A guy moves in with his childhood friend in Seoul who is a writer. They haven't met for 15 years now and new guy is looking for a job. The writer is in love with this. Guy but has no courage to confess. When the new guy gets a job in a cafe, his managers love and care and affection to the new guy causes our writer to get very jealous. He will now need to find ways to keep his love close to him and even confess his love. 4 part, total of 45 min mini-series.
A 5-part, 50 min total long ad for Minzz inhaler and a good tourist promotion for Bangkok. Bom an dTar are two friends who are exploring Bangkok. They face few problems but always seem to keep it cool when using this product; solves your problems. Cute leads. No BL, just bromance and a super lengthy advertisement with two very cute leads (could go easy on the lipstick though).
6 episode, 8-9 min each, anthology series with six short stories. Each episode focuses on a couple's adventure at a picturesque location. Some destinations include sandy beaches, waterfront campsites, and riverside resorts. Several main characters are close friends or romantic partners, while others are new acquaintances. They experience delightful journeys of cuisine, sightseeing, and outdoor relaxation. Each short episode resembles a commercial promoting the destinations, likely sponsored by Thailand tourism.
6 episodes 10 minutes each. George is a seemingly laid-back and passive guy about to get married. She pretty much has to dictate every action for him to follow, as he is hardly a go-getter. When George gets a new manager Mike in the cosmetic clinic he works in, his life turns around. They both have a history from when they were kids, got close and love for each other, but gave into social pressure and Mike took off without a word. He is now back to win George's heart. Just an ok show with some bad acting by all side characters.
This was a 2 part series of total about 45 minutes. James and Sky go to a vacation home for the weekend, where mom of one of the guys also shows up. She is desperate to have grandkids, so is really shocked to see that these two friends actually might be a couple. It takes her time but she eventually comes around for the true love and accepts her son's relationship. This was a pretty basic story with a few cliches that you would expect from a simple BL story like this. Denial, acceptance, promotion and happiness.
A pair of tourist souvenir amulets cause havoc when the boy Bao and girl Han wearing them find their souls have been swapped after a near-drowning incident. After the swap, ridiculous things happen, including the boy (who has the girls soul) ending up kissing his friend who is a boy. Now this muscular boy starts to fall for his friend Bao. When the souls are swapped back, Han also has feelings for Bao. The other friend in the end challenges Han to see who can win Bao's heart. 6 episodes of 6-8 minutes shot in tik-tok format. It was not really a BL, in my opinion.
Due to the bad past of the two families Francisco and Salazar, it has also become the root of misunderstanding between two friends which a member of each family who secretly love each other. Will the two still be together? Or the true feelings of each one will be completely forgotten? 5 episodes of 15 minutes each, made by Direk Cyruz (MagnificoTV) in the Philippines, makers of many low cost series. This is awful. Avoid at any cost.
This 2 part 22 min each series had so much going for it and a good case study on how to make these. A poor construction worker once meets a drunk guy at night and they become friends. The guy is gay and has a boyfriend but is going through a rough patch in his relationship. Meanwhile this poor guy has cancer and is getting treatment done by a doctor who goes out of his way to help the boy. He even helps him get a job and hears him out on how the boy has started to fall for the drunk guy he met. Turns out that doctor is the boyfriend of that man and we see how suddenly jealousy takes over and all the path and humanity that doctor had suddenly vanishes because the guy he was taking care of, may end up hurting him. I really really enjoyed the show. With a tight script, it tells you so much about human behavior and moral ambiguity. Highly recommend. Available on PDID Film channel on YouTube.
U Sang is devastated by the death of his father—and now, even the school track team is about to be disbanded. While everyone urges him to face reality, only Jae Min quietly steps closer to stand by his side. And in the end we get a passive confession with a kiss on cheek, almost as if at the last minute they had to make this a gay friendly short story. There were no romantic interactions and was strictly ok. With 2 episodes of 10 minutes each, it was an easy watch, but not necessarily a good one.
4 episodes of 8-10 min each. Set in Japan, a debt collector is trying to extract money from debtor. Twist is that collector is total softie and if he goes back empty handed, his boss might sell his kidney. So the two young men are trapped together in a flat, with no real solution in sight. Meanwhile debtor is unabashed about his sexuality, desires, and weariness with the world around him. Soon the two men start to fall for one another. The two leads are extremely handsome here and super hot.
A guy gets a call from wrong number trying to reach his ex-girlfriend telling him he will take his life. Scared, this guy goes the bar and brings the drunk boy home. The duo meet gain at a photo shoot later and become friends. Turns out our original guy is also recently heart broke after his boyfriend left him. So when the ex-boyfriend comes back suddenly, he gets various emotions but finally controls. The new straight guy meanwhile starts to fall for the innocent and righteousness of this man and asks him to his boyfriend and kisses him. 4 episodes of 10 minutes each, I would say this was pretty basic and strictly ok.
Set in Cebu, this was like a comedy drama. Kristof lives with his father when his brother shows up and is now trans. Th father doesn't accept her and so Kristof leaves with his sister to live in Cebu. There he has a best friend Josh. Kristof really likes him and proposes to him but Josh needs to go back to his village. When he goes back home, he comes out to his father, who is surprisingly also gay and has a gay best friend, who turns out to be the straight homophobic father from first episode. Josh slowly realizes how much he likes Kristof and goes back but he has moved on and is now engaged to a girl. Meanwhile, a random new boy proposes his love to Josh and he readily agrees. This is one of those low production Filipino series from covid times, which are best avoided because they were made just so that people would have something to watch. Over the top in every which way, it is embarrassing to watch. 4 episodes of 25-30 minutes.
Film, a good-looking student that just transferred to this high school, met with Kong. After meeting Kong, he knew that Kong is after his heart and Film is playing along. Once Kong knew that Film was playing along, Kong is now trying harder than ever. Will Film fall for Kong? In the second episode, we see the exact same situation but from the other person's POV. 2 episodes 20 min each.
With 4 episodes of 11 minutes each, we see the story of Xiao Le and Su Wei. They met at university and fall in love. Xiao Le takes a stab at an acting career while Su Wei's mother reacts very poorly to het son's same-sex relationship. However, he hides these personal burdens from Xiao Le. Later, they move in together but the financial burden takes its toll on the couple. Xiao Le has to give up on his acting ambitions and takes on a delivery job. The job is stressful, and Su Wei worries that his boyfriend is sacrificing too much to keep this relationship afloat.
Boyet and Arthur have been friends since childhood and they also love each other but Arthur is bisexual. His girlfriend accidentally gets pregnant and around same time he finds out that he is dying. Boyet takes him across the mountain to get treated but he does and the girlfriend also dies giving birth to their child. Boyet then raises son on his own. 6 episodes of about 15-20 minutes each, on which 2-3 episodes are just about Boyet taking Arthur through mountains and streams. One of those low production total disaster mini-series.
The heir to a Taiwanese business empire, who is hiding in Japan, hires an actor to play his boyfriend in real life, to escape the marriage arranged by his family and to pretend he is gay. Lines begin to blur as they spend time together and try to act like a normal couple to make their story more believable. When his fiancé arrives, she tries to dismiss this as a phase, but by this time the feelings have grown string between the two men. 5 episodes of average 10 minutes. Another China series based and set in Japan. Cute leads with good chemistry but clichéd and rushed story.
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