“Runaway” is a Thai GL drama that mixes horror, mystery, and romance in an interesting way that feels authentic to watch and is exciting as well as adventurous. The story follows Winrawi (Miusic Praewa), a woman who becomes haunted by a dangerous spirit and is told she only has 168 hours left to live. As time passes, she must face her past and find a way to survive. I feel that this concept is really new and interesting as far as the GL genre is concerned. The scriptwriter and director really did well in exploring this genre, especially in a sapphic romance where, most of the time, the women are portrayed as soft and gentle.
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“Checkered Shirt Season Two” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
Frankly, this is a hard series to describe. Enjoying Season One for its creativeness and freshness, this took that original story to a whole new level. In my review of the initial narrative, I said that the box had been opened and wondered how it would be closed. Well, close it they did. But how they choreographed the closure is where the flaws surface. The story begins to fold onto itself prematurely. Subsequently, it did not flow very well throughout, mainly due to the way the series was edited. The story became too choppy and felt more like we were watching snippets or snapshots of scenes rather than a flow to a story. Simply put, it just did not connect well or consistently.
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“Wooju Bakery” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
“Freedom is irrelevant. Self-determination is irrelevant. You must adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.” – Borg Quote from Star Trek
“Soul Mate” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
Unique is an interesting word. Depending on how it’s used, it can make someone feel special, or it can make someone feel alienated. Maybe that’s what stands out so much about the word itself, that it has the power to lift someone up while also weighing them down.
“Broken (of) Love” Series Review (Ep.3 to 8)
Very rarely is everything exactly as it seems. Growing up, my mother used to say there are always three sides to every story: yours, theirs, and the truth somewhere in between.
Nowhere does that feel more apparent than in the Thai GL Broken (of) Love.
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“The Water” Series Review (Ep.3 to 8)
Englot means perfection, but that doesn’t mean this story was flawless!!
“Hello Love!” Series Review (Ep.1 to 5)
There are not many BLs emanating from Cambodia and certainly recently only sporadically. And that is too bad. Much like Vietnam, they tend to tell comprehensive narratives of love from a perspective of a solid beginning, an intensively creative middle, and a romantic end. In addition to telling a chronology in a simply ordinary manner, for which the storytelling creates the feeling that anyone’s life can end up being a fairytale romance. They are stories about ordinary people meeting their love in unexpected everyday ways as well. These moments highlight the allure of chance encounters in love, quietly drawing us in and making us believe that everyone has the potential to be loved.
“Smile After Tears” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
So we have another Taiwanese BL with a dreaded ending in the making!!
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“When Oranges Fall” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
There’s nothing quite like the unpredictability of youth and the feeling of falling in love for the first time. Everything feels bigger when you’re young: friendships, heartbreak, embarrassment, joy. Even the smallest moments settle into your memory and stay there long after childhood fades away.
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“Love You Teacher” Series Review (Ep.3 to 10)
Trauma is a strange bedfellow that affects everyone differently. The human mind is an intricate thing, constantly trying to protect itself in ways that aren’t always easy to understand. And when grief, guilt, and depression become too heavy to carry alone, the ways people survive can look entirely unexpected.
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