#bl dramas

Remember when it was just us? 🥹

“I still love it.” 🤍

“You three have done so much together.” 🥹

“They didn’t have any other friends.” 😭😂

“I didn’t exactly have a choice.” 😭😂

“MOK!” 😤😂

Every friend group has that one person…

…whose only purpose is ruining sentimental moments with brutal honesty. 😭😂

okay so i put this list together on a whim for some friends in discord and i figured i'd share it here too! i am not an authority on anything and v much showing my own bias with the descriptions (not to mention the majority of them i haven't watched myself), but maybe it'll be useful to some people links are to trailer (best i could find on youtube) and my drama list. putting a star next to the ones i recommend/am most interested in (but again, my taste is not everyone's taste)

Completed

★ Double Helix (12 eps) - a win for all the dark yaoi fans! featuring true attic wife, obsession, and fatal homophobia. my only complaint was a bit of a weaker ending (but not tragic don't worry)

The Gaze (10 eps) - sports doctor "contracts" himself out to tennis star to pay for his brother's medical bills. controlling love interest, a weird in-between cute and toxic that didn't hold my interest, bit of second couple syndrome. others seemed to like it though

Feel What You Feel (8 eps) - school romance, a bit slower paced, nostalgically queer, rivals to lovers?

Journey with You (8 eps) - historical, reincarnation, seemed to go over well with that crowd, happier ending than kill to love i think?

Airing

Lost to You (11/12 eps) - terminally ill wannabe-gangster x outcast student, think Sammy's Children's Day couple but younger. from what i can parse from comments, it looks like it has that v particularly low-logic cdrama feel with fan service and choppy editing, not sure yet if sad ending, but honestly i'm quite interested

★ A Winter Sun Wakes the Wind in Spring Hills' Dream (6/16 eps) - from the creators of Secrets Happened on the Litchi Island, which i've only heard excellent things about. beautiful cinematography, rural setting (celebrity meets a tea farmer), emotional. i'll prob try Litchi Island first but on my list to watch

Blazing Him (4/8 eps) - reclusive traumatized singer x very devoted music producer. soft, high comfort, i can't stand music in my bl but for those that do enjoy

★ Deep In (3/12 eps) - bl about filming a bl (with terrible on set practices), messyyy, non-stop making out, both have girlfriends, dubcon everywhere, fuck-before-feelings. the show-within-a-show is intriguing too

Unfold (3/8 eps) - another one of these recent forensic/crime bl. crime scene cleaner, organ trade, a big conspiracy, but the main couple seem relatively non-toxic? i could be wrong

Upcoming

★ Bittersweet Love (Jul 3rd) - toxic!! married into wealthy family, but ends up pursued by his brother-in-law? or something idk just watch the trailer, you'll get the vibes

Not Yours (Sept 26th) - don't know much about this yet (some sort of sugar baby love triangle thing?) but i'm interested bc of the actors - Shogun Paramee who plays Sky in Payback, Xuan Hao who played Chen Pinming in Desire, and Long Guohao who played Ke Luo in Double Helix. tiktok with more info on actors, author, and producer

Blue Lips (July 8th) - sex shop owner x blue haired punk?? "a fiery, complicated romance between a guarded shop owner and a wild “little wolf-dog” musician." trailer leans a bit comedic, but they've def caught my interest

would love to have any personal opinions or recs people want to leave in the comments! i focused on anything airing since late May, but excluding shorter shows like Private Galaxy or The Summer You Kissed Me, also bc they can be hard to find in full on the typical platforms. and for upcoming shows, i only included those i have a fair amount of certainty in

Cirrus and Phu + Aborted Touches

bonus: Phu initiating

Like with Off and Gun, they are famously the couple that has never broken up and has the highest number of shows any BL pairing does. They are consistently acting together and separately, and their chemistry has never once faltered. Observing footage of them from a decade back to now, you can clearly see how much theyve grown and matured in every possible way and yet have not let go of each other's hands even a bit.

With Tay and New, they have given new meaning to the multiple nature of pairings with acting in romantic roles and platonic roles alongside each other and consistently delivering on chemistry each time. They have amazing banter and even better support for each other, which just goes to show how there is so much love and comfort between them.

Krist and Singto, the comeback kings, the ones who everyone thought were gone. Yet, there is a show thats going to air with them as leads, a parody about their own life story in less than 2 weeks. They have both developed themselves into becoming the best in their fields, parallely and together. Then found each other again. To return to something that you once left with bittersweet memories because of the one person who held onto the sweetness, if that isn't trust and love i have no clue what is.