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The BL Xpress Awards- 2025 (Popular Vote)-Top Ten BL Couples [Results]

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Frankly, we weren’t even surprised by this year’s results. We got a choke hold of BL pairings that have us hooked, booked & cooked. Some new and innovative, others old yet unique in their consistency. While most BL couples on this list are well known and their chemistry is a hit, we had a few new entrants adding to the glory of this fast-evolving genre. We are ecstatic to announce the “Top Ten BL Couples” in 2025!

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Korean Reviews

“Thundercloud Rainstorm” Series Review (Ep.3 to 8)

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Not everyone learns how to love the same way. Life teaches us through loss, neglect, power, tenderness, and survival, and those lessons become the lenses through which we understand intimacy. Thundercloud Rainstorm understands this deeply, presenting love not as a universal language, but as something shaped by experience, trauma, and the environments that raise us.

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“Thundercloud Rainstorm” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)

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Power. Obsession. Possession. Need. Jealousy. Emotions we’re taught to fear, avoid, or rise above, and yet they’re also the ones that reveal how fiercely we long to hold onto the people who matter. And in Thundercloud Rainstorm, those emotions don’t hide in the shadows, they take center stage.

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“Seoul Blues” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)

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Frankly, I am astonished this series has gotten such poor to mediocre reviews. I loved it. I loved it for two reasons. First, it tells a full story, albeit short and sweet but to the point. Sure, its brevity is both a hinderance and an asset. I wish there would have been greater character development. Nonetheless, this mini-BL accomplished more in a short period of time than most droning on-and-on BLs characteristically do. It had a beginning, middle, and a fine end. Secondly, we saw flawed characters. These are not individuals who are straight from the trope play book. In some sense, they are not at all likeable individuals, yet they are so relatable to who we are as people. In other words, they aPpre untruthful, blemished, and maybe disingenuous. Traits, I am afraid, we all share at one time or another in our lives.

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