Taiwanese BL

We Best Love: Season 1 & 2 -永遠的第一名, 第二名的逆襲 [2021] Series Impressions

Even with a convoluted, flimsy storyline and plot, We Best Love: No 1 For You and Fighting Mr. 2nd could have been among the best of the 2021 BL season. If not for the startlingly impressive on-screen chemistry between YU…

RedAugust 17, 2022

Movies

Your Name Engraved Herein 您的名字刻在这里 [Review]

So you can like girls, but I can't like boys? Is your love bigger than the love I give? What's the difference between your love & mine? ~ Jia-Han Valid. If I were only allowed one word to describe the…

Dɾαɱα_LʅαɱαDecember 29, 2020

News

Upcoming Asian Boys Love Dramas – Part I

The Boys Love industry is seeing a steep rise in the number of shows being churned out incessantly. With the astounding growth of Pinoy BL, the wide range of possibilities and global access that BL shows enjoy is slowly becoming…

krishnanaidu88December 10, 2020

Taiwanese Series Impressions

Because of You (2020) Series Review: A Family’s Journey to Love and Acceptance

The family dynamic is always interesting but rarely do we see it take center stage in a BL series as much as Because of You (2020).

andreadeleNovember 8, 2020

Opinion

The Shipper, 3rd Party & the Pretty Eye Candy

A Perspective on Girls in BL Series BL means Boys Love or a series of fictional or true dramatizations of love stories between men. But what about the women and girls who exist in these series? These characters who are…

bestwishes1986October 26, 2020

Opinion

Of Boys Love and Queer Media [Opinion]

There has been an increase in the interest in Boys Love series in recent years. In fact, this COVID 19 pandemic has given rise for opportunities like this, so-called low-key media to emerge as one of the fastest-growing genres with…

BLHavenOctober 3, 2020

News

News Feature: Upcoming Taiwanese BL Dramas (2020-21)

Taiwanese BL has always been daringly ahead of their times. The intimacy and sensual scenes in the "History" series were worlds apart. From HIStory: My Hero to the current trailblazer HIStory3: Make Our Days Count, the Taiwanese never shy away…

krishnanaidu88September 20, 2020

Taiwanese Series Impressions

My Bromance 我的鮮肉弟弟 (Episodes 9 – 12) [Review]

Kary's curiosity gets her into major trouble with Hao Ran. As shocking truths stumble out of the bag, Amy and Hao Ran are faced with the important decision of revealing the truth to their mother. The finale episodes neatly tied…

krishnanaidu88August 4, 2020

Taiwanese Series Impressions

My Bromance 我的鮮肉弟弟 Review (Episodes 5 – 8)

As we delve deeper into the complex relationship that Kary has with her children Amy and Hao Ran, various shocking truths stumble out, and we are left wondering about their dynamics. Each of these characters has a secret to hide,…

krishnanaidu88July 21, 2020

Taiwanese Series Impressions

My Bromance 我的鮮肉弟弟 Review (Ep.1 to 4)

My Bromance is a light-hearted Taiwanese BL mini-series featuring main leads Amy Lai and Hao Ran Lai's hilarious attempts to hide their secrets from their meddling, nosy, and homophobic mother. The show premiered on EBC Network's YouTube channel on April…

krishnanaidu88July 16, 2020

Taiwanese Series Impressions

HIStory2: Right or Wrong 是非 [Review]

My introduction to the HIStory series was through Trapped, which is my favorite story in the web drama anthology created by Chang Ting-fei. "Right or Wrong" is one of the four-episode stories in the second season of this series, but…

PratsJuly 13, 2020

Taiwanese Series Impressions

HIStory 3: Trapped 圈套 – [Review]

You called me 59 times and left 15 voicemails. You were really worried about me….. If you can match this dialogue with the exact scene and expressions of Shao Fei's and Tang Yi's faces, then Congratulations! You have watched one…

PratsJune 19, 2020