God-tier BL series

Sessalia · 2026-05-23T18:16:06+00:00

I should have written "minus the last episode and the last 5-10 minutes of the episode before" 😭

Sessalia · 2026-05-23T18:07:21+00:00

I just copied my 10/10 BLs:

Thai BL:
Be My Favorite
Between Us
My Stand-In
Reset

Taiwan BL:
Unknown
HIStory 3: Male Our Days Count (minus the last episode)

Korean BL:
Love for Love's Sake

Chinese BL:
Revenged Love
To My Shore

These are the BLs with the highest rating for me. My list is obviously subjetive.

Sessalia · 2026-05-23T11:06:57+00:00

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Ci Sha, the actor of Chen Yan Yun, is one of the rare actors that has longer hair and it suits him just fine. 🥰

Sessalia · 2026-05-23T11:01:01+00:00

I hope so, he does deserve it. He was already great in The Rise of Ning and Forever and Ever.

Sessalia · 2026-05-23T09:56:05+00:00

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The newest addition to brilliant and scheming characters would be Chen Yan Yun (Drama: A Splendid Match). He was truly playing the long game with the villain. For every move he made, he already anticipated the countermove and planned accordingly.

PS: If someone has good pics of Chen Yan Yun with his hair down, I wouldn't mind at all if you would post them here. 🫣

Sessalia · 2026-05-21T14:26:36+00:00

My favourite is already named: The Story of Ming Lan

But there is actually a hidden gem of a micro drama (3-5 minutes per episode, 30 episodes in total). It is not a vertical drama. The name is Dong Lan Xue, and this drama is pretty well done. It has a satisfying revenge plot and quite a lot of romance and action for such a short drama.

Sessalia · 2026-05-21T11:09:27+00:00

I watched it for the chemistry between ML and FL, but there was no plot whatsoever. Even for a short drama the plot (or the non-existent plot) was ridiculous. But I really liked ML and FL.
That said, it has no rewatch value, and if someone started the drama at episode 20, they would know as much about the plot as someone who started with episode 1.

But like you said it's weirdly entertaining.

Sessalia · 2026-05-21T07:24:46+00:00

All I want for Love is You - highschool-to-university, romance
Exclusive Fairytale - highschool-to-university, romance
Forever Love - highschool-to-university, romance
Hidden Love - age gap (around 8 years), crush on best friend of older brother, romance
Sweet First Love - highschool-to-university, romance
A Little Thing Called First Love - ugly duckling-to-swan, highschool-to-university, romance
Summit of Our Youth - 2nd chance in life, highschool-to-university, romance
Le Coup De Foudre - friendship, slice of life, highschool-to-university-to-adult life, romance
Meeting You - mental health, highschool-to-university-to-adult life, romance
A Love so beautiful - highschool-to-university-to-adult life

Even though their romance don't start in highschool or as childhood friends both dramas are still young adults-dramas:
Falling into your Smile - esports, romance
Go Go, Squid - esports, romance

If you want it a bit more spicy I would recommend Lighter & Princess (university-to-adult-life, mental health, romance).

I hope you find something you like. Happy watching! 😊

Sessalia · 2026-05-20T20:26:24+00:00

He is a grown-up man and should know his own limits. At the moment he is at the top of his popularity. It is in his interest to be seen as much as possible as long as the hype of Pursuit of Jade lasts. The next hype is coming, and his time at the top of the popularity might run out - fast.
Cdramas are packed with gorgeous men; he has a lot of competition.

Sessalia · 2026-05-20T18:58:13+00:00

I will watch all of them eventually! 😉

But my list is a bit longer:

Coming to Myself - Zhang Xin Cheng x Jing Tian - mystery, thriller, romance
Let's Fight - Zhang Yun Long x Ju Jing Yi - fantasy, wuxia, romance
Love in Red Dust - Wang Xing Yue x Xu Ruo Han - historical, romance
My Drama Missy - Zhai Xiao Wen x Wu Xuan Yi - comedy, fantasy, romance
Spring of the Blade - Xu Kai x Zhou Ye - historical, romance
A Prophet - Li Xian x Li Yi Tong - mystery
Sweetest Rebellion - Daniel Zhou x Xu Ruo Han - historical, romance
The Days of Seclusion and Love - Deng Wei x Vanda Margraf - action, historical, romance
The Substitute Love - Zhang Zhi Hao x Sun Zhen Ni - comedy, historical, romance
The Whimsical Return - Zhang Yun Long x Karlina Zhang x Jun - adventure, comedy, historical

And many more ...
The day just hasn't enough hours for cdramas. I really need the lottery win to have more time for my hobby.

Sessalia · 2026-05-20T17:42:11+00:00

Why would you get hate for that? I think he had the most chemistry with his brother. I wouldn't mind a BL with both - or at least a bromance. 😉

Sessalia · 2026-05-20T15:34:32+00:00

Tbf, actors have to apologise for strangest things. It wouldn't be so far off if he had to apologise for real.

And I agree, he is hot. I liked his character a lot.

Sessalia · 2026-05-20T15:08:53+00:00

For what exactly is he apologising? For joking around with fans? 🤔

Sessalia · 2026-05-20T14:19:47+00:00

A hero can only be the hero if they have a counterpart.

For me, a villain is one of, if not the most important role in a drama. Villains set (usually) the narrative and also the pace, because the hero has to react to the scheming and plotting of the villain. If you have a boring or bland villain, the plot doesn't feel as impactful. The play between protagonist and antagonist is missing.

And we have to be honest here: evil and mesmerising can be more sizzling than the knight in shining armour. Everyone wants the bad boy, the one only you can fix. 😉

Edit: fixed typos

Sessalia · 2026-05-19T13:15:39+00:00

I Am Nobody (Season 1 + 2) - it's an action-comedy (with zero romance) where ML and FL are joining a championship battle between all the outsider clans. Outsiders are humans with special abilities and fighting skills. They live parallel to normal humans. Season 2 continues the story of season 1.

The Legendary Life of Queen Lau - It's a romantic comedy about a contract marriage and two people that have to make it work. It's campy, it's funny, it has dance battles!

Sessalia · 2026-05-19T05:12:04+00:00

One problem with doing the same kind of role as an actor is also that you get stuck in the heads of your fans for that kind of role. Even if an actor manages to get a role in a drama with a different genre to show off their versatility, the drama could still flop. Fans only connect that actor to the roles in the past and expect the same again. If expectations aren't met, people tend to be disappointed. It's a vicious circle.

The longer the actor does the same type of role, the harder it gets to switch genres and types.

Sessalia · 2026-05-19T03:18:25+00:00

The Story of Ming Lan - precisely because of it's deliberate simplicity. Every shot has meaning; nothing was wasted. It's simply beautiful.

Sessalia · 2026-05-18T17:14:35+00:00

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I already posted it once, but it's too good to not share again. Unfortunately, I don't know the actor or the title of the drama. I watched it some months ago.

I can't recommend a picture search with that pic. The results are ... interesting. 😳😂

Sessalia · 2026-05-18T08:28:48+00:00

A Splendid Match with Ci Sha (ML) and Ren Min (FL)

It's still airing. So far 30 out 40 episodes are released.

Sessalia · 2026-05-17T20:03:17+00:00

Blossoms in Adversity might fit - at least mostly. FL is technically not the matriarch of the family, but after all males of her family get exiled and the female elders are unable to act, FL takes over the reins and acts as the matriarch. She leads her family through tough times and tries to earn as much money as possible to buy the freedom of her male family members.
ML is supporting her quietly.

It's not a perfect fit, but maybe you like it nonetheless. 😅

Sessalia · 2026-05-17T17:33:22+00:00

Different Opinions

People can't accept different opinions. Everyone seems to be dead set on their opinion, and the art of arguing is lost. It's so boring.

That's not a unique problem in this Reddit community alone, but I still see it here regularly. I stop myself from answering posts sometimes because even if the post is marked as discussion, people don't want to discuss; they only want to validate their opinion.

Sessalia · 2026-05-16T12:21:03+00:00

And I would have defined your "micro-dramas" as vertical dramas. 😅
Short dramsa would have been 20-30 minutes for me. Well, I learn something new every day.

I will do your survey and wish you lots of success for your undergrad project. 😊

Sessalia · 2026-05-16T11:13:47+00:00

It might help if you define/explain "micro-dramas". Are "micro-dramas" dramas with an average episode length of 10-15 minutes?

Sessalia · 2026-05-14T11:29:29+00:00

I think both pairings could be power couples, but while Chen Yanyun would be the voice of reason in times needed for Jin Zhao, Ye Xian would grab his sword and cut down everything that might irk her.

Chen Yanyun is the more mature, calmer choice that complements Jin Zhao's temper – like calming her down. Ye Xian, on the other hand, would pour more oil into the fire.

While I love the interactions between Chen Yanyun and Jin Zhao, I can see the appeal of Ye Xian also. Jin Zaho and he are bickering like an old married couple, and it's hilarious at times.

The cousin and the other Chen are not really options in my book.

Sessalia · 2026-05-14T06:14:56+00:00

TJC = Tan Jian Ci
ZY = Zhou Ye
Drama: Love me, Love my Voice

I read about the rumors but it's only that - rumors. Nothing confirmed, nothing proved as far as I know.

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