#Korea Series 2024

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[kaipanzero]

Squid Game season 2

오징어게임 시즌2 (2024)

[benzgarfield]

They saw the opportunity and they took it

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[p0maa]

Lee Jaejun and Lee Jihan for DAZED Korea! 🧡🖤

[inrainprose]

Top BL of 2023

2023 is over and I felt like doing my top picks for this year again! Looking back there were a lot of good ones that I enjoyed a lot this year, and so I did not restrict myself to 5. As my sister judging me from across the couch said, "there's no rule do what you want". Fair enough.

This is from the BLs that ended in 2023, though some started in 2022.

8. Kiseki dear to me

I didn't care all that much for the main couple in the end, but Ai Di and Chen Yi? Worthy of obsession. @leofiat-bunny made a cut, for your consideration.

7. Why r u? Korea

I'm an absolute fan of the original against my better judgment and I was looking forward to this one. It doesn't have much to do with the Thai version in the end but I still enjoyed it a lot, both stories.

6. My school president

This was just lovely from start to finish. I really appreciated how they portrayed teenage turmoil and how soft and gentle this was.

5. My Personal Weatherman/Taikan Yoho

Needed a Japanese title on that list and this one was the best of the year by far. Unhinged and horny from start to finish.

4. Wedding plan

This one probably wins the top spot for best surprise of the year. I watched it late after it was completed because I didn't hear much about it but it was lovely. Wrote a fic for them.

3. Be my favourite

Time travel is my weakness and those two were great together.

2. Bed friend

And this one gets the price for most rewatched. So hot, very angst, obsessed with them both. Wrote not one but two pieces for this fandom, one from Uea's POV and one from King's.

1. Moonlight chicken

Left me on the floor. That first ep when they walk around town lives rent free in my head. All the relationships got to me but none more than Jim and Li Ming's. And thus, another fic.

Honorable mention cause I couldn't list them all

The Wrap Effect, The Eighth Sense, Love in Translation, Laws of Attraction, Bokura no Shokutaku/Our Dining Table, Hidden Agenda

Ask away for top BL things. I like lists.

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[miss0atae]

Some people are complaining about remakes while we watched all versions of Hana Yori Dango and I think I would still gladly watch a new one if they gave it to me xD. I don't mind remakes. I would even say that remakes can be really good despite people usually hating on them.

I will watch My Love Mix Up Thai version because I really like the manga and I will really appreciate watching another adaptation of it.

This year I watched Why R U Korean version and I loved it too. I also can't wait to see Cherry Magic, Thai version. I don't mind remakes because we also get so many other stories to watch and sometimes it is kinda comforting to go back to a really well-known and loved story.

[bl-bam-beyond-markyourcalendars]

September Leaves Us Soon and October has some new BL Coming. Some Are without International Release...at least for now. So those who use VPN'S get em ready. Here we go @pose4photoml & @just-another-boyslove-blog

Heavens X Candy

From: Japan

Premiere: October 2, 2024

Episodes: This is a Movie 1 hour 10 mins

Airing: Gagaoolala

Fourever You

From: Thailand

Premiere: October 3, 2024

Episodes: 16

Airing: WeTV

Heartstopper

From: United Kingdom

Premiere: October 3, 2024

Episodes: 8

Airing: Netflix

Uncle Unknown

From: Taiwan

Premiere: October 4, 2024

Episodes: 12

Airing: PPeach, YouTube

Every You, Every Me

From: Thailand

Premiere: October 6, 2024

Episodes: 10

Airing: WeTV, Gagaoolala

Eccentric Romance

From: South Korea

Premiere: October 10, 2024

Episodes: 12

Airing: Heavenly (no International Release Date...yet) Update: I saw this BL in Viki's coming soon touted as a Viki Original.

See Your Love

From: Taiwan

Premiere: October 2024

Episodes: ?

Airing: unknown

Stealing From My CEO

From: China

Premiere: October 2024

Episodes: ?

Airing: ?

Love in the Big City (Movie Version)

From: South Korea

Premiere: October 10

Episodes: n/a

Airing: Korean Cinemas

Love in the Big City (Series Version)

From: South Korea

Premiere: October 21, 2024

Episodes: 8 (unknown for sure)

Airing: TVING (international release unknown)

Perfect Purpose: Dream Edition

From: Japan

Premiere: October 25, 2024

Episodes: This is a Movie Version reedit from series

Airing: Japan Theatre

See You

From: Taiwan

Premiere: October 25, 2024

Episodes:

Airing: Catchplay (no International)

Let Free The Curse of Taekwondo

From: South Korea

Premiere: October 2024

Episodes: 8

Airing: Heavenly (international release forthcoming)

[blsongbird]

Let’s wrap the year up with questions about your favorite BL experiences, moments, and series.

Each day in December, I will post a new question.

Day 1:

🥂How many BL series did you watch this year?

[theomenmedia]

Squid Game Season 2 Set To Release This Holiday Season!

Dive back into the deadly games! Squid Game Season 2 premieres December 26. Are you ready to play?

[fernsjjf]

[하이라이트 FULL] 흑역사를 역사로! 2회차 인생 박민영의 간절한 염원 "제발 내 남편과 결혼해줘"

(Marry My Husband (2024 TV Series)) All I want to say is, thank you for listening to the fans, and we can't wait to watch.

[madeinkorea-blbambeyond]

MADE IN KOREA

PARK JUN MOOK

KIM SEONG HYUK

[benzgarfield]

BenzGarfield defeated 😆 The way Benz cuddles Garfield 🥺

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Lee Jaejun and Lee Jihan for DAZED Korea! 🧡🖤

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Of My 50+ Favorite BLs these are the 10 I rewatch the most

So you could call these my favorite comfort foods. Everything on this list got a rating of 10/10 or 9/10 from me.

10 Most Comforting BLs

(for me, in order of most recently rewatched at the top)

Our Dating Sim

Korea 2023 Viki (watch the series not the movie)

This is a perfect short form KBL, an office set reunion romance featuring geeks that really suits 8 eps with no fluff and no chaff. Just comforting and yummy. I adored every aspect from the casting to the pristinely simple premise to the quietly smooth execution. Sure it’s low stakes, but that makes it high domesticity and extremely warm and gentle. This is a fuzzy blanket of a story - a cozy BL. It lives in my rewatch pile and you know what’s best about it? Every single episode is in that pile. There’s no skipping with this one, it might be good natured and calmly sweet but it’s tight and the pacing is excellent.

Cosmetic Playlover

Japan 2024 Gaga

The most recent release on this list, it came out this year and I've already rewatched it 5x. I love this little show. It's a classic office BL about the older workaholic who loves his job and the younger upstart who unexpectedly loves his boss. It’s a hyung romance where everybody is extremely earnest and sweet and pretty about everything. Except our seme, who is slightly unhinged and a little obsessed in all the ways one likes best from Japan (if one is me). Plus the kisses are good! Utterly charming unexpected gem of a show. What fun!

Jun and Jun

Korea 2023 Viki

A delightful office romance about an ex-idol who joins cubical life only to find his new boss is his first love. Other boys are sniffing around too. Operative word being "sniffing" as much of this romance involves smell. With a snappy (sometimes even raunchy) script, enjoyable sides, a pretty as peaches cast, and decent chemistry this show made up for in style what it lacked in substance. I like fluff. I loved this. I smiled every moment I was watching. My only caution is this is for fans of the BL genre only, I don’t think it’ll work for anyone else.

My Personal Weatherman

AKA Taikan Yoho

Japan 2023 Gaga

This style of live action yaoi really only works from Japan. Basically: boys who fell in love in college end up living together but are so repressed they don't realize they're in love. It's higher heat than we usually get from Japan's HEA stuff, and that aspect is also very well done, but it leaned into the "why don't they just talk for fuck's sake?" trope which is only exacerbated into undiluted frustration by the fact that they're already fucking. It's great, but watching requires more patience than usual, even for Japan. That said it's also bruisingly romantic. Emphasis on bruise.

Unintentional Love Story

Korea 2023 iQIYI

OMG the plot! Uke forced into a totally understandable betrayal, falling in love despite himself, put into a corner he can't get out of, the AGONY, the PAIN in those gorgeous eyes. Gah. Okay, so: A boy loses his job due to trumped-up corruption charges accidentally discovers his ex-boss's favorite artist, now a recluse. Evil manager offers him his job back, if he can convince the artist to rejoin society. Instead, they fall in love. I found the artist a bit stiff and reserved but Gongchan (maknae of B1A4) is a fucking GIFT - he carried this show (which I do not expect from the idol element). He was luminous with extraordinarily expressive eyes, just drown in the emoting abyss. The external conflict, social tension and pressure is complex and beautifully executed, plus Korea gave us legit side dishes (NOT a love triangle, hally-fucking-luya). All that said, when I rewatch this it's usually just the second half, but WHAT a ride.

Semantic Error

Korea 2022 Viki

Sexy older boy discovers pouty younger boy has outed him as a slacker, starts out bullying him, accidentally falls madly in love instead. Korea hits it entirely out of the Parks by doing a university BL with everything we expect from BL just done exactly right. Korea's signature quality executed perfectly with added bonus good story, great pacing, stunning visuals, and fantastic chemistry. You cannot ask for more from a BL, let alone a KBL. Another one where the rewatch is mostly just the second half.

Old Fashion Cupcake

Japan 2022

This show had me from the moment they broke the egg yolk with the chopsticks in the opening credits. It’s about a younger man with a long cherished crush on his boss (ten years older and going through a mid life crisis) who decides to save and seduce said boss with pancakes. It’s wholesome, comforting, sexy, and a very necessary narrative about still having hope, interests, and openness to affection at any age. It’s a stunningly filmed late-in-life comg of age/queerness story packaged in a subtle critique of expectations around masculinity, love, and loneliness… and it’s beautiful.

Yes yes. But the bit you know you want to rewatch is that long shot with the bite kiss. YOU KNOW you wanna.

Seven Days

Japan 2015

Ha! I faked you out 'cause this wasn't at the top but of course it's on the list! One of the best live action yaois ever made, with perfectly structured angst, fantastic characters and acting, and no problematic tropes (rare in Japanese BL). Older boy dares the hot af younger one to date him for a week. Turns out they both like it... A lot. The leads have excellent chemistry although it’s low heat there’s still some really cute mutual kisses.

Takara & Amagi

Japan 2022

I gnawed on my knuckles and squealed a lot with this show, but a rewatch is way less tense. Reserved cool kid must learn to communicate to keep the tiny disaster nugget he’s madly in love with. It is beyond charming: soft and gentle, packed with cuteness and high school angst, thirst, & yearning.

We Best Love

Taiwan 2021 WeTV

WBL successfully managed to pick up and combine the best features of Korean, Thai, and Japanese BL as it exists right now. Couple that to the insane chemistry from the leads, and we have one of the greatest BLs of all time, cooking to a recipe I doubt anyone else will ever be able to replicate since only Taiwan is this flexible. It's basically every classic BL trope bombarded at us in two parts, rapid fire, one after another. Rewatching this show reminds me of everything I love about this genre. It is the genre in pure concentrated form.

The End!

I think it's no accident that none of these are Thai, part of a rewatch for me is the brevity of the show, longer stuff does get rewatched, but not as frequently.

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[bl-bam-beyond-markyourcalendars]

Hey BL Lovers...it's almost the end of July meaning what's new and upcoming in BL. Let's Take A Look okay @pose4photoml @just-another-boyslove-blog etc. More as updates come in. Several have unknown platforms so far.

THE LAST TIME

Release: August 2

Platform: YouTube

Country: Thailand

Do I Want To Watch: Yes, Postponed but finally set to premiere.

Sugar Dog Life

Release: August 4

Platform:

Country: Japan

Do I Want To Watch: Yes, definitely. Hope international platform is released soon.

SUMMER NIGHT

Release: August 5

Platform: GMMTV YOUTUBE/VIU

Country: Thailand

Do I Want To Watch: Full Disclosure, this is not a BL but it has a couple gay characters and it stars BL mainstays Phuwin and Dunk (neither character is gay however Dunk's character is the object of a man's crush on him though it goes nowhere but another guy may like the guy that likes Dunk) I'm a PONDPHUWIN stan so even with out my precious Pond I do want to watch.

COSMETIC PLAYLOVER

Release: August 6

Platform:

Country: Japan

Do I Want To Watch: Sure Do.

MONSTER NEXT DOOR

Release: August 12

Platform: WeTV

Country: Thailand

Do I Want To Watch: Absolutely Not. Love Big but his partner...no so much.

FIRST NOTE OF LOVE

Release: August 12

Platform: Gagaoolala

Country: Taiwan

Do I Want To Watch: On the Fence. Stars Charles Tu from the worse HIStory Series (to me) HIStory 4 but also Michael Chang (My Tooth Your Love)

THE PARADISE OF THORNS

Release: August 22

Platform: Thai Theaters (no International)

Country: Thailand

Do I Want To Watch: Yes, but might not get international release stars Jeff Satur of KINNPORSCHE fame.

RENAI BATTLE ROYALE

Release: August 29

Platform: Netflix (Japan Only?)

Country: Japan

Do I Want To Watch: Not sure but international release is unknown

BATTLE OF THE WRITERS

Release: July 29 (correction from 8/29)

Platform: IQIYI

Country: Thailand

Do I Want To Watch: It's Tutor Yim. There last effort The Middleman's Love was iffy but yeah I wanna watch.

ADDICTED HEROIN (Thai Adaptation)

Release: August

Platform:

Country: Thailand

Do I Want To Watch: Cautiously optimistic. The return of August. Depends on the platform from the people who brought HIT BITE LOVE.

THE IDOL

Release: August

Platform:

Country: South Korea

Do I Want To Watch: Yes if available. Definitely yes.