Hi all,

This collection is composed of shows which feature (BL) or include gay characters (Gay), as well as intense bromances (Bromance). I've written short summaries next to the shows I've seen or know a bit about to give a little insight as to what kind of relationship each show has in it, in addition to breaking them down by category (denoted genre in parentheses). 

I hope you enjoy this collection of dramas! Feel free to leave me suggestions in the comments :)

*=favorite

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In the same family and the same class all at once?! Bai Luo Yin (Timmy Xu) grew up living with his grandmother and divorced father, Bai Han Qi (Song Tao). When he is 16 years old, Luo Yin finds out that his mother, Jiang Yuan (Liu Xiao Hua), remarries the high-ranking government official Gu Wei Ting (Wang Dong). 

Luo Yin suddenly finds himself with a new stepbrother in Wei Ting’s son, Gu Hai (Johnny Huang), who also happens to be in his same class at school! 

With their classmates You Qi (Lin Feng Song) and Yang Meng (Chen Wen) playing intermediary, will Luo Yin and Gu Hai discover a different kind of bond than just brothers? 

“Addicted” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Ding Wei. It is based on a novel by Zhu Wen Jiao (Chai Ji Dan).

Addicted

The Addicted Team

If you were to look back on your life, what would you remember most about your high school days and what you and your friends thought was important back then? Sung Shi Won (Jung Eun Ji) and her five friends – Yoon Yoon Jae (Seo In Guk), Mo Yoo Jung (Shin So Yul), Kang Joon Hee (Hoya), Do Hak Chan (Eun Ji Won) and Bang Sung Jae (Lee Shi Un) – were friends in high school in 1997, when the K-pop and celebrity idols were gaining national popularity, and they were swept up in the adoration of their favorite K-pop and other idol stars. To the 18-year-old Shi Won, her entire world revolved around Tony An of H.O.T., and her only aspiration in life was to grow up to become his wife. Her best friend Yoo Jung was her partner in crime, also falling in love with a different idol everyday. Fifteen years later at the age of 33, the six high school friends meet for a mini-reunion, during which two of the friends announce their plans to marry. As they reminisce about the height of their teenage angst, the viewer needs to try to figure out which two friends fell in love during the 15 years since high school, much like the popular American sitcom “How I Met Your Mother.” Which two friends’ passionate idolization K-pop stars turned into a genuine love for each other?

“Answer Me 1997,” also known as “Reply 1997,” is a 2012 South Korean drama series directed by Shin Won Ho.

Reply 1997

 The Super Busan Team

Love has a way of drawing you toward a particular person.

“HIStory 1” is a 2017 Taiwanese web dramas series that explores the different manifestations of fated love. It comprises three separate stories in three episodes: “HIStory: My Hero,” “HIStory: Stay Away From Me” and “HIStory: Obsessed.” The series was followed by “HIStory 2” in 2018.

In “HIStory: My Hero,” a dead woman’s spirit takes over the body of a young man, and she has only one week to make her old boyfriend fall in love with her new male body!

In “HIStory: Stay Away From Me,” a meddling friend tries to make sparks fly between a superstar and his new stepbrother.

“HIStory: Obsessed,” a young man who dies in an accident and becomes reincarnated tries to keep himself from falling for the same man all over again!

HIStory 1

Can love distinguish between right and wrong?

“HIStory 2” is a 2018 Taiwanese web dramas series that explores the issues of right and wrong in love. It comprises two separate stories cover four episodes each: “HIStory: Right or Wrong” and “HIStory: Boundary Crossing.” The series was preceded by “HIStory 1” in 2017.

In “HIStory: Right or Wrong,” an college professor who is a single father falls for a younger male student.

In “HIStory: Crossing the Line,” two stepbrothers try to repress their socially unacceptable feelings for each other, while a former volleyball player is drawn to a temperamental young player.

HIStory 2

Buddy Buddy

LINE TV

A mysterious shooting leaves a police officer and the head of the Tianmeng crime syndicate dead. Four years later, police investigator Meng Shao Fei (Jake Hsu) is determined to hunt down Tang Yi (Chris Wu), the sole survivor of the fateful shooting – and now the head of the Tianmeng gang. Tang Yi is also hunting for answers but wants his own form of justice. He seems to want to exact his choice of punishment on the killer… although he appears to be hiding a dark secret. Is Tang Yi trying to protect someone?

Meng Shao Fei and Tang Yi become entangled in a deadly game of wits – a game that becomes all the more complicated after Tangy Yi baits a love trap for Meng Shao Fei.

“HIStory 3: Trapped” is a 2019 Taiwanese series written by Lin Pei Yu. It is the latest in a series of dramas, which began with “HIStory,” which first aired in 2017.

HIStory 3: Trapped

JTBC

At eighteen, Choi Jun Woo (Ong Seong Wu) has solidified his position as a perpetual loner. Unable to adequately express his emotions, he often comes across as unsympathetic or aloof, when in reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Underneath his lonely exterior lies a cute, goofy young man who just needs the right people around to bring this side out more often.

When Jun Woo transfers schools, he meets Yoo Soo Bin (Kim Hyang Gi), a top student who has spent her entire life being controlled by her overbearing mother. Suffocated under her mother’s care, Soo Bin spends most of her life dreaming of the day she becomes an independent woman. 

Meanwhile, Ma Hwi Young (Shin Seung Ho), seems like the perfect gentleman. Strong and confident on the outside, Hwi Young seems like he has it all, but on the inside, he’s just a timid eighteen-year-old boy trying to find his place in the world.

Each student has their own set of struggles but when they come together, they find their lives slowly begin to change.

“Moment of Eighteen” is a 2019 Viki Original drama directed by Sim Na Yeon.

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