Japanese BL

Rakuten TV

Highschooler Ito (Shirasu Jin) is a serious, hard-working student aged 17 years. But he is also bored and feels unfulfilled.

On his way home from school, Ito often plays a sort of game, challenging himself to walk along a long white line in the road.

One day, while he is playing his lonely game, he comes across another high school student, the naïve but friendly Nishi (Raiku). Ito instantly falls for Nishi’s uncomplicated charms.

The duo meets again, but they only ever seem to get to spend time together when they are returning home from school. In a fit of passion, Ito suddenly kisses Nishi – and is overjoyed to discover that Nishi also has feelings for him.

The tale follows the two boys as they transition out of late childhood, and into adulthood – and are forced to take on brand new challenges that test their love at every turn.

This drama was based on the hit manga title of the same name, which was released in 2017.

“Life~ Love on the Line” is a 2020 Japanese drama series directed by Ninomiya Takashi.

Life~Love on the Line

💞 Strings of Fate 💞 Team

As first year high school students, it didn’t take long for Shun Igawa (Hio Miyazawa) and Nagisa Hibino (Kisetsu Fujiwara) to become fast friends. Practically inseparable from the moment they met, the two friends quickly realized that the feelings they had for each other reached far beyond the boundaries of platonic friendship. From high school to university, the relationship between the two friends naturally blossomed into something beautiful. Unfortunately, their relationship wasn’t meant to last. Just before Shun’s university graduation, Nagisa announces that he can no longer see a future in which they are together. Leaving Shun heartbroken and alone, Nagisa cuts all ties with his friend and disappears completely.

With no choice but to move on, Shun does exactly that. Leaving the city behind him, Shun moves to the countryside and opens his own shop. A loner through and through, Shun turns all of his attention to this work, eventually finding peace in his solitary country life. But that peace is shattered when, years after walking out of his life, Nagisa unexpectedly returns with his six-year-old daughter, Sora (Sakura Sotomura), in tow. Unable to turn Nagisa away, Shun welcomes his estranged friend and his daughter into his life.

Now a part of each other’s lives once again, the feelings Shun and Nagisa once shared begin to resurface. Can a love once rejected bloom again or have both men missed their chance to find a happily ever after?

A touching love story, “His” is a 2020 romance film directed by Rikiya Imaizumi.

🌈Queer as Family👬

Living alone in the seaside town of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Nagisa Hibino’s (Yuki Kura) life really isn’t much different than countless other kids his age. A seventeen-year-old student in his second year of high school, Nagisa attends school, loves surfing, and supports himself by working at a hostel bath house on the nearby island of Enoshima. Perfectly content with his life, the only thing Nagisa really lacks is a good friend but even that problem finds a quick resolution, the day he meets Shun Igawa (Naoya Kusakawa).

Visiting Fujisawa for spring break, Shun’s love of surfing soon brings him and Nagisa together. Spending their free time together, both on the water and off, the two soon develop a strong friendship that eventually deepens into something more. Recognizing their growing feelings for each other, the boys aren’t quite sure where things should go from here. Do they keep their feelings secret? Do they confess? Struggling to find their own answers, life gets more complicated for them both after the surf shop owner’s daughter, Chika Kumakiri (Sara Shida) confesses her feelings for Nagisa.

Unsure of where things should go from here, Nagisa and Shun slowly begin to realize that above all else, the relationship they have is truly special. Will their love eventually conquer all or will the hurdles that stand in their way prove to be insurmountable?

A sweet love story, “His - I Didn’t Think I Would Fall In Love” is a 2019 high school romance drama directed by Rikiya Imaizumi.

His - I Didn't Think I Would Fall In Love

💙🌊 Surf into Love Team 🌊💙

Highschooler Ito (Shirasu Jin) is a serious, hard-working student aged 17 years. But he is also bored and feels unfulfilled.


On his way home from school, Ito often plays a sort of game, challenging himself to walk along a long white line in the road.


One day, while he is playing his lonely game, he comes across another high school student, the naïve but friendly Nishi (Raiku). Ito instantly falls for Nishi’s uncomplicated charms.


The duo meets again, but they only ever seem to get to spend time together when they are returning home from school. In a fit of passion, Ito suddenly kisses Nishi – and is overjoyed to discover that Nishi also has feelings for him.


The tale follows the two boys as they transition out of late childhood, and into adulthood – and are forced to take on brand new challenges that test their love at every turn.


This film was based on the hit manga title of the same name, which was released in 2017.


“Life~ Love on the Line” is a 2020 Japanese film directed by Ninomiya Takashi.


The Director’s Cut edition features a number of previously-unseen scenes that were deleted from the original drama series, as well as additional storylines about the two main characters’ later lives – following their adventures as they enter their eighties.

Life~Love on the Line (Director's Cut)

TV Asahi

Just an average college student, living his average life, “Mob” (Atsuhiro Inukai) had never once considered the fact that his life might be anything other than ordinary. With each day passing very much like the one before, Mob might have been stuck in his average, ordinary life forever. But a sudden epiphany causes Mob to see the world in a whole new light, flipping his ordinary world upside down in an instant.&nbsp;

Now fully aware of the fact that he is living inside a “world of BL”, Mob can’t seem to go anywhere without being caught up in some boys’ love story. From school classmates to his own little brother, Mob finds himself surrounded by boys whose sole purpose in life seems to be to fall in love. Determined to keep himself from becoming this world’s protagonist, Mob assigns himself the role of a background character, but no matter how hard he tries, he can’t seem to escape the love scenarios unfolding all around him.

Constantly bombarded by love-struck boys, Mob does everything he can to fight back, but even as he fights, he feels his will beginning to crumble. With one special boy slowly stealing his heart, Mob begins to wonder, how much longer will he be able to fight the inevitable?&nbsp;

Adapted from the manga of the same name, written by Konkichi, “A Man Who Defies the World of BL” is a 2021 romantic comedy drama directed by Koichiro Miki.

A Man Who Defies the World of BL

Epiphany of True Self

Two and a half years ago, Haruhiko Kuzumi (Kenta Izuka) and Rio Kijima’s (Terunosuke Takezai) lives changed forever, when a chance encounter of a most painful sort brought them together. Having accidentally caused a bicycle accident which left Rio with a broken arm and no way to work, Haruhiko agreed to help the struggling writer transcribe his story in lieu of monetary compensation. Working together, the two developed a close relationship which has remained to this day.

Moving from Tokyo back into his parents’ countryside house with his sister and her husband, Rio’s life has taken a much different turn since his days spent with Haruhiko. At the same time, so has Haruhiko’s. A university student at the time, Haruhiko has since graduated and is now a productive, working member of Tokyo society. Now separated by both time and distance, the only thing connecting the two are the letters they still occasionally write to each other. Near the point of giving up on each other, Rio is surprised when fate decides to bring Haruhiko back into his life.

Meeting by chance in the peaceful countryside, the two men have a chance to reconnect; but will this meeting be one of heartbreak or joy?

The sequel to the 2018 drama, “The Novelist”, “The Novelist - Spring Life” is a 2021 romance directed by Miki Koichiro.

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