#battle for taiwan

[zee-man-chatter]

And this following article on Information Clearinghouse predicts a war between the US and China by 2025. China wants Taiwan back, but the US absolutely will not let them have the chip factories and will blow them up if the Chinese start winning.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57556.htm

Before WW1 a lot of countries were just itching for war, and they got it with results they didn’t expect. There is just too much talk of war, and not enough talk of the consequences, especially nuclear war. The article also postulates that the US would enact martial law when a war starts. Between economic upheaval, technological changes and countries jostling for power our lives could change perhaps greatly if these things come to pass. Canada still isn’t spending anymore money on defense despite all of this, Trudeau is inept as always.

[blsongbird]

BL/GL Daily Update Monday 10/21

Battle of the Writers Finale

It’s finally ready to binge!

Available on YouTube

Thoughts: Thank you to TutorYim for your great chemistry!

First Note of Love Finale

It’s time to binge

Available on Gagaoolala and Viki

Thoughts: Full of heart and music! 

Jack and Joker Episode 7

Available on iQIYI

Thoughts: This episode seriously made me uncomfortable and angry! 😡

Love in the Big City

All the episodes dropped last night

Available on Viki

I plan on watching it later this week.

X Tags (Enjoy browsing!)

#BattleOfTheWritersEP12 #FirstNoteofLoveFinalEP #JACKANDJOKEREP7 #LoveInTheBigCity

[selenealwayscries]

I WAS JOKING ABOUT BAD ASS TEMPLE FOR PRIDE MONTH ON DISCORD AND THEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WHAT THE FUCK

BAD ASS TEMPLE SAID LOVE WINS AS A THREAT AND IT WORKED WHAT THE HELL 😭😭😭😭😭

[sealedsanctuary]

霹靂封靈島 Pili: Sealed Spirits Island · 2002 - Demon Queen and her two swordsmen vs Man Tuo & Bei Ye

[the5sosarchive]

Michael during the Castaway guitar battle in Taipei on the SLFL tour — Feb. 29th, 2016

[dontforgetukraine]

CathFawr: If the war doesn't worry you, you need to stop thinking in terms of "russia is bogged down in Ukraine, so we're fine" and start seeing the current war as the battle of Britain. In that sense, if Russia wins here, Operation Sealion is enabled- russia will believe they can push further West to settle their perceived scores from soviet times; China will be emboldened to try for Taiwan, North Korea to South Korea, and Iran to Israel, and potentially other neighbors. In the most basic sense, all these other autocratic dictators are waiting to see if Putin ends up like Hitler and Mussolini, or if their hateful expansionist ambitions will be permitted to bear fruit by an apathetic and self absorbed world. Wake The Fuck Up Or war will be at your door. Your sons and daughters will die in foreign (or domestic!) fields. Or the west can send a united message that international law is to be upheld, and dictators made to wither and scatter to the wind like chaff from the grain. It's your call, I'm already bleeding for our collective freedom.

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - Many Tiny Idiots, Some Irreverent Hotness & an Engagement

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

Oct 2024 Week 4

Ongoing Series - Thai

Fourever You (Thai Thurs YT) ep 4 of 16 - OK so Hill has really been trying to pick him up from the beginning? I don’t understand why there’s any doubt around girls at all. He Gay everyone. Why is Tatch (2 Moons Ambassador) the only seme in Thai BL history allowed to actually just say "I don’t date women.”

Why is that so hard?

This show is definitely frustrating me, but I must admit that it’s the one I look forward to the most each week.

Love Sick 2024 (Thai Sun iQIYI) ep 6 of 15 - I am now only watching the uncut version, and I gotta say it makes all the difference. Please don’t watch the cut version of this show if you can possibly help it. It’s like cliff's notes of cliff's notes. I love the tiny side couple of tough kid + the dork of the music club. Ah the beach sequence. Condenced WAY DOWN, I see. We lost one of the most iconic lines in all BL but i think everything is improved by how much tighter the plot is in the remake (6 episodes became 1!). So I’m enjoying it. Weirdly, I'm not sure I would be enjoying it, if I hadn’t seen the original.

Is anyone watching this on iQIYI who hasn't seen the original? Just out of curiosity. Tell me how it's going for you, would ya? 

I'm doing a face-off style watch along of this new version versus the original 2014-2015 version.

Kidnap (Fri YT) ep 8 of 12 - I don’t entirely get it. They were apart for approximately 11 minutes. I would’ve thought GMMTV would’ve drawn it out for longer and more angst. Smiley face kiss was cute, but the star of this ep was that gorgeous pale blue waffle sweater on Q. What a great color for Leng! 

Jack & Joker (Thai Mon IQIYI) ep 7 of 12 - I do like that we’re seeing an honest exploration of poverty and hopelessness. I’m not sure how I feel about it inside my BL, tho I’m willing to persavere for this pair.

Battle of the Writers (Sun YT) ep 12 end - Someone said recently "just imagine what TutorYim could do with an actual script." And you know what? I agree. Because they sure as shit haven’t gotten one yet. And it’s getting quite frustrating. I’m having JaFirst flashbacks. Frankly, 2024 has been a year of unmitigated BL nonsense narratives. And I’m tired of it. I know it’s bog standard for the genre, but it feels like there’s been more than normal faff this year.

Summary 

An incredibly convoluted, disjointed, and badly-paced drama that is about(?) some writers writing a thing and some boys who knew each other when they were kids, lots of pretty sexy times, and not much else. The visuals are gorgeous, the side couples are overly appealing (with little to no screen time), the dubbing and sound is absurdly bad, and the fantasy novel (play within a play) makes no sense whatsoever while also managing to be the show that we all actually wanted to see instead of what we were given. 6/10 

In conclusion, I have no interest in attempting to understand or revisit this show, and I certainly wouldn’t recommend it, but if you have nothing better to do…… the sex is good (frankly I have exes that satisfy all the same criteria). So there it is: this show is like a bad but still hot ex.  

Every You Every Me (Thai Mon Gaga) ep 3 of 10 - Nice to see Fiat in something again. Namping is very angel baby.  This episode made me think that this pair would do a great Thai remake of Love Tractor, and now that’s pretty much all I want in life. I enjoyed wardrobe in this episode. It looks like we get the same characters next week. Cool. 

Bad Guy My Boss (Thai Sun Gaga) ep 6 of 10 - I guess everyone is messy slutty bisexual in this show? Do I care? Not even slightly. BLabies, I don’t think I’m gonna make it. I might have to drop this one.

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

See Your Love (Taiwan Weds Gaga) ep 1-2 of 13 - I adore it, what a wonderful meet cute. I love a Taiwanese BL that starts with a gratuitous kidnapping, some chasing, and a bit of a fight sequence. We in OLD fashioned territory. 

Teenager Judge (Vietnam Sat YT) ep 5 of ? - I continue to enjoy it very much.

My Damn Business (Korea Sat YT) eps 4 of 7 - Oh! Is the sleazy boss gonna turn out to be actually a sleazy player? That would be an interesting twist.

Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo (Korea Thurs Gaga) eps 3 of 8 - I’m really not a big fan of my pain coming from Korea. I’m getting a whiff of To My Star 2 from this one. And that does not make me happy. I know: high quality high angst yada yada blah blah blah. But also unnecessary pain? No thank you. 

First Note Of Love (Taiwan Mon Gaga) ep 12 end - Of course, I love the part where Reese and Orca spoke each other’s languages.

Conclusion

Had this been produced a mere 3 or 4 years ago, I would’ve been quite enamored. But by comparison to what we’ve been getting, this is a lackluster offering. A has-been musician and a much younger composer meet, fall in love, and attempt to rectify his stalled musical career. Cute side couple of a Thai popstar + his Korean manager. Everyone is very fine and it was a fine show. I wasn’t disappointed, but I wasn’t impressed either. 8/10 

Love is Like a Poison AKA Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru (Japan Tues Netflix?) 6 of 10 eps - It was a fun little confession and climax, there was crying, and a bridge kiss (been a while) all of this appeals to me even if they are tiny idiots (in the immortal words of @heretherebedork )

Eccentric Romance (Korea Weds Viki) eps 5-6 of 12 - More tiny idiot boyfriends who don’t realize they’re boyfriends. That’s it, that’s all that’s happening. Ostensibly there’s some kind of murder. But it seems to be acting more like set dressing than plot.

It's airing but...

The Hidden Moon (Sat WeTV) 10 eps - Supernatural romance (my ghost boyfriend trope) by Violet Rain (I Feel You Linger). A man is hired to write an article about an old mansion. He sees the ghosts of people who died at the mansion, falls in love with one of them. Was substantially recast. I loved IFYLITA except the ending so I think I'll let this one run it's course you can tell me if it's work tracking down... if they managed to land it. I have my doubts.

In case you missed it

Mew & Tul legit engaged.

Love in the Big City (Korea Viki) 8ep - Vicki dropped them all at once which means I did what I do under such circumstances and skipped to watch the final episode. (I am well aware that this makes me a monster. ) Anygay, that told me that I’m not gonna be bothering to watch the series. Now y'all can tell me how amazing it is and what I’ve missed and blah blah blah. But I’m comfortable with my choice. It’s ICRY 2.0 + HIV. And I’m not willing to play its literatti game. At some point I might watch it on fast-forward for the sex scenes, but I’m not at that point yet. 

Next Week Looks Like This:

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

Still Coming:

10/27 Perfect 10 Liners (Thai Sun YouTube?) 24 eps! - New directing yet another university BL with engineers + their mentees. Based on a Jittirain novel. with a massive cast and massive run time. We will be watching this until APRIL of 2025!

ForceBook playing the same old characters = enemies to lovers tsunder/sunshine jock/nerd thing.

PerthChimonSanta are doing the cohabitation cool guy/dork trope.

JuniorMark are doing popular sunshine meets lonely sad boy (the only interesting pair IMHO).

I think Blue Canvas of Youthful Days has started on iQIYI but I only get it on Viki and that doesn't drop for a few days, plus...... CBL......? Not sure I'll report on this one unless it's really good.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

From Uncle Unknown which is truly terrible but this was so SO funny. I'm still chuckling when I think about it.

The first representation of shipping in a BL that I actually enjoyed. Also Dat's clear approval of being shipped didn't hurt. (Judge)

(lask week)

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog @mmastertheone @pickletrip @aliceisathome @urikawa-miyuki @tokillamonger @sunflower-positiiivity @rocketturtle4 @blglplus @anythinggoesintheshire @everlightly @renafire @mestizashinrin @bl-bam-beyond @small-dark-and-delicious @saezurumurmurs

Sigh, Tumblr in its infinite wisdom doesn't like too many at-ings.

[respectthepetty]

Do I understand the plot of Battle of the Writers? No.

Do I care? No.

Men are straddling other men on my screen, and I don't need a plot to enjoy it!

I don't need a reason for any of this happening. All that matters is it is happening.

This is exactly how all Mondays should progress.

Bonus for Taiwan helping out too!

[chowyunnafat]

Lemme just listen to this song one last time. You owe me that much 💔

i thought 'separate art from the artist' was about 'it's fine to listen to love songs sang by a dude who cheated on a wife' and not 'who cares the mangaka is a pedo! it's a good manga!'

[guzhufuren]

QL Schedule 23.09.24-29.09.24

MONDAY

Battle of the Writers Jack & Joker First Note of Love Happy of the End Our Golden Times

TUESDAY

Addicted Heroin Thailand Reverse 4 You* Love Is Like a Poison

WEDNESDAY

I Saw You in My Dream The On1y One Unlock Your Love* Make Up, Make Me Grow Up The Paradise of Thorns (cinemas in Philippines, Indonesia, 27/09 in Cambodia, 3/10 in Laos, 10/10 in Singapore, 11/10 in Vietnam, 8/11 in Taiwan)

THURSDAY

Monster Next Door The On1y One Smells Like Green Spirit Chaser Game W 2* The Two Of Us S2*

FRIDAY

Affair* Kidnap Be Moon Club Friday: Family Tragedy

SATURDAY

The Hidden Moon Teenager Judge

SUNDAY

The Loyal Pin* Live In Love Love Sick Bad Guy My Boss

starts airing soon:

23/09 Our Golden Times 25/09 The Paradise of Thorns (cinemas in Philippines, Indonesia, 27/09 in Cambodia, 3/10 in Laos, 10/10 in Singapore, 11/10 in Vietnam, 8/11 in Taiwan) 25/09 Make Up, Make Me Grow Up 27/09 Be Moon 28/09 Teenager Judge 02/10 Heavens x Candy 02/10 Love In The Big City (movie, cinemas in South Korea) 03/10 Fourever You 04/10 Uncle Unknown 05/10 Apple My Love* 06/10 Every You Every Me 10/10 Eccentric Romance 16/10 No Heaven But Love* (cinemas in South Korea) 21/10 Love In The Big City (series) 25/10 See You 03/11 Love In The Air Koi 04/11 Miseinen (Minority) 14/11 My Ex's Wedding* (cinemas in Thailand) 23/11 Petrichor*

waiting for international release:

? Old Days in the Middle of Summer ? Smells Like Green Spirit ? Blue Canvas of Youthful Days ? Mr. Mitsuya's Planned Feeding (here with fansubs) ? Sugar Dog Life ? There's Love That Starts From Mistaken Identity ? Player 10 (on youtube with fansubs) ? Meet Unexpectedly ? Uranus2324* ? A Man Who Defies the World of BL S3 (here with fansubs)

*you can track ql schedules here

[tzuyusluv]

❥ Soft Things Twice Does

Nayeon

• On her private insta, she posts you to songs like Lover by Taylor Swift

• Has a special photo album just for pictures of you and you + her together

Jeongyeon

• When you wear skirts/shorts, she puts her jacket on your legs to cover you up so you don’t get cold

• Somehow always laughing around you?? Like you could glance at her and she bursts into laughter

Momo

• She bought matching shirts that you wear to bed constantly

• Has a hand on your waist, like how she did with sana on the talk that talk stage

Sana

• Always blows a kiss to you as a greeting or a goodbye

• When you buy a drink, she’ll taste it and then give you a kiss, so ‘you know exactly how it tastes’ even if it’s a drink you’ve been getting forever

Jihyo

• After you send her memes of herself, she’ll send you pictures of yourself when you roll your eyes or asleep as payback

• When you do dance battle’s together, sometimes she goes easy on you instead of putting her all into it

Mina

• Constantly smiling around you and when you ask her about it, she says that it’s impossible to frown around you because she loves you too much

• Her favorite memory of you two is you both underneath a cherry blossom tree playing the pocky game

Dahyun

• Teaches you how to play the piano by sitting behind you and pressing down the your fingers gently so you hit the keys

• Doing aeygo together and then cringing together at how cute it looks

Chaeyoung

• Encourages you whenever you feel nervous, sometimes giving you stickers that say ‘You got this!’ and it’s a little cat with a hat on

• Makes raps about you that say how she’d do anything for you and how she wants you by her side forever

Tzuyu

• Constantly taking pictures of you and changes them to her home screen whenever she’s on tour so that way when she falls asleep, you’re the first thing she sees and when she wakes up

• Takes you to Taiwan and shows you places like her old school, her childhood home and places she used to frequent

[ql-of-all-time-bracket]

#1 QL of All Time

So I used to run the @ doyouknowthisql blog, but tumblr nerfed that blog a few months back, made it so that none of my posts would ever show up in the tags, which is rough when you're trying to run a blog with the goal of seeing how well a show is known amongst a community of people. long story short, tumblr never got back to me and I have made peace with that blog never returning. BUT!!!!!!! I was sitting here thinking "wow I have all these ql posters still downloaded, what can I do with them?" and the idea then occurred to me:

Tournament for the Best QL of all time!!!

This is going to be a massive 256 contestant tournament, in which qls of all shapes and sizes battle for dominance and only 1 will be the winner! But I need to define some stuff first!

What does QL mean?

QLs for the purposes of this competition are any live action tv shows, mini series, movies, or short films in which the main character is some flavor of queer and has an important plotline around the main character engaging in a queer relationship (romantic, sexual, queerplatonic, etc) with another important character. The relationship must be part of the overall story, not something that only shows up in like the last episode or is only implied/word of god to have happened (the exception being shows from countries where queer content is banned, like China. in those cases, censored shows that are adaptions of explicitly queer texts are allowed or shows in which the creators have stated explicitly that it is meant to be queer).

Country Masterlist

If you are looking for stuff from a specific country, you can click on one of these links for all the polls featuring qls from that country (and then further divided by bl and gl.)

Cambodia

BL

China

BL & GL

Japan

BL & GL

Philippines

BL & GL

South Korea

BL & GL

Taiwan

BL & GL

Thailand

BL & GL

Vietnam

BL & GL

What types of things can be submitted?

Any live action tv show, mini series, movie, or short film that fulfills the above requirement AND comes from an East Asian country is eligible. Examples of countries based on what was on the last blog: South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Japan, The Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Any other countries or territories from this general region can be submitted. Only live action because I feel like things like animes and donghuas are communities of their own beyond the typical ql fandom.

How long will submissions be opened?

Submissions will be open until I fill the 256 spots. Trust me, there's way more than that many out there these days. When submissions start to slow down a lot, I'll supplement the list with others from all the stuff downloaded on my computer

Submit QLs here!!!

@bl-bracket @tournament-announcer @haveyouseenthisseries-poll (looking for my own bl-georg lol)

[scarefox]

current QLs I am enjoying~

Every You, Every me (Thailand) : alternative universes, drama, soulmates, boss x assistant, car mechanic x customer, guitar teacher x students brother, BL actors, falling in love in every universe, humor, struggles, fluff, death, loss, abusive ex partner (not between the mains) See Your Love (Taiwan) : crime, thriller, drama, rich brat x caretaker, mafia business, mute + deaf main, martial arts, hurt / comfort, attempted murder, rich brats assistant x mafia assassin, dysfunctional family, loving family, friendship

Caged Again (Thailand) : mystery, drama, humor, animal to human transformation, boarding school, bullying, shy x feisty, animal trafficing, spirits, swim tournament, school clubs, friend group, nerd x dorky Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart! (Thailand) : action, humor, debt collector x thief, poverty, (friends to) enemies to lovers, time jump, mafia, dysfunctional family, costuming & cross-dressing, from parents disowned children, heists, betrayal, secret relationships, wound patching, social injustice, martial arts, rich snob x poor thief, child adoption, rich to poor, violence, false friends

Miseinen: Mijukuna Oretachi wa Bukiyo ni Shinkochu / Our Youth (Japan) : high school, nerd x delinquent, abusive parent, secret friendship to lovers, hurt / comfort, opposites attract, wound patching Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru / Love is like a Poison (Japan) : investigation, humor, lawyer x conman, court battles, cohabitation, stern x playful, power couple, blackmail, trauma, abusive parent, talking with succulents (lol), street kids, underground gang, corruption

Petrichor (Thailand) : thriller, mystery, serial killer, forensic investigation, detective x forensic pathologist, crime investigation, enemies to lovers, autopsy, gore, incompetent police, feisty x cold, corruption, lovely siblings, coworker friend group Winter Is Not the Death of Summer but the Birth of Spring (Thailand) : thai prison setting, strangers to lovers, rough environment, prisoner x prisoner, homophobia, sexual harassment, based on a real story, hookups

Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan (Japan) : Love in the Air remake, students, senior x junior, bike racing, auto mechanic, dominant x submissive, friendship, seduction, sexual abuse in the past Bad Guy My Boss (Thailand) : boss x assistant, mutual pining, power couple, possessiv, business life, multiple hookup partner, dubcon, attempted murder, shady business, jealousy, so many HR violations, blackmail, cheating, abusive side couples, spying, scheming, miscommunication, slightly dark romance

recent finished ones I rec to check out:

Affair (Thailand) : childhood friends, rich vs poor, family tragedy, time jump, friends to lovers, possessive, mutual obsession, stalking, rich to poor & poor to rich, abusive ex, divorce, secret relationship, suicide attempts, doctor x musician Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo (S. Korea) : martial arts, strangers to friends, friends to lovers, bullying, unrequired love, abusive parent, time jump, stern x dorky, poor vs rich, hurt / comfort, misunderstandings The On1y One (Taiwan) : enemies to friends, mutual pining, cohabitation, nerd x nerd, power couple, dorm life, exam phases, not blood related soon to be step-siblings, forbidden love, secret love, coming of age, yearning, teacher x teacher side couple, hurt / comfort, unrequired love

4 Minutes (Thailand) : crime investigation, mystery, alternative realities, time jumping, patient x doctor, mafia, shady business, murder, hookups, drug use, corruption, death, violence, criminal x cop, hallucinations, cheating, blackmail, abusive lover (not mains), abusive parent, fixing mistakes Battle of the Writers (Thailand) : romcom, childhood friends, writer x writer, fictional parallel universe, secret relationship, friends to lovers, editor x writer, writer collaboration, BL writing, social commentary, childhood trauma, strangers to lovers Eccentric Romance (S. Korea + Thailand) : mystery, crime, romcom, childhood friends, friends to lovers, mutual pining, murder, bilingual, language students, working out, school club, friend group, investigation

Meet You at the Blossom (China + Thailand + Taiwan) : historical, fantasy, humor, dark romance, magic, rich noble families, playboy, crossdressing, noble son x assassine, fake identity, intrigues, fuck or die, royalty, doctor x servant, betrayal, childhood friends, misunderstandings, hurt / comfort at times, abduction, obsession, jealousy, abuse, imprisonment, torture, illness, implied unrequired cousin crush, abusive parent, dubcon My Damn Business (S. Korea) : office romance, short series, humor, boss x subordinate, misunderstandings, fluff, jealousy, teasing, drinking buddies, BL comic, talk about exes The Hidden Moon (Thailand) : historical & present, ghosts, mystery, horror, unrequired love, death, murder, accident, different era time jumps, ghost x human, time loop, friend group, enemies to lovers, forbidden love, f/f m/m m/f side couples, violence

[sealedsanctuary]

霹靂封靈島 Pili: Sealed Spirits Island · 2002 - Heng Qian Qiu vs Nv Ya, the Demon Buddha's female body.

[gunsatthaphan]

~ Monthly BL Breakdown: July 2024 ~ 

🫐 Happy August!!! 🐝

Disclaimer: ALL shows can be streamed here or here, as well as on Youtube and other platforms. For more info on where to watch what, check out this post! 

New breakdowns are coming at the end of every month - feel free to add stuff! -> previous breakdowns

What came out this month? (green = seen/currently watching)

🌟 Takara no Vidro - July 1st (Japan)

🌟 This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans - July 5th (Thailand) ✅

🌟 The Boyfriend (Gay Dating Reality Show) - July 9th (Japan)

🌟 The Next Altitude (BOC lineup event) - July 9th (Thailand)

🌟 Century of Love - July 10th (Thailand)

🌟 Meet You at the Blossom - July 11th (China/Thailand/Taiwan)

🌟 Heavens x Candy - July 13th (Japan)

🌟 Sky Valley - July 20th (Philippines)

🌟 I Saw You in My Dream - July 24th (Thailand)

🌟 4 Minutes - July 26th (Thailand)

🌟 Love Enemy - July 26th (Thailand)

🌟 Mitsuya Sensei no Keikakutekina Ezuke - July 26th (Japan)

🌟 Battle of the Writers - July 29th (Thailand)

Monthly Likes / Dislikes

❣️ - 👎🏻 No series but I find the whole Y-Find thing really fucked up like what are they thinking? I know it's the usual capitalism but to leave the winner with nothing but a paycheck and NO rights to their story whatsoever is wild to me. Kinda makes me want to write a story about Thailand's biggest company completely screwing over their fans and submit it lmao 💀

New series & movie announcements

🎥 Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 P.S. You (starring Yoon Phusanu) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Buddy Boy - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 Project Red (movie, starring BillkinPP) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Dear My Paradise - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 I'll Turn Back This Time - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 Host Friend - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Pretty Boys - Date TBA (Philippines)

🎥 Luminous Begins (prequel to The Luminous Solution) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Eternal Butler (sequel to Anti-Reset) - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 The Hell Guard - Date TBA (Thailand)

Other news from the BL world

❗️ After the withdrawal of Chimon W. from the upcoming BL Perfect10 Liners, GMMTV announced that company-newbie Santa P. will be taking on the role of Gun and thus become Perth's new partner in the show. Furthermore they announced that Chimon will still be taking part in the upcoming series Hide & Sis.

❗️ The production company Headliner Thailand announced that actor Seng Wichai will no longer participate in the upcoming BL project The Bangkok Boys due to scheduling conflicts. It has not been revealed whether or not his role will be recast.

❗️ Actor Frank T. made a post on Instagram, announcing the end of his ship with fellow actor Long Shi Lee, saying that there won't be any more joint projects as they are pursuing separate acting careers.

❗️ The annual Digital Awards Thailand were held on July 14th. The following BL actors/productions won:

UpPoom - Most popular pairing (My Stand-in)

GreatInn - Couple of the Year (Wandee Goodday)

MeenPing - Best Couple in a Sports Themed Series (The Rebound)

MosBank - Best BL Couple

❗️ Max Nattapol (Manner of Death) and Na Naphat (Until We Meet Again) will be paired as a side couple in the upcoming GL Petrichor. The show is an adaption of the novel of the same name and author Sammon has been confirmed as the screenwriter. An airdate is still unknown.

❗️ Former GMMTV actor Mike Chinnarat has joined the cast for the upcoming Domundi BL Your Sky as the character Oh. An airdate is still unknown.

❗️ GMMTV announced that their newly announced project Y-Find will accept submissions until August 31st. The project gives (only Thai) fans the opportunity to submit original BL/GL stories, one of which will be chosen to be extended and adapted into a series. The winner receives 30.000 Baht (~800$) and has to sign a copyright transfer agreement for the story and will not be involved in any of the further productions processes as all rights will be transferred to GMMTV. (wtf lmao)

❗️ The Korean vlog-style BL City Boy Log is getting a fourth season. An airdate is unknown.

❗️ GMMTV released a statement, declaring the end of Ohm P. and Nanon K.'s work as a pair and the end of the OhmNanon ship as a result. The pair debuted in Bad Buddy in 2021 and reunited for Our Skyy2 in 2023. According to the statement they want to pursue separate careers - Ohm will be the lead in the upcoming BL Kidnap where he is paired with Leng T. while Nanon has taken a step back from acting.

Upcoming series & movies for August

👉🏻 Sugar Dog Life - August 4th (Japan)

👉🏻 Summer Night (bl side story) - August 5th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Cosmetic Playlover - August 6th (Japan)

👉🏻 Monster Next Door - August 8th (Thailand)

👉🏻 First Note of Love - August 12th (Taiwan)

👉🏻 The Paradise of Thorns - August 22nd (Thailand)

👉🏻 My Idol - August TBA (South Korea)

[ppeonppeonhan]

List of 2024 BLs (by Country)

I was trying to find a list of all the full length (15min+ / 3+ episodes) dramas that started AND finished in 2024, so I filtered Dramalist and made this one. Sharing with the fandom in case it's of interest. (Each title is linked to its Tumblr tag.)

PG: No kiss or chaste kiss; PG-13: 1 or more kiss; R: Spicy sex scenes; NC-17: Practically saw penetration

> THAILAND

4 Minutes (NC-17 | Sci-Fi Crime Thriller | 8ep)

1000 Years Old (PG | Supernatural Comedy | 12ep)

Addicted Heroin (PG-13 | High School Dramedy | 10ep) - Adaptation

Bad Guy My Boss (NC-17 | Crime Dramedy | 12ep) - Adaptation

Battle of the Writers (NC-17 | Dramedy | TutorYim | 12ep) - Adaptation

Caged Again (PG-13 | Supernatural Comedy | 10ep)

Century of Love (R | Supernatural Drama | DaouOffroad | 10ep)

City of Stars (R | Workplace Romance | 12ep)

Deep Night (NC-17 | Workplace Romance | 8ep) - Adaptation

Every You, Every Me (R | Workplace Dramedy | 8ep)

The Hidden Moon (PG-13 | Supernatural Mystery | 10ep) - Adaptation

I Saw You in My Dream (R | Supernatural Dramedy | 12ep) - Adaptation

Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart! (NC-17 | Crime Dramedy | YinWar | 12ep)

Kidnap (R | Crime Dramedy | 12ep)

Knock Knock, Boys! (PG-13 | College Dramedy | 12ep)

Live in Love (PG-13 | Drama | 5ep) - Adaptation

Love Sea (NC-17 | Dramedy | FortPeat | 10ep) - Adaptation

Love Sick 2024 (PG | High School Dramedy | 15ep) - Adaptation

Memory in the Letter (PG-13 | Supernatural Drama | 6ep) - Adaptation

Monster Next Door (R | College Dramedy | 12ep) - Adaptation

My Love Mix-Up! (PG-13 | High School Comedy | Gemini x Fourth | 12ep) - Adaptation / Remake

My Stand-In (NC-17 | Workplace Supernatural Melodrama | 12ep)

OMG! Vampire (PG-13 | Supernatural Comedy | 8ep)

Only Boo! (PG-13 | High School Music Comedy | 12ep) - Adaptation

The Rebound (R | Sports Dramedy | MeenPing | 12ep)

A Secretly Love (PG-13 | College Comedy | 10ep) - Adaptation

Spare Me Your Mercy (R | Mystery Thriller | 8ep) - Adaptation

Sunset x Vibes (NC-17 | Supernatural Comedy | MosBank | 12ep) - Adaptation

This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans (NC-17 | Workplace Dramedy | OabPlawan | 8ep) - Adaptation

Time (R | Time Travel Drama | 10ep)

To Be Continued (R | Dramedy | 8ep)

The Trainee (PG-13 | Workplace Dramedy | OffGun | 12ep)

Two Worlds (NC-17 | Sci-fi Drama | MaxNat | 10ep)

Wandee Goodday (NC-17 | Workplace Comedy | 12ep)

We Are (PG-13 | College Comedy | PondPhuwin + WinnySatang + AouBoom + MarcPoon | 16ep) - Adaptation

> KOREA

Blossom Campus (PG-13 | College Romance | 6ep)

Boys Be Brave! (PG-13 | Comedy | 8ep)

Eccentric Romance (PG-13 | Crime Thriller | 12ep)

Gray Shelter (PG-13 | Melodrama | 5ep)

Jazz for Two (PG-13 | Music Melodrama | 8ep) - Adaptation

Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo (R | Dramedy | 8ep)

Love in the Big City (R | Dramedy | 8ep) - Adaptation

Love is Like a Cat (? | Dramedy | 12ep)

Love for Love's Sake (PG | Sci-fi Drama | 8ep) - Adaptation

The Time of Fever (PG-13 | Drama | 6ep) - Prequel

> JAPAN

Although I Love You, and You? (R | Bi-Panic Comedy | 10ep) - Adaptation

At 25:00 in Akasaka (R | Workplace Drama | 10ep) - Adaptation

Cosmetic Playlover (R | Workplace Romance | 8ep) - Adaptation

I Hear the Sunspot (PG | College Drama | 12ep) - Adaptation

Living with Him (PG | College Comedy | 8ep) - Adaptation

Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan (NC-17 | College Drama | 8ep) - Remake

Love is Better the Second Time Around (NC-17 | Workplace Drama | 6ep) - Adaptation

Love is Like a Poison (R | Legal Thriller | 12ep) - Adaptation

Mr. Mitsuya's Planned Feeding (PG | Dramedy | 7ep) - Adaptation

My Strawberry Film (PG | High School Melodrama | 8ep)

Ossan's Love Returns (PG-13 | Workplace Comedy | 9ep) - Sequel

Perfect Propose (PG-13 | Slice of Life | 6ep) - Adaptation

Smells Like Green Spirit (PG-13 | High School Drama | 8ep) - Adaptation

Sugar Dog Life (PG-13 | Dramedy | 9ep) - Adaptation

Takara's Treasure (PG-13 | College Drama | 10 ep) - Adaptation

> TAIWAN

Anti Reset (PG-13 | Sci-fi Dramedy | 10ep)

Blue Canvas of Youthful Days (PG-13 | Drama | 12ep)

First Note of Love (R | Music Drama | 12ep)

Happy of the End (R | Trauma Drama | 8ep) - Adaptation

Meet You at the Blossom (PG-13 | Period Dramedy | 12ep) - Adaptation

The On1y One (PG-13 | High School Dramedy | 12ep) - Adaptation

Unknown (R | Drama | 12ep) - Adaptation

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NOTE: I plan to update this list with 2024 BLs that END in 2025 (i.e. Perfect 10 Liners, The Heart Killers, etc.) once they actually end -- for rating purposes. And, in case you forgot: Yes, I too loved Dead Friend Forever, Last Twilight, Pit Babe, The Sign, and even Twins, but ALL of those are technically 2023 BLs, even though they fully consumed our lives all the way into 2024.

However, if I am missing a Thai / Korean / Japanese / Taiwanese BL that started and ended in 2024, please leave a helpful comment.