“You Are Mine” started out as your typical office romance, which, although overdone, is an easy and reliable (vanilla) romance story. While the story had a strong set up, by the 3rd or 4th episode, it was clear that there was barely anything solid to the story, which undermined the chemistry between the main characters and left us with a flavorless romance. The chemistry between the leads was unfortunately not enough to carry us through the show that barely had any plot. Considering the caliber of the BL series, we have in 2023, and in Taiwan, this was a rare miss.
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“Naughty Babe” Series Review (Ep.3 to 12)
Yaoi is the name given to “Boy on Boy” romances with raunchy and comedy scenes that are too much for dramatic novels or manga to have without a censor. Recently, creators of Boys’ Love series all over the world have seen the importance of including Yaoi factors in their series. The reasons are to reach a larger audience through the new options these aspects create in their works. Taking facets of the genre and adding them to the BL has become the standard. Attractive fathers, zany and beautiful friends and their large, serious boyfriends (seme) are a few of these details you can find in “Naughty Babe”. Evil and equally attractive villains are there to keep the drama never too far from the viewer’s minds. All these ingredients together make “Naughty Babe” work as it includes every feature of the Yaoi genre’s most popular characteristic.
“A Breeze of Love” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
Sleep is a scary thing. It’s as frightening as it is vital. And being vital is a big reason why it’s so terrifying. We all need sleep to function, but sleep is a vulnerable place to be. Unprotected. Open to nightmares. Open to things happening to you that you’re unaware of.
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“I Can’t Reach You” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
The scariest thing truly close friends face is the fear of losing a friendship, especially if their feelings for each other change.
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“Kiseki Dear to Me” Series Review (Ep.3 to 13)
“Kiseki Dear to Me” had such a strong start, the plot and the time jump that was established earlier on was a strong foundation for the show to bring the whole story together, and yet, somewhere in the middle it managed to lose momentum, focusing on the wrong points and ended up giving us a bland story, which certainly did not match up to the strong start the show had. The story doesn’t quite pay off as much as it could have, and despite the actors’ strong chemistry and the overall compelling nature of the characters’ stories, there was something missing in the story. It was not developed well.
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“My Dear Gangster Oppa” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
The unspoken world of bars, guns, knives and mysterious shy boys is the one that the new Boys’ Love drama “My Dear Gangster Oppa” consists of. Like “KinnPorsche”, the drama is as simple as a man taking stock of the different cuts and bruises running down his body; you could miss it at first. But instead the storyline focuses on a shy college student named Guy (Ping Krirttanun) in love with his best IRL friend Wahl (Winner Tanatat). Then there is the tall, attractive Tew(Meen Nichakoon), a bar owner with beautiful hosts and a man of few words. The dichotomy of the two characters & their lives shouldn’t work. With fully C.G.I. rendered game play of the massive online game they play along with their online friends, it’s clear the two storylines, the people and situations that populate them blend into each other and that is the world of “My Dear Gangster Oppa”. A unique take on the webtoon “My Ideal Relationship” by Ken.
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“Fellow Travelers” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
“Fellow Travelers” follows the story of gay men during the McCarthy administration in America, when communists and gay men were being “witch hunted” and develops throughout the 1980s at the height of the AIDS crisis.
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“My New Boss is Goofy” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 3)
As an avid fan of the BL genre, diving into my second anime series of the year, ‘Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen’ had me intrigued and excited. The ongoing series promised an interesting storyline, and after immersing myself in its first few episodes, it certainly delivered more than I expected.
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“If It’s With You” Series Review (Ep.3 to 5)
It’s nice to see someone on screen begin to understand that love and how we feel about it is a personal experience that shouldn’t be tainted by a portion of society’s standardized view of it.
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“One Room Angel” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
I think everyone experiences a point in their lives where they feel worthless. Hopeless. Lonely. No matter who we are or where we come from, these moments are universal. Whether these feelings stem from a fleeting thought or a lasting situation, they’re still there. Waiting.
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