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I Hear the Sunspot

The fall from grace seen with this show should be a study case. From critical darling to all-around mess, Hidamari managed to betray the source material and it’s audience with such gusto that it was truly impressive. Initially taunted as multi-part project, the tepid reception to the back half of the series thrawned any future plans.

Prospect: Despite a few lingering souls clinging to the carcass of a once great show, this one is not going to craw it’s way from the grave. It would also need more than a miracle to get one of it’s main actors to return considering he didn’t want to be there to being with…

Ossan’s Love

Returns truly felt like the most special send-off to the blueprint of modern JBLs, and while I’m not all that thrilled with the idea of them coming back there is some external factors that might indicate a return to the franchise. Leading man Tanaka Kei saw himself in a web of scandals and Ossan’s could work as ticket to get into the good graces of general audiences.

Prospect: Really depends on how desperate Tanaka is to get this going, also Ossan’s always seems like is done for and somehow returns without much notice. Nothing is impossible for this franchise.

Semantic Error

The K-BL of all K-BLs is always blipping on the radar when talking about new seasons. This one is a special case because it was meant to have another one indeed but leading man Seoham had to enlist in the military and all plans went belly up.

Prospect: the moment Seoham left the military he re-joined with the team behind the show and his partner Jaechan in a discreet gathering, sparkling rumors anew, but production house Watcha is currently facing internal issues with many suitors eyeing it’s catalogue. Things are on hold here.

Love For Love’s Sake

If I had made this list last year, this show would have never appeared in it. However, Taevin confirmed that season two was in pre-production, but things fell through around August of last year. Many blamed Cha Joowan for the failed launch, as Joowan has signed with a bigger agency and unfortunately all signs point to them not allowing him to join the show due pure homophobia.

One thing to note: after season one, the novel got a sequel in the format of a small companion book that chronicles Myungha and Chaewon as a couple and planning their wedding in Taiwan.

Prospect: There is a pulse, but very faint. Production team Studio CoffeeBreak is currently working on Never Forget Your Enemy, a joint production with WeTV based in Thailand — both actors still talk proudly of the show and were featured at W Korea's 2026 watchlist speaking of it.

Love Tractor

At one point this seemed like a sure thing but three years later it does not seem like we will return to the beautiful countryside of South Korea. While the show did wrapped quite neatly, a lot was left out from the book in season one, and fans keep asking for them to return.

Prospect: a summer dream. That said, leads Kim Kwan Soo and Yoon Do Jin remain super close and are well-liked by local and international audiences, unfortunately after all this time it would be quite costly to get everyone back together, Kwan Soo himself has stepped back from acting citing lack of good opportunities. It does feel like the window for another go on this tractor went by without anyone to ride it.

We Best Love

Another case in which things were supposed to happen but did not. The Taiwanese dual-piece was meant to be a trilogy with the third and final season encompassing the wedding and married life of the main couple. A total-trainwreck of a marketing blitz pulled the breaks on any plans for more though.

Prospect: A remake seems more likely. Despite everything that transpired after the show was done, leading man Sam Li and director Ray Jiang look back fondly at it, but none seems inclined to return.

The Only One

Probably the most traumatic event of 2024 was the post-show catastrophe regarding this taiwanese marvel: Director Liu Kuang Hui truly believed that he could get season two running, even managing to start conversations with GOL/Portico Media in order to make it happen and at one point it seemed like it would, but everything fell apart when the team holding the rights to the IP blindsided everyone with a financial scam.

Prospect: It would take a necromancer to get this one going, and it would in fact return like a zombie, a mockery of the original form. The team behind (or someone claiming to be them) started a crowd-funding campaign that implied that if the show returned it would need to recast the main actors. Nothing came out of it, and since nobody was answering eyes turned to Liu Kuang and blamed him for the fiasco.

Kiseki – Dear to Me

Speaking of disastrous post-show, Kiseki left a mark in BL-history as the worst case of crazy fan behavior seen in Taiwan, with Louis Chang vowing to never return to the genre (no one can really blame him thou). However, while the Ai Di we came to know might never return that does not mean other characters can’t appear again.

Prospect: A new casting announcement picked everyone’s interest, with signs pointing to a potential Kiseki spin-off as the biggest candidate. Taro Lin and Kai Hsu are still attached to the hip, and one phone call away from returning to their characters — curiously they have yet to make the traditional CP cameo Taiwan so often does.

First Note of Love

Tragic how little fanfare one of the best BL shows from Taiwan in 2024 caused, this gagaoolala original was actually planned to be the first of four shows, not directly related but within it’s own universe. There were also plans for a spin off featuring the side couple Reese and Orca, but things ended up going in a different direction.

Prospect: Very unlikely in any case. The spin off ended up being converted into a webtoon and while Tim Liu did sign a project deal with Star Hunter nothing came out of it, at least yet. The Thai company has been very silent, more likely scrambling to get anything of the ground now that it lost Mos and Banksy (who were also in First Note of Love).

Anti Reset/Eternal Butler

The V-BL universe has graced us with two human/android romances that had no right to be as good as they were. Joe Tsai knows that people loved these two shows, with Eternal Butler being the most popular series from it’s branch of V-BL shows. With more droids roaming around (and one of them spotting a very familiar face) the possibilities are there.

Prospects: If it happened, I wouldn’t be surprised.

The Boy Next World

Despite a rocky tenure on air with people holding on to this mess, Boy Next World did make some noise which could prompt more from it considering that it did leave in a cliffhanger. However, MeMind moves really slow, so much so that the scenario now is completely different.

Prospect: Maybe in a clever cameo from the characters in a different Mame show, other than that… Boss is busy elsewhere, Noeul does not look inclined to return now and side couple Forth and Donut left the company due neglect. If there is any hope is that the new Japanese remake will tie any loose ends seen in the Thai version.

I Feel You Linger in the Air

The MVP of 2023 had everything going for it, accolades and audience numbers to die for. More than a special episode, they got a movie that could’ve worked as a bridge to season two, but since then things cooled off and cast and crew went separate and distant ways.

Prospect: Never say never, but it would take a herculean effort to get this running again. Nonkul was also hesitant about returning to the genre after bad experiences with the fandom, so it seems very unlikely.

Pit Babe

This feels like a treat more than anything. Change has been dropping subtle hints that could unleash a new season of the once flagship series, but a terrible reception from the fandom and a catastrophic marketing blitz that saw Pavel and the crew at odds with the direction the show took point to the ultimate sectioning of the franchise, but money talks and Pit Babe makes them bank.

Prospect: Recent events might have been the final nail in the coffin of the faux-abo drama, but much like the plot in season two of Pit Babe, Change could resurrect this IP without any reason other than money, they profit with inflated international tours and it's an effective way to promote the 349279 actors in the network's roster.

Mandate

This one moves differently from the rest; it does not follow the traditional BL rules and as such things could take an unexpected turn at any moment now. The season finale left many doors open, Monomax only has to say yes to more.