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article-body__ntent"><div class="ArticlePageChunksContent-etcMtP bwyLBj"><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eSsnKa"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Some of the bt <a href=">BL dramas</a> (shorthand for Boys’ Love) to date have ma global wav 2021, om untri such as Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Cha and the Philipp. This year’s BL dramas have ventured to uncharted terrory, showg aga and aga the value of nuanced, romantic queer storytellg.</p><p>K-pop group <a href=">A.C.E’s lear Jun told</a> <em>Teen Vogue</em> Augt that he hoped BL dramas like <em>Light on Me</em> and others uld “help break down prejudic and create a more equal world for all,” knowg back then that his forthg role <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Tted Wh You</em></a> would do exactly that. <a href="><em>Light On Me</em> star Kang Yooseok</a> put like this to <em>Teen Vogue</em> earlier this year: “A person n fall love wh anybody, bee a person n love anyone.” That’s <a href=">the sence of BL</a> s most fundamental state.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p><strong>Related:</strong> <a href=">The 11 Bt BL Dramas of 2022</a></p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="682el"></div></div><p>Current seri <em>Bad Buddy</em> — will we ever tly move on om <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>that</em></a> scene? — will rg the new year, vyg for BL supremacy 2022 as we wa for dramas such as <em>To My Star 2</em>, PondPhuw’s <em>Never Let Me Go</em>, and <em>KnPorsche</em> <em>The Seri</em>. But for now, here are the 11 bt BL dramas om 2021 that serve your attentn.</p><h2><em>Lovely Wrer</em></h2><p>Step si the life of a fictn wrer as Gene (“Up” Poompat Iam-samang) overse his BL novel beg adapted to a drama and falls for the drama’s lead actor, Nubsib (“Kao” Noppakao Dechaphatthanakun), while his edor prsur him for the next btseller that’s more gay, more erotic, and more profable. This seri turned heads for explorg the unrbelly of Thailand’s BL dtry, where actors are marketed as a uple IRL, and sexual asslt is romanticized. <em>Lovely Wrer</em> sets out to make a statement <em>and</em> tell a good story, both of which achiev, if not wholly via the palpable chemistry between Up and Kao, then through s ensemble st. If you’re lookg for social mentary and <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>kilig</em></a> rolled to one, this is the show for you. (<a href=">YouTube</a>, Thailand)</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><h2><em>Gameboys: The Movie</em></h2><p>As the ntuatn of Gavreel and Cairo’s love story that unfold <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">season one</a>, this film ups the ante by brgg the drama out om behd social media screens and to vis-à-vis, as the love birds relish their newfound timacy whout panmic rtrictns. Kokoy Santos and Elijah Canlas m to their craft like their rent is due, brgg a vulnerabily and tth to the uple’s gay experience. It’s currently dog the ternatnal circu several film ftivals, so you’ll need to wa a while before ’s available to watch — might jt be <a href=">the future of queer storytellg</a>. (Philipp)</p></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="1ykgiq"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><h2><em>Light On Me</em></h2><p>Basilly has <a href=">all the bells and whistl of a K-drama, but make gay</a>. Taekyung, played by Lee Saeon, is a meek high school loner who cis he’d like to have iends. Enter Kang Yooseok as Shwoo and Choe Chanyi as Daon, his betifully flawed love terts, whose storyl engage wh their gayns a tangible way, not simply relegatg to the peripheral. Mix an OST om A.C.E, and you’ve got the seri that kept BL Twter a chokehold for most of July and Augt. <em>Light On Me</em> left me wh butterfli my stomach, but more than that, remd me of the importance of iendship. We stan Namgoong. (<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Viki</a>, South Korea)</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><h2><em>A Tale of Thoand Stars</em></h2><p>When a young woman di a traffic accint, Tian (Sahaphap Wongratch aka Mix) receiv her transplanted heart. Learng about his donor’s life tak him to a village, where he meets Chief Phupha (Pirapat Watthanasetsiri, known as Earth), and his new heart grows fiant, beatg faster Phupha’s prence. I mean, who wouldn’t experience palpatns when faced wh a chiselled god like Earth, who brgs a quiet digny to the screen. Emotn spik every episo as Tian steps to his new sense of self (any chance to see Mix’s se). The village tale is about untg a thoand stars, and EarthMix, I’ve found two of the brightt. Stargazg has never been more thrillg than wh them. (<a href=">YouTube</a>, Thailand)</p></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="286qb"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><h2><em>We Bt Love</em></h2><p>An unrivaled gem om this year and livered two parts; <em>No.1 For You</em> and <em>Fightg Mr 2nd</em>, this story will fashn knots your stomach and unravel them wh ecstatic joy one fell swoop. College stunt Zhou Shu Yi is an nscent talent, but he’s been bted at every turn by Gao Shi De, always first place, who begs an dac qut to w his heart. Sparks tly fly between idol actors YU and Sam L — pecially one impassned scene on a bridge — immortalizg this drama at the apex of BL non. Angst and plenty of heart? The cup nh over. (<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">WeTV</a>, Taiwan)</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><h2><em>Manner of Death</em></h2><p>Gone are the engeerg uniforms and universy mp of BL, this spenseful thriller that rn fan favore uplg “Max” Nattapol Diloknawar and “Tul” Pakorn Thanasrivanchai — MaxTul. Set the ral Viangpha Mork, a strg of murrs leads Dr Bunnak (Tul) and school teacher Tan (Max) to unver the terrible tth about their town. It’s rehg to see the leads love-locked ath-fyg pas agast rpt power, extendg what we would nsir as BL to a more crime genre-specific eratn. <em>Manner of Death</em> has a particular proclivy for keepg s dience on their to, matched only by MaxTul’s effable chemistry. (<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">WeTV</a>, Thailand)</p></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="sf4i1c"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><h2><em>Word of Honor</em></h2><p>Adapted om the <em>danmei</em>, Faraway Wanrers 天涯客, this <em>wuxia</em> drama entangl two soulmat on a path to seek peace and jtice amongst the chaos of martial arts sects and a valley of evil. As soulmat go, Zhou Zishu (Zhang Zhehan) and Wen Kexg (Gong Jun) are characters that, bis beg credibly easy on the ey, tapult every scene to another level wh their relentls banter. Heaven only knows how <em>Word of Honor</em> passed Cha’s strict censorship laws, but the takg is vast. One need only read the actor’s lips (different to the ADR dubbg) to see how queer the show was tend to be. It’s a boistero and gargantuan epic wh a gutsy endg worth stickg around for. (<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Viki</a>, Cha)</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><h2><em>Stuck On You</em></h2><p>Image visg a stranger’s hoe for a hookup durg panmic tim, only for to go horribly wrong — your cy go to lockdown and you wd up stuck quarante wh your failed hookup. That’s the hook here. The pilot episo — aptly tled “Mask for Mask” — sets the stage for a story that duc tears and lghs equal measure, posg the qutn: n nnectns formed a surreal realy like quarante ever bee anythg more than suatnships? We have an nate need to be forted and feel valued, sired even, and through s limed spe, <em>Stuck On You</em> is a perfect storm. 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(Kieta Hatsoi)</em></h2><p>Young love gets a shake-up this enarg and sweet high-school romance led by Japane idols Michieda Shunse as Aoki, and Meguro Ren as Ida. Aoki lik Hashimoto, a girl his class. He borrows her eraser and se Ida’s name wrten on . But Ida se , and thks Aoki has a csh on him — and so the fun begs. It’s enarg to wns them disverg what feels right, what’s acceptable, what mak them feel happy. And who wouldn’t have a soft spot for a protagonist that puts himself the trash bee he feels hopels? As the show fish up s fal episos, ’s well worth a bge. (<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Viki</a>, Japan)</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="113" width="200" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><h2><em>To My Star</em></h2><p>Once aga provg there’s more to gay fantasy than universy romanc, <em>To My Star</em> featur Son Woo-hyun as popular actor Kang Seo-joon, who is exiled om stardom amidst a media ntroversy. That’s when Kim Kang-m’s affable Han Ji-woo, an uber-talented chef, enters the picture. What follows is a lightful to-and-o as the pair make allowanc for each other’s divergent personali. “Everythg is solved wh a hug,” this seri proclaims. 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Rarely do a work of fictn <a href=">igne such passn me</a>, but Teh and Oh-aew are so dazzlgly drawn that ’s hard to not feel their plights tangibly, as if they are our own. <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sewn together by a sre</a> that latch onto your heart before squeezg so hard you thk you’ll qu breathg, ’s a g of age story like no other. <em>I Promised You the Moon</em> traips through the highs and lows of youth, navigatg heartbreak and betrayal and growg up. It transcends BL. 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drama gay japan

A Japane TV drama seri that portrays the slice of life of a middle-aged gay uple livg Tokyo faiariz wh LGBTQ issu.

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BL / GAY - NEW MOVI AND DRAMAS 2020-2021

Currently airg, upg and fished BL/Gay themed dramas and movi of 2020 and 2021.(Cha--Maland Cha + Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Thailand.) UPDATE: List was created early 2020, so  I was ponrg on whether to spl this list two, but cid not to, sce que…" name="scriptn * drama gay japan *

It do have a gay character and cute scen wh his roommate but there is no uple formed. However, I wonr how 'll turn out due to the Che media ban on LGBTQ is a reason for most Che BL/Gay themed stuff beg produced Taiwan...

Followers Japane Drama - 2020, 9 episos Not BL - but has gay characters. Relatable to anyone who is, or once was, a teen--gay or straight. Japane movi, dramas, and drama specials wh Gay (M/M) them and characters.

This is a youthful romance story that portrays the stggl of a gay uple a nservative untry. This stirs trouble as unlike Kenji, who is openly gay, Shiro is a closeted gay who be embarrassed.

GAY M/M JAPAN - (MOVI & DRAMAS)

Japane movi, dramas, and drama specials wh Gay (M/M) them and characters. If you know of a tle that's missg om this list (even if 's not found on MyDramaList) please let me know, and I'll add ! Tl not listed at MDL: Nghty Boys / Uwaki na bokura (2001 movie) Zipper…" name="scriptn * drama gay japan *

Is a seri that shows the daily life of a gay uple their 40s, wh a foc on food. It’s a world where everyone is gay and no one judg bee is the norm. 5/10anger sle: 4/10 cw: transphobia, ath of a (mor) trans character, suici, sual homophobia, sual biphobia, gang vlence, rape, attempted rape, domtic abe, murr, nsfw, cheatg, nudyma me cry?

GAY DRAMAS/MOVI

The world's largt LGBTQ+ OTT platform wh the most clive library of licensed movi, shorts, seri, BL dramas, variety shows and origal ntent –– subtled multi languag, HD, and whout ads. Gay, lbian or queer, e to GagaOOLala and fd your own stori. * drama gay japan *

While i nt remend to everyone ( gets pretty heavy) i thk if you n al wh the cws above i thk you will love this transphobia, rape, homophobia, domtic abe, etc.

's about as good as you image based on the hype and maybe more they censored the non gay element but the subtext is so obv youd have to be like, Really straight to not pick up on you n tell that they love each other, even if they dont kiss onscreen or get married for realand the appeal of the show don't end at the relatnship between the leads. No, 's an trigug story about fay (cludg found fay), murr mysteri, moraly, what means to be good or evil, and marxism cw: murr, homophobia, homophobic bullyg, gang vlencema me cry? I was close thoughsrstory: 7/10characters: 9/10pairgs: 8/10 (brought down by lacklter sendary pair)anger sle: 2/10worthy of beg nsired one of the bt cw (spoiler ee): homophobia, parental abe, animal ath, fay ath, suici, some nsfw at the startma me cry?

JAPANE GAY DRAMA, “WHAT DID YOU EAT YTERDAY?” ENLIGHTENS TO MOVE FORWARD

My addictn wh BL genre has started October 2016 (I did watch lots of Hong Kong, Che, Amerin, European gay themed movi before) and then I started watchg anim, readg mangas and totally beme obssed. :Pp.s. This list clus everythg, all LGBT themed movi and dramas…" name="scriptn * drama gay japan *

There's like one or two jumpsr, the ma characters m suici cw: homophobic parents, ternalized homophobia, vlence, irl shippg (sort of)story: 8/10characters: 10/10pairg: 10/10anger sle: hhhhh/10 (5/10)you really have no exce not to watch this show. Also hets:/anger sle: 2/10this is a show about rernatn and fated lovers, given that premise s no surprise that both of them m suici ep one (after beg nonted by their homophobic fathers) now they are rernated and get a new shot at love - on first imprsn this feels a ltle like a cheap exce to have them be head over heels for each other at first sight, but once their past liv' relatnship gets explored more flashbacks, and seeg how pharm's trma over havg seen his boyiend m suici a past life impacts him... S rehg okalso here's a sweet tail, somethg you jt dont see a lot thai bl: pharm and (pharm's past self) are both played by openly gay actors!!!

hi im bisexual and this is all the gay dramas/movi or dramas/movi wh gay storyl that ive seen. sorted by how good i thk they are (not necsarily enjoyment, but obvly none of this will be objective)ratg reflects my personal enjoymentthe are all primarily mlm, but i do hope…" name="scriptn * drama gay japan *

So yeahSPOILER: also turns out that m ed to date than's mom when he was still alive but i thk s handled appropriately (also they broke up bee he realized h gay)ma me cry? )characters: 6/10 (b weak unfortunately)pairgs: 7/10anger sle: 4/10 cw: homophobia, homophobic bullyg, homophobic parents, suici attempt, teacher/stunt relatnship (backstory, not the ma relatnship or much foc at all)srstory: 10/10characters: 7/10short but very nuanced, realistic and hopeful. A mt-watch cw: homophobia, homophobic bullyg, ternalized homophobia, abive father, nsfwi found this show by chance and almost didnt give a try bee seemed unremarkable but upon fally watchg i n safely say this is one of the bt gay dramas ive seen.

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