Ranking 150+ BLs
The BLs I’ve finished from my favourite to least favourite.
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101. Wedding Plan
Thai Drama - 2023, 7 episodes
- a wedding planner and a groom meet and start to fall in love
- this plot sounded so fun and messy and I was so excited for it but this drama ended up being so *yawn*
- the leads fell in love so quickly - basically at first sight which is not my thing and it meant that the misunderstandings took twice as long as they needed fill the plot
- there were episodes in this where I thought it was actually getting good, but then I’d be disappointed the next episode- Mames dramas are never incredible, but I feel like they always have stars with insane chemistry to fall back on, but I felt this leads chemistry in this was just fine, nothing special.
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102. Big Dragon
Thai Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
- It‘s messy: the leads kind of drug each other and then film them sleeping together to blackmail each other
- Firstly the theme song for this is INCREDIBLE - I’m obsessed
- I thinkthis leads had good chemistry, they gave these roles their 100% and it had a way better production quality than I would’ve expected
- But it was marketed as this epic hatred to love romance, but it felt like they argued for 1 episode and then fell in love, they were cute but I wanted more toxicity from that synopsis
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103. Individual Circumstances
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
- A film director meet again after unexpectedly parting in university
- i liked this more than most people I loved the locations and the dynamic of the leads: grumpy and adorable puppy
- The last episode felt little unnecessary and wasted - also there were some big mistakes- microphones clearly left in shots
- Warning: it ends with 3 “dead fish” kisses - if those bother you -avoid this drama
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104. Ossan's Love
Hong Kong Drama - 2021, 15 episodes
- Hong Kong adaptation of a jdrama - and my first HKdrama
- A guy finds out his boss and coworker both have crushes on him
- It's silly and a lot of fun, I didn't like the little I saw of the jdrama, but this was so much better - a lot more toned down
- the lead was fabulous - so funny. the lead couple were extremely underdeveloped though, I'd go as far as to say this drama isn't their love story so don't expect good romance
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105. You're My Sky
Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
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106. Cherry Blossoms After Winter
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
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107. En of Love: Love Mechanics
Thai Drama - 2020, 4 episodes
- Surprisingly good
- guy and gf going through some difficulties and hE gets closer to his junior
- I like the have a gf trope in BLs so I enjoyed it
- it was pretty mediocre but I’m trash so I liked it.
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108. My Engineer
Thai Drama - 2020, 14 episodes
- Big cast - everyone couples up
- took a few episodes to get good
- Thara is the best character (tharafrong and ramaking endgames please)
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109. Cutie Pie
Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
- One boy hides his true personality from his fiance
- I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY ANYTHING IN THIS DRAMA HAPPENED!!! The first and second couples stories didn't make sense!
- the leads had great chemistry, it definitely had money and it was pretty to look at, if youcan ignore that it makes zero sense and just enjoy fluff it’s great
- the third couple were EVERYTHING and need their own series - adorable innocent Buddhist and flirty bad boy go from enemies to lovers - yaaas - shame they had 1 scene per episode
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110. Khun Chaai
Thai Drama - 2022, 17 episodes
- A man in the 1930's is set to take over his fathers business empire, but he will lose it all if his secret comes out: he's gay (btw the lead was way too nice and self sacrificing)
- This is the first proper lakorn where the lead character is gay - it was on a big channel and had extremely high ratings of all ages watched it in Thailand
- It's almost too much of a lakorn for me - the constant backstabbing, spying and secrets between the family - very traditional lakorns aren't my thing for that reason anyway
- The couple were actually quite sweet with good chemistry - its rich man/poor boy, but then poor boys sent to kill rich boy, but falls in love instead
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111. First Love for the Third Time
Korean Drama - 2022, 6 episodes
- Man’s first love dies, in his next life he finds her, but she dies again, third life her finds her again, but she’s a man in this life
- I liked this concept and the couple were very cute and had good chemistry
- they seemed to fall in love really quick, but I still really liked them
- i think the drama confused itself by the end, characters were acting weird and some completely out of character for convenience
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112. HIStory4: Close to You
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
- 2 best friends one cold and closed off, the other an unlucky in love puppy, start to see each other in a new light
- the lead relationship alone was a 9/10 they are so cute but the second couple were too problematic for me to not rate this the whole drama down
- warning: second couples story involves rape (which is romanticized) and so so much manipulation (I skipped the majority of their storyline after that)
- Also I didn't appreciate all the MODC references cause it just made me cry knowing my fave is dead
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113. Like in the Movies
Filipino Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
- lots of people consider this the best bl of 2020 - definitely one of the healthiest
- but I found a lot of the show quite slow
- I didn’t connect with any of the characters and found a lot of what they said cliched - it left me without an emotional connection to the series - also the ending confused me
- It also suffered from it airing at the same time as one of my all time favourite dramas (ITSAY) - although they aren’t similar I couldn‘t help but compare them - sorry!
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114. Coming Back Again
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
- a man travels back in time 15 years to meet the man who saved his life when he was 10
- this was surprisingly good, but felt too short - like all KBLs - they fell for eachother too quickly for me
- i thought the leads had a. good connection and I enjoyed the time travel aspect
- Lots of people hated the ending, but I thought it was pretty obvious - so I was prepared and able to enjoy it
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115. Hidden Agenda
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
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116. Long Time No See
Korean Drama - 2017, 5 episodes
- A Korean BL - I’m honestly shocked
- hitman and gangster start dating
- this was dramatic but still had sweet moments
- i didnt love it - I don’t know why I didn’t, bit it’s still good
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117. Be Loved in House
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
- Forced cohabitation, workplace romance, hate to love, this has all the tropes
- This started out incredible but ended up being so slow I lost almost all interest
- Also I never really got any of the work storyline so I kinda didn't pay proper attention to those scenes
- BUT i am madly in love with one of the leads, his dimples brought me so much joy every week
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118. The New Employee
Korean Drama - 2022, 7 episodes
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119. Why R U?
Thai Drama - 2020, 13 episodes
- a bit of a mess, there are 2 main couples, 3 side BL couples and 2 straight couples and SO badly edited (multiple times there’s been a black screen for a couple seconds in the middle of a scene)
- Apparently 2 main couples, but the cutest couple get side lined for the other one (I swear I’m not bitter)
- The other main couple have good chemistry, lots of sexual scenes which aren’t my thing but might be yours
- because of the corona virus my favourite couples storyline will be incomplete until they can shoot a special episode
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120. The Secret (Love)
Thai Special - 2021, 1 episode
- I didn't want to watch TharnType2 but want to watch Leo and Fiats new series so this was perfect
- tells the story of 2 boys who are best friends both in love with each other but wont admit it
- its too short for me to rate it higher but if it was longer I'd have loved it they have this obsession with each other I love in my couples
- Not seen a character as promiscuous as Fiat before in a BL but the reasons he gave were interesting and the angle was new and different
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121. Boarding House Number 5
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
- Guy takes over his mums boarding house, he hast 4 tenants and it’s all their stories
- it was fun and simple
- I wish we spent more time with the leads they had great chemistry and in scenes with just them their dynamic was adorable
- too much attention on the second couple I ended up skipping their scenes, as well as the jealous second male lead who was more annoying and unnecessary than sympathetic
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122. 180 Degrees Longitude Between Us
Thai Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
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123. WISH YOU : Your Melody In My Heart
Korean Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
- 2 musicians meet fall in love and make music together
- the acting and chemistry and music are good
- but the leads really don’t spend enough time together to justify to the audience how important their relationship is
- third Korean BL this year and worst of the 3 by far
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124. HIStory: Stay Away From Me
Taiwanese Special - 2017, 4 episodes
- 2 boys become step bothers, one of thems an idol and their forced to cohabit
- its really quite simple, sweet and pure
- The only story I could actually get through of the first year of HIStory
- as it was the first year of HIStory much much shorter than the HIStory2 or HIStory3 series
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125. Because of You
Taiwanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
- 3 rich brothers are sent out to find their potential 4th brother
- Very very short and very sweet
- we get 3 BL love stories, one for each brother
- (spoiler: dont worry there isn’t any incest)
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126. Together with Me
Thai Drama - 2017, 13 episodes
- 2 best friends get drunk and sleep with eachother
- prequel to Bad Romance, but you don’t need to watch that first
- the second BL I ever watched...so probably wouldn’t enjoy it as much now
- lead the way for Thai BLs not being about school boys and so it was...steamy
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127. Manner of Death
Thai Drama - 2020, 14 episodes
- murders start occurring a doctor and teacher team up to solve the case, can they trust each other?
- Max and Tul didn't work for me in this drama, I felt zero chemistry & I found Tuls acting to be really poor
- The mystery was pretty good - I was surprised
- the side couple were adorable, loved the hot policeman and I loved seeing MD since he was my fave in My Engineer
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128. Dark Blue Kiss
Thai Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
- After appearing as side couples twice Pete and Kao are now are leads
- the third and most likely Last series in the Kiss series
- it’s a really annoying jealousy storyline thats saved by the leads chemistry
- theres a side BL couple which fans LOVE, I wasn’t as obsessed, but they were cute
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129. My Dear Gangster Oppa
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
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130. Given
Japanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
- A boy asks another to teach him guitar and its very Japanese, its got all the typical overacting and shouting
- This was just alright, there was nothing wrong with it but most people agree its just fine
- I feel the same about all this directors work though, he just never makes stuff I'm obsessed with
- Also heartbroken we didn't get more side-couple development, I LOVED their potential
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131. Step by Step
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
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132. Zenra Meshi
Japanese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
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133. Takara-kun to Amagi-kun
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
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134. Kiss
Thai Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
- The first series of the previously mentioned 3 GMMTV “Kiss” dramas
- The BL couple are very much a side couple and are a surprise reveal towards the end
- if you watch knowing who the BL couple are they have some sweet moments
- i haven’t mentioned this yet but the friend group that appears in every Kiss series is so so great.
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135. 609 Bedtime Story
Thai Drama - 2022, 11 episodes
- a player wakes up in a parallel world and falls in love with a boy there
- this could’ve been good but it was told so confusingly - I was so lost and bored most of the time - a waste of OhmFlukes chemistry
- its the same director as The Eclipse and I also didn’t like how that was told - so I don’t think I’m a fan of her style
- BUT it was so nice to see Ohm play such a smiley character- it felt like he was having so much fun
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136. Oh My Assistant
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
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137. Quaranthings
Filipino Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
- Due to COVID two housemates have to spend time together
- its 2 very different boys learning they’re more similar than they thought
- this web series clearly had bare minimum funding but make it work
- as a bi person the bi erasure that the lead was pushing was difficult to watch
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138. Sotus
Thai Drama - 2016, 15 episodes
- its about the hazing rituals of the engineering program in Thai universities
- its about a very grumpy senior and a very righteous freshman falling in love
- This is widely considered to be the best Thai BL, it’s only competition being the recent Tharntype and 2gether
- Don’t kill me but...I was so excited but didn’t love this, I felt zero chemistry.
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139. Ton Hon Chon Tee
Thai Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
- 2 boys were childhood best friends but got separated, ones always had a crush on the other
- This was so problematic and the leads said and did some not okay things
- I'm happy Khaotung was finally the lead and Mike and Toptap were adorable
- Neo played one of my all time favourite characters - pansexual adorable king!
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140. Ryu Sun Bi's Wedding Ceremony
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
- 7th Korean BL
- Set in the Joseon era a man dresses up as his sister when she runs away on her wedding day
- it was really rushed and a mess when i had really high hopes
- The male lead in particular was so bland
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141. Cutie Pie: Special Episode
Thai Special - 2023, 4 episodes
- a short continuation of Cutie Pie the series
- i ONLY watched this for my adorable third couple - Syn and Nuea deciding on their future - they even had a steamy scene!?
- i was so disappointed by the writing of the main couple I’m the original series that I was done with them in this - I played their scenes on 2x speed
- i actually kind of liked the second couple here - the power imbalance finally felt less present
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142. Senior Secret Love: Puppy Honey
Thai Drama - 2016, 6 episodes
- the side couple are BL and this is OffGuns first appearance!!!
- over confident off and shy gun unexpectedly start to spend more time together and feelings happen?
- offgun are BL royalty
- this series was ok for when it was made so don’t expect kisses -wait till Theory of Love for that - which Is one I haven’t seen yet.
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143. Make It Right
Thai Drama - 2016, 12 episodes
- 2 friend sleep together, but one of them has a girlfriend!
- I have to respect it cause it was the first Thai BL that seriously spread internationally
- My first BL and probably most long time fans first, but I can’t finish it
- it’s not good, but it’s not terrible, it’s just so cringe, I’m so glad that most BLs aren’t like this anymore
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144. I Wanna Bite It
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
- A vampire is about to die the only way he can survive is drinking the blood of a pure blood human, but he must make the human fall in love with him first
- if it was just that summary this would be brilliant but it got so convoluted and confusing so quickly
- It was insta love which is not my jam
- also there was a whole plot point with a brother that was a waste of time
- I was so over this by the end I didn’t really focus on the last episode and don’t know howit ended
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145. 'Cause You're My Boy
Thai Drama - 2018, 12 episodes
- Two boys have a secret that tore their friendship apart yers ago
- i have a soft spot for this one- it’s my first BL I completed
- BUT this is bad, it clearly had zero money, you can’t hear some scenes and they skip big plot points assuming you’ve read the book
- the only really good thing is our leads chemistry and they’re in 2gether so just watch that
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146. My Gear And Your Gown
Thai Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
- The leads meet and have a hate/love relationship spanning high school and university
- the highschool portion was horribly boring and nonsensical and it’s over half the drama
- the leads have zero chemistry or charisma and left me annoyed and uncomfortable
- The side couple were really adorable and had some important conversations but they were introduced only in the second half - they were how I managed to finish this
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147. Pit Babe
Thai Drama - 2023, 13 episodes
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148. Senpai, Danjite Koide wa!
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
- a guy gets a job where his senpai is somene he’s obsessed with
- so far worst jdrama I’ve ever seen - and I have such a bias for japanese BLs I thought they’d never make a bad one
- i didn’t like this at all - zero chemistry and I hated one of the main characters
- my stars here are solely for the actor of the senpai - he was so charismatic and I really enjoyed his character
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149. Bad Romance: The Series
Thai Drama - 2016, 13 episodes
- this is set after the events of Together With Me, but was made before - you don’t have to watch it and I probably wouldn’t...
- The BL couple are a side story in this
- its a jealousy plot line, I HATE jealousy plot lines if they’re just there to destroy a relationship, rather than build anything
- the female lead is such a fun character though
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150. Senior Secret Love: Puppy Honey 2
Thai Drama - 2017, 8 episodes
- Second OffGun appearance
- all I remember is I hated this and I was bored
- the main couple are barely together in this
- and offgun get a poorly put together jealousy plot...boo!
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151. Happy Merry Ending
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
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152. SaifahZon Story
Thai Special - 2020, 3 episodes
- Saifah and Zons story that was incomplete due to filming issues because of covid
- This was my favourite couple in My Engineer but this wasn’t necessary
- It was so boring and so dull, there was about 15mins worth of story to tell the rest was just a mess
- I forgot how poorly made Why R U? was but this was even worse
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153. Your Home
Filipino Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
- 1 boy helps other become model and they fall in love
- they tried, but this was a terrible series
- the leads had good chemistry but it was a MESS
- I fast forwarded the last 2 episodes cause I just didn't care anymore
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154. En of Love: TOSSARA
Thai Drama - 2020, 4 episodes
- ugh - fast forwardead through a lot of it and I hate fast forwarding through dramas
- guy goes after another guy who he wants to date
- this was a badly told story and a poorly made drama
- I’m happy that at got through it so I could watch the next miniseries which was actually fun to watch
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155. Middle Love
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
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156. Judo Boys
Korean Drama - 2022, 5 episodes
- 2 judo stars and one of their school friends become a love triangle
- I think I had second lead syndrome for this series, although I’m still not sure who the main love interest was
- i really wanted the 2 judo fighters to end up together and found the school friend a jerk who ended up messing with the lead more than anything
- this is seriously low budget, ridiculously low, and if I liked the mains love story I may’ve given it a higher rating, but the couple I liked shard 5 mins on screen over the whole series