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“Me and Who” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 3)

Rich or poor, good or bad, all lives lived have something people struggle with. It’s easy to relate to those who fight each day to survive, but money doesn’t decide how much a life is worth or how much a person can love. That’s the fascinating contrast at the heart of Me and Who, a new Thai BL adapted from the web novel by wickedwish_.

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“School Trip: Joined a Group I’m Not Close To” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)

High school can be a difficult time or a great one, depending on the personal journey of each student. It’s either a time you never want to forget, or one you wish you could bury and never think about again.

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“Punks Triangle” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)

Love is multi-faceted, but we often tend to show our best sides to the people we are attracted to rather than the depths of who we are. The new Japanese BL Punks Triangle takes two young men and one mistaken identity to reveal not only a blooming romance, but two sides of who each of them are.

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“You Don’t Know” Series Review (Ep.1 to 4)

This is such a story of contrasts that when you watch, it will no doubt make your head spin. It is not a BL yet has such a deep undertone of attraction between two male figures that you cannot miss its elucidation. It also is a story of ornamented family ties that at the same time their underlying behaviors upgrade the definition of dysfunctional family – they go from a ‘loving’ unit to sociopaths capable of committing unspeakable evil acts as well as treat each other with contempt. We see a ‘bad’ person accomplish acts of kindness yet be interpreted as evil actions. At the same time, ‘good’ people executing exploits of atrocities and interpreting them as justifiable acts. The whole series has example after example of oxymoronic tableaux. In the end, however, despite the conflicting messages, its arc is quite clear.

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