Every year, lots of BL series are released, in which some touch our hearts and some we just enjoy as a one-time watch, but what we all for sure focus on in each of these series is the OST. If a series has a background score that captures viewers’ hearts, that series has 70% chance of becoming a hit series. Here are my top 5 favorite BL series OST that I can listen to on loop all day, any day:
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“10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40” Series Review (Ep.3 to 12)
Age has a tendency to make people more afraid of choices. I think a lot of that has to do with overthinking everything that could go wrong when you’ve already been through years of trying to figure life out day by day. As a woman in my forties, I certainly overthink things way more than I used to in my twenties. And the same goes for Suzume in the Japanese BL 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 (adapted from the manga 40 Made ni Shitai 10 no Koto by Mamita).
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“Hermoso” Series Review (Ep.1 to 10)
The best way to describe this series is to define it in terms of a psychological disorder. It is schizophrenic. It has all the symptoms of this condition. It is befuddling, full of mood swings, capricious, shows severe personality changes, weird periods of agitation with obvious emotional disorders as well, and psychological instability throughout. I could go on, but you get the point. It is not tethered to thinking, operating, or behaving clearly. The story is an incoherent mess yet sometimes just a lot of fun to watch. It was entertaining for some time but then lost its direction in the end as it did not seem to know how to conclude the story.
“Stay By My Side After the Rain” Series Review (Ep.3 to 12)
We often make love more complicated than love actually is. Love is more than an emotion, it’s a deep look at ourselves.
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“Shine” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
I accept, when I watched the first episode- I didn’t understand a word of what was going on in this show!
BL Mini-Bytes
We had some early bird surprises this week, some unexpected announcements that left us stunned. We will be surmising the latest updates, so better buckle your seatbelts. It is going to be a wild ride!
10 Recommendations for the Best New School-Themed BL Series of 2024-2025
In recent years, BL (Boys’ Love) dramas have increasingly dominated the entertainment world, especially those with a school theme that present unique stories full of emotion and conflict in teenage life. Many viewers relate to the stories that depict the struggle to find identity, the dynamics of friendship, and unexpected romance. Various modern elements such as the use of virtual technology, complex family backgrounds, and social challenges relevant to today’s life also add a unique touch to each series. Among the various BL drama recommendations available, ten titles deserve special attention for their quality stories, engaging visuals, and the performances of the cast, who successfully bring each character to life with a natural flair.
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“Love in the Moonlight” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
The human heart is much like a locked vault. The only person who truly has access is the person holding the key.
That’s what the Thai BL Love in the Moonlight feels like from the very first moment: keys and locks, duty and desire, masks and truths. Set in 1963, after political shifts in Sariangkham, Prince Saenkaew (Peak Peemapol Panichtamrong) is sent to Bangkok under the weight of an arranged marriage. His bride-to-be, Pinanong (Perth Veerinsara Tangkitsuvanich), has adored him since childhood, seeing in him not just a prince, but the man she has always wanted. For her, the match feels like a dream. For him, it’s another link in the chain of expectation, duty, and guilt that has followed him since birth.
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“Secret Lover” Series Review (Ep.3 to 10)
Taiwanese BLs these days are on a whole new level and don’t even get me started on the fan service!
“The Killer Next Door” Series Review (Ep.1 to 60)
Yet again, this is another example of a potentially good BL series that went awry. There is a lot of good acting in this series. The issue is, it was wasted in a noxious story. I want to cry over the content (or lack thereof) that is being used to construct BL stories. While I know there ought to be no topics off limits, I do wish more positive representations of ‘Boys Love’ could be portrayed. Or at least ones that are not always so pessimistic in nature and content and/or surrounded by such ugly and negative dimensions. Generally speaking, Korean BL tend to be dark and broody; this one was exceptionally morose and despairing, sprinkled with a mixture of odd personas that sometimes worked. And sometimes not.
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