#the supernatural/ghost bls are probably a lot sadder from a western viewpoint

[pharawee]

Do you know any thai BL dramas with sad ending?

Oh, dear anon, do I ever. 😭

A (probably incomplete) list of Thai BL without a HEA*

Grey Rainbow (2016) - This BL takes no prisoners. This BL wants to see you suffer. It's so sad. So unfair (it also comes with a SA content warning). But also really good. It's a quiet and short series that comes with time jumps and a friends to lovers/pining theme.

Dear Doctor I'm Coming for Soul (2022) - Coincidentally, this stars the same acting pair (Karn Kasidej & Nut Nutchapon) as the series above. It's a love story between a doctor and a soul reaper - and it's probably easy to see why there won't be a classic HEA. It's very bittersweet, and probably a lot harder to digest for Western audiences.

Something in my Room (2022) - Another supernatural BL, but this time it's a love story between a boy and a ghost. It's bittersweet for same reasons Dear Doctor is. I cried my heart out at the end.

He She It (2020) - This is a tragedy with a cruel twist.

Peach of Time (2021) - This is a Korean-produced BL but it also stars Jimmy Karn and Tommy Sittichok (who both speak Thai in the series). It's a very soft and sad love story between a boy and a ghost. Bring tissues.

The Effect (2019) - This BL (if it even is one) is extremely dark. It's like an anti-BL (and comes with several content warnings for SA, self-harm and bullying). It takes common BL tropes and completely and cruelly demolishes them. I'm not even sure if it's necessarily what you're looking for since it's just so incredibly harsh in every single aspect but you're probably going to stumble upon it anyway. In the strictest sense it probably doesn't count since it mostly deals with the aftermath of an unspeakable act. The ending isn't sad... it just is.

The Blue Hour (2015) - An absolutely mesmerising movie by Anucha Boonyawatana (Not Me) starring Gun Atthaphan and Oab Oabnithi. It starts bleak, and then it gets bleaker from there. There's some horror and lots of violence mixed in for good measure. Personally, I love this movie, but I couldn't objectively tell you how it ends. It's like a fever dream.

Red Wine in the Dark Night (2015) - Thailand's only vampire BL so far, starring a very talented Fluke Natouch. It's bleak, then it's somewhat hopeful, then everything turns from bad to worse. It's got the same surreal quality to it as The Blue Hour.

The Best Story (2021) - A short and grounded BL starring Yin Anan and War Wanarat (Love Mechanics) about a secret/unrequited schoolboy crush.

Childhood (2023) - A beautifully filmed shortfilm about an unrequited crush. This is indie-produced and very recent so I'm adding a link.

The Luminous Solution (2023) - This BL has two pairings and a very surprising twist. What it lacks in execution it makes up with storytelling and foreshadowing. It's about endings and beginnings with some magic thrown in for good measure.

He's Coming To Me (2019) - This BL probably has the softest of sad endings of all the series/movies in this list. It's bittersweet because as ghost love story it's "doomed" from the start.

The Miracle of Teddy Bear (2022) - This series is a lot. But completely worth it, even if the ending leaves you like ?? ???

180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us (2022) - This isn't a classic BL (as in: it wasn't intended as one but received and promoted as such). It's all about the interpersonal story it wants to tell and less about the pairing. The ending doesn't really come as a surprise but, oh my, this series is so beautiful.

Chains of Heart (2023) - I forgot my favourite show (maybe because it's my fave so I don't necessarily think of it as sad - plus, the novel actually has a HEA). But yeah, fate and revenge stand in the way of this couple ending up together. 😭