#fluffy bl

I really enjoy a silly friend group or university setting and something that’s just fluffy and silly, I am beyond weak for mutual pining or mutual smittenness, but I’m also easily enticed by a bit more plot and higher heat or an obsessive seme. I also don’t mind the stepbrothers trope at all. My absolute comfort rewatches are We Are (that one being my number one by a wide margin), Our Dating Sim, I cannot reach you (I absolutely love a good best friends to lovers pairing), Bad Buddy and AePete in s1 of Love By Chance, but I also come back a Lot to the delicious yearning and toxic codependency the side dish in Kiseki: Dear to me have going on (made a bit of an outlier by the eminent time skip), really liked The Heart Killers and About Youth, and despite not being big on Reincarnation tropes really enjoyed Khemjira recently, if that helps any!!

Thank you so much if you do get around to cooking up a rec list for me, and ofc no worries if you don’t have the time and/or energy!! <3

Your BL sommelier reporting for duty!

Very Specific BL Recs

DISLIKES

love triangles

huge misunderstandings

break ups

time jump separation at end (ugh, WITH YOU)

Negatives are harder to track than positives, so I might mess up on some these but I'm sure the comments will let me know.

LIKES

silly friend group

university setting

fluffy

moot pining/smitten

more plot (biggest challenge)

higher heat

obsessive seme

stepbrothers trope (difficult when combined with other requirements)

friends to lovers

Comfort Rewatches: We Are, Our Dating Sim, I Cannot Reach You, Bad Buddy, AePete arc in Love By Chance, Kiseki: Dear to Me (sides)

Also liked: The Heart Killers, About Youth, Khemjira

Top Recommendations (10/10 & 9/10 rated)

Oxygen - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 (was, for a long time, one of my main comfort watches)

Fourever You (part 1 = 2 arcs) - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

HIStory 2: Crossing the Line - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7

Semantic Error - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7

Seven Days - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 5, 9

Make a Wish - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 5, 6

Love is Science? (BL cut) - avoids all negatives, hits 3, 4, 6, 7, 9

My Magic Prophecy - avoids all negatives (I think), hits 1, 4, 5, 6, 7

My School President - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 7

Cherry Blossoms After Winter - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 7, 8

Minato's Laundromat (season 1 only) - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 7

Sugar Dog Life - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2-ish, 3, 9 (this puts us into the territory of some more obscure shows that you might not know about, this one is worth tracking down)

I Dithered A Bit

Your Sky - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (I adore this show)

Ball Boy Tactics - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 (highly recommended, one of my 2025 sleeper favorites)

Old Fashion Cupcake - avoids most negatives, hits 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 (a glorious beautiful mature BL)

Wandee Goodday - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 6, 9

Be Loved In House: I Do - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 6, 7

Love Tractor - avoids most negatives, hits 3, 4, 6, 7, 9

See Your Love - avoids most negatives, hits 4, 5, 6, 9

Love For Love's Sake - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 5, 7, 9 (but would we call this comforting?)

Takara-kun and Amagi-kun - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 7

Cosmetic Playlover - avoids most negatives, hits 3, 4, 7 (big comfort watch for me)

(The "most" means it kinda depends on how you personally define the tropes. Like "break up" for example: Old Fashion Cupcake might kinda qualify depending on your definition of the term.)

Avoids All Your Negatives (10/10 - 8/10 rated)

but not great on the positives

To My Star (Season 1 only)

Cherry Magic (Thai remake)

Cherry Magic AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

My Damn Business

See You After Quarantine?

Please, Yes

Sweet Mischief (short)

Our Dining Table

Hits Many Positives but Contains a Negative (9/10 & 8/10 rated)

Lovely Writer - misunderstanding/big lie

Secret Lover - breakup

Unknown - time skip

Revenged Love - time skip

Jun and Jun - triangle-ish

My Personal Weatherman - misunderstanding

Manner of Death - big lie

Star in My Mind - misunderstanding

Maybe, I just haven't rewatched in a while (8/10 rated)

Roommates of Poongduck 304

HIStory 2: Right or Wrong

All the Liquors

Destiny Seeker

Hidden Agenda

Kidnap

Love Mate

Meet You At the Blossom

Top Form

Can I Buy Your Love From A Vending Machine AKA Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasu ka?

Living With Him

Why R U? Korea

Love Class

Love is Like a Poison AKA Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru

Perfect 10 Liners (specifically the FaifaWine arc 3)

Memoir of Rati

Mr. Unlucky Can Only Kiss

My Tooth Your Love

HIStory 4: Close to You

You Make Me Dance

Methodology: sorted the spreadsheet by my favorites, then main trope, then title. Pulled main list from only 10/10 and 9/10 rated shows. Did a scan of the 8/10 just to see if anything perfectly qualified.

Do I EVER!

All the fluffy fun low trauma BLs!!

Hopefully one of these will have soemthing to appeal!

Hi hi!! WELCOME!

Fluffy Sweet Soft Thai BL 

Comfort babies! Low angst very gentle BL recommendations list (don’t worry, they won’t hurt you)  

Oxygen (YouTube) - softest seme in the universe sings his affection to the older boy at the cafe. Let the slow burn courting commence. There is a tiny bit of angst at the end, and one storyline is naff (the doctors) but this is high production Thai softness so I forgive it. There are some who find it too slow and stiff, tho. 

2gether & Still 2gether (YouTube) - this show is ABSURD. But if you can suspend your disbelief and get through the first few episodes it is delightful to watch Sarawat pine after Tine and the levels to which Tine will go to remain willfully oblivious. Just ridiculous.

Ingredients (YouTube) - if all you want is two soft boys being domestic, cooking together, cuddling on the couch, cat sitting, and babysitting - just put this on and be comfy. It’s a lockdown project and the ending is amorphous but we all know they will end up together. AKA “the emotion support connivence store advertisement” 

Love By Chance (YouTube? Viki) - AePete’s meet cute is one of the best ever put on screen! They are just so genuine and soft with each other, its hard not to love them from the first moment. Many of the side couples are... difficult, but you can’t fault the leads. They will remain in your heart a really long time. Now there is some  abusive ex action, but it’s victoriously dealt with by our tiny crass love muffin hero. 

Love Stage!! (YouTube) - This BL surprised me with its charm. The acting was good, the leads were appealing, support cast on point, and the production values high. It followed the original manga story arc relatively closely: boy falls in love with girl as a child, grows up to discover girl is actually a very pretty boy. Although there are some quintessentially Thai changes that mellowed, softened, and extended the romance arc. One of the things I’ve always appreciated about this story is that the climax is about coming out as a celebrity couple as well as gay. I like the examination of the nature of celebrity versus privacy, and the contrasting kinds of closets. And I love that they depicted two couples with two different versions of this choice. A solid and enjoyable show.

Nitiman (unknown, but might now be on YT) - This Thai BL pulp had sympathetic characters, a solid tsundere uke redemption arc, and a fantastic pining seme who yearned without bullying, grooming, or gaslighting. Plus when they were together, they were ridiculously soft. But it also had a realistic portrayal of university life, bisexual awakening, and friendship groups. Ending is okay but a victim of lockdown.

Puppy Honey 1 & 2 (YouTube) - BL sub plot and then BL shared lead. This is the origin of OffGun but they are only a side couple in a het romcom. Unlike PeteKao and the Kiss series, GMMTV has never cut out a BL version because in the first season the two story arcs are inexorably linked. So you gotta watch both, which is a buy in. But I think it's worth it. PickRome are STILL my absolute favorite OffGun pair. Pick is the poster child for tsundere seme (Off’s part in all their series) and Gun the best boy self actualized out gay uke who is not afraid of asking for what he wants. It has some early BL growing pains around chemistry, but no problematic tropes and together they two are oddly soft, in its own way it is a CLASSIC. 

En of Love: Tossera (YouTube) - younger boy wants to court older boy and does and… that’s it. No really that’s the WHOLE STORY. There is actually no angst, drama, or, indeed plot. But are they the softest bois ever to BL as a main couple? Yes they are.

My Ride (GaGa) - Thai BL grew up with this pulp - a truly lovely and special little show featuring the extremely rare pairing of sunshine/sunshine AKA a cinnamon roll couple. Mature explorations of relationships using one of the softest, sweetest and most innocent friends to lovers vehicles. Kindly, overworked doctor meets broken-hearted motorcycle taxi driver in an “other side of the tracks” slow burn romance. The support cast is excellent, making for great friendship groups and family dynamics. With honest queer rep that adds to, but doesn’t impede the story, and genuine conversation about the nature of class, wealth, and classism, not to mention communication, honesty, and respect for boundaries, you can’t go wrong with this show. In other news, I am a sucker for a single dimple. Full review.

La Cuisine (GaGa) - sweet and kind of pure show, and like Thai desserts perhaps requires too much patience for a layperson. Because of the pacing and the focus on the bad girl character, I did dock it. But if you like stuff in the Oxygen vein, then this show is for you, and far better than most Thai BL pulps. That said, I suspect that I enjoyed it more than many would. Full review. 

I have a few more blog lists that might be what you are looking for:

Top 10 Cutest BLs (cheerful upbeat)

Top 10 Most Romantic BLs for Valentine’s Day

GENTLE & Soft BL

But these are mixed country of origin, not just Thai. So you’ll see soem of the same recs but also quite  few from Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. 

list current as of may 2022