BL Second Chance Romances (AKA Reunion)
BL shows with a getting back together or reconciliation trope?
Happy ending!
No cheating/infidelity
I’m partly putting this out to you all because I know there are some from places I don’t track that might qualify.
This is what I got:
Just Friends? (Korean short) - sort of, highly recommended
The Summer Pasta Recipe (Korean short)
Table Manner (Korean short)
First Love Again (Korea) - one of them remembers past lives so it’s a reunion for him
The Yearbook (Thailand)
On Cloud Nine (Thailand) - I question whether this can be called happy
Dear Doctor I’m Coming For Your Soul (Thailand) - it’s a reunion for one of them for supernatural reasons
HIStory Obsessed (Taiwan) - a magical rebirth version of this
DNA Says Love You (Taiwan - kinda, but it’s an underrated gem of a show
His (the movie) - but not really BL (no tropes) and it’s Japan so... the ending
The Most Peaceful Place is My Place (Vietnam)
Individual Circumstances (Korea) - DEFINITELY! It’s entirely a second chance romance. It’s not my favorite but it will hit all the buttons.
Jack o’Frost (Japan) - sort of, but it’s amnesia trope driven
Our Dating Sim (Korea) - ABSOLUTELY and it’s WONDERFUL
2nd Seasons that operate on this trope
Love Sick 2 (Thailand)
To My Star 2 (Korea)
We Best Love: Fighting Mr 2nd (Taiwan)
Short Story Project's Coffee Shop (microfilm Youtube series in the same cafe setting with the same main character) ep 3 installment "ESPRESSO" is a BL. It stars BoyTod from Ghost Host, Ghost House and is a reunion romance. It’s quite cute.
Coffee Melody’s Christmas special that no one asked for. it’s basically a reunion romance, but mostly just domesticity. It cute but dull.
A case could be made for Triage. I left out all the “pining since childhood” mumbo jumbo since that’s kinda a different trope.
Updated March 2023, no intention to keep updated. Add a comment if you find a new one.
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