Category: bl
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Vice Versa: A RomNotCom in Multicolour
A body-swapping, universe-jumping adventure on paper, Vice Versa is instead a deeply self-aware and self-referential bait and switch. A BL romcom on the outside and a highly meta and very earnest discussion about having the courage to pursue what you want in life on the inside.
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I Told Sunset About You
In I Told Sunset About You, Thailand produced a BL so exceptionally raw and so beautifully produced that it deserves a better label than ‘Thai BL’.
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Colour Rush Review: An overwhelming wave of emotions
Set in an alt-Korea where there is widespread prevalence of a neurological form of Monochromacy, Colour Rush is a BL about finding someone who makes your world brighter.
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Cherry Magic Premiere Watch
I was a little nervous to wade into the Japanese BL Cherry Magic, lest I didn’t connect with it as others have. There’s no need to fear though: Cherry Magic is as cute and as full of kilig as promised.
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The Protagonist of Your Own Story: Like in the Movies Review
Following on from the excellent Gameboys, Pinoy television has now delivered the equally-good Like in the Movies (Gaya Sa Pelikula)
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Love By Chance 2: More fan fiction than fiction
Love By Chance’s so-called second season is merely fan fiction and its fans deserve better.
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Pass or Play on Gameboys?: Definitely Play
In the middle of the Covid19 lockdown in the Philippines, gamer Cairo Lazaro begins an online romance with his fan, Gavreel Alarcon in this high-quality BL from the Philipines.
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Where Your Eyes Linger
Korea has made an unexpected foray into BL. And it turned out quite good overall…
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Is “Right or Wrong” Right or Wrong?
Right or Wrong is often criticised for the stark power imbalances between the two leads. But the show’s title is a question to the audience – is this relationship Right or Wrong?
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A HIStory of problematic relationships
As HIStory3: Make Our Days Count comes to an end this week, fans of BL have started to cast their eye across the series as a whole and realise that the problematic and unhealthy relationships depicted in this year’s instalments is not a new phenomena but in fact a pattern.