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Tag Archives: Taiwanese BL
“Boys Like Boys” Series Review (Ep.1 to 10)
I have been watching reality tv dating shows for as long as I can remember and no matter how much other people found it refreshing and true, I always felt every moment of it was scripted. Whether it is about their interaction, connections, fight or arguments, for me everything felt fake and too much formulaic.
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Chinese Danmei “Mou Mou” Turned into Taiwanese Adaptation “The Only One”
After months of speculation and waiting, we finally got some good news!
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“VIP Only” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
“VIP Only” is a Taiwanese BL drama that revolves around Gu Jing (Stan Huang) and Liu Li (Xuan Chen). Gu Jing is a good chef who owns a creative, retro restaurant. He opens his restaurant anytime he wants. Gu Jing finds that there is a boy who often visits his restaurant and takes the quietest seat, that’s Liu Li. Liu Li is a BL novelist who rents a room upstairs from Gu Jing’s restaurant. Gu Jing often sends Liu Li a bowl of spicy beef noodles, whenever he seems sad or resolute. Slowly, Gu Jing becomes the person that Liu confides in, the person who keeps him company. Gradually, Liu Li realizes that his fantasies may be different from reality.
“You Are Mine” Series Review (Ep.3 to 10)
“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.
Weekly BL Updates
As we draw nearer to the end of the year the line-up keeps piling up instead of slowing down. Old series will be remade for the nostalgic, new series will be created for the enthusiastic. And in-between it all a variety of webtoons, comics, movies and novels to keep the lovers of every genre satiated. So, join us as we explore what’s new this week in Boys Love.
“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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“Boys Like Boys” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 3)
Queer dating shows seem to be the norm these days and they are trending. Following into the footsteps of their popular predecessors “Sparks Camp”, “His Man S1 & S2” and “Merry Queer”, Gagaoolala has rolled out the red carpet for their exclusive dating show “Boys Like Boys”. Promotions are in a high swing with the first episode available for free on their YouTube Channel. The reality show is a collaboration between Gagaoolala and HahaTai. It is also the first non-scripted LGBTQ+ and BL dating reality show from Taiwan.
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New & Improved “The BL Xpress” Franchise (Website+YouTube)
We pretty much announced our plans to start a YouTube Channel in our anniversary issue (February). Since then, it has been a long, arduous journey to collaborate with distinct and varied content creators. When we launched our YouTube Channel in September, we were hoping that our loyal subscribers would join us on this joy ride. The reason behind starting this channel is that we wanted to share our opinions and exclusives not only on our website but also in the video format. Our goal is to act as an effective bridge between the BL world and their avid fanbase. As such, we will be engaging our audiences via intriguing videos on-
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Weekly BL Updates
After a brief hiatus, we are back with our weekly roundup of ‘BL Updates’. The rush hour load doesn’t seem to be lessening. The continuous out pour of dramas/movies is keeping us busy. Let’s walk this tightrope as we share the latest exclusives from the BL & GL industry as well as queer content from the West!
The BL Xpress 