The Most Heartwarming Romance Ever

Sometimes, the greatest strength in life comes from the special connections we build with others, especially in those quiet moments when we realize just how much simple gestures like saying “good morning” or “welcome home” truly matter.

In the Japanese BL Sugar Dog Life, the journey of finding that special connection is explored in depth. Adapted from Yoriko’s manga of the same name, the series follows university student Sakuraba Isumi (Tanaka Koki) and police officer Amasawa Kyosuke (Tawada Hideya) two men who are not only drawn together by chance but find in each other the missing pieces they didn’t know they needed.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/10/22/sugar-dog-life-series-review-ep-3-to-9/

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A Endearing Romance between an Introvert & an Extrovert

The central premise of “Monster Next Door” revolves around the age-old question: Do opposites really attract? For Diew (Park Anantadej) and God (Big Thanakorn), the answer is a resounding yes. On the surface, the two seem like opposites. Diew is quiet, introspective, and keeps a small circle of friends—his best friend Game, and his beloved turtle, Khun Shy. God, on the other hand, is outgoing, popular, and thrives on social interaction. Yet, despite these differences, what shines through is their mutual care and understanding. They embrace each other’s true selves, communicating openly to navigate their differences.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/10/19/monster-next-door-series-review-ep-5-to-12/

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A Angsty Romance with Dark Undertones!

The end. Two words. Sometimes sad, sometimes happy, and sometimes left open to interpretation.

Yet, all of them are endings.

Adapted from the manga series Happy of the End by Ogeretsu Tanaka, Keito/Haoren (Sawamura Rei) and Kashiwagi Chihiro (Beppu Yurai) are both broken men whose only experiences with “love” have been through abuse, rejection, and pain.

Their life together begins at “the end.” It’s as if both men are merely existing, waiting for the inevitable, even after they find each other.

Each comes from different circumstances. Chihiro has been raised in a world that rejects him because he’s gay. He’s been beaten down by the love he desperately tries to cling to, until he believes he’s worth little more than the garbage he steals. Keito, on the other hand, is raised in a world of abuse and anonymity, one that has stripped him of his identity, his body, and his heart.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/10/10/happy-of-the-end-series-review-ep-3-to-8/

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OffGun Magic Saves the Day Again!!

“The Trainee” is a lighthearted BL series featuring OffGun in prominent roles. The series revolves around internships, careers, and personal growth. It follows the story of Ryan, Tae, Pie, Pah, and Ba-Mhee, recent college graduates who meet at an internship interview at GoodPick. Gun Atthaphan plays the character of Ryan, who is unsure about which company to choose for his internship. After listening to the advice of his close friend, he decides to apply for an internship at Goodpick. He gets selected as an intern in the Assistant Director department, where he meets Jane (Off Jumpol), his supervisor. Jane is strict but kind-hearted. Despite being strict, he teaches Ryan to be more open and brave in making decisions. The chemistry between Off and Gun is wonderful, and they are very comfortable with each other. Pie starts as a stiff and almost like a loner character, but as the series continues, her character becomes softer, more jolly, and open. She is a very talented character and View Benyapa did a great job playing “Pie”. Finally, let’s talk about our adorable couple, Tae and Ba-Mhee.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/10/09/the-trainee-series-review-ep-3-to-12/

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PingXie Romance Spanning over a Decade!

Wu Xie- I will keep him company from now, solve his problems and lead an ordinary life with him.

This is one of those love stories, that never gets old. I have watched it umpteenth times and still I’m always absorbed in their world like it is my first time. The intriguing sequel to “Ultimate Note” where Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling face separation, “Adventure behind the Bronze Door” is a resonating saga of love nevertheless. The only glitch being that our loving couple, PingXie don’t have much scenes together. The show solely focuses on retracing Zhang Qiling’s life and memories; Wu Xie spends the entire time trying to figure out Qiling’s origins and solve problems that might affect their future. It might sound astoundingly boring, because the franchise banks on the chemistry between the actors playing the protagonists (which is like a revolving door with each installment featuring a different set of actors). “Adventure behind the Bronze Door” didn’t have too many scenes between the lead couple; it was a solemn journey with Wu Xie waiting for Zhang Qiling to return from the Bronze Door. He took it upon himself to figure out Qiling’s origins and clear the issues that have been plaguing the Zhang family. The show is a story of two lovers separated by age and time, reuniting and existing peacefully. If you are looking for PingXie romance, you will be disappointed. But if you want to learn more about our superhero, Zhang Qiling; then “Adventure behind the Bronze Door” has all the answers!

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/10/04/adventure-behind-the-bronze-door-series-review-ep-1-to-32/

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A Beautiful Age Gap Romance Indeed!!

There’s something truly magical about finding love in the most unexpected moments, especially when you thought that chapter of your life had already closed.

Adapted from the manga series Mitsuya Sensei no Keikakutekina Ezuke by Matsumoto Ayaka, the Japanese BL Mr. Mitsuya’sDrama_Llama Planned Feeding takes loneliness and companionship, and turns it into a love story about two men who find comfort in each other.

And it all starts with food.

Novice editor Tomoya Ishida (Sakai Taisei) is unexpectedly given the task of retrieving a manuscript from renowned culinary researcher Ayumu Mitsuya (Yamazaki Masayoshi). From the moment they meet, Ishida is drawn to Mitsuya’s charm and culinary talent. As they spend more time together, Ishida starts to realize that the flutter in his chest is something deeper than just admiration.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/09/25/mr-mitsuyas-planned-feeding-series-review-ep-3-to-7/

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An Endearing Sapphic Romance Indeed

“Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko!” (Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-senpai ni Koishiteru) is an office romance between Ayaka (Kato Shiho) and her superior Hiroko (Mori Kanna). It starts off with Ayaka’s attempts to woo Hiroko and to get her to notice Ayaka’s feelings. Her initial attempts end up in comic failures because Hiroko presumes Ayaka is straight and her gestures don’t have any meaning behind them. As the show proceeds, we find that Hiroko’s supposed obliviousness is actually a defence mechanism of wilful ignorance that she puts up to shield herself.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/09/24/ayaka-is-in-love-with-hiroko-series-review-ep-3-to-8/

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A Somber Love Story with Realistic Characters

In a world filled with sound, it’s easy to get lost in the noise. In a world of silence, it’s easy to get lost in the stillness.

Adapted from the manga Hidamari ga Kikoeru by Yuki Fumino, the Japanese BL I Hear the Sunspot explores the themes of sound and silence through the journey of two young men who find solace and understanding in one another.

Starring Nakazawa Motoki as Sugihara Kohei and Kobayashi Toranosuke as Sagawa Taichi, I Hear the Sunspot follows deaf student Kohei as he navigates university life, feeling isolated behind the barrier his hearing loss has created. Everything changes when he meets Taichi, an outspoken, cheerful student whose lively, somewhat naive personality is impossible to ignore—and all too easy to fall in love with.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/09/20/i-hear-the-sunspot-series-review-ep-3-to-12/

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A Timeless Masterpiece Indeed!

It can feel strange to describe love as feeling like an electric moment, but it often does feel electric, shocking, exciting, and overwhelmingly terrifying.


In the Korean BL film The Time of Fever, love is all of the above and more. Starring actors Won Tae Min and Do Woo, it tells the story of Ho Tae and Dong He, who have been inseparable since childhood, growing up like brothers. When Ho Tae returns to their hometown after his father’s funeral, he finds Dong Hee living in his old house, having been kicked out after coming out. Reuniting under one roof, their close bond begins to evolve as old feelings resurface. Dong Hee, who has secretly loved Ho Tae for years, tries to suppress his emotions, while Ho Tae is suddenly faced with unfamiliar feelings of his own. As Ho Tae recklessly dates others to avoid his confusion, their friendship is tested, leading to a gradual and emotional shift in their relationship.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/09/14/the-time-of-fever-series-review-ep-1-to-6/

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A Story that Should Not Be Missed

This Pinoy BL is everything one can wish for in the genre. It’s witty, inclusive, empowering, shows the power of solidarity and strength in numbers that is fundamental to the queer community, while also highlighting the challenges most societies still face with backwards thinking homophobes and transphobes. While queer representation is quite high, there are rising sentiments of queerphobia throughout the world, even in the West and it is important to continue to highlight and uplift queer voices that are too quickly erased in the world, as was done to Baylan Nalundasan in Marahuyo.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/09/13/marahuyo-project-series-review-ep-1-to-8/

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A Historical Saga that was a Good Attempt

“Why do you always want to go back to the past?” – Quote from “Meet You At the Blossom”

This is a titanically fun series to watch. But I am biased. I love history-period pieces, especially Asian ones since I know so little about Asian cultures and customs in general. For me, I romanticize the story even more and thus, it becomes pure escapism.

I confess that I got completely lost in the complexities of the story and with the names and who is kindred to whom. I had a hard time following the lineage of who is related to whom and therefore the story for me got a shade complicated. However, I got the gist of the story and all I was interested in really were the main characters. They were not just entertaining. They were tantalizing. For some reason, decidedly handsome men in exotic period costumes add a greater dimension to the level of the portrayals of their characters they are playing.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/09/07/meet-you-at-the-blossom-series-review-ep-1-to-12/

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Was this Remake Worth the Effort??

“My Love Mix-Up!” is a youthful romance that begins with a comic misunderstanding.

Based on a Japanese manga, the plot follows high school student Atom (Fourth Nattawat) who has a crush on his classmate Mudmee (Pahn Pathitta). One day, he borrows her eraser and sees the name of their classmate, Kongthap (Gemini Norawit), written on it. They have a superstitious belief that if you write the name of your crush on an eraser and use it, your love would be reciprocated. Matters become complicated when Kongthap sees the eraser with Atom, and in order to protect Mudmee, Atom falsely says that the eraser belongs to him. This leads to the titular love mix-up as Kongthap assumes Atom has feelings for him.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/09/04/my-love-mix-up-series-review-ep-3-to-12/

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An apt adaptation that spins a pretty satisfying tale!

Love isn’t a competition, but it can be a transformative force that inspires the people we love to reach the happiness they deserve while we, too, find and hold onto that same joy.

In the drama adaptation of Narashima Sachi’s manga series Cosmetic Playlover, star employees Sahashi Toma (Toyoda Yudai) and Mamiya Natsume (Okuno So) are male beauty advisors who start as rivals and end up as lovers, all while coming face-to-face with their insecurities, their pasts, and what each of them wants from the future–from themselves and each other.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/08/31/cosmetic-playlover-series-review-ep-3-to-8/

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An Emotional Romance with a Beautiful Casting

This series is exceptional, surprisingly. I was not expecting it to affect me as deeply as it did, but one had to frankly get through a lot of cacophony to get to the story. But once you did, and evaluated that, it was much deeper than most viewers, I think, realized. It honestly left me emotionally drained. This series, I felt.

It starts out as your typical Thai BL series with a character who seems superficial, spoiled pampered, and arrogant with a ginormous ego. A successful and well-off writer, Tongrak [Rak] (Peat Wasuthorn), seemingly coming to a remote island to clear his head, acts pensive and appears obviously troubled. Good-looking to be sure, but aloof and evidently wants to be left alone. The person who is paid to take care of him while on the island is Mahasamut [Mut] (Fort Thitipong), a bit of a celebrity on the island. He is dropped-dead gorgeous himself and plays with Rak like he is playing a musical instrument. In other words, he is unimpressed with Rak’s status and money. Throughout their stormy exchanges, Mut develops strong feelings for Rak. Rak pretends desperately not to be enamored with Mut but becomes captivated by Mut’s sincerity and utter charm. It does not take long for sparks to fly and fly they do.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/08/29/love-sea-series-review-ep-1-to-10/

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A Tale of Love, Friendship and Woman Power!

“Show Me Love” is a story about girl power, sisterhood and falling in love. The acting is quite outstanding, and the actors are extremely comfortable in front of the camera and have great chemistry, which was refreshing to see (this has to be said because there are a lot of actors that get to lead series but are very stiff in front of the camera it’s uncomfortable to watch). Although the story itself is your run-of-the-mill romance story, it is not complicated, and the characters are able to talk through things to avoid any unnecessary prolonging of the story, which I quite appreciated. The chemistry between the leads was so compelling that even though a “special episode” was released to show the more intimate scenes, the scenes in which they were more oblivious of their feelings were much more captivating to the audience.

“Show Me Love” follows the story of Cherine (Charlotte Austin), a beauty pageant who has always dreamt of becoming a beauty queen but was discouraged by her past attempts and is thinking of giving up this dream, and Meena (Engfa Waraha), a village girl who runs away from home to the big city in pursuit of her dream of being a singer. Despite her talent, Meena sees that Bangkok is a tough city to succeed in, as her dreams of becoming a singer seem to be evading her every chance she tries. When Meena meets Cherine, her seemingly stuck-up neighbor, they do not immediately get along, however, this changes when Cherine and her friends witness Meena singing, and realize this talented and beautiful girl might be what their agency need in order to compete in the Miss Grand beauty pageant.

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https://the-bl-xpress.com/2024/08/22/show-me-love-series-review-ep-1-to-9/

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