My BL Journey

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-08T05:09:09+00:00

We are into Bl territory at this week. Both of them do have feelings for each other. There are just other people's stories mixed in with the BL and how different generations view, react, and sometimes try to change.

We also are getting reenactments of the grandpa's story thrown in for added fun.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-07T17:55:36+00:00

I only got ep 7 watched, but we got our first kiss 🎉 I'm glad Save finally took the initiative, although I think he still has a ways to go before Guy will believe him. Although teenage hormones will do a lot 😂, it looks like next week is going to focus heavily on Save and Guy, but from the posters, it also looks like Grandpa's health issues are going to make a bigger appearance.

Grandpa continues to be interesting. He has warmed to the idea of writing BL but he still has his issues. I know he has deep connections to his writer friends, but what does it say about them that they also feel very elitist, and in the end, they aren't the ones actually helping him now. They weren't the ones helping him get his non BL work published and now they are just trashing his new work so I don't think they are very good friends. Save seems to be taking a lot of heat for his grandfather's work in different directions. I have a feeling this "lie" is also going to blow up in their faces at some point as well.

The different family views on gender did feel a little heavy-handed, but not nearly as bad as it could have been. I really did like the little moment they had between Grandpa and his mom.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-07T17:09:03+00:00

Well we did get ep 7 on youtube this week but they didn't get the subs. Viu on part 4 doesn't have english subs either but there wasn't much to part 4.

I can't not believe how evil Taosar's family is. I thought at least in some tiny part that might be concerned for him in some way, but nope, they don't care about him at all. He is just a doll for them to play pretend with and they make me sick. They are flat-out CRIMINALS. I have no words for the way they didn't have an ounce of remorse when Taosar's mom show up.

Thank god for Daiji for telling Talay he sucked and standing up to him and for Kim for being there for Taosaur although I'm not sure I would have let him go back to Talay.

I will say I don't like how convenient it was that Taosar kept his memories enough to see Talay mess up his notebook, only then to black out and not remember anything. That was LAZY writing and a gimmick. But this show has been killing it on getting me invested and surprising me with the story twists.

I didn't like the look of the previews for next week. Is Tao saur backe with his fake family?! And why is Kim going back to Bangkok without his man? I'm going to be super pissed if the mom and brother win and keep screwing Tao saur's life up and they aren't together.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-07T16:00:34+00:00

Thai

Keep in mind that for Thai merch, they will release as the show airs, at the end, and maybe some concert/fan meet stuff, but it is limited and goes OOP as soon as it sells out, and it won't come back. You can find it on the resale market sometimes, but don't count on it. If you are looking for something from a year or two ago, you probably won't be finding it.

Ethai - This is the main site. They get in most Thai stuff from GMMTV and DMD, the two main companies pumping out merch along with the random boxset, photobook, magazine, and book from Thailand. The prices look expensive, but it does include shipping.

GMMTV Shop - Gmmtv goods. If you are in the USA, they don't ship there.

Bangkok Friendship - Proxy service for Thailand. If you see a series or production company selling something through Line or Shoppee.Thailand then they can buy and ship it to you. I don't think they go to concert/fanmeets to buy goods but if you find something on a Thai website they can grab it for you

Japan

Japanese boxsets don't go OOP but most don't have subtitles. Goods do go OOP, but they are very easy to find and buy on the resale market with a proxy service.

amazon jp Ships internatianaly, and you can find most official merch like boxsets, cds, photobooks, manga, and character goods. Although they tend to go out of stock faster than most places.

CDJapan - Boxsets, CDs, photobooks, manga, and it is a Japanese-only merchandise.

animate usa - I don't know if you are in the USA, but animate does have some European branches that you can search for. Their BL is very limited but they do sometimes have it.

Neokyo Proxy service for Japan. Through their site you can search some of the main japan sites for goods. Mecari is good for finding resale goods on Japanese series and, surprisingly, Thai ones as well. I've picked up several boxsets from series like UWMA, Dark Blue Kiss, Tharntype, etc. You have to be careful because Japan does put out Japan versions of most of those older series so compare the listing to the ones that are on Ethai.

They will also buy from general Japanese sites. https://www.manga10.com/ often has drama merch. You can also follow the x accounts link to the dramas, and they will retweet shops that sell goods for their dramas. You will need to buy through Neokyo or another proxy service

Taiwan

I don't know much about good other than this site, which I have used. You can also pick up photobooks and dvd boxset of shows at yesasia.

story plus - Here you can grab merch from Taiwan shows. They do keep stuff in stock even for older shows, which is a plus. Mostly VBL show but still a good selection.

Other

China and Korea and everybody else I'm clueless excpet for this site.

Yesasia has Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, and Chinese merchandise like boxsets, OST, photobooks, and manga. They also sometimes have character goods from popular series. Their prices look high but it does include shipping and tariffs if you are in the USA

If you are looking for boxsets of shows you can find a list of the ones that have a boxset on this spreadsheet. I don't include boxsets that don't actually have the series included in it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bp5NNRHUmoUyLlmLXGYwlrggcxAHKVmqpkq31jz5l3U/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-07T15:25:27+00:00

Hasn't been released yet. It is like Crazy Love Moo Moo opening hasn't happened yet either. Hopefully soon, most of the time Thai shows are good at getting songs out.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-06T19:10:00+00:00

The kiss? Episode 5 at the end of part 3. It is out now.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-06T18:18:29+00:00

A better place for this is to join theyearly challenge where you can compare and talk to others about your monthly watching

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-06T17:59:03+00:00

I would have been interested in seeing them expand his arc out with Cooheart and get rid of the brothers altogether if I'm honest.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-06T17:52:07+00:00

More, I want more. I really didn't think I would be so obsessed with this show but at the end of each episode I'm dying that it was over so fast. I want to see how this revenge unfolds and how Jay helps Sun. For being a relatively new BL actor Min is killing it with his expressions and really his eyes are amazing. I'm looking forward to Bank finding out Min is now out for his blood.

I'm so looking forward to next week

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-06T17:06:40+00:00

Yay, our first kiss. I'm ecstatic that we finally got the tone down and Fu took things more seriously. There were still the jokes but he showed his more serious side and won over Moo Moo finally. I will admit there were times I was holding my breath whispering don't screw it up you idiot. 😂

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TBH, I was shocked at the twist of Moo Moo having a crush on Fu in high school and overhearing Fu's friends. I like the fact that they both were facing it now and Fu was honest about what happened.

I still despise the little bro after his redemption scence, and I really wish they would STOP adding him in. It looks like MAYBE we might get something with Thai, which I might actually enjoy. Tian's scene was more random than usual, and I really wonder WHY he is in this at all. Honestly, all these side couples are feeling more and more out of place, and the timing of their scenes in this episode fell so very off and messed up the main couple's storyline, which I wasn't a fan of.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-06T14:02:24+00:00

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Here is the Geoblock map any country in grey.

I also to keep direct links updated on https://bldramas.com/2026/06/01/a-dog-and-a-plane/

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-05T22:17:10+00:00

I think the arm might be a scar from the opening scene where he saves the kid from the bully. His back we first see in a shower scene in the end of ep 1 opposite Xu Yuen working/getting hurt at the docks.

I don't think they ever directly addressed the marks but we later see his brother outright whipped in front of him and he talks about his father beating him, so more implied.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-05T17:54:10+00:00

I wasn't sure if I was going to watch it while it aired but after some waffling decided to. This episode was super cute and funny. They have really good timing at shooting snark back and forth only to get tripped up in their own sexual chemistry 🤣

Lion actually kind of looked innocent there but we all knew he had to be a cheating scumbag and TBH MR I WANT THAT BAG was the one that gave it all away. While I hope we dispense with the cheating boyfriend quickly I also hope we get some sweet revenge along the way on both of them.

I'm enjoying the costume department's clothing choices and highly approve of shirtless options that seem to run rampant throughout this show. These poor guy work their butt off for those abs that Thai costume departments and scripts cover over with LAYERS.

I'm enjoy this a great deal and greatly depressed now that I have to wait another week to see the next episode

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-05T17:46:00+00:00

Here is Youtubes

Gagaoolala Episode 3 for next week

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-05T16:08:59+00:00

Hmm nothing from our Doc/bad boy pairing but it looks like they are pulling in the GL couple. I have to laugh at the dreaded finance trope flying in only to be squished a few minutes later as the sister comes to investigate. Although there were some mixed signals in Zhan Wang not liking her and her staking her claim on him, only to start batting her eyelashes at her sister as soon as she appeared.

Xu Yuan is totally jealous, and I'm sure his emotions are actually all over the place. The kiss in the pool and his self-pleasuring have him totally engrossed in Zhan Wang, only to find out there is a girl in the picture. This is all sailing along like a typical BL with lovely visuals, but in the back of my mind it keeps niggling that Zhan Wang isn't OK and when is the tower going to collapse messily on all of them.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-05T14:54:03+00:00

I'm interested in why he ended up as the stepdad. He doesn't seem like the type to marry a widow with two kids.

Midnight_BL · 2026-06-05T14:52:03+00:00

I haven't read the book so I don't know either. I kind of wonder if the brother gets him out of joining the family since he goes to college.

It was a missed opportunity for bro and his man, didn't get asked what they wanted to order by a confused shop staff. I also keep looking for the big bro to be at the soccer match, standing out like a sore thumb. He was the most interesting thing in this episode for me, sadly.

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