We had a steady stream of news updates from the BL/GL world the past week. It seems that the genre is fast evolving into a lucrative business with most countries in Southeast Asia reaping the benefits!
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Currently Airing Japanese BLs That Are Making Waves
Japanese BLs are fast evolving and surpassing their Thai counterpart. From being an inconsequential entity, the genre has become taciturn with thoroughly well paced storylines, daring casting and intriguing directorials. Since our timeline is flooded with Japanese BLs, we decided it was time to list the current favorites!
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“Love Sea: The Home for Lovers” Series Review (Ep.3 to 10+ 2 Special Episodes)
The thing with remakes is that they aren’t necessarily on par with the original!
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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.
“Mandate” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed”- Mao Zedong
BL Mini-Bytes
The announcements were pretty dim last week, so we just had two major exclusives making it to the headlines. So, it seems like we will be waiting a bit longer to check out the upcoming GMMTV Lineup!
Asian GL Shows That Are Making Waves
GL shows are on the rise, and it could be attributed to the fact that Thailand has some popular GL authors whose novels are selling like hot cakes. Various media houses are rushing to buy their rights and adapt them into live action series. The same kind of action can be seen in the Japanese shores, with the genre picking up taciturn!
“The Wicked Game” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 3)
Revenge. Betrayal. Greed. Passion. All of it collides in The Wicked Game, a Thai BL that wastes no time throwing viewers into its tangled web of family power struggles, danger, and undeniable attraction.
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“At 25:00 in Akasaka Season Two” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
The true test of a relationship is remaining in a relationship despite any obstacles. And that’s precisely the test Shirasaki and Hayama face in the second season of At 25:00 in Akasaka.
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