Tag Game: BL QL Sub-Genres
Thank you @miss0atae for the tag!
Rules: Pick your top 5 favorite sub-genres and the show that best exemplifies it. Feel free to explain your choices ☺️
I looove a coming of age. I love a plot centered around someone's emotional growth and self-discovery, and while it's most commonly seen with teens, coming-of-age stories can be about any age.
Some of my favorite examples: I Told Sunset About You, Cherry Magic, 180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us, Gaya Sa Pelikula, Moonlight Chicken, Gelboys.
I love an engaging, mysterious, and fast paced plot that keeps you guessing and on the edge of your seat. Bonus if the pairing is investigator + prime suspect!
Some of my favorite examples: Manner of Death, Sammy's Children's Day, Not Me, Laws of Attraction, 3 Will Be Free, The Bangkok Boy.
The most comforting genre, where external plot is not the main focus, but rather the characters and their daily life. I love exploring the characters and their life. Particularly Japan excels at this, I think.
Some of my favorite examples: Koisenu Futari, She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat, Our Dining Table, Old Fashioned Cupcake.
I especially love Thailand's take on them, because they bring me ALL the drama. The period-accurate homophobia hurts, but seeing the characters choose love despite it all brings me so much joy. And the stakes are always so high, often with political layers to it!
Some of my favorite examples: Khun Chai/To Sir With Love, Shine, Love in the Moonlight, I Feel You Linger in the Air.
Some people hate it, some people love it, and I am the latter. While this category may not be full-on BL, the relationships they show often feel very queer regardless. I love the in-between, not quite friendship, not quite romance, but the love is there. Not to be confused with censored adaptations of BLs or GLs.
Some of my favorite examples: Wu, High School Frenemy, Beyond Evil, Oh No! Here Comes Trouble.
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