Shiranai no?
Proposal Daisakusen
Say "I Love You"
Shanai Marriage Honey
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi
Your Eyes Tell

Incest is sexual relations between people too closely related by blood. It's fine if adopted sibling relationships bother you but that is not classified as incest. Let's not blurr the lines of how this is classified please. I have extended family members who are victims of actual incest and trying to reclassify the term to be more inclusive does not help them.

They're not actually related, though, so not incest. Is it weird? Yes, absolutely. But it's not that weird.

Dropping a drama you're not enjoying is the preferable option than forcing yourself to continue watching and hating it more and more as you go along.